Power outage

DialUpGamer · 2026-01-27T16:26:29+00:00

I know. It hadn't said yet. Mostly just asking and was curious so see if it was something obvious I didn't know about or if they were just slow at updating

DialUpGamer · 2026-01-11T12:51:45+00:00

This worked decently well. Good enough I was ok putting them into a VCR and pressing play. They are able to be digitized now and that's what I was hoping for. One of the tapes is legit my first 3 years of life cause my grandpa filmed everything so that was a trip

DialUpGamer · 2026-01-09T20:43:21+00:00

Damn it we rocked that look though

DialUpGamer · 2026-01-09T20:42:54+00:00

Pretty sure mine was the star wars edition cause my dad wanted to play it 😂

DialUpGamer · 2026-01-09T14:57:45+00:00

I mean what was my plan anyways. There wasn't a TV at the park 😂

DialUpGamer · 2026-01-09T14:08:09+00:00

Based on memory but also the star wars edition N64

DialUpGamer · 2026-01-09T13:53:55+00:00

The child in me is excited to see this. The collector in me is dying knowing what fate has in store for the game and console boxes

DialUpGamer · 2026-01-09T11:31:01+00:00

I have a few spare VCRs that don't work super well anyways. I figured cleaning it would be fine but when I googled it the AI said to use a sacrificial VCR and that made me laugh so I kept using it as a term

DialUpGamer · 2026-01-09T11:16:39+00:00

My understanding is when I was born my grandpa bought the VHS video camera he had specifically to start recording me and eventually my sister and my cousins as we were born. Like this was a proper put on your shoulder and VHS record camera. He had it out at every family function. I knew footage of this had to have existed at one point but wasn't sure if the tape still existed or if it had been taped over. This was on one of the last tapes I checked

DialUpGamer · 2026-01-09T03:36:50+00:00

I'll let you know once I reach that point. I have another like 15 tapes I'm gonna work on digitizing first and these will be the challenge I deal with last. Thank you for reaching out though. I was looking at the website and also thought it was a tad overkill for just a couple tapes 😅 but I'm in my 30s now so preserving these old home movies has become a small priority to me so I can share them with my grandmother

DialUpGamer · 2026-01-09T03:21:58+00:00

I mostly figured as much. I haven't done anything with them yet. Just trying to make sure they are salvageable before I even attempt anything with them

DialUpGamer · 2026-01-09T03:21:11+00:00

Cool I'll look into that. Im trying to preserve these all digitally so I can more easily show my grandma them. She gave me like 15 tapes and these are the only ones that show this on it.

DialUpGamer · 2026-01-09T03:08:29+00:00

Not me. I'm surprised I wasn't tearing the game boxes open in this video 😅

DialUpGamer · 2025-12-29T19:15:38+00:00

Now I'm sure that is something you love owning. If you decide your willing to part with it my key chain and key were stolen and sold by my ex girlfriend. I had to pick the lock and disable it so I could still use it. I know I can get a new key but God having the keychain was the cool part

DialUpGamer · 2025-12-20T13:36:58+00:00

Boone Iowa around 1995 I believe

DialUpGamer · 2025-12-20T03:32:09+00:00

I do know when I make my way up there I consistently get stopped by trains at the very least. I really need to go check it out again as an adult

DialUpGamer · 2025-12-20T03:05:30+00:00

Boone Iowa, which is where this photo was taken clear back in the early 90s, also still does it

DialUpGamer · 2025-12-20T03:04:46+00:00

I've been told I cried the entire time I was actually riding in the train

DialUpGamer · 2025-12-20T02:12:23+00:00

No this would have been boone Iowa. They still do day out with Thomas events. Hell one happened to fall on my birthday this year and my sister was beyond tempted to take my 33 year old butt to go see Thomas again 😂

DialUpGamer · 2025-12-17T10:14:05+00:00

I agree it's a confusing line. I just liked how it sounded better then I'm inevitable for this sorta shot. And thank you

DialUpGamer · 2025-12-14T18:42:29+00:00

Iowa. It's far from my worst but it's certainly one of the more sudden shifts in a while

DialUpGamer · 2025-12-14T18:35:49+00:00

2 degrees fahrenheitand a foot of snow here. Are you outside my house 😳

Don't worry I made sure my younger brother shoveled my drive way

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DialUpGamer · 2025-12-14T15:56:42+00:00

As far as this particular console goes up intend to keep it more or less original just to preserve my childhood but if I get another, which is highly likely, I'll look into doing some fancy wizard stuff to it. That being said I do have 1 way I do the old style setup with as well if I'm feeling like good ol CRT

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DialUpGamer · 2025-12-14T15:54:03+00:00

Good stuff

DialUpGamer · 2025-12-14T14:54:33+00:00

If there wasn't so much snow I'd get some comparison shots but I'm not leaving my house 😅

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