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A place for me to record my thoughts, notes, and scores of the games I'm actually playing. It's mostly for myself, but other people's comments are certainly welcome.

I think it will be a fun resource to look back upon in the future.

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Space Dungeon (5200)

For February , the AtariAge 5200 OE High Score club is playing Activisions's H.E.R.O., which is a great game I haven't spent enough time playing. So I got my 5200 HERO cartridge, hooked it up to my 5200, and discovered that the second button on my 1 working controller wasn't working - which is kind of essential for HERO. I took my working controller apart, gave it a good cleaning, and put it back together. The second button was now working! Inspired by this success, I decided to g

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February 20, 2023

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Cloak & Dagger (Arcade)

Lately I've been enjoying the new Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration on the Nintendo Switch (https://www.mobygames.com/game/switch/atari-50-the-anniversary-celebration). It's got a lot of amazing content including pictures, interview videos, and playable games. There are definitely some games included in this collection that weren't included in the other collections I've used in the past, such as the Atari Vault on Steam, and Atari Flashback Classics on the Switch. Bu

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January 29, 2023

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Frogger 2: Threedeep! (Atari 2600)

https://www.mobygames.com/game/atari-2600/frogger-ii-threeedeep I actually bought this loose cartridge a few months ago at a local retro video game store (Stateline video games). I bought it because I really like original Frogger, and I thought the price seemed decent for a rather rare game. (AtariAge rates it a 6). I plugged it in and gave it a try, without going online and reading the manual, of course. My initial thoughts were along the lines of "Well, this is weird

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January 28, 2023