I was watching an unbelievable 2600 auction, SEALED IKARI WARRIORS FOR ATARI 2600! Aka IKARI-ATARI, now i do have Commando 2600 and basically both are essentially the exact same except in ikari you can ride the tank and it looks slightly better but Angry Video Game Nerd's old Couch Guy has serenaded me into wanting any version, and dont forget that first link from earlier! btw quick fun fact you can actually STREAM an official version of that song, but its less about Ikari Warriors here... ANYWAYS when i first saw it a few days ago i knew it was meant to be, i starred Rambo and Commando in the eyes, and whilst in this version (at least i didn't think so) you dont have the code of life ABBA i knew there was a manual inside to check it, but some might say. "oh its a 30-40 year old videogame that was sealed for decades why would you open it? it would loose so much value!" and you must not realize i am too young to worry about "Value" other than the value i see in it from the AVGN jokes, it mattered to ME and thats the only value i care about!


So finally lets skip to the end of the auction!

Or neat the end of it....

I remember vividly (if i didnt then that would be very worrying) that it was 1 hour and 30 minutes left, but what to do then? Binge a YouTube video essay, Play atari, Doodle obsceneties on the wall, see if i can dual boot Windows on my linux PC so i dont have to take exams in person, get high, get low. All what normal people would do but no, i had a faulty electric guitar and a loud bass amp so naturally, i put on new strings, tuned it, wired it up, tuned it, played for 1 minute before i realized it was super out of tune, tune it, played it for 46 minutes with electric problems (which is why it was a guitar i didnt use) and then put it up and played around with my junky accoustic until it dawned on me i wanted to write about Ikari Warriors, and then it hit me that I WAS GOING TO GET THE GAME until i checked and...


MY HEART SANK... RAMBO COMMANDO WAS TAKEN BY SOMEBODY ELSE, FOR LIKE... 25$ INCLUDING TAX ESTIMATING....

MY POTENTIAL FUTURE FIREPLACE MANTLEPIECE, PRIDE AND JOY, MY UNFUNNY REFERENCE... TAKEN AWAY BY SOMEONE ELSE FOR 25$...
I REPORT BACK TO GENERAL KAWASAKI AND TELL HIM "THE MISSION WILL NOT BE ACCOMPLISHED, I AM NOT THE VERY PREVAILER THAT PROTECT RIGHT AND JUSTICE..."  And he says to me, sternly with sober sincerity "I WOULD HAVE EXPRESSED MY SINCERE THANKS TO YOU, BUT THE MISSION IS AWOL, LIKE YOU YOURSELF ARE. BUT THANKS FOR THE HONESTY YOU DISPLAYED HERE" as i walked off into the darkness back to my bed, to write bad songs before my hands start hurting... AAAAAAAAAAAND then blog about it... Because what else do i do? Productive things? My brain wont shut off and DO THINGS, so no i cant do that...


-M