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  1. deepthaw
    Ads on a site like this are the type I'd be most likely to click on, because I imagine it's such a specific audience that stuff is actually relevant to me.
  2. deepthaw
    I'd try prowling through the CRPG Addict's archives. He focuses on PC CRPGs but he's played a *lot* of obscure ones. http://crpgaddict.blogspot.com/ Is it Legend? http://crpgaddict.blogspot.com/2018/04/game-288-legend-1992.html
  3. deepthaw

    Pulled an old PC out of storage to repurpose into a Minecraft server for my friends to play on. I'm seriously having more fun tweaking it than they are playing it.

    1. Keatah

      Keatah

      Yup. That's common.

  4. deepthaw

    Apparently the C64 Mini is on sale for $40 on Amazon right now.

    https://www.amazon.com/C64-Mini-Version-not-machine-specific/dp/B07GMV1X1K/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_sims?ie=UTF8

    1. save2600

      save2600

      Got mine for $30 at LameStop. Still have yet to even use it and probably never will. So long as I have a real system anyway. :P

    2. retrorandy

      retrorandy

      I got mine from Gamestop and have been playing quite a bit. I like that it is so quick & easy to load the games. 
      Joystick is not great, but I've solved that with an old Gravis Gamepad PRO. 

      To me it's a great value at $30. I look forward to the full size version. It might just be that I am nostalgic about the C64. I owned one for many years. It was a great early 8 bit computer. 

    3. GoldLeader

      GoldLeader

      I'm pretty tired...Did you say $40 for a Chevy Citation?

  5. deepthaw

    Keep rearranging my home, but I think we've finally settled on the half-converted attic becoming a library/office. Would also be a nice place to put my retrogame room, if only CRTs weren't 5 million tons and would have to go up stairs.

  6. deepthaw

    Anybody else played TIS-100? Friend gifted it to me and I'm hooked.

    1. BurritoBeans

      BurritoBeans

      All those Zachtronics games are a ton of fun, I think Shenzhen I/O was my favorite but TIS-100 was definitely good - can't go wrong with any of them.

    2. deepthaw

      deepthaw

      I've been forcing myself to not use walkthroughs or anything for TIS-100. Feels so good to figure them out for myself, then go back when I've learned more from later puzzles to optimize my earlier ones.

  7. deepthaw
    Got accepted into the GeForce Now beta a month or so ago, but finally decided to give it a spin. Bought Doom 2016 which my PC can't really run at all, and played it for about two hours last night. Have 500Mbps Internet at home, connected via 5Ghz wifi (I know, I should be doing Ethernet.) Worked surprisingly well. I can't really notice any input lag, and while the image quality is noticably softer and mpeg-y, the game's been a hell of a lot of fun to play this. I'd still prefer to be able to play it on my own machine, but the technology for this definitely seems better than expected.
  8. deepthaw

    Everybody else is like "Look at Sarah Conner in this new Terminator trailer!" and I'm over here thinking "That's a weird cover of a Björk song."

    1. Shawn

      Shawn

      Most people that try and cover Bjork really screw it up. In this case I think it was very well done don't you?

  9. deepthaw

    Pulled out ye olde record player and listening to Close to the Edge by Yes.

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    2. BydoEmpire

      BydoEmpire

      Fantastic. This morning I was reading a Guitar World magazine from 1991(ish) that had a big Yes blowout, right before their tour with both lineups. I never realized that happened...

    3. doctorclu

      doctorclu

      Going to see them in concert in July when they visit Dallas. (love that album... also got the record.)

    4. GoldLeader

      GoldLeader

      Sounds Awesome Deepthaw! I remember when they came through with Dream Theater, a lot of people I worked with went to see them.

  10. deepthaw
    Yeah, these devs need to be careful openly pulling off this kind of black magic for fear of being burned at the stake for witchcraft.
  11. deepthaw

    I've gotten so good at replacing parts to repair my son's Joy Cons for his Switch, that I'm seriously considering charging other people to do it.

    1. deepthaw

      deepthaw

      Or maybe I should start buying broken Joy Cons on the cheap, repairing, and reselling them? They're more fragile than one would hope.

    2. Skippy B. Coyote

      Skippy B. Coyote

      That is the one big downer about the Switch, the analog sticks drifting if you so much as look at them wrong. I haven't had it happen to mine yet but I know it'll happen eventually. The Switch will probably end up being future generations of collectors' Atari 5200 lol

    3. deepthaw

      deepthaw

      Friend gave me four 5200 controllers the other day. The first two I tested worked, and I'm not touching the other two so that they can stay in a state of quantum-superposition with working.

  12. deepthaw

    Friend just dropped off four 5200 controllers he found. First two I tested so far actually seem to work. Maybe I should buy a lottery ticket.

    1. CPUWIZ

      CPUWIZ

      I would.

    2. Razzie.P

      Razzie.P

      Nah, too late. Already blew all your good luck on 5200 controllers.

  13. deepthaw

    You can tell how bad off Sears is by the fact that they can't afford anybody who understand proper image compression to handle their website.

    1. Flojomojo

      Flojomojo

      I figured their vampire CEO would have bled them dry by now.

  14. deepthaw

    Accidentally discovered the Dell.com business store still sells brand-new 56K modems.

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    2. deepthaw

      deepthaw

      Wow. I had no idea they still that much use in the real world.

    3. thanatos

      thanatos

      AT&T still installs on one as a back-end to an internet router.

    4. x=usr(1536)

      x=usr(1536)

      I have a few out at clients' remote sites where there are no data (or cellular) services. Still very useful for remote monitoring.

  15. deepthaw
    Read about Dandy using some neat tricks to get all of its monsters on screen, and it got me wondering: Did Gauntlet use any similar tricks to get the screen-filling number of monsters you saw, or was the hardware just able to handle that many sprites at once naturally?
  16. deepthaw

    TIL The original concept for Missile Command had the incoming missiles only visible during a radar "sweep." https://arcadeblogger.com/2016/07/29/the-secret-history-of-the-arcade-trackball/

    1. AAA177

      AAA177

      Very interesting history, thanks for this, was unaware of it...

  17. deepthaw

    ramble ramble millennials ramble https://www.theverge.com/2019/4/29/18522287/samsung-sero-vertical-tv-price-release-date-millennials

    1. Rick Dangerous

      Rick Dangerous

      Millenials are ruining the landscape TV business!

    2. x=usr(1536)

      x=usr(1536)

      Oh, cool - just add a keyboard and you're got the 2019 version of the Sony eVilla! That's *sure* to be a hit in the marketplace!

       

      http://techland.time.com/2011/08/23/ten-of-the-shortest-lived-tech-products-ever/slide/sony-evilla-2001/

       

       

    3. Flojomojo

      Flojomojo

      "Tate" mode, here I come. It is literally on like Donkey Kong (and Scramble, and Pac-Man, and Galaga, and many others).

  18. deepthaw

    I never got Sinistar's fixation with Ron Howard.

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    2. GoldLeader

      GoldLeader

      Oh God! I had to let that one settle for a sec, then I bust out laughing! LOL!

    3. atari2600land

      atari2600land

      Pinbot for the NES has very bad speech. "I am the master, that's the day of week."

    4. CaptainBreakout

      CaptainBreakout

      These HAPPY DAYS are YOURS and MINE!! RAWWAHHOOOU!!!

  19. deepthaw

    Replaying Final Fantasy IX and not enjoying it much. Gameplay is great, but there's so much talking in between...

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    2. ClassicGMR

      ClassicGMR

      LESS SHOW MORE GO.

    3. digdugnate

      digdugnate

      i kind of felt that way when i replayed FFVII recently. I'm playing through FFX now and my comment to my wife is I didn't remember there being so many movies in it, lol

    4. Flojomojo

      Flojomojo

      I wish JRPGs respected my time more. I keep meaning to finally get into FF7 now that I can skip all the random interruptions but still haven't gotten around to it.

  20. deepthaw

    Got PS1 working on my RetroPie and playing Wizardry Llygamyn Saga again. Going to beat it this time, I promise.

  21. deepthaw

    Who's Lori Loughlin's lawyer? Cause I wanna make sure I never hire him.

    1. GoldLeader

      GoldLeader

      Exactly! My guess is they are simply waiting for a plea deal, yeah a second plea deal, because you can't get one with a guilty plea...if I understand correctly. Still....seems risky to me.

    2. Swami

      Swami

      Its still been a shorter time than plea deals normally take. I think the difference is that the others' offenses were supposedly small by comparison. Although, all blocked a more deserving student candidate.

    3. derFunkenstein

      derFunkenstein

      I heard her lawyer is Barry Zuckerkorn

  22. deepthaw

    Nobody really figured out a puzzle game like Tetris that works well in single player, did they?

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    2. GoldLeader

      GoldLeader

      Super Columns!

    3. CaptainBreakout

      CaptainBreakout

      Does Breakout count? I'm biased.

    4. deepthaw

      deepthaw

      Cap'n Break'n: I'm speaking more generally of "objects fall towards the bottom of the screen and must be removed via grouping and pattern matching" type games.

       

      Although I guess the definition could be twisted to fit Space Invaders.

  23. deepthaw
    8-Bit guy is working with some other folks (including Bill Herd) to design his own 8/16-bit computer in the style of classic Commodore machines.
  24. deepthaw
    Gremlins 2 is what happens when a director is pressured into making a sequel he doesn't want to make and somehow ends up with total creative control.
  25. deepthaw

    I need to finally break down and get gold refurbed 5200 controllers. Tired of my 5200 sitting in a box being frustrating.

    1. Jess Ragan

      Jess Ragan

      They're pretty good at that!

    2. GoldLeader

      GoldLeader

      Sounds like a good call...

    3. deepthaw

      deepthaw

      The only reason I'm even considering it is I was given about 30 5200 games at the same time. I'd much rather have an Atari 8-Bit.

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