didimo63

January 20, 2022

Thank you, Team Pixelboy! What a nice holiday tradition! Happy New Year. I do appreciate your work!

March 17, 2021

On 12/22/2020 at 1:53 PM, nanochess said:

Hi eveyone.

My wife deceased two weeks ago. It has been hard for everyone in the family. She was a great, amazing, loving person and we had so many hopes of having a great recovery since her lung cancer was detected in 2016, but unfortunately that wasn't in the plans of our Lord.

Many people have supported me around this last month in so many ways, I've discovered a ton of friends, and I really appreciate it. So I wanted to give thanks, but didn't knew how to do it, and finally today I made my decision.

So today I release the following games for free: Aardvark, IntyBASIC Showcase vol. 2, and Meteors. I've included a picture of my wife in each game, and it is my way of saying thanks. I'm sure my wife would approve happily.

Special thanks to @Rev for permission to distribute these games, @mthompson for creating the included PDF manuals and allowing me to distribute these.

Again thanks to everyone!

P.S: Forgot to say, I've improved the classic background sound and player's shot sound for Meteors.

aardvark_free.zip 384.31 kB · 337 downloads meteors_free.zip 1.15 MB · 306 downloads showcase2_free.zip 542.27 kB · 272 downloads

Thank you for your kindness. It is a truly touching tribute, and I very much appreciate it. My thoughts are with you and your family.

February 8, 2021

2 hours ago, didimo63 said:

I just purchased this console with a bunch of games. Console box is Model 2609, serial is 111167. Before I add it to the database, it seems that the box and serial do not match. The owner purchased a GE protection plan. I'm trying to figure out when that box came out (sticker for Poker & Blackjack replaces the intended pack-in, NFL Football). 1980? Catalog is from 1981. Serial also seems from 1981? (Not sure). Maybe faulty console was replaced and kid kept the original box?

I see now that the box carries a serial number of 030115.

February 8, 2021

I just purchased this console with a bunch of games. Console box is Model 2609, serial is 111167. Before I add it to the database, it seems that the box and serial do not match. The owner purchased a GE protection plan. I'm trying to figure out when that box came out (sticker for Poker & Blackjack replaces the intended pack-in, NFL Football). 1980? Catalog is from 1981. Serial also seems from 1981? (Not sure). Maybe faulty console was replaced and kid kept the original box?

January 2, 2021

Thank you, Luc! I too look forward to your roms as much as (or even more so) than my actual Christmas presents!

January 19, 2019

Thank you Team Pixelboy!

November 4, 2017

If you have an Adam, you don't need the SGM to play Zaxxon Super Game and Buck Rogers Super Game. Those games just need extra RAM and the Adam provides it natively.

Thank you for the clarification!

November 4, 2017

EXCELLENT service from both Team Pixelboy and Good Deal Games! I ordered Zaxxon and Buck Rogers, literally, two days ago, and I got them in the mail today! Excellent packaging, so they arrived pristine (I know all of us collectors constantly worry about that).

Very happy with the boxes and paperwork. I will have to wait until my SGM arrives, but I am in awe just looking at the products. VERY happy about their partnership!

LOL! I just learned from (always gentlemanly) Mr. Team Pixelboy himself that I can play my Super Game Module games right away, since I do own an Adam!

Proudly (ahem, NOT!) not reading game instructions since 1977! .

Very excited to have a good reason to dig out my Adam.

November 4, 2017

Very glad to support the Colecovision homebrew scene. A shoutout to Team Pixelboy and partner Good Deal Games for some EXCELLENT service! Two days ago I ordered SGM Zaxxon and Buck Rogers (and also Zanac) and they arrived today, in pristine conditions! These are my first Team Pixelboy products, and I am in sheer AWE.

Great job guys!

November 4, 2017

EXCELLENT service from both Team Pixelboy and Good Deal Games! I ordered Zaxxon and Buck Rogers, literally, two days ago, and I got them in the mail today! Excellent packaging, so they arrived pristine (I know all of us collectors constantly worry about that).
Very happy with the boxes and paperwork. I will have to wait until my SGM arrives, but I am in awe just looking at the products. VERY happy about their partnership!

October 3, 2017

Grazie!/Thank you!

February 3, 2017

Thank you! A friend told me about Star Castle being ported to the VCS. I was not aware that there were two versions.

Wow, I just looked at Star Castle Arcade on youtube, what a great conversion! Congrats.

February 2, 2017

There are two Star Castle homebrews. It is "Star Castle Arcade" by me and Thomas Jentzsch that doesn't work. The earlier "Star Castle" homebrew by D. Scott Williamson is the one that is working.

Chris

Thank you! A friend told me about Star Castle being ported to the VCS. I was not aware that there were two versions.

February 2, 2017

Thank you FlojoMojo and all others who have contributed to this thread!

I got my Atari Flashback Portable today at Target (finally!), and it works great. You saved me tons of time figuring out how to properly install roms. I had an old 512 Meg SD card that I was using with my Nintendo DS R4, luckily. It works great.

I'm happy to report that the homebrew I was the most curious about, Star Castle, works great on my unit. I'll post a pic. I just saw that it was marked as not compatible in the list.

Star Castle on the AFP

February 2, 2017

Thank you FlojoMojo and all others who have contributed to this thread!
I got my Atari Flashback Portable today at Target (finally!), and it works great. You saved me tons of time figuring out how to properly install roms. I had an old 512 Meg SD card that I was using with my Nintendo DS R4, luckily. It works great.
I'm happy to report that the homebrew I was the most curious about, Star Castle, works great on my unit. I'll post a pic. I just saw that it was marked as not compatible in the list.

November 19, 2016

Thank you guys! I appreciate it!

November 19, 2016

So, is this the reason why I cannot find rom files on the CollectorVision site? I just bought an AtariMax and I read someplace else that rom files were available directly from the Collectorvision site. Either they are really well-hidden, or that is not the case anymore?

November 11, 2016

I got mine in the mail yesterday! Works like a charm, easy to set up, wonderful interface. Extra goodies in the box that more that make up for the slight delay, thank you Joe Zbiciak. I had been dreaming of playing Hover Force in 3D since CES 1983!

October 30, 2016

Has shipping resumed? It's been a month since my M.O. was shipped priority.

October 15, 2016

I posted a separate thread about this, but I'll post here also:

The Left Turn Only and Spatula City websites are going offline for a short while. I'm finally relocating the Left Turn Only World Headquarters from Texas to California. During that time, while we wait for our Internet connection to be set up in CA, Spatula City (and Left Turn Only) will be offline. It should go back online right about the time I'm taking off for PRGE.

I will be at PRGE. Any LTO Flash orders that filter in between now and PRGE, however, may be a bit slow going out. In fact, I've been a bit slow the last couple weeks, moving from my small apartment to a less small apartment, ahead of the big TX => CA move.

I may get the website online sooner, but just in case, I figured I'd give everyone the heads-up.

Thank you, I was wondering why the website was offline. Hopefully my order was processed already,,, or soon? . My inner child can't wait .

October 5, 2016

Thank you, I did find the first site you mention, and I thought about contacting him.

It was a box controller (similar to the Nyko trackball), not a joypad.

October 1, 2016

It was very generic. Just black, as I recall, no fancy graphics or anything. It is very similar to the Nyko Trackball from those same days, and it might have been a Nyko product. I wonder whether they got in trouble because the box mentioned that it could be used with William's Arcade Classic's Asteroids on PSX.

September 30, 2016

Thanks, I do appreciate it, but Lego and Meccano are as far as I go in terms of building anything .

In a strange way, I have a specific interest for that Gamestop product I am mentioning. After all, it was a commercially-produced unit meant specifically for Asteroids in the PSX Williams Classics collection, sold in 1995, 14 years after Asteroids came out in the arcades. And, therefore, a tangible tribute to the popularity of Asteroids many years after his release.

September 25, 2016

OMG I remember the Starplex controller ... it flashed back to my mind when you described the 90s thing you saw.

It's probably easier and better to just build your own out of arcade controls than trying to hunt this down! I think I vaguely remember it too ... but it was 20 years ago so it's hard to be certain.

Yeah, I'm not crafty enough to build that sort of things. However, as a collector since the early '90s, I know that with a little bit of patience I can pretty much find anything (whether online, ebay, thrift stores, retro gaming stores, etc.). After all, if I found a 1969 Mattel Scorpio action figure at a reasonable price, I can find this, too, I'm sure .

At this point it's a matter of finding enough information about it.

September 22, 2016

Well, it was NOT as cool as the VCS Starplex Controller, but, still, it was an authentic way of playing Asteroids, and it did not look THAT cheap in terms of construction. But I was young (sort of. I was 32 or 33 when it came out), foolish and did not buy one when I should have.

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