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		<title>Two new free web games now available &#8211; Armchair Easy Sudoku and Armchair Typing Invaders with three play modes!</title>
		<link>https://armchairarcade.com/perspectives/2025/11/04/two-new-free-web-games-now-available-armchair-easy-sudoku-and-armchair-typing-invaders/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bill Loguidice]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2025 15:16:55 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Two new web games are now available on the Games tab on Armchair Arcade or the GAMES tab on fullSTEAMahead365.  Armchair Easy Sudoku lets you play unlimited easy Sudoku games and tracks your session Correct and Incorrect, as well as Wins and Losses. Armchair Typing Invaders includes FALLING LETTERS, FALLING WORDS, and TYPING SPEED TESTER, with each game mode tracking relevant stats per session.</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://armchairarcade.com/perspectives/2025/11/04/two-new-free-web-games-now-available-armchair-easy-sudoku-and-armchair-typing-invaders/">Two new free web games now available &#8211; Armchair Easy Sudoku and Armchair Typing Invaders with three play modes!</a> appeared first on <a href="https://armchairarcade.com/perspectives">Armchair Arcade</a>.</p>
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<p>Two new web games are now available on the <a href="https://armchairarcade.com/perspectives/games-to-play/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Games tab</a> on <strong>Armchair Arcade</strong> or the <a href="https://fullsteamahead365.com/games/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">GAMES tab</a> on <strong>fullSTEAMahead365</strong>.  <em>Armchair Easy Sudoku </em>lets you play unlimited easy Sudoku games and tracks your session Correct and Incorrect, as well as Wins and Losses. <em>Armchair Typing Invaders</em> includes FALLING LETTERS, FALLING WORDS, and TYPING SPEED TESTER, with each game mode tracking relevant stats per session.</p>



<p>These new additions to the growing list of games join the simple speed shooter, <em>Block Invaders</em>, and Google classic endless runner, <em>Dinosaur Game</em>.</p>



<p>On the <a href="https://armchairarcade.com/perspectives/apps/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Apps tab</a> on <strong>Armchair Arcade</strong> or the <a href="https://fullsteamahead365.com/apps/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">APPS tab</a> on <strong>fullSTEAMahead365</strong>, you&#8217;ll find <em>LITA</em>, or <em>Loguidice Interactive Text Analyzer</em>. <em>LITA</em> is an interactive web tool that provides a comprehensive, real-time analysis of any text you paste or type into it. It instantly calculates over ten key metrics, including word and character counts, average sentence length, estimated reading time, and the Flesch-Kincaid reading level. As with the other web offerings, <em>LITA </em>is completely free. </p>


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<p>As always, if you have any constructive feedback for these free games or apps, feel free to reach out or comment. Enjoy!</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://armchairarcade.com/perspectives/2025/11/04/two-new-free-web-games-now-available-armchair-easy-sudoku-and-armchair-typing-invaders/">Two new free web games now available &#8211; Armchair Easy Sudoku and Armchair Typing Invaders with three play modes!</a> appeared first on <a href="https://armchairarcade.com/perspectives">Armchair Arcade</a>.</p>
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		<title>Evercade announces Indie Heroes 4 with 11 more games, plus updated master game list</title>
		<link>https://armchairarcade.com/perspectives/2025/01/09/evercade-announces-indie-heroes-4-with-11-more-games-plus-updated-master-game-list/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bill Loguidice]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jan 2025 16:23:27 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Evercade has announced their latest cartridge, the 64th, and number 43 in the main series, Indie Heroes 4, with 11 games.</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://armchairarcade.com/perspectives/2025/01/09/evercade-announces-indie-heroes-4-with-11-more-games-plus-updated-master-game-list/">Evercade announces Indie Heroes 4 with 11 more games, plus updated master game list</a> appeared first on <a href="https://armchairarcade.com/perspectives">Armchair Arcade</a>.</p>
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<p><a href="https://armchairarcade.com/perspectives?s=evercade">Evercade</a> has announced their latest cartridge, the 64th, and number 43 in the main series, <em><a href="https://evercade.co.uk/cartridges/indie-heroes-collection-4/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Indie Heroes 4</a></em>, with 11 games. The games on the cartridge are a mix of titles from a variety of platforms: <em>Batty Zabella, Block Droppin&#8217;, Block&#8217;em Sock&#8217;em, Collie Defense, Flea!2, Jane Austen&#8217;s 8-bit Adventure, Murtop, Nyghtmare: The Ninth King, Soko Banana, Starseed</em>, and <em>The Curse of Illmore Bay</em>. It should release February 2025 with preorders starting on January 30th.</p>



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<iframe class="youtube-player" width="1140" height="642" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/IuNvVeX5iEE?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen="true" style="border:0;" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox"></iframe>
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<p>You can check out the current list of games in the entire Evercade library with my master list, <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ctMo55yqSEHAIQYLdvQsK8iUXBtR5ck6ph6kzBxj_ak/edit?usp=sharing">found here</a>. There are 553 titles on cartridge, not counting unlockables, with dozens more built into the various hardware. You can check out my <a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/evercade-alpha-bartop-arcade-review" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><strong>IGN</strong> review of the recent Alpha Mega Man and Alpha Street Fighter bartops here</a>.</p>


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</div><p>The post <a href="https://armchairarcade.com/perspectives/2025/01/09/evercade-announces-indie-heroes-4-with-11-more-games-plus-updated-master-game-list/">Evercade announces Indie Heroes 4 with 11 more games, plus updated master game list</a> appeared first on <a href="https://armchairarcade.com/perspectives">Armchair Arcade</a>.</p>
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		<title>Happy New Year from Armchair Arcade &#8211; 21st Year!</title>
		<link>https://armchairarcade.com/perspectives/2024/01/03/happy-new-year-from-armchair-arcade-21st-year/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bill Loguidice]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jan 2024 16:49:54 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Armchair Arcade started way back in 2003. As we enter our 21st year in 2024, we just want to thank everyone who has supported us over all this time. Thank you!</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://armchairarcade.com/perspectives/2024/01/03/happy-new-year-from-armchair-arcade-21st-year/">Happy New Year from Armchair Arcade &#8211; 21st Year!</a> appeared first on <a href="https://armchairarcade.com/perspectives">Armchair Arcade</a>.</p>
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<p>Armchair Arcade started way back in 2003. As we enter our 21st year in 2024, we just want to thank everyone who has supported us over all this time. Thank you!</p>


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		<title>The Computer Games Journal: CALL FOR PAPERS (2020)</title>
		<link>https://armchairarcade.com/perspectives/2020/01/29/the-computer-games-journal-call-for-papers-2020/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bill Loguidice]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jan 2020 22:15:02 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>As a member of the Editorial Board for The Computer Games Journal, I&#8217;m passing on this call for more good, interesting, and novel (&#8216;GIN&#8217;) papers and book reviews for the third and fourth issues for 2020. Games researchers, practitioners and other scholars in the field are invited to submit papers [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://armchairarcade.com/perspectives/2020/01/29/the-computer-games-journal-call-for-papers-2020/">The Computer Games Journal: CALL FOR PAPERS (2020)</a> appeared first on <a href="https://armchairarcade.com/perspectives">Armchair Arcade</a>.</p>
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<p>As a member of the Editorial Board for The Computer Games Journal, I&#8217;m passing on this call for more good, interesting, and novel (&#8216;GIN&#8217;) papers and book reviews for the third and fourth issues for 2020.</p>



<p>Games researchers, practitioners and other scholars in the field are invited to submit papers and book reviews on the following issues:</p>



<ul class="wp-block-list"><li>Games programming and technology</li><li>Graphics, audio and storyboarding</li><li>Entrepreneurship and business models</li><li>Game genres and gamers&#8217; preferences</li><li>IP and ownership issues</li><li>Factors influencing gamer behaviours</li></ul>



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<p>For general enquiries, please contact the editors-in-chief at: &lt;<a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="mailto:thecomputergamesjournal@gmail.com" target="_blank">thecomputergamesjournal@gmail.com</a>></p>



<p>Guidelines for prospective authors are available online at:<br /><a href="https://lnkd.in/gH5C3Gq" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://lnkd.in/gH5C3Gq</a></p>



<p>(<em>FAO prospective authors: please ensure that your manuscript complies with the journal guidelines, otherwise it might be rejected without being reviewed by the editorial board</em>.)</p>



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<p>The Computer Games Journal<br />ISSN 2052-773X</p>



<p>Enquiries:&nbsp;<a href="mailto:thecomputergamesjournal@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">thecomputergamesjournal@gmail.com</a></p>



<p>MAIN WEBSITE<br /><a href="http://link.springer.com/journal/40869" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">http://link.springer.com/journal/40869</a></p>



<p>SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS<br /><a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.linkedin.com/groups/4182192" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/groups/4182192</a><br /><a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.facebook.com/ComputerGamesJournal" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/ComputerGamesJournal</a></p>



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		<title>fullSTEAMahead365 &#8211; One Paragraph Short Stories 2019 – Submit Your Own Story Now!</title>
		<link>https://armchairarcade.com/perspectives/2019/10/07/fullsteamahead365-one-paragraph-short-stories-2019-submit-your-own-story-now/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bill Loguidice]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Oct 2019 21:58:13 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>We&#8217;re highlighting this contest from our sister site, fullSTEAMahead365. You can read the post directly on the site, here, and it&#8217;s also reproduced below. Enjoy! Back in 2007, on our sister site,&#160;Armchair Arcade, we ran a small “contest” called&#160;One Paragraph Short Stories. Although that posting no longer exists on that [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://armchairarcade.com/perspectives/2019/10/07/fullsteamahead365-one-paragraph-short-stories-2019-submit-your-own-story-now/">fullSTEAMahead365 &#8211; One Paragraph Short Stories 2019 – Submit Your Own Story Now!</a> appeared first on <a href="https://armchairarcade.com/perspectives">Armchair Arcade</a>.</p>
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<p class="has-background has-luminous-vivid-amber-background-color">We&#8217;re highlighting this contest from our sister site, <a href="https://fullsteamahead365.com/">fullSTEAMahead365</a>. You can read the post directly on the site, <a href="https://fullsteamahead365.com/2019/09/16/one-paragraph-short-stories-2019-submit-your-own-story-now/">here</a>, and it&#8217;s also reproduced below. Enjoy!</p>



<p>Back in 2007, on our sister site,&nbsp;<a href="https://armchairarcade.com/perspectives/">Armchair Arcade</a>, we ran a small “contest” called&nbsp;<strong>One Paragraph Short Stories</strong>. Although that posting no longer exists on that older version of the website, the&nbsp;<a href="https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:9RkRMEH01vMJ:https://www.armchairarcade.com/neo/node/1173%3Fpage%3D2+&amp;cd=1&amp;hl=en&amp;ct=clnk&amp;gl=us">Google cache</a>&nbsp;is there for you to check out the original post. Although there were only six submissions at the time, it proved extremely popular, generating around 300,000 views.</p>



<p>Interestingly, several of those stories have lived on and been posted, shared, and enjoyed elsewhere. In fact, I was reminded of this concept because I found out today that one of my stories,&nbsp;<em>A Simple Diversion</em>, has proven popular over in the Philippines as part of college assignments (Perhaps it’s the twist ending and how to properly interpret it from a different culture?).</p>



<p>Although we did run another&nbsp;<strong>One Paragraph Short Stories</strong>&nbsp;contest that was videogame-themed after the initial 2017 event, I never did revisit the concept again like I wanted to. Now that’s about to change with&nbsp;<strong>One Paragraph Short Stories 2019</strong>.</p>



<p>I’ll be&nbsp;<strong>accepting submissions until November 17, 2019</strong>. Although not a contest in the truest sense – this is more for satisfaction, fun, and exposure – I will attempt to have public voting in December so people can choose their favorites.</p>



<p>By submitting, you give us the right to post the story freely as part of this contest/event, but otherwise, you retain full rights to your own work. To state it another way, all we want is the right to post it as part of the event, no strings attached. Your work is your work.</p>



<p>You can post your one paragraph story (in English, please) as a comment to this blog or submit it to me directly via our&nbsp;<a href="https://fullsteamahead365.com/contact-us/">Contact Us form</a>&nbsp;(be sure to include your full name so we can attribute it to your story). Please make sure it’s one paragraph and one paragraph only on any fiction topic or theme and that you submit your best work, which of course means already having it edited and spell checked. Multiple submissions from the same person are fine.&nbsp;<strong>Please note that we do reserve the right to refuse posting submissions for any reason.</strong></p>



<p>Remember to tell your friends and family to participate. Everyone is welcome to submit a story (“bonus points” for creative concepts and titles!), which I’ll release in collated groups in new posts based on submission date and before actual voting begins. Thanks!</p>



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<p>For your reference, as well as for the purpose of providing examples, I give you my three one paragraph short stories from 2007 (I hope to submit some more of my own for this 2019 event should time permit):</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>LOVE RINGS TWICE by Bill Loguidice</strong></h2>



<p>Theirs was a true love, thought Tony, one to stand the test of time. Eva, his soul-mate, was somehow even more beautiful than the day they first met, he realized. And even though she always seemed to say something interesting, it ultimately didn’t matter, as he was happy just to hear her soft, melodic voice. Someday soon, he imagined, they would have children together, and their love would blossom as a family. These wonderful thoughts made him feel warm and tingly inside. Suddenly, without warning, Tony was yanked from his daydream by the doorbell. He let out a long sigh, realizing that that would be the courier with the divorce papers.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>A SIMPLE DIVERSION by Bill Loguidice</strong></h2>



<p>Jack tried to speak, but failed, the tears beginning to well. Angie tried to speak, but also failed, her face becoming flush. “W-W-W-hat do we do now?” Jack finally stammered. “Don’t know,” Angie responded, barely audible. The two sat staring for a long time, sharing a stunned silence, not really hearing the gentle clicking in the background. How had they reached this point? What went wrong? All had been wonderful just a few moments ago, as they worked as one to reach new levels of success. Then, without warning, it happened, “Disk Error”, flashing repeatedly. Though it was like “Game Over” from so many times before, those words now took on their true, sinister meaning. Having nothing left but time to reflect, Jack and Angie called it a night.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>SARAH by Bill Loguidice</strong></h2>



<p>Sarah was excited by the prospect of jumping back into the holographic synthesizer. Living long-term aboard a space station was not her idea of paradise, but the pay was irresistible, if not the atmosphere. Now her turn was again up to get away from it all, if only for a few hours. As usual, she wanted to simulate a nighttime float in the creaky row boat on the small lake by her old Earth-bound Florida home. The last time she did it, she just laid back and, though the irony was palpable, simply looked up at the stars. While she loved the light breeze that gently rocked the boat, she did not appreciate the simulated insects, with their all too real bites and buzzing about; Sarah had been on that sterile space station a very long time now. Whoever determined that virtual reality would truly fool the senses only if there was genuine environmental interaction, Sarah thought, probably needed to actually get out more. In any case, this time Sarah bent the rules more than a little by getting one of her programmer friends to hack the system for her and override life simulation on her program. Now she could really relax, just her, the boat and those very distant stars. Sarah happily entered the room, ran the program and within a few seconds, ceased to exist.</p>
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		<title>Final details for the massive private vintage and modern videogame and computer auction set for May 31, 2018 in Edison, NJ (online too!)</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>UPDATE EXCLUSIVE TO MAY 31, 2018:  The online portion, which is only a small 64 lots, runs for a few more hours, New Jersey time: https://connect.invaluable.com/bodnar/ The live portion, which is the bulk of the stuff, starts at 3PM and runs until at least midnight tonight. That allows for absentee [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://armchairarcade.com/perspectives/2018/05/25/final-details-for-the-massive-private-vintage-and-modern-videogame-and-computer-auction-set-for-may-31-2018-in-edison-nj-online-too/">Final details for the massive private vintage and modern videogame and computer auction set for May 31, 2018 in Edison, NJ (online too!)</a> appeared first on <a href="https://armchairarcade.com/perspectives">Armchair Arcade</a>.</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>UPDATE EXCLUSIVE TO MAY 31, 2018: </strong></p>
<p><strong>The online portion, which is only a small 64 lots, runs for a few more hours, New Jersey time: <a href="https://connect.invaluable.com/bodnar/">https://connect.invaluable.com/bodnar/</a></strong></p>
<p><strong>The live portion, which is the bulk of the stuff, starts at </strong><strong>3PM and runs until at least midnight tonight. That allows for absentee bidding and shipping: <a href="https://www.bodnarsauction.com/may-31-gaming-collection">https://www.bodnarsa&#8230;ming-collection</a></strong></p>
<p><strong>Bodnar&#8217;s should also have </strong><strong>live streaming video around 3 on their Facebook page: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/bodnarsauctions/">https://www.facebook.com/bodnarsauctions/</a></strong></p>
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<p>OK, if you need to catch up with all that came before, you can use this <a href="https://armchairarcade.com/perspectives/tag/collection/">link</a>. Long story short, my personal collection of 500+ videogame and computer systems and handhelds from the 1970s to the present day is up for auction. That includes platforms from every region and of every type, as well as thousands of boxed software items, accessories, books, collectibles, and many (MANY!) other things.</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s the main auction link: <a href="https://www.bodnarsauction.com/may-31-gaming-collection">https://www.bodnarsauction.com/may-31-gaming-collection</a></p>
<p>At that main link, <strong>you can see 100 photos</strong> of how they have everything laid out (<a href="https://www.facebook.com/pg/bodnarsauctions/photos/?tab=album&amp;album_id=2076535099299247">and use this link</a> if you want to <strong>see 383 photos</strong> of the collection prepped for auction on Facebook!). Absentee bids are allowed and they do ship!</p>
<p>You can also bid online for a small selection of 64 items here: <a href="https://connect.invaluable.com/bodnar/">https://connect.invaluable.com/bodnar/</a></p>
<p>If you have any questions about the days or times for the various events, including live previews, bid times, hotel accommodations, etc., please get in touch with the auction house using the info in the main auction link.</p>
<p>Thank you all for the support and please help spread the word.</p>
<div id="attachment_7551" style="width: 1014px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://www.bodnarsauction.com/may-31-gaming-collection"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-7551" class="size-full wp-image-7551" src="https://i0.wp.com/armchairarcade.com/perspectives/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/ScreenClip-2-e1527270917462.png?resize=1004%2C571" alt="Even when looking through all 100 photos, its difficult to get a full sense of all that is really there!" width="1004" height="571" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/armchairarcade.com/perspectives/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/ScreenClip-2-e1527270917462.png?w=1004&amp;ssl=1 1004w, https://i0.wp.com/armchairarcade.com/perspectives/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/ScreenClip-2-e1527270917462.png?resize=150%2C85&amp;ssl=1 150w, https://i0.wp.com/armchairarcade.com/perspectives/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/ScreenClip-2-e1527270917462.png?resize=300%2C171&amp;ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/armchairarcade.com/perspectives/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/ScreenClip-2-e1527270917462.png?resize=768%2C437&amp;ssl=1 768w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1004px) 100vw, 1004px" /></a><p id="caption-attachment-7551" class="wp-caption-text">Even when looking through all 100 photos, its difficult to get a full sense of all that is really there!</p></div>
<p>The post <a href="https://armchairarcade.com/perspectives/2018/05/25/final-details-for-the-massive-private-vintage-and-modern-videogame-and-computer-auction-set-for-may-31-2018-in-edison-nj-online-too/">Final details for the massive private vintage and modern videogame and computer auction set for May 31, 2018 in Edison, NJ (online too!)</a> appeared first on <a href="https://armchairarcade.com/perspectives">Armchair Arcade</a>.</p>
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		<title>New updates for the massive private vintage and modern videogame and computer auction set for May 31, 2018 in Edison, NJ!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2018 18:03:34 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>(UPDATE 1: Check out this cool Kotaku article on the collection/auction.) (UPDATE 2: PC Gamer&#8217;s coverage.) If you&#8217;ve been following along on my previous updates, here, you&#8217;ll already be familiar with the backstory for this massive single owner (me!) auction. Long story short, this is primarily an onsite auction of [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://armchairarcade.com/perspectives/2018/05/04/new-updates-for-the-massive-private-vintage-and-modern-videogame-and-computer-auction-set-for-may-31-2018-in-edison-nj/">New updates for the massive private vintage and modern videogame and computer auction set for May 31, 2018 in Edison, NJ!</a> appeared first on <a href="https://armchairarcade.com/perspectives">Armchair Arcade</a>.</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>(UPDATE 1: <a href="https://kotaku.com/colossal-vintage-game-collection-35-years-in-the-makin-1825777525">Check out this cool Kotaku article on the collection/auction</a>.)</p>
<p>(UPDATE 2: <a href="https://www.pcgamer.com/a-massive-collection-of-vintage-pcs-and-games-is-going-up-for-auction-this-month/">PC Gamer&#8217;s coverage</a>.)</p>
<p>If you&#8217;ve been following along on my previous updates, <a href="https://armchairarcade.com/perspectives/tag/collection/">here</a>, you&#8217;ll already be familiar with the backstory for this massive single owner (me!) auction. Long story short, this is primarily an onsite auction of countless hundreds of videogame and computer systems, as well as tens of thousands of accessories, software, literature, etc. Just about all of the big (and small!) names from the past four decades of videogames and computers are present from all regions.</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s the latest page from the auction house with the details that you&#8217;ll need to get your own piece (or pieces) of this collection: <a href="https://www.bodnarsauction.com/may-31-gaming-collection">https://www.bodnarsauction.com/may-31-gaming-collection</a></p>
<p>And the social media text from Bodnar&#8217;s Auction: &#8220;<em>We don&#8217;t think you are ready for the incredible collection that is coming on May 31st. We have a huge single owner collection of &#8220;the history of gaming&#8221;. This collection includes over 1,000 items including virtually every gaming related item from the 1960&#8217;s to present day. Follow this link to check out all of the photos and get more information from this estate: <a href="https://www.bodnarsauction.com/may-31-gaming-collection" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow" data-ft="{&quot;tn&quot;:&quot;-U&quot;}" data-lynx-mode="asynclazy" data-lynx-uri="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bodnarsauction.com%2Fmay-31-gaming-collection&amp;h=ATPwKVSzlG2LwcFjMytV69359bDT7ukcvttbpMqAY__G5qcKPS0ZP_76YLshY-UBce4j6FhwX3i6H7jlifqnplBFkZm73aqT2smQrsixaf7WRLJKS0SB-HYjxfEJo-GXB6orpg">https://www.bodnarsauction.com/may-31-gaming-collection</a></em>&#8220;.</p>
<p>That&#8217;s a nice summary, but it really does only hint at what&#8217;s really there. The small handful of photos, limited descriptions, and quite incomplete item lists don&#8217;t do it justice.</p>
<div id="attachment_7318" style="width: 679px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://www.bodnarsauction.com/may-31-gaming-collection"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-7318" class="size-full wp-image-7318" src="https://i0.wp.com/armchairarcade.com/perspectives/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/ScreenClip2.png?resize=669%2C402" alt="Besides tons of everything else, there are many thousands of boxed games for just about every videogame and computer platform!" width="669" height="402" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/armchairarcade.com/perspectives/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/ScreenClip2.png?w=669&amp;ssl=1 669w, https://i0.wp.com/armchairarcade.com/perspectives/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/ScreenClip2.png?resize=150%2C90&amp;ssl=1 150w, https://i0.wp.com/armchairarcade.com/perspectives/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/ScreenClip2.png?resize=300%2C180&amp;ssl=1 300w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 669px) 100vw, 669px" /></a><p id="caption-attachment-7318" class="wp-caption-text">Besides tons of everything else, there are many thousands of boxed games for just about every videogame and computer platform!</p></div>
<p>The date will be upon us in just a handful of weeks, so if you can help spread the word, I&#8217;d be grateful. Thanks!</p>
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		<title>Top PC maker iBUYPOWER names Armchair Arcade one of its top gaming blogs to follow</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2018 13:50:31 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Thanks to iBUYPOWER for naming Armchair Arcade one of its top gaming blogs to follow. You can see the whole list here. iBUYPOWER is one of the top value-driven gaming PC makers, and, as proof of that, they were &#8211; after considerable research &#8211; the makers of my most recent [&#8230;]</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks to <a href="http://blog.ibuypower.com/">iBUYPOWER</a> for naming <strong>Armchair Arcade</strong> one of its top gaming blogs to follow. You can see <a href="http://blog.ibuypower.com/blog/2018/03/16/top-gaming-blogs-follow/">the whole list here</a>. iBUYPOWER is one of the top value-driven gaming PC makers, and, as proof of that, they were &#8211; after considerable research &#8211; the makers of my most recent desktop computer.</p>
<p><a href="http://blog.ibuypower.com/blog/2018/03/16/top-gaming-blogs-follow/" target="_blank"><img data-recalc-dims="1" decoding="async" class="aligncenter" src="https://i0.wp.com/blog.ibuypower.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Top-Gaming-Blog-Badge.png?w=1140" alt="Top gaming blogs to follow"/></a></p>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Since my last post on this topic, here, my massive videogame and computer collection was officially moved out by the auction house at the end of December. There were tens of thousands of items hauled away. You can see the full photo gallery of a lot of the stuff before [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://armchairarcade.com/perspectives/2018/01/11/public-auction-sale-history-gaming-single-owner-collection-computers-videogames-etc-coming-soon/">Public Auction Sale: The History of Gaming Single Owner Collection! (computers, videogames, etc., COMING SOON)</a> appeared first on <a href="https://armchairarcade.com/perspectives">Armchair Arcade</a>.</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Since my last post on this topic, <a href="https://armchairarcade.com/perspectives/2017/10/20/decided-auction-off-outsized-decades-built-videogame-computer-collection/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>, my massive videogame and computer collection was officially moved out by the auction house at the end of December. There were tens of thousands of items hauled away. You can see the full photo gallery of a lot of the stuff before it was taken, here: <a href="https://www.auctionzip.com/cgi-bin/photopanel.cgi?listingid=3023450&amp;category=0&amp;zip=&amp;kwd=" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.auctionzip.com/cgi-bin/photopanel.cgi?listingid=3023450&amp;category=0&amp;zip=&amp;kwd=</a></p>
<p>The sale date will be March, April, or May of 2018, and will likely be a special stand-alone auction event somewhere in central New Jersey (the current location listed is just a placeholder). There will also be an online portion, where up to 100 interesting or particularly valuable items will be showcased and can be bid on remotely (unfortunately, the many hundreds of other top tier items in the lot will only be available to bid in-person). This is the early preview of the online portion where those photos were linked to: <a href="https://www.auctionzip.com/cgi-bin/auctionview.cgi?lid=3023450" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.auctionzip.com/cgi-bin/auctionview.cgi?lid=3023450</a></p>
<p>Anyway, once a date is set, I&#8217;ll post again. In the mean-time, as always, feel free to ask any questions.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m going to post again in (hopefully) a few days with a blog post titled,<strong> After liquidating my videogame and computer collection, what I kept and why</strong>, which will not only answer that question, but show the &#8220;after&#8221; with my basement. See you then.</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://armchairarcade.com/perspectives/2018/01/11/public-auction-sale-history-gaming-single-owner-collection-computers-videogames-etc-coming-soon/">Public Auction Sale: The History of Gaming Single Owner Collection! (computers, videogames, etc., COMING SOON)</a> appeared first on <a href="https://armchairarcade.com/perspectives">Armchair Arcade</a>.</p>
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		<title>Why I decided to auction off my outsized, decades-built videogame and computer collection</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>After I made the announcement on social media that I was auctioning off my videogame and computer collection, I received a lot of questions both public and private simply asking, &#8220;Why?&#8221;. Before I answer that, some background. I was born in 1972, so grew up as personal computing technology in [&#8230;]</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>After I made the announcement on social media that I was auctioning off my videogame and computer collection, I received a lot of questions both public and private simply asking, &#8220;Why?&#8221;. Before I answer that, some background.</p>
<p>I was born in 1972, so grew up as personal computing technology in all its forms grew up. Whether early videogames or early computers, I was pretty much there every step of the way. As I&#8217;ve recounted in multiple interviews, one of my earliest memories is sitting on my mother&#8217;s lap and happily playing with some type of pocket calculator. I couldn&#8217;t have been more than 3 (I also loved messing with the kitchen phone on the wall; I even accidentally called the plumber once). After we got our first Pong system a few years later &#8211; a Sears Tele-Games model &#8211; my passion for this type of emerging technology was well and truly set. Even then, I couldn&#8217;t get my dad to hook it up to the TV enough times (for some reason it wasn&#8217;t permanently attached) to satisfy my desire to play it.</p>
<p>Fast forward a few years to age 7 and using my Communion money to buy my very own Atari Video Computer System (aka, 2600). My mom thought the purchase foolish and that it would be something I&#8217;d soon tire of like my other toys. Even with initially only having the two player-only Combat cartridge, I absolutely did not tire of it (many articles, books, and a movie later, and helping to work on the latest versions of the Atari Flashback systems, I&#8217;d say that initial investment &#8211; and continued passion &#8211; paid off).</p>
<p>I was a voracious reader of Electronic Games magazine, a publication that was extraordinarily influential to me, starting with my initial purchase of the June 1983 issue in a local Foodtown supermarket. It covered just about every noteworthy videogame and computer system of the time, and I&#8217;d often &#8220;drool&#8221; at the various screenshots, or, fairly common for the time, artist renderings/mockups. Between the magazine, the occasional arcade game, and my Atari 2600, my interest in getting to experience all of the other games and platforms grew ever more intense. Naturally, being a kid, my ability to actually use all of that stuff, let alone buy it, was supremely limited.</p>
<p>In any case, I got my first computer, a Commodore VIC-20, when I was 10, which was soon replaced by a Commodore 64. My friends also started to get systems of their own around this same time, with Apple II&#8217;s, Atari 8-bit&#8217;s, TI-99/4a&#8217;s, Mattel Aquarius&#8217;s, Mattel Intellivisions, and others being added to what I would get at least some first-hand experience with. At a local Odd Lots, I was able to get a ColecoVision.</p>
<p>Without adding more length to the story, needless to say, my appetite for this stuff was never really sated. Even before it really had a name, I was a videogame and computer collector. I had little interest in letting go of the systems I had and getting to experience other systems either at my friends&#8217; houses or at school, only added to my desires. Here and there I would get more games and soon enough, more systems, particularly as the 1980&#8217;s wore on and other people were moving on from them.</p>
<p>Into the 1990&#8217;s, it was still fairly easy to find great stuff at yard sales, flea markets, computer shows, and the like, sometimes for just a few dollars. My collection continued to grow, although what I could acquire was slowed by college and not really having the time/space to make use of much of it. Even when I first moved out of my parents&#8217; house at 23, my first apartment could maybe hold four or five systems comfortably. Eventually I was able to move to a condo with my future wife, then a house, then a bigger house, being able to liberate the rest of my collection from my parents&#8217; basement and garage along the way.</p>
<p>After getting my first book deal in 2005, I used that as an excuse to greatly expand my collection since I could now also have a dedicated room for all my stuff (this is the &#8220;then a house&#8221; one). It was indeed for &#8220;research&#8221; and &#8220;first-hand experience&#8221; and what-not, but it was also because I really wanted it. Of course, by this time, eBay was already a big deal, so that became both a blessing and curse to collectors everywhere. You could find far more stuff easily, but it was no longer for a low price. That also effectively killed most other value-based sources that proved so fruitful in the 1980&#8217;s and 1990&#8217;s, like the aforementioned flea markets and computer shows.</p>
<p>Although my collection grew dramatically in that time, it was still relatively self-contained to just one room. That didn&#8217;t make moving to the next house (this is the &#8220;a bigger house&#8221; one) any easier, though. In fact, my collection was among the last things we moved, with help from various extended family members. It was definitely a burden. Unfortunately, the bigger house we moved to was yes, bigger, now with an enormous partially finished basement. My collection could and would now get completely unhinged, particularly as Armchair Arcade grew, I wrote more articles, and of course, worked on more books and the movie. More excuses to make use of my stuff meant even more stuff.</p>
<p>Now, as I implied earlier, I&#8217;ve pretty much had an interest in every aspect of videogames and computers. I&#8217;d say the vast majority of collectors and enthusiasts limit themselves to one or a handful of platforms to focus their attention on. For me, that was never enough. I truly loved it all. My collection encompasses systems from every part of the world and every era. I&#8217;m equipped to run systems with just about any power or display requirement. I could satisfy every curiosity.</p>
<p>What I think would probably be most surprising to those not into this kind of stuff, is that not only is there all the original hardware, software, accessories, etc., available, but practically every system &#8211; including some of the most obscure stuff imaginable &#8211; has thriving communities creating new things. Yes, new software, new ways to better use the old equipment in modern times (flash carts, connectivity, etc.), and more. That only adds to the things to get. While this can be manageable if you limit yourself to a handful of platforms, multiply that by hundreds of platforms and you see where the problem comes in.</p>
<p>Now, we get to the crux of the matter. I was always pretty organized with my stuff. This was relatively easy for me even into the early 2000&#8217;s. Unfortunately, once I had that basement to fill and different rooms to work on and use different systems, that&#8217;s where the problem came in. As demands on my time grew &#8211; at one point I was working on three books at the same time &#8211; as I would use these various systems, I&#8217;d either be too tired or too disinterested in putting everything back neatly. The more stuff, the harder it is to easily use without unpacking a bunch of stuff, moving other stuff, etc. My basement hasn&#8217;t recovered since, since I haven&#8217;t had the many days (or energy) to devote to getting it in order. And even with as large as my basement is, I don&#8217;t even think I have the room for everything that&#8217;s there anymore. That&#8217;s what leaving stuff around does &#8212; makes it seem like you have room where you really don&#8217;t. The floor is not a storage place.</p>
<p>I have a full-time job and several side jobs (fortunately, passion, not necessity), as well as a wife and three kids. My passions for videogame and computer stuff has never waned, either, so I have all the latest consoles and a great gaming laptop. All of those things take time and it&#8217;s time I want to spend on them, which leaves very little time left for older stuff, particularly older stuff that&#8217;s just not easily accessible and/or quick to set up.</p>
<p>In fact, one of the reasons for my comfort in moving away from physical items now has been the trend in modern consoles and computers to be all digital. Digital stuff &#8211; no matter how many thousands of items you actually have &#8211; takes up no physical space (let&#8217;s ignore for a moment what ownership of something digital really means). That&#8217;s in sharp contrast to how things previously worked. It also helps that I genuinely enjoy how the modern stuff works, and in my middle-aged adult life, convenience is something I prize since my time is more precious than ever.</p>
<p>One thing I&#8217;d like to stress through all of this is that I never put my collection ahead of more important things. I always placed my wife and eventually kids as my first priorities, and never sacrificed working hard at a good job and doing right by both me and my family. I resolved to succeed at my passion projects/interests without sacrificing the stuff that I deemed truly important. And even as my collection became untenable, I never let it spill out beyond the basement (at least much!). So yes, while I have an all-consuming passion, I still made sure it had its limits.</p>
<p>So what does all this mean? It means that psychologically I&#8217;m in a great place since I can continue to pursue my passions, albeit with far less stuff bogging me down. By partnering with Bodnar&#8217;s Auction, I can get rid of everything, save for a precious few systems with minimal extras. I no longer have to feel guilty about keeping stuff I&#8217;ll never get to use (no matter how much I want to) out of the hands of people who might make more use of it. Unfortunately, I&#8217;m not taking requests for individual items, since that defeats the purpose of doing this all in one shot. Bodnar&#8217;s Auction has agreed to put my 100 best items up (although, honestly, that&#8217;s going to be hard for me to figure out) for auction online as well as at physical auction. Everything else will be strictly physical auction. The timetable right now looks like the auction will take place some time in March or April 2018, and may be part of their grand opening event at what they expect to be a new permanent location (still in New Jersey).</p>
<p>As always, I&#8217;ll be happy to answer any questions. I also ask that when the time comes, to please help me spread the word. I&#8217;ll definitely be posting about this again once the auction is officially scheduled. While obviously I have a financial interest in making this a success, I&#8217;m still first and foremost a member of the community, and I really do want to see the people who would appreciate this stuff the most get it before anyone else. As good of a decision this is for me, it was definitely not an easy one.</p>
<p>For those interested, here&#8217;s a small selection of the platforms that should be part of the auction (of course there&#8217;s tons of boxed software and accessories, collectibles, etc.):</p>
<p>3Com Palm IIIx<br />
Acorn BBC Master/Micro/Electron<br />
Amdek PC<br />
Amstrad CPC464/6128/GX4000/PPC640<br />
APF Imagination Machine/M1000/MP1000/TV Fun<br />
Apple II/IIGS<br />
Apple Mac<br />
Arcade Retro Collecting Multiple Classic Computer (MCC-216)<br />
Archos 7 (6700)<br />
Asus Eee Pad Transformer TF101-A1/EeePC 1000HE<br />
AT&amp;T PC 6300<br />
Atari 8-bit/ST/Stacy/Falcon/2600/5200/7800/XEGS/Flashback/Jaguar/Lynx/Portfolio/Video Pinball<br />
AtGames (various)<br />
Bally Professional Arcade (Astrocade)<br />
Briel Computers Altair 8800 Micro/Micro-Kim/PockeTerm/replica 1<br />
Cambridge Computer Z88<br />
Coleco Adam/ColecoVision/Telstar<br />
Commodore 128/64/Amiga/PET/CDTV/CD32/Plus-4/C16/SX-64/VIC-20<br />
Compaq Deskpro<br />
Cyberpower GUA290<br />
Cybiko Wireless Entertainment System/Xtreme<br />
Dell (various)<br />
Dick Smith Wizzard (VTech CreatiVision)<br />
Dream Authentics Excalibur Home Arcade Machine<br />
dreamGEAR Plug &#8216;n&#8217; Play 50 in 1<br />
EB Excalibur Fox Sports Football Key Chain<br />
Emerson Arcadia 2001<br />
Enterprise 128<br />
Entex Handhelds<br />
Epoch Cassette Vision/Super Cassette Vision<br />
Epson HX-20/Epson PX-8<br />
Exidy Sorcerer<br />
Fairchild Channel F System II/Video Entertainment System (VES)<br />
FC Mobile FC Mobile II<br />
Franklin ACE 1200<br />
Gadgets Small, Inc. Spectre GCR<br />
Game Consoles Worldwide GCW Zero<br />
Game Sporz TV Wireless Boxing<br />
GamePark Holdings GP2X F-200<br />
Gateway CX210X Tablet PC<br />
GCE Vectrex<br />
Generic PCs<br />
Generic Pocket Arcade 256 Games in 1<br />
Generic Talking Brick Game 118 in 1 &#8211; E-118T<br />
Gold Leopard King (GLK) GLK Book Education Computer M08<br />
Grundig Super Play Computer 4000 (Interton VC 4000)<br />
Heathkit HERO JR RT-1 (robot)<br />
Hewlett-Packard HP TouchSmart IQ524/HP-85/Pavilions<br />
Hyperkin GenMobile/NES RetroN 1/RetroN 5<br />
IBM 5155/5150/PCjr<br />
indieGO Odroid XU4<br />
Intelligent Game MPT-03 Home Entertainment Centre<br />
Interact Home Computer System (Model &#8220;R&#8221; &#8211; 16K)<br />
INTV Corp. Intellivision III<br />
Jakks Pacific Dora the Explorer TV Game/Namco TV Games/Star Wars Blaster Strike Video Game<br />
jojoultimate Mini Universal Supergun (SuperGun, super gun)<br />
Kaypro Kaypro 4 (Kaypro 4 &#8217;84)/Kaypro II<br />
Konami Konami Live Online Game Controller!/Handhelds<br />
Laser 128 EX-2/Compumate2<br />
Leapfrog Leapster2<br />
Lego Robotics Invention System 2.0<br />
Magnavox Odyssey/300/Odyssey2<br />
Mammoth Toys Commodore 64 30 Games in One Joystick! (DTV)<br />
MatchMaster MMDB04<br />
Mattel Aquarius/Radofin version/Baseball/Enhanced Computer System (ECS)/HyperScan/Intellivision/II<br />
Maximite BasicBoxX (BBX) Computer<br />
MBR Control Dynamics S-100 Bus Chassis<br />
Memorex Spongebob Media Player<br />
Memorex Video Information System Player (VIS)<br />
MFJ Video Effects Titler 1480B<br />
MGA Entertainment (various)<br />
Microsoft Xbox/360/One<br />
Midway TouchMaster 5000 (arcade machine)<br />
Milton Bradley MBX Expansion System/Microvision<br />
Multitech Micro-Professor 1 (MPF-1)<br />
MX Plus Android TV Box<br />
Navman PiN Pocket PC<br />
NEC Mobile Pro 750C/PC Engine Super Grafx/PC-6601/PC-8001A/PC-FX/NEC Trek PC-6001(A)/Duo/Express/16<br />
Next Thing Co. PocketCHIP (PocketC.H.I.P.)<br />
Nintendo 3DS/64/DS/GBA/GB/GBC/GC/SNES/NES/Famicom/Wii/Wii U<br />
Nixdorf Computer LK-3000<br />
Nokia N-Gage QD<br />
Ohio Art Etch A Sketch Animator 2000<br />
Ohio Scientific Challenger 1P<br />
OnLive OnLive Game System<br />
Oric Oric-1<br />
Osborne Executive (OCC-2)/Osborne 1 (OCC-1)<br />
Oscar Vermeulen KIM Uno/PiDP-8/I<br />
Packard Bell Platinum<br />
Palm Z22<br />
Panasonic FZ1 3DO Interactive Multiplayer/JR-200U Personal Computer/RL-H1400 HHC<br />
Philips CDI/Videopac G7200/Videopac+ G7401<br />
Pimoroni Picade<br />
Pioneer LaserActive<br />
Pro Tech Video Game System<br />
Radica Sega Menacer/Space Invaders<br />
Radio Shack Color Computer/2/3/LCD Space Rescue/MC-10 (Micro Color Computer)/TRS-80 Pocket Computer (PC-2/PC-4)<br />
Raspberry Pi<br />
RCA Studio II Home TV Programmer<br />
REP Electronics GameMid (Game Mid)<br />
Retro-Bit Retro Duo V2.0 Black (RetroDuo)<br />
Royal (TA) Alphatronic PC (CP/M)<br />
Sears Video Arcade (Tele-Games)<br />
Sega 32X/CD 2/Dreamcast/GG/SMS/Saturn/Genesis/Nomad/SC-3000<br />
Sharp MZ-800 (MZ-821)/Twin Famicom<br />
Sinclair QL/ZX Spectrum/+2/+3/ZX80/ZX81<br />
SNK Neo Geo Advanced Entertainment System (AES)/Neo Geo Pocket Color<br />
Sony CD-I CD Interactive Intelligent Discman IVO-V11/HB-75P/HB-F1XD/PS1/PS2/PS3/PSP/TV<br />
Sord Creative Computer M5 (Socius, CGL M5)<br />
Spectravideo CompuMate/SV-318/SV-328<br />
Tandy 1000/2000/Model 100-102-200/4/4P/I<br />
Tano Dragon<br />
Tapwave Zodiac 2<br />
Tatung Einstein 256<br />
Team Ubi Ubi<br />
TeleGames Personal Arcade DINA 2 in One<br />
Texas Instruments Compact Computer (CC-40)/T-58/TI-74/99-4a<br />
Thomson MO5<br />
Tiger Game.com<br />
Tiger R-Zone<br />
Tiger Telematics Gizmondo<br />
Timex Sinclair 1000/1500/2068<br />
Tomy Tutor 16K Computer<br />
Toy Quest Go Go TV Video VISION<br />
Toymax Activision TV Games<br />
Unisonic Champion 2711 Series<br />
Valentin Angelovski Flea86 (rev 2.1, prototype)<br />
Velleman Classic TV Game (MK121 NTSC)<br />
VideoBrain Computer Company VideoBrain Family Computer Model 101<br />
View-Master Interactive Vision<br />
Vizio Co-Star Stream Player/I.Q. Unlimited Computer/Laser 310 Color Computer/Laser 50/PC-5/Socrates Educational Video System/V.Smile/VZ200<br />
Watara Supervision<br />
Worlds of Wonder Action Max<br />
XaviX XaviXPORT<br />
Yamaha CX-5M II/128U Music Computer (MSX 1)/CX5M Music Computer (MSX 1)<br />
Yobo Gameware FC Game Console<br />
ZAPiT Games Game Wave<br />
Zenith Z-100 (ZF-120-xx All-In-One Computer)</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://armchairarcade.com/perspectives/2017/10/20/decided-auction-off-outsized-decades-built-videogame-computer-collection/">Why I decided to auction off my outsized, decades-built videogame and computer collection</a> appeared first on <a href="https://armchairarcade.com/perspectives">Armchair Arcade</a>.</p>
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