4300 Posted June 5 Share Posted June 5 17 hours ago, CaptainBreakout said: That is AWESOME!!! You got some games for that bad boy? Not yet. This is my first experience with the II(other than grade school computer lab) , so I'm not even sure yet what the must haves are for it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+bent_pin Posted June 5 Share Posted June 5 25 minutes ago, 4300 said: what the must haves are for it I had a ton of fun writing lord of the rings game from a book of code. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+bent_pin Posted June 5 Share Posted June 5 (edited) Today I received a copy of one of my all time favorites Dig Dug and a Ballblazer. Thank you very much to the user who sent them to me. Edited June 5 by bent_pin 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClassicGMR Posted June 7 Share Posted June 7 (edited) It's allowance day again! I bought a new 8-port HDMI switcher for my setup. The 5-port I have is now is 3 ports short. I added a ThinkCentre PC and a FireStick to the mix in the basement setup as well as adding a few consoles I already had in storage. * Cable box goes directly into HDMI 1. * Firestick goes directly into HDMI 2. * HDMI 3 -> 1. ThinkCentre, 2. XBOX 360, 3. Nintendo Switch, 4. Playstation 2, 5. PS Classic, 6. Nintendo 64, 7. Retron 77 and now I can also add 8. Nintendo Wii. I love payday. Edited June 7 by ClassicGMR 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asaki Posted June 7 Share Posted June 7 On 6/5/2023 at 2:20 PM, 4300 said: Not yet. This is my first experience with the II(other than grade school computer lab) , so I'm not even sure yet what the must haves are for it. Do you even have a floppy drive? o_O If you have the audio jacks on yours (I don't remember which models do or don't), you can load up tape games, just play the audio straight into them. There's a site that has a bunch of WAV files you can play. If you do have a floppy drive, there's a program that will take disk images, and play them as audio through the tape input, and write it to a floppy disk for you. It's pretty cool. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+bent_pin Posted June 7 Share Posted June 7 @GoldLeader heard you like Dark Chambers 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+bent_pin Posted June 7 Share Posted June 7 My 7800 acquisitions for this week. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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+bent_pin Posted June 7 Share Posted June 7 2 hours ago, DragonGrafx-16 said: Wow! Puts the art in cart! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+bent_pin Posted June 7 Share Posted June 7 Want to see my latest bulk order of broken things? 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+GoldLeader Posted June 8 Share Posted June 8 9 hours ago, bent_pin said: @GoldLeader heard you like Dark Chambers I do! But the one I Always rave about is Dark Cavern! (Easy mistake there)... Anyhow I really like Dark Chambers 2600, but haven't even played my Dark Chambers on 7800 yet. Why not? Well mine's sealed (like about 8 other games, give or take haha)...So maybe I'll leave it sealed and play it on my Dragonfly cart later! (Oh Dear! Super Breakout's flipped around again...) 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+GoldLeader Posted June 8 Share Posted June 8 So, I do have big news for my Atari Room. Got a new TV! The old 24" CRT (A Haier) died and I'd had a small 19 inch Westinghouse in there (temporarily)... Anyway I bought a like new ONN ROKU 32 inch set from a pawn shop (but like brand new...Even had plastic on some of it to still peel off as if I bought it new!) The set fits in the old school entertainment center... barely! (Thankfully there's a ledge that juts out so the set fits ahead of where it would otherwise be.) My camera sucks but here's some pics...It looks Fantastic IRL! Nice to see the HDMI labeled Atari huh? (It's going through a Retro Tink 2X PRO, though I think I'll get a 5X PRO in the Future) ^ And here's some Good Ol DARK CAVERN! Shout out to @bent_pin! **Note: (Also blasphemy, I know)** This looks a lot better than the CRT did! 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+bent_pin Posted June 8 Share Posted June 8 6 hours ago, GoldLeader said: **Note: (Also blasphemy, I know)** This looks a lot better than the CRT did! 1 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+bent_pin Posted June 8 Share Posted June 8 7 hours ago, GoldLeader said: I do! But the one I Always rave about is Dark Cavern! (Easy mistake there)... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4300 Posted June 8 Share Posted June 8 On 6/7/2023 at 10:24 AM, Asaki said: Do you even have a floppy drive? o_O If you have the audio jacks on yours (I don't remember which models do or don't), you can load up tape games, just play the audio straight into them. There's a site that has a bunch of WAV files you can play. If you do have a floppy drive, there's a program that will take disk images, and play them as audio through the tape input, and write it to a floppy disk for you. It's pretty cool. Yes and yes. I'm waiting on an adapter for the disk II, since the control card the computer came with is a 19 connection and the disk drive has a 20 pin connection. I actually discovered ascii express earlier in the week and have been playing some games. You're right, that is pretty nifty. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4300 Posted June 8 Share Posted June 8 14 hours ago, GoldLeader said: I do! But the one I Always rave about is Dark Cavern! (Easy mistake there)... Anyhow I really like Dark Chambers 2600, but haven't even played my Dark Chambers on 7800 yet. Why not? Well mine's sealed (like about 8 other games, give or take haha)...So maybe I'll leave it sealed and play it on my Dragonfly cart later! (Oh Dear! Super Breakout's flipped around again...) Dark Chambers on the 7800 is probably my favorite game for the system. It's worth grabbing a loose cart just to play. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
groundtrooper Posted June 11 Share Posted June 11 On 5/29/2023 at 5:44 PM, Atari_Bill said: I am so sick of people swooping in after a sale and offering more for a piece that’s already been sold. I purchased a nice lot last night with something I’ve been after for years. Today I get a message that someone offered him more after the sale and he’s probably going to do take it. He did offer me a Ms Pac Man in place of this rarity 9 cartridge though. 🙄 this has happened at least 4 times over the past year where my order is cancelled for the jacka&$ that offers more after the sale. Sorry, just had to vent since I can’t do much else other than leaving negative feedback. I guess I should have knocked on wood when I said that this exact thing had never happened to me. I figured out today that it just did. Remember that Demolition Herby that I talked about the seller never shipping? Well I had a saved search pop up today and as I am looking at this "new offering" I was hit with major dejavu. I think this new seller contacted the seller and offered a littler more than my single winning bid of $100. The back of the box pics says it all. Not to mention the fact that it had the t-shirt offer. That was the first hint as I have never seen that in any of my Telesys CIBs. This is the one I won and was never dropped off at USPS. And this is the newly listed one that hit my saved search email today. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari_Bill Posted June 11 Share Posted June 11 (edited) 3 hours ago, groundtrooper said: I guess I should have knocked on wood when I said that this exact thing had never happened to me. I figured out today that it just did. Remember that Demolition Herby that I talked about the seller never shipping? Well I had a saved search pop up today and as I am looking at this "new offering" I was hit with major dejavu. I think this new seller contacted the seller and offered a littler more than my single winning bid of $100. The back of the box pics says it all. Not to mention the fact that it had the t-shirt offer. That was the first hint as I have never seen that in any of my Telesys CIBs. This is the one I won and was never dropped off at USPS. And this is the newly listed one that hit my saved search email today. That sucks. I know it happens more than people realize. It’s not right. You’re correct, there’s no doubt that is the same one. Regarding my deal, there’s a little more to it now. After we went back and forth when he cancelled, I pleaded for him to keep his deal to me. He ended up offering it to me for what the other guy offered (which was twice what I paid). I reluctantly agreed because it was something I really wanted, but not crazy about being extorted. So the deal went through and I should have it. Currently on a cruise so I can’t see it yet but the package arrived. Once I got it, I left bad feedback for his practices. He of course got p#$sed, but those kind of practices need to be reported. Edited June 11 by Atari_Bill 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sramirez2008 Posted June 14 Share Posted June 14 Vectrex Controllers. Gave Asteroids a quick try, but I need to make time to play my Spin Cart games. Shout-out to Ten Pence Arcade. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainBreakout Posted June 14 Share Posted June 14 Took a chance and bought Nintendo keys from www.mikesarcade.com They work! 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asaki Posted June 15 Share Posted June 15 I just bought a bunch of fantasy books o_O https://www.humblebundle.com/books/mercedes-lackey-valdemar-and-beyond-daw-books 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+bent_pin Posted June 16 Share Posted June 16 A loved copy of Mad, space invaders edition 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+frankodragon Posted June 16 Share Posted June 16 14 hours ago, bent_pin said: A loved copy of Mad, space invaders edition MAD magazine's rival also took a jab at them. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+bent_pin Posted June 16 Share Posted June 16 17 minutes ago, frankodragon said: MAD magazine's rival also took a jab at them. Found that one and a few more. Thanks for the tip. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+bent_pin Posted June 16 Share Posted June 16 I have been invaded 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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