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January 7

2 hours ago, Dr Karnov said:

How is Miner 2049er?

I find jumping the Mutants in the 2600 version a complete crap shoot. Sometimes I jump over them, sometimes I die. And I do not know which one is going to happen until it actually happens.

January 7

1 hour ago, JetmanUK said:

Yes! That's the one! Thank you.

Do you own it?

Yes, but it is probably the least played out of all the Sega games. Well, that or Buck Rogers. I probably need to give it some more playtime. I do need the stickers and sticker sheet for it though.

January 7

2 hours ago, Bitsized said:

Like many of you I have been chomping at the bit to play Star Raiders; without the use of the keypad this is not possible. These are the carts I have that replicate the experience of playing star raiders. As far as controls go Starmaster is close but not the same. Does anyone know of other games with a first-person flying through space type of vibe?

Imagic's Star Voyager is similar, but with no map. Phaser Patrol from Arcadia/Starpath is very similar, but you need a Supercharger, a cassette tape player, and at the moment a real 2600. M Network's Space Attack is also similar, but the map screen is now about sending out squadrons of ships to engage different enemy fleets.

January 7

4 hours ago, JetmanUK said:

Nah I have Polaris and it's good. The game I saw had a constant annoying sonar noise with slow moving subs, and you shooting from the surface down. I think. 🤣

Sega's Sub Scan?

January 6

5200 cartridge adapter? Confirmed!

January 5

1 hour ago, Living Room Arcade said:

As you can see in the video, Hubie solved it in 204 moves. Hubie makes it look so easy, doesn't he!

Well his full name is Hubie the Cube Master, I believe.

January 5

64,460 for me. This might have been my first time playing the 5200 version. I used guided missiles, might try one with straight missiles.

January 5

Neat idea, I will play.

Did you know that a full EIGHT out of 18 game variations in Atari Video Cube (and presumably Rubik's Cube) are self-playing. You literally watch the computer solve the cube.

January 4

Did you connect the system to the internet either through an ethernet cable or WiFi?

January 4

23 minutes ago, JetmanUK said:

I've been in communication with a USA based seller on eBay, getting a shipping price and seeing what deal they can do for me on a bunch of carts. After a couple of messages he asked if he could come back to me tomorrow as he was sorting shipping of carts and listing new carts, explained that he has gone from 1-2 sales per day to 30-40 per day since the release of the 2600 Plus. Spending 3 hours per night on his auctions when he gets in from work!

Atari, take note. Get some new games out there this year, I smell success! 🤟🏻

That is quite an increase. It seems almost too good to be true, but I have a feeling that the 2600+ has been driving a lot of 2600 collecting lately.

January 4

1 hour ago, Giles N said:

Yeah, and if a paid or another free DLC comes along,

what would we here like to see?

What you folks here want to see (even pay for) as good next DLC content for the Atari 50th ?

Perhaps we should list 6-12 games …?

Well we know Atari just trademarked Brain Dead 13, so I would say that one for sure. I would also like to see 2600 Miner 2049er Volume II. Using the saves for Miner 2049 was very nice. Also Jaguar Bubsy in: Fractured Furry Tales, of course. My pipe dream would be that they get Battlezone back and add in all the Battlezone games, or at least the arcade original. Lastly, how about another game they just got back, Math Gran Prix! And Math Gran Prix should be a hidden unlockable game just like Basic Math was.

January 4

1 minute ago, MysticSword said:

Thanks for the info. I just assumed that the lower number (1) and in which the game loads in would have been the easiest level.

That would make the most sense. In level one, the computer is supposed to take 15 seconds to decide on the move, but only take 10 seconds in the beginner level (8).

January 4

18 minutes ago, MysticSword said:

Game 1. Which is what show when the game loads and I assumed was the Beginner level.

Game eight is actually the easiest. Then game one through seven, getting harder as you go.

January 4

4 hours ago, MysticSword said:

I played a game with myself vs the game on my 2600+, Beginner level

Did you play game one or game eight?

January 4

16 hours ago, PowerDubs said:

Interesting to see that a couple weeks ago Atari filed trademark for InfoGrames in the U.S.

Also- in both the U.S. and Europe they filed trademark on 'Brain Dead 13'.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brain_Dead_13

https://www.mobygames.com/game/2083/brain-dead-13/

How did they get that IP? I smell new news coming

Were those the only new ones, or was there more?

January 4

2 hours ago, Astro Rabby said:

Yknow, Atari bought Bubsy and they just added some games. They oughta add the Jaguar Bubsy game.

I would think that a paid DLC might be coming. I could see Bubsy being in there. This last dlc that was free was one Lynx game that was originally on the collection and 11 2600 games.

January 4

Who knows where all the ReadySoft ip is now, but outside of Dragon's Lair and Space Ace, none of it is probably super expensive. Still, happy Atari acquired it since there was a Jaguar CD version made that Atari can now do something with.

January 3

8 hours ago, zzip said:

It's been in my feed for a few days too, but I haven't watched it. What's causing that particular clip to 'go viral' now?

I think the news station decided to release it as a throwback report or something.

January 2

I think the best way to boost participation would be to cancel the 2600 High Score Club. It seems to me that the 2600 HSC takes up a lot of the time for people who play. I know that is impossible though.

January 1

1 hour ago, jgkspsx said:

Haha, I literally just watched that minutes before seeing this. The algorithm sees all...

Is that HSW with the whip??

That is what I thought, and comments on the video seem to confirm it.

December 31, 2023

That was neat, thanks for sharing.

December 31, 2023

16 hours ago, Brad_from_the_80s said:

Only thing I don't like is it is yet another touchy/sensitive Activision cart, although maybe it will get better. But always enjoyed the graphics and game play on this one.

Activision cartridges are just like that. I play on an original four-switch wood grain, and Activision cartridges give me the most trouble. Although Avalon Hill cartridges give me the most trouble inserting them, but once they are in they work fine.

December 31, 2023

10 hours ago, StormyWeathers said:

i like surround by Atari but also ice hockey by activision where loads of people probably do not. its a matter of opinion i guess.

My five year old likes to play Surround together. I have not tried Ice Hockey with her yet. Currently she has been trying to play Superman. She captured Lex Luthor and all five of his henchmen by herself.

December 31, 2023

I like Activision games, I mean my favorite 2600 game is Pitfall!, but I have never thought they were heads and shoulders above everybody else that many think. I play more Atari published games than anything else, of course they published a lot more games than everybody else. I think Parker Brothers and Imagic were just as good percentage wise as Activision. Activision did release more than twice as many games (44 in the US) as the second most productive publisher, Parker Brothers (21 games).

Some of my favorite Activision games are Pitfall!, Pitfall II: Lost Caverns, Stampede, Space Shuttle, Starmaster, Robot Tank, Keystone Kapers, H.E.R.O., Commando, and Double Dragon. Yes, I enjoy Double Dragon. On the other hand, some of the most popular Activision games have never been favorites of mine like Kaboom!, River Raid, Enduro, and Dragster.

Edit: I like Ghostbusters and Chopper Command too, but I prefer Defender to Chopper Command.

December 30, 2023

Dang, good job.

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