So it all started back on December 1st when darkcape informs he was was given the honor to be my Santa. Then he proceeds to ask me about my Atari collection. Stuff like what games, controllers, and accessories do I have. (Must have looked at a link in my likes.)

So I tell him all that I had along with pictures of all of my games. He responds back saying me might have a few games in his basement he could send me.

So fast forward a few weeks later, darkcape tells me he shipped my gift and gave me a tracking number. So it was the Thursday before Christmas when my gift showed up. I was at work when the Fedex guy dropped it off. (I work second shift from 4pm-12:30am.)

So after a night of work, I was super excited to open my gift from my then Mystery Santa. So I opened the box and was greeted by a letter, which I set aside to read later. (I'm glad I did too, but we'll get to that in a moment.) On top of everything was was two wrapped gifts. So I pulled those out, and set them on my bed for obligatory photo taking.

Then I ripped into the first one and it was a copy of "Where's Stig?". Think Where's Waldo/Wally but with Top Gear's UK's The Stig. I've actually have wanted this book for a few years now, and even kept an eye out for it was I was in London, England this year. Speaking of Top Gear UK, I also got a 2015 Top Gear calender. I hope to put that to use here soon.

So we now come to the rest of the box. I wasn't expecting to see what was inside. When darkcape said he might send me a few Atari 2600 games. I was thinking two or three loose games that I didn't have in my personal collection. Instead, he sent me twenty-four games in total. Twenty-one of which still had their original box in varying levels of condition. He also sent me a stack of manuals, including a owners manual for a 6-switch Atari 2600. I didn't have a Atari 2600 owners manual yet, so it was nice getting one.

But there was one more Atari 2600 related surprise in the box. Since the games didn't completely fill the bottom of the box he sent me. He used two small boxes to fill the empty space in order to keep the games safe in transit. Well in one of the boxes, he slipped in a Booster Grip for Atari joysticks.

What the Booster Grip does is go over the top of the joystick. Then you plug the Booster Grip into the Atari 2600. Finally you plug the Atari joystick into the back of the plug on the Booster Grip. The Booster Grip then acted as the button on the Atari joystick.

Now about the letter, it was was him telling me about the games he sent me. Basically, he sent me all of the games from when he was a kid. He also sent me a few I already had, but he figured I would know how to pass them along to other collectors. Then he wished me a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. There was also a P.S. at the end of the letter, but I won't spoil that. (You can read the full letter in the gallery.)

So yea, that was about it. Not a bad Secret Santa haul if I do say so myself.

Thank you so much for all you sent me darkcape. I will make sure to try and take good care of the games you sent me.