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  1. Ransom

    In the beginning, good always overpowered the weevils of almond shins.

    1. GoldLeader

      GoldLeader

      Ha! We played the Hell out of that in the '80s (no pun intended)...But until a friend bought the album (with lyrics), instead of the tape, we never knew the exact words....

  2. Ransom

    It's like, totally, a rainbow in the dark. - Ronni Jane Dio, Valley Girl

    1. zylon

      zylon

      When there's lightening, it like totally brings me down.

    2. Omega-TI

      Omega-TI

    3. Grig

      Grig

      Hide ... Rainbow ... DUDE - Ronnie James Dio's Excellent Adventure

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  3. Ransom

    Don't anthropomorphize inanimate objects. They hate that.

    1. Rick Dangerous

      Rick Dangerous

      I concur and so does my NES Brett.

  4. Ransom

    Blown up, Sir!

  5. Ransom
    Sure, you can view the completed item, but if you go to Advanced Search and choose "completed listings" and type 'Atari 815 Dual Disk Drive' into the search field, you get back a bunch of items, but not the 815. Same for sold items. Someone who does a lot of selling may know what that means. Does that mean the seller ended the auction prematurely without selling it through eBay (a possible side deal)?
  6. Ransom
    That's strange. It doesn't come up in the Completed or Sold searches.
  7. Ransom
    I can only give you my experience with it, which was that I was blown away by Star Raiders on the 5200, enjoyed the upgrades of the other launch games over the VCS versions, and never had an issue with the joysticks (which I thought were amazing). But, I only had the system for a short while before the computer bug bit me hard and I upgraded to the Atari 400 so I could start programming my own games. I wasn't aware of the 5200 having a bad reputation back then because, while I did subscribe to Electronic Games Magazine and saw their negativity about it, their complaints contradicted my own experience and no one I knew had a bad impression of it. We thought the Intellivision and Colecovision controllers were fine as well. They were different, that's all. It's not like the VCS joystick was without fault. They broke and needed repair periodically, and using them for a long time could be painful. I always had good memories of the 5200, and it was the second retro system I got (after the VCS) when I started collecting around 1990.
  8. Ransom

    Now, where did I put my glasses?

    1. accousticguitar

      accousticguitar

      If only you could see so you could find them.

    2. save2600

      save2600

      you fumble around in the dark, but only find a candy wrapper

    3. retrorussell

      retrorussell

      You gave them to Judy In Disguise. Guess you'll just take them back.

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  9. Ransom
    I loved playing the original, when it was at the local bowling alley (it wasn't at our local arcade for some reason). I pumped quite a lot of quarters into that one! The Jag version was decent enough. The 5200 version is very good.
  10. Ransom

    It's the New Zoo Review, coming right at you!

    1. GoldLeader

      GoldLeader

      Holy Cow Frankodragon! It figures the outakes could be like that on a show so educational and sickly sweet haha...

    2. ferghead

      ferghead

      GoldLeader, I'm guessing you never saw Wacko! or Marlo and the Magic Movie Machine?

       

    3. GoldLeader

      GoldLeader

      Nope. I did just look them up on IMDB, but not familiar...

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  11. Ransom
    My condolences, RT.
  12. Ransom

    Fun with eBay: if you can't be bothered to take your own photos, don't ask a premium price. And if there are currently half a dozen or more listings of something, it's not "ultra rare."

    1. high voltage

      high voltage

      fun with a blonde sounds far more interesting

    2. 7800fan

      7800fan

      pro tip: buyer is protected by eBay guarrantee. If the item you get doesn't match stock photo, the seller loses. Ripped a cheating seller a new one for trying to sell a picture of boxed SMB3 NES, got cart only with half label missing. He tried to spin his no-refund angle and eBay awarded me refund without returning shitty game (which doesn't work after all)

    3. jd_1138

      jd_1138

      Also, the other sellers open up a bunch of phony zero feedback accounts to run up the prices on their competitors' items.

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  13. Ransom

    In Soviet Russia, games play you!

    1. save2600

      save2600

      you get your copy of Battleship for the Jaguar yet?

  14. Ransom
    Shockingly, no one's bought the broken 815 for $2500 yet.
  15. Ransom
    A new, backwards-compatible console will be a great thing, if done right (and from everything I've ever seen, if anyone will do it right, it's Eduardo). I was never enthusiastic about the SGM Pro as an interim step, so I'm glad it's been put on hold in favor of getting more SGMs out there and then moving to the Prometheus. Bravo!
  16. Ransom

    Homey don't play that.

    1. save2600

      save2600

    2. frankodragon

      frankodragon

      I don't think so.

    3. Lyth

      Lyth

      Homie The Clown don't play that! BAM

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  17. Ransom
    I was sure the thread was going to be "Picked up my first 5200....and threw my back out!" As for the 2-port, the p/s plugs into the unit instead of into the switch box, and the switch box is just a standard one. The p/s is different voltage, too. See the FAQ for more. Get a nice controller and enjoy!
  18. Ransom
    Those Pavlovian responses are so funny. E.T., the 5200, SMB2...so many "trigger words." I enjoyed the heck out of SMB2. Later, I found out the story behind it, but that didn't change the game or my enjoyment of it.
  19. Ransom
    Wow, that's great! Thank you for doing the work on this.
  20. Ransom
    SMB was fun at the time, but boring now. SMB2 was fun then and still has a charm. (I'm talking about the NA release that was a reskinned different game.) I played it every day for at least half a year, just for fun. I'd be willing to play that again some day. SMB3, I bought, brought over to my friend's place (this was while I was in college) and we stayed up all night taking turns on a world-by-world basis and beat it. Never played it again. All the rest were "meh" except for 64, which was fine at the time but is now hobbled by that bizarre controller. Otherwise it was fun replaying it a few years ago.
  21. Ransom

    Mother forking shirt balls! The Good Place has been renewed for a second season!

    1. icemanxp300

      icemanxp300

      I lost all interest when he clicked his fingers. My wife and I have zero interest in watching "The Bad Place".

    2. NE146

      NE146

      The wha?

    3. RJ

      RJ

      I've always hated Ted Danson as an actor.

  22. Ransom
    Yeah, but the Atari had the amazing Flight Simulator cartridge! And Bug Hunt! And a keyboard for advanced computer games! And....a REAL joystick! It was a decent try at marketing it, but realistically it was never going to convince many people.
  23. Ransom
    I made one based on some plans published in some magazine or other. If I recall correctly, it used the same chip as the Speak 'n' Spell toy.
  24. Ransom
    Got my box o' boards. Now I just need time to install them....
  25. Ransom

    You are completely unlickable. I hope you get your just deserts!

    1. retrorussell

      retrorussell

      As in, stranded in a desert? Or did you mean desserts?

    2. GoldLeader

      GoldLeader

      The only time I ever saw an ice cream cone that was unlickable, it was a dessert in the desert!

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