tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-85615406894176235142024-02-07T11:39:08.053-05:00Wargame DorkA blog about tabletop hobby and or strategy games, with a side order of electronic turn based goodness here and there. Now with tons of retro gaming content both electronic and tabletop. Also with 20% more self loathing douchebaggery!Captain Rufushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00296697477771399357noreply@blogger.comBlogger548125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8561540689417623514.post-32034441607284479222023-03-01T03:04:00.001-05:002023-03-01T03:04:26.054-05:00Xenos Rampant: Tunnel Brats Part 1<p> So what is this all about? Well the comic should explain it but for many moons I have been pondering rules for a basic AI system to fight miniatures battles in and now with Xenos Rampant I think I have both a good use of it and ideas to add to the fun of the game and make use of my entirely too large collection of games and tiles. If one ruleset let's me use a bunch of things without having to remember and or relearn rules for each and every one of them?</p><p> Well why the heck not?</p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i>(As always click the image for larger if you need to!)</i></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGHHofJDvuj8asRpVvdFV9oIhxd436BxXOYgu6ObJLLPmAa3kCUdueMYO75kuDUQSF1lgf-xE65Fn0Kp317cDF3Q9UaWEbtfiRUriMbDL6zI8xWlCqQCtgtzKeKZyzAMWwzBFuQp798bdN_WHxa3jJ-KB5R_cXwnEggXkpFcvYHLc1USf-mPmJORjCZQ/s3300/Page_1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3300" data-original-width="2550" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGHHofJDvuj8asRpVvdFV9oIhxd436BxXOYgu6ObJLLPmAa3kCUdueMYO75kuDUQSF1lgf-xE65Fn0Kp317cDF3Q9UaWEbtfiRUriMbDL6zI8xWlCqQCtgtzKeKZyzAMWwzBFuQp798bdN_WHxa3jJ-KB5R_cXwnEggXkpFcvYHLc1USf-mPmJORjCZQ/w494-h640/Page_1.jpg" width="494" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbcmGj77XCnVtx---mI4rpqD76miCzHBb66VRqUJ2_8OCevvSs9DP-SM7upbxYn6xUqCw50L-Dyh9GfYy0LmOXFdvl1o4c6AN6R8vWGtmdVwATY1IqN8Tmn8zZLygONxrNI-tYJzJOlt6lzQt_Z0g1GXjzJ8DT2nL7ssDS_ubQaYdPH6bNYs4__MLnGw/s3300/Page_2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3300" data-original-width="2550" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbcmGj77XCnVtx---mI4rpqD76miCzHBb66VRqUJ2_8OCevvSs9DP-SM7upbxYn6xUqCw50L-Dyh9GfYy0LmOXFdvl1o4c6AN6R8vWGtmdVwATY1IqN8Tmn8zZLygONxrNI-tYJzJOlt6lzQt_Z0g1GXjzJ8DT2nL7ssDS_ubQaYdPH6bNYs4__MLnGw/w494-h640/Page_2.jpg" width="494" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXLQLr9koMMf4fE1kd9etSOKOqg1CxGFMwYDqQEyZfkd47Mb8GgoYToHiSpJDM0b76Y_o2A3bUiynmmuv8NYXS87lPpp587-vRTHEs4GVtFGkUpWw_pv-3W4ASbBooft0gHwVYqtBfjFxF30bk7dZjQcMMQAEEc7ne3dFDPZdcrIxWLIgvUDmfxy_EpQ/s3300/Page_3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3300" data-original-width="2550" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXLQLr9koMMf4fE1kd9etSOKOqg1CxGFMwYDqQEyZfkd47Mb8GgoYToHiSpJDM0b76Y_o2A3bUiynmmuv8NYXS87lPpp587-vRTHEs4GVtFGkUpWw_pv-3W4ASbBooft0gHwVYqtBfjFxF30bk7dZjQcMMQAEEc7ne3dFDPZdcrIxWLIgvUDmfxy_EpQ/w494-h640/Page_3.jpg" width="494" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjthpgDuu3GT4y71bIUIVZ2Nl9bsbkcb58OXngQlc0OiiyEY_vaIaME01APrlyAsowolENaSxPJ3Rk1RrkWPnw-Iu1RyOKK8vEhQSFjOfMj3XiwrbZ-YZVcUruzmlhbkG9nr8hVh-5sqvajhG0kOz6jX5Uu2gzqaqdDd-ChTOu_ONmA2qx7J9zU1qhMaw/s3300/Page_4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3300" data-original-width="2550" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjthpgDuu3GT4y71bIUIVZ2Nl9bsbkcb58OXngQlc0OiiyEY_vaIaME01APrlyAsowolENaSxPJ3Rk1RrkWPnw-Iu1RyOKK8vEhQSFjOfMj3XiwrbZ-YZVcUruzmlhbkG9nr8hVh-5sqvajhG0kOz6jX5Uu2gzqaqdDd-ChTOu_ONmA2qx7J9zU1qhMaw/w494-h640/Page_4.jpg" width="494" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXydXrM18BSWmlh5tx8bmNu1CS4FIgKGhrWoCkGwmIAXAQeZa3wo5claj4BPp3mQrL2XsIEt-P8Mh-1keCANPiceuGEwUes_f7TumtDsjZWq3S7xSdNldQansVXKunx66DXLpM3vAvV1xQzJzaqjn5BsUFRPIDotgA0KsvcV4Hf6QIb1Y2uNfKMBnTVQ/s3300/Page_5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3300" data-original-width="2550" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXydXrM18BSWmlh5tx8bmNu1CS4FIgKGhrWoCkGwmIAXAQeZa3wo5claj4BPp3mQrL2XsIEt-P8Mh-1keCANPiceuGEwUes_f7TumtDsjZWq3S7xSdNldQansVXKunx66DXLpM3vAvV1xQzJzaqjn5BsUFRPIDotgA0KsvcV4Hf6QIb1Y2uNfKMBnTVQ/w494-h640/Page_5.jpg" width="494" /></a></div><br /><i><br /></i><p></p>Captain Rufushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00296697477771399357noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8561540689417623514.post-57673686103644780892023-02-24T02:41:00.005-05:002023-02-24T02:41:49.512-05:00Xenos Rampant Battle Report Comic Number One of... Well This is Me So Uhh.. One to Five Probably?<p> Yes indeed I will make no bones pretending this will become a regular thing once more or whatever though I do quite enjoy this game. Sadly my opponent seemed mild on it overall but much of that could be because he is quite taken with <i>Warhammer Underworlds</i> as it is even though most of the models could easily be used in Xenos or Dragon Rampant. (Fantasy type Vampires and Ghosts versus AT 43 or 40K forces? Warpath Universe? So many fun options!)</p><p> But we are at least getting one battle report and ideally one more from whenever the heck we can make schedules mesh up for the rematch with said switching of sides. I am getting back into the groove of using <i>Comic Life</i> and this version being 3 with a much beefier computer and bigger screen makes it a bit easier and faster. I might add in more fun effects and the like next time!</p><p> Anyhow on with the show, click for larger, yadda yadda.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1hg1kMmluKW-hx8tFiND4EfcD0vhAZ_luXT-gbCXph7K3Av3AiZcSOOhEqgXOu7yBoFQl7Eu3KJKjyKUzEuVaZTxD0h2fjvMfH_wwoKp_KKXbbZ63Ur7KgpvvGXMJf1789BX8obBKnWak1VXruJT6RHVUV9V2e5KBC7XDV8pkBeS3mO0kpKFHHfJA-w/s3300/Page_1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3300" data-original-width="2550" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1hg1kMmluKW-hx8tFiND4EfcD0vhAZ_luXT-gbCXph7K3Av3AiZcSOOhEqgXOu7yBoFQl7Eu3KJKjyKUzEuVaZTxD0h2fjvMfH_wwoKp_KKXbbZ63Ur7KgpvvGXMJf1789BX8obBKnWak1VXruJT6RHVUV9V2e5KBC7XDV8pkBeS3mO0kpKFHHfJA-w/w494-h640/Page_1.jpg" width="494" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVmJAk609FiSD6LxG7mfzCo90LVXNMTs_e8FAS7Mk7aXMkroidZqTkeBCkb3052le71MmjpzGLqGz76vf1Si2-cCk5PnB-4qz8KT-SlGbPqTW_fVjFf3hcO2i4LDd46oLbx-rWqhuZl-RVP_hSuNVbOro9d1nDE8jLTw8sCMtDTkhUUGj9nDEyahOGjQ/s3300/Page_2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3300" data-original-width="2550" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVmJAk609FiSD6LxG7mfzCo90LVXNMTs_e8FAS7Mk7aXMkroidZqTkeBCkb3052le71MmjpzGLqGz76vf1Si2-cCk5PnB-4qz8KT-SlGbPqTW_fVjFf3hcO2i4LDd46oLbx-rWqhuZl-RVP_hSuNVbOro9d1nDE8jLTw8sCMtDTkhUUGj9nDEyahOGjQ/w494-h640/Page_2.jpg" width="494" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM2_8di2E6kN9fSDUDThKXFAhcAdlXuoR-4kVTk9gesGxEPf2f1c3hTUpz-EijwiIuaQvoAo06Z7Bf3yNO0Xohl7WKK-S6-AXykZWtG_Y5zjNhOD-50w6OAYvTMA-5MFu7kgVPpUgKt2llvYWBP3R-niLH_iz21pu8kYuxeU-sr6zSMxm1OW3exy_ykQ/s3300/Page_3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3300" data-original-width="2550" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM2_8di2E6kN9fSDUDThKXFAhcAdlXuoR-4kVTk9gesGxEPf2f1c3hTUpz-EijwiIuaQvoAo06Z7Bf3yNO0Xohl7WKK-S6-AXykZWtG_Y5zjNhOD-50w6OAYvTMA-5MFu7kgVPpUgKt2llvYWBP3R-niLH_iz21pu8kYuxeU-sr6zSMxm1OW3exy_ykQ/w494-h640/Page_3.jpg" width="494" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbBkkfCWnAvvDEppiz5f1xh9rKq3NBjf6VD_E3z4lJb8gk5MI6qLRteHd2S6-EwSSl7C1vlcxeF1jPMJhcC8CXhkohqNod2GX2uIbptYHPSvhPxfbqhMSikTTsKC7JQ-titDw_Q3QbTir2pdz8dqb6SNntCwGSwqlg0E2InvGFzpKbhRRTyFNmzwOhzA/s3300/Page_4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3300" data-original-width="2550" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbBkkfCWnAvvDEppiz5f1xh9rKq3NBjf6VD_E3z4lJb8gk5MI6qLRteHd2S6-EwSSl7C1vlcxeF1jPMJhcC8CXhkohqNod2GX2uIbptYHPSvhPxfbqhMSikTTsKC7JQ-titDw_Q3QbTir2pdz8dqb6SNntCwGSwqlg0E2InvGFzpKbhRRTyFNmzwOhzA/w495-h640/Page_4.jpg" width="495" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Captain Rufushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00296697477771399357noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8561540689417623514.post-18057884980149656552023-02-17T04:32:00.001-05:002023-02-17T04:32:04.445-05:00I Have Returned! With the Good News About Xenos Rampant!<p> Yes. I finally got and went through the hoops to both get the newest version of Comic Life for my current inexpensive but mad powerful 12th Gen Intel i3 PC rocking a Geforce 3060, 32 gigs of 3200 DDR Ram, and a pair of SSD drives, NVME and SATA which gives me massive power over the old PPC G5 iMac.</p><p>I haven't been heavily gaming until the last year or so and even then I could argue its been light and semi casual, mostly <i>Warhammer Underworlds</i> and <i>Warhammer 40K RPG Deathwatch/Black Crusade.</i></p><p>But I discovered a new game that might let me use all of my plastic dollies with guns and gun like objects.</p><p>Let's take a look!</p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i>(Click for bigger if you need to.)</i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkFaxfyxK2JUcnCGXrwatWymmajuK9zySN5w6DH48C_sXQkOhrW2QqmjNP-TSRuff3j5-PnVYwizeugLBhxz71YEl0B9rIIsjqME0GByUadkmzWY8deWIMxubWOLCwHx3JhJLD0gYlHYewzGu3BA80fPyLMzhdcJTcDSoGdGLCVWLFJHEEsEzPQjfZ1g/s3300/Page_1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Say it ain't so! </p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><br /><p><br /></p>Captain Rufushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00296697477771399357noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8561540689417623514.post-90318773410839701152020-04-18T06:07:00.001-04:002020-04-18T06:07:29.952-04:00[Operation Game Collection] Call it Might Call it Magic, But When 3D0 Buys Them it Will End Tragic. Yes. Today I am talking about a massively long running RPG and SRPG series known as <i>Might and Magic</i>. It has never been the most popular or talked about yet in some form the IP has repeatedly been going on since the mid 80s on nearly any game platform possible.<br />
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Its a quirky little series so let's see what I have and even some actual screenshots of games to show you all what it looks like and how it evolved. (Well the core series anyhow.)<br />
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Shall we start at the start? Sure! The original Might and Magic which I sadly only own digitally outside of the nice manual and Macintosh addenda was the first. Its really primitive but it is a mid 80s Apple II RPG of the Wizardry style "Blobber" genre that took the basics of Wizardry and its DnD roots and made its own thing with a massive overworld (see the printed out megamap there!) and multiple towns and dungeons to explore. Where many RPGs of this style kept to DnD conventions Might and Magic balanced the more powerful spells with a material component, food to be eaten if your party rested, and massive massive attribute increases which would become a hallmark of the series. </div>
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Back then it was kind of nice only needing 2 key presses to choose a spell as opposed to a code. And like many old games I get, this one has some writing in it. Bad for collector value good for emotional value. <i>The game was played.</i></div>
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Back in the day you had to map. A good game showed you how to do it. Might and Magic wanted to be a GOOD GAME. They even mapped the full first town to show you what yours should look like.</div>
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If I am gonna party like its 1986 I am gonna use an automapper program. And <i>Where Are We?</i> is one made primarily for playing the old Might and Magics via Dosbox. (It covers a few games now and there are a few similar ones for various games that are free before you get fancy with paid ones like <i>Campaign Cartographer.)</i></div>
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Combat and magic in the first game is very much a text screen and practically memorizing the spell list. This program negates that little issue while adding a number of other Quality of Life features such as seeing various character status infos and the like that even the later NES port failed to have. (Its prettier but it is showing even less information on screen at once. And sadly the PC Engine CDROM version is Japanese only. And the translation crowd has to redo Final Fantasy 4-6 for the dozenth time instead.)</div>
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Oh you do get to see a pre combat encounter picture but.. its not exactly good. (The NES monsters are ADORABLE though. I still want a copy but I am cheap and this little thing we are dealing with in early 2020 kind of makes money tight.)</div>
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The Macintosh version at least improves with mouse control and giving you more on screen party information and a little sound. Sadly you won't be using the above automapper with it. </div>
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It does look a lot nicer overall in spite of just being high resolution (for the time) black and white.</div>
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Again I do a little internet printing to make my life easier but now I have a legitimate physical copy of Might and Magic 2 with its nearly 160 page manual and clue book.</div>
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While Might and Magic 2 on PC does improve the graphics a lot its still not really up to late 80s 8 bit snuff.</div>
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The Where Are We program doesn't seem to show as much. And this sequel has a built in automap as your crew can learn skills that allow for an automap or a smaller on screen minimap.</div>
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The Genesis port is clearly the way to go. It looks a lot better and again shows you the info you need.</div>
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The next 3 (ish) games in the series all use the same basic engine. And I am lucky enough to have one of them in a super rare and expensive Turbografx 16 SUPER CDROM edition. And a really big cluebook for these 3 titles.</div>
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A nice CD size manual to help you along plus another of the lovely maps that come with these games. Sadly no cloth radness of <i>Ultima</i> but it still is nice.</div>
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Sadly the 4-5 (Known as <i>World of Xeen</i> because they are effectively 2 games later combined onto one CDROM and are meant to be played together to get the complete game.) box back just avoids showing you the game in action and it just shows some monsters.</div>
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The series is still not quite showing the correct amount of info for gear in game so if nothing else the clue book is fantastic for that. The maps in here are more or less just ones from the in game mapper with maybe a little extra annotations.</div>
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The game doesn't exactly take itself all too seriously but 3 and especially Xeen get pretty goofy and jokey. Your party members will do funny faces at various status effects and now it is virtually hiding info from the players on a numerical basis. Monster name colors change as they take damage just like your party.</div>
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Then we get to the Win 9x era of Might and Magics where 3D0 more or less owned the original company (New World Computing) and pushed them to shove a game out every year or so which lead to 6-8 being the same game engine but tweaked a little (sometimes even copy pasting elements between games!) and 9 being a fully 3d engine but largely considered to be in an Alpha Build state. </div>
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Sadly I don't have 7's manual in a physical form. But as some of the prices show I got these clue books or manuals super cheap.</div>
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And an anthology release buy on Ebay got me all 4 maps but sadly manuals are PDFs. The physical copy of 9 above is where some of these things not from a retro shop came from. I like what I have played of a patched 9 but I can see why others might not.</div>
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6 in action. Sadly the party have to be all humans in this one. This is where the weird real time or turn based combat thing the series would have until 10 started. 3d world with 2d monsters and such.</div>
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A stock version of 8 which obviously did some tweaking but is more or less the same engine as 6 and 7. In 8 you start by making one character (including Vampires and Minotaurs!) and hire various folks as you explore. It helps one not spend an hour or so rolling up a full party and ease into it.</div>
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The <i>Celestial Heavens</i> forums have lots of links to various fan made mods and patches which sometimes are all but required to get the Win 9x titles rocking on a modern PC. And even in the starting area my Minotaur character is already finding nice attribute buffs to be a more powerful moocow.</div>
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9 could have been great with another 6 months or so. The graphics are fully 3d and can be pretty great for the time. </div>
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That time was about 20 years ago but I care more about interface and core gameplay than I do graphics, audio, or story. (Not that I mind some nice looking or sounding games but I care more about a good playing title more than if its got bloom lighting or something.)</div>
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10 was mostly a digital purchase by the next owner of the IP (Ubisoft) and went back to fully turn based step movement gameplay and its the only one I have completed of the main series. </div>
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Unfortunately I only have these two screenshots as I haven't had the game installed or am willing to go through that much effort just to show you how it looks. But I really like it. The Might and Magic fanbase isn't as keen on it however. </div>
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Yet maybe you want more proper turn based Blobber play and the more real time nature of the more modern titles doesn't appeal to you nor dealing with Ubisoft nonsense to play X? Well <i>Sword and Sorcery</i> on Steam might be for you.</div>
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Old school play heavily inspired by the first two Might and Magics but now with modern Quality of Life features!</div>
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How it used to look. Somehow like the 10 images I had this uploaded to Facebook. I am kind of surprised some of the thirstier images the artist drew for monsters I didn't have saved to mock but I guess I like skeleton pirates? </div>
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And now the spinoffs!</div>
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These are all various forms of action games. I have not played any of them but I do want to play Dark Messiah because its mostly about killing things using PHYSICS. Stress relief via kicking Orcs off high ledges and dropping chandeliers on people! Plus look at the prices. Didn't cost me much.</div>
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But the longer and possibly more popular than the main line game is the <i>Heroes</i> series, many of which take place in the various game worlds of that series. (And its predecessor Kings Bounty. Which itself got a series from a different company that had some assistance from the original creator!)</div>
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I don't have the 2 newest Heroes installments nor most of the King's Bounty series. But I have plenty of Strategy RPG fun. (More strategy than RPG in the Heroes, more a balanced mix in Kings Bounty.)</div>
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Get heroes (usually multiples in Heroes, single in Kings), fight hordes, build armies, crush your foes. Or in my case get owned heavily because I put in a fan mod to 5 here.</div>
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Well that is what I have for this long running series. It isn't my favorite franchise but I have some fondness for it since it does go back to my Commodore 64 days. Lots of them are available pretty cheap on ebay or Steam so maybe check it out and see if either the RPGs or the strategy games are your thing. Lots of us have little else to do besides feel sorry for ourselves so why not find a new favorite?</div>
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Thus I find some time to share a number of things from the last 6-12 months I have meant to post about but haven't. So let's get on with it!<br />
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We start with a well over a year old game of <i>Tyranid Attack</i>. Have I mentioned this game in more than passing? I dunno. Too bad though I am doing it again if I have.</div>
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Its another one of those dungeon crawling sorts of boardgames, in this case an early 90s Games Workshop one. Some of the parts are shared with <i>Advanced Space Crusade</i> but it doesn't do much other than share the basic concept of invading a Tyranid Hive Ship to BREAK STUFF.</div>
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The geomorphic map tiles are assembled randomly based on stuff and its more or less a Marines vs Tyranids game. One that I only had the loose parts for but none of the models. Over the years I have more or less gotten a full replacement set of figures and generally nicer ones than those early plastics.</div>
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My opponent playing the Marines managed to pull a win out although it was REALLY close and tense. Its a fun game! And with the odd old <i>White Dwarf</i> issue and the extra rules in the back of the book it has a little bit of expandability in it.</div>
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Last Summer I also had a major terrain find on Target clearance.</div>
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This lovely modular sci fi scenery.</div>
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It was built to work with these little Hex Bug vibrating things but for me its TERRAIN TERRAIN TERRAIN. Modular plastic terrain. </div>
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How much did I buy? Lots. </div>
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I have a huge storage tub now filled with this stuff plus a few extra expansion bits <i>Five Below</i> had the previous Christmas season. I couldn't pass that sort of deal up!</div>
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And I even got in a few sessions of <i>Warhammer Quest: Blackstone Fortress</i> over the Summer as well. Not my copy that is still not completely assembled, but another fellow's. One who did a fantastic job on painting up all his models. Like A+.</div>
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Its a decent enough fun game. I would say <i>Core Space</i> does the Sci Fi RPG Boardgame thing better and with more flexibility. While the game says Warhammer Quest it is NOTHING like the old 90s title sadly. Not as flexible either. Because they want to sell you expansions. Very expensive ones. But hot damn if the models aren't excellent. </div>
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And a Core Space expansion to finish up this Social Distancing thing. Or not. Will it ever end? Will I look back at this time and laugh? Will anyone? </div>
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Mmm... more yummy terrain. Cardboard yes but more terrain.</div>
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And new robo critters to fight!</div>
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Not a ton but more critters is more critters!</div>
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All the terrain popped out, ready to be used. I particularly like the med table with flippable bloody top and the cool creepy green tank. Very <i>Prince of Darkness</i> for anyone who remembers that old Carpenter film.</div>
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A reminder of what a Core Space game looks in action.</div>
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And speaking of minis stuff gotten cheap that I haven't done anything with, <i>Starship Troopers!</i></div>
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I have quite a bit of it, all shamefully unassembled. Although <i>Something Awful</i> goons in Wisconsin totally want to play it.</div>
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With the flexibility and expansion DIY options in Core Space all these bugs might have use!</div>
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Its visually based on the 90s movie and the CGI <i>Roughnecks</i> TV show. So sadly no kickin rad armor designs from the 80s anime. Which apparently sucks in every other way but those godly MI suits.</div>
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It even comes with lots of light cardboard terrain and templates plus whatever the ships do. I got this in like 06-07 and I still haven't read the bloody rulebook.</div>
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<i> </i> But one never knows what one can do with extra goodies bought when money was spent less wisely and time was in generally higher supply. (And more options to actually play games with people willing to play them...) </div>
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Part of the fun in minis gaming is seeing what you can come up with. At least for me. For others it is more a tournament thing which is totally not my bag. But that's cool. We all gotta follow our own path!</div>
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But let's get on with the show so I can like spend the rest of my non working and sleeping 2019 playing <i>Dark Souls Remastered</i> and maybe complete it before 2020 starts. (I probably won't as I am towards the end of the game but have the content that was originally DLC to go through before the last two main bits and its tough.)<br />
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One thing I strongly recommend for these sets is some magic markers, paint pens, or maybe even some brush work. It really does add a lot to the pieces for a couple bucks. I have grabbed a few extra even thinner point markers as to cut down on the spillover that sometimes hit the printed bits.</div>
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The upper right corner is a door airlock just popped out. The other two show what just a quick run through with a metallic paint marker does. </div>
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The top two are popped out, the rest are done up with both silver for the metal bits, and a similar to the piece's main color for the rest.</div>
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The two center pieces straight assembled with the outer ones done in close colors with even some of the interior fold sections done up in a similar marker color. Not perfect but it helps a bunch! </div>
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And a little close up example of doing a quick marker run in the interior visible folds. The more work you want to do the better it gets. But is all that effort really worth it? Yeah probably not but that is the great thing about this stuff. The more effort you put in the better it gets but its good STOCK BUILT. A thing the miniatures gaming community seems to despise in general whereas say the model kit building community has learned is a way to get new enthusiastic blood involved. Start with a Snap Tite or a cheap Gundam kit that looks decent enough with just basic tools and evolve as you go.</div>
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And right to left again. From stairs built straight, a little yellow on the hazard railing, to trying to match the black hazard stripes over the yellow and covering all the other bits in silver. It takes a while but hot damn it looks nice!</div>
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Yet now we get into a pair of 110 bucks at the store box sets I got through trading off my five row long box of Magic cards only leaving me with like 7-9 play decks. Freeing me from Magic and the fact my collection of mostly Dark through Homelands cards plus a bit of Kamigawa and Ravnica block cannot really be used in most active play formats these days!</div>
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(I got 275 bucks in store credit which is possibly close to how much money I spent on Magic over the years anyhow. I maybe bought a single booster box, a few starters or fat packs, then odd booster packs. I more or less got my money back while still having a fair number of decks to play casually.)</div>
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A lot of this yall saw before in my previous review post and some of it is in the next thing I got so for now we just know what you get in the big box giving you effectively a complete sci fi battlefield in a single go with plenty of flexibility.</div>
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This was the same cost as the terrain box above but is an actual game. I say it is <i>Pirates of Dark Water meets Firefly</i> (Or superior pirate/cowboy in space series.). The game is a bit like <i>Warhammer Quest Blackstone Fortress</i> only with more RPG elements and more flexibility. However you get way fewer models in the set but way better terrain and game rules.</div>
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The mat here is pretty much exactly like the one above. Slightly different color and maybe an 8th inch larger or smaller. </div>
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Not only are the minis preassembled but they have their own box and space on the side for more crews or counters. Because of course there are expansions.</div>
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A close up of the models conveniently color coded into Ship Crews, Purge, and Civilians. </div>
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All of the walls or bulkheads if you like. Unlike the stand alone non Core Space releases there are no ceiling or floor tiles. You have the mat to put them on for the floors and at least in the rulebook that comes with the game there are no rules for multiple levels anyhow.</div>
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And it all fits excellently in the box with room to grow as I mentioned! While there isn't a ton of room left over there is some and more if say you leave the mat or the miniatures box out of it. If you want to waste time with setting up terrain elements you could pack them flat and fit in more but I would prefer to save more time than space. I already have a plastic storage tub I am using for all of this stuff.</div>
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Probably in 2020 early I will cover the rulebook it comes with, the expanded hardback rulebook, and at least one of the expansion sets. As it is I have a hell of a lot of terrain even if the game wasn't any good which in the one play I got to do I think it is. (I liked it.)</div>
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Doesn't this look rad? Its solo, co op, or competitive and can be modified to be the sci fi minis RPG boardgame most of us always wanted but never had. (Or could find people to play with.)</div>
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Captain Rufushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00296697477771399357noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8561540689417623514.post-22861461125824490392019-10-11T00:38:00.002-04:002019-10-11T00:38:16.947-04:00[Review Corner] Battle Systems Outlands Delta Garrison Terrain Kit Yes I still function. Kinda. Ish. Maybe. I sadly haven't done a whole lot of gaming this year at all tabletop wise and not a massive amount of buying especially once a 6,000 USD plumbing bill hit me not counting all the time lost to it and what said issue damaged beforehand.<br />
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But I have gotten to buy a few things here and there as my finances and brainmeats permit. And one of those is a couple of cardboard terrain kits from <a href="https://shop.battlesystems.co.uk/">Battle Systems</a> out of the UK. See a small indie game store opened up in the same small business park community center thing as a place I get my Warhammer 40K things from once in a while. (They don't step on each other's toes.) Looking into this new store it sadly is mostly Magic and other CCGs but they did have a huge amount of these terrain kits and its associated game. <br />
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I bought one of the cheaper sets, the <i>Engineering Sector</i> and I really enjoyed putting it together. The kit needed some simple white glue to go together at its best along with sadly the instructions being linked videos on the company Youtube page. Now this I DO NOT LIKE as I vastly prefer physical instructions that do not depend on the whims of the Internet to assemble a 20 dollar product. (Note on their website this 20 and the main 50 dollar product are listed cheaper but I presume after shipping the price is probably close to equal if not more given the hell of overseas shipping. Plus this store locally has a buyer program that helps a touch.) <br />
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In my view if they cannot understandably afford to print out instructions PDFs or images on their website is vastly superior to having to watch and listen to someone tell you how to assemble it. While looking at the box front and back helps somewhat a few of these parts are very odd and tricky to assemble.<br />
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I assembled this initial kit relatively quickly as it was a small set made of quite thick cardboard. Would have been faster with proper instructions. </div>
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And with a variety of miniatures and toys for scale purposes.</div>
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Now much of the above can mostly be put together without glue it is made of cardboard thus it has some give to it and while it is all die cut or half cut in the case of parts intended to bend or fold on itself many parts are going to look MUCH better and be far more stable if glued with said basic white glue. Some things are not quite as perfectly held together by friction or at the perfect angle otherwise. However with some thickening agent ala "the wax trick" where some superglue, floor wax, or nail polish is used to tighten the joint you could make it easy to reassemble instead of leaving together saving space. </div>
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(And another trick to make it look even better involves colored markers. Go with black on all the exposed cardboard centers for a cel shaded feel! The same color for a more realistic feel! Its your stuff. Heck, I am sure some enterprising sorts might even figure a way to put some kind of plastic coating over it and make it practically invulnerable!)</div>
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For veterans of 90s Necromunda I would say the cardboard is roughly twice the thickness or so from that game and its Gorkamorka Orky sibling. So its not cheap junk. </div>
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Anyhow let us get on to the BIG SET. (They sell bigger though. But again money is a thing. I would be lying if I said I won't ever get them though!)</div>
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The box front. You will need it for reference if you do not want to hover over a couple Youtube videos.</div>
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The back. Also shows another angle of the set plus another way to assemble it since its modular. Also none of this is going back in the box afterwards. Some sets like the Engineering one aren't even in a box. Just a paper and some plastic wrap.</div>
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Most of the cards in this set. 3 each of Outland Tiles and Ports. 2 Walls cards.</div>
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The Crates & Barriers card was in the Engineering set as well. You can see some assembled examples in the lower left. This set also includes plastic connectors that they honestly don't quite give you enough of to be flexible in my opinion though you can buy more.</div>
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The cards are double sided with one side generally intended to be say the interior walls or double duty as either floor or ceiling tiles. I really like this flexibility although it means you won't be leaving it 100% assembled and thus it will be a little wobblier and less sharp looking than it might otherwise be if you pick a setup and leave it. Some bits can be "Blu Tack"ed to be things like room cards above the doors or various little computer type displays. The doors and windows can be left in or taken out. The cardboard is thick enough that you can generally put them back in but I would say you might wish to use the joint tricks I mentioned above for these purposes long term. </div>
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For the glue I recommend a tiny tab into the female part of a join then slide it in. Wipe off most of the excess or use a toothpick or whatnot to fill in any gaps that might appear. Being this sort of glue gives you time to wiggle it into a proper position too.</div>
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Yes all these bits form that one little vent. I used glue on it and this one meaning I cannot easily switch between damaged and undamaged vents. But it is more stable and means less I can misplace. It is your call!</div>
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The crates I choose to assemble in an open or closed manner. There is a little piece you glue to the lid that helps it stay shut and flush with a little glue on the egg crate part! </div>
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The stairs are kind of wobbly and all but demand glue for long term use. You will need to wiggle and jiggle and move the steps into proper position where the die cuts aren't perfect. (You know, some will be deeper or wider or shorter than they should be.) If you really want to get classy they recommend 2 colors of magic marker to get the hazard stripes on the unprinted center of the cardboard. I don't know if I am quite that nutters but I appreciate their commitment to (Twilight) Sparkle Motion...</div>
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And now we come to the building part itself. You need to put in some L shaped plastic connectors at an angle to build it. I used some glue up at the top to make it more stable as it doesn't particularly go together any other way but this. Like other parts the plastic connectors do need some adjustment to be properly aligned. You can also slide other parts on top of them or rest up against them as you will see later on. </div>
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These bulkhead shutters can be in or out just like the doors and windows. With a little nudging and or glue/thickener they can even be raised. Long term maybe a tiny bit of magnetization or velcro connecting the parts in an inconspicuous place would be great.</div>
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There are 2 different shutter types as my flash is trying to hide.</div>
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A little detail of an interior section with door and a closeup of a few other connectors. Note the central divot there. I will mention that next image.</div>
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I do a little tweaking and install a small room. Some of the walls demand to be assembled a certain way vertically as they do not have a connection slide point and merely a divot that can slide over the connectors.</div>
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I spend a while and play with things and build this big outpost type building.</div>
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My EFF THE BOX I BUILD WHAT I WANT leftovers.</div>
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The inside of the building. I smooshed it together a little bit better from this image. The top comes off easily and the bottom stays on as well. If I was willing to save connectors I could have had the bottom not directly connected to the rest of the structure. I left the small front room sealed but it can be accessed from the front anyhow.</div>
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An idea of what it looks like inside with some miniatures for scale.</div>
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Scale on top. Also shows that the front shutter can hold a few models while up just with friction. Yeah my little 2nd floor walkways are not exactly current GW figure sized. Oh well. I would say in general it is best for 15-25mm truescale models though other scaled figures could be used without too much effort albeit with some things looking too small. With some of the other sets obviously the chairs and tables and other such goodies they come with are not exactly gonna work for your Godzilla or Battletech games and won't be your Primaris Marine's favorite lounger. The two sets I cover you can easily get away with using it for just about any sort of Sci Fi or Near Future type game and scale thankfully.</div>
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The extras. I made a small 2 room building and half of another. The interior wall is merely resting with friction and up against one of the connection pieces. Some weird connection parts I used to make the roof of that building quickly and easily removable. The rest of the stuff can either be glued on later where I want things like computer screens and all. Or is general parts like ladders and crates. Or maybe I will rip it up and build something closer to the box cover? Or get more connection pieces and get creative? Who knows?</div>
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So overall what do I think? If it was a little cheaper in price and came with some form of physical instruction or a downloadable one as opposed to watching some dude in a Youtube video it would be Good. But those little annoyances mean I can merely give it an<b> OK</b>. I like it and its very fun to build but those little annoyances keep it from being as good as it could be.</div>
<br />Captain Rufushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00296697477771399357noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8561540689417623514.post-15084120447873033272019-02-14T04:23:00.001-05:002019-02-14T04:23:30.013-05:00On the Matter of Abuse Well folks this isn't a thing I felt I would ever be posting at my mostly dead blog about nerd crap nobody reads but as someone who is messed up myself due to second/third hand abuse from awful people I think I have to speak up and spread the word so that others won't be hurt by similar things and maybe a little less pain and hurt are put forth in this world.<br />
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Let's start with a very harrowing link about abuse that links to the reports of abuse by another on Facebook to read if you want and to also learn about the abuser who has long been known to harass others online whenever his name or possible behaviors come up:<br />
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Because of said stalking he is almost certain to have done which has also included outing people in the LGBT space I am not directly listing his name here though it is well listed by the brave women whose stories I have linked to above.<br />
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Do not accept abusers or let them get away with it. While yes it is very much a HE SAID SHE SAID deal nearly all evidence over the years points out to his awfulness. And we should probably not purchase anything he creates and both believe and support the survivors who not only got away from him but were brave enough to come forth with what is all but certain to be the truth.<br />
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These sorts of monsters need to be stopped. Together we can and maybe show the world this sort of cruelty and evil won't be tolerated.Captain Rufushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00296697477771399357noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8561540689417623514.post-91176814152245202682019-01-03T02:40:00.002-05:002019-01-03T02:49:44.154-05:00[Operation Game Collection/Let's Play] Computer Games on Consoles, Construction Sets, and Themed Malarkey PT 2.ITS TIME TO CHOOSE MY FATE DEAR READERS!<br />
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Yes last post was but the start of a silly idea. You the reader get to first choose what theme I am going to play, then we will have another vote of what game(s) to do.<br />
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Last time I showed you three of the themes.<br />
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<i>Computer Games on Consoles, Construction Sets, Some Barely Talked About Niche Games.</i><br />
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That is but three choices. I have a few more for your consideration!<br />
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<a href="https://wargamedork.blogspot.com/2018/07/operation-game-collection-retrogames.html">Rufus' Computer Games on Systems He Doesn't Own or the Machine Doesn't Work</a><br />
This one will make me go through some C64, Tandy Color Computer, TI 99 4A, MSX, Amiga, and Atari ST games. I don't have working machines for any of them except an Amiga 500 that may have a faulty disk drive or just every disk is faulty. (Ignore non computer titles in the photos.)<br />
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<a href="https://wargamedork.blogspot.com/2017/10/atari-8-bit-computer-collection.html">Atari 8 Bit Computers Experience</a> <a href="https://wargamedork.blogspot.com/2017/10/atari-8-bit-computer-collection_9.html">That is a LOT of Atari!</a><br />
I have a ton of Atari 8 bit software. Like gobs of it.<br />
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Ok I have given y'all five fine options of a retro computing bent to torment or tickle me. Reasons for me to not only idiotically add more to these collections (I uhh.. just got a C64 game in today I have wanted since 1988-9.), but to put some proper time and effort into the bastards.<br />
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Let's face it: when your collection gets large enough and your time gets more limited you both become picky at what to play and paralyzed at what to play. You become a lazy snob griping about every little game interface issue or you get the electronic games version of <i>Analysis Paralysis</i> where you have so many choices you just can't decide AT ALL. As kids unless a game was a completely unplayable war crime (LJN NES X MEN) you were gonna spend a lot of time at a game and would even give the most obnoxious games plenty of your attention as it might be your only game for a weekend rental or a gift or a borrowed game. Or even your own allowance. You made do with what you had. Sometimes you would get stuck but a magazine or a book or a friend would give you the little push you needed to GET DOWN WIT YO BAD SELF and then the bad game became a personal favorite.<br />
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So you folks now get to kick me in the ass and force me to play stuff and not just be a big whiny emo baby who stops playing a game that dares not have WASD for a first person title, or who won't bother to read the manual and figure out idiotic ass 80s game interfaces.<br />
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This is what you vote on. To start you get a vote. For those reading this blog or a select forum or Discord group online you are the special ones who get to help me pick a theme. The Let's Plays themselves will also be voted on in a Something Awful thread devoted to Casual Let's Plays as this is going to be depending on what actual theme is selected. But those nitty gritty details can wait until sometime Sunday the 6th 2019. Provided I get enough votes to show there is any interest in even continuing this little experiment. (In case of a tie I get to break it. Otherwise it is all on YOU fine folks as to what I am gonna be playing.)<br />
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My game time in 2019 is now partially in the hands of the Internet. Let's see what happens!Captain Rufushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00296697477771399357noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8561540689417623514.post-78345751845238028102019-01-03T02:12:00.001-05:002019-01-03T02:12:28.667-05:00[Operation Game Collection/Let's Play] Computer Games on Consoles, Construction Sets, and Themed Malarkey PT 1.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Happy 2019 everyone! We are one year away from Neo Geo arcade classic <i>Super Baseball 2020</i> becoming reality except Baseball is still boring and doesn't have landmines or robots in it. But as always I have silly collection themes and a really silly idea to force me to actually spend some proper TIME with my stupidly huge collection of games I don't need or really have the proper amount of time or space for.</div>
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But before my idea let us see yet another of my theme collections that just sort of popped out at me one year and I have sometimes added to intentionally but not really.</div>
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<i>Computer Games on a Console</i>. It is a sad fact that most people game on consoles and not their computers, or at least people won't admit to it or give computers of any sort any real respect. (Outside of our European and United Kingdom friends. Which apparently enrages the console fanboys of North America something fierce.)</div>
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So many games got ported once consoles got big again because it was both an easy way to make a fast buck off a back catalog with little real effort needed and a way to get some older titles in front of a new audience. To the point many games like <i>Skate or Die</i> and <i>Tetris</i> are more known for their NES versions than the computer originals. Sometimes these games ended up better than their originals thanks to sometimes superior core hardware or the game effectively becoming a Director's Cut of the computer version, in other cases they are screwed up in numerous ways to become a complete embarassment.</div>
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But either way as a computer retro type these ports have some upsides. Being on consoles generally makes these games MUCH cheaper than their microcomputer counterparts as consoles being bigger platforms means more copies were made. Add in that the classic era that my LP is gonna cover primarily has cartridges or CDs towards the end of it and the games are more reliable and easier to get running than temperamental floppy disk drives and the computers that tended to have single button joysticks and we at least have a recipe for interesting if not always GOOD ports of classic or niche titles that might have otherwise been forgotten and lost.</div>
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Now what am I considering a port? Its more or less <b>FEELINGS.</b> Do I feel the game more or less started on a home computer of some kind and the console version was a later port and not just a window of time that was always intended to be a multiplatform release as so many games are these days? Well that is what I am going by. I could do things like look up release dates and whatnot but who really cares anyhow? It is what I choose to consider. Some of these could possibly be considered sequels and in fact might be so! Anyhow, let us show what I have to my knowledge. Note that as a fellow from the USA I am not counting MSX or NEC PC 88/98 type machines as computers for porting purposes as in general most of those titles stayed in Japan or had very limited releases in PAL territories. Plus it would make things insane. </div>
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We start off with 2 failed systems and the Game Boy which was more like one of the biggest consoles ever if you take the original pea soup unit up through the Color model. That platform had a ton of sequels and ports of classic games when it wasn't becoming a dumping ground for terrible licensed dross designed to rip off children('s parents). The Atari 7800 was a casualty of the US 1983-4 game console crash and was more or less brought out due to legal rules, full warehouses, and a notoriously cheap boss looking to make some fast ME TOO money. So of course it would be easy to just port stuff over as the 7800 shared the same basic 6502 CPU as many big platforms of the day. And of course the Turbografx 16 which was sold in the US hamstrung by both the hardball Nintendo was pulling at the time and how inept and clueless NEC was. Oddly enough most of these ports are from the system's dying days in the US and are all quite good and sought after. </div>
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I have already stated the basics of the Nintendo era. It was also the biggest platform for two entire game console generations roughly owning the roost from 1983 to 1995 worldwide outside of a few notable regions. So early on in Japan it was a quick way to get some software out the gate to a hungry audience once the JPN version of the NES was known to be a hit, and later on much of what I said above. The SNES had a fair share of ports as well though not quite as many given how it didn't use the 68000 CPU most of the big home gaming machines had. But in some cases Nintendo themselves handled a port giving us the best version of the original <i>Sim City</i>. </div>
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And of course as an Ultima dork I have a lot of the better Ultima ports. In some ways they are easier and more fun to play than their computer originals. Although the Ultima 7 and Wing Commander SNES ports I merely have thanks to the PSP EA Replay collection are.. not definitive. Perhaps the opposite in U7's case.</div>
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Now let us get into the other part, <i>Construction Sets</i>. (And a few things for the LP. Hold on we are getting to that.)<br />
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See for whatever reason I really haven't been able to have programming click in my head. While I do still want to learn and think older computers might be a good way with all their novice level self teaching books and all, in general my brain hates programming. But I have the urge to create. And a Construction Set done right is a fantastic tool to at least dabble in making a game. Done well a CSet gives you a relative amount of flexibility and freedom to create without having to code. Done poorly they are either little more than scenario editors or so limited or so complex to use they are insults to the very idea of a CSet. Like off brand Legos that are just giant pieces you really can't make anything but whatever was on the box cover.<br />
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Here we see a fair number of the sets I have although we may discover they aren't unlimited at all. Or are ridiculously limited in use and scope. Or are more or less just a scenario editor with illusions of grandeur. (Or are meant to be in an above image but were misplaced for a moment. Yet somehow STILL FITS.)</div>
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Ok cool huh? I got a LOT of silly stuff. Now it is the time for you the reader to rise up to my fate and help me not just have a hoard of games but to PLAY SOME OF THEM. Join me swiftly along in Part 2 which will also have fun links to older posts of mine with other options to peruse! </div>
Captain Rufushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00296697477771399357noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8561540689417623514.post-82430086321980714572018-11-21T02:51:00.004-05:002018-11-21T02:51:52.072-05:00[Operation Game Collection] NES and Game Boy/GB Color Game Collection Update I have as always been busy as hell and working on important real life things plus you know working. Which means things I want to do like paint Football playing Orcs have had to wait, merely mocking me from atop my printer while other things have been dusted and put away.<br />
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But there is always time to reorganize and see exactly what I own in various game platforms. And today it will be the NES and the Game Boy in its Pre Advance variations.<br />
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We start off with my complete games. Titles I have with both the manual/maps and to keep them together in the plastic dust covers mostly so dorkily organized my actual Nintendo published titles are in Nintendo branded dust covers! Obviously some manuals were super big and thus they are resting above in the image. How as a child I was seemingly the only person who always kept at least the manual with the games even if I threw away the box has always confused me.</div>
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And the currently loose titles with the few boxed games I have, mostly titles bought late in the platform's commercial lifespan.</div>
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And to finish up some of my theme collection titles. Ultimas, Batman games, and a couple Japanese NES (known as Famicom) titles I have a convertor for but in most cases those games are either unplayable due to language or are COMPLETELY TERRIBLE. But the NES Goonies 1 title has neither of those problems.</div>
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My complete with manual titles and most of my Game Boy Color ONLY titles. If you think finding NES games with their booklets is tough? The Game Boy is WORSE. But on the Game Boy there were more or less 3-4 different cartridge types. Original grey cases ran on all models and was the default. Black cartridges which had color modes on the Color model that came out in 1998 or so. And the clear convex top cartridges that only ran on the Color. A subset of the grey cartridges had special extras if played on the SNES <i>Super Game Boy</i> cartridge. Some of the black cartridges had little extras if used on the Super Game Boy as well but in most cases it was inferior than playing it on the Color. (The Advance and its player on the Game Cube also run all the Game Boy family cartridges but generally as if it was a Color Game Boy model and not any other one.)</div>
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And we finish up with all my loose carts including ones for some of my theme collections. (Batman, Alien/Predator franchise, Transformers) One thing that saddens me is how the early Game Boy titles were great games on a nearly unplayable machine even for the time it was released (1989) and at least in the USA it would be years before there was any way to play these great games in a decent manner, and even longer in a portable form. There were so many enhanced ports and sequels to classic arcade, computer, and console titles over the lifetime of the non Advance Game Boy family of machines and many of us never even knew they existed, especially given all the licensed garbage that infested the machine in the later days.</div>
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So if you have a machine or an easy way to play any of your old 8 bit era Nintendo platform games do so in this upcoming holiday weekend! Avoid idiotic political discussion with family members or the tedium of sports programming and enjoy some classics or hidden gems you might have missed out on!</div>
Captain Rufushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00296697477771399357noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8561540689417623514.post-44263543025369756322018-10-22T03:57:00.001-04:002018-10-22T03:57:27.852-04:00Bringing Back the Rogue Trader Scenarios Part 4 It has been a bit but I actually got in a pair of Kill Team games (ok 1 and a half...) and picked up a thing.<br />
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I got to play my first full game of Kill Team, my Nurgle build versus Space Marines of a generic type I think.</div>
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The mission involved those objective points being represented by poker chips although it would be discovered only one is the actual point.</div>
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It was a good and fun match that my opponent said I more or less had in the bag on Round One but I felt tense and worried all the way through. But I mostly won in close combat, with THE SMEGMATIC CORRUPTOR sealing the deal by taking out a Marine Plasma Gun dude.</div>
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I did a bit of organization in preparation for ORKTOBER. And find I could make a larger fort without needing more Necromunda bulkhead bits. Sadly some home repair things may keep me from partaking immediately in Orktober. Or getting the new <i>Commander </i>Kill Team expansion. Or the new side game scenario involving a Rogue Trader and her retinue onboard her ship.</div>
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My teaching game with a friend had some issues via MARMALADE THE PSYCHO KITTY. She decided to sit in my dice tray. And take swipes at myself and her owner going near the rulebook. I ended up getting her to move on via laser line pointer leading into another room.</div>
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One of my AT 43 starter box play mats are nearly PERFECT for recommended game map size in Kill Team.</div>
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Time ran out but I was kind of losing with the Loyalists because I failed to hit and wound so many easy rolls. It happens sometimes!</div>
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But Games Workshop just so happens to have released a pair of introductory, relatively low cost board games currently only at <i>Barnes & Noble</i> bookstores. I bought the one below and then like a week later got the other one which I will probably talk about in another post.</div>
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I went there for this 40 dollar game. If it had been at <i>Books a Million</i> which is the bookstore chain I have a membership card thingie at I coulda saved a few bucks but that's ok.</div>
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Yes it comes with a minor little promotional booklet to try to hook people into the big games. But its not super in depth or anything.</div>
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A couple sheets of cardstock including double sided map tiles. Sadly the map tiles are VERY simplistic and generic and thus won't have the utility I hoped they might have for my Rogue Trader scenarios. </div>
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Our five Marines in all their push fit no tools required to remove from sprue glory. plus the fabric bag you use to pull out Necron tokens to fight.</div>
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Yes it does waste a page on sending people towards the full game's cheapest starter set and one showing our Marines painted. But not HOW to paint them.</div>
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Our quintet assembled. They look well enough without even using any form of tool, not even a hobby knife! Decent!</div>
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Our Space Wolf (although outside of plastic color these models could be used for any Marine faction. I suppose you could easily use any weapon loadout Marine of the same gear to play it with. Or paint these in any faction you want but maybe leave the base edges at the same color as the game's intended faction. Note the Primaris in the center and the Scout on the right. Scale creep is real my friends.</div>
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Sadly I have been busy as heck as always and things needed to being done and money spent on keeping my home livable and the like keep me from playing as much as I want (if at all given my hours of availability) so I have not had the time I might like to play or buy new goodies.</div>
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Most of the Nintendo and really older console/microcomputer titles. Sadly I couldn't find my silly fun little Amiga sound chip that came in the Star Wars box. It played a tiny snippet of the Star Wars theme. I actually preordered Rebel Strike just for the bonus disk even though it and the other two Atari arcade SW games are on the main title disk. Sadly they don't control the best as getting the old arcade flight yoke controls working in any form of home system has been really iffy. Lots of these games do have a theme. BEING TOO DAMNED HARD. Rogue Leader, the 32x SW Arcade (there are like multiple SW arcade games. Atari and two Sega at least.), and most of the Super NES titles are all brutally tough.</div>
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The first of the Atari 800 SW Atari Arcade ports that was done fully sprite type based where the later Domark ones ala the Amiga title above attempted vector styled looks. But had numerous inaccuracies in them. The Starfighter game is why I bought a Playstation 2. Both of them are great and that PSP Battlefront game had a good solo campaign for what it was. </div>
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The non SW Disney Infinity figures I have. Hidden completely there are Nick Fury, Elsa from Frozen, and Donald Duck. Plus Judy Hopps. I have never actually played Infinity outside a little bit on the PC port without the nifty base to bring your dudes into the game easily.</div>
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Where the real magic begins, the computer games including the beloved but stupidly unfairly difficult X Wing combat sim series. The bottom two things are kinda just multimedia bits nobody would really need these days thanks to Wookiepedia and Youtube. At the time it was lots of cool info and even the cut scenes from the original Star Wars involving Biggs and stuff.</div>
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More Lego Star Wars because I seemingly have most of that series. And the infamous mistake that was the Star Wars Galaxies MMORPG. I did play some recently on a fan server and it was a good bit of fun honestly. But the people I was playing with more or less left super quick again even though it was free.</div>
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And the FPS and RTS section. If you want to laugh I bought that Empire at War expansion thinking I owned the main game but apparently I do not and merely had Force Commander. Searching for the main title I could swear I had caused me to clean the hell out of my kitchen/dining/computer room and still not find it. A search of my upload images on new game pickups also failed to show the original so either I am losing my mind or I just misplaced it in a hell of a silly spot. Some of these games do require fan patches to work on modern systems. Is it worth it? Well for Republic Commando it kind of is. And Galactic Battlegrounds is more or less Age of Empires II which is a fantastic game.</div>
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Yeah not the most exciting of collection posts but its Star Wars games I can play which is good because I can't get people to play Star Wars RPGs, especially not the good one. (D6)</div>
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First off Ebay had a coupon for 15% off anything over 25 bucks (oddly enough they had one today but I had bills and stuff and like to be a GOOD BOY so I did not get to partake in savings today) so I did some mulling over but ended up not getting the Fangs of Ulfrich set but I did get the First Strike. We will get back to that one. While I waited a whole TWO OR THREE DAYS for it I did some inventorying of those boxes of scenery.</div>
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Necromunda all still there and with the light spray painting I did to them. Yeah a few of the cardboard pieces have seen better days and I need to figure out how to revive them, but otherwise it is all pretty much here. Sweet.</div>
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I assembled the unpunched set using my painted bulkhead sections and this time used white glue as opposed to tape and it looks quite pretty. In taking this photo I did see some bits of my stove that needed a little cleaning. It got done. These blog posts help me both organize my silly nerd stuff AND show me what I ought to clean. Helpful!</div>
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A little glue to put on some of the never put on fencing options and its more cover and looks neat. I did the same to the partial fort. The pamphlet is there for a reason and its not for this post. (I need to do more cleaning however. MAGIC ERASERS FOR THE MAGIC ERASER GOD!!) I have some minis and that cool clear 6" measuring stick on the fort for scale. Primaris Marines and Scouts look fine on the fort. The old Gorkamorka Orks are like slightly smaller than the Scouts so it probably looked massive back then.</div>
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With these contents its like I got two of the Easy Build standalone boxes and everything else in here for FREE. A nice battle mat, the interior box flips over to be a terrain piece, a 6" measuring stick/ruler thingie, dice, rulebooks, and four Easy Build boxes. </div>
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Yay goodies! I now want the other 80 dollar MSRP starter box for the 12" version of that cool transparent ruler thingie and a bigger terrain box and mat. The minis are just an excellent bonus. Soon I hope. Maybe.</div>
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The two new sprues I didn't already have. I was trying to be ready for a game that didn't happen (mostly my own fault because I have assy time management) quickly so I didn't just use an initial KT force of all the models in the box plus those two Easy Build sets more or less. So I mostly just cut out the simpler Plague Walkers I needed for the squad. And used my already built Scouts over the normal Primaris dudes.</div>
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The two Kill Teams ready to go in the box for transport to my friend's house. Sadly this time they just sat in the car. Note I used a different wash for the Plaguewalkers. I think it looks great on them. I am not too thrilled with the flocking on the Marines however. I used an older bottle of Goblin Green that wasn't a proper color mixture any more. So I used a Camo Green around the edge to try to make it nicer. It kind of looks weird together.</div>
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My Nurgleman Kill Team.</div>
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This was going to be the Marine Kill Team but again I wanted a force ready QUICKLY and honestly I felt like the Marines were kind of short changed on ranged weapons so no Intercessors but I ended up with four scouts two of which are rocking heavy weapons.</div>
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Like a lot of Bandai Gunpla kits it seems Japan is realizing the rest of the world is buying their models so they might as well include English on them. At least the Fuel set has.</div>
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Oh GOODIE. More bits to cut and glue and clean mold lines from. </div>
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Sadly the Barricade instructions were somewhat unclear (or I am a dumb ass) and my first two tank traps came out derpy as hell. using Youtube I saw how they were supposed to go and the rest came out MUCH better though I have some gaps to fill with superglue or green stuff. The lower right corner one shows you how it is supposed to go. You put two straights across using the wee guide line in the middle of them. Then glue with what super little flat parts on the straights are the triangles in a way the open bit is facing outwards and do this on the opposite side of the cross. Then throw the other straight down the flat line the two triangles create. Ideally if you want zero gaps to fill in use model cement and do it all at once while it is all still pliable. The problem is the connection points can possibly be millimeters in size and you are trying to make FIVE pieces all be perfectly flush. It can be a bit.. trying. </div>
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I don't have any proper simulated barbed wire to make the barbed wire fences yet but I am slowly cleaning up all those plastic wooden poles. </div>
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But I also do a THING of use. I read and then make a rules summary outline of the core Kill Team rules so I don't forget major bits of it. I now share my PDF with you thanks to the MAGIC OF DISCORD: <a href="https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/359061996655607819/484235599482454016/Kill_Team_Summary.pdf">https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/359061996655607819/484235599482454016/Kill_Team_Summary.pdf</a> </div>
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When we last left off in uhh.. EARLY JULY I was slowly working on converting over scenarios from 1st ed 40k (Aka Rogue Trader) into 8th edition. We continue now with a hot new way to play 40K back on the scene changing EVERYTHING.</div>
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First off my farm centerpiece model scenery came in the mail.</div>
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However you have to print the instructions from online. Which is kinda lame.</div>
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It took me way less than an hour to assemble this kit. It goes together super easy and you just need some super glue. Honestly with a little work 80% or so of this kit could be set up to disassemble and reassemble with something to thicken the joints to hold via friction ala floor polish or nail polish. Yeah sadly only the outside of the model is color printed but its honestly fine for the price and need. maybe go over the inside with a wash if it bothers you that much?</div>
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But I need walls and stuff for my scenario ideas so I take a risk at a local hobby shop and buy these two sets. 1/35 scale is honestly pretty close to Warhammer 40K and its ever increasing SCALE CREEP. Originally back in 1987 1/72 scale was the order of the day and it moved up to 1/48 by 3rd ed but now even 1/35 is cutting it close.. you will kind of see why later...</div>
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I cannot read Japanese and sadly the images of doors and windows for the wall set is incorrect. But it gives you basic instructions for the models.</div>
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The sandbag set was a massive pain. Gate cleaning then all these mold lines. So many mold lines. Too many mold lines.</div>
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The wall set like the big Plast Craft thingie could honestly be set for friction fit but again I am lazy and bad. But that 2-3rd ed era Storm Trooper dude shows how even in the late 90s GW Scale Creep is huge. That or the walls are undersized from the back of their box.</div>
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It took a bit of time but I made two sets of reasonably sized sandbag defenses.</div>
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And even raided those old Halo boardgame fences and gave em some spraypaint. Might eventually go with some kind of electric blue so its like an electric or laser fence. </div>
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And showing the spraypainted quicky jobs I did on the colored plastic. Plus the hard glue bits I did to the wall segments. For once my bad luck with paint/primer gave me a happy accident as it made my sandbags... SANDY. </div>
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But then KILL TEAM 8TH EDITION happened and I had an idea to switch my tutorial stuff over to that. So for giggles I look into some of the newer models to maybe make some cheap quickie tutorial Kill Teams.</div>
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These Easy Build infantry sets are 3-6 minis for 15 bucks and come pre colored with 40K Power Level rules in the box. These self same minis are also in the two cheaper 8th edition starter sets.</div>
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Nice of them to show you what each dude is armed with on the side. </div>
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And even handy instructions for these no glue needed models! Though you probably want to use some. </div>
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In working up the Nurgle Kill Team I see I could use a good close combat guy but the minis don't exactly have the options the normal (50-60 dollar) squad boxes do. So I raid my bits boxes and decide to make a weapon for one of them!)</div>
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I also own myself by spending 25 bucks for an Icon Bearer mini. That fancy blue robot there? ONLY 20 DOLLARS AND PARTIALLY TRANSFORMS WITH A CUTE BABY VERSION OF ITSELF HIDING INSIDE IT WITH TONS OF ARTICULATION.</div>
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But back to my homemade PLAGUE AXE. Get out my cheap little mini glue gun, do some cutting and plastic cementing...</div>
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And a legend is born. <i>THE LEGEND OF THE SMEGMATIC CORRUPTOR.</i></div>
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<i>I am no longer in this Something Awful Warhammer Discord because they are way left of me (even though IRL I am called a LIBERAL as if it is a slur) and they are a bit too fanboy for Games Workshop. Plus I was spending too much time in the channel and I have so many ways to waste my time like the idiot with low attention span that I am!</i></div>
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Some wash over a matte pink that was put on way too thick (see the gunner upper left) and I think they look great as is. I am almost afraid I will mess them up if I paint any more on them!</div>
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But as I did not buy the nifty new Kill Team box set full of lovely semi modular plastic terrain I also need to use what I own. I am pretty set especially as we will see next time how the two bottom boxes are effectively TWO SETS OF TERRAIN IN EACH BOX.</div>
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Yes! Smaller Systems! These are machines that didn't make a big splash, I don't have much of, or only have the games because they are in one of my "Theme Collections" like Batman, Alien v Predator franchise, ect. Or just titles I found super cheap. See unlike many people I am totally cool with emulation but vastly prefer to own legitimate copies of my games.</div>
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Starting with the TI 99 computer here. Not a whole lot honestly. Its a system I might get some day if I can get it cheap enough.</div>
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<u>Microsurgeon</u> (The definitive version of this classic probably.)</div>
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A 2600 game I forgot about, and some Atari ST, Lynx, and Jaguar. Given that the ST shares many games with both the Amiga, DOS PCs, Atari 800, and Commodore 64 I won't bother putting it in the Hunt. And honestly the Jaguar is almost the same but its mostly just PC or Amiga titles since outside of <i>Atari Karts</i> nearly every other game worth a damn was a port anyhow outside of the <i>Iron Soldier</i> series and some of the modern homebrew stuff that require the infamous CDROM drive or are absurdly priced cartridges. And even the Lynx is mostly ports of arcade games and a handful of exclusives. So yeah. No real hunt for most of Atari's Tramiel era machines. </div>
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A system I have a fair collection for but still don't have the machine yet, the Tandy Color Computer family!</div>
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My meager Amiga collection and my one and only MSX title. Many Amiga drives and disks are varying levels of dead or dying. And the MSX is an absurdly expensive system to collect for to the point NOBODY SHOULD BOTHER.</div>
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Captain Rufushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00296697477771399357noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8561540689417623514.post-60467128384529920392018-07-10T22:55:00.001-04:002018-07-10T22:57:48.034-04:00Bringing Back the Rogue Trader Scenarios Part 1?Bringing back the classic scenarios within <i>Warhammer 40K Rogue Trader, First Book of the Astronomican, </i>and <i>White Dwarf</i> from the late 80s? YES!<br />
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I choose to start with.. the START. The original Rogue Trader tutorial scenario, <u style="font-style: italic;">Battle at the Farm</u>. While it uses Space Marines versus Orks as they were in 1987, I am going to go with Alaitoc Eldar versus Necrons as those are the two forces I am focusing on in this edition for now.</div>
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I take <i>Battlescribe</i> and try to roughly build the forces in the current edition.</div>
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I also give a check as it would be in said edition and like the current one the Marines were way better points wise in spite of having the superior position.</div>
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I build forces to be much closer and decide the Eldar to be taking the place of the Marines, I give them less points but not an extreme amount less while trying to roughly keep the model and rules count relatively simple for a tutorial mission. 16 Eldar models versus 24 Necrons. No vehicles will be used for this mission, nor will Command Points or Warlord Traits or other things like that. (More info when I do the actual write up of the scenario.) If I had a proper low point cost Eldar HQ that wasn't a Psyker I would probably use them too but I don't.</div>
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My core concept will be the Eldar start inside the ruined farm structure and are required to hold it for three turns before needing to retreat (unless they manage to kill the attackers) and at least get the Warlock off the table. The Necrons will be somewhat doing what the Orks did in the original and the Cryptek is out to collect an ancient artifact within the structure meaning the Necron player will have to protect the Cryptek yet get within the structure by the 5th turn as past that the Overlord will demand the Cryptek's unit to rejoin the fight to push the Eldar off the planet before they can bring more forces to bear.</div>
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To make things more interesting the first 3 turns will be considered to be at night with a 12" range maximum for all shooting, and increasing by 12 at the start of each battle round. This means the better firepower of the Eldar get nerfed a little though they still benefit from most of the available cover on the table. (Also the Eldar will be considered to have won setup role so can deploy first and have first turn, or force the Necrons to setup first and then the Eldar go second.) These little things ought to keep the Eldar and Necrons from just trying to kill each other and actually enforce their core objectives. Survive and escape with the Eldar, occupy the central terrain for the Necrons.</div>
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As the original scenario writers didn't seem to make a proper set of measurements for the battlefield this gives me leeway to make it any way I want with my available resources.</div>
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As I have had this thing I got on clearance a few years back sitting around, I decide to see if I can make a ruined farm house out of it. At worst it was only 7 dollars USD or so. No loss if it fails right?</div>
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I also had a second copy of the Magic Planeswalkers NOT HEROSCAPE game I got for 5 dollars just for parts which will make an excellent desert board for us to use. The water is handy as it is perhaps a desert oasis this farm once stood upon until the Necrons awoke and destroyed it. This is half of my board sections from the box and if I choose to borrow parts from both of the core sets I have to play the actual Magic NOT HEROSCAPE game with I can connect them and make it bigger.</div>
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Some of the molds in the Crayola thing.</div>
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I do some tests with the grey tub of Morphix. Its semi sticky sand like material that if left to dry still maintains some graininess and flexibility. Getting the stuff out of the molds is a bit of a pain!</div>
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I get a piece of brown foam I glue some printer cardstock to and build a little farm and walls. Normal white glue and glue stick seems to work though using all of the two more earthy colors doesn't give me a ton of pieces to work with. And it doesn't exactly look like even a ruined building, does it? Some folks online say some green stuff to putty things in should make it nice but.. I don't know. Also I don't actually have proper green stuff epoxy, only repeatedly watered down liquid.</div>
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While I worked on the above I did some Simple Green paint stripping of my Eldar Dark Reapers who needed it badly. Ideally I will have the forces used in the first 2-3 scenarios all fully painted to a fair standard if possible. And the primer I used on these Reapers came out terrible.</div>
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Being unhappy with the Farm above I look into reasonably priced terrain kits. Plast Craft ColorED seems to be the best choice for price and performance though many reviews online complain of only one side being printed. Meaning that to make the Barn a nice farmhouse I need to chop up that flooring bit and do some painting and cutting. </div>
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A different store had different bits available. And this ruin kit looks PERFECT. A blasted out multilevel building will make for a great wrecked farmhouse and could provide for many future games to be played with it. And at best I can just give a quick wash or spraypaint to the interior walls and it will serve nicely! I still need some fences appropriate for the weathered desert and maybe a hill but I have at least 2 more weeks to prepare if not more so can support my local game stores and see what they have to offer in those regards.</div>
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So this is where I currently stand. I have my centerpiece terrain on it's way here, all the miniatures built and their army lists printed up, and a basic outline of my scenario conversion in my head when I get time to write it up and print it out.</div>
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Captain Rufushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00296697477771399357noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8561540689417623514.post-88374048413754866512018-06-28T23:22:00.000-04:002018-07-09T05:09:48.975-04:00[Operation Game Collection] Retrogames Collection Update 2018: Pre Crash Consoles<b>EDITED ON 9 JULY TO ADD IN COLECOVISION. BECAUSE I FORGOT.</b><br />
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Yes it has been a while since my last post nobody really cared about. But I am busy and yall get what you pay for. (Nothing.) But I am still collecting here and there when I find things and they are cheap. Or I am just bored and drive 30-60 minutes each direction to a retrogame shop for the hell of it or because it is damn hot outside and my car has AC. (I may have working ACs in my house but pulling them out, putting them in a window that fits, sealing them, and then finding a plug it can sit in and not cause a fuse to blow is too much work. And I save on my electric bill while building character.<br />
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But one thing I am finding out is my old way of listing my owned games and showing off my collection is both inefficient and a pain in the ass. If I try to just show the spines of my boxed titles and the titles on cartridges that are nice enough to list what is on them I can fit a TON more in a smaller image. Then throw the images on my Android phone not being used as a phone in a gallery titled COLLECTION PHOTOS and I have a handy mostly easy to use reference of what idiotic nonsense I don't really have the time, money, or space for. So I don't rebuy games but don't miss one in wondering if I already own it. Or have to carry around print out checklists or the like.<br />
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So I share with all of you my images of my dorky buys and get to see what I have, reorganize them to not be some near unfindable mess, clean em up where needed, and make my collection of silliness more user friendly.<br />
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(And then uhh... want to buy MORE OF IT thanks to these things. Yay. On the upside I am very good about bills and stuff. I don't really have any debts to speak of and am a cheap SOB.)<br />
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HOW THIS IS GONNA GO DOWN<br />
I am going to show the images of my collection and then talk a little about 3-5 games I am sort of hunting for the platform in question. Simple eh? They are certainly not the only games I want but some of them.<br />
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Let us start with the first major game console anybody cared about and my first, the <i>Atari 2600</i>:<br />
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My boxed titles and my titles with manuals.</div>
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My loose carts, most of which I got back in the day from eBay with whatever machine I got. (The Atari 7800.)</div>
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Manuals I have come across for games I do not even own yet but manuals are kind of hard to come by as many kids and even adults never kept good care of their games. And especially in the Pre Crash era you almost were required to have the damned things just to figure out how to play the damn things!</div>
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And a sub theme I collect, <i>Imagic</i>. Games I have loose, and the manuals next to them.</div>
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Lately there has been cheap and easy ways to get the documentation for some games thanks to these <i>Plug and Play</i> units. Why they have made their docs a separate book to buy I don't really know but it is nice and handy. </div>
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And one of the games covered from the later Tramiel era of Atari. (Also one that fits on a left and right two page spread.) This book is a mix of manual and short history lesson on the games. Which is kind of nice really.</div>
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<b><i>Now the 3-5 Hunt:</i></b></div>
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<u>Adventures of Tron</u> (I had it as a kid and it was kinda fun!)</div>
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<u>Dragonstomper</u> (One of the first console RPGs. It is a cassette game that requires the <i>Starpath Supercharger</i> device.)</div>
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<u>Frankenstein's Monster</u> (Its FRANKENSTEIN. That's cool!)</div>
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<u>Sprint Master</u> ( It looks kind of fun and I like those sorts of old school top down racing games.)</div>
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<u>GI Joe Cobra Strike</u> (Always wanted it as a kid and I have the manual after all!)</div>
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Shall we continue on with the 2600's competitor the <i>Intellivision</i>? Yeah we shall.</div>
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My Imagic collection on the Inty! I am missing 3 games and the box for Dracula to have every title they released on the platform. See unlike 2600 people Intellivision owners seemed to care more about keeping their games boxed and complete. Note I am not listing Imagic games in the Hunt bits below because I want them all so its kind of cheating.</div>
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It is hard to tell but that is Golf loose but complete in the top right corner with some catalogs.</div>
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Pretty much most of this collection came with my Intellivision when I got it off eBay in the late 90s/early 00s. Otherwise there wouldn't be a lot of the sports games. Especially since in the Pre Crash days many games required two players! MADNESS. NOT SHOWN: <i>Empire Strikes Back</i> because it is with most of my other Star Wars videogames for yet another collection post.</div>
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<u>Masters of the Universe: Power of He Man</u> (I quite liked the 2600 port back in the day and it is much better here.)</div>
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<u>Thunder Castle</u> (I really like it on the various anthology collections I have and would like to have my own copy.)</div>
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<u>Thin Ice</u> (You are an ice skating penguin and its pretty good. I love Penguins almost as much as Sharks. Almost.)</div>
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<u>Shark! Shark!</u> (See above. Except sharks. Its a good game already and its got Sharkies.)</div>
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<u>Tron Deadly Discs</u> (It is Tron and I like Tron. Also I remember the Aquarius port was pretty good really.)</div>
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Now we move swiftly and shortly to the Atari 5200 which is like my beloved 8 bit Atari computers only with terrible and unreliable hardware on nearly every front.</div>
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My with manual and boxed ones. Given how some games could come with overlays that almost nobody kept I cannot say they are complete with 100% certainty. Or really CARE as many I later on replaced with their 8 bit computer cousins. Or use owning this version as an excuse to just download the A8bit versions for my SD Card drive. (In some cases the 5200 games got dumped and hacked back in the day to be played on the A8bits when they didn't get an actual home release.)</div>
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<u>Adventure II</u> (An Atari Age home brew game that looks really good.)</div>
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<u>Jr. Pac Man</u> (Jr Pac Man is pretty rad and again, if it doesn't have a legit port for the A8s it TOTALLY COUNTS AS ME BEING LEGITIMATELY ALLOWED TO PLAY IT RIGHT?)</div>
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<u>Kangaroo:</u> (See above.)</div>
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Yes the 5200 is kind of butt and a pain in the ass console. Not a lot I want and what little I do is mostly because then Atari 8 Bit Computer.</div>
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The system I forgot to add because I don't actually own the system yet. Plus the controller kind of sucks. But I am a weirdo who is fine with emulation but really prefers to own the games legitimately.<br />
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Not exactly the most amazing of collections but its a somewhat uncommon system mostly made up of arcade ports and usually the more obscure ones. But it has a good homebrew scene, albeit one that seems obsessed with porting and remaking existing games on it using a stupidly hard to get fan made system booster you have to basically spend a 100 dollars on and get on waiting lists for. To play MSX ports and arcade games. That you can play the legitimate arcade game of. Yeah I don't get it either.</div>
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<u>H.E.R.O.</u> (The best version of one of the best Activision games.)</div>
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<u>Antarctic Adventure</u> (Its a game about Penguins!)</div>
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<u>Pepper II</u> (It is spoken about highly.)</div>
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But let us end with the 84 and then 86 BECAUSE OH CRAP NINTENDO IS KILLING US released Atari 7800 which is arguably a Pre Crash system but only sort of. But close enough really.</div>
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<u>Alien Brigade</u> (It looks like a pretty fun light gun game. Apparently its pricey though.)</div>
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<u>Midnight Mutants</u> (Its an action adventure. WHERE YOU HELP OUT GRANDPA MUNSTER.)</div>
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<u>Ninja Golf</u> (It is both videogame golf which I quite like. Plus its hilariously stupid as they add in side scrolling Ninja antics.)</div>
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<u>Super Circus Atari Age</u> (Yet another Atari Age homebrew as AA tends to keep their stuff in some sort of print and it is like an improved version of the pretty fun Circus Atari from the 2600.)</div>
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AND THERE YOU HAVE IT! All of my classic console titles I own a physical copy of collated into a nice suite of images with a fair bit of titles I am searching for. Yeah in a lot of cases I can play these on anthologies or Plug and Plays but I like owning original copies even if I don't own the system or would much rathe just play in an emulator. </div>
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I hope to continue this series but what to cover next? Non PC and A8 bit computers? 8 bit portables? NES and SMS? (Yes my computer ANTHOLOGIES OF INTEREST is still coming. I in fact had to move all of them off the storage tub my 5200 stuff is in to do this post.)</div>
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While the Floppy Emu guy couldn't help me with my old device he gave me 30% off code for a new one and info on what I might do to fix the broken one. (It involves surface mount soldering 20 pins in less than a pinky fingernail's space square. Uhhhh...)</div>
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This one requires me to buy a new MicroSD card as it doesn't use normal SDs. Oh well that is only like 10 bucks with tax. The new one even has a new interface cable with a resistor on it. So perhaps this spicy boy is much more reliable in all the ways?</div>
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Thank goodness it works. Seems to be a lot clearer of a display over the older one though it doesn't quite fit in the old acrylic case. I need to do some more sanding on it. Also I had a 1 gig image for a Color Macintosh 7.5.5 OS made so I can switch between OSes whenever I need to.</div>
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Sadly a few things need to be done before I can update the 6.0.7 to 6.0.8. Gotta made the Floppy Emu the Startup Drive for one thing, and as the install wants floppy disks I need to use DISK MODE.</div>
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But while I am in 7.5.5 might as well check out my performance. Seems faster than 6.0.7 even though I have <i>Extensions</i> and a super RAM hungry OS in 7.5.5.</div>
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But it is overall more better in spite of a roughly three times as long boot up. (Its like 30 seconds to boot up 6.0.8.)</div>
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6.0.8 has a lower power than 7.5.5. I am sure there is an explanation for these shenanigans but.. is it just the way this diagnostic program works? Coding of the OS is just designed more around the 68030 CPUs? Extensions have some support that makes it snappier? </div>
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Well I can play Gauntlet in color and it is cool and all but it uses a NumPad or similar suite of keys and thus doesn't control all that well. Plus I have Gauntlet on multiple arcade collections that controls better. Was fun to try it out. (In general I am trying to keep the games I play as ones that are Freeware or that I own in some legit format. Even if the odds of any 68000 era Macintosh game or port getting rereleased or put on any sort of collection or even acknowledged to have been made is like LOL NO.)</div>
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System 6.0.8 practically sips RAM. 7.5.5 uses around 3-4 times as much. So until more RAM arrives this works better. </div>
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I decide 6.0.8 doesn't need Multifinder which is a sort of multitasking that is on automatically in later OSes but in 6 it is optional.</div>
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Being faster is better! (For many things but not all wink wink nudge nudge.)</div>
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I take all of those boring ass productivity programs off of the main hard disk because this one game is 21 megabytes in size more or less. </div>
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Also large is my keyboard. My PC keyboard is microscopic in comparison. And has a lovely click. Long term I plan on getting a USB to ADB adaptor for convenience, space, and comfort of using modern input devices.</div>
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I can switch mice too! I do however use a Magic Eraser to clean off the Apple mouse and keyboard tops to make them cleaner. </div>
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While this RAM is 55 bucks or so it is 64 megabytes of it. And as the Commodore has shown us, 64 IS A GOOD NUMBER. Also it is the maximum this machine can handle.</div>
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No real performance difference in 6 but it is nice to have the RAM to cram when I slam into the jam.</div>
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And color in our icons! That rarely matter as I tend to go with file name lists because my brain likes it that way!</div>
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But now no real performance change. However some may have noticed the hard disk seems faster but its not really since it is a floppy drive port. So it is loading slower but when it is on it's own doing stuff it is a nice fast SD card over a mechanical hard disk from 1990. </div>
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Now I can play the overall superior Macintosh port of Wolf 3d I have owned since the mid 90s and my <i>Id Anthology</i> collection was teasing me with. However it has to be in a tiny window and even music turned off to be remotely playable and even then it isn't running at proper speed.</div>
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It... actually makes it SLOWER. Yeah. Wow. So some of those extensions make the machine FASTER. Which ones I do not know and I don't care too much outside of idle curiosity. I do have multiple books to look through however. Perhaps I shall discover the terrible secret of OS 7 within them?</div>
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So now my rig is working and I can play some RPGs and other less taxing software but at a much more satisfying speed and sometimes in COLOR compared to the Mac Plus. BUT WE AREN'T DONE YET. </div>
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So what is next? The two main needs are an SD2SCSI drive with possibly a case and an external interface unless I just choose to strip out the internal drive entirely, and a <i>Clock Crystal</i> that will bring the machine to it's actual potential that Apple (as was their wont) nerfed so it wouldn't compete with the IIci which is an overall more capable albeit larger and uglier machine.<br /></div>
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After those two things I need to replace capacitors, repaint the case, and possibly get a <i>NuBus Adaptor Card</i> which would allow for more capable video output from said NuBus cards. The Adaptor itself also can have a Math Coprocessor in it but they tend to not work with the speed boost from a faster clock crystal.</div>
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But even now I have a very capable machine for late 80s and early 90s games. Pretty much anything of a non action bent from 1985-1993 is fully playable outside of a handful of games that only will autoboot and have no frame limiter. Most action games will be fine especially if I take advantage of multicolor modes to slow the ones down that just let the CPU dictate game speed.</div>
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Captain Rufushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00296697477771399357noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8561540689417623514.post-45059256818178093232018-04-16T23:10:00.003-04:002018-04-16T23:10:41.361-04:00[Retrocomputing: Why Bother?] Machalla IIsi: The Return of the Jederr... 68030 Part 2: The Sour of the Sweet and Sour Dish I still function! The Mac IIsi still functions. But as this update will show I nearly gave up on the whole endeavor.<br />
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One thing you need to do with the old OS Macs is rebuild the desktop. Sometimes the Mac will do it on it's own, especially when switching OSes at Startup as I am wont to do.</div>
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One reason to go from 6 to 7 is for more sensitive mouse tracking. There are reasons for slow tracking but not really in gaming which is honestly the only real reason I personally have for old computers. Modern machines have faster and better and generally cheaper, EASIER productivity programs. Open/Libre Office? Yes thank you!</div>
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You want more better performance for business or black and white apps? Go into Black and White mode and like it!</div>
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Well I can solve THAT problem. And then my problems involve grinding XP in VERY old ass RPGs. While the Mac versions of many classic titles have the most modern quality of life features (albeit many in black and white only) they are still of their time.</div>
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Since some of my upgrades have arrived I give the case a fair scrubbing with a wire pad that takes off a bit of paint and a "Magic Eraser". I don't get deep into the little nooks and crannies but compared to the digusting thing it was it is much improved. </div>
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Swapping RAM is very easy but sadly on a IIsi all 4 slots must be filled with the same type at once. No partial measures here!</div>
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And a shiny new battery to keep the clock and my settings set!<br /></div>
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Yes that is a 1991 expiration date on that old battery. And the little plastic cover that was a pain to remove. Sadly the RAM did not work. Nothing came up on the screen at all and a minute or two later a thing I believe they call "<i>The Chimes of Doom"</i> came up. I got a refund and even though Ebay said I didn't have to return it I spent 6 bucks to ship the RAM back in case I am just a dumbass. There is no way to know if it was just a bad stick or not given the way the IIsi handles RAM. The new battery however works like a boss.</div>
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And my VGA dongle arrives! There are many flavors and amount of DIP switches. This one is mine.</div>
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And this is what I get on a very old ass VGA monitor. Given I don't feel like opening it up to fix a bunch of knobs I decide to try it on my HDTV.</div>
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Selecting a couple of DIP switches the dongle to a dongle to the HDTV is giving me the correct signal information but that is it. Perhaps it is because it is a VGA dongle into a DVI input and it is too much dongle? My Dreamcast is fine with it but who is to say the Mac approves?</div>
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My LCD computer monitor? IT WORKS WE GET SIGNAL MAIN SCREEN TURN ON.</div>
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Do some adjusting and now I have a pretty blue background with some purple.</div>
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Sadly my 1.3 model Floppy Emu decided to die during all of this so I can only test with <i>After Dark</i> which is an old screensaver mostly famous for a Flying Toaster module this version doesn't have. But I have color and its nice working color.</div>
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This 22" monitor has dual inputs for VGA and DVI. And is happy to auto switch to whichever input is on. </div>
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I switch to a proper aspect ratio instead of widescreen. Sharpness does a bit but it is still being upscaled so isn't quite as sharp as it is on the black and white monitor. However I only get 10 1/4 or so viewing inches diagonally on it, whereas on this monitor it is around 17 1/2. And color. Kind of a no brainer.</div>
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Captain Rufushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00296697477771399357noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8561540689417623514.post-82420608094498541632018-03-22T23:11:00.002-04:002018-04-16T22:04:36.575-04:00[Retrocomputing: Why Bother?] Machalla IIsi: The Return of the Jederr... 68030 Yes friends Machalla has returned. You see for a couple years now I have been slowly searching for the right condition Macintosh IIsi to replace my slow as all hell Macintosh Plus.<br />
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When we last left ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO: <a href="http://wargamedork.blogspot.com/2016/02/retrocomputing-why-bother-machalla-part_5.html">http://wargamedork.blogspot.com/2016/02/retrocomputing-why-bother-machalla-part_5.html</a> I was doing file nonsense and trying to get emulation to do me right. And its been so long I forgot quite a bit of what I was doing. Well fast forward to a week or two back and I was in the mood for a new/old game to play and a game I purchased cheap but that has a bad reputation got bought and put me in the mood for that genre. I just so happened to have some of the installments on my Mac Plus. But even ancient mid-late 80s games sometimes run like ass on it. (That franchise is due for a collection post but this random 4 dollar game pick up has cost me money as I decided to just COMPLETE THE SERIES. Because I am a dumb ass consumer whore moron!)<br />
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Good things happened! See a Macintosh IIsi finally came up for a decent price and condition on Ebay. Not a color monitor, and no mouse and keyboard but I had purchased both already when Something Awful goon Kthulhu5000 told me I should get a IIsi back then. It was 67 dollars shipped and had a photo showing the machine at least semi operational but not with the OS actually fully booted. But no big to me as I have my <a href="http://www.bigmessowires.com/floppy-emu/">Floppy Emulator </a> anyhow and the IIsi is one of the last Macs to have the original old school floppy drive connector. (Though the mouse and keyboard use Apple's ADB connector.)<br />
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There is what our Mac Plus did, with a penny in the corner for size comparison.</div>
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Well I don't quite remember if the monitor was cracked in the image the seller showed but given that it was less than half the going rate these machines tend to run on the Bay I don't care, especially as I am gonna replace it probably with a color monitor anyhow. Even if these two devices look GREAT together as they were designed to be a pair. Sadly they aren't as compact as the Plus but still pretty cute and wee overall. The mouse is to the side and it plugs into the keyboard and the board is plugged into the machine. </div>
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As we can see the machines are VERY dirty but not looking like they were in the dumpster. They need and will get a good cleaning if not being modded with a nice spraypaint color scheme as they are old and I don't feel like "Retr0brighting" them. One annoyance is the screen controls are tiny holes. Probably requires a small screwdriver...</div>
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And the back of the machine itself! One neato thing is the monitor's power cable plugs into the computer so they can be controlled as one unit, something a separate color screen won't do. There is but a single ADB port and you plug the keyboard in and then a couple other peripherals can be plugged into the keyboard. Unlike the oldest Macs this one has a wee fan. It also has No Tool Opening and even the internals don't need tools to open up and remove most of it. This Mac has an external SCSI port, plus Microphone and Speaker ports. The rectangle is designed for the optional card that allows for "NuBus" cards. I probably won't be bothering with such.</div>
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The keyboard as mentioned was bought years ago. Its bloody big. The button on the far right is a power button if you don't want to just push the little tiny button on the back which sometimes you have to use in case of a computer freeze thanks to a bug or whatever. </div>
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Turning it on it takes a bit for the first boot. But the monitor and machine WORK. And this was a working machine used to do working worky things. And was being used as late as 2009, almost 20 years after it was first released for around 3000 bucks. (The machine got closer to 5,000 complete. And was MUCH cheaper by 1993 when it was discontinued.)</div>
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It will boot much faster after it fully loaded and got properly shut off which is something the seller could not do. I also deleted all the business info stuff which I was gonna do even if the seller didn't ask me to. I needed the space on its wee hard drive.</div>
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It is still using the retail released version of System 6, it is at least supposed to be patched to 6.0.8 but it clearly worked and was a good special boy for years and years. 20mhz, 1.44 floppy drive, 5 megabytes of ram. You can see the penny in the lower corner by the Trash icon for scale comparison.</div>
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That hard drive is a JOKE in size. 40 or 80 megs were the options at the time and good gravy that was not remotely enough even in 90-93!</div>
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I can now enjoy a whopping 256 colors of grey scale over just pure black and white. But in full black and white mode this is what my machine is rated at compared to the Plus. You get slower ratings in 256 greyscale mode.</div>
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Sadly just like the Plus and ALMOST EVERY BLOODY COMPUTER WITH ANY FORM OF 3.5 INCH FLOPPY DRIVE AAAAAAARHFGJKLNDLK:JNGDF:LKNDFGL:KNDG the floppy drive isn't working correctly. But maybe I can clean it. Not that I really need it with the Floppy Emu and hard disk. </div>
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In greyscale mode this is what Might and Magic 2 looks like. Though it is intended for a color monitor.</div>
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And black and white mode. Not as pretty but everything is clear.</div>
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Now I try to set up the 6.0.8 upgrade as for reasons we will see the 7.5.x OS is too space hoggy for my machine in both RAM and HD space plus me not wanting to be a dumbass and maybe messing up the hard disk by dropping my Color Mac II 7.5.3 hard disk image over. If it aint broke don't fix it yes? But as we see it is not working. Like the shark from <i>Jaws.</i></div>
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Oddly enough it might have properly expanded in an older version of Stuffit that I have as the newer version that doesn't run in OS 6.0.7 works. But it is a weird file that may or may not work with my floppy emulator. I haven't had time to check yet. (By check I mean make the Floppy Emu play nice with it's menus.)</div>
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This doohickey will let me use new or PC monitors I have hanging around or if I replace my 22" main PC screen with say a 27" or something silly like that. With the correct DIP switch settings.</div>
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And one needs to cram that RAM. 1 megabyte of slow ass RAM is onboard. You have to replace all four of the RAM slots with the same RAM to get more. So 4 megs of RAM plus the onboard or put 16 in it? Look into your heart. You know what must be done. (Hunt down the 16 meg chips and go for 65 total megs! Ok that's pretty silly but I would be lying if I haven't done a light search for them.)</div>
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A little careful budgeting because BILLS AND REAL LIFE ALWAYS COME FIRST OVER DORK STUFF and now 3/5ths of my most essential upgrades are on their way to me. I am gonna need to open up the case to at least give the top a VERY thorough scrubbing until it gets warm enough for me to decide if I am going to spraypaint the machine or not. The monitor also depends on if I keep using it or go with a Color VGA CRT or maybe even said 22" LCD and make that an excuse to pop a larger screen onto this main PC.</div>
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So what is next? Well the deep cleaning if not custom paint job is a high priority. Making sure those new components work out. Then I have two more things to do, one of which involves soldering and desoldering a single component off the motherboard for a new one that is around 25 bucks but will increase performance by a very decent amount. The other involves a roughly 70 dollar component that also will increase overall performance and hard disk space but without the risk of me screwing up a 28 year old computer and will even allow for some leeway in what I can experiment with.</div>
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We start off with the SAGA EDITION core book and the GM screen. Now for some oddball reason Saga Edition decided to go with this super weird format as opposed to normal book style. A nice thing is they more or less realized by this point the Prequels were not.. the most beloved films so tried to show more of the classic stuff.</div>
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Back of the book and an internal panel from the GM Screen. Remember when RPG books weren't stupidly priced? Well I do and so does Pepperidge Farm. And YOUR MOM. She is however very disappointed in people who think a modern RPG core rulebook should be 80 dollars. I have heard people say this. These people while well meaning towards the creators who ought to get paid for their hard work are in fact idiots divorced from normal people reality.</div>
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They also released a single pack of dungeon type tiles for the RPG. I bought 2 copies of it since it has utility and at least at the time there wasn't much inexpensive sci fi type terrain like this at all. Now with <i>Starfinder</i> there is more but that was what? 7 years later more or less? </div>
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They also had a short running game magazine devoted to all aspects of Star Wars gaming at the time. I am missing but one issue though the one with Jaxxon the Green Space Bunny (from the old 70s Marvel Comics run) it one I bought a couple weeks back. Its a very abused condition copy but 5-6 bucks beats 25-30!</div>
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Continuing to show the issues now full of non canon stuff from the first two editions of the RPG, plus info and stuff from the current videogames being released and the CCGs that were out.</div>
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No I don't know why we needed general fiction in the magazine and I apologize to the ghost of a film LEGEND for my flash here on the final issue. RIP sir.</div>
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Yeah it basically was for the first D20 edition of the RPG and ended publication around Episode 2. Why? Nobody really bought the magazine. Just like nobody really played the RPG period even less people buy magazines even one trying to cover multiple games and use fiction to get non gamers in and maybe into the games. As usual if its not IN PRINT DEE UN DEE most RPGers just do not give a flip and this makes me a sad dork who will probably die alone. <br /><br />A SAD DORK INDEED.</div>
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One of the earlier posters included with most issues. They still had some dumb idea people would be playing with action figures for miniatures then so this one was mostly made for it. Thankfully they quickly realized this was not gonna happen much if at all, plus they discovered a new more profitable side business..</div>
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Issues included stuff like campaign posters, battle maps, stickers, temporary tattoos.. they gave it a good effort but RON PAUL'S STUPID FREE MARKET DIDN'T CARE.</div>
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Blind box prepainted miniatures as both a game and to be used for RPG minis worked for D&D so they made one for Star Wars. Which quickly eclipsed the RPG as collectible blind box games of any sort so often do. People like gambling and spending money on random crap. IDGI.</div>
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Books came with battle maps, map tile overlays, and various interesting scenarios and options since in SWMinis lots of the character figures were Rares or Very Rares and hard to get. Which in some ways worked for Star Wars because you might want hordes of Stormtroopers but you would only want one Boba Fett or Luke Skywalker. (Of a TYPE anyhow.)</div>
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There were some third party maps and tile sets made for the game too. I got most of mine on deep clearance.</div>
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And said miniature next to some AT STs, a Stormtrooper from the game line, and a Rogue Trader era plastic Tyranid Warrior. For scale. ITS BIG. Such a biggie makes you wonder if it had beef with Tupac.</div>
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The final starter set I recall coming out was made in service of the then running CGI Clone Wars show on Cartoon Network. Not as fancy as the Episode 3 starter. They also had some neat little 2 pack minis and map sets. I have another of those sealed and the third and final I should be buying soon for reasons. (These collection post things always get me buying more stuff. Figure my final update in SW Gaming will have such acquisitions shown in them.)</div>
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They came in the blisters in little plastic baggies to help fill our environment with garbage. Some of them had extra plastic to keep their lightsabers and whatnot from being bent too badly. These are made of that generally softer bendy plastic.</div>
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An example of some of them and a few with their lightsaber bendy protectors. Bottom of the generally unpaintable bases (No idea if the models themselves can be repainted on top of it. I should check because the paint goes from very good to GARBAGE and sometimes just a little DIP METHOD might save those) has the mini info...</div>
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But the cards included have their game stats and info with the back just a drawn image of the model which is handy kind of.</div>
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The card looks evolved over time.</div>
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Rulebooks! WOOO.</div>
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Inside said books. I overall quite liked the game a lot but most of the time I played it was me using my own models and building forces for both sides so no real major bits of cheese and power gaming. I never saw anyone but a small circle of people I know playing the game ever. Its honestly the best of the CMGs though. The cover/LOS system is kind of odd though. It makes sense but its a big departure from Warhammer 40k.</div>
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Some of the quick start, cheat sheet, and scenario pack books. Sadly I never got the biggest scenario pack which was Hoth the Ice Planet. Which is a shame but time and money is what it is.</div>
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Most of my large base miniatures for the game.</div>
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How I tend to store these sort of soft minis. In faction organized zip baggies in card boxes. (The big ones just got their own plastic storage tub so I have more room for these little ones.)</div>
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As always one benefit of these blog posts is organization improvement or in this case putting many many many unopened figures into some semblance of order. Only they all need to go in zip bags. I am not doing that now. I will but.. not right now.</div>
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However this massive binder is now mostly correctly organized so I can at least build forces for a game I haven't gotten to play in years. It is a VERY large and full binder.</div>
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Well we are now more or less done with most of the D20 games but next time will we go to space or show off lots of useless trading card games? We will find out when we do!</div>
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<a href="http://wargamedork.blogspot.com/2016/12/operation-game-collection-star-wars.html">Last year we covered the best Star Wars RPG ever made if not one of the best RPGs ever PERIOD, the West End Games D6 version.</a> Now in the age of the prequels and the massive dominance of the D20 ruleset used in <i>Dungeons & Dragons 3rd Edition</i> Wizards of the Coast had gotten the Star Wars license helped out by their being owned by giant IP swallower that is NOT Disney, Hasbro.<br />
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I was at least a LITTLE bit excited. Everyone plays D&D and the Prequel trilogy was starting up. Now there would be almost zero reason for folks to not play Star Wars as the normal excuse of "Well I would have to learn a new game" was now dead. If D&D was great being able to play in the giant galaxy of Star Wars would be even MORE GREAT. No longer stuck being murderhobos going into dungeons on planets who somehow were an odd pre Renaissance Lord of the Rings technology level but with dozens of sapient races and massive amounts of fauna and flora capable of snuffing out said races before said races could even do it to themselves. THERE WERE NOW WORLDS TO EXPLORE AND SAVE over tons of different environments and cultures and technology levels with a timeline vast enough to allow for just about anything.<br />
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Sadly, as always the RPG playerbase at large only wants bog standard D&D in usually whatever edition is currently in print and ONLY in as close to generic Tolkienesque Fantasy but with Murderhoboing as possible. No other settings in that system, no other systems in that setting.<br />
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I HATE HATE HAAAAAAATE this. While I don't mind some quality D&D from time to time it has never ever been the one RPG I would want to play over any other. In most cases it is merely me settling for it in the hopes that maybe people will become friends and be willing to try new systems and setting types. This is largely a NO and as always my heart and soul get broken. It is also why I have basically given up on tabletop RPGs at this point in my life. Given my schedule, social circle (IRL so small as to be practically ZERO), and what I want to play or run I have just given up on RPGs. (Something about insanity being doing the same thing and expecting different results.) And at this point the people who do really want me to run anything still have extremely limited tastes and it would have to be online which I have never enjoyed doing. (Although running something like D6 system or other lighter systems would work much better probably.)<br />
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But I was still somewhat hopeful back then and gave WOTC a shot. It did not go over well. It only made my hatred for RPG players in general grow and the best thing I can say is it showed me how I should have dropped out of a number of groups sooner than I did.<br />
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Anyhow, let's see what I have for the early days of the WOTC license eh? <br />
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We start out with a starter box that came with a Wookie action figure to maybe grab collectors of SW stuff to maybe try an RPG and also the character sheet pack. As is kind of obvious the early WOTC SW was prequel based more than Original Trilogy (OT) though it fully covered both. Like D20 D&D it was heavy on battle map combats but in this game's case they had action figure scale to use all your toys. </div>
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I really do like the art in the Theed box it must be said. The character sheet pack also shows the Era designation which gives you information on what point in SW history it can be used in. Which at this time was a rather large array of novels and Dark Horse comic books in what was known as the <i>Expanded Universe</i> (EU). Disney got rid of 95% of the EU.</div>
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Our Mk1 character sheet. The biggest difference between D&D and SW was armor worked much differently to the point of being useless (not too bad given how it normally seems useless in most SW media honestly..) and two HP systems as one was actual physical health and the other was the more abstracted D&D like value which rarely actually meant taking mortal damage. Kinda.</div>
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Besides the toy I think I gave away the box came with the character sheets, the rules, and the adventures plus a battle map to play on with counters I think. This thing came out a good 16 YEARS AGO OH GOD I AM OLD.</div>
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As is the normal case the starter set has simple adventure and scenario bits mostly based around combat stuff, in this case taking place alongside Episode 1.</div>
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The main rulebook and part of the GM screen in this case showing the OT cast which is on the back of the Core Rulebook here. (See what I mean? They were aiming at the currently running Prequels more than the OT.)</div>
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The rulebook is full color and quite large. But the abstracted vehicle combat systems and the weird armor rules would not last too long.</div>
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Yes at this point in time even the original Marvel Comics Star Wars series was mostly still part of EU canon. Thus Hoojibs!</div>
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I didn't go too crazy on getting D20 SW stuff. Rebellion Era was kind of a no brainer as was Dark Side. New Jedi Order was more to see what the basic story was all about. The answer to me was REALLY STUPID. From all reports of the New Jedi Order series and what came after it was even worse. So this book kind of helped me to see I didn't want to read those books. </div>
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And a page of the Rebellion book with one of my favorite machines in Sci Fi on it, the mighty AT-AT!</div>
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But it didn't take off. Between the uneven response to the first prequel, some of the wobbly rules, and RPGers mostly being snotty prats who only want their one precious game no matter the edition (although in this case people already had a fantastic RPG system I talked about last year in D6 so it had more hurdles!) it didn't make too many waves.</div>
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So around the time of the next (really really BAD) movie they did another mostly compatible go at it:</div>
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Now with all the movie stuff on the front cover! They still made some cheaper supplement books though!</div>
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I again realized early on even with the fixes most people just weren't going to play it so I again did not exactly spend fat stacks on the game.</div>
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But the <i>Hero's Guide</i> back does show it was clearly doing the 3.x character building thing with piles of new stuff to mostly be there to kill stuff better or do stupid tricks if your GM decided to want more than just a combat game. Basically <i>Revised</i> is more or less Pathfinder to <i>Core's</i> 3.0. </div>
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But again it didn't go over as well as Hasbro, Lucasfilm, and WOTC probably wanted it to. But they had some folks working on the next edition of D&D so they had an idea on how to test a few things out with less risk,</div>
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Join me next time for SAGA EDITION, the <i>Star Wars Gamer</i> magazine, and possibly the collectible miniatures games depending on how big the next installment will be. It probably won't have me whining. (Besides, for all I know I am the failure.)</div>
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Well some extra purchases kept this post from being done exactly when I wanted but it makes things easier on me to keep my collection more updated as my idiot ass does buy more stuff and doing blog bits makes me fired up to GET MORE THINGS I DON'T NEED BUT WANT ANYHOW.</div>
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So let us show off my books for the Atari 8 bits and some collection updates. As usual click images for larger if you want.</div>
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My "Core" manuals plus some handy print outs and other cheat sheet like things from Atarimania or Atari Age. The Internet is great for when you buy an old thing without a manual you can almost be assured somebody has scanned that sumbitch! And the Atari 8 bit community is practically obsessed with scanning and archiving every little thing no matter how miniscule. Bless their autistic little hearts!</div>
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I think I got this little programming quick guide online with some other books. Its kind of useful and handy. I have a few more of such guides I have printed out but it is nice to have a legit copy from time to time. Like most of the time, money and luck permitting!</div>
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Our DOS manuals teach you how to.. use DOS. Atari DOS not MS. Being an 8 bit computer of the 80s computer code is all but expected of the user to some degree.</div>
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As mentioned I was looking for that Gateway to Apshai manual. I found it somehow mixed in with all these books and that Atari magazine.</div>
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The four Compute! Magazine Atari books I have full of reprinted articles from Compute! before it slowly morphed into a MSDOS PC magazine like most surviving computer mags did back in the day.</div>
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And what the books look like within. I love the spiral binding type books. So easy to open up and refer to.</div>
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Some of my other Atari books. The FORTH book is mostly known because the cover is hilarious. The two Micro Adventure books are kid oriented stories where you have to put in a program on your computer at various points to like solve a thing in the story and you learn a little about programming. There are a bunch of these but I want to see what they are like and what the programs actually DO before dropping 20 bucks or so to get a bunch more. The Consumer's Guide is a general purpose book about the Atari and what was available at that time, Atari Experience is a book of programs, and the Beginning Beginner is a nice super start book to get into both using the computer and learning some BASIC.</div>
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And the 101 book is mostly another book of programs. That really won't even TELL YOU WHAT YOU ARE TYPING IN. For reasons I guess?</div>
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The Graphics book is pretty nice and friendly. Makes self teaching easy and fun! Lots of good stuff does this. For you hex and chit wargamers go look at the original <i>Squad Leader</i> versus the <i>Advanced Squad Leader Starter Kit</i> series. Squad Leader was great at teaching you and considered you at least somewhat of a novice but not a complete moron. The ASLSKs are practically GIBBERISH like most ASL books are.</div>
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Then I had another goal now that I had photographed all my stuff. ORGANIZE IT. My collection had basically exploded past the small plastic storage tub. And my multiple disk holders. I dropped 18 bucks for a festive multi tub from Walmart and now we can see it all looks almost organized!</div>
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Bottom shelf is mostly boxed Atari carts, lots of my books, and my SSI games with some other wargames in tow.</div>
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Most of my EA styled album games here, a few more books, and the rest of my disk games.</div>
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All of my other cartridge titles on the top shelf. Sadly lots of carts make it a right bastard to know what is on them but in another post hopefully to be out before 2018 will show how I won't really need or care what game is what...</div>
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The original tub now gets the Compute! books, and all my big box games. So SSI and Avalon Hill now have a place of honor. Until I need another bin for them.</div>
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Heading up top is where my four disk caddies go, plus most of my controllers so things are a bit tidier and I have less issue wondering where the hell certain controllers are. (Some of my Nintendo peripherals seem to be in the Warp of Warhammer 40K fame right now.)</div>
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Some of the disks I have gotten are just ill gained copies and will become blank disks as I am a man of honor. Others may be legit titles I need to poke around and see what I can see.</div>
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Now my legit stuff is more organized in the various cases, and my loose C64 disks are hanging in the back waiting for me to actually get a C64C or 128D. I'll get one again someday yes?</div>
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And my new acquisitions! The little black box will get most of a blogpost as I inform yall what it does and how it can save things like my HALF A PHANTASIE 1 GAME. (Research that you are getting a complete game before buying kids! On the upside I have the manual and it was cheap enough. Again, that magic black box will cure what ails me.)</div>
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And more general retro computing pickups I got cheap like the above Perfect General 2. LUNK APPROVED. I do love me some 80s EA game cluebooks. Though I expect to never get the Deathlord cluebook in spite of wanting it badly.</div>
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I am now way more organized in my Atari computing! But there is always new stuff to buy and that mysterious black box will bring magic and POWER to me that needs a post all it's own. Plus the 8 bit's brotha from anotha motha, the 5200.</div>
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Should time permit we will see that all next time!</div>
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