bomba's House Of Flancakes
Casualties of Retro Gaming
Posted on Sep 16th 2012 at 12:10:46 AM by (bombatomba)
Posted under death, retro, games,

Today I mourn the passing of a few close friends.  For years they have been with me, through good times and bad, and though at least one of them was responsible for more than one bad time, there were more good than bad, I think.  That was confusing.  Anyways, I know that all of them could be counted on for at least one reasonably good game.

I discovered their passing this morning as I worked on what I should have "on deck" in my revised gaming room (Room 1, v2).  I had finally settled on PS2, NES, SNES, Genesis, T-16, and N64 (Dreamcast and Xbox are stationed in Room 2, v2).  After fixing the mass of wire-spaghetti making sure the proper hook-ups were hooked up I discovered the tragedy.  My Sega CD, Genesis model 1, and Turbografx CD had passed onto a better place.  I did what I could, but in the end there was no saving them.  They have gone Home, and I will have to come to terms with this on my own.

The viewing will be scheduled Sunday, September 15th at approximately 11 am EST.  As per their last requests, games will be placed in their trays/slot.  They will be Sonic CD, Final Zone II, and StarFlight (for the Sega CD, Turbo CD, and Genesis, respectively).  The funeral has been scheduled to take place in my basement, where they will be entombed in my console display shelf (since they are inanimate objects) and dusted not less than once a month.

Goodbye, my friends.

[UPDATE] - It seems the Turbo CD isn't totally dead, but is unable to play CD games.  It look like the CD drive gear has stripped out, which is the death knell for this particular system.  Fortunately I can still play regular Turbo games on it (and through composite), so for now it will stay next to my SNES. 


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
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