shane857 Posted April 1 Author Share Posted April 1 23 minutes ago, MrChickenz said: PITFALL!X256 hack by Thomas Jentzsch. Really challenging! Takes PITFALL! to a whole new level! Wow! What's the difference with this version? 🤔 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrChickenz Posted April 1 Share Posted April 1 2 hours ago, shane857 said: Wow! What's the difference with this version? 🤔 For each of the 256 variations, you now can select additional variety with left difficulty switch = A (B = no variations). At difficulty A, the score is displayed in orange and you get 5 instead of 3 lives. Initially the following things have been varied: pits on a treasure screen will open and close twice as fast you gain 2,000 more points per treasure (maximum score now 178,000) the logs may roll into both directions when loosing a life, Harry always reappears on the side of the screen where he had entered it (so no skipping by loosing a life anymore ) fire, cobra and logs are positioned on the left side too there may be one or two fires or cobras on one screen the liana may have a 50% faster speed Every 4 collected treasures (down to 12 remaining) some obstacles may change their behavior and become a bit more difficult to master. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shane857 Posted April 5 Author Share Posted April 5 Been playing Raft Rider today... Played it first on original hardware, works fine. Tried it on the 2600+ and yes works fine also. I prefer playing it on my original VCS as with the majority of my 2600 games. A difficult game to control and frustrating, not to the point of I never want to play it again thou... To collect the gold nuggets you have to put your pole straight. 😂 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shane857 Posted April 6 Author Share Posted April 6 Been playing this Classic today. I'm pretty crap at it thou, need more practice. I keep a record of my Highest scores for games I play on paper. H.E.R.O Level 7 30,330. lol 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrChickenz Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 Just received my copy of Red vs Blue hack by KevinMos3! Been playing this today! My first round I had a KO with 2 seconds left on the clock! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shane857 Posted April 10 Author Share Posted April 10 Played Crash Dive for the first time earlier. wasn't expecting much, thou I was pleasantly surprised. A really fun and addictive little shooter. Love how you can alternate between sky, sea surface, undersea and seabed. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrChickenz Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 Game of the day for me is THUNDERGROUND we discussed it in collecting for the 2600+ thread. Now I’m hooked on playing again! A little rusty though!😁 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jj_0 Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 Pharao's Curse, I played this originally on the C64 but it was cool to play it now on the 2600+ (or actually 800 I think). But I missed the eternal lives cheat that was in my C64 version (shame on me). Then I found this reverse-engineered source so I managed to create an eternal lives (and no keys needed) version from that 😇 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_rogue_1 Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 (edited) I just beat Mr. Run And Jump! 🥳 Caution ⚠️ Don’t click the hidden content if you don’t want to see the end screen. Spoiler Edited April 12 by the_rogue_1 Tidying up… 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrChickenz Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 3 hours ago, the_rogue_1 said: I just beat Mr. Run And Jump! 🥳 That’s awesome! It’s not on easy game to beat! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrChickenz Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 Qbert! Is the game of the day for me. Although I’ve had this one in my collection for years I never played it much. I couldn’t get past the crappy graphics. I was use to the arcade version. Playing on original hardware you had RF interference plus crappy graphics! After revisiting it on the Atari 2600+ the crappy graphics look much more clear! lol! All kidding aside the game plays really well! It seems a bit faster than the arcade version but the controls are very responsive! Which makes game play fun! Thanks to the 2600+ I’m playing Qbert after all these year! And enjoying the game! 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shane857 Posted April 12 Author Share Posted April 12 17 minutes ago, MrChickenz said: Qbert! Is the game of the day for me. Although I’ve had this one in my collection for years I never played it much. I couldn’t get past the crappy graphics. I was use to the arcade version. Playing on original hardware you had RF interference plus crappy graphics! After revisiting it on the Atari 2600+ the crappy graphics look much more clear! lol! All kidding aside the game plays really well! It seems a bit faster than the arcade version but the controls are very responsive! Which makes game play fun! Thanks to the 2600+ I’m playing Qbert after all these year! And enjoying the game! I like the port. Holding the Joystick diagonally takes some getting used to thou. lol 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_rogue_1 Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 1 hour ago, MrChickenz said: Qbert! Is the game of the day for me. Although I’ve had this one in my collection for years I never played it much. I couldn’t get past the crappy graphics. I was use to the arcade version. Playing on original hardware you had RF interference plus crappy graphics! After revisiting it on the Atari 2600+ the crappy graphics look much more clear! lol! All kidding aside the game plays really well! It seems a bit faster than the arcade version but the controls are very responsive! Which makes game play fun! Thanks to the 2600+ I’m playing Qbert after all these year! And enjoying the game! I just came home from a gaming night at a friends house. We also played Qbert 2600 on his RasPi with an 8BitDo Arcade Stick and I was really amazed how well it played. Need to get that one too. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrChickenz Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 (edited) On 3/30/2024 at 11:27 PM, John Stamos Mullet said: Been playing Spider-Man 2600. This game is tough but addictive. Yes! I agree! I’ve had a lot of fun with this one. I can’t tell you how many times I end up on the ground SPLAT! But I keep going back for more! Edited April 12 by MrChickenz 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrChickenz Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 1 hour ago, the_rogue_1 said: I just came home from a gaming night at a friends house. We also played Qbert 2600 on his RasPi with an 8BitDo Arcade Stick and I was really amazed how well it played. Need to get that one too. It is amazing how well it plays! First time I’m actually playing this. I just had a pretty good round 25,550 was my score! What kind of scores were you and your friends getting on game night? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_rogue_1 Posted April 13 Share Posted April 13 7 hours ago, MrChickenz said: It is amazing how well it plays! First time I’m actually playing this. I just had a pretty good round 25,550 was my score! What kind of scores were you and your friends getting on game night? We didn’t really track the scores. But I’ll let you know as soon s as I get the game myself. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrChickenz Posted April 13 Share Posted April 13 ROBOT CITY is the name of the game for me today! Homebrew by Thomas Jentzsch. It looks simple trust me it’s not! Very addictive game play! If you like even more challenging game play there’s a mode to select so AI bots revive themselves. And a second joystick can control AI for two player action. Lots of fun! This is one of those 2600 games that looks and plays great! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shane857 Posted April 13 Author Share Posted April 13 1 hour ago, MrChickenz said: ROBOT CITY is the name of the game for me today! Homebrew by Thomas Jentzsch. It looks simple trust me it’s not! Very addictive game play! If you like even more challenging game play there’s a mode to select so AI bots revive themselves. And a second joystick can control AI for two player action. Lots of fun! This is one of those 2600 games that looks and plays great! Looks good. Is the gameplay similar to Wizard of Wor? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrChickenz Posted April 13 Share Posted April 13 (edited) 1 hour ago, shane857 said: Looks good. Is the gameplay similar to Wizard of Wor? Wizard of Wor is a great game! Although they are both maze games to me they seem quite different in play. With Robot City you have to be more methodical when moving around the maze. The AI Bots can only be destroyed from behind. While doing so the AI Bots can and will trap you! You have a time limit to clear each Maze. And on selected modes the AI Bots can revive each other making it quite difficult to complete a level with limited time. Edited April 13 by MrChickenz 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrChickenz Posted April 15 Share Posted April 15 HAVE YOU PLAYED ATARI TODAY! Today’s Game is Revenge of the Beefsteak Tomatoes! Your objective is to trap the Tomato Plants at the bottom of the screen by building three walls above them. At the same time you must avoid or shoot down all flying Tomatoes, dodge Tomato Bombs and stop the Brick-Eaters. This cartridge is my original from back in the day! It was a favorite for my wife and I. We played this one quite often. Be sure to set the left difficulty switch to A for four lives. B is unlimited lives good for practicing. Right difficulty switch is for the speed of Tomatoes and Tomato Bombs. This is one fun Game! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrChickenz Posted April 17 Share Posted April 17 HAVE YOU PLAYED ATARI TODAY! Todays game is Red Dead Redemption In this open world (your half of the screen) survival, shooter you have to be fast on the draw! Or you’ll wind up dead! Watch out for Cactus, hop on a Wagon! If it ain’t broke! And I’ll be darn there’s a Shoot’n Range! I have to be honest, I never knew there was target practice in this game. Lol! 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrChickenz Posted April 18 Share Posted April 18 Hey the guy on the label looks like @shane857 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrChickenz Posted April 18 Share Posted April 18 HAVE YOU PLAYED ATARI TODAY! The game today is FANTASTIC VOYAGE. THE OBJECTIVE: You and your submarine are to be injected into the bloodstream of a critically ill patient. Your mission is to blast your way through several phases of artery obstacles and destroy a life threatening Blood Clot. Although I didn’t own this one back in the day my brother in law did. I remember I liked the game then it wasn’t until last year I picked this one up. I’m glad I did, this is a good but challenging game! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrChickenz Posted April 18 Share Posted April 18 Hey! Am I playing Atari by myself? I wanna see a show of hands here! Let’s see what you’re playing! lol! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetmanUK Posted April 18 Share Posted April 18 3 minutes ago, MrChickenz said: HAVE YOU PLAYED ATARI TODAY! The game today is FANTASTIC VOYAGE. THE OBJECTIVE: You and your submarine are to be injected into the bloodstream of a critically ill patient. Your mission is to blast your way through several phases of artery obstacles and destroy a life threatening Blood Clot. Although I didn’t own this one back in the day my brother in law did. I remember I liked the game then it wasn’t until last year I picked this one up. I’m glad I did, this is a good but challenging game! One of the best vertical scrollers 👌🏻 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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