The Southeast Missourian - Jun 21, 1981

This article from the The Southeast Missourian from 1981 is great.  Look at all of these great sexist remarks:

"Wife leaves laundry room for game room..."
"Going shopping now means going to the mall..."
"...she can spend several hours infront of the electronic screen without once thinking about cooking dinner."
"...I suppose she was thinking about putting it [the Pacman Machine] between the dishwasher and the microwave."

He also must have been high when he wrote it.  Pacman doesn't have any popcorn.  I'm surprise he didn't say lollipops, or beagles.

River City Ransom, Pacman, Punchout!!

The Video Game Price Guide pulled through with an epic win this evening!  Licensed Pac-Man, Punchout!! Featuring Mr. Dream, and River City Ransom!  In the last 7 seconds of the auction I pulled through with a grand total price with shipping for $16.50.  KABLAMMO!

As of this evening licensed Tengen Pacman is going for $5.50, Punchout!! is going for $9, and River City Ransom, which is the bread and butter of this auction is currently going for $20 on average (currently there is a buy it now for about $15 after shipping). 

I already have another copy of Punchout!! that is supposed to ship this coming wednesday.  I guess I'll just have to trade it up for something else...

Pacman Ghost

I won this Pacman ghost at a Namco arcade. They had a plush Pacman all four ghosts and this blue ghost. It was a dollar each try in a crane game.