Posts by David S Carter

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NES inside
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Yesterday I cracked open one of our Nintendo Entertainment Systems to replace the pin connector which had gone bad. I was successful, so now we have two working NESes (and also an NES clone).
CVGA logo sign
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We finally got our logo sign up on the window of the archive.
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There's an interview with me regarding the Comptuer & Video Game Archive over at The Video Game Librarian blog. Thanks to John Scalzo for his excellent interview!
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Today's Michigan Daily features another article about the video game archive: "Archive brings games old and new to students."
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Oh the joys of running a usable archive! Some of the technical difficulties we've run into over the last couple of weeks.
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I'm taking a rare stint right now as the monitor in the Game Archive (typically it is staffed by student workers).
Atari inside
  • David S Carter
The first casualty of our video game archive was our Atari Flashback 2. It just up and stopped working one day a couple of weeks ago. I plan to purchase a replacement, but first I figured I'd put my long-neglected electrical engineering degree to use to see if I could find something obviously wrong (like perhaps a loose wire connection). I didn't find anything, but did snap some photos of the insides.
Battlezone cabinet
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A couple of weeks ago, the fine folks at the Computer Aided Engineering Network (CAEN) gave us a Battlezone mini-cabinet for the archive. As you can see, it fit in just perfectly near the back door!
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We've expanded our preview hours in the Gaming Archive to Mon - Fri, Noon - 8pm.We've also set our Grand Opening date for Monday, November 17; there will be an event from 3:30 - 6pm that day, with remarks at 4:15.
Pacman sugar cookies
  • David S Carter
At the blog Snack or Die, Jocelyn shows how to make cookies (and other desserts) designed after your favorite video game characters. It's yummy fun!