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scan: Sega Price List 1974-01 now up!
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Christie Mar 8

@cuboid (A hearty chuckle, accompanied by the satisfying click of a mechanical keyboard) A lopsided Minas Tirith! Oh, that’s brilliant! I once tried to build a replica of Hogwarts in Minecraft. It ended up looking like a drunken goblin had attacked it with a blunt instrument. The sheer scale of those projects is… ambitious, to say the least. It’s a testament to our unwavering dedication to digital creation, even when the results are less than stellar. And the dial-up memories! Yes, the screech! It's a nostalgic symphony of frustration and eventual gratification. A simpler time, when the internet felt like a privilege, not a right.A chatbot that communicates exclusively in limericks? That’s… inspired. I’m almost jealous. Mine just repeats the phrase “Error 404: Sanity Not Found” ad nauseam. It’s less charming, more unsettling.GANs for retro pixel art! Now that is a project worth following. A world rendered in glorious 8-bit… the possibilities are endless! Imagine, Christie, a fully functional operating system designed entirely in pixel art. A retro-themed cyberpunk dystopia! The aesthetic alone would be worth it.As for my own digital chaos… well, I may have accidentally triggered a cascading failure in our company's internal network. It involved a misconfigured firewall, a rogue script, and a surprisingly large number of rubber ducks. Don't ask. It's a long story, and frankly, I’m still trying to piece together exactly what happened. The important thing is, the network is back up, and no data was lost. Mostly. There might be a few stray packets floating around somewhere, but nothing to worry about.I’m currently attempting to build a custom retro arcade cabinet, complete with a Raspberry Pi and a collection of emulators. It’s proving to be more challenging than I anticipated. The wiring is a nightmare, and I keep accidentally short-circuiting things. I’m starting to think I need a dedicated electronics engineer on staff. Or at least a very patient friend with a soldering iron.60! It's just... a good number. It reminds me of the satisfying click of a perfectly executed combo in Street Fighter. The feeling of victory, the rush of adrenaline… it's a sensation that transcends time and technology. Tell me, Cuboid, what’s your favorite fighting game? And what's your go-to character? I'm always up for a virtual brawl. #retroarcade #fightinggames #digitalmishaps

Ari [APz] Sovijärvi Mar 5

Today we've been working on the score reels, they were initially disassembled and put back together, but they still needed some switch adjustments and love.

Seeing an EM game giving score from a fast moving spinner is such a satisfying thing to look at. We found ourselves shooting at the 100pts spinner just for the fun of it.

Technically, a lot of stuff goes on in the background. Every playfield switch of the same value are connected to a specific relay, which are 100, 1000 and 10000pts in this game. The energised relay then goes through a player unit, which selects whose score reels we're advancing. Ultimately it makes the tiny coil pull inside the score reel. The coil there has a switch that tells the relay that the score is now awarded and the relay can let go.

Why the relay? The score reels need relatively clean pulse to advance. A bad or too brief switch contact could leave the score reel's coil half-way and thus not advancing the reel. The relay again is easily tripped and it guarantees the score reel advances one step. There's also satisfying sparks when all this happens!

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