Any Minnesota classic-philes?
Theodore Beale
I'm also more of a player than a collector. I own two companies that
develop computer games and have a weekly reviews column that runs
Mondays in the Pioneer Press under the name Vox Day.
Thanks to Sean Kelly, I now have two Vectrex's to go with my
Intellivision, Atari 2600, ColecoVision, etc. But even though I love
the classics, I still appreciate the new stuff too.
walt...@maroon.tc.umn.edu
curious if any other Minnesotans have a Vectrex at all. I've so far only
ran into ONE person who owns about 10 of them. But more on that later.
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walt...@maroon.tc.umn.edu
1979 Triumph Spitfire 1500(under restoration)
http://www.umn.edu/nlhome/m235/walt0101/index.html
Scott Butler
: Just a shout out to see if there's any other MNers out there. Also
: ran into ONE person who owns about 10 of them. But more on that later.
Here's one checking in....I'm located in south Minneapolis. Dunno about you,
but I've been suffering a real dry spell lately....maybe because of you!
Hahaha...
Haven't seen *anything* lately, let alone a Vectrex. Last time I saw one
was at the Goodwill on S. Robert St. in St. Pa a couple of years ago, and
I *passed it up!* because I was only interested in Atari stuff at the
time....
Scott
james grenert
On 25 Apr 1996 walt...@maroon.tc.umn.edu wrote:
> Just a shout out to see if there's any other MNers out there. Also
> curious if any other Minnesotans have a Vectrex at all. I've so far only
> ran into ONE person who owns about 10 of them. But more on that later.
>
> 1979 Triumph Spitfire 1500(under restoration)
>
Well, I am a semi-classic collector (C64, NES, SMS; maybe an 8-bit Atari
one of these days). Actually, I'm not a collector, I'm a player - no
shrinkwrapped games in my house! There's NOTHING in SE Minnesota
(Rochester area) that I've been able to find. The best thing I've ever
gotten here was a Commodore SX64 that I bought from an aquaintance. If
it weren't for the Internet, I wouldn't have a damn thing.
And I just so happen to have a 1971 Spitfire Mk IV (sadly, at my parents'
house in Indiana).
J. P. Grenert
gre...@harvey.mayo.edu
Bryan Lambert
>walt...@maroon.tc.umn.edu wrote:
>: Just a shout out to see if there's any other MNers out there. Also
>: curious if any other Minnesotans have a Vectrex at all. I've so far only
>: ran into ONE person who owns about 10 of them. But more on that later.
>but I've been suffering a real dry spell lately....maybe because of you!
>Hahaha...
>Haven't seen *anything* lately, let alone a Vectrex. Last time I saw one
>was at the Goodwill on S. Robert St. in St. Pa a couple of years ago, and
>I *passed it up!* because I was only interested in Atari stuff at the
>time....
Count me in! I live on Stevens Square, and don't make regular thrift
runs, but I've picked up some nice finds in my time. Right now I have
a 7800 (picked up when I lived in CT), a Colecovision (very few carts)
and about three dozen games. I'm anxiously awaiting my first 'net
purchase, two pairs of paddles, so I can go nutso on Warlords. I also
have two semi-classics (SMS, TG-16), and two "current" systems (Genny,
Jag).
I've never even SEEN a Vectrex.
Bryan Lambert <bryan....@co.hennepin.mn.us>
. . . who may go looking this weekend...
Seanahan
After 5 years in the California bay area, I've just moved back to MN. I
gotta tell ya, it's hard being a MN classic-phile. I got used to huge
year-round flea markets in the land of former Atari employees -- although
I have to admit I was never lucky enough to stumble upon a Vectrex. Since
coming back, my 2600 collection has stalled at 285. I guess it's time to
start sifting through the Combat carts at thrift stores...
Sean Callahan
sean...@aol.com