Sariden / Mike

Favorite thing for sure is never having to go a gas station.

Had no idea this was a thing. I found a reddit post showing one is opening at Mall of Georgia. I haven't been there in over 20 years... may have to make a visit depending what shows up in there.

I did $0 down on my Gen 2 R1T Dual Standard. Due-at signing costs were around $3800 ish. 2-year lease with 12k miles. I think my as-configured price was that same $75.9k and my lease is $1,036/month. Mostly enjoying it (except that it's been in the SC for almost 3 weeks now with no updates...).

Man I'm struggling hard on color choice. All my analogue consoles are black and I feel like I should go with that to continue the trend in my modern fpga lineup... but that PlayStation gray.....

For decades I tried playing through #chronotrigger never getting much further than the Millennial Fair. The past couple weeks I finally committed and made it through my first playthrough. I now understand why it's so well revered! What a fun adventure!

#retrogaming #snes #rpg #crono #marle #frog

When I was younger I remember the offputting feeling of having the "lesser" version on a multi-console release. Looking back at it now, it did make things a lot more interesting with just how different the "same" game could be from one platform to the next. I miss the existence of those differences.

Then in either 99 or 2000 I got to spec one out during high school. It was a Dell, Pentium 3 550mhz, 128mb ram (I think...), Voodoo 3 3000, Sound Blaster (of some kind).

First PC I built myself was an AMD Athlon Thunderbird, 1ghz, probably 256mb ram and I think I moved that same Voodoo 3 to this..

Heck yeah!

I was too young to understand what made up the original 286 we had. All I remember was if you shook the table too hard it would freeze. After that I remember having an IBM 386 with Windows 3.1.

Early 90s we had a Compaq Presario that was ~$3K from Circuit City. 100mhz Pentium, 16mb ram.

XVI was so good! I had no expectations for it because the first reveal looked incredibly dull and generic (to me). I can't believe how wrong I was - what a great game with great characters!

Played through the first three worlds tonight! Thanks for the recommendation!

This year was pretty rough (more than usual) but I appreciate the connections and interactions made through here. I hope you all have a wonderful and prosperous 2025 and look forward to another year with you all!

I hadn't heard of Kitsune Tails before but after looking through its Steam page I totally see the SMB3 influence. I'll check it out, thanks!

That's a tough question! There are better games from the era I'll name from but I always enjoy playing Contra III: The Alien Wars. I've never legitimately beaten it but I never get tired of it. You just helped me realize what I want to play for the rest of the evening!

What about yours?!

YouTube video by Sariden Unico Nova Blast | Sinden Light Gun Demo

Quick short showing a Sinden Lightgun working on the #unico #novablast. Just sharing to show that the cabinet's screen is indeed functional with this device.

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#retrogaming #arcade #candycab #gaming #homearcade #fullmetalcandy

The Muppets version of 12 Days of Christmas is the best Christmas song. Fight me.

That IS really cool!

I'm about to hit my 'midlife crisis' birthday next month. The old stereotype is to buy a sports car. I got an electric truck that can drive like a sports car instead. 2025 Rivian R1T.

#Rivian

Turned on FF9 (Steam version, moguri mod) for the first time in maybe two-ish years. Just happened to be at this point that looked like a Thanksgiving meal... 😂

#promosky #finalfantasy #ff9 #ffix #gaming

Damn, good luck today!!

Woof on that shipping issue... hopefully they're having the shipping company pick up the stools directly from that person's house. I ended up giving my stools to goodwill. They were too short for me to be comfortable so I picked up some others that worked out way better for me.

Review is spot on. I just realized that was me that you interfaced with regarding the Jamma induced audio issue! 😃(Man that was so frustrating to figure out! lol)

I am enjoying it but I can't really recommend this product to just anyone right now. Definitely requires certain skillsets to enjoy.

Heck yeah! What kind of filling was going on in those pierogis?

Double heck yeah for half day!

I did! I really enjoyed their art style approach for bringing it to the modern era. Definitely needed some help from online with that one too haha. :)

Shake shake!

Thanks! I did play the Switch version that came out a few years ago!

Finished my first playthrough of this gem (with LOADS of help from the Internet). If I had this game growing up I don't think there's any way I could have beat it without a strategy guide... and even then I wonder if that would have been enough.

#tloz #retrogaming #snes

Ok well that was short lived...

Making good progress from last night. Just made a friend. You are safe with me little one. If anything happens to you...

#retrogaming #tloz

I hear you on that - and back then I used to be "good" too! Then I started playing MMORPGs and any first person shooter prowess I had went right out the window forever!

I'm on hosting duty and I don't have the energy to cook like I 'want' to. Hitting up Costco today to see if they have this kit I saw online with turkey breast, mashed potatoes, green beans, stuffing, gravy. If it's out then I gotta put in some work lol. Sister on Mac n' Cheese duty / parents dessert