[Did I just discover an easter egg in Munch Man?]

Hi, today I was diagnosing why one of my Slik Stiks won't work (a plug inside the stick was loose) using Munch Man as a test cartridge, I kept fiddling around with the joystick when I started hearing a short, wind chime like jingle coming from the TV speakers. I restarted the TI, booted in to Munch Man, and waited at the get ready screen for that jingle to sound again, and surely enough, I heard it again, I then restarted Munch Man one more time, this time with a stop watch with me, to see how long it takes for the jingle to sound, it sounds around every 1 minute and 30 seconds, and I figured out that after the jingle plays a couple of times you get booted back to the title screen. I tried looking this up but found nothing. Did I discover a new Easter egg in Munch Man?

[CBS Electronics Catalog]

I found this scan of a page from a CBS Electronics catalog on Atarimania, on this page I can't help but notice how many games listed never got released. Never knew that Domino Man was getting home ports and CBS Electronics even planing on making games for the Intellivision, as other than the overseas Coleco releases, I don't think they've even released any games for the Intellivision. Which makes me wonder. Do at least one of these unreleased games have a prototype build out in the wild?

[What was you first 2600 game?]

My first games were Combat, Asteroids, Space Invaders, and Missile Command, they came with my Atari 2600 jr. The first games I bought were Berzerk and Barnstorming.

[What did you buy today?.........]

Bought Armor Battle for the Intellivision

 

[What did you buy today?.........]

Bought a lot of Intellivision stuff including an Intellivoice and some intellivoice games, overlays, manuals, and a catalog.

[Intellivision outputs a jittery picture]

Sorry for the necro-bump, but I thought I'd let everyone know that I got the Intellivision's picture stabilized by hooking it up to the VCR. (even though that didn't work last time.) And, with the magic of my TV's picture settings, got the picture looking good. Thanks to everybody who helped.

[Robot Panic]

For my first ROM hack, I changed the the player and enemy graphics in Jawbreaker to robots.

Edit:Added screenshots.

Robot Panic.zip

[Here's how NOT to send a brand new Zaxxon]

And to make matters even more ridiculous, fills the empty space with that messy shredded paper crap!!!

I hate it when people use shredded paper to fill space in shipping boxes. One time, I bought a Sega Genesis model 1 off ebay, and the seller

shipped the Genesis in a large box filled with shredded paper and no bubble wrap around the system itself! Some of the paper almost made their way inside the Genesis!

[Huge Commodore lot found - all for free!]

Nice find!

[Any fans of NES Marble Madness?]

Got my copy from my local Flea Market. I think the best way to play Marble Madness is with 2 players.

[What are some decent C64 classic arcade conversions?]

In my opinion, Speed Buggy (aka Buggy Boy), Bubble Bobble, Gyruss, and Wizard of Wor are great arcade ports for the C64.

[What 2600 games are you playing right now?]

Been playing Solaris, an action packed adventure through space, and Millipede, a worthy successor to Centipede.

[MICROVISION - Review of US System & All 11 Games]

I've had a Mircovision for quite a while now. It came in the box along with Blockbuster and the manual for Blockbuster. Though, my Microblaster has been hiding in the drawer of my TV stand

for a while because I don't want the screen to get damaged, and I never really did anything with it. Might get it out, replace the batteries, and play a game of Blockbuster or two.

[What did you buy today?.........]

Bought a sealed copy of Kikstart 2 for the C64.

[Which VCS games involve radiation?]

The main enemies in Phoenix are explained in the manual of the 2600 version to be Phoenixes affected by radioactive fallout.

[What did you buy today?.........]

Bought an copy of Bubble Bobble for the C64 and a copy of Gradius for the NES.

[Atari Flashback Portable!]

I know what I'm getting for Christmas! Atari homebrew on the go!

[Have a Look at my Commodore C64C]

Nice! My Breadbox C64 set up is fairly small and simple, but I like how everything is close by.

[What 2600 games are you playing right now?]

Been playing Demon Attack lately, a really fun and challenging space shooter.

[Apple Jacks Pinball]

I didn't see any score display(s) either

My guess is that you get scored by how many bowls of Apple Jacks you get...though that would make every target except the hole be more of a hinderence than anything.

[How do you play Atari VCS 2600 games?]

I mostly use original hardware, an Atari 2600 jr. and Atari 7800 to be exact.

I do use emulation when playing homebrew games or a rom hack, as I don't have neither a harmony cart nor a supercharger.

And there's always the occasion when I dust off my flashback and play a round of aquaventure and saboteur.

[Best Arcade to Console Ports?]

My favorite ports are:

Frenzy (Colecovision)

Mouse Trap (Colecovision)

Centipede (Atari 7800)

Joust (Atari 7800)

Speed Buggy AKA Buggy Boy (C64)

Berzerk (Atari 2600)

Lock N' Chase (Intellivision)

Bump N' Jump (Atari 2600)

Marble Madness (NES)

Space Invaders (Atari 2600)

Gorf (Atari 2600)

Zaxxon (Colecovision)

[2600 games with actual stories]

Phoenix had a story that's about 1 1/2 pages long.

[What 2600 games are you playing right now?]

Been playing Phoenix, a faithful port of the arcade game, and Star Raiders, a scaled down, yet surprisingly fun port of the atari 8-bit classic.

[Atari CX-40 vs. Competition Pro]

I've never tried a Competition Pro. The closest thing to a Competition Pro I've tried is probably the MicroBlaster.

Even then I prefer the Wico Command Control joysticks because of the arcade feel they have.

But I do sometimes use other joysticks like the MicroBlaster, the CX-40, and even the 7800 joystick.