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Some video games have clear educational value. Does anyone remember Donkey Kong Jr. Math?

I drive a 1982 Mercedes Benz 300 SD. It has a diesel engine and is still running strong. I have had it since high school. My dad bought it for me as he wanted me to have a safe car.

I remember playing Zork on a Tandy Color Computer around 1986. Imagine playing Zelda but with no graphics.

Holy craps man! 0.5 TB?!? That would take me about a year! I wish I had your kind of upload speed. What do you have, a T3 line?

I check IGN daily and find it to be a decent source of video game news. The ads aren't so bad since have an ad blocker installed so I just end up seeing a lot of blank spaces and no pop-ups. Do any of you have suggestions for alternative sources of video game news?

FYI, It was just announced that Volume 2 will be released on 10/31. See this link for more info: http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=5750

A friend bought this for me. I had forgotten about all of the cheesy songs like the Mario rap and the closing of the show with Lou Albano dancing and singing "Do the Mario!".

I thought that my fellow RetroMags readers would appreciate QJ's Game & Watch advert and flyer gallery. It claims to have "the biggest collection of Game & Watch advertising material you'll find on the net".

From what I heard the game was so bad that they couldn't give it away.

Is it like Pong? I ask because it sounds like Pong. I still hook up my Coleco Telstar every now and then. Online Pong tournaments would be awesome.

Sounds interesting. Is that on an album/video release that you can recommend?

I agree. I recommend TorrentLeech.org for movies and TV. Let me know if you need an invite.

Maybe I'll just wait for the Wii since it should be very easy to get component cables for that system and it will be backwards compatible with Gamecube games. I hadn't heard that Nintendo stopped putting the Component out on the recent systems. I guess that they did that to cut back on cost?

Can anyone tell me why component video cables for the Gamecube are so ridiculously expensive? I just looked around online and the "Official" cables from Nintendo are going for aroung $100. Can anyone tell me if there is much of a difference between the official cables and the third party cables that I can find for closer to $20? I can even find Monster cables for under $30!

It appears that the Pirate Bay has been shut down. Whether or not this is a permanent disruption is yet to be known. Check out the full story here: http://www.slyck.com/news.php?story=1203

Thanks for the advice. I may upgrade my player one of these days. THe models that you mentioned are very reasonably priced (especially compared to my first player which I bought for $400 in the summer of 1998 which had no component out, progressive scan, or DTS output). It's nice to know that I don't have to worry about 25 foot digital cables. My video card has dual DVI-I which, if I am correct, can output either DVI-A or DVI-D. Most of my downloaded content isn't Hi-Def (350 MB AVI files for 45 minute shows and 175 MB AVIs for 25 minute shows) so I don't know how much of a difference I'd see with those files by upgrading my connection from S-Video to Component or HDMI. I have a couple of HD downloads (700 MB for a 45 minute show) but I am having trouble getting the sound to play. I think it's because they have AC3 audio. For some reason the center channel is cut out so I get all of the surround effect and music with no dialogue. It's probably just a local setting I need to change. Maybe once I get that issue worked out I would get more benefit from an improved connection. Finally, as far as "low-grade DVD with the annoyances of compression and jaggies" goes, I have a very hard time thinking along those lines as I am a DVD addict and have a collection of around 1700 discs. I need to continue thinking that standard DVDs are awesome for quite a while longer in order to maintain my sanity.

Eggman, Can you recommend a good HD upscaling DVD player? I am considering upgrading since my current player can't even do progressive scan. Also, how much of a difference is there between a component and an HDMI connection? I currently use an S-video cable to watch downloaded content on my set but since better connections are now possible with my new TV I am considering upgrading my connection. I have a pretty good video card (BFG GeForce 6600 GT OC) so I can either use component video or get a DVI to HDMI cable. The DVI option may be problematic since I need to run the cable about 25 feet and I have heard that there can be signal degradation in digital cables that are that long. Any advice would be appreciated. BTW, Here's what my new set looks like and I DO have a 5.1 surround setup.

I picked mine up at a Memorial Day sale at CompUSA for $2000 (before tax) with 36 months no interest financing.

I got an HD set of my own last weekend. It's a 52 inch Mitsubishi LCD projection set. I got the HD cable box and am in the process of upgrading some of my cables. DVDs look lovely on it. As far as HD-DVD/Bluray, however, I'm going to do my best to wait out the format war or wait until some company releases a combo player.

I hesitated to make that comment and I wouldn't have if Fusoya hadn't been publicly trashing Retromags (see his torrents on Mininova) just before the big torrent was released. I just thought that it was inappropriate to simultaneously make negative comments about an organization and then make a post that sounded like special treatment was deserved from that organization. If I had a friend who I found out was talking bad about me behind my back and then they came and asked me for a favor, I wouldn't feel too kindly toward them. I understand that Fusoya has contributed in the past and I do appreciate that but I felt that due to the nature of the situation, something needed to be said. Also, I have nothing personally against Fusoya. I made that comment more as Retromags forum moderator than as myself. I felt obligated to speak up in defense of the organization. If I was not a moderator, I most likely would not have said anything. Anyway, I'm sorry if I upset anyone. I know that we often maintain a delicate social balance here so maybe I should have just kept my big mouth shut in the interest of keeping the peace. Let's put the past behind us and move forward with the project.

Yes! Mine just completed!

Yes, It looks like this thing's going to finish up today. As of this posting the swarm is 99%!

Thanks for the link. I looked for this online a few years ago with no luck.

How great would it be to get a copy of Trixter's album "White Knuckle Scorin'" as featured in issue 34 of Nintendo Power? Does anyone on this forum happen to have a copy? It looks so damn goofy that it must be great on some level.

Have patience fusoya. This torrent wasn't posted to cater to your needs. If you can't manage to wait for it to complete, here's a link to eBay. Good luck finding the issues you need!