∞ Vince ∞

(slaps forehead) That was so subtle it went past me the first time. Well  done.

@Stephen Thanks Stephen. 👍 I actually write jokes. This is one of mine. Occasionally I try to do a topper, where you do a joke and add one on top.

Well done you, Adam, to build a BMW. 🚗

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It's bonkers, I know. I was watching old reruns in the morning and I was struck by the similarity.

I then realised that the show pre-dated Pacman by 4 years.

Japan watches a lot of British tv. That def looks like Pacman eating a pill. One of these, a paracetamol.

And what does Pacman swallow? Pills.

It's also the exact same angle.

Also... Over the years, Toru Iwatani has given a few different takes on how he come up with Pacman.

He stuck to eating pizza but I've heard him say other things too, I am sure of it.

I'm starting to lean from "I don't know" (Because I have a lot of original stuff/Everdrive etc.) towards "I gotta have it!"...And I just found out I have vacation coming up in a couple of weeks,...HMmmm...Maybe I'll order one today!

I got one a couple weeks ago and it's awesome!  If you are a fan of the TG16, you will love this.  

Yeah. It was £99. Amazon. As far as I know Amazon are the only UK Official Seller.

There's some brilliant games and I think for the amount of games included this is a value for money system.

Hopefully like the other Mini's you can hack it to include more Roms.

There are 32x PCe games and 25 TG-16 ones. Of thse only 2 or 3 are unplayable due to the nature of them being heavy with Japanese text.

There's some brilliant games included.

Some of these Mini systems have some glaring omissions. The only one I'd liked to have had that is not there being Bloody Wolf but that's a personal favourite.

You can buy a second controller for £21. And they have got a Multi-tap for up to 5 players for £24.99. The inclusion of the 3 Bomberman games probably being key to that strategy.

I've never really taken the time to play Parasol Stars despite my love of Bubble Bobble so this will be a wonderful opportunity.

if you like Rodland, check out Don Doki Don on NES. Somewhat like it, just as fun! Trust me...

I know Don Doki Don from the Arcade. It's a very good take on Bubble Bobble.

Looks like I have another NES/Fami game to look up...Not to be one of those guys, but I bet I've got the ROM

Does she like doggy style stroke?

drum roll

you see the idea of a joke is to use a well known term in an unexpected way

Dangit!

I was trying to go all day without thinking...

Ahh, shoot-me and one of my little Sisters can turn sideways in the rain and not get wet, is really just as bad of a problem...

My wife is watching Hitchcock at the moment

It was a good show! I used to watch it with my dad. Repeats of course, not in the 50s!

for one thing, where does it find these videos. Second how does it know it is not breaking it's own copyright rules.

Wow, that's cool.  Who got the ipads?

the Hospital my friend is in. They will now have many to share amongst the patients in ICU.

I can't come to America anyway. I can't stand BIG spiders. I would have a heart attack. Not too fond of Crocodiles and Snakes either.

In the UK we only have one spider that is mildly annoying and it has never killed anyone despite the tabloids claiming everything but.

Yeah.  Whatever the truths are, they will come out in the end.  In the meantime, I wish people had enough common sense to agree that they have a responsibility to watch out for one another and listen to the science and the experts.  It saddens me when people lose sight of the bigger picture and throw tantrums and go on political rants.

There is an absolute truth we can all agree on:  no matter what you think your "rights" are, you do not have the right to take reckless actions that endanger the lives and well-being of other people.  This isn't about choice or a lack of choice:  it's about responsibility.  We all have a responsibility to be prudent and try our best to be there for each other.  Those who thumb their noses at science and politicize the issue are doing NOTHING to help.

Well, Dugger, Hello! By the way, That is the most sense anyone has made for a long time.

Back on the 'official' corona thread here I was one of these 80% will be a cold, mild flu people. My experience was far from that. I fully understand everyone's concerns now and I have been in isolation for just under 2 months.

The longer we can stay in and stay distanced the better the situation will be and the sooner it will be resolved.

Political posturing by anyone during this time is folly. Everyone is watching and in times like these we need leaders not naysayers. 

Nice!  Always nice to see other countries' take on it...

Thank you, Vince! Very nice.. I personally returned to work on Monday and was surprised to see many of my old co-workers (after 8 weeks) as well as many new people. Detroit (terrible city that I would very much like to leave) isn't quite as awful as I thought. Still want to GTFO.

What happened with Motown is shocking. Reminds me of Robocop. Good luck, keep your head Adam, stay positive, keep moving forward, you will get out.

British Gaming Mag, if anyone's wondering.

EpicGames giving away GTA 5 for free, so of course their website is down. If you click 'go back to shop' it just tells you in another language! 😕

Ocorreu um erro inesperado? Mas isso é português!

Sim.

Easy to understand, even for me. 

Thanks! Fingers crossed.

I hope it's clear also. What do you need to do for the test? Hopefully it isn't still the swab that goes waaay up your nose.

Well... I was hoping this would be an antibody test, but they've only just been proved to be 100% accurate. They'll be rolled out soon.

This is the you have / you don't have one. I had one before that said I had so...

Yeah it is actually, it goes tonsils first then up both nostrils. Same end of the swab as well.

This batch of tests is helping with knowing the overall numbers and should help the government decide on how to proceed with things.

I'm going to push for an Antibody test soon and then try to parlay that into the possibility of donating plasma to help others.

I really want to, if I can.

Graziele did my Jaguar Rotary Controller boxes and was amazing to work with. She has done games for the 2600 and Coleco. Her artwork is great. Her user name here is GraziGamer.

Thanks for the recommendation. I have had a look at some of her work and have messaged her. 👍

Jeopardy is awesome. A friend of mine, who is insanely smart, was a contestant on the show recently.

I worked with a guy who was on Jeopardy!  ...I felt bad for him as he missed the Final Jeopardy question, by being one year off...We watched the clip at work...I think he guessed 1984 and the answer was 1985 or something...Can't remember the question exactly, I think it was the year a movie or song was released...

I really love how it can swing either way so dramatically, so quickly.

Someone can be right out in front and f it up. It's a good show. Here all our Quiz shows have a lot of filler chat between host and guest and the one out and out no nonsense quiz was 15-to-1. Which was superb but they ended it a long time ago.

Anyone remember Geocities? Used to just randomly type in GC urls and see what came up. That was a game-changer. Normal people could now express themselves online in all kinds of flashing nauseating migraine inducing text.

I do.

Those were good times for me. You could build a website people would pay for in half a day. I was at college and living life to the full in the Student Union where pints were a pound £1.

I'm looking forward to your game!

Nice one, if you like Tetris you will like it a lot (I feel). I'll post a screenshot sometimes tomorrow, but bear in mind, it is early days.

I'm interested to see more...

I hope my being a Chopper Commander doesn't raise too much dust on the moon you are sweeping!

Ha ha! that's a good game, CC, but I prefer the ones where you try to save the soldiers as well. Choplifter and the like.