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May the 4th be with you and today I am talking about the 1984 classic Return of the Jedi. Released one year after the movie in 1984.

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I loved this film even if the critics hated it. Sam Brenner and his buddies help defeat the aliens who misunderstood video games as weapons. LOL.

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Reminiscing of the Bazaar and random places I found video games at in my formative years.

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Today we go nostalgic with a review of Read Player One!

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Today I talk about the commercial failure Wing Commander movie. A movie based on the Wing Commander series of PC games.

Nintendo has outed their new console sort of so today I talk about the potential to be a good retro handheld. Wil it be as good as the original Switch?

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Today I talk about a cartoon that was made in the 80s all about Pacman!

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Today I review the Secret Level Episode on Pacman.

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Today I talk about my top ten gift ideas for 2024

1. Atari 7800+

https://atari.com/collections/7800

1. Atari 400 Mini

https://atari.com/products/atari-400-mini-1

1. MS Pacman Arcade 1up Countercade

https://www.meijer.com/shopping/product/ms-pac-man-galaga-class-of-81-countercade/19557002069.html

1. Blaze Evercade Super Pocket

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1. Atari T-shirt

https://t.ly/VPZHO

1. Nintendo Switch Atari 50th with DLC

https://atari.com/products/atari-50th-the-anniversary-celebration

1. Turtle Beach Velocity 1 Hotas

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1. Steam gift card

2. Amazon Gift Card

3. Visa Gift Card

Activision was the first independent software developer for game consoles starting with the Atari 2600!

Mattel made more than just games for the Intellivision with the M-Network line. From 1982-1983 they made many interesting games for the beloved 2600.

DOOM is responsible for the first person shooter genre and death matches. Today we talk about this the best I remember it.

Just give a little update on my health and then talk about some cool hardware from Atari.com

I give a Life Update and 5 reasons why retro games are better.

Today I share some of the memories I had of playing my first PC game, Space Quest and about Sierra OnLine which at one time was the top company making PC games.

Metal Jesus Rocks Sierra Reunion;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxW1IK0fDJs

Metal Jesus Rocks We Worked at Sierra

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmNCFtAlYN0&t=1s

Before we had games like Space Invaders we had electro mechanical games like Ride Motorcycle. These were games that did not have CPUs or CRTs but motors and lights. Today we talk about games like Motorcycle, Pinball and Varisty as well as the Tomy Classics Digital Derby, Baseball and Blip where were all electro mechanical games.

https://www.arcade-museum.com/Arcade/motorcycle

https://rctoymemories.com/2012/11/16/tomy-digital-derby-auto-raceway-1978/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blip_(console)

https://handheldmuseum.com/Tomy/Diamond.htm

Today I talkabout the 2024 version of CORGSCON! The Central Ohio Retro Gaming Society Convention! Be there in 2025!

Not a top 5 list but just some racing games I think are cool.

From Journey, to Aerosmith and even Van Halen bands and video games go hand in hand since the very beginning.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Band-centric_video_games

Call it copy protection or DRM. No doubts about it...it is killing our games.

Today I am talking about the pack in Game that was likely everyone's very first video game at home.

If you had a SNES or N64 you probably always wondered what the EXT port was. Today I talk about the usually unused expansion ports on many Nintendo systems and a little on the cancelled in the US N64DD

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b64Bx0WKh7M&t=668s

Atari CX-40

Atari Proline Joystick

Microsoft Sidewinder 3D Pro

Nintendo 64 Controller

Nintendo Gamecube Controller

Sega Genesis Controller

Wii Mote

Wico Command Control

Super NES Controller

Nintendo Switch Pro Controller

I talk about the top 10 worst controllers.

https://ftw.usatoday.com/lists/worst-video-game-controllers

The Portal series is massively popular and still being sold today for various game consoles and Steam.

I love watching these top 5 channels. They are all very great!

5. Adrian’s Digital Basementhttps://www.youtube.com/@adriansdigitalbasement

4. Retro Recipeshttps://www.youtube.com/@RetroRecipes

3. Retro Hack Shack

https://www.youtube.com/@RetroHackShack

2. John Hancockhttps://www.youtube.com/@johnhancockretro

1. Metal Jesus Rockshttps://www.youtube.com/@MetalJesusRocks

Today I am talking about the first Video Arcade Game Gameshow fromthe 80s....Starcade.

Today I get a little personal and recap 2023 and share ideas for 2024. Thank you all for a great 2023 and see you in 2024.

Insert Coin documents from 1988 through the end of Williams/Midway Coin Op division. Today's show is a short review of that.

Today I am talking about the original Atari 2600 release of Haunted House AND the Reimagined version that JUST came out this year on Steam, Nintendo Switch, Xbox, Playstation, Epic Games and the Atari VCS.

Haunted House 2023

Today I talk about 5 reasons retro gaming is better.

Today I talk about 10 gifts where money is no object for the retro gamer.

One of the first video games is on the list of the 10 most important video games of all time. From 1962 and first written for the PDP-11 it was a very influential early video game.

I talk about my visit to Grove City's own Tech N Gamer and future Gaming Expos.

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Also if your interested, here's a link for the new Atari VCS.

https://atari.com/pages/atari-vcs

Today I visited Micro Center and saw some retro stuff so I thought I'd share that with you:

https://www.microcenter.com/product/604764/baolian-red-trackball-with-usb-kit-works-with-raspberry-pi,-windows,-linux-pcs,-macs,-and-more?ob=1

https://www.microcenter.com/product/611659/baolian-8-way-bat-top-joystick-with-75g-medium-touch-micro-switches-yellow

https://www.microcenter.com/product/617774/dreamgear-ms-pac-man-micro-player

https://www.microcenter.com/product/513027/atgames-atari-blast!-volume-2-flashback-built-in-20-games

https://www.microcenter.com/product/606371/retro-bit-sega-saturn-control-pad-model-2-usb-slate-grey

https://www.microcenter.com/product/606369/retro-bit-sega-genesis-8-button-pad-usb-black

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https://www.microcenter.com/product/644533/hyperkin-retron-sq-blackgold

My top ten 90s video games. 1 Starblade 1991 2 Stree Fighter II 1991 3 X-Men 1992 4 Mortal Kombat 1992 5 Daytona USA 1994 6 Crazy Taxi 1999 7 The Simpsons 1991 8 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Turtles in Time 1991 9 Star Wars Trilogy Arcade 1998 10 Smash TV 1990

Nintendo Gamecube was Nintendo's sixth generation console and had some great games and some weird ones.

THE first console to have cartridges WAS NOT the Atari Video Computer System. It was the Fairchild Channel F that was guided by Jerry Lawson who was also one of the first African Americans to work on a home console.

I talk about my memories of the last great arcade decade....the 90's.

A new season and a new name! Living in the Retro arcade allows us to talk about games outside of the 80s....today I talk about the Nintendo 64!

Got a large amount of arcade memories from my friends at Living in the 80s and others. You're gunna like this!

Since I am in York as you download this I thought I'd share a bit of my memories from West Manchester Mall's Arcade.

https://yorkblog.com/onlyyork/memories-the-original-stores-a/

On today's episode I talk about CORGS-con 20203.

https://www.corgscon.com/

These were as close as you can get to having an arcade cabinet in your home in the 80s.

In light of Livingin the 80s strange trup through the 70s I decided to talk about the birth of the 80s video game scene....the 1970s. More happened than you think!

Today I talk about the Apple TV+ Biopic Tetris which is all about how Henk Rogers obtained the worldwide rights to Tetris.

Today I chat about Alladin's Castle...the arcade change that was probably bigger and older than we thought.

Video games were very popular in the 80s and of COURSE they made cartoons for Saturday morning.  Let's revisit a handful of these shows.