Category: DTM’s Photo Gallery

Meanwhile… from the same store, you have these old arcade looking plug-and-play things on sale for about $25 CAD. Yep, paying 25 bucks for a shoddy plug-and-play with an NES version of Ms. Pac-Man (and not even the good one) or a version of Frogger that’s almost arcade-like.

However, that one Namco Museum one in the back… looks semi-interesting. It’s got three games. Forgot which games… but if it’s still there next time I pass by, it could be future video fodder. And I could go for some future video fodder right about now.

So for those who can’t see the prices clearly, the two Galaga and Pac-Man mini-arcade units containing a single game each cost $39.99 CAD while the Pac-Man Pocket Player containing THREE whole games costs roughly $50.24 CAD. Plus tax.

Meanwhile, over at Walmart, you can buy one of those Pixel Player things with roughly 300 games (including some Data East classics… or at least their NES ports) for $24.99 CAD plus tax.

Mind you, I want to say this is just the pharmacy prices since their electronic goods tend to be a bit on the overpriced side… but sadly Walmart has the arcade models as well for roughly the same price.

It’d be worth it for the arcade ports… but not the subpar NES releases that are included on each.

Even the portable player is questionable, with the three games being Genesis ports of Pac-Man, Pac-Mania, and Pac-Attack.

Naturally, these would be easy avoids for any individual… and fortunately, common sense prevailed in this instance, so I saved a bunch of money.

Considering the timing required to get those precise scores, hell yeah, I’m putting this as part of the Gallery line up. This is a work of art, brother.

Okay, probably not.

My buddy sent me this picture he took of a Walmart up north that was somehow selling this lone boxed copy of a Windows XP upgrade kit (complete with Service Pack 2!) An opportunity to run by said store happened a couple days ago and it’s still there.

For those who don’t understand the significance of this, Windows XP is a very old, very ancient version of Windows that saw widespread use in the early to mid 2000s before eventually getting succeeded by the controversial Windows Vista. Microsoft had discontinued all support for Windows XP about a year or two ago.

I want you folks to process this wonderful piece of business. There is a Walmart in the year 2018 that is attempting to sell a copy of WINDOWS FUCKING XP – and not even the full version; it’s just an upgrade! And on top of that, it’s well over ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS!

This is all brilliantly preposterous. I am glad to have witnessed this oddity in space and time… and on Friday The 13th no less.

Got these in the mail a couple days ago along with a copy of Darkstalkers 3 for PSX… but that’s not in the picture because it has no place in this context. (It’ll be in the monthly Pick-Ups video at the end of the month.)

A nice summer evening shot for the masses.