Steve Lin

@stevelin.bsky.social

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Board member @gamehistoryorg, arcade & pinball enthusiast. Adopt senior pets!

Looking down a row of games with most of them on the left hand side. They are primarily Williams arcade games including Robotron, Moon Patrol, Stargate, Defender, and Joust. Narc is in the foreground. All told you can see about 30 arcade games as it curves inward towards the back of the row and behind it is another row where Atari System 1 cabinets like Indiana Jones, Road Runner, and Peter Pack Rat are visible. On the far left is a 3 player Ironman Ivan Stewart's Super Off Road
A couple of folding tables with very little merchandise on them. There are already a handful of people gathered around boxes with flashlights shining on the insides as they dig for treasures. There's a U-Haul in the background and though you can't see it there are three racks of stuff along with an endless supply of computer cases. Adam Patrick Murray is a blurry guy walking from the U-Haul to one of the tables.
Six cabinets of Midway's The Grid 3rd person shooter with a joystick and trackball controller all connected in a semi-circle configuration. The monitors are all off.
Screenshot from The Simpsons episode “Bart of Darkness” S6:E1 where Homer is talking to Bart and Lisa in the living room. He is holding his hands up preparing to unify them. The caption reads: Let us celebrate our new arrangement with the adding of WASD to +mlook
A picture of Hanna-Barberra characters Jabberjaw the shark, Speed Buggy the anthropomorphic talking dune buggy, Captain Caveman, Scooby Doo, and Funky Phantom. Admit it, you couldn't remember Funky Phantom's name...
Dennis Hopper as Frank Booth in David Lynch's "Blue Velvet". He is sitting in the driver's seat of his car looking back at the camera in the back passenger seat as he aggressively holds a ventilator mask up to his face while staring angrily at the camera.
A brown plush sea lion about 6" in length wearing a red bandana with the Fujitsu logo in white. It's sitting on top of an FM TOWNS II SN laptop that is cream colored with a navigation nub in the center, Japanese characters on the keyboard, a CD ROM drive, and a floppy drive facing forward. I'm assuming it is a sea lion rather than a seal because there are little fabric ear flaps that a seal wouldn't have. I know of no marketing campaign for Fujitsu that involved sea lions or any understanding of why this exists. Regardless, I and the plush sea lion wish you a prosperous week.
An Apple Macintosh IIsi with a post-it note attached that reads "Exploded capaciters (sic) - Bad power supply". It also has a price tag with a barcode on it $25.00
A 1U high panel in a server rack. 3/4 of the panel from the left to right are grids of tiny LEDs with a lighting pattern that matches that of the WOPR computer from War Games. Text labels are accurate to what's on screen and the blinking pattern is modeled after the film. On the right is the WOPR War Operation Plan Response logo. Underneath the panel is a wireless keyboard on a shelf and below that is the top of an FM Towns Marty. On top of the rack are a sheath of NFC cards with Toe Jam & Earl visible in front. An NFC reader shaped like a Commodore floppy drive. an 8Bitdo controller and a SNAC adapter. Behind that is a Checkpoint LCD 4:3 monitor and in the far background on the left you can see a bit of the NBA JAM ball model used for creating the cover art for the console releases.
A Sony WM-F8 cassette Walkman from previous posts on the left. To the right is a much smaller black slab, smaller than a tape, the Sony NW-A306 with the Walkman logo on the screen powered by android and the Sony logo
A photo of Armin Shimerman in full makeup as Quark from Star Trek DS9
Screenshot from Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan where Captain Kirk is being held back by Bones and Scotty while trying to get to Spock in the radioactive warp core chamber. The text overlay is the quote from Scotty that reads "Sir, he's dead already"
The Convergent Technologies Workslate built into the control panel of the Airwolf helicopter. There are female hands visible, presumably those of Jean Bruce Scott as Caitlin O'Shannessy, a notebook, and an HP calculator.
A circular screen on a white conical base. The screen is displaying a radar-like image centered around SFO airport. Yellow planes in the air are also visible with their flight numbers, aircraft type, and altitude.
A box for a Unitek SolidForce Reefer TurboCool M.2/NVME drive enclosure. The box is half red on top and half white on the bottom with a picture of the silver drive enclosure diagonally across the front. The text at the bottom reads USB4 40Gbps M.2 SSD Enclosure with Cooling Fan Supports M/B&M Key NVMe/PCIe SSDs
A screenshot of the Cerveza Cristal beer ad that was awkwardly spliced into an airing of Star Wars on Chilean television. When Obi-wan reaches over to get Anakin's lightsaber for Luke it cuts to a shot of a cooler filled with ice and Cerveza Cristal beer bottles followed by a voice that enthusiastically sings "CERVEZA CRISTAL!" while a jingle plays in the background.
A vintage Fisher-Price Activity Center toy from the 1970s. It's a white rectangular plastic toy designed for babies. It has 10 things for baby to do: a blue plastic dog and an orange bear that run across the bottom, a blue rotating phone dial in the middle, and a dog and bear litho on a yellow lever that swings back and forth above the phone dial. Three running dogs on a multicolored background spinning dial are on one side of the activity center, below it is a yellow bear on a red pushdown squeaker button. The other side of the activity center has a red push-button that sends a bullet up a clear tube to ring a silver bell. There is also a pink and yellow ball that spins left to right, and a pink and yellow wheel that spins up or down. There's also a small mirror to test the child's self-awareness.
A composite photo of the 1996 E3 guidebook showing the booth layout with two cones overlayed indicating where the Carolyn Rauch photograph of the show floor (Sony booth) and Anthony Parisi video (Tobal No. 1) were shot
A small handheld yellow and black reciprocating saw with a blade attached that is meant to cut metal. There's a handmade sign next to it that reads "Flock repair tool". There's also a fan and a PlayStation one sitting on the ground near it.
A frame from The Simpsons S7·E19 "A Fish Called Selma". It's the end of the date between Selma and Troy and they're standing outside the restaurant. Selma is looking at Troy, who looks bored, and the text overlay reads "I had a pretty good time."
A Facebook post from CoinOp amusements that reads "Working 60 in 1 Multicade with LCD screen. Game started life as a Neo Gro and the was cut and converted unfortunately. The monitor is on a stand so is two pieces. Located in Cleveland. $395 SOLD" Beneath the text is a monstrosity. A dedicated Neo Gro cabinet cut diagonally down from the top of the control panel to the service door on the back. It's painted yellow for some reason and there are now 3 buttons per player instead of 4. The monitor is a standard LCD mounted vertically on a metal pedestal but clearly doesn't fill the entire 16:9 screen so there are black bars at the bottom and top. The menu screen for a standard 60-in-1 is visible showing games like Arkanoid, QIX, Xevious, and Mr Do's Castle. In the background are a number of crane games.
A Weishi No. 1000 Multifunction Timegrapher that measures the performance of a mechanical watch. It's showing a steady +8s/d rate, 280 degrees of amplitude, and 0.3ms beat error. All of these numbers are within acceptable range.
An extremely, almost unbelievably, small screw that has a thick head and probably 2-3 grooves. It is at the very tip of an x-acto blade that looks enormous in comparison. The very tip of the blade is just about as wide as the threaded end.
A square magenta flexi disc that's a vinyl record meant to be included in magazines or promotional flyers. At the top reads "Original sound track from the Hit Game" followed by the 720 degrees logo and a person doing a sick trick on a skateboard with "The Ultimate Aerial Experience" around the circular edge of the grooves. The Atari Fuji logo is at the bottom right.
A blow molded Spuds Mackenzie statue about 2 feet tall. He's sitting down with his tongue out while wearing a light blue pullover with the Bud Light logo across the chest
Meme of Dave Chappelle as a crackhead scratching his neck. The impact font overlay reads "Y'all got any of that games revenue potential?"
An extremely tiny screw under magnification. The head of the screw is sheared off from the threads in an oval pattern right where the two pieces meet. It's sitting in a blue parts tray.
A Sony Walkman WM-F8 that's a little beat up with wear around the edges. Good patina for its age. Paired with Moondrop Old Fashioned foam ear cup headphones. There's a tape inside and next to the Walkman is the holder for 2 Live Crew's "As Clean As They Want To Be" with the butts of the female models covered up by blocks that read "No Explicit Lyrics Contained"
A Nintendo trade magazine ad. The top reads in big block letters: SUPER POWERS REACH EXCLUSIVE AGREEMENT. Underneath is a picture of a cartoon Mario shaking hands with a much more realistic Russian officer complete with fuzzy hat, collar, and cuffs along with random war medals. Beneath that is a white text block with blue letters that reads: "Nintendo of America and Elorg, the Soviet Foeign Trade Association, are proud to announce a worldwide exclusive licensing agreement to market Tetris, the exciting new home video game designed by Soviet computer wiz, Alexey L. Pazhitnov. [underlined] No other company in the world is now, nor has ever been, licensed to market the Tetris home video game title. [end underline]. We at Nintendo are proud of this first-of-its-kind licensing agreement with the Soviet Union. We’re very excited about the potential of Tetris to become a major success. Tetris is surely a game with stron appeal for Nintendo Entertainment System players of all ages. We intend to support this belief with a marketing/advertising plan guaranteed to generate high levels of awareness and even higher levels of sales." In the middle is the Nintendo logo and "NOW YOU'RE PLAYING WITH POWER!"
A screenshot from The Simpsons S6E14 "Bart's Comet" Bart is sitting up in his bed rubbing his eyes with the clock reading 4:00. The text overlay reads "Top of the hour, time for the morning news. But of course, there is no news yet. Everyone's still asleep in their comfy, comfy beds."
A flyer for Street Fighter The Movie The Game. Tri-fold out with "A REAL KICK IN THE CASHBOX!" in yellow along the top. Beneath is Jean Claude Van Damme as Guile kicking his way into the second panel with the movie lofi beneath him. The other two pages have two screenshots each load out as if they are on filmstrips. Text underneath hypes the digitized star-studded cast.
A yellow Capcom Mini Cute arcade cabinet opened up. The PCB door is open and there's a barely visible blue Capcom CPS2 A and B board setup. On the screen is part of the intro to the shooter Mars Matrix with a grid background and file cards of planets and ships floating on top. There's a hand at the bottom of the picture holding a white box that has an LCD screen on it that reads: Now Playing: Mars Matrix =U
A banner advertising the event at the Electronics Flea Market. The background is a series of 1s and 0s in a binary pattern. On the left is what looks like an IC on a circuit board that reads “CHARITY SALE in honor of GORDON MAH UNG” and on the right is a caricature of Gordon wearing a beaning with a The Full Nerd sticker. He’s got a backpack, Canon camera, ghost trap, fluffy animals, red crocs, and is giving the “Live Long and Prosper” Vulcan greeting.
Proof of life photo of the Commodore PET screen. It’s meant to show that all the keys on the keyboard are functional. The screen reads: *** COMMODORE BASIC 4.0 *** 31743 BYTES FREE READY. ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ1234567890.-=+*/!”#$%’&\()[]<>@
The extremely tiny gashapon Sega Dreamcast VMU showing that the cap separates from the body. Next to it is an appropriately sized Sega 32X add on module that is equally miniscule.
Sega Saturn and Dreamcast gashapon capsule toys next to each other. The Dreamcast also has a tiny VMU. There's a dime next to them for scale that indicates the Dreamcast is approximately 2 dimes wide and the Dreamcast controller is about the same size.
A Commodore PET opened up where the entire upper portion including the keyboard and monitor flip up like a car hood. There's a metal rod on the left hand side holding it open. Underneath you can see the motherboard and power supply of the computer and cables going to the monitor and keyboard.
A Convergent Technologies WorkSlate portable microcomputer. It is a dark gray slab with a large screen up top that takes about 2/3 of the space and next to it is a microcassette drive and a speaker. It uses a Scandinavian minimalist design aesthetic with circular letter keys and rounded off other buttons. Next to it is a printer with a similar design and it's about the size of a wide paperback book. There's a piece of paper coming out of the feed with gibberish on it. Looks like something that would come out of Teenage Engineering but was released in 1983.
A boxed South Bend Star Trek Electronic U.S.S. Enterprise toy. It features the Enterprise flying towards the lower right of the box with a starfield background. There are four inset panels along the bottom that highlight the engine sound effects, phaser sounds, reconfigurable design, and 'space docking cradle'. There's a Kay Bee Toys yellow sticker at the bottom left that features the Kay Bee toy soldier mascot and "This Toy Requires Batteries". Additional text along the left lists other features such as 20" Replica of the NEW U.S.S. Enterprise with Integrated Circuitry, Flashing Bridge Light, and Snap-fit parts.
A sign that reads "BYTE Magazine $2 Each or 3 for $5" in the BYTE magazine logo font that is very bulbous and rounded. The a and z in "magazine" is hard to parse as are the numbers next to the dollar signs.
A Commodore PET Model 4032 computer that has an integrated CRT screen. On the screen it reads *** COMMODORE BASIC 4.0 *** 31743 BYTES FREE READY. Its sitting on a workbench with various tools on a wall control pegboard in the background
A bunch of boxes of keyboard keycap sets and switches on a table. On the left are 3 kbdfans boxes followed by 3 bags of switches and a box with switches and metal WASD keycaps followed by 2 DROP keycap sets and 2 boxes of DROP Holy Panda X switches
The "Yes... ha ha ha... YES!" meme with a creepy guy looking in from outside a window. The "Sickos" on his shirt is covered with the Nextlander logo
A The Legend of Zelda Game & Watch released by Nintendo in 2021. The LCD screen shows the title screen for Blazing Lazers for the TurboGrafx-16
Screenshot from Dumb & Dumber where Lloyd is leaving the gas station convenience store and sees two guys drinking Big Gulps. The text overlay reads "Robotron, huh? Well, see ya later!"
A 6-Player X-Men arcade cabinet painted black. Where do I even start? The marquee is split in two with Ms Pac Man on the left and Multi&Williams 2084 on the right. There's a custom black monitor bezel with a vertical monitor on the left and horizontal on the right. The wide control panel has two overlays on it. The right has a Galaga overlay and the right a Multi-williams with twin joysticks and all the Defender/Stargate buttons. The front center panel has the Galaga kickplate art. The cabinet is sandwiched between two Golden Tee machines.
Yu Suzuki wearing the same outfit as in the video. I'm standing to his left in a black shirt and purple jacket. The fighting ring is partially visible in the background
A domed ceiling mounted security camera. There's a rounded piece of drop ceiling still attached to the back. There's also a small Kodak digital camera on the table. Everything is covered with the shadow of a person who moved in front right as I was taking the picture and I didn't want to wait for him to move to take another one.
A very dirty and scratched up Sony Playstation 2 model 39001 (PS2 fat) with a missing drive bay and sitting on paved concrete
A small yellow and black battery powered hand saw with blade. Underneath it is a piece of paper that reads "Flock Repair Tool"
A PHOTON ID card that's rectangular and oriented vertically. It has the Photon logo on top and to the left its dated 11-1-86 issued by JP and on the right is a picture of cold me not smiling. There's a barcode at the bottom.
A Zelda Game & Watch Anniversary Edition with the back cover removed. There are pins soldered to the board near the speaker and those pins are connected to a ST Link V2 plugged into a USB port
A square mirror that has Eric Clapton on the front (no reason to cry) and a post-it note on top that reads "Clapton Promo Coke Mirror! $40 *razor blade not included
An AlphaSmart Neo 2 word processor inside a typewriter case created by Un Kyu Lee. One of the side storage caps is unscrewed and a 3 AAA cylindrical battery holder is sticking out of the hole. In the background you can see the MicroJournal from the first post.
A MicroJournal revision 6 build. It's essentially a 40% ortholinenear keyboard with a small compute and screen attached at the top for distraction-free writing. 3D printed red and black case with key caps that have a Famicom red and beige color scheme with Roman and Japanese markings
A box for a black New Nintendo 3DS XL. It still has the yellow Best Buy sticker priced at $199.99. It has a number of callout arrows touting Super Stable 3D, Built in amiibo & NFC support, C-Stick, and Faster Processing Power
The Star Trek Voyager into showing the underside of the ship. Overlayed on top in the Voyager font is"The Adventures of Tom Paris and Janeway's Lizard Babies"
A kozmo.com CD opener blade in the distinctive kozmo orange. It features the company logo and the standard Compact Disc logo.
Two library cards on a desk. The top has Bruce Lee from Enter the Dragon in his yellow jumpsuit with a black stripe. On the main card his hands are up and he's smiling, in the keychain sized card he's in a more aggressive attack pose. The bottom card is a black and white photo of Bruce Lee sitting on a stool reading in front of a bookshelf.
Screenshot from The Simpsons "Duffless" S4·E16 that depicts a black and white Richard Nixon on TV in a debate against John Kennedy. The text overlay reads "I'd also like to express my fondness for purchasing prewritten software at Best Buy"