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  1. Ransom

    In the ancient Chinese board game of Go, 'Atari' is a polite warning that the warrior needs food, badly.

    1. retrorussell

      retrorussell

      I thought it was praising the virtues of the Paperboy? Or maybe it means "Everything you know is wrong" (Marble Madness).

    2. GoldLeader

      GoldLeader

      It means All your base are about to belong to us

    3. Dreamcast Gamer

      Dreamcast Gamer

      Everything you know is wrong is where I always lose LOL

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  2. Ransom
    Both Gradius and Penguin Adventure work great for me. My CV is Yurkie AV modded with the skip BIOS and the pause switch. My SGM is 1st gen. Dunno what rev the motherboard is, but I'm using a standard US CV power supply.
  3. Ransom
    Solution: the CV II, a drop-in replacement for the CV board, with SGM Pro built in, and that uses an easily obtainable power supply. =)
  4. Ransom
    I'm still evaluating, but I believe I'll end up getting rid of the Vectrex, the 7800, and possibly one other system this year. I would also like to continue getting rid of duplicates, spare parts, etc., but I probably won't get to that. Maybe I'll get rid of either the //c or platinum //e, though. As far a acquisitions, I expect I'll buy a few CIB homebrews that Atari Age will be selling for my remaining systems. Otherwise, I don't expect to buy anything.
  5. Ransom

    Everything you like is stupid. Everything I like is awesome. Let's argue about it for the next week!

    1. doctorclu

      doctorclu

      You're right, everything you like is stupid. :)

    2. ls650

      ls650

      Another Rogue One thread?

    3. Iwantgames:)

      Iwantgames:)

      Wait if everything I like is stupid and everything you like is awesome. What about if we like the same thing? Is it stupidly awesome? :)

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  6. Ransom
    I really appreciate you stepping up. It's wonderful to have these kits available.
  7. Ransom
    Generally speaking, I don't wait in line for more than a few minutes to spend money. I never have. And I don't buy from scalpers. I'm happy to do without rather than reward customer-hostile business practices.
  8. Ransom
    Great! I hope your tests go well.
  9. Ransom
    Let's see...in 1988 I was in college and using an Apple //c, AppleWorks, and an ImageWriter. I didn't own any videogame system and didn't want one (the last one I'd owned was the 5200, which I got rid of in favor of a 400, which I got rid of in favor of a 1200XL, which I got rid of in favor of the Apple //c). If I had to choose either the 7800 or the XEGS at the time, I probably would have chosen the XEGS so I could play Star Raiders again. I missed that game a lot.
  10. Ransom
    Thanks! Thanks for the refund! Just so you know, I tried to request an invoice and eBay said "Seller does not combine shipments." You may want to look into that.
  11. Ransom
    No combined shipping discounts?
  12. Ransom
    Looking forward do the new SGM and many of those new games!
  13. Ransom
    (The link above is to the Eugene Jarvis interview. Here's a link to the Warren Robinett one: linky) Mostly a lame interview asking the same questions as usual. Still, the tidbit about perhaps programming a sequel to Adventure is interesting. I hadn't heard that before.
  14. Ransom
    With the new agreement with AtariAge, how will these be sold? Directly, or through the AtariAge store?
  15. Ransom
    Rosebud!
  16. Ransom

    I can't believe Canada's turning 150 this year. How quickly they grow up!

    1. Corby

      Corby

      I don't wanna grow up. yekno..toy r us kid thing

    2. high voltage

      high voltage

      So what was it before the 150 years?

    3. ls650

      ls650

      Sesquicentennial...

  17. Ransom
    The sounds out of that are pretty great!
  18. Ransom
    I used to prepare for "the Atari end times", with multiple spare computers, extra motherboards, boxes of parts, and the like. But I got rid of most of that, and I will probably get it down to just a nice set of XL-era stuff at some point. If what I have lasts another 10 years, I'll be thrilled. If not, well, there's always emulation. I could sell off my huge CIB A8 software collection and free up some space, then.
  19. Ransom
    Light sixer. It's what I grew up with. Heavy sixers look deformed and light sixers look mutilated. Juniors are just cheap knockoffs. Don't get me started on those bastard 7800s...!
  20. Ransom
    Ah, OK. Very nicely done! I think this will be worth buying, even though I have the earlier one.
  21. Ransom
    Looks nice. What does it look like without VBXE?
  22. Ransom
    eBay sellers try all kinds of stuff. It's not just A8; other things that are available at semi-obscure places are put up there for ridiculous prices as well. It's the nature of the beast. I always tell people to Google really hard before paying a stratospheric price on eBay.
  23. Ransom
    Without malls, where will the brawls happen?
  24. Ransom
    Merry Christmas! And, since tonight is the start, Happy Hanukkah!
  25. Ransom

    Why doesn't Atari Age have discussions of dick any more?

    1. Gabriel

      Gabriel

      AtariAge ain't got dick.

    2. frankodragon

      frankodragon

      No monies but I do have Hello Kitty bicycle or crackpipe.

    3. cybercylon

      cybercylon

      I haven't seen many discussions about Dick Clark, Dick Butkus, Dick Cheney, Dick Gregory, Dick Powell.....

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