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  1. original_gamer

    You may say I'm a gamer, but I'm not the only one.

  2. original_gamer

    NASA announced this week a plan to send a woman to the moon.  They gave no credit to or even mentioned Ralph Kramden the man with the original idea.

    1. sramirez2008

      sramirez2008

      Ha! That's priceless.

    2. pacman000

      pacman000

      One of these days...One of these days! Bang! Zoom!

    3. OldSchoolRetroGamer

      OldSchoolRetroGamer

      HAH good one, grew up on Honeymooners reruns! FYI stealing your comment for FACEBOOK, hope you don't mind..........

  3. original_gamer

    When did "joy" sticks become "fighting" sticks? 

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    2. Austin

      Austin

      @GoldLeader - The Dreamcast fighting sticks don't "only" work with fighting games. They work with anything that uses the d-pad, which is a wide variety of games. Blame developers for not incorporating d-pad support into all of their games.

    3. Flojomojo

      Flojomojo

      I thought "joystick" was a fighter pilot word, co-opted by video games in the Atari era. "Fighting Stick" seems more appropriate for an 8-way digital controller, while "joystick" seems like it should be reserved for a big handheld analog controller. 

       

      Guess at first usage: HORI Fighting Stick. What did I win?

    4. Random Terrain

      Random Terrain

      When did UFOs become AATs? Advanced Aerospace Threats? I never once had a UFO drop a cow on me or shoot laser beams at my ass.

  4. original_gamer

    Great day today. Became a subscriber this morning. Picked up an Asteroids Arcade 1UP at my local Wally World this afternoon on closeout ($75). I did purchase the extended warranty.

    1. Wally1

      Wally1

      what's a '1up'?  Congratulations.

       

    2. Albert

      Albert

      Thank you for subscribing, that is a big help!

    3. original_gamer

      original_gamer

      You're welcome Albert.

       

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  5. original_gamer

    On this date in 1971 I watched the last episode of Dark Shadows.

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    2. thanatos

      thanatos

      Not born. Also don't feel old for once! :)

    3. high voltage

      high voltage

      Received a Drumkit for Christmas (not just a drum, the whole setup of a real kit), learned to play, founded High Voltage (band) in late 75

    4. retrorussell

      retrorussell

      On this day in 1971 I was in my mom's uterus.

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