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Steve Lin
@stevelin.bsky.social
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Board member @gamehistoryorg, arcade & pinball enthusiast. Adopt senior pets!
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Oh no! Was there TurboGrafx bashing on the latest podcast?
Homer Simpson talking to Lisa at the dinner table. He's angry and the text overlay reads "I've had just about enough of your TurboGrafx bashing, @willsmith.fun". It is from the episode "The PTA Disbands" Season 6 / Episode 21 where Lisa makes fun of Vassar
November 9, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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Am I doing this right?
"NEW CAPACITORS for Sega Game Gears" in the Zorhan Mamdani font and color scheme
November 9, 2025 at 4:31 AM
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A photo of a cat perched on the drawer handle of a refrigerator with its face in the water dispenser. The caption reads "My cat figured out how the fridge works and now he's turnt on fresh, crisp water"
November 7, 2025 at 3:04 AM
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Also it was apparently "Bring Garfield to the Flea Market" day. I saw multiple vendors with large displays
A table that is covered in plush Garfields wearing different outfits like bunny ears and a policeman's cap. One in front is wearing a white t-shirt that has a big G on the front. Very Bubsy-esque A rack that has a lot of plushes on it, most of them Garfield or Garfield-adjacent (e.g. Odie). There is also a Pikachu, Stitch, and some other Disney characters like Nemo and the three-eyed alien from Toy Story. More Garfields! All plush including one that is at least 3 feet tall. There are also Domo-kuns and some other Disney characters A table with a briefcase opened up to show Garfield slippers, a 1988 calendar, and other assorted figures next to a small piece of luggage opened up to reveal more Garfield plushes. There's also the LJN Hulk Hogan and Junkyard Dog figures.
November 2, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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Early morning at the Alameda Flea Market. Picked up this Space Duel poster that I need to find more about. I was already interested in the ComputerMate floppy organizer and when I picked it up it was heavier than expected. So for $5 I now own the organizer and someone's C64 pirate/legit collection
A large Atari Space Duel promotional poster on a cardboard back and sealed in bag. It features a space ship flying towards the lower right with laser blasts, space stations, and planets in the background. A Computermate Floppy Disk organizer box that features a picture of the organizer and "Holds 60 Floppy Disks" on the box. Behind it is a boxed Milton Bradley SIMON game and a Raggedy Ann doll. There's also a telephone with 70s style numbers on large buttons. The ComputerMate floppy organizer on a table. In front is a Fujifilm 5.25 floppy disk inside a Kodak sleeve. The label reads: Jumpman & games Load "$",8. Other floppies are visible behind it including a Perry Mason Case of the Mandarin Murder disk
November 2, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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If you ain't outta control, you ain't in control.

Also apparently we both believe Indy goes next to Medieval Madness
A row of 5 pinball machines. Twilight Zone, Addams Family, Medieval Madness, Indiana Jones, and Lord of the Rings
November 1, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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Sour Patch Kids dethroned as most popular this year by newcomer Shin Ramyun!
Two metal bowls. Bowl on the left has packets of Shin Ramyun spicy instant ramen. Bigger bowl on the right has full size boxes of Sour Patch Kids, M&M caramel, M&M peanut, Twix, Twix Cookie Dough, Snickers, Snickers Peanut Butter, and Hershey's bars
November 1, 2025 at 2:27 AM
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Tomorrow's manual?
Instruction manual for Extra Innings by Sony Imagesoft for the Super Nintendo
October 28, 2025 at 6:57 AM
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If/when they hit inning 20 they pivot to 1:1 hand-to-hand player matchups. Much like Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection releasing on October 30th
Screenshot from Batman The Dark Knight with the Joker holding two pool cues and henchmen in the foreground. The caption reads "So, we're gonna have tryouts"
October 28, 2025 at 6:14 AM
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A picture of the Machamp Pokemon that features a very Goro-esque buff animal with four arms
October 26, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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Honestly the consistency of the patina is quite impressive
The Matthew McConaughey Smoking Meme. Wide eyes as he takes a deep inhale from his cigarette
October 25, 2025 at 6:58 AM
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I was tempted by this laserdisc that appeared to just be level-by-level Space Harrier gameplay footage just to see how it was captured. Not $200 tempted apparently
A blue laser disc jacket with the Space Harrier logo on top and Sega logo at the bottom. There are four screenshots of Space Harrier gameplay including the two headed dragon and moai heads. Upper right corner is the Sony logo and there's a round price sticker that reads $200
October 22, 2025 at 2:47 AM
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Cover for H.E.R.O. for the Atari 2600. Featuring a swarthy buff hero with a prominent chin. He's holding his sunglasses and wearing the game's heli backpack and there's a pack of dynamite strung across his bicep
October 21, 2025 at 5:02 AM
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@papapishu.bsky.social You are here with us at Portland Retro in spirit
An OK Baby arcade candy cabinet in the show floor of Portland Retro Gaming Expo
October 17, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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Also, they just unboxed it but got Grand Champion on my first play of Star Wars Fall of the Empire. I'll take it!
The scoreboard screen of Star Wars Fall of the Empire Premium Edition pinball from Stern. At the top for Grand Champion is SPL with 111,744,430 points
October 17, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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Fun Day -1 setup yesterday at Portland Retro Gaming Expo. Some vendors with some really unique stuff. Looking forward to seeing friends this weekend!
A table full of strange looking NES-on-a-chip bootleg systems along with Brazilian Mega-Jets on a table. They are mostly very angular with strange button configurations and actual joysticks for controllers. Show do Milhão Volume 2 for the Mega Drive featuring a prominent photo of Silvo Santos on the cover LP called Knight Rider Hits with K.I.T.T. leaping towards the viewer. There's the KITT dashboard at the bottom and the songs featured include Lambada, Girl I'm Gonna Miss You, Looking for Freedom, You Got It, Touch Me, Can't Shake The Feeling, and Sit and Wait. David Hasslehoff is on the cover as well and it's from Germany given the Aus Der Fernsehwerbung at the top of the jacket. PHOTON Electronic Double Warrior Battle Game boxed set. A huge light gun kit with two helmets, guns, battery packs, and chest sensors. Peak 80s
October 17, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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Can confirm it's pretty great
A Capcom mini cute arcade cabinet with a Street Fighter Alpha 3 topper next to a Neo 19 mini cabinet with an Arby's hat on top of the hood
October 16, 2025 at 4:44 AM
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The UV bin of doom
A large plastic bin lined with reflective tape and strings of UV LED lights in a serpentine pattern
October 13, 2025 at 4:53 AM
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Been messing around with the retrobrite process this weekend and have had some okay results. I also realized I took almost no pictures other than this NES Advantage in-progress
A very yellowed NES Advantage joystick with the ball and turbo dials removed. It's also dirty with scratches on the case The NES Advantage with a more traditional grey color though the original lighter color is still visible in the seams. It is just the shell with somewhat still yellowed buttons stacked in the background
October 13, 2025 at 4:34 AM
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Cool things happening thanks to @nathaniellockhart.bsky.social ‘s Street Fighter: The Movie: The Arcade Game CPS1/2 harness! Now I can easily swap in the board for a quick fix instead of re-wiring the cabinet

github.com/nateo87/Stre...
A Street Fighter: The Movie Arcade PCB attached to a board inside a Capcom Mini Cute cabinet. The board is connected to a separate board that breaks out the kicks, punches, and sound so that it can easily be connected to a cabinet wired for the standard Capcom CPS1 or 2 boards A screenshot of the Capcom Mini Cute arcade cabinet with joysticks and buttons visible. On the screen is the Street Fighter: The Movie game logo The same Capcom mini cute but this time on the screen there is a picture of a close up of Jean Claude Van Damme flexing and his American flag tattoo is visible
October 12, 2025 at 11:51 PM
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My can of 20 year old iced coffee
A can of Viewtiful Joe-labeled iced coffee. It features him and the logo along with coffee beans. At the bottom it says Complimentary from CAPCOM 2005
October 11, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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Headed to Portland next week for PRGE and in hindsight I should have bought this T-shirt I spotted at the flea market
A cream colored T-shirt with three frogs on it. The one in the middle has a cowboy hat and two in the background have nightly colored hair. The text around the frogs reads "Giddy Up Sluts"
October 11, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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More like
Spock and T'Pring from Star Trek TOS. Spock is looking at the camera quizzically while T'Pring looks off camera with a disassociated look as she longs for Stonn
October 10, 2025 at 5:52 AM
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Also saw this CRT in a clear case. When I mentioned I had never seen one like it the vendor said "I guess you've never been to prison"
A 13 inch RCA TV in a completely transparent plastic case with all of the internal electronics visible
October 5, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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I never considered buying a vintage Chuck E. Cheese-branded tray but it was $10 at the flea market and 100% my jam
A round plastic ivrory-colored tray about the size of a large pizza with a red Chuck E. Cheese's Pizza Time Theater logo in the middle
October 5, 2025 at 9:25 PM