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I went and bought this along with a bundle of games offered with it. Then I realized, I already had almost everything in the bundle through one of the itch.io bundles that were offered in the past few years. So if anyone missed this sale - go check your itch.io library. Haven't played the game yet, but it was cheap enough that there are no regrets.

I don't have any of my own classic time to contribute this week, but man, I played this to death as a kid (on the C64). I remember when I finally put it all together and could finish the race. It felt like quite the accomplishment. Then you can add extra tricks into the mix for a higher score, and I think there are difficulty options too. In a recent poll about your favorite C64 racing game this was one of my answers.

PC Dark Void Zero 155 David. 9 Fallout Shelter 407 Pixross 37 Super Puzzle Platformer Deluxe 60 Xbox One Forza Horizon 5 567 Gang Beasts 123 More Forza (this time played mostly with my nephew) and some Fallout Shelter to fill the time. Dark Void Zero is a surprisingly fun NES-style spinoff game made by Capcom from their bigger budget console game called Dark Void (which came out years ago and kinda stunk).

LOL - That is one I wouldn't have been able to pass up either.

Years late, I went looking for a like-minded soul to discuss Dark Void Zero. I got this who knows how long ago on Steam and just started playing it this week. I think it is pretty genius and not sure why there are so many bad reviews on Steam for it. They mostly focus on the DRM that was implemented when it was first released with a few negative comments like "It's too hard." Anyway, the DRM check is still there, but I got through it as intended without any problems. As for the game being too hard - ha! If it had been a "real" NES game, it would have been harder and made much less sense. They mixed in a lot of "modern" game design stuff, and I think it is really fun to play. It is only 4 levels, but it has some collectibles to find and difficulty levels. Anyone who likes the NES Capcom stuff should give this a play wherever you can find it.

Went hunting for comments on Dark Void Zero, as I recently started playing this one from my Steam Library. I played the first 2 (of 4) levels this week. It is like a NES game that makes sense and doesn't hate you. Anyone who is a fan of the old Capcom games should play this. Jetpacks are fun.

Yeah, I was really surprised by it. I had seen someone commenting here on Atari Age about it (maybe it was you), and it inspired me to try all the best racing games on the GBA. It was instantly fun to play and a nice challenge. It made me wonder if the creators had anything to do with the "Super Cars" series of games because it is very similar. Side note - I don't really get the F-Zero series. Those games are consistently near the top of various "best of" lists all the time, but they always just feel like a sort of cheap Mario Kart knockoff to me.

DS Picross 3d 121 GBA F-Zero GP Legend 16 F-Zero Maximum Velocity 16 Game & Watch Gallery 4 128 GT Advance 24 GT Advance 3 4 Hot Wheels Velocity X 8 Hot Wheels World Race 12 Mario Kart Super Circuit 15 Need For Speed: Porsche Unleashed 11 Racing Gears Advance 77 Top Gear Rally 7 PC Fallout Shelter 110 Xbox One Fallout Shelter 38 Forza Horizon 5 264 Out of Space 40 I was travelling this week. so I ended up playing a bunch of handheld games via both original media and emulation. Racing Gears Advance was a really nice surprise. It is a great little racing game that got me almost immediately hooked!

SNES F-Zero 30 Just one classic game for me this week. I found myself playing a lot of GBA racing games via emulation while traveling, and I wanted to give the original F-Zero another shot. Honestly, I don't see the appeal of this game. To me, it looks absolutely awful with those flat textures stretched out along the track, and the colors are hideous. The gameplay is fine, but every time I try it, I'm just left wondering why anyone would ever play this instead of Mario Kart. I was also not really impressed with the GBA iterations of this series. Although I did play a decent copy-cat GBA game called Hot Wheels World Race, but it would only let me play one race before it crashed on the emulator I was using . . .

I finally finished this game a few years ago after being helpless as a child. To win without saves, I made a bunch of copies of a paper grid like the music puzzle. Then I would mark up the solution, so I could bank snoozes.

DS Picross 3d 50 PC Fallout Shelter 105 XOne Fallout Shelter 50 Forza Horizon 5 622

Dreamcast Daytona USA 75 Metropolis Street Racer 7 San Francisco Rush 2049 2 Test Drive Le Mans 42 I actually thought I would play more DC racing games this week, but here's where it ended. Perhaps more next week.

I think the 2600 version of Crystal Castles is kind of underrated. It looks pretty bad at first glance, but the gameplay is really solid.

XOne Fallout Shelter 676 Forza Horizon 5 1443 Hi Fi Rush 87 It Takes Two 120 Out of Space 43 It was a heavy week for me with lots of Forza Horizon 5 broken up by lots of Fallout Shelter and some other co-op games (and a little Hi-Fi Rush in there too). I got sucked into tuning in Forza which kept me trying different configurations of various cars based mostly on cars that I've actually owned. I really need to play on a different platform to reduce the load times. Fallout Shelter is a "free-to-play" single player simulation game where you control a vault and kinda make decisions for the dwellers. It is sort of like The Sims and Fallout had a baby and it is displayed from the perspective of Little Computer People.

You REALLY must've wanted to make a point if you created an account on a forum site with a specialized name JUST to tell people reading a 2-year-old thread that these are clones. Stick around, this is a nice place to talk about old video games. We even talk about stuff other than familcones sometimes.

First hand account right here . . . That might be a new one for these threads.

I did not know that! Unless the game is about toy or RC cars, I've pretty much ignored the entire racing genre since like 1998. I'm interested in catching up, but it will probably take some time. I've got games from Burnout, Forza, Gran Turismo, Grid, Midnight Club, Need for Speed, and Test Drive queued up. Might as well add Project Gotham too.

Dreamcast Metropolis Street Racer 156 Tokyo Highway Challenge 96 I was inspired to try some Dreamcast racing games this week. I've been playing a lot of Forza Horizon 5 in the modern tracker, and it made me realize that I've just totally ignored the street racing genre completely for my entire life. A switch flipped that made me want to get the DC out and give these two a try. I thought I would just boot these up, play a race and quit, but instead, I played both of these more than I expected. Everyone says MSR is good, and they are right. It was a little tough to go back graphically (had to adjust my TV set), but the core gameplay of 3d street racing is right there. Maybe a weird opinion, but I really liked the way it guided the player through training to unlock more cars and make some real progress instead of just dumping like 30 cars on you right at the beginning.

PC Deep Dungeons of Doom 86 XOne Catastronauts 131 Dragon's Lair Trilogy 35 Fallout Shelter 94 Forza Horizon 5 1275 Onsen Master 50 Out of Space 102 Think of the Children 46 Everything kinda takes a long time in Forza Horizon 5 on the XBox One because of the additional load times, but I've kept at it. I've been upgrading and tuning a replica of my own Volkswagen Golf from the 90s, moving it up through the performance classes and then testing it out in various road and street races. Fun stuff. I also played some Dreamcast racing games this week . . .

Hoping this is not a joke account! I know there are a lot of (new) VCS haters on this site. I respect the device, but I do not own one. This is the FIRST thing that has made me seriously consider getting one! Honestly within the world of classic Atari fans, a new John Van Ryzin game is bigger than the VCS. Your fans are everywhere but definitely here on AtariAge. Don't know what your agreement is like with "Official" Atari, but if you can offer the game through this site, your fans will buy. Even if that is a few years from now.

Just found this - would love to play this game . . . somewhere other than the VCS. Following

I have started to get deeper in. What's your gamertag? Mine is Wongojack. I will look for your Rivals times. I am actually focusing on Class D right now - LOL. I don't really do Twitch, but I guess I can find you there too.

No classic time for Wongo this week - booo!

XOne Catastronauts 70 Forza Horizon 5 1103 Onsen Master 58 Out of Space 162 Think of the Children 44 Wasteland 2 164 Wo Long Fallen Dynasty 22 So, Forza Horizon 5 . . . I have never played a single game in this series ever. I generally stay away from ultra-realistic car simulation games as I don't really enjoy the idea of "tuning" a 2017 Ford Focus, but hey, I played this one. I'm not sure that I'm playing it right, but there sure is a lot of it to play anyway. I might up the difficulty this week, or I might quit all together.

All this Steam chitchat. It occurs to me that I need someone to play Rikki and Vikki with. Send me a friend request! I am also 'wongojack' on Steam.