[TORG 2023 in OH]

 

@swlovinist  JK, 🤪

[The Official Atari Age Secret Santa 2023 Thread!]

The wife and I are tag teaming this, just like we did last year. She picked up a couple items yesterday. And I'm in the process of picking out some things out of my personal collection (can't say which system, 😆) for my gifts to give. We gotta play the wait and see if Albert gets my AA shipment here sooner rather then later. Happy Turkey day all!

[If you had to choose only one...]

On 9/22/2023 at 10:31 AM, Austin said:

The one to get is the one whom's library appeals to you more.

[PC Game Deals]

Half-Life is currently free on Steam celebrating its 25th anniversary. 
 

https://store.steampowered.com/franchise/Half-Life/list/35960

[The Official Atari Age Secret Santa 2023 Thread!]

On 11/15/2023 at 8:37 PM, chicgamer said:

One thing to keep in mind—if you're considering purchasing a gift from the AtariAge Store, you might want to reach out to Albert beforehand.

I just ordered and sent him a message.. Fingers crossed, we'll see what happens. Worst worst case scenario I'll do 2 shipments for my gifts.

[What was your Dream Computer as a kid?]

He's wrong about one thing I know for sure. It was $1,000 with the color monitor. Monochrome monitor was the $800 package. I miss my 520ST till this day.. back when the disk drive was external and the mouse and joystick ports were on the right side of the machine.. I was all about Atari in the 80's. 2600 to 800XL then the 520ST. The ST was my first computer with a monitor,mouse and modem. It was a magical time for sure. Funny thing is, my dream machine for a few years was the Amiga 1200 till games like Doom came out then I moved to a 486 machine.. 

He's right about the games for sure... Mmmmm Dungeon Master is one of my all time favorites too.

[Long time Atariage user "IndusGT" has passed away .]

9 hours ago, MrFish said:

Sad to hear about it. He was young still. I just turned 57 myself.

Same here... 

 

RIP 

[Free: Halo Combat Evolved OG Xbox]

On 9/1/2023 at 9:29 PM, Nall3k said:

Complete, but not in the best of condition. 

I'm interested.. More details please..

 

 

[What could have saved the Jag?]

1 hour ago, Stephen said:

Not true at all.  PSX had a 3D fighting game called Tobal #1 which released in 1996.  Flat shaded polygons, BUT 640*480@60fps so it looked fantastic.

I love it when someone brings up my absolute favorite PS1 fighter game. It also had a very cool fighting dungeon-maze type mode. And yes it did look fantastic. 

[Do you prefer the recharged games or the original version's ?]

27 minutes ago, Giles N said:

Wrote my mini-review over at Berzerk:Recharged announced-thread.

https://forums.atariage.com/topic/355432-berzerk-recharged-has-just-been-announced/?do=findComment&comment=5347223

 

Thanks I'll check it out.. posted link for those interested.

[Do you prefer the recharged games or the original version's ?]

On 11/9/2023 at 1:48 PM, Giles N said:

Anyone who’ve played Berzerk Recharged (yet)?

Maybe sooner rather than later, might just buy them in alphabetical order. 

[Do you prefer the recharged games or the original version's ?]

On 9/28/2023 at 4:40 PM, JPF997 said:

Here's some gameplay of asteroids recharged

Nice run you had there. This is the only Recharged game I own. I purchased it when it first came out, decided to return to it again after reading this thread. Glad I did, It's a really fun game. I might grab Berzerk or Gravitar next.

[Do you have a fav PC gaming brand/ecosphere?]

November bump...   Any www.digitalstorm.com fans here? Someone at work suggested them, and I'm thinking of upgrading in the next year, or so. My current PC has a Geforce 210 1MB video card. So anything I get will be a massive upgrade.Any feedback is most welcome.

[Sold: Sega CD + Genesis System with Controllers]

3 hours ago, llabnip said:

The $100 includes shipping from Mass

Holy smokes! We could be neighbors! Anyways someone's getting a great deal!

[Atari Partners with Members Only! Re-introducing the iconic Atari Club Bomber Jacket]

On 11/2/2023 at 1:57 PM, PowerDubs said:

The other 3 colors will be available to the public.

What are the other colors? I had a members only jacket I bought from Chess King back in the day. It was colors like a Dallas Cowboys football team uniform. I thought it was cool. Till all my classmates make fun of me.. only wore it to school once. 😂 

[Atari Buy/Sell/Swap/Trade Event August 5th 10am-2pm 15 miles SE of Charlotte, NC]

edit: double post.

[Atari Buy/Sell/Swap/Trade Event August 5th 10am-2pm 15 miles SE of Charlotte, NC]

On 6/24/2023 at 5:23 PM, 800_Rocks said:

Location:

James B. Crump VFW Post 2423

100 VFW Ln, Indian Trail, NC 28079

 

Note: the VFW post is in the process of changing the name of their road so you may also see the address as:

100 James Crump Way, Indian Trail, NC 28079

Seriously! LOL. I have family that lives in Indian Trail NC!!! I have a place to stay if I go next year. Love the pictures posted.

[The Official Atari Age Secret Santa 2023 Thread!]

@Cebus Capucinis I just remembered to change my avatar to the new AA Christmas tradition you started! LOL..

 

 

oh update: Zeptari1 was my old username. Albert give me my old profile back..he tried to merge them.

Can't wait to get my SS shopping started!

[Atari just bought Digital Eclipse!]

16 hours ago, Clint Thompson said:

I can't help but wonder what Curt Vendel would think of all of this today...

Oh so true. I can’t believe he’s been gone three years already. There’s super die hard Atari fanatics and then there’s people like Curt. He deserves an AtariAge gold star like Hollywood has on the walk of fame. Hey Albert how about it?A dedicated page for outstanding contributors to the Atariage community across all of the forums. Just an idea. 

[Atari just bought Digital Eclipse!]

1 hour ago, MateusSolo said:

After all, this is the company whose marketing people insist they are 50 years old, and that they created Pong. Those who don't know better believe such nonsense.

It really doesn't matter as long as they do right with the Atari name and games? It can be done. Look at what Polaris did with the Indian motorcycle brand. Oh wait, some people believe that's nonsense too.

[Atari just bought Digital Eclipse!]

5 hours ago, SpiceWare said:

I learned about it this morning via Mike Mika's tweet about the acquisition:

He'll always be one of my favorite guys in the gaming biz for giving Rich Whitehouse permission to release BigPEmu publicly. Like Rich said "that's a real gesture of love" and I'll never forget it.

[Considering selling Collectorvision Phoenix]

On 10/26/2023 at 5:08 PM, insertclevernamehere said:

I see on PriceCharting.com they have sold from US$556.99 to US$985.

Holy Smokes! That's insane... I guess the resell price will continue to stay high if there's not a new run of them in the near future. Bummer as I'd really like one.

[Atari Halloween Contest: Don't Blink]

Thanks for keeping it clean. 

[The Official Atari Age Secret Santa 2023 Thread!]

I'm in!

 

[Wanted: Instruction Manuals for Atari 5200 Mario Bros., 5200 Space Shuttle, 2600 Atari Video Cube, & 2600 Tooth Protectors]

@Don 2600 and 5200 PM sent.