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  1. Ransom
    I loved that printer. It was great for producing a few pages, such as when sending a letter to someone. I had that one, the 1020 plotter, and the 1025 dot matrix printer hooked up to my A8 up until the mid-90s. All three were very useful to me, although I eventually also hooked up a Canon inkjet via an 850, then phased the others out.
  2. Ransom

    Are you devious enough to beat Xevious?

    1. retrorandy

      retrorandy

      That is a great tagline. I googled a bit to try and find the commercial, but no luck. Love this game, but never got very far in it.

    2. save2600

      save2600

      Nope, definitely not devious enough! lol

  3. Ransom
    I'd say, "Don't keep any video game stuff sealed. It's all meant to be played!"
  4. Ransom
    Atari 8-bit. Always. Especially Warner-era.
  5. Ransom
    What kind of replacement keyboards are they? Those could potentially be worth something to people.
  6. Ransom

    Is video game grading still a thing?

    1. GoldLeader

      GoldLeader

      I think those ridiculous VGA examples on ebay simply serve to raise the prices of games from smaller vendors...(In varying amounts)...

    2. GoldLeader

      GoldLeader

      I think it's a subtle psychological effect...If people see high prices enough, they assume the game is worth more. Truth is, in the end a game is "worth" what someone is willing to pay.

    3. Keatah

      Keatah

      Does anyone grade consoles? Certainly classic computers with all their parts and keyboards and capacitors and sockets..all could use an official exam prior to buying.

       

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  7. Ransom
    BASIC can only address 48k of RAM, and takes some of that for its own uses. Needing "64k of extended RAM" means that the program requires a 128K Atari to run (64k built-in, plus 64k extended).
  8. Ransom
    Sure, and then someone will come up with a fix for the misaligned characters, and someone else will make the buffer bigger, and someone else will make it faster.... it's the way of the classics.
  9. Ransom

    5200 dimensions

    Ransom replied to Spector's topic in Atari 5200

    I remember going from the 2600 to the 5200 and thinking, "Man, these carts are big! That must be so they can do all this advanced graphics and stuff." Then I got an Atari 400 and some of the boxed games. Of course, the boxes for those games were way larger than the 2600/5200 boxes. So I'm thinking, "Wow, these cartridges are going to be huge!!" Then I get it home, open the box, and there's this tiny little cartridge in there. Me, at the time:
  10. Ransom
    I forgot about that one! It's coin-op difficult. I love that about it, and it's absolutely what it should be on the 5200 SuperSystem. But I still play the 2600 version more, because I am a chicken!
  11. Ransom
    Hoo boy. Hard one! Let's see... Defender: This is my favorite version. It's the same as the awesome A8 one, but with two buttons! Qix: Again, a long-time fave on the A8, but this version has two buttons. Star Raiders: This one has some small bugfixes versus the A8 original, plus it benefits from the analog controller as well as having all the controls at hand instead of switching from joystick to keyboard. Honorable mentions: Adventure II Blueprint Kangaroo Missile Command: Trak-ball, baby! Robotron: 2084 Space Dungeon Tempest: If this and Adventure II had been produced for the 5200 back in the day, it would have done much better against the competition.
  12. Ransom
    Or, to put it another way, it's now possible for a middle-class American to buy enough stuff to completely fill their house, top to bottom, wall to wall. You have to choose what physical stuff is worth having. For most people, it's not important that they own physical media for music, movies, or video games.
  13. Ransom
    Very nice! I like that your collection is stored behind glass doors. For years I bought shelf units without doors, but the last few I've bought have had them and I much prefer them. I think if I replace the included glass with UV protective glass, the result will be a reasonable place to keep things on display.
  14. Ransom
    I got my first one at a flea market in 1991. Came with a few games and the box, but no packing material. It worked fine, but I didn't play it much. Those were the years I was aggressively buying classic consoles and computers at flea markets, Goodwills, and at surplus warehouses around Silicon Valley (plus getting stuff from Best and B&C). I didn't play any of them very much, other than the 2600 and the A8. By the mid-90s, I'd sold off everything but the A8 stuff (which I still have to this day). Of course, 10 years later I started re-acquiring. And now I've been in divest mode again for a few years. Sheesh! Maybe I have it right this time, and will end up keeping the right amount of stuff. We'll see!
  15. Ransom

    It's a trap!

    1. toiletunes

      toiletunes

      Pickle surprise!

    2. Corby

      Corby

      roadrunner! lol

    3. GoldLeader

      GoldLeader

      Roadrunner,...Didya meet those chicks at the Ack-Bar?

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  16. Ransom
    I don't have a 1027 any more, but I'd buy one if I keep one working. I loved mine, along with the 1020 plotter. I'd back a Kickstarter.
  17. Ransom
    Sold out of pre-orders. Sheesh. Nintendo really can't get its act together. Pre-orders should be a way to guage interest, and adjust production accordingly. Not a marketing tool. Anyway, I let my wife know she needs to make a decision soon, and she decided she's in no hurry. If they're not generally available, then she just won't get one. Too bad, Nintendo. You're on your way to losing another loyal customer.
  18. Ransom
    My wife's not sure she wants this one. She's the one who uses the current systems for the most part, so it's up to her whether we get the Switch. She's a big fan of the Zelda and Pikmen series, and enjoys some of the Mario games. We'll see...
  19. Ransom
    Neat! Looks like it's consciously done in the style of classic programming books.
  20. Ransom
    Well, that's interesting! SD card would be good.
  21. Ransom

    Warning: There's an old guy doing old guy things in the forums. Proceed with caution.

    1. jaybird3rd

      jaybird3rd

      There are so many old guys around here, it's hard to know who to look out for!

    2. xucaen

      xucaen

      Not me. Nothing to see here. Eh? What? Oh...

    3. GoldLeader

      GoldLeader

      Ya got me LOL

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  22. Ransom
    Looks fantastic!
  23. Ransom
    I'll have to wait a couple of weeks, but hopefully I'll be able to place an order at that point. I've been looking forward to Rip Cord in particular for a long time.
  24. Ransom
    There's also the Ultimate Atari Video, Rev. D that Bryan is developing, if you're handy. I have the previous rev in a few systems, and it's very good. This revision promises to be near-perfect.
  25. Ransom
    Somehow I missed this thread. Huh. Well, PM sent!
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