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Putting things in storage

Posted by Ransom, 24 January 2011 · 33 views

I'm just trying to sort some stuff out in my own mind. There are lots of more interesting things to read on AA. Don't waste your time. :)

I've recently purchased an N64 and an Odyssey2 and now I'm wondering how to fit them into my existing gaming spaces. The N64 is an easy one, since my wife likes several games on...



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A snapshot of my collection

Posted by Ransom, 15 February 2010 · 41 views

From time to time I like to step back and take a look at how my collection is shaping up. It may be that I find holes in my collection where I need to spend more time finding one or more great games for a system. Or it may be that, like earlier this year, I find that there are several games that I just do not play, and I sell those games off.

At...



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My essential pre-crash console games list

Posted by Ransom, 22 December 2009 · 35 views

Atari 2600
Boxing
Kaboom!
Keystone Kapers
Seaquest
Adventure
Basketball
Bowling
Dodge 'Em
Maze Craze
Space Invaders
Video Pinball
Yars' Revenge
Demon Attack
Dragonfire
No Escape

Atari 5200
Berzerk
Centipede
Defender
Galaxian
Missile Command
Pac-Man
Pole Position
Qix
Robotron: 2084
Space Dungeon
Star...



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I'm back!

Posted by Ransom, 14 November 2009 · 46 views

Theme park season is over, so it's time to get back to playing video games. :) I'm looking forward to getting back in touch with everyone here!

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Various updates

Posted by Ransom, 09 April 2009 · 44 views

The One True Game: The best Rosetta Stone game anyone's come up with is Frogger. So I won't bother with getting Donkey Kong or any of the others for every system. I'll keep an eye out for Frogger, though. I think I'll just need it for Intellivision, Colecovision (if and when), and 5200.

Randomness: I'm looking through my...



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Undoing mistakes of the past

Posted by Ransom, 06 April 2009 · 31 views

It's sometimes very costly to recover from mistakes of the past.

Back when I was trying to keep the number of consoles to a bare minimum, I bought some games for some systems that I never should have. For example, Pitfall for the Intellivision. The game was designed for and works best on the 2600. I should never have wasted the money on the...



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The A8 Library: Not all I believed it was

Posted by Ransom, 03 April 2009 · 44 views

There are so many bad ports of games out there.

Take Donkey Kong, Jr. on the A8. It's a pile of poop! The feel is wrong, the colors are wrong, things are squished up too much, and it's incredibly easy to accidentally walk off the side of a platform. It's virtually unplayable, and it's the reason I never liked the game all...



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Lynx

Posted by Ransom, 01 April 2009 · 33 views

I brought out the Lynx last night and played some games.

I still enjoy the games I always have, but that's a small minority of the games I own for it. Most of them are not to my taste. I do like Battlewheels, S.T.U.N. Runner, and the classics (Robotron, Asteroids/Missile Command, etc.).

So I'm still undecided as to what to do with this...



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Agonizing over what to keep

Posted by Ransom, 31 March 2009 · 43 views

Next year, I plan to buy a Colecovision and perhaps a dozen or so games. There are also a couple of dozen games I'd like to buy for the rest of my consoles next year.

But my game closet is nearly out of room. Yes, the game closet I just reorganized this year, adding 16' of new shelving to it!

The easy thing to do would be to get...



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I'm so impressed by the 5200

Posted by Ransom, 29 March 2009 · 41 views

I remember liking the Atari 5200 just fine the first time around (1982), but this time, I've really been enjoying each and every game I bought for it.

Of course, it was expensive to get the Best Electronics Gold controllers, the trak-ball, and the testing equipment to make sure everything was as good as it could be.

It was also a help that I...



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