http://www.metafilter.com/tags/lucky/rss tag posts with lucky Mon, 05 May 2008 19:38:02 -0800 Mon, 05 May 2008 19:38:02 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/71413/He-got-a-stiffy-for-Cabbage-Patch-Kids <a href="http://blog.gism.net/2008/04/20/most-legendary-haul-at-the-flea-market/">A most legendary find.</a> Alex Handy <a href="http://blog.gism.net/2008/03/17/great-haul-at-the-flea-market/">likes to collect old video games</a>. A few weeks at ago at a flea market, he bought what he thought were some old ColecoVision <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EPROM">EPROM</a>s for $2 each, got them home, and <a href="http://blog.gism.net/2008/04/20/most-legendary-haul-at-the-flea-market/">realized that some of them could contain the never published Cabbage Patch Kids Atari 2600 game</a>. If the data on the chips had survived, it would be an unprecedented discovery. <a href="http://blog.gism.net/2008/04/26/roms-dumped-and-confirmed/">A friend helped him dump the ROMs</a>, which you can <a href="http://www.gism.net/roms.zip">download for free from Alex</a>. <a href="http://blog.gism.net/2008/04/26/first-ever-shot-of-sword-and-sorceror/">Identifying the other games</a> was an <a href="http://blog.gism.net/2008/04/26/what-is-dragon-80/">adventure</a> in itself.</a></a></a> There's an <a href="http://blog.gism.net/2008/04/28/thanks-and-enjoy/">epilogue</a>. Also, Matt Reichert <a href="http://www.atariprotos.com/2600/software/cpk/cpk.htm">reviewed all ten versions of the Cabbage Patch Kids 2600 game</a>. tag:metafilter.com,2008:site.71413 Mon, 05 May 2008 19:38:02 -0800 atari coleco ROM lucky cabbage patch kids bugmuncher http://www.metafilter.com/30994/Lucky-Amulet-Archive <a href="http://www.luckymojo.com/luckyw.html">The Lucky W Amulet Archive</a> : "A folkloric resource that contains hundreds of interlinked pages describing and illustrating amulets, talismans, lucky charms, and good luck pieces from around the world and all eras". tag:metafilter.com,2008:site.30994 Wed, 28 Jan 2004 01:58:53 -0800 amulets archive collection yronwode lucky charms talismans goodluck folklore mojo superstition magic voodoo taz