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I am actually hoping we get word that Atari has reacquired the rights to Battlezone from Rebellion. Atari has been doing some acquisitions lately, so I could see it happening. Maybe we can ask @davpa to ask around Atari to see if this has any chance of ever coming to fruition.

I doubt Atari would want to pay licensing fees to Rebellion just for a startup attract mode.

I finally beat T30 on Star Raiders, twice. The first time I got Pilot 3, and the second time I got Scout 1. Pilot is better than Scout, so my first time was better, but I am happy I finally beat it. I do not think I am ready for T40 yet, so I will keep practicing on T30 for a while. I did have another run that I felt really good about that ended due to another lucky shot from the Krylons. I also pulled out some more Activision games that have patch scores. Stampede has always been one of my favorites, so it did not take long to score over 3,000. I think I did it on my fourth attempt. Seaquest has never been a favorite, but I still more than doubled the patch score on my first attempt. I also gave The Activision Decathlon a try, and after two events I realized I was not even close. So that one got put to the side. I think that was the first time I ever played the game outside of testing my cartridge when I got it. Kaboom! is not a game I am good at, but after a few tries I at least broke 1,000. I am not sure if I can get to 3,000, but I will give it a try.

I have finished these games. Double Dragon Ikari Warriors Ninja Golf Alien Brigade Fatal Run Planet Smashers Scrapyard Dog Crossbow Kung-Fu Master Tower Toppler Some of these game may loop, but there is an obvious end to a loop. Sports games that I have won a game. Touchdown Football Ballblazer RealSports Baseball Hat Trick One-on-One Basketball I have probably won each race in Pole Position II as I used to play that a bunch as a kid, but I cannot say for sure. I have finished Choplifter!, but I have never rescued all 64 hostages. I have finished a complete round of Mean 18 Ultimate Golf, and I think that is all there is to that one. I have seen all the screens in Donkey Kong and Donkey Kong, Junior. I have probably played through Winter Games and Summer Games all the way through, but it has been a long time since I played either of those.

That is impressive. Why is this not under the completed category? You get to the end, beat the boss, and then see an ending, unless I am misremembering.

I had clicked that link multiple times, or at least multiple different links to that site, to get nothing each time. I had it in my head to find an archive of that site, but you found it for me. Thank you.

I always love seeing these old advertisements. I assume Adventure I and Adventure II in that one ad were the first two Swordquest games, but what was Foxbat?

I doubt this game has any similar elements to the original arcade game. It looks to me like they just made a space game and added the name Lunar Lander to it. In Atari's defense, this is Lunar Lander Beyond, not Lunar Lander Recharged. I would expect a Recharged title to have very similar gameplay, but I have no expectations for this.

I got Star Raiders T30 down to three targets left two more times, but could not close the deal. On one of them I felt really good. I had a fair amount of energy left, I was on roll so to speak, and I still had my shields. Unfortunately my shields were still there, but flickering. So I got hit with an enemy flying in from off screen while my shields were down. I was really confident I was going to take out all 30 targets on that one. I finally got to play the other Kid Vid Voice Module game with my kids, Berenstain Bears. My oldest played about as much as she could, but my youngest played Big Number Hunt for a while and Great Letter Roundup for a little bit. She was not interested in Spooky Spelling Bee though. There is actually a little bit of gameplay in Berenstain Bears. The three cassettes for Smurfs Save the Day are all pretty different, while the three cassettes for Berenstain Bears are pretty much the same thing. The gameplay part comes in for the score. At first I though you got a Honeypot every time you caught the right letter or number, but if you catch a wrong one first, you do not get the Honeypot for that one. You also get a Honeypot for completing the in between stages without making a mistake. So you can actually have a high score competition with Berenstain Bears. I made sure to play through all three cassettes to the end to make sure they all work completely, and they all do. I am not saying Berenstain Bears is a great game, but there is more there than what is obvious. I pulled out Laser Blast and played on the easiest game once. I made over 100,000 points and earned the Federation of Laser Blasters patch. Now I have to decide if I want to go for the 1,000,000 point patch. To get the patch you can play on any game variation. I think the scoring is the same for all variations, but it would be nice if there was a variation that allowed you to score points more quickly. I can get through the second detonator on Laser Gates, but I have not been able to make it to the third one. By far the hardest obstacle is the Homing Missile. Those things are relentless, and are very hard to hit. I would bet that a third of them hit me. I also played Subterranea for really the first time. I like it, but it does get hard pretty quickly. I also played Trick Shot for probably the first time ever too. For a pool game, it was good, but probably not something I will go back to all that often. Imagic had some really good games obviously, but some of them I had never spent time with. I am glad I finally gave all of them, save for Atlantis II and Wing War, a real playthrough.

That is actually where I first saw it, since I do not do Twitter.

Atari announced on Twitter that Montezuma's Revenge will be coming to the VCS. I am sure they are talking about the new version that was recently released, but I hope they could make a deal for the ports from the 1980s. I have no idea if they would need to go through Parker Brothers for those, but the original 8-bit computer port might be unentangled. I am pretty sure there were two 8-bit computer ports, the original and then the Parker Brothers one. Someone correct me if I am wrong.

Wow, they even licensed Pac-Man.

I finally achieved the Star of Honor patch in Robot Tank. That patch was brutal. I totaled 76 kills, four more than I needed just for good measure. When I first started I just attacked no matter the weather, even snow, or the light. My best with that method was 62. I then started being more careful. Very little night fighting after the third squadron, and running when in the snow. Let me tell you, when the game gives you four straight, and even five, yes FIVE, straight days of snow, it sucks. My best with that method was 67. I then went searching for some tips and I found a hero, @CapitanClassic who discovered some pretty good techniques, which he then shared. Those tips allowed me to get that Star of Honor. Thank you DrVenkman, I mean CapitanClassic. I did start playing Riddle of the Sphinx, and man, what an awesome game. I started on game one with the difficulty switch in the b position. I then made my through games two and three, and then started over on game one with the difficulty switch in the a position. I made my way through the three games again, and I thoroughly enjoyed doing it. I figured I would like Riddle of the Sphinx if I ever gave it a try, and I did. I tried to figure out the riddles on my own, and I deduced a couple of them. I went ahead and looked up the answers to the rest though. I do not think that affected my enjoyment of the game though. The only thing I did not like was how long it took to find treasure with the spade sometimes. It probably would have been fine if you did not have to use the second controller to use the spade. Great game. I am glad I played it. After playing Riddle of the Sphinx, I decided to give another Imagic game with an ending a try, Fathom. This game is huge. I definitely had to consult a map for this one. It would take a long time, a long time, to figure out where all the stars are on your own. I beat all seven levels and saw the Imagic address Easter egg. I went ahead and found the Easter egg of the programmers' initials too. A darn good game, and one that would have taken up a lot of your time if you got it back in the day. Since I played two straight Imagic games, I decided to pull the rest out. Well except for Cosmic Ark, for some reason I could not find it. It would be neat to beat Laser Gates, but I am not sure I have the skill necessary. The rest of the games are just high score games, but there is nothing wrong with that. I have been playing them and I actually started recording my high scores. Atlantis is always great, but I am not a huge Demon Attack fan like most people. I am still playing Star Raiders and Private Eye, but Private Eye is starting to wear on me. I might just look up solutions for the third and fourth cases and call it. Maybe I can find a solution for the fifth case and have my wife read it to me. I am not saying it is a bad game, but I do not think it is a good game either.

The black suitcase does not pop open if it onother suitcase hits the wall?

I thought for Asterix and Obelix, the boxes (and manuals) were the same for NTSC and PAL.

So if the bomb hits the wall, then it is game over no matter how many lives you have left? If another suitcase hits the wall, even if a black suitcase is on screen, then it does not do anything? What does it look like when the suitcase pops open?

Increased all my scores: 2,537 for Lost Luggage; 31,825 for Tapper; 9,040 for Revenge of the Beefsteak Tomatoes. Game four on Lost Luggage is supposed to have the terrorist bag, but I have yet to see it. Is it really rare, or have I been lucky? I did have what I thought was a black bag hit the wall, but it was not a bomb inside.

I have been playing this recently, but I have not finished T30 yet. My best so far is 3 targets left. What is your best ranking after beating T30?

You do not have to do anything, this is for people that want a way to play 2600 and 7800 games on their VCS. I prefer to play those games on the consoles they were intended for, but apparently there is fair amount of people that think Atari owes them a way to play the new Atari XP cartridges on a new system. It makes no sense to me, but I guess I am not the target for this.

I wonder if they could make it so you could connect the Polymega Remix add on straight to your VCS and copy directly to the VCS.

Atari has partnered with Playmaji, the company behind the Polymega. I know nothing about the Polymega, so I really cannot comment on that. The press release does mention the VCS will add support for the Polymega app and a Polymega Remix addon. Hopefully a Polymega fan can come behind and flesh this story out. Here is an article from Yahoo Finance: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/atari-announces-strategic-collaboration-playmaji-224800466.html

Definitely interested. With 20th Century Fox games you have to accept some wear on the corner, so I am not expecting perfection.

I achieved the Cross of Excellence patch on Robot Tank with a score of 62. Maybe I can finally see that Star of Honor patch coming into focus. I started playing Private Eye for really the first time ever. It is okay so far. I beat the first two cases with only four and two seconds left, respectively. Case number three so far has been difficult. I can get the necklace and get it turned in to the jeweler, I mean gemstore, fairly quick, and I can even get the comb pretty fast after that. I have not been able to make my way back to the salon, or barbershop, with it yet though. I will definitely finish the third case so I can get the requirements for the Super Sleuth patch, but I am not sure about the fourth and fifth cases. I have seen on the forums people talk about how difficult the fifth case is to complete. Riddle of the Sphinx is definitely next up once I put one of these to bed.

My 2600 collection is always a work in progress, but I always have some things I am focusing on. I will use this thread to see if I can find my most wanted stuff. Well at least the relatively cheap stuff, sure I would like to buy a Rescue Terra I with manual, but not right now. On to the list. SpaceMaster X7 cartridge in pretty good condition. It does not have to be mint, but I want it to look good. This is the last thing I need for my 20th Century Fox set. Pete Rose Baseball cartridge in pretty good condition. It does not have to be mint, but I want it to look good. This is the last thing I need for my Absolute set. Sneak'N Peek manual in good condition. MotoRodeo manual in good condition. Sub Scan manual and both sets of stickers in good condition.

Atari does not have the rights to produce a cartridge. They only have a short exclusive digital release window.