Birthday Game Pickups!

I now have PS4 Spider Man and Genesis The Lost Vikings. Everything is pretty much checked off my lists now to be honest. I'm very fortunate. I was sooo stupid selling my original copy of The Lost Vikings in the first place and fortunate to finally find (via the hard work of my son) a version of this game

I also recieved a mini space invaders table top from my oldest daughter.

On my little spare time, I have been trying to update my game catalog that has grown significantly this year.

The TI-99/4A

Computer      TI-99/4A
Manufacturer  Texas Instruments

Media         ROM, cartridge, cassette, floppy disk

CPU           TMS9900 @ 3 MHz 16-bit

Memory        16 KB RAM default - can add 32k memory expansion
              256 bytes scratchpad RAM
              Despite having a 16-bit processor, standard TI can not use 64K or more of memory
              There are alterations to the TI that allow this.

Graphics      TMS9918A, TMS9918ANL 

Sound         TMS9919, later SN94624

Huge surprise today.

 I had a huge surprise today.  I picked up a light-6er with 39 cartridges and a original CX joystick.  Nine games came with boxes and all with manuals!  Big thank you to Dan H!

My game room catalog has not been updated in a LONG time.  With this acquisition, it is really out of date.

My game pickup today:

1 Stampede	2 Cosmic Ark	3 Venture	4 Dragster
5 Outlaw	6 Enduro	7 Pele's Socker	8 Street Racer
9 Night Driver	10 Carnival	11 Pitfall!	12 Tennis (Activison)
13 Atlantis	14 Breakout	15 Defender	16 Vanguard
17 Space War	18 Yars' Revenge	19 Missle Command	20 Air Sea Battle
21 Adventure	22 Battlezone	23 PAC-MAN	24 Casino
25 Galaxian	26 Video Olympics	27 Jungle Hunt	28 Home Run
29 Combat	30 Laser Blast	31 Star Voyager	32 Grand Prix
33 Donkey Kong	34 Blackjack	35 Dragon Fire	36 Haunted House
37 Super Breakout	38 Berzerk	39 Riddle of the Spinx

Another Pickup and more about last weeks Illinois Game Conference 2024

 I finally picked up KC munchkin for the Odyssey 2 this weekend.  My find list is now complete. I never owned that game, but it is the first game I played on that system.  Picked it up for $8 .

I have my TI-99/4A hooked up.  Let's face it -  How cool is it that in 1981 the TI had made a  computer with a16 bit processor and S-Video out!  Unlike everything else of that era, I don't need an RF demodulation.  Here is a photo of it hooked to a 60 inch monitor via HDMI. Better than that CRT TV I had when I was a kid.  But hey I guess it did me fine back then.

Here are some photos of my last week pickups. Yes there are duplicates of stuff I already owned, BUT, some of these are for display and not playing. The TI I had been wanting for some time.  Someone sold it to my for $60 and I could not turn that down.  Tore the TI down and apart - and it was amazingly clean on the inside.

And here are some pics of the Illinois Game Conference in Bloomington IL.  This conference was the best one yet! It has grown every year, so I'm curious about next years.

Illinois Game Con in Bloomington IL

 Spent most of my day at the 2024 Illinois Game Con in Bloomington IL.  I was quite impressed with how much this conference has grown.  My biggest pickup was a TI-99/4A computer, but I did pickup Atari 7800 Centipede, PlayStation Sammy Sosa game, and a few 2600 cartridges. 

I picked up some Pokemon and Spider-Man gifts for family.  My son picked up a few games and a Dream Cast.   

The foot traffic was very high and the vendors were pretty good.  More standup arcade machines were there.  The tunnel between buildings was an awesome idea.