JetmanUK Posted May 10 Share Posted May 10 (edited) Yeah Activision did a cheeky little trick of just making the left hand side a solid black vertical line in their games, so the black horizontal lines, or I believe people call it 'the comb' are not visable. It does make it appear as if the game is off centre, but it's a neat trick to hide the distracting lines. It's just a smaller play area with no graphics drawn in the black vertical stripe down the left. Edited May 10 by JetmanUK 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrChickenz Posted May 10 Share Posted May 10 Ha! I never heard that expression before “The Comb” that’s good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetmanUK Posted May 10 Share Posted May 10 (edited) 8 minutes ago, MrChickenz said: Ha! I never heard that expression before “The Comb” that’s good! I like it too. I am not sure which solution I think is better, ignore the issue and get the comb, or have an off centre appearance. I think it's probably a take it game by game solution. With some games the comb can be annoying when it's glitching around a lot, in others I don't mind it. I think it could have worked OK in Asteroids as so much is going on, but I am guessing that they tested it and found it distracting showing stripes over the asteroids. Perhaps it was a technical issue, maybe the black line having no graphics drawn in there in buys you some time with the CPU. Someone may know more about this, there’s lots of super techie people on here when it comes to Atari programming. Edited May 10 by JetmanUK 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrChickenz Posted May 11 Share Posted May 11 LOOK WHAT I FOUND!👀👀👀 I had a small box with some loose cartridges in it which I thought were all duplicates. Turns out this one wasn’t. Got mixed up with my dupes! I’m going golfing today boys and girls! The weathers fine and I’m making time! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrChickenz Posted May 11 Share Posted May 11 Ha ha! Good or should I put it back in the box I found it in? I actually started getting the hang of it towards the end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetmanUK Posted May 11 Share Posted May 11 31 minutes ago, MrChickenz said: Ha ha! Good or should I put it back in the box I found it in? I actually started getting the hang of it towards the end. I hated it, then I RTFM and I liked it. It's the most unintuitive sport game I've ever played, but get past the control difficulties and it's a fun game. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrChickenz Posted May 11 Share Posted May 11 (edited) 3 minutes ago, JetmanUK said: I hated it, then I RTFM and I liked it. It's the most unintuitive sport game I've ever played, but get past the control difficulties and it's a fun game. It’s a keeper! Too bad bowling wasn’t in the box also! Lol Edited May 11 by MrChickenz 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrChickenz Posted May 11 Share Posted May 11 I’m getting better @JetmanUK 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex_813 Posted May 15 Share Posted May 15 Oh, soooo close 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrChickenz Posted May 15 Share Posted May 15 7 hours ago, Alex_813 said: Oh, soooo close You only have a better score because I was playing at night, you were obviously playing during the day! 🏅🏅🏅🏅🏅 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEANJIMMY Posted May 15 Share Posted May 15 I was there, when Amiga lost the war vs Billy the Gates and I never will buy an Xbox... but I play HALO😅 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plumbob Posted May 15 Share Posted May 15 I’m playing HERO today. I got to level 15 with a score of 94350. I don’t usually get that far in the game! 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex_813 Posted May 16 Share Posted May 16 And.... PAR! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrChickenz Posted May 16 Share Posted May 16 (edited) Great score! That’s not easy. @Alex_813 Edited May 16 by MrChickenz 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrChickenz Posted Saturday at 03:58 PM Share Posted Saturday at 03:58 PM (edited) FLASH AH-ah SAVIOUR OF THE UNIVERSE! FLASH GORDON is what I’m playing today on my ATARI 2600+. I never owned this game until recently. This is a great game fast paced but fun! Right now I can only make it to the second level. It’s tough! This game has a pause feature. COLOR/BW switch. THE OBJECTIVE: Many dedicated Spacemen have entered Spider City but none has ever been heard from again. It is up to you, Flash Gordon, to rescue any surviving Spacemen and to conquer this hideous city of tunnels. Spider City is conquered when all of its Hatching Pods are eliminated. It doesn't hurt to blast a few Generators or enemy Patrol Ships while you're there. https://www.atariage.com/manual_html_page.php?SystemID=2600&SoftwareID=1023&itemTypeID=HTMLMANUAL Edited Saturday at 04:27 PM by MrChickenz 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shane857 Posted Saturday at 08:19 PM Author Share Posted Saturday at 08:19 PM 4 hours ago, MrChickenz said: FLASH AH-ah SAVIOUR OF THE UNIVERSE! FLASH GORDON is what I’m playing today on my ATARI 2600+. I never owned this game until recently. This is a great game fast paced but fun! Right now I can only make it to the second level. It’s tough! This game has a pause feature. COLOR/BW switch. THE OBJECTIVE: Many dedicated Spacemen have entered Spider City but none has ever been heard from again. It is up to you, Flash Gordon, to rescue any surviving Spacemen and to conquer this hideous city of tunnels. Spider City is conquered when all of its Hatching Pods are eliminated. It doesn't hurt to blast a few Generators or enemy Patrol Ships while you're there. https://www.atariage.com/manual_html_page.php?SystemID=2600&SoftwareID=1023&itemTypeID=HTMLMANUAL That's a super rare game in the UK bro! Looks good 👍🏻 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetmanUK Posted Saturday at 08:27 PM Share Posted Saturday at 08:27 PM 4 hours ago, MrChickenz said: FLASH AH-ah SAVIOUR OF THE UNIVERSE! FLASH GORDON is what I’m playing today on my ATARI 2600+. I never owned this game until recently. This is a great game fast paced but fun! Right now I can only make it to the second level. It’s tough! This game has a pause feature. COLOR/BW switch. THE OBJECTIVE: Many dedicated Spacemen have entered Spider City but none has ever been heard from again. It is up to you, Flash Gordon, to rescue any surviving Spacemen and to conquer this hideous city of tunnels. Spider City is conquered when all of its Hatching Pods are eliminated. It doesn't hurt to blast a few Generators or enemy Patrol Ships while you're there. https://www.atariage.com/manual_html_page.php?SystemID=2600&SoftwareID=1023&itemTypeID=HTMLMANUAL Another underrated game. These Fox games are good. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrChickenz Posted Saturday at 09:25 PM Share Posted Saturday at 09:25 PM 1 hour ago, shane857 said: That's a super rare game in the UK bro! Looks good 👍🏻 I wasn’t aware of that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrChickenz Posted Saturday at 09:26 PM Share Posted Saturday at 09:26 PM 57 minutes ago, JetmanUK said: Another underrated game. These Fox games are good. Yes, it is underrated. Have you tried Human Cannonball yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetmanUK Posted Saturday at 09:34 PM Share Posted Saturday at 09:34 PM 7 minutes ago, MrChickenz said: Yes, it is underrated. Have you tried Human Cannonball yet. A little... I need to RTFM again, I think it will be making an appearance in that thread too. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maztr_0n Posted Tuesday at 02:56 AM Share Posted Tuesday at 02:56 AM On 2600+? Legit only Commando 2600, i cant go wrong with it! But in general i'd say i've grown a hell-of-a fondness for the 2600 version of Kung Fu Master, it sucks that you cant do jump kicks afaik and when the guys grab you, but i really like it, its an official beat em up conversion that actually seemed like a good fit for 2600 and, it was! Gotta get that cart though! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChopperCommando Posted Tuesday at 02:20 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 02:20 PM I recently went to my local retrogaming store and bought the 2600 versions of Pole Position (with manual) and Donkey Kong for a total of $10. I had only ever played Pole Position II back in the day on the 7800, but the 2600 version is pretty good. I know Donkey Kong gets crapped on a lot but it's still pretty fun.... just gets boring kind of quickly, and going up and down the ladders is a little finicky. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrChickenz Posted Tuesday at 03:33 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 03:33 PM (edited) HAVE YOU PLAYED ATARI TODAY! FAST FOOD is the game today! 1 or 2 - Player Game. This could be a fun party game. I can’t put this on the RTFM Thread cause there ain’t no instructions Lol! All you have to do is eat food and avoid the purple pickles! You do have to watch your calories though, the foods with higher calories are worth more points. IT’s MICK JAGGER! IF YOU START ME UP! Edited Tuesday at 03:45 PM by MrChickenz 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrChickenz Posted Tuesday at 04:41 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 04:41 PM 1 hour ago, MrChickenz said: FAST FOOD is the game today! It’s insane I can’t make it to a 1,000. No matter how hard I concentrate I still go after a stupid purple pickle on the faster levels! 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex_813 Posted Tuesday at 04:45 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 04:45 PM I just got this game last week. I'll give it a play tonight. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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