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    I sort of felt bad pointing that out. I don't like being the bearer of bad news. :)

     

    But hopefully this remaster will keep the fans busy over the next year.

    Im glad its a bit a at, part 1 and 2 will take me some time to get thru again. Jan would be better but heck Im just glad its has a official date now. :0

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    Same here. I *wanted* to like since I've been told time and again that it's a masterpiece, but it seems more like a 'real life simulator' with an adventure game grafted onto it. Not my thing.

    Its a unique game for sure.

     

    Playing a forklift driver (you do that in the game) is weirdly fun for me. :0

     

    But I can easily see how its flow could be boring to some people.

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    Its was a game changer to me in the world of video games. So relaxing and yet so intense at the same time. Brought out anger, joy, concern as well as angst in me while playing unlike anything before or since. It was magical.

     

    Most likely its was just OK to most but to me it was the video game experience of my life. It was everything this art form can be.

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    Same issue, Guitars, Action Man/Joes, Star Wars, Atari's/Amigas/Consoles, Hi-fi, Firearms, Train set......

     

    I just bought a bigger house.

     

    In saying that, now I have things where I want them I find I aren't that interested in buying tons more. I have most of what I want so I guess age comes into it as well. When you are young and starting out you can't afford squat, as time goes on you accumulate a lot of things. Lately I have started purging what I don't want, which has been hard to do.

    Lol buying a bigger house sounds like a bad ideal to help control collectIng :)

     

    I went they my firearms collectIng as well ( higher end 1911s mostly) and WWII rifles :0

     

     

    But hey at least no classic cars :0 thats some crazy money.

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    I think you start to slow down when you find yourseld out of places to put new bookcases and shelves for games and piling boxes full of peripherals along the edge of your hallway. Usually, in your apartment if your single and in your gameroom if your not. If you are not single and in an apartment, I doubt it ever gets very far without the spouse breaking consoles in exasperation. Then you have more room again.

     

    Good point space is a limiter. I have nothing boxed but I could see that happening :0

  10. Posted · Edited by RugglesTx

    I room with my brother. We combined our video game collections. I'm currently collecting for 2600, Intellivision, and dabble in other systems. But, between us, we have 23 systems and over 1500 games, not including handhelds. We also collect other things, like comics, action figures, etc. We have cut back on our buying, and only buy what we like, instead of every thing and anything. A few years ago, we did purge our collections and sold off the items that we bought way back when that sat in closets for years. So, my question is, when does it get to a point where its just too much? Or, will it ever get to that point?

    Oh it gets there!

     

    Im a balancer now, sell some things to buy other things. Selling video games now and buying board games. Not really the one that come to most peoples mindset Games like Field Commander Napoléon, Elder Signs, Dragonfire, Power Grid, Todays Target, Consulting Detective Sherlock Holmes, Village Crone etc. Picked up two more today (Tiger Leader and Cargo Noir) to add to the collection.

     

    With the advancement in solo playable Wargames and boardgame (many many of the modern games play solo wonderfully) Its a addicting hobby! Heck a bunch of todays games are designed for solo play only.

     

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    These two link together, the 2600 cart is for size comparison.

     

    So its video games, baseball cards, comics, board games and toy soldiers for me. At this point Im winding down on all of them. Just a few baseball cards yearly and some more Wargames For me ;0

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    Ive been introducing my 10 year old grandson to the amazing world is Atari 2600 and 7800 games this week, and tonight while we were playing Food Fight, I had the best game of my life! I usually play with a Slik Stik, but one of mine is having fire button issues, so tonight I broke out my trusty CX-40. We were playing a two player game, and I made it to level 32. Couldnt get my iPhones camera out quick enough to shoot a screen shot, though...

     

     

    Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

    Love that game. Thats a heck of a score ! :0

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    I wonder if they'll do a "catch up" movie like they did with the second game on the Xbox?

    Great question. I hope so. I have the HD remakes of 1 and 2 ordered at Best Buy And will play they then again before 3 comes out but a movie like that would be awesome. Still have my original copies and 1 and 2 as well :0

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    Even though I was a huge Dreamcast fan, I never once played Shenmue. I think i might even have a copy, but don't think I ever played it, either that or I played it briefly but couldn't get into it.. It looked so mundane to me I think. Seems like I remember watching cutscenes, walking around slowly, trying to earn money to buy things, maybe it was too much like real life to me. I really need to try it again. I heard it picks up, but you have to play it a few hours before anything very exciting happens.

    Its a slow burn for sure at first. But give it time and it will suck you in. It was revoluntary in many ways when it cane out. It was open world in a way that no other game of the time was.

     

    The story continues in part 3 next year at last. And that the cool thing, 2 and 3 are not sequels, they are parts of the exact storyline started in part 1.

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    Beef Drop is awesome (I like Dungeon Stalker too). My orthodontist used to have a Burgertime machine and I have relived many a memory via Beef Drop. Also big ups to the starter tune (and I'm talking the VE version), which sounds better than it has any right to. Maybe a note off tops the arcade, if that.

    Played both BT and DS this morning in fact :0

     

    BT and Food Fight are maybe my two favorites on the 7800 right.

     

    Speaking of. arcade machines..when I was in my early teens my dad had 15 or so arcade machines he put in stores, bars etc. he would get half the take, the business it way at the other half. There was always 1-2 in the garage at the house as they were often moved from business to business to keep customers interested and playing new machines. Had my free reign on countless free plays in the garage on Pac-Man, Donkey Kong, Defender etc.

     

    After the business dried up on arcade machines he sold all but one, Centipede which ended up in my bedroom for years. After i left for the military he sold that one off. Good times :0

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    It amazes me how many people buy ready made furniture, clothes sewed to fit, oven ready frozen meals etc, when all of these are well within reach for DIY.

     

    Yeah those suckers are fools..

     

    Im almost done building my homemade car from parts from scrapeyards...its cheaper than buying them from those sharklike dealerships!

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    That black version is Uber sexy. My original 2600 was the wood grain so thats has a place in the heart but man that black version is just light ours sexy.

     

    But I can only imagine having to keep the dust out of this slots! :0

  22. Posted · Edited by RugglesTx

    Going out on a limb here...

     

    Anybody else really kinda like Jack In The Box tacos?

     

    I mean that soft while cruncy shell and paste like meat has a certain appeal to me for some reason.

     

    They are even better after 10pm for some reason.

  23. Posted · Edited by RugglesTx

    We only have Taco Bell and Taco Cabana as chains in Houston.

     

    But we must have 3,000 independent taco stands, trucks and brick and mortars. They are just everywhere. And most are pretty darn good.

     

    And Lordy no telling how many just Mexican restaurants we have, not Taco places but full menu type places. Its insane but Im not complaining.

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    Look on the bright side, at least you got to see Priest in their prime.

     

    I'm not terribly optimistic that the VCS is going to have an up side that good.

    Good point. They had that Harley Davidson on stage, can still hear that beast roar over the Sound system.

     

    I think there is a chance the AB can be a cool device, who knows but l hope it is.

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