PixlBit

That's one of the reasons I'm doing it - save money; although, I almost bought a Retron 3 the other day. I may still do that because I don't have a Genesis or SNES anymore. I think though that I might have most of those games on collections or be able to get them through virtual console. So I may not have to spring for one.

I'm hoping to find some gems too. I'm going to play some games I've never played before as well as the favorites. It'll depend on what strikes me when I do the research on a particular year.

I had to do it the old fashioned way - look at a huge database and start counting.

Xevious apparently was a huge hit in Japan. It went over well in N.A. too but not like that.

I vividly remember that day. I was using the radio to wake myself up in the morning. I just happened to be getting up then around 9am. I reporter says a plane hit the towers, so I quickly turned on the TV and watched the news, in real time, as the second plane hit. Crazy. Then I had to go to work. 

Every time I see anything similar I think about that day. I was just reading Batman Dark Knight Returns and there's an image of a commuter plane hitting the building where Commisioner Gordon lives and then him running around trying to find his wife, which he thinks might have been in the building. Conjured up 911 right away for me. 

My Dad actually worked on legal stuff having to do with the zoning of the land where the Twin Towers was built early in his law career back in '70 or '71. Then he passed away on exactly 9-11 of 2012. Somehow I think he might've been thinking of the event when he passed. 

I forgot what maneuver you need to do to reveal the flags in Xevious. They're apparently in Rally-X as well.

Happy bidet! I got you a Xevious Marque Fridge Magnet.

Wow! I knew about some of those Xevious facts, but you've just given me a lot more, thanks!

That's funny what you did with the printer paper. . . and super cool! Why didn't I think of that as a kid?

Ha! It is a bit like a golf course. You could do a version where you are a Hawk and are flying over a golf course grabbing ruinous groundhogs and such before they destroy the course. I'd play that one.

The cabinet art is cool. Maybe that was part of the reason why I went back to it every time I went to the arcade.

I've eyed that collection at Gamestop many times. Got to pull the trigger on that one.

Brrrrrrrringggggggg. . . brrrrrrrringggggg. . . no answer yet. I'll keep trying. Brrrrrrrrrringgggggg. . . brrrrrrringggggg.

Computer tinkering can be fun if also frustrating. I used to do it on my old towers. Now I just get a laptop and throw out the old one (or give it to a friend). I've had surprisingly little trouble with my present laptop. Runs like a champ, but then I don't use it for games or store lots of video on it either - just writing and music.