The Hunt is on!

The past few months have seen me dedicate as much free time as possible to righting a wrong from over a year ago. When I moved my arm of the UCHG to a new location I made a terrible assumption, and we all know what happens when you assume – you make an Ass out of U and Me.

I assumed that if I gave up my light gun game enabling CRT TV I would be able to quickly source a replacement and all would be fine. This was not the case. All was not fine and like a 70’s celebrity, and seemingly the entire cast of Coronation Street, I started to regret the actions of my past.

It seemed that one small fact had slipped my mind. CRT TVs are ranked just below Americans and Dark Matter on the heaviest things in the world list. Their impressive weight made shipping costs on Ebay extortionate and the nearest collection auctions were not so near. Spending a day on the road in a hired van to collect an arcade machine is worth it. Doing the same for a CRT TV is considered excessive! After months of searching it was starting to look as if  I would never play Lethal Enforcers again. Until this discovery was made!

Looks like we have found a suitable Duck Hunt playing TV! #retrogaming #nes twitter.com/UCHG2008/statu…

— UCHG (@UCHG2008) April 15, 2013

 A working TV!

At last I could right the wrongs of my past and be reunited with all the retro gaming gun play I had missed for so long… Or could I?

This fine light gun supporting TV was both perfect and hefty. It took three men to get it  into the car and once in, much like the porn on a  teenagers HDD, it took up 50% of the free space! Realizing that we no longer had the space to transport the TV and the crew we were forced to upgrade the car.

Afters seventy miles, two cars, five people and the realization that the van was the better idea – The TV was in!

The question is – Was it worth it? and the answer is simple. Fuck Yeah! With this bad boy in place it is now time to go back and score over a million points on Duck Hunt, get past the airport level in Lethal Enforcers,  take down the Wild Gunman, finish T2 arcade and find a decent game for the Super Scope. None of this would be possible without the TV.

If I have learnt anything from this adventure it is this. Never dispose of your CRT TV. No matter what you may think, unless you live next-door to an old TV shop, it is not easy to get one back.

The Hunt is now officially on!