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Post by anayo on Nov 9, 2020 7:24:54 GMT -5
hUuUuUuUge video game lot $300
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Post by Ex on Nov 9, 2020 10:02:16 GMT -5
This dude knew what he liked, and he freaking overdosed on it.
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Post by toei on Nov 9, 2020 10:10:44 GMT -5
I like the one Caesar's Palace cartridge. Just when you thought it didn't get any more worthless than loose cartridges of old yearly sport games.
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Post by Ex on Nov 9, 2020 10:29:12 GMT -5
I like the one Caesar's Palace cartridge. Just when you thought it didn't get any more worthlessYeah... when I was a kid, my parents bought me Caesars Palace for Game Boy. I remember desperately trying to wring some fun out of it, but never managed to do so. Why would anyone buy a Las Vegas gambling game for a ten year old?
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Post by anayo on Nov 19, 2020 6:21:53 GMT -5
I like the one Caesar's Palace cartridge. Just when you thought it didn't get any more worthlessYeah... when I was a kid, my parents bought me Caesars Palace for Game Boy. I remember desperately trying to wring some fun out of it, but never managed to do so. Why would anyone buy a Las Vegas gambling game for a ten year old?
That reminds me of a comment from the YouTuber Jenny Nicholson. She was describing this line of Star Wars Disney sequel trilogy figures marketed at little girls and said something like, "I think these are like those kid-sized fishing poles they sell in the sporting goods section. They're not aimed at kids themselves, they're aimed at parents who like fishing and want their kids to get into fishing, too." In the late 90's my Grandma had a "Hoyle Card Games" title on her PC with a version of 5 card draw that I enjoyed so much it taught me to play Poker with real cards (I never wagered real money, though, I would always use fake tokens.) But in that version there were voice actors with little animated avatars making it more engaging for a kid. Plus it just feels like casino games are the sort of thing that belong on the PC, not Nintendo or Sega. Back in those days whenever I would see ads in comic books for Caesar's Palace on SNES or Genesis I would think there must be somebody who was into those, but I never personally knew anyone who was.
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Post by Ex on Nov 19, 2020 11:22:27 GMT -5
anayo I agree that parents often buy "kid versions" of their own hobbies, attempting to get their offspring enthused into their own hobbies. In my personal experience for example, my dad bought me a lot of air pistols/rifles when I was a kid, because firearms are his #1 hobby.
In regards to casinos and gambling though, my parents were never into that stuff. They would play card games occasionally, and when I was in grade school I often saw my dad playing Klondike. In this particular game's instance though, I think one of my parents saw GB Caesars Palace at a heavily discounted price and said, "Well maybe he'll like it." Also Caesars Palance is a dry simulation, I think it was honestly meant for adults! There was a small cadre of adult-oriented games for Game Boy in the system's early years (ergo the "Have you had your fun today?" campaign.)
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Post by anayo on Nov 19, 2020 16:47:17 GMT -5
Ex Ah so it was less "Let's get junior into blackjack so we can go to Vegas together!" and more "This is a VIDEO GAME and kids like VIDEO GAMEs so I will buy my kid a VIDEO GAME." I've certainly been guilty of that with other peoples' hobbies before.
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Post by Ex on Nov 19, 2020 16:57:53 GMT -5
anayoThe latter was definitely the case. In my parents' defense though, they usually bought me great games (by asking store clerks what was good). CP was an outlier exception for sure.
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Post by anayo on Nov 20, 2020 20:12:21 GMT -5
This wasn't for sale but it belongs here anyway:
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Post by Ex on Nov 20, 2020 21:13:34 GMT -5
Somebody modded a PS1 to have a steampunk aesthetic. That's kind of cool. The only problem I see there, is that it's gold. It should have been done in a faux bronze tone, with splotches of that green patina it gets over time. Bronze is much more steampunk than gold is.
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