I like some of those fast food toys but I am completely fast food free right now for health reasons.

I like those wooden dioramas in Woodo and I put that Thunder Hoop collection on my Xbox wish list.

I really should break out the Switch, even though I'm not playing it right now, for its other features like as a clock.

Did you play Ordyne in the arcade? I'd love to see and play the cabinet.

I'll have to watch some Chip n Dale this month.

Will do.

Love those graphics. Makes me think of Dead Cells.

It has enough to interest me to play a demo or if it comes to Xbox's Game Pass, if I ever get that service again. The fighting looks rad, but the platforming would eventually break me.

I have to watch some DuckTales this month. I certainly liked the video games. I'm going to play the first one again on PS3 this month.

In looking through the card art, they are really gross-out images. I guess that's the point but wow, kind of stomach turning.

Oh, right, Doh it Again on SNES. I just saw Revenge is part of their Arcade Archives series. I just put it on my wish list for Xbox.

NAMCO. Right. I've got big collections from both. Gets confusing.

I think I really only played Vanguard. I guess, not much SNK around Philly. I'd love to play Revenge of Doh in the arcades. I just got it for SNES recently.

Me too, only it was a Mac Plus for me. My first point-and-click was Shadowgate.

It was fun to read both articles again. I had forgotten about them.

That makes sense.

Super Pac-Man was at Retro Con in their free-play arcade game area. I looked at it closely to figure out which Pac-Man it was.

I'd love to see those SMB and Duck Hunt arcade cabinets, and play them.

The 5200 wasn't bad, it was those controllers. It only lasted a little over a year before they ended production of it. The 7800 came out not until '86. I still want one today. 7800 even more so.

Bikes are dangerous on the roads these days anyways. I keep wanting one, but there's too much traffic.

Garfield's a pretty active guy in that game considering he's a lasagna chomping, couch potato. Are the vegetables angry and trying to get him in that game?

I'll play that Lego Batman one of these days.

Marble Madness II? Ah neat! Where did you play it? I've heard the cabinet is super rare and only a few arcades have it. Did it have joysticks or trackballs? I heard they used joysticks for the sequel in some cases.

Danger Mouse game looks fun. No Xbox version. I've seen that a lot lately, just PS5/Switch. I wonder what's up with that.

Very cool. I was happy to see some footage of Xevious 3D/G I've always wanted to play on PS1. The 3D effects are subtle but interesting.

Xevious would make a better film than Battleship. I wish they did that.

Yoshiki Okamoto! What a great set of games he's been involved with, and most of them I really like. I'll have to try and play some of the ones I haven't played.

I was thinking the same thing the other day about the crash. Only if you were in the video game business in some way did you really notice it.

I'm going to watch some Sat Supercade again just to remind myself. I'm sure I'll cringe.

My first stereo was my parent's as well, an even older setup from the 70s without a cassette player, just an integrated turntable/receiver. You could stack multiple vinyl records on the center spindle and watch them drop after each record finished playing. Some fun for us kids.

I traded it and all my games. I had trouble getting the UMD discs to read consistently. The door seemed a little flimsy. I always had problems with it. I guess I didn't like worrying about it breaking all the time. Plus the batteries would wear out and expand. I used to plug mine in instead.

I only played Car Wars 'cause my roommate in college would play it with me. It's not for solo play, even though I used to play Squad Leader solo all the time. I've been looking for a copy of Car Wars. I think it was reissued recently. I remember seeing it at Barnes & Noble once - should've bought it.

That's a cool story! I guess I was a little bit older at the time. I was writing up DnD campaigns.

I wish DK jr was easy too.

I have arcade memories all the way up to the late 80s but none after that.

Perfect. "accessible to any one" is exactly me, especially when talking about souls-like games. haha.

I definitely like the world design in this game.

There's always something I'll miss. I liked Ms. Pac-Man more than the original.

Yeah, I didn't even know about G&W until I saw the G&W collections for GBA!

I always keep trying the Castlevania games 'cause they look so great, but never get far (well, I get a little farther each time). However, I tried Dead Cells a little while ago and really liked it. One of those great indie games I got a hold of when I was on Xbox Series last year. I'm interested to try their take on Castlevania when I get back to current systems. I miss finding cool indie games like this.

Looking back, I guess so, although I didn't think about it at the time. I miss making music mix tapes probably the most of anything.

I like playing Returns & Tropicla Freeze too, but yes way hard. I can't believe you finished the first three though. Good for you. I haven't the patience. Those ice levels drive me crazy.

Interesting. It's a Japan-only game I think though. I'd love to play it.