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Post by strudders on Nov 5, 2016 15:34:16 GMT -5
Looks like you get stuff through the post fairly regular iddod. Lucky boy.
How do you get the photos to come out large in the forum post ??
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Post by iddod on Nov 5, 2016 15:58:42 GMT -5
easy, i posted to facebook, as is my habit, and then pasted the picture's url in here it's all cheap stuff, i assure you... i don't drink, smoke or take drugs, so my treat for being arsed to get up in a morning and holding down a job, is the occasional item of gaming goodness...
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Post by strudders on Nov 6, 2016 17:16:45 GMT -5
Thanks for the tip iddod. Will do that next time. I totally agree with you about treating yourself to some reasonably priced carts ! We're worth it ! I'm also with you on the abstinence front. Alcohol does not agree with me anymore Atari is my only vice now
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Post by iddod on Nov 10, 2016 16:46:37 GMT -5
i got a Famicom through the post today... but it's not VCS related... so i'm wondering if i should edit the thread's title so i can legitimately post pix
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Post by fergojisan on Nov 10, 2016 17:52:02 GMT -5
Post away!
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Post by iddod on Nov 10, 2016 18:08:15 GMT -5
LOL thread title changed... and here's the new arrival...
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Post by iddod on Nov 10, 2016 18:13:39 GMT -5
btw, i sometimes wonder if i'm the only person on the planet that likes consoles to look their age... i genuinely like to see patina or yellowing, and i wince at the thought of retrobrighting my gear.. saying that, the picture above is of the console AFTER i'd stripped it down to bare plastic and scrubbed every nook and cranny with industrial anti static foam cleaner and a toothbrush... i don't mind age, but filth makes my skin crawl...
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Post by strudders on Nov 14, 2016 8:43:39 GMT -5
That does look nice and clean, but aged. Do you go as far as to dismantle the controllers and remove the 'hand jam' ? That's something that makes me go "Eew !" No 'pick-ups' for me last week unless you count the NES Mini. Been playing that a bit. I have some things in transit though - hopefully including the 2600 Flashback Portable.
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Post by fergojisan on Nov 14, 2016 9:58:38 GMT -5
How was the NES Mini bullshit in England, are you having shortages there too?
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Post by strudders on Nov 14, 2016 12:32:26 GMT -5
How was the NES Mini bullshit in England, are you having shortages there too? I'm not that sure TBH. I know they are sold out in Amazon UK (which is where I preordered mine). I'm guessing it'll be the same at the major game / toy shops.
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Post by iddod on Nov 14, 2016 13:45:43 GMT -5
That does look nice and clean, but aged. Do you go as far as to dismantle the controllers and remove the 'hand jam' ? That's something that makes me go "Eew !" No 'pick-ups' for me last week unless you count the NES Mini. Been playing that a bit. I have some things in transit though - hopefully including the 2600 Flashback Portable. i'd not cleaned the controllers at the time of taking the picture (i'd also not plugged it in and checked it even worked either), they have since been cleaned though, thoroughly, inside and out... and the microphone slider on the 2nd controller got a lil refurb too, it was causing a nasty buzz... i've also modded it for composite video and audio, with jailbar fixes, oh, and installed an LED to let me know when it's powered on (i made a point of leaving the console's labels as they are, curling at the edges) i heard Scott's review on the VCS Flashback, i know he passed it on to Willie and i watched the first video he made of it... i'm undecided as to whether i need one or not, just as i am with the nes mini... i have the real things and no shortage of portable devices that can emulate them, so i'm not sure i can justify the money on even more emulation... now, if either of them used fpga then i'd be frothing at the panty line, but as it is i'm just not convinced...
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Post by starbuck66 on Nov 14, 2016 16:18:35 GMT -5
I finally got a 2600 emulator running on my PSP, it's decent, but I dunno, something about a portable unit dedicated to Atari only stuff just appeals to me for some reason. Seems silly when they didn't include anything that works close to a paddle controller though; why not include a small knob to use for paddle games? I find the touch screen works ok, not great but ok for Activision Anthology on my iPhone, and the stylus control on the Atari Greatest Hits on the DS is also better than a dpad.
I did manage to snag an NES Mini at a Best Buy; got in line 45 minutes before open, and I was number 22 of the 26 that they got in. It was the number one thing on my daughter's wish list for Christmas if you can believe that?
Got some pickups I got from trades over on the Atari.io forms; once they come in I'll share. Best item is a boxed (no manual) copy of Defender II! It'll be nice to play that one again; I played it a lot when I was a kid.
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Post by iddod on Nov 15, 2016 17:08:29 GMT -5
it seems to be flying a little under the radar atm, but the famicom mini has been hacked already... link
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Post by strudders on Nov 17, 2016 11:58:48 GMT -5
New arrival: Not especially exciting - but cheap and sealed and I didn't have them. Also - they are NTSC (which is wot I collect) and were in the UK. I loved opening sealed games ! Such a thrill knowing it is over 30 years old and mint (well, the boxes are not, but I'm more of a cart/manual kind of guy. Boxes take up too much room so I only get if the price is right).
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Post by iddod on Nov 17, 2016 12:21:21 GMT -5
missing link or pic? (btw strudders, you're one post away from a star)
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