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  1. Ransom
    I have made my program uncrackable by putting it on write-only media.
  2. Ransom
    Now you just need to add sensors to each aperture so that your trusty Atari can keep a running count of which body parts have been removed. =) Edited to add: A better idea would be an arm hooked to the pot lines so it gives x/y values, with the "buzzer" hooked to the trigger.
  3. Ransom
    Only you can say whether, in your case, it may be a midlife crisis, or nostalgia, or both...or neither. For me, it's neither. It's simply that some of the things that I enjoyed when I was younger, I never stopped enjoying. If I'd enjoyed playing golf as a kid, would it be nostalgia if I'd kept doing it for decades?
  4. Ransom

    Resolve Stain Remover: Now reformulated to remove all four humors!

    1. JDTAY

      JDTAY

      Nice! I've been searching for something that works on black bile.

    2. Ransom

      Ransom

      Black bile stains are the worst! But when you have an imbalance, what choice do you have? And it seems to get all over everything, no matter what you do!

       

  5. Ransom

    I am iron, man.

  6. Ransom
    I've been using my Wico Bat since the 80s. In the 90s I bought a few more "just in case," but I've never needed any of them. Mine just keeps going and going and going... As far as the size, it's perfect for my hands. And I like the throw, etc. Of course, I've been using it so long that a lot of my preference for it probably has to do with familiarity and habituation. At this point, using anything else to play a compatible system feels wrong.
  7. Ransom
    Well, now that everyone's using seat belts, helmets, elbow pads, and all that, there has to be some other way to teach kids character.
  8. Ransom

    Remember when you could buy Meatloaf, Bread, and Cream at the record store?

    1. Keatah

      Keatah

      When we do we'll all be Reunited with Peaches and Herbs.

    2. Joe C.

      Joe C.

      Aloaf of bread, a container of milk, a stick of butter.. classic

    3. lushgirl_80

      lushgirl_80

      i hate Korn lol Black Mayonaise is heavier. (funny i reply to this and it goes viral AA style..)

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  9. Ransom
    Oh! I didn't know that. It deserves to be on all of them! I guess it's the portable for me, then. But...bleh.
  10. Ransom
    A mish-mash, eh? Hmm. Still, I may buy the Activision version, if only to support Dintari's Pac-Man.
  11. Ransom
    The 1200XL is my choice for daily driver. I bought one when they came out. I thought they were fantastic back then, and still think so now.
  12. Ransom

    Click here for one simple trick you can use to avoid clickbait!

    1. GoldLeader

      GoldLeader

      LOL...Reminds me of the old days when inside the Phone Book it would say, "If you don't have a phone call xxx-xxxx".

    2. frankodragon

      frankodragon

      How about those signs that read, "If you're illiterate then get someone to help you."

    3. Stephen

      Stephen

      Or websites that offer to see if your CC has been stolen. Just enter the card # and get a report.

  13. Ransom

    Icy dead people.

    1. MegaManFan

      MegaManFan

      Icy Coleco Holdings.

    2. jaybird3rd

      jaybird3rd

      They don't know they're dumb.

    3. ValkerieSilk

      ValkerieSilk

      I need my glasses to see anything now ;(

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  14. Ransom

    Life is just a fantasy. Can you live this fantasy life?

    1. GoldLeader

      GoldLeader

      Aldo!

  15. Ransom

    Switch, XBox One X...I'm just completely uninterested in the latest console generation.

    1. DuggerVideoGames

      DuggerVideoGames

      I also have no interest in the latest generation of gaming consoles. Maybe I'll buy a Switch someday, but that's not anytime soon. Lost interest after the PS2 days.

    2. atarian63

      atarian63

      I have a switch and 2 games(not zelda), nothing excites me. hated 360 and did note play much ps3, have a ps4 unopened in box that I have had for 8 months. I am with you,newer gaming does not excite me..

       

    3. ls650

      ls650

      Yep, Yawnsville.

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  16. Ransom
    Wasn't the introduction of the screw-on models coincident with the OS and RAM modules going caseless (for overheating reasons, as I recall...but cost cutting perhaps as well)?
  17. Ransom

    Set the controls for the heart of the sun.

    1. Stephen

      Stephen

      Little by little the night turns around

      Counting the leaves which tremble and turn

  18. Ransom
    Every 5200 owner must have at least one upgraded 5200 joystick controller and the 5200 Trak-ball.
  19. Ransom

    Don't just think different, smell different! New 'Wet Dog Crapping" eau de cologne from Apple will have people talking!

    1. jaybird3rd

      jaybird3rd

      Think different, but don't think *TOO* different.

    2. Nathan Strum

      Nathan Strum

      I prefer "Dead Skunk in an Old Gym Sock". Women go crazy over it.

    3. Nathan Strum

      Nathan Strum

      I'd suggest avoiding their "Old Tuna Sandwich in a Smoker's-only Men's Room Urinal" though.

       

      Worst idea they've had since the Touch Bar on the MacBook Pro.

  20. Ransom
    I'm most likely to buy ports of arcade games, specifically ones released up through about 1985. Arcade games from later years mostly hold no interest for me. Original stuff is a harder sell, because I have no familiarity with it and have no need to take a chance on a game I may not like.
  21. Ransom
    IP rights can lead to ugly stuff. I hope this comes out well for the community in the end.
  22. Ransom
    Like Jin, I only collect what I'll use. But for me, that includes the box. But then I've always kept my carts and manuals in the boxes they came in. I had a shelf full of them back when the VCS was on store shelves, and later I kept the huge 400/800 boxes as well. It's like keeping the album cover, to me. When I got into the resale market in the 90s I was a little surprised to find that I was apparently one of the few to keep boxes. Most of my friends had kept their game boxes as well, so I'd assumed most people did. Aside from keeping the complete game, though, I'm not a completist at all. I don't collect things just to have them, and I don't need to "collect 'em all." Ephimera like flyers and buttons hold no interest for me, either.
  23. Ransom

    I'm super, man.

    1. pangasinan

      pangasinan

      I'm new, man.

    2. Corby

      Corby

      I'm bat,man.

  24. Ransom

    Meh.

    1. Nathan Strum

      Nathan Strum

      Feh.

    2. Joe C.

      Joe C.

      Bruh?

    3. Corby

      Corby

      where's "Meh" guy???

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  25. Ransom

    I ate two cookies.

    1. GoldLeader

      GoldLeader

      As kids we dreamed of having cookies and milk for breakfast...And now you can with Cookie Crisp!

    2. zetastrike

      zetastrike

      Two? wimp

    3. Bryan

      Bryan

      "I eat Fig Newtons by the sleeve"

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