tradyblix Posted May 31 Share Posted May 31 That looks pretty involved. I gotta get a copy of that. I was playing 2600 centipede last night. I think it might even prefer it over the 7800 version. It's got incredible gameplay, it's one of those games the graphics don't matter because it's so frenetic, and there's something really charming about the blockiness. They didn't use a very nice font for the score tho, when I see the imagic fonts used on demon attack I'm still amazed at how slick it looks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shane857 Posted May 31 Author Share Posted May 31 Played Fathom by IMAGIC for the first time earlier. Had it in my collection for a while. FCUK those controls take getting used to! Holding fire button to swim as a dolphin and having to press repeatedly as a seagull to fly. Managed to beat the first level. A game I'll have to play more for sure... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrChickenz Posted June 1 Share Posted June 1 HAVE YOU PLAYED ATARI 2600+ TODAY! No more clowning around! Today I’m playing one of my all time favorites! CIRCUS ATARI! on my ATARI 2600+ Circus Atari is an amazing game! I like this better than Kaboom. I forgot about the game variant with the barriers. Although the barriers can block your clown from popping balloons, they can also be to your advantage as the barriers can help keep your clown up top longer. The paddles work great on the Atari 2600+ This game plays awesome! 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRingBearer Posted June 1 Share Posted June 1 My games for today. The Robotron controller arrived yesterday, so time to have some fun. Robotron on the 2600+ and RobotWar on the 7800. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shane857 Posted June 2 Author Share Posted June 2 Been playing Smurf today. This is no kids game!!😂 Controls take getting used to, fire just starts the game and you have to press diagonally left or right twice to jump high enough to clear gates and reach higher tables etc. Really enjoyable game thou and great graphics/sprite animation. My boxed copy says 'based on the original arcade game'. Don't think there was a Smurf arcade game thou, was there? 🤔 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shane857 Posted June 3 Author Share Posted June 3 Played some of my loose carts today. I need to get more Tigervision games, they released a lot of great games in my opinion. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrChickenz Posted June 3 Share Posted June 3 1 hour ago, shane857 said: Played some of my loose carts today. I need to get more Tigervision games, they released a lot of great games in my opinion. Can’t say I’ve ever played any TigerVision games. But your posts have peeked my interest in these games. I will have to search some out. 👍 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrChickenz Posted June 4 Share Posted June 4 HAVE YOU PLAYED ATARI 2600+ TODAY? I HAVE! Today is a DEMON ATTACK DAY! This was always one of my favorites! This game features 1 or 2 players. What I don’t remember is it also features a 2 player Co-op Version! This game can be difficult. At times it can be a bit frustrating as you shoot your Cannon Lasers at the enemies they dodge left they dodge right! They won’t hold still! As you start getting too confident they drop a Turd on you, you respawn and get hit by another Turd! And again! And again! Well today that won’t happen because I’m playing with the 500XJ EPYX Controller by Konix! I just recently picked this controller up at my local game store when I was looking for some Atari games, it was just sitting on the shelf. Works great, looks like it was barely used. So I thought I would give it a try with DEMON ATTACK and see if it improves my score. And I believe it did because this was my highest score of the day! One round I was playing the enemies were shooting long straight lasers and one passed right through my Cannon. I never saw that before. When I fired my laser the enemy fired at the same time. I stopped moving and for a second or two before my Cannon could reload the laser passed through the center or my Cannon without destroying my Cannon! 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrChickenz Posted June 5 Share Posted June 5 On 6/2/2024 at 2:24 PM, shane857 said: Been playing Smurf today. This is no kids game!!😂 Controls take getting used to, fire just starts the game and you have to press diagonally left or right twice to jump high enough to clear gates and reach higher tables etc. Really enjoyable game thou and great graphics/sprite animation. My boxed copy says 'based on the original arcade game'. Don't think there was a Smurf arcade game thou, was there? 🤔 I had this for Colecovision. I use to play it often. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shane857 Posted June 6 Author Share Posted June 6 Been playing Solar Fox today for the first time... Really enjoyed the gameplay. Similar to Pac-Man thou you collect solar cells and have to avoid fire from the Sentinels. The extra challenges and bonuses are great. Definitely one to play again... 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetmanUK Posted June 6 Share Posted June 6 3 minutes ago, shane857 said: Been playing Solar Fox today for the first time... Really enjoyed the gameplay. Similar to Pac-Man thou you collect solar cells and have to avoid fire from the Sentinels. The extra challenges and bonuses are great. Definitely one to play again... Nice buy! Fleabay? I have this loose, it's a polished game, CIB would be nice. 😊 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shane857 Posted June 6 Author Share Posted June 6 36 minutes ago, JetmanUK said: Nice buy! Fleabay? I have this loose, it's a polished game, CIB would be nice. 😊 Yes. Won it on auction CIB for £39, so not too bad a price... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetmanUK Posted June 6 Share Posted June 6 Just now, shane857 said: Yes. Won it on auction CIB for £39, so not too bad a price... Not bad at all. 🤟🏻 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maztr_0n Posted June 6 Share Posted June 6 As of Jun 6, 2024. Bank Heist and Ikari Warriors top my PC emulator list, meaning i should pick those up ASAP while on my 2600+ system its still commando and air raiders 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrChickenz Posted June 7 Share Posted June 7 7 hours ago, shane857 said: Been playing Solar Fox today for the first time... Really enjoyed the gameplay. Similar to Pac-Man thou you collect solar cells and have to avoid fire from the Sentinels. The extra challenges and bonuses are great. Definitely one to play again... Awesome deal! Great game! Have you had a chance to RTFM? There are two different settings for ship speed. And Skip-A-Rack. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigfriendly Posted June 7 Share Posted June 7 Beamrider for the 2600. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Microjak Posted June 7 Share Posted June 7 1 hour ago, bigfriendly said: Beamrider for the 2600. Bloomin great game! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UbiAllen Posted June 7 Share Posted June 7 Got my copy of Juno First a couple of days ago. Very addictive! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrChickenz Posted June 7 Share Posted June 7 (edited) HAVE YOU PLAYED ATARI 2600+ TODAY! I HAVE! Today I plan on stopping the Krytolians! MISSILE COMMAND! I can’t believe how well this game plays without a Trackball. Great box art! This is true Atari Gaming! Edited June 7 by MrChickenz 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrChickenz Posted June 7 Share Posted June 7 12 hours ago, bigfriendly said: Beamrider for the 2600. 7 hours ago, UbiAllen said: Got my copy of Juno First a couple of days ago. Very addictive! Both are great games and similar in ways. Juno First I play quite a bit. Beamrider I unfortunately do not own but it’s on my wish list. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shane857 Posted June 7 Author Share Posted June 7 A bit of Donkey Kong 7800 this evening... It's a shame they didn't include all 4 screens from the arcade version. Still a great port thou, second to the NES version in my opinion... 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrChickenz Posted June 7 Share Posted June 7 (edited) 1 hour ago, shane857 said: A bit of Donkey Kong 7800 this evening... It's a shame they didn't include all 4 screens from the arcade version. Still a great port thou, second to the NES version in my opinion... Love Donkey Kong! Donkey Kong was packaged with the Colecovision. That was my first console I played Donkey Kong a lot. It wasn’t until years later I found two NES consoles some controllers in a box at a garage sale. I paid $15.00 for the box. I had to replace both pin sets on the consoles but they worked great! That’s when I realized Donkey Kong on the NES was the best version! But I’ve learned recently all versions are really fun to play if you give them a try! Edited June 7 by MrChickenz 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigfriendly Posted June 8 Share Posted June 8 19 hours ago, Microjak said: Bloomin great game! I'm working on a comparison video for my YT between Beamrider and another great 2600 game and it's gonna be a bitch picking the winner between the two games. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex_813 Posted June 8 Share Posted June 8 (edited) 7 hours ago, MrChickenz said: Love Donkey Kong! Donkey Kong was packaged with the Colecovision. That was my first console I played Donkey Kong a lot. It wasn’t until years later I found two NES consoles some controllers in a box at a garage sale. I paid $15.00 for the box. I had to replace both pin sets on the consoles but they worked great! That’s when I realized Donkey Kong on the NES was the best version! But I’ve learned recently all versions are really fun to play if you give them a try! I also love Donkey Kong, but I am terrible at it. Yet, I still keep playing. Edited June 8 by Alex_813 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad_from_the_80s Posted June 8 Share Posted June 8 9 hours ago, shane857 said: A bit of Donkey Kong 7800 this evening... It's a shame they didn't include all 4 screens from the arcade version. Still a great port thou, second to the NES version in my opinion... This and Ms. Pac-Man are the 7800 games I probably play the most. The missing level was dropped from almost all ports back then anyway. I really enjoy this version for whatever reason. The NES version is great of course, and really they're quite close in quality. The 7800 "suffers" in the sound department, but I kinda got used to it. I simply cannot cotton to the Coleco 2600 version. But this version I pick up almost every gaming session. I think there is a homebrew/hack that "fixed" a lot of it (audio, missing levels/animation), and it's quite an achievement, but I still like having this vintage copy. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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