Tom-Lynx

I use all four ports all the time. I always thought that game consoles that did not ship with 4 ports built in were always designed with incredible stupidity.

California Games is always perfect for "pick up and play" in a couple minute increments (great accessory in the bathroom). Being as easily distracted as I am, I always enjoy short, fun arcade-type games.

I've still been hoping that somebody will make a USB adaptor for a Jaguar controller that I can buy rather than having to try and make my own. That would be perfect for Intellivision emulation.

In the original Cebus thread I posted that I would donate my $10 entry to Chickybaby's trip efforts. Thanks for all the efforts you are doing to make this happy for Chicky and Bean. Tom

I did research on the ESRB rating system and game content, and recently gave a presentation at the Midwest Gaming Classic in Wisconsin on the topic of adult content in games. Personally, my view is that all games and all content should be allowed to be produced and sold without censorship. However, parents are responsible for setting the rules in their own household for which games are allowed and not allowed. For example, within the "Teen" category that covers ages 13 to 16. That's a huge difference, and like every age range, you are going to get kids that are progressing through their development years at different rates. What I mean is that it is easily possible to have a very immature 16 year old that still giggles over toilet humor compared to a very mature 13 year old that isn't phased by violence and cussing. Although the ESRB guidelines are meant to be objective and consistent, they cannot possible account for all the differences in individuals and what they are sensitive to. For that reason, my recommendation is for parents to make the final judgement and to even play the game together with the child for at least a little bit. Afterall, what's wrong with a little extra family bonding?

I bought one of the $10 raffle entries for CGE before Al had to shut it down, but the PayPal entry went through. With Al's agreement, I would like to donate that $10.

My favorites are: Awesome Golf Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure California Games Championship Rally (from Songbird) Checkered Flag (awesome with ComLynx play) Chip's Challenge Crystal Mines II Klax Loopz (Songbird now carries it) Ms. Pacman Pinball Jam Ponx (from Songbird) RoadBlasters Qix Robotron 2084 Sokomania (don't remember where I got that one) Xenophobe

ComLynx support is the most important in my humble opinion.

This site is one of my favorites: http://search.80stees.com/?category=Video+Games&i=1&u1=category

Any particular reason? Tempest The older systems are too pixelated on monitors.... the resolution is too high and the upscaling inadequate to smooth the corners of the blocky graphics.

As an expert in this field having set up 20+ TV's and Monitors for 7 or more years at various video game conventions, I'm going to have to tell you that I'd go with a CRT TV for anything old up to and including the Super Nintendo and Atari Jaguar. For N64 and newer systems, you should go with the monitor or LCD TV. However, the monitors won't break your back carrying them, so the amount of lifting and moving you have to do should factor into the equation.

Nintendo never discontinued online until they discontinued the GameCube itself. However, it was a moot point because the only online game (in the US) was Phantasy Star Online (Episode 1 and 2, Plus version, and Episode III), which ran off of Sega servers. Sega shut down their PSO GameCube servers on April 1, 2007, but the online play lives on through 3rd party servers, the major one being SCHTHACK with an online community and instructions at http://schtserv.com

We've kept all of our GameCubes because of the online play...we're a big Phantasy Star Online family. We also play Mario Kart DD and Kirby AirRide in LAN mode.

Me too...I have Worm number 32/40. An no 7800 system. I was thinking I'd get one some day.... oh well... I can always resell it.

I was thinking the same thing....I recognized it for the April Fools joke it was, but thought to myself that it wasn't a bad idea. I also saw the Dharma Initiative clock and as a huge fan of LOST, I would have ordered one on the spot if it existed.

I grew up in West Allis 4 blocks from the State Fair grounds, and I think it would be a poor location. When the State Fair isn't in season, all the ammenities are closed. You would have to leave the grounds and spend more time travelling to get decent food and the roads around there are a lot more busy. Within the State Fair grounds, you would need to go through gates to get to the parking area and there is a potential for a long walk from the parking area to the exhibit halls. The Sheraton's parking lot merged right into the Brookfield Square parking lot, so there was lots of food choices and other shopping choices if desired.

I will finally weigh in on the location.... I like both the Olympia and the Sheraton and would return to either one in a heartbeat. If I have to pick I will give the Sheraton the edge for the following reasons, but this is from the point of view of an exhibitor: - more room to display, which results in more games to set up - a locking individual room at night that I had a keycard to rather than having to cover my tables with tarps - my hotel room was right down the hall rather than on the other side of the building...very convenient to bop back and forth - restaurant / bar at the Sheraton had better tasting food for a lower price than Olympia's restaurant (both breakfast and dinner) - extremely helpful hotel staff Items that were better at Olympia that are not big deals: - halls were closer together, and when I shopped I could go back and forth faster. Because things were so spread out at the Sheraton, I ended up having less time to shop and spent a lot less money with vendors (which I guess could be a positive also) - concessions stand food was cheaper - hotel rooms were nicer (but only slightly) - better area and crowd control for tournaments - in some ways, having all the exhibitor areas together (Family Game Room / Underdog Chamber / Museum / etc) made it more "fun" to enjoy all those areas rather than going from room to room, but that is purely subjective

Although our family was big on the Merlin and Simon games (Simon really isn't a handheld), my personal favorite was Split Second. I spent many many hours trying to shave my record times down by only a tenth of a second.

If you put an FC3+ and an original SNES next to each other, which I have, the video output from the SNES is still better. It is not always noticeable on tube TV's, but on flatscreen TV's you can tell easily.

There's the Lynx keychain that came with Bitchy. There are also Lynx Banners and the Lynx posters that came in the game boxes.

I was going to put a complete system up for auction soon, but I've got some of the games you want. Check out these hi-res photos. All are in great shape except the Advanced D&D overlays, but at least I've still got them and they will still slide into the controllers. No original boxes....just the carts and the instruction books and the overlays. If it helps, I was the original owner and we always had a smoke-free home. http://www.mm.vg/auctions/Intellivision/Advanced_DandD.JPG http://www.mm.vg/auctions/Intellivision/Atlantis.JPG http://www.mm.vg/auctions/Intellivision/Space_Armada.JPG http://www.mm.vg/auctions/Intellivision/Space_Battle.JPG I'll research the market prices and make me an offer....I will ship in a US Priority Mail box.

Jagfest was right outside the room I used (Family Game Room) and it seemed to have a lot of activity this year. It was, of course, the best place at the show to see all the Jaguar titles....even Battlesphere!

Back and unloaded (well....at least it made it from the truck to the garage). Great show everyone....I was honored to be a part of it. Game on!

Thanks to all the AtariAge'rs that stopped by The Family Game Room! It was a pleasure meeting you. For the others that didn't stop in, make sure you do tomorrow!

I have three GameGears and lots of accessories and do not know of a way to do it, at least "out of the box."