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  1. Why doesn't Microsoft Flight Simulator simulate plane crashes?

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    2. Keatah

      Keatah

      Choice material! ..Grand Theft Aero..

    3. simbalion

      simbalion

      I really never knew that about Flight Simulator. Oh well, if I want to crash a plane I can fire up some GTA San Andreas, steal a plane and wreck it! :)

    4. GoldLeader

      GoldLeader

      Oh,  I never got far in that one.  Didn't realize you actually could steal a plane...

  2. I'm gonna say it, I hate Super Mario Kart. The handling is outrageous, the hit detection is awful, and it's just a chore to play. Whoever gave it a 9/10 on IGN needs to be interrogated by the U.N. it's a 4/10 at best. I know most people say Super Circuit is the worst one, but it at least has Wario.

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    2. Steven Pendleton

      Steven Pendleton

      @bluejay Yay, someone who is equally as lazy as me! I'm not alone here anymore~

    3. bluejay

      bluejay

      But seriously, I'll have to melt the tabs off with the soldering iron because they are literally ON the insides of the case.

    4. Lord Innit

      Lord Innit

      SFC games won't directly work in a PAL SNES. Or vice versa.  Need to do a region mod or get a universal adapter. Plat SFC games through PAL will also mean the game will run 17% slower and have black borders at the top and bottom of the screen. 

  3. Any fans of Gamecenter CX on AtariAge?

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    2. dj_convoy

      dj_convoy

      I'm just recommending how to get episodes in a silly way, due to the semi-illegal nature of grabbing torrents. I certainly have no problem downloading stuff like this we don't really have access to.

    3. Magmavision2000

      Magmavision2000

      @dj_convoy Well that joke went over my head. ?

    4. Magmavision2000

      Magmavision2000

      Since some people haven't seen the show, I decided to make a sample pack with four episodes. https://www.dropbox.com/sh/8n1wq1tu0xdx4vg/AABtDXlM_lWqoaeYLqLug9q5a?dl=0 I STRONGLY recommend supporting the creators of the show and buying their DVDs.

  4. I'm about to try creamed corn for the first time! Will post back about my opinion on it!

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    2. Magmavision2000

      Magmavision2000

      If someone paid me at least 10k, I'd eat possum, definitely not something I'd voluntarily eat.

    3. GoldLeader

      GoldLeader

      So...Take Corn (Seriously just take my Corn please),  Which is Awful on a good day, then use the lesser canned variant, then add horribly awful cream sauce to it...Now...ummmmm...PASS!

       

       

       

      Naww man,  I mean it's not for me, but like whatever ya like!

    4. GoldLeader

      GoldLeader

      If ya want to try what I consider to be a very tasty canned vegetable,...Not even kidding,..Try Seasoned Cabbage!  That I really do like!

  5. Denny's or IHOP?

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    2. Isaiah Austin
    3. eddhell

      eddhell

      they both suck...but I think IHOP costs more....to suck...

    4. Arenafoot

      Arenafoot

      IHOP - we dont have Denny's here ?

      but Waffle House over IHOP anyday!!!!!

  6. Beef Jerky is one of the few types of food where the store bought stuff is better than homemade.

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    2. Magmavision2000

      Magmavision2000

      I gotta respectfully disagree with you guys. Every type of homemade beef jerky I've had tasted awful. 

    3. _The Doctor__

      _The Doctor__

      I'd say you need new suppliers of jerky, tenderized and properly dehydrated jerky can fall apart in your mouth, any jerky left out in the air or a paper sack may dry out hard as a rock over time. Oil can be added to take the place of water in home made jerky for those who no longer have teeth ;) there are just so many ways to make jerky and so many recipes.  Chances are your store bought jerky was a home made recipe at one time, might have some garbage in it to make you want more (MSG) or some moisture added back in, almost all store bought jerky is of lower quality these days... right down to the cut of meat used.

    4. thanatos

      thanatos

      There are at least two local jerky makers I know of that has fantastic stuff.  I would technically call it homemade because it is only sold in person in small batches.  Sort of like the old pickled egg jar at a bar.

      So I would have to disagree.

  7. What was the first piece of optical media you ever bought?

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    2. thanatos

      thanatos

      Wow, @GoldLeader is quite the metal head!  :D

    3. Keatah

      Keatah

      Yeh it's lookin' that way..

       

    4. GoldLeader

      GoldLeader

      Yup!  That was before I listened to almost everything,  like now :)

  8. Here's a useful law: Whale poaching is illegal... in Oklahoma.

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    2. carlsson

      carlsson

      The Urban Dictionary has a different explanation for the term whale poaching...

    3. Magmavision2000
    4. GoldLeader

      GoldLeader

      Carlsson,

       

      We know THAT ain't against the law in Oklahoma!

       

      (Or nobody'd ever get a date)

  9. The COVID-19 thread looks like it's gonna get out of hand...

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    2. TwentySixHundred

      TwentySixHundred

      I mentioned that on 7 ups status. It's only a matter of time till Al jumps in with the ban hammer and starts knocking everyone down a peg or two. It's seems people are getting aggressive when others disagree no matter which side of the fence you're on. Quite childish considering we're all supposed to be intelligent adults. I expect this behavior on Facebook but never thought the AA community would act like that...

    3. LS650

      LS650

      If you think the thread's out of line, report it.  Personally I find reading the comments  interesting for the most part, and although there are a couple of heated opinions, I wouldn't consider most of the comments 'childish'.

       

    4. TwentySixHundred

      TwentySixHundred

      I find it more sad than interesting that people are egging on the paranoid by saying it's the end of their life because of this virus. Then only to get heated when someone disagrees with their statement. Reading others expressing their fear and panic with ill advised non professional advice isn't all that great either. My two cents...

  10. Did you ever hear the tragedy of Lord Karnage?

     

    I thought not. It's not a story AVGN would tell you. It's a CGR legend. Lord Karnage was a Lord of the retro games, so powerful and so wise he could use Youtube to influence the audience to love retro games... He had such a knowledge of the retro games that he could even get his video games from one guy in Qatar. The dark side of the internet is a pathway to many abilities some consider to be unnatural. He became so powerful... the only thing he was afraid of was losing his audience, which eventually, of course, he did. Unfortunately, he taught his apprentice everything he knew, then his apprentice killed him in his sleep. Ironic, he could save others from death, but not himself.

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    2. dj_convoy

      dj_convoy

      I get his frustration. He put some actual time / effort / production into his stuff. He seems content doing publishing and quickie, off the cuff comic reviews on YouTube right now, so it's not like it had a tragic ending or anything.

    3. MrMaddog

      MrMaddog

      I don't blame him for not putting anything on YT anymore... Google really cheaps out on ad revenue payments unless it's some obnoxious gameplay streams, a dime a dozen on Twitch.  And now the FTC wants to fine YT'ers for having child targeted ads even though it's Google that puts them on.  The only way for anyone to get money for making professionally made videos is either through Patron e-begging or VPN ads.

    4. GoldLeader

      GoldLeader

      Zoyous, convoy, and Maddog know what's up!

  11. It's kinda sad that almost all of the classic gaming reviewers from the early days of YouTube are gone. And even if they still make stuff, it doesn't have the same feel as their older videos.

     

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    2. Rick Dangerous

      Rick Dangerous

      What is AVGN calling himself now?

    3. Magmavision2000

      Magmavision2000

      AVGN, but he was originally called the Angry Nintendo Nerd, but when he started reviewing 2600 games, he changed it so it would be broader

    4. JacobZu7zu7

      JacobZu7zu7

      I meant to say, changed from Angry Nintendo Nerd to AVGN. Not from AVGN... but couldn't edit post.

  12. Double Dragon or River City Ransom?

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    2. pce_collector
    3. cvga

      cvga

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      River City Ransom

       

    4. Shawn

      Shawn

      Double Dragon by a very large margin.

  13. Here's a sad fact of the day: 90% of films made before 1929 may be permanently lost. 

     

     

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    2. Magmavision2000

      Magmavision2000

      @GoldLeader That sounds like either Greed or Birth of A Nation. It was probably Greed though since Birth of A Nation isn't really safe for work.

    3. GoldLeader

      GoldLeader

      Maybe Greed...Definitively not Birth of a Nation.

    4. GoldLeader

      GoldLeader

      I just looked it up!  It Was GREED!  I remembered the guy was a Dentist in San Francisco.  Good Job!  I can't believe you figured it out!  I watched the reconstructed 4 hour version (processed for Pay Per View on DISH actually)...

  14. Jazz-Metal, if it doesn't exist, get to working on it already!

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    2. Laner

      Laner

       

       

    3. xucaen

      xucaen

      That sounds like it could be awesome. The closest thing I can think of would be Malignant Narcissism by Rush. ✌️

    4. BydoEmpire

      BydoEmpire

      IMHO jazz is listening. In composition it's about listening to the movement in the harmony and melody, and how they support each other.  In performance it's about listening and reacting to the other musicians in the band.  In improvisation it's about listening to where things are going, and what each musician is doing, and how you support that together.  It's hard to separate jazz from improvisation - that's been a fundamental aspect of it since its inception.  Prog and metal don't typically have as much of an improvisation component, but of course anything can be done.  Some bands like Umphrey's McGhee have some heavier songs and certainly improvise, but it's more of a rock context than jazz.  Improv alone doesn't make something jazz, nor does more complex harmony.

  15. I was paying Commando on the NES, and it was so unstable, it felt like it was going to fold itself out of existence.

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    2. ApolloBoy

      ApolloBoy

      @masschamber Actually the NES port of Commando was done by Capcom themselves, it was the first NES/Famicom game they programmed in-house.

    3. Magmavision2000

      Magmavision2000

      Yeah, those early Capcom games were pretty janky.

    4. TwentySixHundred

      TwentySixHundred

      7800 version is perfection IMO although it was released at a later date

  16. I was looking at the first issue of Electronic Games, and I came across a piece where they were "comparing" Asteroids and Space Invaders. They tried to claim that Midway developed Galaxian and it was a successor to Space Invaders.

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    2. masschamber

      masschamber

      considering space invaders and galaxian both say by midway on the cabinet, it isn't that far of a stretch to assume it was a sequel.  Like has been said before, this was before you could pop out your phone and find a misleading article on the internet in seconds, then find a more accurate one with a few minutes of searching.

    3. fultonbot

      fultonbot

      Yeah, at that time the Katz/Kunkel/Worley were some of the only people who even took video games seriously as a wave of the future.   

    4. GoldLeader

      GoldLeader

      At the time,  and like others have said, with the word Midway right on the cabinet, Galaxian was considered the spiritual successor to Space Invaders though there was a direct sequel in the  form of the Deluxe machine...

  17. Seinfeld is a show that's only funny if you don't watch it for a while.

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    2. GoldLeader

      GoldLeader

      I think it's always funny,  but to each his own...Some of the antics of George were too hilarious/relatable...

    3. Magmavision2000

      Magmavision2000

      @GoldLeader I like the show, I just think it's funnier if you wait a couple of years in between watching it. Kind of like Family Guy.

    4. GoldLeader

      GoldLeader

      Family Guy is Always funny too!   But I get your point.  ?

  18. I just learned pigeons produce milk. 

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    2. Magmavision2000

      Magmavision2000

      @save2600 Pigeon milk factory. I'll call it "Avian Dairy™". I'll make millions selling it to hipsters!

    3. joeatari1

      joeatari1

      I have nipples Focker, can you milk me?

    4. GoldLeader

      GoldLeader

      Just not much...I mean 12 pigeons later you're still thirsty...

  19. Man, I hate allergy season!

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    2. joeatari1

      joeatari1

      I sympathize.  I have year round allergies but my peak is ragweed season from August through October.  I get serum shots every other week and use Flonase.  Most of the pills are like sugar pills to me, they do practically nothing.

    3. Magmavision2000

      Magmavision2000

      @GoldLeader @joeatari1 I too have year-round allergies, but yesterday and today my allergies have been going against the Geneva Convention. My entire face feels pressurized, and I've been wheezing like I've ran 100 miles.

    4. GoldLeader

      GoldLeader

      I used to get custom Serum Shots every 2 weeks (I think it was)...I could never tell if anything was getting better or worse.  Gave up the shots long ago.  Nowadays I do kind of like Zyrtec (or generic equivalents),...Most pills do nothing or very little (Claritin, I could eat like PEZ, for instance and it does absolutely nothing,   less than a sugar pill)...People tell me to try Flonase, but I've never known a nasal spray to do anything...

  20. To people who replace their system's disk drive with an SD card reader. Why? Wouldn't a modchip give you the exact same thing without removing the drive?

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    2. masschamber

      masschamber

      That's weird to prefer cd read errors to no cd read errors.  Seriously shining force 3  and a modded saturn, better save ever 5 seconds or else loose all progress to a read error, 

    3. joeatari1

      joeatari1

      "I have one simple request.  And that is to have frickin' sharks with "laser beams" attached to their heads.  Now my cycloptic colleague informs me that can't be done."

    4. ClassicGMR

      ClassicGMR

      I agree with masschamber. I love 1 system 1 loader solutions. Replacing a drive that is failing or has failed with an SD card is, in my opinion, just upgrading a classic not destroying it.

  21. What's the name of the orange cat from Garfield?

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    2. uosipa llamxew

      uosipa llamxew

      Love your handle, Rocky... I actually asked for that nick at one time, but you already had it... I also thought about Bungalow Bill... and my former username was on that track as well.  I think you'll like mine if you take a second look at it.  :)

       

      Rocky-Raccoon.jpg

    3. uosipa llamxew

      uosipa llamxew

      I am getting reacquainted with the forum and discovered the attachments section.  I discovered this one I uploaded way back when and thought to post it here.  I think I wrote it - it seems like my sense of humor, but who knows?  LOL

       

      post-887-1161556248_thumb.png

    4. GoldLeader

      GoldLeader

      Wait,...

       

      I think his name's Anthony...He's a Big NEO GEO Fan!

  22. I've been feeling under the weather lately...

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    2. MrMaddog

      MrMaddog

      Everyone is like that this time of the year, it's called Cabin Fever cause you spend more time indoors due to cold weater.

    3. Tickled_Pink

      Tickled_Pink

      Wales is where the weather is, man. You're always under some kind of weather over here ... usually bad.

    4. GoldLeader

      GoldLeader

      I've been a bit sick for a long while now...I hope ya get feeling better.

  23. Just a friendly reminder that in 18 years people will be doomsday prepping again because "some guy 68 years ago didn't think about the future while making a time code".

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    2. Magmavision2000

      Magmavision2000

      @atari2600land basically it's just another version of Y2K except this time it has something to do with the UTC going back to 1901. I guess whoever created UTC didn't think about the future.

    3. GoldLeader

      GoldLeader

      Sometimes I am tired of things making sense so I like Random Terrain's stuff ;)    Besides, who doesn't like Alan Parsons?    Communists!  That's who.

    4. GoldLeader

      GoldLeader

      But I've always liked the line TIME WILL KILL

       

       

  24. WANNA BUY SOME DEATHSTICKS?!?!?

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    2. RockyRaccoon

      RockyRaccoon

      Did you know there's an entire Star Wars Comic series/Books about that guy and what he did after he was told to go home and rethink his life? It's amazing.

    3. GoldLeader

      GoldLeader

      You don't wanna

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

      watch those prequels...

    4. Magmavision2000

      Magmavision2000

      I want to go home and rethink my life...

  25. Just ate goat meat for the first time. Pretty good.

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    2. Magmavision2000
    3. carlsson

      carlsson

      Sad story I heard a couple of years ago, when the demand for goat cheese was spiking: Farmers would breed goats, but remove the offspring directly after birth since the milk was the desired commodity. The request for goat meat was so low that the killed baby goats had to be burned or buried as a whole, not even sold off as dog food.

    4. save2600

      save2600

      Goat meat isn't exactly common around here (never saw it actually) but I have had goat cheese.

       

       

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