Gabe Posted July 2 Share Posted July 2 On 6/29/2024 at 3:54 PM, shane857 said: Played Pitfall earlier... This game is 'MUCH' tougher than Pitfall 2. I've never managed to collect all 32 treasures. The game would be difficult enough without the time limit. My brother did it once, then every time I would play it he would tease me about it. I never got close. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shane857 Posted July 3 Author Share Posted July 3 12 hours ago, JetmanUK said: I've thought about buying this a few times, but it's never cheap. Is it worth it? Yeh, definitely. Think I would edge Commando slightly over it. Great 7800 game 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shane857 Posted July 3 Author Share Posted July 3 11 hours ago, MrChickenz said: I always think about sitting down and giving this game a good try! I’ve tried this game a number of times but never made it too far. Do you mean to tell me Game 1 is a tutorial? I couldn’t get through a tutorial? 🤣😂😄 Now I really have to play this game! I guess I should RTFM! Yeh, game 1 will take 10 mins to complete. I haven't beaten game 2 or 3 yet. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shane857 Posted July 3 Author Share Posted July 3 Venture this evening... Similar gameplay to Berzerk, thou I personally find this game more interesting to play. Set the Left and Right Difficulty switches to select a skill level from 1 to 4. (Level 1 is the easiest and 4 the most difficult.) Skill Switch Level Setting 1 left B/right B 2 left B/right A 3 left A/right B 4 left A/right A When you're in the main screen Hall monsters will kill you instantly, so quickly get into a room. Once in the room your goal is to collect all treasures and optionally kill enemies for extra point. Don't hang around too long thou in any room because a hall monster will come in, and you need to get out a.s.a.p 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prince Manic Posted July 3 Share Posted July 3 (edited) it depends...really but I been doing a lot with dig dug time to time and now recently Chopper Command and I do sometimes play 7800 asteroids then the 2600 release Edited July 3 by Prince Manic 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEANJIMMY Posted July 3 Share Posted July 3 (edited) 23 hours ago, JetmanUK said: I've thought about buying this a few times, but it's never cheap. Is it worth it? For single player, Commando is the much better game. For two players it is a very nice game but tough due to the controls. It takes time to get used to it. Therefore new compilations give it a twinstick control. I love to play it on my Switch in tate mode with my flip grip (pic shows Xevious)🤙 I am happy to own the game and will get back to it some day to get better on it. When a friend comes by, we always have good fun 😊 Edited July 3 by DEANJIMMY 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetmanUK Posted July 3 Share Posted July 3 (edited) 2 hours ago, shane857 said: Venture this evening... Similar gameplay to Berzerk, thou I personally find this game more interesting to play. Set the Left and Right Difficulty switches to select a skill level from 1 to 4. (Level 1 is the easiest and 4 the most difficult.) Skill Switch Level Setting 1 left B/right B 2 left B/right A 3 left A/right B 4 left A/right A When you're in the main screen Hall monsters will kill you instantly, so quickly get into a room. Once in the room your goal is to collect all treasures and optionally kill enemies for extra point. Don't hang around too long thou in any room because a hall monster will come in, and you need to get out a.s.a.p This game always felt like an almost game to me. It's almost great, but lacking. Luckily there's a hack which amongst other things adds in the missing level and adds a screen which keeps track of the collectables too. I'd love to have a cart of it*, as it is I play on my OG via the Harmony cart. I should try it on the Harmony with my 2600 Plus actually. 🤔 It also adds a very cool zooming in effect as you enter a level. I think it's truly the most impressive hack I've seen. It completely transforms the game with all of its improvements, into a must play. It's called Venture Reloaded. *I think one was available a while back. Edited July 3 by JetmanUK 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrChickenz Posted July 3 Share Posted July 3 30 minutes ago, DEANJIMMY said: For single player, Commando is the much better game. For two players it is a very nice game but tough due to the controls. It takes time to get used to it. Therefore new compilations give it a twinstick control. I love to play it on my Switch in tate mode with my flip grip (pic shows Xevious)🤙 I am happy to own the game and will get back to it some day to get better on it. When a friend comes by, we always have good fun 😊 The flip grip is awesome! I use it to play my retro arcade games! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrChickenz Posted July 3 Share Posted July 3 2 minutes ago, JetmanUK said: This game always felt like an almost game to me. It's almost great, but lacking. Luckily there's a hack which amongst other things adds in the missing level and adds a screen which keeps track to the collectables too. I'd love to have a cart of it*, as it is I play on my OG via the Harmony cart. I should try it on the Harmony with my 2600 Plus actually. 🤔 It also adds a very cool zooming in effect as you enter a level. I think it's truly the most impressive hack I've seen. It completely transforms the game into a must play. It's called Venture Reloaded. *I think one was available a while back. Colecovision has a good port of this game! At first I couldn’t play it on the 2600 because I was use to Colecovision. But now I like the 2600 version and the Reloaded version is real good! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEANJIMMY Posted July 3 Share Posted July 3 2 minutes ago, MrChickenz said: The flip grip is awesome! I use it to play my retro arcade games! It was such a brilliant idea 🤙 Another arcade trick: I make a remote play connection from my big tablet to my PS5, select tate mode and fix the screen orientation on the tablet🕹 20230703_214255.mp4 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigfriendly Posted July 4 Share Posted July 4 Astroblast and Solar Storm. Solar Storm isn't even remotely fair in my opinion. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEANJIMMY Posted July 4 Share Posted July 4 4 hours ago, bigfriendly said: Astroblast and Solar Storm. Solar Storm isn't even remotely fair in my opinion. I play Solar Storm with the paddles on this 🕹 Then it is good fun and works very well, as you can hammer the fire button rapidly😊 Not sure how that should work with standard paddle🤔 Never play the PAL version on 1.0! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetmanUK Posted July 4 Share Posted July 4 9 hours ago, DEANJIMMY said: It was such a brilliant idea 🤙 Another arcade trick: I make a remote play connection from my big tablet to my PS5, select tate mode and fix the screen orientation on the tablet🕹 20230703_214255.mp4 This is very cool. I have a Tate grip pre ordered for my Evercade EXP, that will be a good comfort upgrade, although it looks like an extracted tooth! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrChickenz Posted July 4 Share Posted July 4 On 5/5/2024 at 3:37 PM, Plumbob said: The weather is absolutely beautiful today and so I want to be outside as much as possible. So I’m out in the garage playing my Atari instead of doing the laundry in the basement. I’m playing Astroids, difficulty set to “A”, game select 17. I’m not really that good at the game as you can see but I’m having fun and that’s what it’s all about, right? Have you bee outside playing anything lately? Temperatures have been hot here the past week. A bit cooler today, so it may be an outdoor day today. I’ll have to pick something good to play. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetmanUK Posted July 4 Share Posted July 4 2 hours ago, MrChickenz said: Have you bee outside playing anything lately? Temperatures have been hot here the past week. A bit cooler today, so it may be an outdoor day today. I’ll have to pick something good to play. Asteroids, Atari's No. 1 IP? I think so. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrChickenz Posted July 4 Share Posted July 4 (edited) HAVE YOU PLAYED ATARI 2600+ TODAY? I HAVE! WALL JUMP NINJA Playing a little WALL JUMP NINJA today! I purchased this from AtariAge! This game is simple, very addictive, lots of fun! One unique feature I like is when changing the difficulty switches on the console it actually changes on the screen. I spent an hour just playing with the difficulty switches! 😂 I’ve not seen this in any game that I can recall. I guess it’s the little things in life that amuse me. lol. Left difficulty Lava on or off, Right difficulty easy or hard. Kinda like Amoeba Jump where you collect letters to spell out NINJA. Very colorful game, packaging is outstanding! Really nice manual! This game is a must have especially if you like homebrew games. IMG_1026.mov Edited July 4 by MrChickenz 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigfriendly Posted July 4 Share Posted July 4 When I was a kid I thought that big asteroid looked like the head of Fred Flintstone. 1 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrChickenz Posted July 4 Share Posted July 4 Just now, bigfriendly said: When I was a kid I thought that big asteroid looked like the head of Fred Flintstone. Yabba Dabba Do! It does! lol 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atarian7 Posted July 4 Share Posted July 4 I like Wall Jump Ninja. Does it get to be impossible, or is there a way to get through those small openings if you are perfect timing it? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrChickenz Posted July 4 Share Posted July 4 (edited) 19 minutes ago, Atarian7 said: I like Wall Jump Ninja. Does it get to be impossible, or is there a way to get through those small openings if you are perfect timing it? Yes, you can get through, I’m making progress each time I play for a bit. It’s pretty cool when you collect all the NINJA letters. It gives you a NINJA DASH! Also Tap the fire button to jump, Hold the fire button for higher jumps. Edited July 4 by MrChickenz 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shane857 Posted July 4 Author Share Posted July 4 (edited) Played Xenophobe 7800 earlier... Player controls: Up: Jump if Walking, Creeping, or Standing. Stand up if Crawling or Crouching Down: Crouch; Pick Up Objects; Break Free or Fling Critters Left: Left Fire Button: Shoot/Right Fire Button: Toss Grenades When Crouched. The best ending for a mission is the destruction of all aliens on a space station without destroying the space station. You receive a 300-point bonus for each alien you destroyed at the station and a 200-point health bonus. Then you return to the Mother Ship and prepare to board the next infested space station... Great 7800 arcade port. I'll be playing this more often Edited July 4 by shane857 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maztr_0n Posted July 4 Share Posted July 4 On 7/2/2024 at 2:22 PM, shane857 said: Played Ikari Warriors 7800 earlier... Not a bad arcade port for the 7800. Main controls are pretty good, you fire where you point. Button one to fire, hold button 2 grenade. Tank controls take some getting used to. Button 2 to enter tank and button 1 to fire. You have to hold button 2 and use d-pad to aim Button 1 and 2 together to exit tank. I used the CX78 controller I'M DYING FOR THIS ONE... But i'm not paying 300$ just to break open the only copies available which are graded sealed games just to play as Ralf Jones and Clark Still on 7800, i mean the NES version is more amusing but, this one i could actually play like a shooter instead of a game where a bunch of guys dance around after being blown up. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maztr_0n Posted July 4 Share Posted July 4 On 7/2/2024 at 3:20 PM, JetmanUK said: I've thought about buying this a few times, but it's never cheap. Is it worth it? NGL i know i just basically said i'd want this game really badly, but honestly. Do you like SNK's King of Fighters series or AVGN's couch guy? Go with Ikari, you like co-op? Go with Ikari. Dont have commando or ikari, get Commando, idk why but it seems to be cheaper in NTSC regions than Ikari for some reason, but might be different for PAL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrChickenz Posted July 4 Share Posted July 4 24 minutes ago, Maztr_0n said: But i'm not paying 300$ just to break open the only copies available which are graded sealed games Just do it! And rip that seal right off! 🤣 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maztr_0n Posted July 5 Share Posted July 5 14 minutes ago, MrChickenz said: Just do it! And rip that seal right off! 🤣 i'll need 300$ first... spare change? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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