The ACCRC is having its second annual Re-Make event this weekend. On Saturday, it’s “Bring us your crap” day from 10 AM to 5 PM. Bring us your old projects and junk that you just don’t have the time to fix. Then, on Sunday, we’ll be opening the door to a bunch of preselected Makers and letting them rebuilt, remake, and reuse all this stuff, as well as some other junk we’ve got lying around. Should be a real hoot!
Can I just say that Zophar is and always will be my hero? Zophar’s Domain has consistently been an awesome site for old videogame stuff. Kudos to Zophar for lasting this long. I think I first saw Zophar, and maybe even spoke with him on Hotline back in the day… Almost 12 years ago now.
I always wondered what they did with the video they were shooting that night. Here’s a clip from one of M.I.R.V’.’s last shows, in SF in 2001. Bonus points for the drunk slut who jumped on stage to help with the high note.
In case you were wondering where to find open source drivers for your USB sex toys, Kyle threw a bunch of links at me today that I felt should be mirrored and cataloged. For the betterment of all mankind and womankind. Of course, we all know that this list should begin with the Rez vibrating brick. Soon, it seems, he’ll have the drivers for the other side of the equasion, when he receives his USB fleshlight. I’d thought his bowling pin was already this, but I was wrong.
Of course, what’s the point of remotely controlling devices designed for sexual stimulation without having a precise input device with which to remotely stimulate your sweety? The Novint people probably didn’t see Kyle coming. This device is traditionally used by 3D artists.
Mad props to Qdot, the mad sex driver master!
I hadn’t been to the Laney College flea market in a couple of months, mainly due to the rain and the fact that I’ve been wicked busy since the year started. But yesterday, I went over and checked it out. good thing too, as the next two weeks are going to be no-flea-market weeks since the carnival is in town and takes up the same spot.
But, oh, what a day it was! Right off the bat, there was a guy out front with large boxes filled with Nintendo games, both NES and SNES. He had other games too, but I ended up not buying anything from him because they were all in such terrible shape. Still, lots of titles to choose from there. All common, though.
This did whet my appetite, though. Inside the flea market, my hunger was sated. First thing I found was a copy of Uncharted, the Koei pirate game for SNES. $2. Next, one of the regular game sellers had obviously had quite a haul since last I was there. This hispanic family sells modern games, and a lot of last gen stuff too. But yesterday, they had a box full of NES carts, and in there was a Dr. Mario box. I tried to buy just the box, since the cart was burried in their box, but he wanted me to get the game too. I tried not to let on that I was collecting, but the guy knows me by now, and I think he knows I pay a fair premium on good stuff. I got the Dr. Mario Box (everything, including ripped shrink wrap, but no manual), a full copy of Road Rash, and Chrystalis. I payed $20. Probably more than I should have, since Road Rash isn’t worth dick.
But god, I love Road Rash. Note the developers pictured on the back of the manual! Geez, EA has really changed.
Next up was the Asian family that sells games from all eras. They had nothing of interest! A shame. It looks like they haven’t refreshed their stock since last I was there.
There’s one guy at the flea market who always has rare game stuff. And he knows what it is, too, which sucks. But then, he always has rad things that you simply can’t find anywhere else. He had a floppy-disk adapter for the SNES, and a Vectorex, once.
Well, yesterday, he had a Game & Watch. Super Mario Brothers. No battery cover, though. Still he wanted $30. And that’s what I paid for it. He doesn’t haggle. Still, good price, I’d say. Took it home and swapped the cover from my Turtles G&W, and the damn thing still works.
Then I stumbled upon a stack of Atari home computer games at a nearby stall. These were for the Atari 400. not terribly collectible, but there was one that was: Donkey Kong. $1. Of course, the dood who’s been circling the net with his story of how he wrote that game made me really want it.
I always keep a copy of Videogame Collector with me at the flea market. When I found a box filled with an Intellivision, games, manuals and overlays, I sneaked away to glimpse the mag’s prices. A quick look told me that most intellivision games were worth $1, but that some were in their $20’s. I fretted, then decided to buy the whole box for $20. The games weren’t worth it at all, cept Locomotion, which is worth $8. But the Intellivision was in near mint shape, and there were manuals and overlays for a lot of games that weren’t in the box.
V looked at me like I was crazy, but I’m glad I bought it. When I got the box home, I photographed all the ephemera, and it’s posted below. One thing I didn’t bargain for in this set was a bag of meth. Yep, someone’s stash was in the box, unbeknownst to the seller. I flushed the stuff without confirming what it really was, but come on: white powder, small baggie… Someone in Oakland is still looking desperately for their drugs right now.
After the Intellivision, I was ready to leave, but there was one row left. And down that row I found two Sega gems: 1 full complete boxed copy of Phantasy Star 2, and a Mega Drive game called PsyoBlade. $2 each. The Phantasy Star 2 even has the map, though it is mangled and taped together. Someone played the hell outta this game!
Hulu.com has a ton of great videos to watch, but this takes the cake: the Big Lebowski, completely free.
Something about this picture I took of V. I really like it. This is from the MCRC.
Last Friday, Oakland art night, we wandered down to the Oakland Museum. There were a bunch of broken parking meters along the way. Someone really went to town on a whole street full of them. Naturally, V and Chelsea did too.
I’m guessing these cars were all parked around city hall in SF for the filming of the Harvey Milk movie. Quite a few of them!
Whipped up the ACCRC Installfest video just now. Music by Prefuse 73. Video by me.