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1212 I could have gone either way on the last one. The first two could have gone different with different song selections from the same bands. 3 was the only super easy pick.

Sort of like being the developer to the world's best 32 bit humming bird based shooter.

I'm genuinely curious. Was the game too easy the first time you played it? Did you know where all the hidden items were on your first playthrough without a guide? Did you know exactly where to go, or did you have to explore? Did you beat every boss on your first try? Sometimes a game is easy because you've played it so many times and mastered it. By that definition, Super Metroid is "too easy" because I can play it with my eyes closed and beat it in around two hours. But that doesn't mean the game was easy the first time I picked it up. A game shouldn't be penalized because it becomes easier over time.

I track digital games in my spreadsheet, but I don't include them in my total count. I want to say my digital count is somewhere around 375. I don't bother counting my ROM or ISO files. I some several terabytes of compressed ROM and ISO files, and there is no way I'm going to bother counting and cataloging those. They are sorted by their respective consoles, and that is all I need.

I've never heard either of these songs before.

I saw this one on Facebook the other day, and it might be one of the best Simpsons memes of all time.

Our most recent pinewood derby was last weekend. The red car belongs to my older son. It finished third in his age group and 5th overall in the pack. The orange car belongs to my younger son. He won his age group and took first overall in the pack.

Arrived today.

I've never heard of it and I somehow missed this thread the first time it came around. The name sounds more like the name of a band rather than a video game. When this popped up in my unread list, I thought for sure it was a music debate.

The Doom HUD is pretty iconic and was well thought out for the time even though about half of it was unnecessary. Roblox has a pretty awful HUD. I don't play it myself, but when I watch my kids playing, I wonder how it doesn't drive them crazy.

I've never played any of the games from this series. It's too modern for me. All kidding aside, I've always wanted to try it, but just never gotten around to it. Too many other games I want to try first.

I track everything in Excel which I keep saved on OneDrive so I can access it from my home computer or my phone if I'm in a game store. Excel is great, because I don't have to worry about some types of games not being included in the list. I also use it for tracking all of my consoles, controllers and accessories. I also have a tab with a pivot table for tracking the total number of games along with how many are from each system. I didn't open it this morning to get the specific number, but I know I'm a little north of 3,000 titles. Approximately 25% of that is PS1. The other biggest sets are PS3 and PS4. In addition to my overall collection tracker in Excel, I also keep a second excel tracker specifically for PS1. The second workbook is more of a checklist for the entire NA set, along with the breakdown between long box, black label jewel case, greatest hits, and collector's editions. Since I track PS1 in two spreadsheets, I have a check figure set to the total game count to make sure there isn't a difference between the two lists (adding a game to one, but not the other).

Last night I was watching Airheads and I saw someone playing a Game Gear. But I just checked and I see that it's already included in the first post.

Never seen it.

In general, it doesn't matter to me. I'm fine with it either way. The only time when I tend to have a preference is with chicken wings in buffalo sauce. The bone-in certainly tastes better, but sometimes, I'm just not in the mood to get messy from the sauce, and I prefer to eat the boneless with a fork. But that's not often, and only when I'm feeling lazy. The only other time I might prefer boneless would be with fish. I don't mind eating around bone, but fish bones can be a lot more work compared to chicken or steak.

The first DVD I ever watched was Ronin with Robert De Niro. I remember being obsessed with the new features available with the format like the director commentary. But of course, the biggest thing for me was the fact that I didn't have to rewind it when it was over.

Just about every year we drive to Florida, which from my house is approximately 12 hours. I like to be able to listen to music for the entire trip without hearing the same thing twice, but also only listening to music I like. Because of this, I have a song playlist through Spotify that is around 15 hours long. Most of my votes for these song debates will probably be based off whether I would want the song on that playlist or not. In this case, both songs are enjoyable, but not great enough for me to include on my playlist. Obviously Holiday Road gives me nostalgia for the Family Vacation movie, but again, not enough that I want to listen to it on my road trips.

Retrotink is probably your best option, but another option that I NEVER hear anyone talk about is using an A/V receiver to convert the signal. The only problem with using an A/V receiver, is that there are many brands and models on the market, and absolutely no database (that I'm aware of) that tracks how they perform with video game systems and input lag. The other major issue with A/V receivers is that you will almost certainly have to go with the second hand market because nearly all new A/V receivers on the market today have dropped component support. I can tell you that I use a Sony DA3400 ES as my primarily receiver. Everything in my game room that doesn't output 4K runs through this receiver which combines everything into a single 1080p HDMI signal out to my TV. That includes 28 video game consoles, VCR, DVD, and laserdisc along with all of my audio (CD, vinyl, cassette, MP3). Since this model A/V receiver only outputs 1080p, I have to run anything that outputs 4K directly to the TV and bypass the receiver. The TV sends an audio signal back to the receiver so that the 4K devices still send sound to the surround sound speakers. Anyway, that's probably more information than you wanted, but I can confirm that with this setup, I can play my Wii using component cables converted into HDMI on my 4K TV with no noticeable input lag and the image looks great. You should still probably get a Retrotink.

It just had that "look" to me. I'm also super familiar with RE2, but I didn't recognize it from that game, so I guessed RE3 because it has a similar look and takes place in the same location and timeframe as RE2 with similar street areas, so I thought it might be in the background of that game somewhere.

The first thing that popped into my head was Resident Evil, so I'm going to say Resident Evil 3.

I wish I could help you out, but I can't spend that kind of money on Saturn stuff. But your collection represents like 99% of the Saturn imports that I would be interested in owning. You definitely have an awesome collection. I wish you luck, but keep in mind that selling all together in a lot usually means lower offers. Good luck with sale.

I remember that era, but I wasn't much of a forum guy at the time, so I was never part of any of those types of discussions. However, I would be interested in reading some of them today because I never understood the HD-DVD vs Blue-Ray debates. I always considered Blue-Ray as the obvious choice. At least with the VHS vs Beta debates, I could understand some of the points on both sides of the argument. But I could never find any reasons to back HD-DVD.

That is "The Aeroplane Flies High" box set by the Smashing Pumpkins. It's a 5 CD box set. This link is just for example. This is not my set for sale: https://www.ebay.com/itm/325930416235?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=PMm34bCLRu2&sssrc=2047675&ssuid=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

I didn't realize that some pinball could be played blindfolded.

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