DaytonaUSA Posted February 4, 2015 Share Posted February 4, 2015 So I picked up the deluxe (computer and the game system) Atari XE. I'll be doing a video on it a bit later, but I'm extremely proud of this purchase as they're getting harder to find ... and ya know... it's new. That's a trip. It's the one with the keyboard, system, phaser gun, etc. Came with that bug light gun game, the flight sim II game, and I purchased a few they had for sale including (what I seem to be finding to be a very rare game) Mario Bros. I also purchased some 400 / 800 games as well. I'll have to check exactly what titles I bought. Donkey Kong was one... If you haven't been watching my vids, I've become very underwhelmed with newer consoles, and frankly just don't find any of them right now to be all that appealing. I've been really into going back to the games I love the most, which are arcade games (70s -90s) and when you do that, Atari comes up at some point. I can't say I'm a huge fan of the 2600. It was just before my time, and I think the graphics are just primitive enough for them to NOT be charming, and frankly, nearly completely useless. However, this whole 8-bit line of Atari products is a heck of a lot of fun, and I love the look of many of these games (heck, even Choplifter looks wonderful). If you have any game suggestions let me know. I have all the original manuals for the system and for the pack in games. So I think it'll be a fun read to go through the huge book to see how to control the flight sim game. I'm honestly super excited. Diving into a system you never heard of / played when you were young is extremely exciting. It's like a new system coming out.. except the games are actually good. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyperboy Posted February 4, 2015 Share Posted February 4, 2015 Congratulations on a kick ass system! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaytonaUSA Posted February 4, 2015 Author Share Posted February 4, 2015 Congratulations on a kick ass system! Thanks . I probably wouldn't have bought it if it only played the little XE carts, but being that it plays most 400/800 atari 8-bit computer games, I feel like it has a library almost too big to ignore. Heck, I'm getting goosebumps just at the thought of playing Battlezone and Defender! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyperboy Posted February 4, 2015 Share Posted February 4, 2015 Get an Atarimax cart and load it up then say goodbye to any free time you might have! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaytonaUSA Posted February 4, 2015 Author Share Posted February 4, 2015 Get an action max cart and load it up then say goodbye to any free time you might have! I'm assuming that's a flash cart? I might have to look into this... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+save2600 Posted February 4, 2015 Share Posted February 4, 2015 You get this at the same store that had the Jaguar and JagCD by chance? Curious what you paid too. I second the AtariMax flash cart. Loads and loads of fun await! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyperboy Posted February 4, 2015 Share Posted February 4, 2015 Sorry, I meant Atarimax www.atarimax.com Steve is a good dude! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaytonaUSA Posted February 5, 2015 Author Share Posted February 5, 2015 Yep, same store. Except now his Jaguar CD is ridiculously priced... hmmmmm. I think he caught on to me . Ah well, got the XE for a great price. Brand new for 140. Got some other games for it as well. Seriously flipping out on how happy I am . Box is in amazing shape. Made me chuckle reading all the promotions on the box, talking about how the "most exciting target and shooting games"..... except duck hunt. I checked it out, but it seems it's just one game at a time, is that right? So it's like the Virtual Boy's flash cart? See, I find those to be very annoying. I don't like having to load the rom all the time. I'd rather just buy the few carts that interest me if that's the case. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyperboy Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 You want the MyIDE-II Compact Flash Cart Soeryrry, I should have been more specific. Do you have a Virtual Boy flash cart you want to get rid of? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaytonaUSA Posted February 5, 2015 Author Share Posted February 5, 2015 I had one when I had a Virtual Boy. After the third vb to go through "the oven mod" I just got tired of dealing with the thing (that and I never played it). Wish I kept that cart for myself though. Never imagined how rare it would become... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaytonaUSA Posted February 5, 2015 Author Share Posted February 5, 2015 After thinking about it, I don't think I'll bite on the flash cart on this system. There's something really exciting about going store to store and finding one of these in a stack of Atari 2600 carts, haha. That and since I've never owned the system before, it's kinda nice having the real thing with the real artwork. Here's to hoping I stumble across a Choplifter and Battlezone one day, as they're my favorite games from Atari. It's a shame Lunar Lander wasn't made for this, that would have been a great time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master Phruby Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 If I remember correctly there was a version of Lunar Lander that was published in ANALOG computing. You would need a flash cart to play it unless you type the code in yourself and save to disk drive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goochman Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 So you got the XE Game System referred to as the XEGS. I kind like the layout of this system but its a bit of an odd child in the 8bit arena. Id look to get one of the SIO2PC connectors so you can easily enjoy almost the complete library of 8bit games. You'll need a PC wihtin USB cable range to do this. There are also SIO2SD solutions which wont require a PC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BydoEmpire Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 Congrats, I love my XEGS. Tons of great games, mostly pretty cheap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaytonaUSA Posted February 6, 2015 Author Share Posted February 6, 2015 If I remember correctly there was a version of Lunar Lander that was published in ANALOG computing. You would need a flash cart to play it unless you type the code in yourself and save to disk drive. Really? Wow, I need to find that! Haha, you guys are just trying to get me to get a flash cart. Dang, I'm really going to have to consider one now... Right now, we're redoing the front living area and the XE will have front and center stage there, so I plan on playing this thing a LOT. Having one of my favorite (and sadly least ported) Atari games on it would make me a very happy gamer! So you got the XE Game System referred to as the XEGS. I kind like the layout of this system but its a bit of an odd child in the 8bit arena. Id look to get one of the SIO2PC connectors so you can easily enjoy almost the complete library of 8bit games. You'll need a PC wihtin USB cable range to do this. There are also SIO2SD solutions which wont require a PC. I'll look into this, thank you. I'm new to the 8-bit computing world, so I'm not really sure what you mean, but more games are always better. I grew up with a Tandy laptop, so while I had a few games, I didn't have anything quite this fancy. We had that thing until we upgraded to a Windows 95 Compaq Presario, haha, so lots of good times on that old thing. I still have it, in fact, after all these years! (for those who thing I sell everything ) Congrats, I love my XEGS. Tons of great games, mostly pretty cheap. I'm curious, there are a couple games, like Choplifter, that are much more expensive than most other titles. Is this due to it being graphically superior to the 400 atari release? I really want that game, but I'm just not sure it's worth the cash since I have a superior SMS version 5 feet over to the left. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goochman Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 The SIO2PC adaptor connects your PC to your XEGS and allows you to host virtual disks to play. There are a few sites with 1000's of XEGS games that you can run from the SIO2PC cable, that is why I mentioned needing a PC clsoe by Choplifter XE is a graphically enhanced version of Choplifter. The original version is a port from the Apple II computer version. The XE version looks more like the Sega Arcade version - I think they play pretty similar. I prefer the original release. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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