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I mean ask on the forum there.  They're pretty knowledgeable.  The database images do kinda suck though, I checked them myself.

Might I suggest asking over at AtariAge?  They may be able to offer more aid than you'll find here on a generalist collecting site.  I'm leaning to a variant, but it's hard to say for sure, and those guys know their stuff.

Well, I did look it up on Google.  The white bars on the manual cover strike me as being odd because the handful of manual pictures I saw don't have them.  That said, it's hard to say for sure because Telegames may simply have ran off more, making it a variant instead of a fake.  But again, I'm no expert, so I couldn't say for sure. 

Just now, goldenpp72 said:

The title of the game is in the title?

Yeah, I saw that, just edited my post I'm a dumbass.  I can't help though, because although I have a ton of Lynx games, I don't have Desert Strike. 

3 minutes ago, goldenpp72 said:

I did not, I could take one but a picture doesn't really help determine texture. This feels like uh, newspaper. I'll throw a picture up though just in case.

I just assumed because you didn't post the title of the game, that a picture would have been included

EDIT: Just noticed the title in the thread title.  I didn't see the entire title when I opened it.  I'm dumb.

You forgot the picture...

To be fair, the Queen is only mentioned because the console was manufactured with the intent that it be given to her as a promotional measure, and not with regard to trying to sell her personal console.  It'd be like a dressmaker making a wedding dress for a woman, but the wedding gets called off.  It was made for that woman, but the woman never owned the item.  Same thing here.  Whether or not the Queen took possession of the Wii is irrelevant to the fact that it was in fact created for her.

3 minutes ago, OptOut said:

I think this is basically true, but only up until the point that there is cheating involved, ESPECIALLY if it is ongoing cheating.

Once that line is crossed, the friend is essentially forced to pick a side. If he doesn't tell his friend, he has picked the girl's side, defacto, because withholding that kind of devastating information from his friend is party to hurting his friend.

Anything lower on the scale, there is wiggle room, but with the cheating aspect, he is not your friend if he doesn't tell you, he has chosen his friendship with her above you.

I disagree to a point.  If he had independently discovered it, I would agree with you, but if she confided her indiscretions to him because she trusted him enough to ask advice or just to get it off her chest, he at least needs to give her the chance to come clean herself.  I would never break that trust, and would never expect anyone else to either.

That said, all we know is that he allegedly advocated for him, which to me reads like she was going to him seeking advice on what to do, likely in regard to ending the relationship.  Nothing about that suggests any sort of infidelity, so the entire argument is moot anyway.  She went to her friend to complain about her boyfriend, and then broke it off.  That's literally all we know.  So yeah, given the known information, the OP is the only one in the wrong here.

8 minutes ago, Gloves said:

No, never that one.

What if it's followed by the word "sucks"

You neglect the part about "Friend is also friends with girl."  I have been in the friend's situation many times, and the best course of action is to simply listen to both, and keep the confidence of all parties.  It sucks sometimes because you know shit that the other party should know, but to be a good friend to both, you have to keep the confidence of both.  And yes, that means knowing shit the other person should be privy to but not saying anything because that would violate the trust given by the one who confided in you.  The only thing I see that the friend did wrong was he divulged anything after the fact.  And in every situation, every party knows I am someone they can ask for advice, or confide in, and that I'd keep that confidence even when it hurts me to do so.  Sounds to me that the OP is pissed that the dude didn't divulge whatever it was that she confided to him, at least before it became known to him.  If he was boning the girl, then this goes out the window because he broke that bond of friendship with the OP.  But if all he did was not tell him her secrets, the OP is being a twat, pure and simple.  Sure, he has a right to feel hurt and angry because his friend knew shit that he didn't about his relationship, but it was also NOT his friend's place to tell him.  And with no information as to what the details are, there's no way to say whether the OP is justified in cutting the dude out or if he's being an immature asshat.  Simply put, there's not enough information here to fairly weigh in on the details, but based on what information was provided, I'd say the friend did nothing wrong and the OP needs to suck it up and deal with it.  Until there's more to go on, that's where it stays as far as I'm concerned.

7 minutes ago, Gloves said:

Lol.

Yeah once the panini is behind us I plan to get it done. I've gone this long I can wait a few months to a year to get into the doctor's office. I'm 32, and I was definitely diagnosed during that time when it was "in" to do that. 

I'm 38, so yeah, you fit the time frame.  Also, it took me a second to realize you were talking about Covid and not a sandwich, so again, brain damage

8 hours ago, OptOut said:

I calls em as I sees em.

Dude corrects my french, he's fuggin FRENCH! 

OOOOOOORRRRRRR he corrected a typo in a French phrase long appropriated into the English language. 

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/faux pas

Many words and phrases in English are taken from many other languages.  It's part of what makes English such a complicated language.  So again,

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8 hours ago, OptOut said:

Alright FRENCHIE! Darn Canadians, getting all French up in here... 

Dude, he's not from Quebec.  Almost nobody outside of politics speaks French in the rest of Canada. 

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Just now, Gloves said:

I feel for ya man. I was diagnosed young as well, so lord knows if that's actually it. Been meaning to get re-checked as an adult.

Definitely do it.  I'm not sure how old you are, but back in the mid 90s, ADHD was the new thing that everyone was getting tagged with, and Ritalin was the new wonder drug that they gave to kids like Tic-Tacs.  If you have any questions about whether or not the diagnosis fits, talk to your doctor.  I didn't get my diagnosis until my mid 20s, and didn't bother getting treatment until around 4 or 5 years ago, and that treatment may have saved my life...if not immediately, than at some point in the future.  The average life expectancy of someone with bipolar disorder is around 50 years due to the high rate of suicides.  I'm definitely hoping to buck that trend, but there's been a few times where I wasn't sure I would or not.

Well shit, that got dark...

5 minutes ago, Gloves said:

You might just have ADHD like me. xD

Nope, bipolar disorder.  I was misdiagnosed with ADHD when I was 13.  Still have tremors in my hands from the Ritalin they prescribed me that was absolutely unnecessary.  I've also had a half dozen known concussions, and many, many shots to the head that probably resulted in one.  I do notice a few little things that never affected me, so if not brain damage directly, there's probably some cognitive degeneration resulting from having my bell rung so often.

1 minute ago, Gloves said:

Toss on Homework while you do your homework. Ez game.

That would require me actually liking their music.  I'm not a fan.  More of a metalhead than anything else. 

Seriously though, I'm pretty sure I have some kind of brain damage from all the concussions.  I mean, I went to get my niece's cake out of the freezer this evening, and I stood there by the freezer for two minutes because I forgot what I was doing there.

Just now, Gloves said:

The hell are you talking about man? I honestly find that I do far better at games in general if I toss on Daft Punk's hit album, Homework.

I didn't know they had an album called Homework Of course, I generally don't listen to Daft Punk, so that's probably why. 

But naw, I'm taking a game design course, and there is a LOT of work.  Currently have three classes using Maya 2020 (rigging, environmental modelling, and lighting & texture), and one using Unreal 4 (level design).  So much tech, so little time, and a brain that's suffered far too many concussions

1 minute ago, Dr. Morbis said:

By the looks of things, you need to play it more than I do...

Arthritis is a bitch when it comes to shooters.  As is carpal tunnel.  As is homework

1 hour ago, Dr. Morbis said:

Blah blah blah blah blah

SHUT UP AND PLAY SOME ALPHA MISSION!

3 minutes ago, austin532 said:

Looks like it's actually from 2007? Sealed NES games were still dirt cheap back then but were slowly going up. No body really wanted them and the people who did either held onto to them or just opened them. Back when spending $200 on a sealed game was considered alot XD.

Also note that I even said I was turning into a $50 game as I opened it.  If I only knew then what I know now...well, I still would've opened it, I just would've waited a few more years to sell the paper

So I don't see what's in the Sachen lot, nor do I see prices...or do I have to PM for that?

5 minutes ago, Dr. Morbis said:

What about "May the Fourth be with you"...

AKA my niece's birthday...

41 minutes ago, BeaIank said:

You know we all are right and you are wrong. 

I've known Basil a LOOOOONG time.  He's gotta be the most hyper-competitive person I know, and he HATES being wrong   It's all semantics, but essentially it comes down to the interpretation of the wording.  As written in the rules I understood it correctly, as did everyone other than him, but as far as his thinking goes, he's technically not wrong, simply incorrect.  His interpretation is entirely valid, the word "wrong" implies that it is not.  He felt it was ambiguous enough to seek clarification, and he did.  Now we're all on the same page, so let's just play some damn Alpha Mission! 

4 hours ago, Splain said:

That Aces Up game is a BEAST. Takes so many tries.

I had to look up how the game was played.  It was the only one that didn't make sense to me.  For some reason I had a pain in the arse beating Scorpion, which is usually one of the gimmes when I play it.  For whatever reason it didn't want to give me a win.  I spent a solid 6 hours off and on trying to get it.

7 minutes ago, FireHazard51 said:

I guess I really should RTFM......I hate how NES games have a horrible issue of needing manuals to explain sit or worse, the manual isn't good enough and further information is needed like that found in a walkthrough.  I honestly didn't know what E was and thought that it would go down with missile use.

When it comes to NES games, ALWAYS read the manual.  I mean, it's not as mandatory as with Atari 2600 games or anything, but there's always something in there that makes it worth the few minutes it takes.

But yeah, I found the shield completely by accident.  The thing is though, once you select an item, it's gone until you pick another one up.  Fire is almost a necessity for the first boss, so I usually don't use the shield until after I kill him, just so I have it at the start of level 2.  But now I'm starting to feel like maybe I should use the shield for the first boss, and save the fire for the second because I don't always end up finding another one, and it's MUCH harder to kill by just shooting him, and then hoping to find a shield again through the second level so I have it in the third.  I'm not sure really.  It seems part of the challenge is knowing where and when to use each power up because you never know when you might need it, and you don't want to need them and not have one available.