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It's not what you think, you dirty person. It was game I used to play when I was a kid. My pal JJ had it & I think still has it. It was like playing Mine Field but with something that would eat you. If it had 16 bit graphics I'd be shocked. I only remembered the game after looking at SnackorDie.com so I had to write about it. This wasn't the only crazy games JJ had. Another great game is Ally Cat. This was a odd game about a cat on these wild puzzle adventures. I couldn't figure some of them out but I did get rather far. I never seen that game out side JJ's house which I thought was odd. Another I don't even know the name but you had to load it via Cassettape & if you got the volume off even a little after a hour loading, you'd have to start all over again. It was a crazy wait for a 8 bit? graphic game of D&D. It wasn't really a D&D game but it reminded me of it. You could pick a class & move around a Ultima like graphic of random walls to have the game fail on you at any random point. But it was cool for a kid who only knew 3 people with home computers in the 80's which now that I think of it, was alot. I was the last kid on my block to get a computer, even a NES for that matter.
I never did get a new system after SNES unless Saga Gen came after. I don't think it did & I never could find a Saga CD to pop into it. I almost got a Dreamcast but never did have the cash for it when it was still being sold.

It's just crazy to think I played games a very small few may of played or even heard of. I never got to play major games till way later like Zelda, Mega Man & Metriod. I had Faxanadu, Legacy of the Wizard & Swords and Serpents. All NES game btw & a pain in the butt to play. I still have them & they all work. I should hook them back up & give them another go.

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    ¤Sangue

    Is laying mines for the good of all.

    Wumpus!

    That reminds me of a trail that runs here around Halloween called Wumpus Woods.

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    06.11.08 6:55 am
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      Maybe it was named after the game heh. Or something like that.. who knows. Now I wonder if that creature is part of a folk lore... hmm
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    I have owned just about every console up to PS2.
    No XBOX.
    I'm talking Pong, Atari 2600, Colecovision, Intellivision, Intellivision II, Vetrex, Sega, Saturn, N64, NES, SNES, etc..

    I bought the Dreamcast, all the accessories and memcards and a fishing controller and 3 months later they discontinued it. If it wasnt such a great game system I would have tried to return it. In the end, the ex made off with it and I got the Gamecube and PS2.

    I recall designing video games on the TRS-80 using Basic with my bud growing up. Then the C64, AppleIIc , a Texas Instruments PC and an IBM PC Jr.

    I often think back on some of the games I use to play in middle school or high school. I recently located Lode Runner too. Some or those games were really fun and ground breaking and I recall thinking it doesnt get any better. Oh how wrong I was.

    I tried an emulator specifically so I could play Utopia which I use to play on Intellivision and I couldn't bare it.
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      I used to make games for AppleIIE computers back in Middle School. I still have the floppy some where, even though it won't work right it was a nice time.
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        Ah nostalgia..
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        06.15.08 5:21 pm
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          An't it grand?
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          06.16.08 3:11 am
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            Except when I start to feel old because of it.
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            06.18.08 11:09 pm
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              NEVER! Ok, maybe some times. I just feel old when it happens badly. I miss the old days. I want to party dang it. I got like 2 good years in my 25-26 years of life. I feel robbed.
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              06.19.08 6:04 am
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                Hey, always keep in mind that there are others, even some you know, that have it worse off than you.
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                06.20.08 10:50 pm
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                  There is no one I know that has it worse then me. I should know, I know them.
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                  06.21.08 8:14 am
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                    Ok. I guess you would know.
                    Being that I have no idea what you speak of concerning yourself and why you have it so bad, I will take your word on it.

                    I get paid and I'm broke. Hand to mouth existence.
                    I cant afford insurance on my truck at the moment, my phone is turned off, I have been late on rent for 7 months running, my internet is going to be turned off any day now, I owe $300 on my truck, I owe $550 for the transmission and clutch I just put in, I got my government return check just in time to pay the $296 overdraft in my bank, I am close to shut off on lights, I eat PB&J tuna and ramen exclusively.
                    That's just the start.
                    I am not a bum though I feel like one.
                    I found myself in a hard place and had to take a job that didn't pay me what I deserve and I live far away from that job, I had to move last minute from friends house that got me started here, after my job transfer fell through even with 6 weeks notice.
                    I struggle daily but always keep my head up because I do have a job, an apartment and I have not gone a night without eating something yet. Beats the days when I was actually homeless and couch surfing for months with no job and no way to support my then drug habit.
                    For me.. things could be, and have been, worse.
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                    06.21.08 11:00 pm
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                      You don't have to trump me ya know. I do rant, I do get depressed, we all have issues. You have to understand no one I personally know has it like me. They show the world the sunny side of their life 24/7 and even though I get even a taste of darkness when they allow them self to open up, they still don't have to deal with the same crap as I do.

                      It's like the person who has problems being friends who don't know what a problem is. They find it half way cute even.

                      I know there are people out there that lives just over all suck but I personally don't know any. When I am told Oh college is so hard as they are getting their masters... they don't see that they are even lucky to go to college.
                      I had the same people tell me I should of worked harder in college & should of drop'd out. I did drop out so I could work 6-7 days a week for crap pay to keep me & my mother with a house. I choose work over school so we had a place to live. I can always go back & I know it will be hard to but I have the option. How ever I didn't feel at the time I had the option to get a house back after losing it.

                      I have other issues, hang ups but I rather not talk about such things here. I rather keep this more light then it has been. I can almost feel like a fight brewing & I don't want to get into some one I respect in some way.

                      So lets call it over.
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                      06.22.08 7:30 am
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                        I meant to inspire, not offend. I am sorry.
                        No fight. Over. :)
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                          Cool.
                          I was worried is all. I don't know you that well to tell what will lead to a fight or what. It's better to be safe then sorry.
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                            That is a shame, after knowing me for so long too.
                            I guess I am mostly standoffish with the internet.
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                              Ya can never tell with the internet!
                              I upset you once by saying something about the icon & I ment no harm. Trust me, I don't want to piss off any body!
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                                You upset me once? really?
                                I don't recall ever being cross at you.
                                I am curious to hear your recollection of this encounter if you are up to sharing.
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                                  I told ya on WoW. It was short lived but I'm sure ya was stressed with peeps wanting Icons.
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                                  06.27.08 2:52 am
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                                    Ya. Had to be it.
                                    I been on dA over 6 years now. Seen a lot go down, even now while I am a lurker.
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                                      Same but I try to stay out of it.
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                                      06.29.08 8:01 am
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                                        THE only way to be.
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                                        07.01.08 11:23 pm
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                                          True but it does get scary on there.
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