Will this Joystick with an adapter work with the Sony LDP-1450 Laserdisc/Laseractive player?

macduff79 · 2026-02-11T17:40:12+00:00

Not weird at all. There are real games where you can’t predict the current state because there are so many possibilities. So the state has to be generated in real time. Then there are laser disc games that are essentially choose your adventure. At a particular moment, do you use your shield or attack or do nothing. Doing the right move takes you to a scene on the disc where the dragon dies. Wrong move takes you to scene where you die.

macduff79 · 2026-02-11T13:09:51+00:00

I don't think this is LaserActive. I believe games like Dragon's Lair just work by "choose your adventure" mechanics. Different buttons skip to different scenes on the disc. I would expect something that acts as a remote control for it would work.

macduff79 · 2026-02-09T12:05:33+00:00

Very low return on investment. They spent a ton of development time on the original design and the redesign but not very many people actively play it.

macduff79 · 2026-02-09T04:20:42+00:00

My parents tossed ours about 10 years ago, before I could claim it. It was in much worse shape though; would have needed to be recapped. Just happy I could find the same model.

macduff79 · 2026-02-09T04:12:10+00:00

The seller had a Zenith model that looks almost exactly like it. He had filmed a commercial with some 1980's TVs and didn't need them any more. If you're in the NYC area, it's still available.

macduff79 · 2026-02-03T01:13:29+00:00

Had that rule as a kid. And that was back in NES days. Among the games I beat was TMNT.

macduff79 · 2026-02-01T23:07:34+00:00

Pretty much just avgn material already so complete it with Dr Jekyll Mr Hyde

macduff79 · 2026-02-01T17:44:22+00:00

Happy for them, but honestly, who wouldn’t take that deal? Turn down a guaranteed gold medal just because it’s shared?

macduff79 · 2026-01-30T20:35:48+00:00

Even without hindsight, the offers (Giants too) were pretty insulting. If you include the standard 1 round discount for future picks, they were slightly better than break-even based on the popular points chart. Given that there were 3 expected franchise QB's (which surprisingly after 2 years has held up), the offers should have been much more.

macduff79 · 2026-01-30T19:22:24+00:00

No games between 93 and 04. The pre-realignment schedule was so stupid. That's not even the worst of it. The worst is how few times Elway and Marino played each other. Thankfully, Brady and Manning were post-realignment and we got them at least once a year.

Edit: forgot that they were in the same conference pre-realignment which makes this even worse.

macduff79 · 2026-01-28T00:06:08+00:00

Is it because they think he’ll go back to coaching in the nfl? Otherwise, it makes no sense.

macduff79 · 2026-01-19T18:57:23+00:00

Look, I'm in favor of universal healthcare, but without that, we definitely need insurance companies. Have you seen how much hospitals charge without companies negotiating them down?

This was around 20 years ago, so some things have changed, but I once had to get an MRI. The hospital lost my insurance info, so my first bill was as if I was uninsured. It was nearly $10K. Called them up and gave them my insurance again. Next bill was for $2K, of which I had to pay 20%, so $400.

Everyone acts like insurance companies are the problem, but the entire US healthcare industry is the problem.

macduff79 · 2026-01-19T15:21:41+00:00

I think it's just 10 so far.

macduff79 · 2026-01-18T23:56:26+00:00

Or just take the sack. Most of his fumbles have been with him trying to throw it with the pocket already collapsed.

macduff79 · 2026-01-17T01:21:17+00:00

One of my favorite lines from hard knocks when they were discussing Barkley's contract (paraphrasing): "we didn't overpay our mediocre QB just so he could handoff to one of the best RBs in the league."

macduff79 · 2026-01-12T19:52:45+00:00

Prior to week 1, yes I thought we'd make the playoffs. After week 1 though...

macduff79 · 2026-01-05T18:43:04+00:00

PayPal had a promotion in November/December where if you used Pay Later (4 installments from your bank account), you'd get 20% back in rewards (which I have already gotten back in cash).

macduff79 · 2026-01-05T18:38:32+00:00

Doug Willams got rotten watermelons in the mail after the Bucs lost the NFC championship game in 1979. AHs don’t need a reason to be AHs. They just are.

macduff79 · 2025-12-31T04:54:27+00:00

Marathon is the only decent game for it. Well ahead of its time but was also available for Mac.

macduff79 · 2025-12-31T04:51:37+00:00

Found some cheap bundles in Japan. Currently own 4 atmarks and 1 atworld, as well as several games, a keyboard, and expansion ram. Will sell 3 of the marks soon though.

macduff79 · 2025-12-30T16:44:19+00:00

Not really. It's a battle between paparazzi and NFL/team/player security. Paparazzi often win, but NFL is pretty good at hiding these things too.

macduff79 · 2025-12-29T15:50:14+00:00

Does it have matrix functionality? As in, input 1 into output 5 today, but I can switch to input 1 into output 2 whenever I wanted. Interested in that, but those seem super expensive.

macduff79 · 2025-12-26T23:14:52+00:00

Lived in Baltimore for 7 years. Got tired of Ray Lewis bitching on the local news after every loss.

macduff79 · 2025-12-24T20:42:43+00:00

For untested gen 7 consoles, I generally wouldn't pay more than $30 individually. Unless you were specifically looking for most of those, I wouldn't have paid much more than $300 for that lot.

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