monzamess Posted October 18, 2023 Share Posted October 18, 2023 18 minutes ago, Emehr said: I've known about this bug since the early 80s . Getting Pac-Man stuck in the escape route is one of my core 2600 memories from childhood! I would do it at the top escape route but wouldn't get too aggressive with the wiggling (lol). Just enough to keep Pac from coming back out. This bug? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emehr Posted October 18, 2023 Share Posted October 18, 2023 Just now, monzamess said: This bug? Yep! That's the one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted October 18, 2023 Share Posted October 18, 2023 (edited) 24 minutes ago, Emehr said: I've known about this bug since the early 80s . Getting Pac-Man stuck in the escape route is one of my core 2600 memories from childhood! I would do it at the top escape route but wouldn't get too aggressive with the wiggling (lol). Just enough to keep Pac from coming back out. What exactly is the bug doing? Edit: Thanks for the video Edited October 18, 2023 by Thomas Jentzsch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emehr Posted October 18, 2023 Share Posted October 18, 2023 I just shot some video. Unfortunately I didn't notice the light glare at the exact spot that covers the action. Sorry about that (I can shoot it again but I was just happy to get it on the first take!). When Pac-Man gets stuck you can still kind of make out that his graphic is "lodged" in the top escape route. When you move the stick he breaks free and moves vertically. Pac-bug.mov Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+darryl1970 Posted October 18, 2023 Share Posted October 18, 2023 23 hours ago, socrates63 said: @Thomas Jentzsch Darryl described it to me and @sramirez2008 over dinner and I don't remember enough details to be helpful. Steve, do you recall? It'd be best if @darryl1970 explained it himself. It is easier to demonstrate it. It happens when the joystick is wiggled while Pac-Man is in the escape route. Tod was so cool. He seemed genuinely excited to see it. Then he exclaimed how he went 42 years not knowing about it. Edit: monzamess I wish I would have caught your thread before I took the time to recreate it. Tim Lapetino knew what I was talking about before I demonstrated it too. It was just really cool to introduce it to Tod himself. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atariboy2600 Posted October 19, 2023 Share Posted October 19, 2023 On 10/17/2023 at 3:55 PM, socrates63 said: Casey's Gold and other titles are coming -- that's the info that Garry shared during the homebrew panel. TO this day I still had not got a copy of both Casey's Gold or Circus Convoy games even if I made both box art^_^ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razzie.P Posted October 19, 2023 Share Posted October 19, 2023 12 minutes ago, Atariboy2600 said: TO this day I still had not got a copy of both Casey's Gold or Circus Convoy games even if I made both box art^_^ Hopefully they paid you at least, and wasn't one of those "do this for us and we forget about you after" type of deals. Also, the box art is my favorite part of Circus Convoy 😁 I haven't played Casey's Gold. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Nathan Strum Posted October 20, 2023 Share Posted October 20, 2023 45 minutes ago, Atariboy2600 said: TO this day I still had not got a copy of both Casey's Gold or Circus Convoy games even if I made both box art^_^ Well, Casey's Gold still doesn't exist. But they *certainly* should have sent you a copy of Circus Convoy. It's completely ridiculous that they haven't. If you haven't recently, you should email them a reminder. Hopefully it just slipped through the cracks. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ZeroPage Homebrew Posted October 24, 2023 Share Posted October 24, 2023 I've posted these on ZPH social media but here's my batch of photos from all the amazing people I ran into at PRGE! - James 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Nathan Strum Posted October 25, 2023 Share Posted October 25, 2023 6 hours ago, ZeroPage Homebrew said: I've posted these on ZPH social media but here's my batch of photos from all the amazing people I ran into at PRGE! Well, there goes 30 years in the Witness Protection Program. Time to start over again. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zonie Posted October 25, 2023 Share Posted October 25, 2023 Here's a few I took. Me, Sega's folly, Those cool crosley retro tv's, HSW, A combat console I should have bought despite the condition it was in, The living room, the unibagpiper, some kid in a blow up costume, and my badge. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+D Train Posted October 25, 2023 Share Posted October 25, 2023 4 hours ago, Nathan Strum said: Well, there goes 30 years in the Witness Protection Program. Time to start over again. nothing a neuralyzer couldn't fix! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClassicGMR Posted October 25, 2023 Share Posted October 25, 2023 12 hours ago, ZeroPage Homebrew said: Which 80's sitcom is this? I forget... Not Bosom Buddies... 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+fdr4prez Posted November 4, 2023 Share Posted November 4, 2023 On 10/25/2023 at 12:23 AM, ClassicGMR said: Which 80's sitcom is this? I forget... Not Bosom Buddies... Or maybe you mean this one? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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