Maxivision 15-in-1

It was a rewarding Nintendo hunt this weekend! It's most exciting when I'm able to find these treasures without the help of Ebay. When I saw the ad on Craigslist I was amazed that this game was being sold. I sent the seller my offer of $10, almost $30 less than what it usually sells for on Ebay. The seller agreed and I was pleasantly surprised to find out it came 

IN THE CASE, WITH THE INSTRUCTION BOOKLET AND NEAR MINT CONDITION. 

Fuck Yeah!

That's about $200 off the price it usually auctions off in this condition. This game was the last multicart game published by AVE (American Video Entertainment), American Game Cartridges and Colordreams in 1992. The 15 games included are:

1. F-15 City War
2. Puzzle
3. Pyramid
4. Tiles of Fate
5. Krazy Kreatures
6. Double Strike
7. Dudes with Attitude
8. Venice Beach Volleyball
9. Stakk'm
10. Deathbots
11. Rad Racket Deluxe Tennis II
12. Chiller
13. Solitaire
14. Menace Beach
15. Shock Wave

Shit, this wasn't my only lucky C.List find, I also was able to purchase the first issue of Nintendo Power magazine in ok condition along with 3 others plus the "NES Game Atlas" all for a whopping 5 bucks! 

I stopped at a local game shop I rarely frequent,  and I was able to pick up Bionic Commando and The Battle of Olympus complete in the box at $6 each. That's the shit huh? 

"How To Win At Nintendo Games"

Just how gamers can hop online nowadays and get cheats, codes and step by step gameplay; well back in the days us Nintendo Jocks had magazines such as Nintendo Power and books such as these, introducing....

How To Win at Nintendo Games by Jeff Rovin

The preface claims that:

"The key to winning is discovering the codes, strategies and maneuvers that are players' mostly closely guarded secrets. Packed with vital information- 

like training tips, layout of the screen, how to score, how you can move- 

How to Win at Nintendo Games will put you at the top of your form!"

Fuck yeah. I want to be on top of my form, even if it has taken me 20 years to get there! These books are actually pretty kick ass. I don't feel like I'm cheating the experience of playing the actual game and discovering all the little tricks on my own. Shit, this beats having to go on youtube and having to put up with some little turd walking you through a game that's older than his ass. It's cool that some younger kids respect the 8-bit challenge though. Jeff Rovin, the author, does a fine job with this series: 

• How to Win at Nintendo Games (red)
  
• How to Win at Nintendo Games #2 (green)
• How to Win at Nintendo Games #3 (yellow)
• How to Win at Nintendo Sports Games (blue)

I'll be referring to these books on future game reviews if applicable. 

These two books are the same one.  Just that in one of them Mr. Rovin had to clear his ass and let it be known he wasn't authorized by Nintendo to use their name. 

In this book (red) it has tips and strategies for 40 different titles. Yeah it's that intense. These 40 games are definitely the must have classics for any NES aficionado.
I'd list them but I don't feel like typing. 

I'll leave leave you on the edge of your seat, till next time cheaters.

I'm not that crafty, really

Honestly, how many people seriously thought the shitty looking Nintendo jewelry was for real or meant to be worn? Are any of you familiar with satire? Guess not. 

Well, here goes nothing....

Berlin told me she was tired dealing with all the Ebay bullshit and we should try another alternative way to sell our shit.  (By the way, that below is my wife Miss Berlin Deluxxe in case you forgot.)

So we said fuck it, let's open an account on the crunchy granola people site "Etsy".  Well fuck me. After minutes of posting our wares, other sellers and busybodies started talking shit about how technically our Nintendo consoles, games and accessories weren't really vintage and they were going to report us. 

They were acting like a bunch of 5 year old snitches. 

Fine. I read the fine print and even though a lot of my shit was 20 years+, which is considered "vintage" in Etsy standards, some wasn't. So what did I do? I disguised all my Nintendo paraphanelia as  wanna-be-generic-soap-on-a-rope style jewelry. I beat them at their own game. Bitches. A couple of enhanced breasts as a display rack didn't hurt either. 

Honestly, at first it was about making sales, but in the end it was just about good ol' fashion winning.

I've closed the shop now, and moved on.

Let's play some Monster Party and call it a night.

For the record...

Berlin is far from being fat. But probably your g.friend is, or your neighbor's wife you've been jerking off to at the trailer park.

And she's a MILF too...

QuickShot

Remember the Quick Shot (Spectravideo) controller I posted a while ago? Well it took a shit and this came out- the QuickShot controller, model QS-126. Seriously, what the fuck were they thinking? It's a combination mouse, pacemaker, hospital bed thing-a-majig and controller looking peripheral.

It is roughly the same size of a standard controller... except it sucks. The A & B buttons are located on the top upper corners so this control has to be held as if it was a stopwatch. If the QuickShot people were trying to make this ergonamically correct, once again they fucked up. It's a silly piece of poop.

Maybe I got it all wrong, maybe it's for a certain game. Who knows. I sure don't care. I just wanted to share this piece of crap with you. You definately won't find this on Etsy, but if you do come across one in your neighborhood flea market, I can make it into a necklace and have Berlin model it for you. I'm going to play with it some more, maybe I can figure it out. If you have any info on this, hit me up.

Haters part 2

http://www.etsy.com/forums_thread.php?thread_id=6046850

Please include us in your forums next time.

Sincerely,

Big Sloth & Miss Berlin Deluxxe

Bringing Sexy-NES with the Power Glove!

I remember after seeing the movie, "The Wizard" I felt incomplete because my NES collection lacked Mattel's Powerglove. This was the ultimate badass peripheral to have and still is.

Released in 1989, the Powerglove consisted of a fingertip less, rubber and mesh glove that you could adjust and fasten with a velcro strip. It came in different sizes so even Mr. Banana Fingers next door could try his gaming skills.
The glove had various buttons on the forearm area. It included the regular NES control buttons, D-pad, A and B buttons, select and start. Along with this it had programmable buttons with the digits 0-9.
The Power Glove is a pretty complicated device, a larger scale of the Wii controller. It sensed movement and in order to make this feature possible you'd have to attach this silly looking contraption, sensors (3), to your tube TV. I thought the fucken U-force was frustrating, and although the glove is a cool item to own, it was a pain in the ass to use.

There are codes, just like the U-Force that must be punched in for each game, but if you had any problems, you could always discuss them with the trained personnel, or Mario and Luigi and ask them how the fucken thing works.

The Power Glove has its own cord, that you plug into the box with phone numbers on it, or whatever the fuck you call it. It has what I think is an Atari/Sega imput, I'm not sure, I haven't checked to see if it is. Then from the box you plug it into the console. If you want specifics there's Wikipedia. All in all, I enjoy using the Power Glove on race games like RC ProAm and of course Rad Racer (this is the first game I used the glove with). But as we all know, there were only 2 games designed to be used with the Power Glove, these were Super Glove Ball and Bad Street Brawler. Super Glove Ball is actually pretty cool, Bad Street Brawler sucks ass. If you're even going to bother having an original NES, add the PowerGlove to your stash.

I love the Powerglove... It's so bad!

F.Y.I. In regards to the boobs...

The talented and lovely model Miss Berlin Deluxxe, my wife, was courteous enough to model for my blog and Etsy shop. You can purchase her calendar HERE .
You can also find more of her on sites such as Atomic Pin-Up and Inkedgirlz.com. She will be modeling more for you and releasing a Nintendo themed calender coming out soon!

More 8-Tit NES Goodies on Etsy!

Play on!
Become a public follower of The 72 Pin and be entered to win a little box of NES goodies on my 50th post!

Is circuit bending an art?

Is circuit bending an art? According to many at Etsy, it is not. I set up a shop on Etsy just this week in order to sell NES consoles, games and other vintage gaming paraphernalia either for use as is or as supplies for circuit bending. Immediately the Etsy Gestapo, shit I'm making them sound cool which is far off from my intentions, calls me out. You can read the thread HERE, you can also print it out and use it to pick up dog turds. According to them many many Nintendo products do not fall in their vintage category (products over 2o years old). I do admit to being unaware that some games fall a year or two behind from their "vintage" standards or anal retentive categories and the gameboy color is a newer item. Whoops! I didn't mean to ruin so many people's Valentine's Day. I think they should have been spending time getting some Valentine's ass than talking shit.
Anyways, I came up with a solution. I have handcrafted some fully functional NES jewelry. Yes, I'm part of the Etsy team now! *blushes* Check out my new items:

Circuit Benders and Vintage Gamers Rock!