Sumer

Ordered mine this afternoon.  Looks like they are still available.

Yeah, send me an invite.  I just saw the mention here on the website!

At least I am not the one holding up the game now!  

10 cap is good.  Doesn't get too wild.

Ooops!  Sorry, I was checking the forum everyday up UNTIL last Wednesday!  And then with Halloween and the kids...anyway, sorry!  Should be started now!

Yeah, let me restate, I can play FFA as well too, but was putting my name forward for a team game as well.

I am up for a team game.  I am fine with the Classic Risk map, but whatever everyone else wants!

15 hours ago, Gloves said:

Just don't kamikaze on turn one thin time! Lol

It surprisingly didn't hurt me too much at the start, actually!  I think I should have not chickened out with my 1st (or maybe it was 2nd) card turn-in when I almost went after @Mega Tankin Brazil.  Probably should have just gone for it!

Sure, I can go again!

Sorry it took so long for me to accept the invite.  Anyway, game is underway and I am already rolling like a chump.

Glad I checked the site today (been away lately for summer time fun).  Yeah, I can play too!

On 4/20/2022 at 1:05 AM, Sumez said:

Thanks @Reed Rothchild, that's exactly the kind of things I needed to know! I'll just stick to the SNES version then. I got the MegaDrive version too, but I'll consider playing it afterwards only if I can't get enough....

Actually not. It's not really advertised on their site, but you can see the RetroBit logo on there. RetroBit's releases usually has distribution via hundreds of different channels all over the world, and don't get sold out right away, so there's really no reason to stick to LRG for this release if you want to.

The page for the game on their own website: https://retro-bit.com/btdd/

Worth noting though that RetroBit's hardware is usually the bottom of the barrel. Their Metal Storm re-release was famous for their code to adjust the game to the mass produced china bootleg mapper they'd scooped up, altering the game's default settings to annoyingly invert the controls for the graity switching mechanics.

Good to know.  I saw the Retro-Bit logo too, but have only bought some of their A/V wiring.  I usually do Limited Run for things like these, so that is why I mentioned LRG!  Still, cool we are getting a re-release.  I DO NOT have an original, so definitely plan to get one from LRG to play with my kiddos!

Will be ordering before the window closes!

On 3/24/2022 at 4:00 PM, Tanooki said:

I most definitely enjoyed this game last I had it, wish I could find it again...prices...

Well, just announced today, Limited Run is doing a new, physical run of these...with the cart in...lime green?  And at a decent price!  I plan to pick it up before pre-orders close next month.

Whew!  It's back!  I don't think I have been on since the original outage...just too much trouble to put that extra "S" at the end of the URL.  

Oh man, my Hawkeyes stunk up the place last night.  I thought they had a chance after Mich had that big, emotional game against OSU last week.

NOPE!

I know Brian is Kirk's son, but he really needs to leave...the offense for Iowa was downright atrocious this year.

On 10/24/2021 at 4:49 PM, Kguillemette said:

A VTech Socrates. A very early form of Edutainment. In fact, I still have the beast in my basement! Just need a TV to hook it to. The Talking cartridge used to freak me out. Something about having a creepy robot voice telling you if it's the right answer or not was too much of a burden for for a small child like myself to bear.

Haha!  We had a Socrates too!  I think we got it the Xmas after we got the NES, as my mom and dad saw my brother and I were "video game-crazed" with the Gemini/Atari and NES...and not to mention the constant hours in the arcades we went to.  So, they wanted an "educational system" to give to us to play on the side.  I think we only ever played it once or twice...that thing got thrown out quick.  

I only ever used the Sega CD and Turbo CD to play audio CDs.  My preference was the Turbo CD because you could "unhook it," if I am remembering correctly, and carry it around with you like a walkman.  At least, that seems to be my memory of the thing!

Came back to check this thread on the Duo...nope, nothing to see here!  

2 hours ago, TDIRunner said:

I assume you mean The New Order.  How are you liking it?  I've played through, The New Order, The Old Blood and The New Colossus, but I haven't had a chance to play through Youngblood yet.  I've enjoyed them all so far. 

Yes, yes!  New Order!  That is it.  I am liking thus far.  I beat Old Blood a few weeks ago and started on New Order.  New Order is definitely an expanded version of Old Blood.  Old Blood seems more straight forward with less things to do, but that is sometimes an OK thing for me, as I have 4 kids and time for video games is fleeting.  New Order is taking a lot longer to get through given its double length of Old Blood.  But, I definitely like the Wolfenstein story and campaigns.

It is VERY nice that all of them are on Xbox Game Pass as well.  I don't have to buy them separately and I can just go straight into the next game.

Probably nothing special for video games, though Xbox does have a Castlevania game for Free With Gold...so maybe that.

For watching, Svengoolie (if you don't know, google him!) has a month of Frankenstein movies for this month on Saturday nights on MeTV, so probably that, along with MST3k and MAYBE Rocky Horror, yet again.

Still playing through Wolfenstein New World Order when I have the time.  But, I also started "Call Of The Sea" last night on my brand new Series S.  Pretty nice FPS adventure game, thus far.

Coleco Gemini...Coleco's knock-off/clone Atari 2600.

It just showed up one day, probably in 1984 or 1985 with a bunch of games.  My dad must have gotten it through Random House, as they were selling it with a slew of games as long as you joined that Random House club, like their tape or CD club.  However, our Gemini was "badged" differently from the normal Random House one, so it is still a bit of a mystery where it came from.  My dad, who is 76 this year, can't remember a thing about it or where he got it.

Anyway, we just called it the "Atari" since it only played 2600 games (remember, this was not the ColecoVision).  I have told this story before on these forums, but, at the time, I don't think I knew that Coleco made anything other than the Gemini, but then we went over to our babysitter's house and he had a ColecoVision...and we played "Smurf" in all of its ColecoVision goodness and we were blown away.  I was pretty mad that my Coleco couldn't play the same games as his Coleco and had a rough time understanding it all!

Anywho, that Gemini is long gone.  My mom sold it in a garage sale circa 1990 or something like, as we were full in on the NES by that point (which we obtained in Xmas 1987).  I do remember enjoying the Gemini's dual joystick/paddle controllers compared to the separate ones from Atari (which we had spares of those too).

Oh, and playing 2600 on a black-and-white 13" Zenith was a right-of-passage back then!

On 8/28/2021 at 2:54 PM, darkchylde28 said:

#TRUTH

That dude has more dedication to picking nits than ever I did as an angry, frustrated 15 year old calling BBSs constantly to fill all my free time arguing (until I got a girlfriend and BBSs were killed by the internet).

Off Topic and a few days late to respond to you (like I said earlier, using this holiday weekend to catch up on this thread!), but for the last three or four years, there has been a lively return of BBSes, believe it or not.  Especially in the 8-bit computer space!  There are a ton of Commodore 64 BBSes that have sprouted up in the last few years and are truly a good time to dial/Telnet into.  Some Apple II and Atari 8-bit ones have sprouted up as well, as well as IBM/DOS ones too!  

Just in case if you are interested, start at this C64 list here:

http://cbbsoutpost.servebbs.com/index.php

On 8/27/2021 at 5:09 PM, TDIRunner said:

Don't forget the milk in a bag.  

They have that in Iowa, though, too.  Seriously.