At lunch I picked up:
And this gem:
A new (to me) retro games store has surfaced in Bloomington: Discland. Check out their stuff.
OK, I’ve not reported in awhile and I have a crapload to tell about but I’m going to limit it to a couple of highlights.
While in West Virginia I stayed not in Fairmont this time but Morgantown. Not so ironically, there is a Game Exchange store within blocks of my new hotel. I perused the selection of games and picked up a few more NES titles, a couple of SNES titles, Rush 64 San Francisco and this:
I landed a translucent green N64 with a green controller and expansion module for $20! There are a lot of things I don’t like about this system but there are few pretty cool games (Rush 64 San Francisco is no exception!) and let’s not forget the weird addiction non PC gamers had for 4 player GoldenEye.
Today I picked up a Famicom cart entitled Power-Joy from PNT. As many of you may know from searching craigslist or reading here, the PNT in Bloomington just put out the 2nd half of their incredibly large classic NES and SNES stash for sale. I had a couple of items on hold and this was one of them. The cartridge is a Chinese knock-off and has been sold in other games and variations. The cool thing is that it contains a huge lot of original NES and/or Famicom games. Here is the list:
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For you Portal fans…
Some dude made a homebrew Atari 2600 port of Portal. No cartridge for it, has to be played on an emulator.
The game this week for Atari Age’s High Score Club is Kaboom. I just posted a score of 9589, good for 2nd as I type here. Two more nights in the contest… wish me luck.
My turn to report in.
Vectrex: Arrived today. Well broken in. Only tried Mine Storm and Rip-off. Plays well and the games were lots of fun. They need a good cleaning because it is hit ‘n miss if they work. The controller’s joystick doesn’t center in the up/down, but it does in the left/right. Don’t know if this is the way it is supposed to be… I suspect not. The monitor has a noisy hum, but this is common among Vectrex’s. Received 8 games along with main unit.
Colecovision: Arrived yesterday. This didn’t work very well when I first got it. It has what is called a sprite shift. Mario would speckle and even shift left and right. Unplayable. From internet, I learned that the on/off switch was the probable culprit. I opened up the CV, and hit the on/off switch with compressed air/lubricant. That seemed to do the trick. Mario was now in focus. Got 11 games with this.
Mame: Lots of added stuff to my Slikstick/Mame computer… Made a stand for the monitor. Plugged in some better speakers and put them inside of the stand. Installed a panel for plugging in controllers and the speakers in the front. I have USB adapters for plugging in Atari/NES/SNES controllers. Wireless network adapter installed. Drilled a hole for plugging in the power more easily. Attached a USB TV adapter so you can plug in game consoles to it.
All righty… now a picture. Colecovision Q-bert is on the screen. Vectrex has Rip-off running on it. Yes, that’s in my living room… the bachelor life is rough!
