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Chris Kohler @kohler.bsky.social · 14h

SCHEDULE CHANGE:

My Portland Retro panel will now take place on *Saturday,* October 18 at 2:15 PM!

Move all your plans around right now so you can come to "Collecting In 2025: How To Start, How To Continue... And How To Quit"!

RetroGamingExpo.com @retrogamingexpo.bsky.social · 4d

@kohler.bsky.social is back at the Portland Retro Gaming Expo with a timely panel "Collecting In 2025: How To Start, How To Continue... And How To Quit." Get your tickets now at tinyurl.com/3ehcsc7k
#prge #prge2025 #retrogaming

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Chris Kohler @kohler.bsky.social · 14h

This time was formerly Charles Martinet's panel so I am gonna do the whole thing in the Waluigi voice

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Chris Kohler @kohler.bsky.social · 14h

SCHEDULE CHANGE:

My Portland Retro panel will now take place on *Saturday,* October 18 at 2:15 PM!

Move all your plans around right now so you can come to "Collecting In 2025: How To Start, How To Continue... And How To Quit"!

RetroGamingExpo.com @retrogamingexpo.bsky.social · 4d

@kohler.bsky.social is back at the Portland Retro Gaming Expo with a timely panel "Collecting In 2025: How To Start, How To Continue... And How To Quit." Get your tickets now at tinyurl.com/3ehcsc7k
#prge #prge2025 #retrogaming

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Chris Kohler @kohler.bsky.social · 2d

Congrats to the Seattle Nintendos

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Chris Kohler @kohler.bsky.social · 23h

They probably had obi, I assume.

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Chris Kohler @kohler.bsky.social · 1d

American Book-Off is great for obscure Japanese stuff that most Americans don't want

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Chris Kohler @kohler.bsky.social · Mar 31

Book-Off San Diego gets! Everything in the Super Famicom section was too expensive but the wall of random Game Boy games had some legit bargains!

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Chris Kohler @kohler.bsky.social · 1d

How many Ultra Hands do I need? Four? It's probably four, right?

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Chris Kohler @kohler.bsky.social · 2d

It's not bad! A Wiimote would be better but I was surprised how playable it was.

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Chris Kohler @kohler.bsky.social · 2d

I've tried every way of playing Super Mario Galaxy 2 on Switch and I gotta go with "loose dual Joy-Cons."

Moving while jumping and aiming and shooting with Yoshi? Pretty much the only way that's gonna happen.

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Chris Kohler @kohler.bsky.social · 2d

Congrats to the Seattle Nintendos

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Chris Kohler @kohler.bsky.social · 2d

Cry Havoc! At The Disco

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RetroGamingExpo.com @retrogamingexpo.bsky.social · 4d

@kohler.bsky.social is back at the Portland Retro Gaming Expo with a timely panel "Collecting In 2025: How To Start, How To Continue... And How To Quit." Get your tickets now at tinyurl.com/3ehcsc7k
#prge #prge2025 #retrogaming

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Frank Cifaldi @frankcifaldi.bsky.social · 4d

Collectors! Store owners! Hoarders! Help us out! @gamehistoryorg.bsky.social is looking to source copies of this 1985 NES pack-in poster for fundraising reasons, and we need them asap. We already cleaned out eBay. Note that they need to be the ones that say copyright 1985, as pictured! Can pay!

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RetroGamingExpo.com @retrogamingexpo.bsky.social · 5d

Chris Kohler just got added to the panel schedule!

Chris Kohler @kohler.bsky.social · 5d

JUST CONFIRMED: I'll be at Portland @retrogamingexpo.bsky.social next weekend with a panel on Sunday titled "Collecting In 2025: How To Start, How To Continue... And How To Quit."

Come talk about collecting with me on Sunday afternoon! I'll also be hanging around at table #501 when I'm not paneling

Collecting In 2025: How To Start, How To Continue... And How To Quit
Featuring: Chris Kohler

Seriously, you're collecting video games in the year 2025? But everything's too expensive! All the games are gone! It's just not FUN anymore! ... That's what they say, anyways, but it's just not true if you don't want it to be. Chris Kohler has been collecting since the 1990s and has some advice for every step of your journey -- whether you're just starting a collection, trying to keep one going, or wondering how to wind it all down.

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Michaël Larouche @michaellarouche.bsky.social · 6d

I took up the task to adapt the GPU renderer of MK4 from OpenGL that our emulator engineer did to our bakesale rendering abstraction. Adding 2x, 4x was a easy call to make, just need to render the scene in a bigger intermediate render target.

Digital Eclipse @digitaleclipse.bsky.social · 6d

We've enhanced MK4's graphics with 2x and 4x rendering modes, which give the 1997 arcade original a smooth, modern look. It's entirely optional -- run at the original resolution with the CRT filter for authenticity!

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Chris Kohler @kohler.bsky.social · 5d

All the panels are filmed so you can check it out after the show!

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Chris Kohler @kohler.bsky.social · 5d

JUST CONFIRMED: I'll be at Portland @retrogamingexpo.bsky.social next weekend with a panel on Sunday titled "Collecting In 2025: How To Start, How To Continue... And How To Quit."

Come talk about collecting with me on Sunday afternoon! I'll also be hanging around at table #501 when I'm not paneling

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Chris Kohler @kohler.bsky.social · 6d

Update from Becky's GoFundMe - the money will make a real difference, as she can visit out of network providers.

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Chris Kohler @kohler.bsky.social · 6d

Update from Becky's GoFundMe - the money will make a real difference, as she can visit out of network providers.

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Chris Kohler @kohler.bsky.social · 6d

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Chris Kohler @kohler.bsky.social · 6d

eBay listing showing the letter: www.ebay.com/itm/14679414...

This reads like they discovered some bugs post-launch and added this in to later copies, which would explain why some (most?) don't have them.

Pardon Our Interruption...

www.ebay.com

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Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com · 7d

Listen, @burgerbecky.bsky.social is one of the greats. If you can spare anything at all, and you have love for this medium, I can guarantee she's in some way part of the games you love. Please help our industry help her out.

www.gofundme.com/f/help-rebec...

Donate to Help Rebecca Ann Heineman Fight Aggressive Cancer, organized by Rebecca Heineman

I’m Rebecca Ann Heineman. The very first video game champion, creat… Rebecca Heineman needs your support for Help Rebecca Ann Heineman Fight Aggressive Cancer

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Chris Kohler @kohler.bsky.social · 8d

Help a game design legend fight cancer.

Rebecca Heineman @burgerbecky.bsky.social · 9d

I’ve started a GoFundMe to help with my cancer battle gofund.me/6850175a3

Donate to Help Rebecca Ann Heineman Fight Aggressive Cancer, organized by Rebecca Heineman

I’m Rebecca Ann Heineman. The very first video game champion, creat… Rebecca Heineman needs your support for Help Rebecca Ann Heineman Fight Aggressive Cancer

gofund.me

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Chris Kohler @kohler.bsky.social · 8d

Yeah but would Nintendo be this brave to just have an entire Xbox 360 power brick dangling off the cart

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Chris Kohler @kohler.bsky.social · 8d

Another thing I got today. Apparently they wanted to release a chess game for the Odyssey2 in Europe, but the system couldn't handle it and just adding a chip to the board wouldn't get it done. So they added an entire ass computer that was wired to the cart. This is why CD-ROMs were inferior media

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