tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63329525345740912342024-03-14T04:24:46.760+00:00Ga5ket's BlogThe wafflings of a programmer living in the north of England.Ga5kethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14454147454832941690noreply@blogger.comBlogger102125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6332952534574091234.post-25328874204393216222009-07-04T19:39:00.000+01:002009-07-04T19:39:39.429+01:00Collecting Milestone<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGkAv5dYlYG3dnUNmFCPtTpumvjgUeCgnbWqXa-I4XTOnP61jvcShwUATggz0j0j0CyNaPZ56JJ0mNYI6TFtvvQqspl5AK98ZGkkBYreLImv-dYJJONG3TlG_ygkPQSliD2PInQo-N/s1600-h/Collection1000Games.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGkAv5dYlYG3dnUNmFCPtTpumvjgUeCgnbWqXa-I4XTOnP61jvcShwUATggz0j0j0CyNaPZ56JJ0mNYI6TFtvvQqspl5AK98ZGkkBYreLImv-dYJJONG3TlG_ygkPQSliD2PInQo-N/s320/Collection1000Games.png" /></a></div>I've reached another milestone in my collection today - 1000 complete in box games.<br />
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#1000 was <a href="http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=E-069-S-00040-A">Super Mario Bros. Deluxe</a> for the Game Boy ColorGa5kethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14454147454832941690noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6332952534574091234.post-43443327858847452062009-06-25T16:02:00.002+01:002009-06-26T10:29:48.585+01:00Inappropriate Use of Quotes and ApostrophesIt's odd how these things come in multiples, but as I was out on one of my regular jaunts about town looking for interesting stuff to buy I came upon a shop selling "Watch's". Now I'm not sure what's special about these, but for a fiver I bought one. I'll let you know if anything happens with it.<br />
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Last night we went to a fashion show put on by my daughter's college, and they gave out several awards to the learners (their description, not mine. What's wrong with "student?") Amongst these awards were:<br />
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'Attendance'<br />
'Student of the Year'<br />
Are these ironic awards, given out to truants and slackers?<br />
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My favorite:<br />
Progression 'Of Skill'<br />
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Their apostrophes, not mine. English presumably is not on the curriculum?<br />
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Disclaimer: This post isn't spell checked, so I'm probably leaving myself open to all kinds of flak.<br />
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Edit: I'd missed a possessive apostrophe of my own. Ha ha!<br />
Edit2: And I'd given it the wrong title :)Ga5kethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14454147454832941690noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6332952534574091234.post-59162082862016203842009-05-07T12:54:00.003+01:002009-05-07T13:02:42.723+01:00Emulators without Front EndsOne of the things that pains me about Linux in general is that lots of the emulators available don't have a front end. Don't get me wrong, I'm more than comfortable using the command line, but it's nice sometimes just to be presented with a list of games to pick from rather than have to type it in full (I know, I can use auto-complete in the terminal).<br />Anyway, a bit of googling around and I came across a script that I was able to modify to do exactly what I needed for O2EM.<br /><br />#!/bin/bash<br />EMUDIR=~/Apps/o2em<br />ROMDIR=$EMUDIR/roms/<br />cd "$ROMDIR"<br />while /bin/true;<br />do<br />ROM=$(zenity --title "Select a game" --file-selection)<br />#O2EM just wants the ROM name, so remove the path<br />ROM=${ROM//$ROMDIR/}<br />if [ -n "$ROM" ]; then <br /> cd "$EMUDIR"<br /> ~/Apps/o2em/o2em "$ROM" -fullscreen -scanlines -s1=3 -s2=3 ;<br />else exit<br />fi<br />doneGa5kethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14454147454832941690noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6332952534574091234.post-17887727849869877812009-05-06T20:20:00.002+01:002009-05-07T12:54:05.651+01:00Ubuntu Upgrade - Complete!For a couple of days now I've been considering upgrading my desktop version of Ubuntu 8.10 to <a href="http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download">9.04</a>. I've held off because I know that the last 2 have been a right royal PITA because of the PulseAudio configuration. Most of the time the PA stuff just did what I wanted, but I have an emulator (<a href="http://www.6809.org.uk/dragon/xroar.shtml">XRoar</a>) that uses OSS for it's sound, and whilst PA is supposed to be able to cope with it it's always behaved really badly, to the point that when I finally got it working I was content to just leave it be. Coincidentally, for the last couple of days I've been trying to install the <a href="http://o2em.sourceforge.net/">O2EM</a> emulator, and that's not been much fun either.<br />O2EM uses the Allegro libraries, and lo and behold they have a problem with ALSA/PulseAudio combinations. I'd hoped that the upgrade from 8.10 to 9.04 would solve this, but it didn't.<br />The whole process of the upgrade took me just over 90 mins from start to finish. I opted to go for a download of the install cd and trash the existing Ubuntu partition rather than perform a real upgrade. This method allowed me to start from scratch, which can be a big problem if you've not got a current back up of your home folder. Fortunately a couple of releases ago I separated out the home folder to it's own partition, just for this eventuality, so I was able to do a clean install without worrying about data.<br />I've also documented the entire process, complete with all the apps that I normally use, so next time (October) it should be even slicker.<br />To get back to the point of the post, I'm now back up and running and everything seems to be fine - apart from printing, which according to Google is broken when you're trying to use Samba - which I am. I don't do a lot of printing, so it's not a great issue for me at the moment, so I'll wait for a fix.<br />On the emulator front the upgrade has worked really well. XRoar now works better than ever, and I don't need to force it to use ALSA, the PA setup flawlessly detects it's using OSS and routes it through the correct sound channels - in fact it's better than previously as the stuttering effect is totally gone.<br />O2EM took me a bit longer, but I finally cracked it by forcing the sound system to use ESD. There's a not very well documented method for doing Allegro configuration using a rc file in your home folder, which when you plug the right values in specifies how the Allegro libs are supposed to work. Setting the sound to use ESD allows PulseAudio to get on and do it's thing of managing the sound system, and now I can play all my Videopac games without having to mess about setting up the console. Now if I can only configure it to use a joystick I'll be in heaven.<br /><br />Update: I've just figured out the joystick thing. It totally rocks!<br />Update2: Printing works now - I upgraded the other pc and published the printerGa5kethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14454147454832941690noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6332952534574091234.post-67866696037672986742009-04-27T12:54:00.001+01:002009-04-27T13:07:08.902+01:00Treasure HuntingIt's been over a month since my last Treasure Hunt post, though not for lack of searching. It has been the least successful month I've ever had, so bad that I've had to resort to eBay for most of my gaming goodies, although to be fair there has been quite a lot of Dragon 32 software kicking around, so my collection has grown to 78 titles CIB, 81 if you include the incomplete ones.<br />I even used the first camping trip of the season to do a little hunting, but again totally failed to find anything.<br />(Note for non-Europeans: Camping in England doesn't involve campfires, woods, bears or rifles and is normally done in the equivalent of a farmers field, although generally they've been good enough to include toilet and shower blocks of varying cleanliness)<br /><br />Anyway, this month has netted me the following items:<br /><br /><b>PS1</b><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKCeL-QalXlEDqNCS3XQ_fba003PDQm7jk_YuachKVgw9MmIxJxem-8Q-j84fPm9wwVkL1WQn7FiPqXVrdcMZTdnEmthC14d7YKdWMCY7bBkfP1xllCqBJeCGbrQ00-4fZwUNnN1W8/s1600-h/P4270003.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKCeL-QalXlEDqNCS3XQ_fba003PDQm7jk_YuachKVgw9MmIxJxem-8Q-j84fPm9wwVkL1WQn7FiPqXVrdcMZTdnEmthC14d7YKdWMCY7bBkfP1xllCqBJeCGbrQ00-4fZwUNnN1W8/s320/P4270003.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div>Disney's Jungle Book Groove Party, which replaces my Platinum version<br />Necronomicon: The Dawning of Darkness<br />Machine Hunter<br />Starsweep<br />Midway Arcade Party Pak<br /><br />for a total of £4.40<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM29y8XGZMv5KJFe_gOVSjY_vc4RdSHbagC8cs_0U6umBIzSCp4bUWMlkg1BnT13YEhyphenhyphenuWJfjemSP2X9OVGAl1iOdfdafx33-0y0mTYVGiy946jjYk4veQkyFLCPdGGmYUcL3qTGz5/s1600-h/P4270002.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM29y8XGZMv5KJFe_gOVSjY_vc4RdSHbagC8cs_0U6umBIzSCp4bUWMlkg1BnT13YEhyphenhyphenuWJfjemSP2X9OVGAl1iOdfdafx33-0y0mTYVGiy946jjYk4veQkyFLCPdGGmYUcL3qTGz5/s320/P4270002.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Complete in box G-Con 45 and Multi-tap, for £4.99 each<br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <b>PS2/Xbox</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b> </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWlcpl8Y0uLRBDkOBwL3sT9sdVAgj4RUfmwjYHm7g8JCphQwdhyphenhyphenJeJbqDsoCCgFaACYF7f9pe-SYiLN_6HMgP6o4QdIU8Ok_3SLRZ77x7JjnP6N1fQaJSBQJl8jktBkai_aT6bZxpE/s1600-h/P4270001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWlcpl8Y0uLRBDkOBwL3sT9sdVAgj4RUfmwjYHm7g8JCphQwdhyphenhyphenJeJbqDsoCCgFaACYF7f9pe-SYiLN_6HMgP6o4QdIU8Ok_3SLRZ77x7JjnP6N1fQaJSBQJl8jktBkai_aT6bZxpE/s320/P4270001.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><br />Pitfall: The Lost Expedition<br />Bruce Lee: Quest of the Dragon<br />Galleon<br />The Simpsons: Hit & Run<br />A Train 6<br /><br />for £1.29 each<br /><br />I don't have any idea of the years total to date, look for that in the next update.Ga5kethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14454147454832941690noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6332952534574091234.post-53697804754287652432009-04-25T17:58:00.003+01:002009-04-25T21:58:27.577+01:00Camping Trip Postponed?Next weekend we're supposed to be off camping, so I thought I'd start keeping an eye on the weather forecast. Metcheck has always been the most reliable source that I've used, but I suspect they may have a bit of a glitch somewhere in the system. Or I've requested a forecast for the planet Mesklin by mistake. If not I think I'll spend the weekend at home<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUEeP7cssim-penj6wMFkQWAK3wFqZk2XSJKgLGf8nWu_BNnCRsSm_6IrVFezsBdTDV4D8QthCjDy8ECGBSjmkothNI8h2DwE4-JNsRuVWgRkmcl3Bcr-1evOOUx4OjngNSn2vpHzS/s1600-h/Screenshot-Metcheck.com+-+Detailed+Daily+Weather+Forecast+for+Harrogate+-+%5BUpdated+on+25+April+2009+at+17:00%5D+-+Weather+Feeds+-+Live+Data+-+Long+Range+Weather+Forecasts+-+Mozilla+Firefox.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUEeP7cssim-penj6wMFkQWAK3wFqZk2XSJKgLGf8nWu_BNnCRsSm_6IrVFezsBdTDV4D8QthCjDy8ECGBSjmkothNI8h2DwE4-JNsRuVWgRkmcl3Bcr-1evOOUx4OjngNSn2vpHzS/s800/Screenshot-Metcheck.com+-+Detailed+Daily+Weather+Forecast+for+Harrogate+-+%5BUpdated+on+25+April+2009+at+17:00%5D+-+Weather+Feeds+-+Live+Data+-+Long+Range+Weather+Forecasts+-+Mozilla+Firefox.png" border="0" /></a></div>Ga5kethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14454147454832941690noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6332952534574091234.post-41300650385918085882009-03-07T15:03:00.001+00:002009-03-07T15:09:21.101+00:00Treasure HuntThis week's treasure hunting wasn't particularly successful. I did the rounds of all the usual shops, but I only managed to pick up a couple of PS1 games.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDTnhXJAPvtaJ-kMBsynUEF9uMfgwd0d8IbarsQhCuG8JT4ekjb894J3laiuHAzIgjUr0gtvCGnkMswOhlllE3iSdrZSvBOLW49K8k00e4-Jq4R02jG4MQ5PPbbHYElNtJocMOpUgz/s1600-h/P2050047.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 153px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDTnhXJAPvtaJ-kMBsynUEF9uMfgwd0d8IbarsQhCuG8JT4ekjb894J3laiuHAzIgjUr0gtvCGnkMswOhlllE3iSdrZSvBOLW49K8k00e4-Jq4R02jG4MQ5PPbbHYElNtJocMOpUgz/s320/P2050047.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310462440824881986" /></a><br /><b>PS1</b><br />Trash It<br />Resident Evil<br /><br />I only paid £1 for each of them, so that was good.<br /><br />Spurred on by the lack of success I had a look through the cheap end of the games that CeX had in stock, and I picked up this lot for £15<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWn-L01Kec983OeFkzKIK_04teamibRRNIV4Cw3mcadUgH7IME4CS9B846TxYYuD2t9AsqGCaaI2IeK0opht7o9n4zHaoVYlfGOlOqUmouXCXfZmnP81LPGywf5W9MjX6wCPBb2vAy/s1600-h/P2050046.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 122px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWn-L01Kec983OeFkzKIK_04teamibRRNIV4Cw3mcadUgH7IME4CS9B846TxYYuD2t9AsqGCaaI2IeK0opht7o9n4zHaoVYlfGOlOqUmouXCXfZmnP81LPGywf5W9MjX6wCPBb2vAy/s320/P2050046.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310462435776540706" /></a><br /><b>XBox</b><br />Unreal II: The Awakening<br />Broken Sword: The Sleeping Dragon<br />Black<br />Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy<br /><br />I already had a copy of Broken Sword, but sans manual, so this was a good opportunity to replace it. I'm making good progress on the incompletes, 56 remaining out of a total of 969 games.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-7YaMugZLhOtgrVb366k4tAQC1JYiyHGZol84VYRbIcwYHGStPLB0BShSo1FY2vXML_b_10ew3yt9-RKiRusLIS4lSZS9by7Iiu1jAOOmTZo6Lrld1mqFnJH1rooZ2lB7cIolBxRH/s1600-h/P2050045.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 275px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-7YaMugZLhOtgrVb366k4tAQC1JYiyHGZol84VYRbIcwYHGStPLB0BShSo1FY2vXML_b_10ew3yt9-RKiRusLIS4lSZS9by7Iiu1jAOOmTZo6Lrld1mqFnJH1rooZ2lB7cIolBxRH/s320/P2050045.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310462427437964146" /></a><br /><b>PS2</b><br />Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers<br />The Getaway<br />Red Faction II<br />007 Nightfire<br />Half-life<br />Headhunter<br /><br />There's nothing especially amazing amongst the PS2 stuff, but it was time just to pick up some of the cheap stuff while it's still easily available. On another note I did fantastically well with records, but that's not the point of this post.<br /><br />Spend for the week: £17.00<br />Month: £17.00<br />Year: £295.36Ga5kethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14454147454832941690noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6332952534574091234.post-3005928694279740702009-03-03T12:32:00.000+00:002009-03-03T12:33:01.168+00:00The mind, it boggles<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><a href='http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/89835-A-Better-Shave-For-Gamers'>The Escapist : News : A Better Shave For Gamers</a><br/><br/>The Escapist reports on a new razor for 'Gamers' I mean Christ Almighty why, just why? Words totally fail me. What is it about gamers' faces that's so different from the rest of mankind?<br/><br/>What's wrong with a safety razor anyway? I use a <a href='http://badgerandblade.com/vb/showthread.php?t=5877'>Parker 90R</a> - with a shaving brush and some decent soap it gives me the best shave I've ever had.<br/><br/><blockquote/><br/><br/><div class='zemanta-pixie'><img src='http://img.zemanta.com/pixy.gif?x-id=8855d53f-fb75-47ec-8d35-08ffe66d5f1c' class='zemanta-pixie-img'/></div></div>Ga5kethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14454147454832941690noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6332952534574091234.post-68094895478049414342009-02-27T16:11:00.001+00:002009-02-27T16:18:47.086+00:00Treasure HuntingI've not managed to pick up tons of stuff again this week, encountering a total failure to find anything worth buying in my hometown. Work was a different matter, I hit paydirt in one of the Charity shops, scoring 14 Master System games, complete for 99p each.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg06E-GBuWkvj59pzq5yIVnuZV1zVFLaoxOEASLQpgQ_ukP5OrurSEQhkZwoc7DBJ7SMGW04OXnzLX5bKc-LEbKGwuFOAESXZfeYZM_MHCe7mYMDgdYpqTGuBq6yZDweYARcqCXdKQs/s1600-h/P2270003.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 272px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg06E-GBuWkvj59pzq5yIVnuZV1zVFLaoxOEASLQpgQ_ukP5OrurSEQhkZwoc7DBJ7SMGW04OXnzLX5bKc-LEbKGwuFOAESXZfeYZM_MHCe7mYMDgdYpqTGuBq6yZDweYARcqCXdKQs/s320/P2270003.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5307512002470812706" /></a><br />Golvellius: Valley of Doom<br />Sagaia<br />Black Belt<br />Pac-Mania<br />The Jungle Book<br />Castle of Illusion<br />Desert Speedtrap<br />Alien Storm<br />Submarine Attack<br />Ace of Aces<br />Terminator 2: Judgement day<br />Robocopy Vs The Terminator<br />Gain Ground<br />Captain Silver<br /><br />Oh, and a MB Pac-Man boardgame (1982) for £1.99<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw0YvRv-QCup6arQa68L6fNHNyrUt3JEe14GBZEsxVAR7k6hQwM9VeKmgmVKzb-F9xCk53G0NCwatTa-gBZcc43c9NqACu0tPQcofwCsZI07OW2-BBOdwY9Xgxl2jjAuyo-OI7b_qE/s1600-h/P2270004.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 168px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw0YvRv-QCup6arQa68L6fNHNyrUt3JEe14GBZEsxVAR7k6hQwM9VeKmgmVKzb-F9xCk53G0NCwatTa-gBZcc43c9NqACu0tPQcofwCsZI07OW2-BBOdwY9Xgxl2jjAuyo-OI7b_qE/s320/P2270004.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5307512006088373010" /></a><br /><br />Week: £15.85<br />Months total: £143.81<br />Year to date: £278.36Ga5kethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14454147454832941690noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6332952534574091234.post-19937235392594772912009-02-20T17:30:00.003+00:002009-02-20T17:47:37.317+00:00Treasure Hunt<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">The quest for goodies this week met with a bit of a failure in the quantity department, but a huge success in the quality stakes. I did my normal weekly trawl of the charity shops, coming up trumps at the start of the week, but a BFZ (that's a big fat zero for you DOOM fans) today.<br />
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<b>Game Boy</b><br />
Burai fighter Deluxe<br />
Ghostbusters II<br />
Pac-Man<br />
Wizards & Warriors X: Fortress of Fear<br />
Double Dragon<br />
Golf<br />
Solar Striker<br />
The Amazing Spider-Man<br />
<br />
Now not only are these boxed, but they also have the little plastic bag for the cartridge, the Nintendo poster, the manual and the registration card, and I paid £3 for each of them.<br />
<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHAVpdywI63I4O55AsXfwwLWntCq8Vqgt2kmgd7lCGCtjgYfGgpia6zlQoEqJCMnZrcWt-VuXYv-AKsA4-EV35jER1XBA32bAk5hvkBmhVqw4JYbL4wbALO8LpLypcwg_WN9FoxlYm/s1600-h/P2200001.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 227px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHAVpdywI63I4O55AsXfwwLWntCq8Vqgt2kmgd7lCGCtjgYfGgpia6zlQoEqJCMnZrcWt-VuXYv-AKsA4-EV35jER1XBA32bAk5hvkBmhVqw4JYbL4wbALO8LpLypcwg_WN9FoxlYm/s320/P2200001.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304934084473625682" border="0" /></a><br />
<b>Playstation<br />
<br />
</b>Final Fantasy VIII<br />
<br />
Not particularly impressive, but it's in better condition than the one I currently own, and it was £3.<br />
<br />
<b>Playstation 2<br />
<br />
</b>Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence<br />
<br />
This one is a bit of a cheat actually as my friend Paul picked it up for me when it became available in his hometown. This week was the first time we'd been able to co-ordinate the handover of game and money, so a big thanks to him for that. £35<br />
<br />
Months total: £127.96<br />
Year to date: £262.51<br />
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<div class="zemanta-pixie"><img src="http://img.zemanta.com/pixy.gif?x-id=709410e7-6bdd-4595-a0cb-7d4fdb1943c4" class="zemanta-pixie-img" /></div></div>Ga5kethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14454147454832941690noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6332952534574091234.post-15354251521870375382009-02-13T14:17:00.001+00:002009-02-13T14:23:52.050+00:00Treasure Hunt<b>PS1</b><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5vbI0ikjj4ZCgrgBWG8eLeqLuoIr1gEjUKiNUT2HDUsHgZHemtqwxiaF-mwM28AJyeHxngUAa0BYsvzsWR0ivRiRNAurtYUDqOoiSnslRcH976p-Goi7OI23i3g-qjTIm7xTP9rh6/s1600-h/P2120003.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 314px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5vbI0ikjj4ZCgrgBWG8eLeqLuoIr1gEjUKiNUT2HDUsHgZHemtqwxiaF-mwM28AJyeHxngUAa0BYsvzsWR0ivRiRNAurtYUDqOoiSnslRcH976p-Goi7OI23i3g-qjTIm7xTP9rh6/s320/P2120003.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302286790409194082" border="0" /></a><br /><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><br />Time Crisis,<br />TOCA Touring Cars, £1.99 each<br />Warcraft II, £2.50<br />Colin McRae Rally, £1.79<br /><br /><b>PS2</b><br /><br />Final Fantasy X guide, £3.99<br />Rune Viking Warlord,<br />Chaos Legion,<br />Maximo vs Army of Zin, £1.99 each<br /><br /><b>XBox</b><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGvI4Q0Kx5AMaFeJ5eEaOSFcCVUUwv0NbIdaOVJLtxxTeZczi7EcT97eMoD32kGFOXt69NjSgnctaBWy57oQgLQ738eI6Pt6k_mRzpA3CMnzlNSUPp3VnBpleE86B_VthihCqYrI0y/s1600-h/P2130002.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 232px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGvI4Q0Kx5AMaFeJ5eEaOSFcCVUUwv0NbIdaOVJLtxxTeZczi7EcT97eMoD32kGFOXt69NjSgnctaBWy57oQgLQ738eI6Pt6k_mRzpA3CMnzlNSUPp3VnBpleE86B_VthihCqYrI0y/s320/P2130002.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302286790710241938" border="0" /></a><br />Unreal Championship, £1.99<br />Hunter the Reckoning: Redeemer, 99p<br /><br /><b>PSP</b><br />Metal Gear Solid Portable Ops,<br />Metal Gear Solid Portable Ops Plus, £10 each<br /><br />Total this week: £41.21<br />Total this year: £180.51<br /><br /><div class="zemanta-pixie"><img class="zemanta-pixie-img" src="http://img.zemanta.com/pixy.gif?x-id=97400489-a30b-425a-9ee8-bf7ed85856a1" /></div></div>Ga5kethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14454147454832941690noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6332952534574091234.post-75989445633602150962009-02-09T13:30:00.003+00:002009-02-09T13:36:47.914+00:00eBay WinningsI've decided this month to have a push on my Master System collection. I rarely find these in the wild, so most of the purchases are going to have to come from eBay. So far this month I've picked up<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtMUQkNznc2o6w8XlBY6rONFYBhfQDWc0rVQcx9YSYDfA-PsJcygOumI2msPUZJIdBR-TXguefKB5dcELSxu1PEVq9iOCwV2JawouVFMhuVnMnH15heUOFqAeTiQVva-TK_wJToVXN/s1600-h/P2090004.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtMUQkNznc2o6w8XlBY6rONFYBhfQDWc0rVQcx9YSYDfA-PsJcygOumI2msPUZJIdBR-TXguefKB5dcELSxu1PEVq9iOCwV2JawouVFMhuVnMnH15heUOFqAeTiQVva-TK_wJToVXN/s320/P2090004.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300790170552856770" border="0" /></a><br /><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><br />Action Fighter<br />Air Rescue<br />Aladdin<br />Alien3<br />Black Belt<br />Endure Racer<br />Gangster Town<br />Gauntlet<br />The Jungle Book<br />Luck Dime Caper<br />The Ninja<br />PacMania<br />Rastan<br />Rescue Mission<br />Time Soldiers<br /><br />Total cost £42.16<br /></div>Ga5kethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14454147454832941690noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6332952534574091234.post-81364630526705117232009-01-31T13:01:00.004+00:002009-01-31T14:01:54.338+00:00Treasure Hunt<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUg8aZunBrdIe6q82w1Ueo3X_LffP-rbXLRfBSlwFwqf2216bcs6BOrO360mV-gPTmOxAXKUzCtDWyYbDXpdQFaPdEzFGoA2zv6j5HAmJO-70it1i1Fv8bf0J-uzrSzPhDg0DFSbMr/s1600-h/P1150003.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5297442829387282882" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUg8aZunBrdIe6q82w1Ueo3X_LffP-rbXLRfBSlwFwqf2216bcs6BOrO360mV-gPTmOxAXKUzCtDWyYbDXpdQFaPdEzFGoA2zv6j5HAmJO-70it1i1Fv8bf0J-uzrSzPhDg0DFSbMr/s320/P1150003.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 252px; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 320px;" /></a><br />
<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Had a fantastic day today:<br />
<br />
<b>Playstation</b><br />
<br />
Blaze Rave Station, with Dancing Stage EuroMix and Dancing Stage Party Edition, £5<br />
Wip3Out and TOCA 2 Touring Cars. No covers or manuals, but the cases are in good condition and I've got some that are broken, 50p each<br />
<b>Game Boy Color</b><br />
<br />
2x Body Boy silicon skins, 1 clear, 1 yellow, £1<br />
Pong and Megaman Xtreme, £4 each<br />
<br />
<b>Master System</b><br />
Sonic the Hedgehog 2, no instructions, but includes the SEGA poster that's missing from my other copy, £1<br />
<br />
<b>Game Boy Advance SP</b><br />
Carry case complete with car adapter and 7 cartridge protectors, £2<br />
<br />
<b>Commodore 64</b> <br />
GFL Championship Football (not shown) £1<br />
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Grand total of £19</div>Ga5kethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14454147454832941690noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6332952534574091234.post-25678130067484071262009-01-27T08:45:00.002+00:002009-01-27T08:46:43.690+00:00Pac-man - Text Style<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><a href="http://pac-txt.com/"></a><a href="http://pac-txt.com/">This</a> is fantastic, pac-man played as a text adventure. Gotta love the 'e' to eat that you have to manually perform otherwise you miss the dots. Sheer class!<br /><br /><blockquote></blockquote></div>Ga5kethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14454147454832941690noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6332952534574091234.post-43314923329250643612009-01-24T16:26:00.002+00:002009-01-24T16:30:36.054+00:00Cocktail Cabinet Update<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2t233ZEuqXYiE27s_gOYlvmsWGQn8EWzmD82uDr0xy923pnCzxy0PIdYktk5rjeMvfSQTEdKDRlL-nM3la4cQ1EhsMQdCdtbBeF9kv-khva0rxoptfuXvTacwOPLeF1Ac-WZaEM4n/s1600-h/P1090003.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 148px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2t233ZEuqXYiE27s_gOYlvmsWGQn8EWzmD82uDr0xy923pnCzxy0PIdYktk5rjeMvfSQTEdKDRlL-nM3la4cQ1EhsMQdCdtbBeF9kv-khva0rxoptfuXvTacwOPLeF1Ac-WZaEM4n/s320/P1090003.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294898407826010098" /></a><br />I've started assembling the control panel today. I've completed the basic framework and installed the buttons, unfortunately I've made a mistake with the P2 Start button and I can't fit it where I'd originally planned as it's blockedby the P2 joystick, so I have to cut a new front section and re-drill it. That problem aside the controls look and feel great.Ga5kethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14454147454832941690noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6332952534574091234.post-56984368805506059822009-01-24T16:17:00.002+00:002009-01-24T16:21:42.359+00:00Treasure Hunt<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaDujENCjUQanLmG8Xy6gTPaE-ckaXcArnAx638pc6CfpfAWk31lH5i722f2ltK0cb4rr1osHlA8VaEFbcmopbgWEEoUFdjsAL6xlrx_-DGEeEAdvPoAyVrCtDwJz-VFOcGpx7gCHG/s1600-h/P1090003.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 274px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaDujENCjUQanLmG8Xy6gTPaE-ckaXcArnAx638pc6CfpfAWk31lH5i722f2ltK0cb4rr1osHlA8VaEFbcmopbgWEEoUFdjsAL6xlrx_-DGEeEAdvPoAyVrCtDwJz-VFOcGpx7gCHG/s320/P1090003.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294895582183836098" /></a><br /><div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'>I've not blogged much about finds recently, mainly because there haven't been any. I guess everyone was deciding what to do with their odds and ends after the Christmas period, and this week I've picked up some good stuff:<br/><br/><b>XBox</b><br/>Fully boxed, with Blinx the Time Sweeper, for £20.00<br/><br/><b>SNES</b><br/>Spectre<br/>Ultraman<br/>Robocop 3<br/>All complete with manual and inners.<br/><br/>£2 each<br/><br/><b>Game Cube</b><br/>Defender, for £3<br/><br/></div>Ga5kethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14454147454832941690noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6332952534574091234.post-55212750402261980632009-01-13T10:41:00.002+00:002009-01-13T10:48:38.349+00:00Treasure HuntI've had quite a bit of success this last week<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1Yq1gu96FyypcswSm368MHDBVFYFZFXwaoSdj2_tBJhzb3GWCoV8VN795gOD8NTxzXTjClD52A4onAuSfC8hhxjQVXlu8cG_ExEElUE9hYGF2LvUVD5Q42pXX_Xg4tHiQJcT8ZNmB/s1600-h/PC280014.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 140px; height: 160px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1Yq1gu96FyypcswSm368MHDBVFYFZFXwaoSdj2_tBJhzb3GWCoV8VN795gOD8NTxzXTjClD52A4onAuSfC8hhxjQVXlu8cG_ExEElUE9hYGF2LvUVD5Q42pXX_Xg4tHiQJcT8ZNmB/s320/PC280014.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5290727327845499026" border="0" /></a><br /><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Scene it? Movie Edition<br />Scene it? Music Edition<br /><br />£3.25 each, in mint condition<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpEAG-nSsQIJU2EfsyWTqhDR1YAOq7P7ig5AjF0RegrP2-rDiPRL42fLwUafZvPeBquSh3gbZ0g7taBqRTC5CX2nXLcsGUvB0v97wMz8RMoAtQzGxEZp43YRKdoYgWjgafKkxmDgtz/s1600-h/PC280013.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 160px; height: 151px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpEAG-nSsQIJU2EfsyWTqhDR1YAOq7P7ig5AjF0RegrP2-rDiPRL42fLwUafZvPeBquSh3gbZ0g7taBqRTC5CX2nXLcsGUvB0v97wMz8RMoAtQzGxEZp43YRKdoYgWjgafKkxmDgtz/s320/PC280013.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5290727335193175634" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight:bold;">Game Boy Advance SP</span>, boxed, with Mat Hoffman's Pro BMX, unboxed £9.99<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Playstation</span><br />Superbike 2000, Guilty Gear, Die Hard Trilogy 2,<br />Micro Machines V3, Spider-man 2: Enter Electro,<br />Speedball 2100, X-men Mutant Academy<br /><br />£1 each<br /></div>Ga5kethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14454147454832941690noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6332952534574091234.post-10797283561191604492009-01-09T15:41:00.003+00:002009-01-09T15:46:02.838+00:00Cocktail Cabinet Update<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPo0pj3o4CTakVCBiaDDnU66C08A5XFicFN23gu0J9yrM4UhWHdcugKkp-yh2S9JJVADwdxBGQTWZuJibAUpUcrH6v_sAE2LcByCrszSnYQzYRJRb645HEtNp40ZljVwvA84gG07tk/s1600-h/PC250012.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPo0pj3o4CTakVCBiaDDnU66C08A5XFicFN23gu0J9yrM4UhWHdcugKkp-yh2S9JJVADwdxBGQTWZuJibAUpUcrH6v_sAE2LcByCrszSnYQzYRJRb645HEtNp40ZljVwvA84gG07tk/s320/PC250012.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5289320656307993794" border="0" /></a><br /><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">I've received all the control parts from the nice people at <a href="http://www.gremlinsolutions.co.uk/">Gremlin Solutions</a> today. Can't wait to crack on with the soldering :)<br /><br />I'd love to order some of their arcade cabs too, they look soooo nice, alas the money they want is out of my league. And I'd have to explain to Jane where we're going to put them, because just one would look stupid wouldn't it?</div>Ga5kethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14454147454832941690noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6332952534574091234.post-21533209926621488712008-12-23T16:52:00.003+00:002008-12-23T16:57:37.746+00:00Collection Milestone<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm9t4roj_JejsmYMADtGzmU7TcCQ7BUlEX-Rw4CZZzwhRvbKDiNmY9TUBr1mFWnwtKLVkO49gbI46D7sEpH1UiYLSXe0Z9sQO2irPOfVnWwwPQgq0CqCwkYuP41DGZ8XI4osjC7Tkv/s1600-h/Collection1000Real.png"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 183px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm9t4roj_JejsmYMADtGzmU7TcCQ7BUlEX-Rw4CZZzwhRvbKDiNmY9TUBr1mFWnwtKLVkO49gbI46D7sEpH1UiYLSXe0Z9sQO2irPOfVnWwwPQgq0CqCwkYuP41DGZ8XI4osjC7Tkv/s200/Collection1000Real.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5283030226563281810" border="0" /></a><br />Earlier I blogged about reaching 1000 total gaming items, but it was <a href="http://ga5ket.blogspot.com/2008/12/gaming-collection.html?showComment=1229281020000#c729968857768281948">disputed</a> by my friend Paul, as it included stuff belonging to my good lady. Today I have reached the 1000 mark on my own. :)<br /><br />My new 1000th item was <a href="http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=E-050-S-00350-A">Manic Miner</a> for the Dragon 32Ga5kethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14454147454832941690noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6332952534574091234.post-4925441783893558642008-12-20T21:25:00.002+00:002008-12-21T06:59:11.967+00:00Donkey Kong 64 UpdateI've been playing my way through now for about 5 days, and I've clocked about 16 hours game time. The completion stats tell me I've done 24%, which isn't bad. The game is still holding my interest, but there's a lot, and by that I mean 2 out of 3 words, of swearing at it. It would be even better if the developers had paid a bit of attention to the user side. For example I've been trying to complete the arcade version of DK that's in the game. This gives me a gold banana for the first completion, and the Nintendo coin for the second. Now it's not beyond the realms of possibility that I might fail on my first attempt, so to get to retry it I have to reposition DK on the lever, press they pull button, watch the cut scene of the zoom in to the machine, sit through donkey kong stealing Pauline, and then I can start playing. And if I die in the game I have to sit through it all again. How hard would it have been to include a retry option, so I could do it in seconds, with the push of one button? As I'm a programmer I can tell you - really bloody easy. In the programming language I use in my day job it could have been done in<br /><br />Msgbox "Retry" "You failed" Question YesNo<br />If <mbresult> mbResult = mbYes Call DONKEY_ARCADE</mbresult><br /><br />2 lines. Gits! So no, I have to sit through 5 mins of crap because a developer insists that I have to watch his cutscene.<br /><br />You wouldn't necessarily believe it from this post, but I'm really enjoying the gameGa5kethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14454147454832941690noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6332952534574091234.post-28181748788933486222008-12-18T13:43:00.002+00:002008-12-18T13:44:52.918+00:00Treasure Hunt<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtXRnQPthRj3ZbXfV8jerWD-nIY37gMyjpSxT9wZ2Cit-9N7J1OXhyphenhyphenmCbLUNPUqo67SLkO6yFNugEHQMGiaXEcud-pzfwqZqt-CO4bQafGlwFKmtOhWvu_pdg2dWUYNrW_hXThk1ZU/s1600-h/PC160004.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 222px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtXRnQPthRj3ZbXfV8jerWD-nIY37gMyjpSxT9wZ2Cit-9N7J1OXhyphenhyphenmCbLUNPUqo67SLkO6yFNugEHQMGiaXEcud-pzfwqZqt-CO4bQafGlwFKmtOhWvu_pdg2dWUYNrW_hXThk1ZU/s320/PC160004.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5281125658334281410" border="0" /></a><br /><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Not much yesterday:<br />World Grand Prix, Master System, £1.99<br />Alien Resurrection, PS1, £1.50<br /></div>Ga5kethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14454147454832941690noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6332952534574091234.post-5879833330628301302008-12-16T08:25:00.002+00:002008-12-16T08:26:38.436+00:00Tomb Raider: Underworld<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><a href="http://www.tombraiderchronicles.com/headlines3582.html">Tomb Raider Chronicles - CLASSIC OUTFITS COMING TO XBOX LIVE</a><br /><br />I know I promised I wouldn't, but Argh! and Grr! Goddammit! Bunch of useless tossers. I think I've said that before.<br /><blockquote></blockquote></div>Ga5kethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14454147454832941690noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6332952534574091234.post-18167838514795982902008-12-15T17:13:00.002+00:002008-12-15T17:15:49.568+00:00Currently Playing: Donkey Kong 64<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'>I've finally gotten around to playing some games again, consequently I've chosen something from my backlog list. Donkey Kong 64 has not stood the test of time very well, the camera is all over the bloody place, needing frequent corrections, and the graphics are about what you'd expect for N64 era 3D, i.e. eye bleeding colours and blurred like it's all out of focus. Game play is actually pretty good, jump around, shoot things, find bananas. <br/></div>Ga5kethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14454147454832941690noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6332952534574091234.post-80780957876061625772008-12-13T14:38:00.005+00:002008-12-13T21:42:15.313+00:00Gaming collection<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimzMJ-g7J8HxBc0P88q9wSVNar7H1ZwUcqU6lBQbK4MFcvmpvMkQuZe_eUt2Wzvzz2Rh-xfyZrizfsD6tON_tHo2CopFw22jv1z8y-RSmAFqFnXCC9Wgswz7QZrxsviTsQ1R-Fv4dl/s1600-h/1000items.png"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 216px; height: 210px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimzMJ-g7J8HxBc0P88q9wSVNar7H1ZwUcqU6lBQbK4MFcvmpvMkQuZe_eUt2Wzvzz2Rh-xfyZrizfsD6tON_tHo2CopFw22jv1z8y-RSmAFqFnXCC9Wgswz7QZrxsviTsQ1R-Fv4dl/s320/1000items.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279284241907495954" /></a><br /><div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'>Today I have reached a total of 1000 items - this doesn't include books, toys or figures, just systems, games and peripherals, and excludes duplicated items.<br/></div><br /><a href="http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=E-050-S-00200-A">The Ket Trilogy</a> for the Dragon 32 was my 1000th itemGa5kethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14454147454832941690noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6332952534574091234.post-65270002184058823482008-12-09T17:12:00.002+00:002008-12-09T17:15:13.190+00:00Treasure Hunt<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqD2KdQBF5HVdDGM_P3OROpMSj7uO8SKH7amWJvr-OYawPL4Cb85Tc7cBs072hULlxqqcWk7WYYxtOF9Ir9c8PJZZDUqVyvKVaj-VGZuuAr4t607hTQ4WwvsWQitgx37AivL8YJswe/s1600-h/PC070003.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 168px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqD2KdQBF5HVdDGM_P3OROpMSj7uO8SKH7amWJvr-OYawPL4Cb85Tc7cBs072hULlxqqcWk7WYYxtOF9Ir9c8PJZZDUqVyvKVaj-VGZuuAr4t607hTQ4WwvsWQitgx37AivL8YJswe/s200/PC070003.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277840073144828674" /></a><br /><div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'>Did quite well today, 6 games for the PSX, for £1.99 each.<br/><br/>Doom<br/>Destruction Derby<br/>Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Rogue Spear<br/>Music 2000<br/>Theme Park<br/>Speed Freaks<br/><br/></div>Ga5kethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14454147454832941690noreply@blogger.com1