Planet Bob

Exciting news for May!

 

Happy to hear that C7 is coming as well.

 

What's your list of 41, by the way?

What's your list of 41, by the way?

 

It's basically the Top 50 that I posted in some other thread some time ago, minus 9 games eliminated:

 

*Adventures of Tron
*Air Raiders
*Alien
*Battlezone
*Beamrider
*California Games
*Commando
*Dark Cavern
*Dig Dug
*Dragonfire
*Galaxian
*H.E.R.O.
*Ice Hockey
*Indy 500
Kangaroo
*Millipede
Phoenix
Pitfall II - Lost Caverns
Polaris
Private Eye
River Raid
Robot Tank
*Seaquest
Secret Quest
Sky Skipper
Snoopy and the Red Baron
Solar Fox
Solaris
Sorcerer's Apprentice
Star Voyager
Star Wars - Death Star Battle
*Stargate
Starmaster
*Subterranea
Super Cobra
Tapeworm
Tunnel Runner
Turmoil
Vanguard
Winter Games
Xenophobe

 

* indicates a verified game

 

BTW: I hope I'm not the only weirdo who is collecting by following a set of selfmade rules?

Cool news for May! Boy or Girl?

Cool news for May! Boy or Girl?

 

We don't know it yet, but are 80% expecting another girl. My wifes mother had three girls, her sister two, so finally a boy would be some major surprise

 

We're currently thinking of calling her Pandora

We're currently thinking of calling her Pandora

I hope you get a boy then.

Heh!

 

My Top choices were "Kassandra", "China", "Luna" and "Andromeda", yet my wife vetoed all of them out

 

BTW: Just from the sound of it, I think "Binary" would make a cool girls name

My Top choices were "Kassandra", "China", "Luna" and "Andromeda", yet my wife vetoed all of them out

How about Hydra? Mekka? Nova? Stella!

 

BTW: Just from the sound of it, I think "Binary" would make a cool girls name

Yes, doesn't sound bad.

How about Hydra? Mekka? Nova? Stella!

 

Hydra sounds a bit like "that ugly aunt nobody likes" and Mekka would be way too strongly imply religious means of interpretation. Stella is kinda cool for the Atari link, but still, I don't get warm with it.

 

Nova is way cool though, I'll add that to my list! :)

Actually I was just kidding.

 

Looks like you prefer names ending with 'a'.

Hm... now that you mention it... it's not really on purpose though, I guess I just seem to like female names ending with 'a' more than others

 

Since Helena was the name of a Greek goddess, we are trying a bit to find a second name with some relation to Greek Mythology.

We're currently thinking of calling her Pandora

 

Why would that make me think of a female-anatomical deathtrap?

 

BTW, I haven't updated it for the most recent years, but check out http://www.casperkitty.com/nametabl.htm if you want to see how names have come and gone over the years. Every name that ever made the top 10 (boys listed separately from girls) from 1880-2003.

How about Hydra? Mekka? Nova? Stella!

 

Hydra sounds a bit like "that ugly aunt nobody likes" and Mekka would be way too strongly imply religious means of interpretation. Stella is kinda cool for the Atari link, but still, I don't get warm with it.

 

Nova is way cool though, I'll add that to my list! :)

Katarina.

BTW, I haven't updated it for the most recent years, but check out http://www.casperkitty.com/nametabl.htm if you want to see how names have come and gone over the years. Every name that ever made the top 10 (boys listed separately from girls) from 1880-2003.

There are similar (but very different) lists for Germany. You better avoid the recent top 10 names (I know what I am talking about).

We're currently thinking of calling her Pandora

Why would that make me think of a female-anatomical deathtrap?

 

It's interesting that you don't get such a reaction when telling someone that you're calling your girl 'Eve', since the Pandoras Box myth is actually just the Greek version of getting kicked out of Paradise. Pandora is a composition of two words, it means "the all gifted".

 

BTW, I haven't updated it for the most recent years, but check out http://www.casperkitty.com/nametabl.htm if you want to see how names have come and gone over the years. Every name that ever made the top 10 (boys listed separately from girls) from 1880-2003.

 

Thanks, that's a pretty cool source of inspiration. Though generally too American sounding names won't work well in Germany, so I'd have to use the germanized version in case. (Imagine calling a son 'Pjotr' instead of 'Peter' in your country, see what I mean? )

 

Katarina.

 

I like it, but it's already taken by a niece

 

There are similar (but very different) lists for Germany. You better avoid the recent top 10 names (I know what I am talking about).

 

Cool, thanks for this link as well!

 

My parents did pretty good on choosing unique names. I always felt like being the only Manuel in my generation, though it increased in popularity these days it seems. My sister also never met another "Ilona" (Interesting enough, Ilona is variant of Helena, though we weren't aware of this when choosing Helena for our first )

 

My parents-in-law had that concept of having their girls names starting with 'Ma': Maja, Marietheres and my wife Madeleine

I knew a girl in high school named Andromeda. She went by Andy most of the time.

 

Other names are Cassiopia, Hera, Europa, Io, Athena, Phoebe, Persephone, Diana or Atalanta.

I see that Thomas is 99, Manuel 136 but David (my name) is still currently 'popular' at 24.

 

There is a notable overlap between the German and American top names. There are quite a few young Lucas, Max, Niklas, Hanna, Emily and Sara around where I live.

 

Manuel, speaking of names, it is notable that you changed your last name at some point. Have you ever posted why? I was operating on the theory that you took your wife's name at marriage which is uncommon but does occur and you seem to be a 'modern' sort of man.

Manuel, speaking of names, it is notable that you changed your last name at some point. Have you ever posted why? I was operating on the theory that you took your wife's name at marriage which is uncommon but does occur and you seem to be a 'modern' sort of man.

 

That's it precisely, I took the name of my wife

I've also wondered about your last name; thanks for sharing.

 

I've also wondered about your first name - I've never heard "Manuel" as a German name, only Spanish - is it pronounced the same?

 

My name(s) are pretty boring, sadly - Robert Thomas Montgomery. TJ might disagree about the middle name though

 

My new nephew, though, he's got a name: Luca Joseph Wakuine Quatro Costello Montgomery

I've also wondered about your first name - I've never heard "Manuel" as a German name, only Spanish - is it pronounced the same?

 

Phew, good question. How is it pronounced in Spanish?

 

Here it is pronounced in three syllables, straightforward german, just as it is written:

 

ma ~ as in mama

nu ~ as in nude

el ~ as in elephant

 

My name(s) are pretty boring, sadly - Robert Thomas Montgomery. TJ might disagree about the middle name though

 

My middle name is Christian. Thank heavens that wasn't the main choice, as you can't throw a stone here without hitting someone called Christian

 

My new nephew, though, he's got a name: Luca Joseph Wakuine Quatro Costello Montgomery

 

Quatro and Costello sound cool. Some Italian connection?

My name(s) are pretty boring, sadly - Robert Thomas Montgomery. TJ might disagree about the middle name though

Thomas IS pretty boring. Way too many people of my age have this name.

 

My 2nd name is Horst (after my Nazi officer grandpa who volunteered for the eastern front in late 1944 ).

I've also wondered about your first name - I've never heard "Manuel" as a German name, only Spanish - is it pronounced the same?

 

Phew, good question. How is it pronounced in Spanish?

 

Here it is pronounced in three syllables, straightforward german, just as it is written:

 

ma ~ as in mama

nu ~ as in nude

el ~ as in elephant

Where is the accent?

 

In Spanish, probably like Mon-well with the accent on the "well". Rhymes with dawn-well.

Quatro and Costello sound cool. Some Italian connection?

My grandfather is Italian (Joseph Quatro, Americanized version of Quattro), my sister-in-law is half Japanese, half Mexican - hence the Wakuine (spelling might be wrong on that), which is her mom's maiden name, and Costello, which is her maiden name.

Small update on my plans: All versions but the C64 one of Wizball suck, so I'm either choosing another game or skip this blog feature this year

 

I might check out Wizkid on the Amiga, but I think it's entirely different gameplay wise, AFAIK it just continues the story.

Ok, updated my ToDo list some.

I'm done with some things, canceled others and added Tron 2600

What's the deal with Park Patrol? Lost interest? Lack of time?

What's the deal with Park Patrol? Lost interest? Lack of time?

 

A bit of both I think. Right now it's just one of those projects I might sporadically work on, like GtA or Jumpman for example. Basically I just dropped it from the list so that nobody expects that there'll happen much regarding it this year. Colony 7 and Tron are the main attraction

 

Were you interested in it?