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Probably, and in many ways AA really has been a community-driven effort. However, volunteer work will often only go so far, especially when it comes to certain things that are tedious but necessary to do. Simply put, I don't think AA would be able to remain the same as it is without a central figure putting time and money into it. Perhaps I'm wrong on that, but again I prefer to see this all through a positive lens.

Considering the length of this thread and the fact that several questions have been asked numerous times, perhaps it would be a good idea to post an FAQ?

I understand all of that, believe me. I've invested way too much time into this site and into the Atari community as a whole to not have my own concerns, which like I said before, I voiced earlier in this thread. I guess the eternal optimist in me prefers to view this through a positive lens rather than through a negative one. This is especially true when it comes to the alternatives that Albert mentioned. And honestly, considering the possible alternative outcomes, this was probably the best possible one, when you look at it all through a realistic sense.

I agree with this wholeheartedly. I completely understand many of the concerns that people have brought up. In fact, I've brought up a few myself in this very thread. There's no need to be "doom and gloom" about this until we see a clear-cut reason to be, and with the promises that Al and @TrogdarRobusto have made to us, I don't see an appropriate reason. And I think many of the long-time members of the community who know Al well have faith in him and trust that he will continue to do what is best for the community. You can count me as one of them.

I bought one a while back when Atari had a big sale on them, but haven't opened it up yet. I keep meaning to get around to it, but honestly I haven't decided what I really want to use it for as yet. Once I figure that out, I'll probably set it up and give it a try.

BTW, you should put a news item up on the front page about this.

I think an important question that many of us are forgetting is....does this mean that you won't have to spend the bulk of your time putting carts together by hand?

I would imagine subscriptions would contribute towards the operation of the site, as before. This site has never been free to run.

This news is mind-blowing. Really, I heard the rumors, but didn't expect it to be true. It does not come without its share of concerns, though, and I think the primary question on my mind is, what will happen to the AtariAge site should this iteration of Atari fold?

I think I've figured it out. When Jag_Mag makes his weekly announcement of leaving the forum, he actually means he's only leaving for a day or two and then will come back like a bad case of herpes. There's no other explanation as to why he'd do this over and over again.

People like you might as well write "I AM INSECURE" on your forehead with a permanent marker. It's essentially saying the same thing as your disrespectful posts towards those working on this game.

I just woke up to find the junk mail in my inbox about this. Looked cool at first, but I found the compatibility list and noticed an awful lot of untested or incompatible games. Reading through this thread explains why that's the case. Oh well, I guess we're probably never gonna get the one thing we all want (2600 console with 100% compatibility with old and new games, SD card support, HDMI, etc.). That said, I don't find the price too unreasonable considering this is an official product, but I'll be sitting it out in hopes of a future rev that provides what it's currently missing.

I played the first Pikmin a long time ago and really enjoyed it. Unfortunately that's the only one I've played. I still have it (on both the GC and Wii), but I'm tempted to pick up the others for the Switch.

Yeah, I simply don't see any payoff that would be worth the effort, outside of just being a completionist. In fact, I've probably done just about every armor upgrade that is worth doing, so I'll probably just finish up the main quest pretty soon.

I finished up every quest except for the one where I have to find and report every well, as I really don't know which ones I'm missing. Oh well (no pun intended). The main quest is on it's last bit, where I have to drop down into the depths under Hyrule Castle, but I've been holding off on completing it. Guess I just gotta try to finish upgrading armor as much as possible.

Pretty much all of the Recharged games I've played have been good. I've probably spent the most time playing Yar's, Gravitar, and Centipede (although these have all been on the Switch). One of these days I'll actually hook up my VCS and try some gaming on it.

The CatBox was always something I wanted to get for the Jag. Shame how it ended up with many people not getting their units. I wonder how many are actually floating around out there.

I learned how to hunt and peck pretty well thanks to getting started on computers pretty young, but learning touch typing in 9th grade made me much more efficient. Like some of the others, I had to learn on a typewriter, since my small school didn't have enough computers to accommodate my entire class.

I miss those brochures. I had all of the above along with a smaller life-sized Portfolio one that was pretty neat. Would be interesting to see some of those prices from the price list.

That one on Faron is a Silver Lynel, which is the toughest one in the game, not counting the ones with rock armor down in the chasms. Sniping from far away is probably the best strategy with those, as they tend to carry two-handed weapons and do a spin attack that's nearly impossible to dodge if you're up close. I'll have to try that and see how well it works for me.

It never even occurred to me to try that. Lynels are still the toughest monsters in the game, same as from BotW. However, you should be able to beat them easily if you know how to fight them properly. One common strategy is to hit them in the face with an arrow, which will stun them, and then mount their back and wail on them with your strongest weapon until they shake you off. One nice thing about this is that the weapon you use DOES NOT wear down when hitting them while mounted. I think this only works with a one-handed weapon. I usually keep a pretty strong weapon in my inventory just for this purpose, and only use it to hit Lynels when I'm mounted on them, and switch it out with another when I'm not. If you're having trouble with getting face hits on them, the ol' keese eyeball arrow trick helps a lot.

That armor can help, although if you become adept at quickly hitting their heads and wailing on them when they're down, it won't really matter which armor you use. I've found that increasing damage output is the best option when fighting strong monsters like the gleeox. Really though, you shouldn't back away from farming some Lynels, their bows are simply second to none, and having them helps immensely in taking down any gleeox quickly. White and silver lynels also have awesome shields, plus they both drop Savage Lynel Bows, which are the strongest bows you'll find in the game. It'll take some getting used to fighting them, though. BTW I managed to finish up all of the shrines last night and now have the Aspect of the Hero armor. It's certainly going to take some time to get it upgraded fully. And just when I thought I would go ahead and finish up the main quest...

Using keese or aerocuda eyeballs attached to arrows helps a lot, as well as using the multi-shot bows dropped by Lynels. When you've got a gleeox down to about 1/3 or less HP, they'll change up the attack pattern and fly waaaay up, which means the method you use to get high enough to hit them will depend on which type you're fighting. Fire gleeoxes will shoot down a massive fireball that will burn any surface hot enough to cause an updraft, which you can then ride up high enough to hit them. Ice gleeoxes will shoot down ice shards that you can get on top of and then use recall on to ride up into the sky. Electric gleeoxes shoot down bolts of lightning that will then open up fissures in the ground that have updrafts. If you happen to be fighting the King Gleeox, he will use a combination of all three types of attacks. They're pretty easy once you've figured out the attack patterns, and if you're using strong weapons as well as Savage Lynel Bows, you'll beat them pretty quickly.

Well that's one thing I haven't done yet, actually. I've definitely gotten most of the shrines, but I'm going to have to really dig to find any that I'm currently missing. I just looked up the upgrade requirements for that armor, and yes, upgrading it to max is going to take a LOT of work. Some of the upgrade materials are ones that are among the most powerful fuses with weapons, so I'll have to hold off on using them. Time to go hunt down some more gleeoxes (ugh).

Keep in mind that with each dragon, you can only take a piece of it once every ten real-world minutes (not counting the horn shards you can just pick up on the back). If you're trying to farm claws, make sure you aren't hitting any other part of the dragon before trying to hit the claw.