Been playing Gradius II while trying to fix my Dou R as it shits all over my feelings. Gonna have to have it re-capped I believe. I just want to play Gradius II.

In my desire to play Gradius II, after beating my head against a wall for days, I subbed in some Gradius V on PS2 and Border Down on Dreamcast. It wasn't the same. Still, great shooters.

Played a brief co-op round of Lode Runner: The Dig Fight with a buddy after buying him lunch to celebrate some stuff in his life. He liked it a lot, which was cool. We played a bit of Heavy Barrel as well. Both were the arcade games on my cabinets.

This evening, we took our nephew out for his birthday. He was sweet enough to play a game of MLB Baseball on NES with my 2 year old son:

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After my boy went to bed, he and my wife played a game of Baseball Stars 2 on Neo Geo MVS on my cabinet. Neither had played it, but they had a blast, with my wife winning in 13 innings. Fun stuff!

I may slap in Gradius Gaiden or IV before bed. I really wanna play II on PCE. Blech. Anybody recommend a good cap service? It'll take me too long to do it myself. I'm a slow solderer.

Oh! Put in a new kitchen sink and garbage disposal for my wife today. Turned out great, which takes a bit of the sting off of my Duo woes.