Dagnabbit, I got the cussing glitch! I’m going to take the high road for once and *not* submit this one (and hope that Hamster fixes this bug soon).

Results for the evening: Either 9th place, or 2nd place, depending on how you look at it.

heard of anyone hacking the ACA LBs). I can’t find any information about this bonus online. I can confirm that it’s *not* from spelling “SPECIAL” in this version, which has the same rewards as the original arcade version (a few thousand points and a free game). It’s also kind of strange that…

So I’m kind of at a loss as to how to hit the top of the pure High Score Mode in Lady Bug. It looks like there’s either a secret million-point bonus that a few people have earned (one as early as Stage 3!) or the Leaderboard has been hacked (it happens all the time with Pac-Man CE, but I’ve never…

Since I got the ACA2 version of Lady Bug, I went ahead and took the top spot in its exclusive Time Attack Mode as well. Explanation of how these rankings work in the ALT Text. As for High Score Mode….I’ve got questions. I’ll start a new thread on that one since it’s messy.

“It was *you*, alright?! They learned it by watching you!”

LOL, fuck right off with this. The mods can step away whenever they choose. The runner can take a stand and put that controller down. Anyone complicit in this right now deserves all the scorn in the world.

She did this.

TBF, I do have this in my collection, which proves that anything and everything is bootlegged by someone out there. But also, one look at it and you can tell it’s not legit. You’re just not likely to find high-grade reproductions of lower-value games. People make an effort when there’s $ to be made.

I’ve prepared a statement on this morning’s discussion of what qualifies as “retro”.

*sigh*

Random Stacking of Circuit Boards, Part II: Basically the same thing, except that the Famicom board with the weird chips (EPROMS maybe? I’m no expert) and the odd blue adapter are from a vintage 1943 bootleg cart.

Random Stacking of Circuit Boards, Part I: Famicom Robot Gyro plugged into the Honeybee adapter that it shipped with inside an NES Gyromite cart plugged into an NES to Famicom converter plugged into my AV Famicom.

Egad! Sir, hide your shame!

It might look ugly, but it plays just fine.

Good news from the dumping scene: The Legend of Zelda has finally been cracked!

Me during every Retro Pals stream.

(Sidebar: I love the Bill Watterson vibes from this marquee artwork)

Random thing I was thinking about last night: Putting aside later reissues and isolated cases of someone importing a random Japanese cab, how many older arcade games were officially released/distributed by multiple manufacturers in the US? These are the ones I’m already aware of.

Say Anything (1989)

And then it suddenly stopped working again. But I happened to see a thread last night on clearing out the vias (blue holes) on the PCB, the method I’d mentioned below. It took all of 3 minutes to get it up and running again! Very nice!

And, while I’m at it, here are the rest of her wonderful works in my possession! (Clockwise from top-left: Oil’s Well (ColecoVision), Pac-Man CE (Xbox 360), Mutant League Hockey (Genesis), Space Dungeon (Atari 5200))

Also, @itatton.bsky.social reminded me that I was once recognized for my Lady Bug (2600 port) skillz before in our local tournament in a much more meaningful way, courtesy of the artistic talents of @queenslime.bsky.social. What a beaut!

Folks,

FB Memories reminded me today that I still have Weezee’s* copy of Lethal Weapon for the SNES. (*I have no idea who this is, but you may try calling them if you’d like)

We each celebrate the birth of our nation in our own way.

Yeah yeah yeah…. You know, maybe I’ll spend another $8 just to take him down as well. :)

Hot damn, never thought I’d make it this high up! I could call it a one-in-million session that I’ll never have ever again, but this is actually the third time in the last 24 hours I’ve topped the last score I posted. If I can grind out just a little bit more…