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The Print Edition of CLUB VCS ISSUE 01 is here and available first to members of Club VCS and Atari I/O! Here are the details: Print Edition Features: Two additional content pages, including: a listing of all CLUB VCS Members that were active as of October 13, 2023 a credits and acknowledgements page A revised table of contents to reflect the above Minor corrections and revisions from the digital version Over 60 pages of content Print Edition physical details: Size: 8.5" x 11" Binding: Perfect Bound Full-color printing, 80lb (inside) Cover: Gloss Lamination (outside), 100lb Satin Cover Cost: U.S. Domestic: $15, shipped. These will be shipped via USPS in a Large Envelope/Flat in a rigid mailer to help mitigate bending while in transit. Note: Large Envelope/Flat does not include tracking. If you want tracking, let me know and I will calculate the revised cost. International: $11, plus actual shipping to your country. Availability: 40 copies are available from this initial run of 50. I held back 10 copies for co-conspirators and collaborators. These will be first come, first served; one copy per person. Club VCS and Atari I/O members get exclusive ordering until Friday, December 15, 2023. After that, I'll open it up. Co-conspirators and collaborators, yours went out early this week so keep an eye on your mailboxes! @RickR, @Podan, @Ballistik, @Justin, @Mockduck To get your copy, send me a PM here with your PayPal email and mailing address and I will send you a request for payment.

I got my 2600+ from FedEx yesterday. My initial impressions are that it does feel like it is built really well although I was a little surprised at how small the length of screws used were for holding it all together. For those that didn't know, all of the guts of the 2600+ are located in the switch panel section of the unit. It uses a couple of different PCBs sandwiched and connected together to do everything. Here are my Pros thus far: The cartridge slot is actually quite nice and seems to have a good connection with the games I've tested it with. But do make sure you clean any of your old cartridges you haven't used in a while to be sure that you are allowing as good a connection as possible and to prevent adding any crud from your old carts into the 2600+. The switches are kinda amazing on this thing?! They have a very satisfying click to the power and color/bw switch and the select and reset have a point where you can feel them engage and their spring back action is very nice. It makes me wonder if the switches can be adapted to OEM consoles... My 2600+ shipped set to 16:9 mode. This will result in that fully stretched image that some like and some do not. I prefer to NOT have that stretched look so I promptly set mine to 4:3 mode. The hot swap ability of games is quite nice and I advise using this method since you save a little bit of time loading up games this way. If you power cycle the 2600+ off/on each time, then you have to wait for the 2600+ to boot up internally first before it starts to load the game. The hot swap works exactly as it sounds too. The 2600+ detects when you have a game in the console. If you pull it out while powered on, it will blank out and then go to game load failed. Pop in a different game and a second or two later, it will show game loading and the game will appear on the screen. Seems to work with most of the original library of games for both 2600 and 7800 that I've tested so far. Quite a few older 2600 homebrews have also come up and worked for me. Some home brew games I tested last night that worked were: Berzerk: VE originally released during CGE 2010 I believe? K.O. Cruiser (Although I still can figure out the controls on this one) Go Fish! (Worked great!) Ninjish Guy (Most modern home brew I've tried so far and it worked great) Medieval Mahem (Seemed to work okay with joystick and...bonus! It was in stereo?!) Now for the cons and most of this is just stuff I've noticed and it mainly effects the 7800 side of things: First let me get this out there. NONE of the 7800 homebrews or graphic hacks I tested would load. As the 2600+ uses a lookup table based on the game rom checksum to know how to load up, this doesn't surprise me. Hopefully the lookup table and possibly the emulated being used can be updated to allow support for some 7800 home brews. But again, NONE would load up for me. The ONLY original released game for the 7800 that hasn't loaded up for me yet in my testing, was Rampage. It will start to load the game, but then just gives a black screen for me with my actual cartridge. Ballblazer was the first game I loaded up and it did load up and play great. But... the pokey emulation isn't quite there as the entire counter melody on the title tune is missing. So this tells me that the RNG from the pokey isn't being emulated as that counter melody uses that pokey feature specifically. Commando loaded up and played correctly. The ONLY issue is that there is some slight graphical corruption on the title screen where the difficulty selection is. But very minor and the game itself displays fine. Some games appear to have their button 1 and button 2 functions swapped? Although some of the games, I've not played for a bit so I might be wrong on this. But using a normal 2-button 7800 controller, the games did work and respond correctly. Now for some oddball miscellaneous stuff I've noticed or find interesting that can be taken as a pro or con... The 2600+ outputs a 720P signal. Although it seems this isn't quite a standard 720P signal as my TV takes a second or two to lock in and show the output. Also, my capture device in the game room usually has no issue with 480P, 720P, and 1080P sources. But it does NOT like the 720P from the 2600+ and stays in pass through mode. So I'm not currently able to get any direct captures from the 2600+ output. I've heard from others that some games don't work for them while others report they do. Both 7800 Ms. Pac-Man and Crossbow are reported as non-working for some and working for others. In my testing with my actual cartridges, both games loaded up and worked without issue for me. But it is possible there are two or more revisions of these games that were released over the years that could be the cause for this if they have slightly different checksums than what is being expected for those games in the 2600+. The power LED is stupid easy to replace as there is NO soldering involved. The LED is held in place with a 2 piece bracket using small phillips screws. A 2pin JST connector is plugged into the leads of the LED. So all that is needed to change the LED with a different color if you wanted, would be to remove the small screws and put in a different LED. Plug the jst connector onto the leads and that's it. I've not checked the value of the limiting resistor in the 2600+ for the LED as yet, but as they were using a warm white LED, an those are fairly modern, it is likely the value being used will be good for any LED out there that is 5mm in size to fit in the bracket holder. I've installed a slow changing RGB LED into mine as I felt that fit better than a static color. Flash carts: No surprise, but most of the flash carts out there are NOT going to work with the 2600+. That said, I can confirm that the Dragon Fly 7800 flash cartridge does work! As the DF cart loads the game up outside of the console, the 2600+ is able to read the DF like a normal game and just loads up the game that the DF has loaded into RAM at that time. Also, the hot swap ability of the 2600+ allows for easy game changes on the DF because you can have a game loaded on the DF and playing, then use the DF menu to back out. Choose another game and then press the Enter button on the DF to start loading the other game. The 2600+ will detect this, and blank out with the Game Load Failed message, but then a few seconds later it will show Game Loading... and the game you selected on the DF will now be playing on the 2600+. So it is interesting that the DF's ability to control the 7800 consoles power on/off function seems to also trigger the 2600+'s cartridge detection routine. All other flash carts I have failed to load up with the Game Load Failed message which, is to be expected since other flash carts rely on talking with the console hardware directly to load up and show their on screen menu of games. So my initial thoughts are that I think this is a great first step from this new Atari in trying to appeal to as many audiences as possible. There seems to be a lot more market hype on this 2600+ release than anything else Atari related I've seen in well over a decade and I do believe this will get non retro gamers back and into the hobby. With updates made to the console FW or outright hacking it in the future, I'm sure more games will be made to work and that will increase sales of the 2600+ and home brew along with games second hand. I see all of that as a good thing and it might signal a true actual rebirth for Atari and interest in the hobby.

Welcome to the Club VCS: The Atari VCS Fanzine Issue 01! The Club VCS Fanzine is an extension of the Club VCS subforum here at Atari I/O. The goal of the fanzine is to highlight some of the cool things going on in the world of the VCS and our little corner of the Atari fan community. In this zine, you'll find interviews, community member spotlights, reviews, previews, and more! So hit the flipbook link to view online or download the PDF here. A special thanks to @Justin for his encouragement, and @RickR and @Mockduck for their contributions. If you have an idea for an article or want to contribute to future issues, message me here or send an email to clubvcs@protonmail.com. Best, Sabertooth

Not part of canon. Just for the fun of it. Here is the first episode...

I actually did it. I purchased this PAL game just because I really, really like the artwork.

Hey all! I know most of you are well steeped and established in the Atari 7800 and Atari communities as a whole, I just put out a buyers guide for people maybe looking to get into the console for the first time. It covers options for buying consoles and hooking them to different televisions, controllers to use, which games to start with and some homebrew recommendations including a game or two from atarisales.com and gooddealgames.com. It's meant to be an introduction and companion videos will be releasing for the life of the channel digging deeper into controllers etc. If you have any game collector friends who maybe ignored the 7800 in the past, share it with them and see if it peeks there interest. Oh and sorry if I've been posting this stuff excessively, I can cut back. But I truly value all of your opinions and hope to get feedback and ways I can improve. This community has been a big help in that and keeping me motivated. Ok guys let me know thanks.

Now that Atari has Accolade (who released the Bubsy series) totally BUBSY BOBCAT! 😄

Hi everyone, I'm looking for a new Atari community where we can freely share our love for all things Atari. I grew up with the 2600 of course and moved on to XE and ST computers. Plus any game for my PC that has the Atari label I also enjoy, especially the Recharged series. So I hope to be a part of some conversations here and have a good time with everyone here.

One thing I loved about classic video is all the great advertising, you know wacky and weird stuff by Sega to hard edge "Exteeeeeme" type of advertising you got from Turbo graphics and Neo Geo and even the family-friendly Nintendo stuff or all the advertising Atari 2600 that helped you visualize all the fantastic adventures, characters and scenario's that maybe didn't translate completely with the stick figured pixels in the games, but we still loved them all. They were a work of art in themselves and you just don't see as much of that in modern-day coverage of Video games with most being on STEAM or DLC on consoles. But they always fired up my imagination or made me laugh but either way they enticed me and made me think of the possibilities seeing those print ads in Video games Magazines like Electronic gaming or even ads in my favourite comic books. Let's use this thread to share the memories of video games and Computer tech that grabbed our attention from the 70's through to the 2000's. I'll kick off with a few examples. PLEASE NO PARODY OF FAKE ADS, keep it real with Ads that actually appeared in publications (Magazines /Comics / Newspapers etc)

Hot on the heels of the 2600+, PLAION announces the Atari 400 Mini. Retro Games Ltd. and PLAION are happy to announce The 400 Mini, a half-sized modern replica of the classic Atari 400. The 400 Mini is fitted with the CXSTICK offering an enhanced and updated version of the classic CX40 Atari joystick boasting an additional seven seamlessly integrated function buttons and USB connectivity. Modern features have been enabled with The 400 Mini such as the ability to side-load games via a USB stick, Rewind and save states for games, HDMI output at 50 or 60hz, and emulation support for the whole 8-bit Atari range from the 400 to the 800XL, and the Atari 5200 home console. The system is preloaded with 25 retro games for enjoyment right out of the box. The 400 Mini is launching on March 28 for $119.

Nothing rare, but I scored a sealed Robot Tank for $11.99.

My Star Trek themed den was missing a little something, so I printed up a new switchplate for the light switch.

A little decor to the nerd cave... I've been wanting to get the Indy cartridge holder for a long time. I think I bought the loose cart last year. I finally pulled the trigger on the cartridge holder when Etsy recently offered a $5 coupon. I bought it from thetdshop. I'm a fan of the cartridge holders. A local gamer sells among other things dioramas. She 3D printed the cartridge shells and game elements.

BOOM! I got mine in the mail today. It looks so dang good! Professional. Really nice work, @Sabertooth. Thanks so much!!!

Atari 2600 Games That Never Get Old! Greg's Game Room

All, as some of you may know, I'm a contributor to Old School Gamer magazine. I'm currently writing an article looking at Berzerk Enhanced Edition and Berzerk Recharged for the magazine. We are going to be writing articles about the Atari 2600+, so I wanted to create a thread for any questions you may have about the system. I did test the system at PRGE and it does look and work nicely. I know some folks has questions about the emulator being used, legalities related to that, etc. So, just add your questions/concerns here and I will gather these for use in the magazine to try to get answers for everyone. Thank you!

For me it's Yars' Revenge and Asteroids. Those will always be my go-tos.

I want to take a second to thank everyone again for your kind words and encouragement. This was made with the community in mind and I'm thrilled that folks seem to be enjoying it. I also want to note something that might have been missed above in the first comment, and that's this: If you have an idea for an article or want to contribute to future issues, message me here or send an email to clubvcs@protonmail.com. This is our fanzine. We were lucky to have great contributors/collaborators like @Mockduck, @RickR and @Podan for Issue 01. If you enjoy writing, have a great idea for an article or have a flare for design, consider this an invite. 😉

So I hinted about this in another thread elsewhere, but though it might be good to give it is own post. So a new challenger has emerged online under the website AtariRepairParts.com and as the name implies they provide replacement parts for Atari stuff. However, as they are very very new, the parts available is basically limited to just a few things. But, perhaps the most interesting is their replacement mylar and membrane buttons for the standard OEM 5200 controller (CX-52). Similar to another well known vendor, AtariRepairParts has created their own mylar and button replacements that are also gold plated. The main difference here is that they cost for a complete set is about 50% less of the other well known vendor. They also don't have any limits on the number of items you can order and have PayPal so payments are easy to make. I ordered two sets of these replacements for just under $50 shipped. That might seem like a lot for something so old, but again for the price of 2 sets to install into one controllers from AtariRepairParts compared to that same price for just a single controller from the other vendor, it is a good deal. I received them in yesterday and only ordered them a few days prior, so they arrived very quickly! Here is my initial impressions of these new replacement rebuild kits.. First lets talk about how everything arrived. It was delivered in a bubble mailer using a section of card stock and envelope to protect and prevent bending of the mylar flex. The membrane buttons were just loose in the padded envelope but as this is all very light weight and small, I don't have any issues with this packing. The first thing you notice is that the mylar is a very matte black finish in color overall. But you can still see the traces etc. Ever contact point on the flex is gold plated including the fingers that insert into the controller wire harness connector. Additionally, it could have been the way it looked, but I believe that section with the fingers is a tad longer than the stock mylar so they seat in further and more secure as a result. The mylar overall is also a little thicker than the stock mylar and more rigid as a result. But I don't find this to be a negative at all since it means it should be able to withstand the flexing and bending it has to go through much better over time. The mylar also has preaffixed adhesive pads so that it can attach to the keypad support plate, and each of the arms for the fire buttons on the mylar will attach to the vertical supports on the controller properly. In the past I've had to keep double sided tape on hand with replacements so this is a welcome thing to have! I do think another strip should be included for the top row buttons as it doesn't have one for that part. But if you consider the fact that the membrane buttons sit on top of that section, I guess it isn't as critical. The membrane buttons appear to be new and look and feel like the originals. This is good and bad because a lot of folks don't like the mushy feel of the original buttons and these will retain that original feel. However, similar to the mylar, each contact on the membrane has a gold plated disc that is secured to the buttons. So gold on gold contact will minimize any corrosion over the years from occurring. Installation is a breeze since everything is of the same size as original parts so it just all fits in place where it should. Even the small holes on the keypad to line it up on the support tray are present and in the correct location. So yeah provided you know how to take the original controller apart properly, installing a set of these should only take a few minutes time. I played a few games of The Last Starfighter to break it all in and I have to say that everything worked great! My only criticism is that the top row membrane buttons seem to sit a little lower than the originals and as a result I found them difficult to actually press and make contact. But they do work it just requires a little more direct pressing than I'm used to with my older buttons and foil taped contact pads hehe. Still, the quality of these replacement parts are very nice and I imagine the controller will not require much if any maintenance in the future since the only real failure point now would be the cabling or potentiometers inside the controller itself of which, there aren't any replacements for yet at this time. AtariRepairParts.com

Hi all. Sorry for my long absence. Short story, I got busy. Longer story, I was juggling a lot, and in many ways, still am. One thing I did a while back was basically stop using Facebook & AtariAge for the most part, just to help simplify life. Atari I/O was not the plan, is just sorta happened by accident, and that accident turned into a habit. I'm not saying you'll see me everyday, but I may drop by from time to time and I am still a fan of the I/O.

⑆ On August 15th we celebrate MUTINY INDEPENDENCE DAY with the launch of MUTINY COMMUNITY! You'll see it in the purple navigation menu where chat used to be. Mutiny is an homage to the communities of the early Web, and at a glance gives us a top-down view of our community, emphasizing our grassroots that bring us closer as we once were in the chatroom. Mutiny highlights trades and swaps, Blog discussions, news, chat, High Score Squad, Clubs and so much more. Mutiny includes a classic Yahoo! Search Bar to make surfing the net a breeze, and Swapmeet aggregates recent topics from For Sale, Wanted, eBay and Trading Post, so you can see at a glance what's up for grabs. Special attention is given to the Clubs and Squad Challenges, and encourages you to build your own I/O Blog. New YouTube and Podcast posts are displayed in the sidebar. Mutiny evokes the friendly, quirky vibe of the early web, and replaces our chatroom with a living webpage that is in a constant state evolving and cuts deep into to the heart of our community - and I hope you consider making it part of your daily routine as your new homepage for every time you log onto the Web. Let's go! ⑆

If you guys like one of these, would wear one, and can spare the change, ordering one might be a nice way of showing Atari our support and gratitude for their efforts - especially if more expensive items like the Atari VCS and Atari 2600+ aren't on your shopping list. Just a thought

Hi, I'm TMOP. Some of you knows me from AA, TI99 sub-forum in particular.

I was disappointed that we didn't get Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story on the VCS, but I had to have it. I had a spare Team Group SSD lying around, so I installed it on my stock Onyx 8GB VCS and changed the boot order in the BIOS. Viola, a Steam machine that feels like Steam Deck or Big Picture Mode. The game ran beautifully. Then I tried titles that crashed on a stock system from a Windows bootable USB. These include Minter's Moose Life, Balls of Steel, the Lunar Lander demo, etc. They all ran fine. ChimeraOS also has RetroArch baked in, and support for Epic and GOG. In addition to Steam. Anyway, this may be a window into second life for VCS owners once Atari pulls the plug. Have you tried ChimeraOS on the VCS?

My wife and I left Seattle on Monday and arrived in Chiang Mai very late Tuesday night with a short layover in Inchon Korea. We are one third of the way into our trip and are heading off to Bangkok tomorrow. This is our first time visiting this wonderful country. This trip uses up the last of my airline credit that I received when I couldn’t use my ticket to go to Japan last summer. As advertised, the food is amazing and amazingly cheap (to us anyway). My favorite so far has been the street food stand where we had our first meal here. The food was great, and for the two of us, it cost 110 baht (35 baht to US$1).

Cartridge slot pacifier!

Atari 2600+ Cartridge Slot Dust Cover from RetroTech3D.

I had to get a new clock for the living room. It was cheap, but it looks good.

Atari has announced the development of a limited series documentary about the 50 year history of the company/brand. ...today announced the company has partnered with Emmy-winning producers Dan Cutforth and Jane Lipsitz of Alfred Street Industries to produce and direct a limited documentary series. The series, tentatively titled Game Changers: The Story of Atari, will present Atari’s definitive history and anticipated future. https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2024/01/16/2810266/0/en/Atari-Spins-Up-Limited-Series-Documentary.html

I have decided to collect homebrew titles ONLY. The reason is that I see no point having things on my shelf that are freely available in digital format. My collection so far: GAMES: Switchblade, Last Strike, Kings of Edom, Another World, Impulse X, Xenon 2, SpideX, Jag Zombies 2, Gravitic Mines, Asteroite, Wormhole 2000.

Hey all, just a quick introduction for the channel, The Atari Network started back in July of 2023 as a channel dedicated solely to the Atari 7800. It soon there after expanded to allow for more coverage on modern and classic Atari consoles and news. In that time we've gained 1200 subscribers, nearly 8,000 hours of watch time and over 80,000 views! We have also hosted the Atari 7800 Forever Podcast for several months now which is the brainchild of Vinnie Vineyard aka Funkmaster V (Big N Funky Productions on YouTube) who started the atari7800forever.com website many years ago! Unfortunately the last episode of the Atari 7800 Forever podcast is airing on December 29th at 7:30pm EST. Which is very sad for both Vinnie and myself but good news! The Atari Network Podcast starts 2 weeks later! One vision I have for the new podcast is to allow for an occasional rotating slot for a 3rd or even 4th chair to get more opinions and points of view on the show. Myself and Vinnie will still be on every week! But despite our different personalities we share a lot of the same views and opinions. I think having other opinions represented on the channel is important for the wider community to feel they have a voice. Our guests in the past have mostly been in an interview style format where we focus solely on them and give them a platform to talk about their achievements in the Atari community. And we'll still do that but I also want to have guests who have insight on certain topics that we cover and want to engage in the conversation. These topics and conversations could be about classic Atari consoles or games, certain eras of Atari, new releases like stuff on the VCS, 2600+ or the XP line of games and much more. You don't have to be actively creative in the community, you don't have to be a developer or tech person, all you need is a willingness to talk and a passion about Atari. I've been reaching out to people but I want to give others the same opportunity Vinnie gave me last June. So if your interested in joining in on a few episodes a year all you have to do is send me a message. From there we'll just chat a little bit and see where a good fit would be. Then when a topic comes up in your wheel house you might be invited on. Also this is a good opportunity for people to practice public speaking or attempt to overcome personal fears, or stuff like that. I'm not delusional our reach is very small right now lol. Active unique viewers for the live show right now is between 30-50 people (usually less than 20 at a time) and they get about 125-300 views after the fact. So your not putting yourself out to a massive audience but we hope that will change soon! If you have your own YouTube channel you can stream it to your audience too. Your free to redistribute your appearances after the fact. You can also promote any of your own projects on the show during the introduction or ending! That's really it guys. If your interested in appearing let me know. Audio only is fine too for people who don't have cameras but video preferred. And if you have your own podcast or show I'm very open in appearing and discussing on your show as long as I can promote my channel 😁 ok thanks guys hope you all have a great day and most importantly, Stay Classy Atari IO!

All copies are spoken for! Thanks to everyone who supported this small print run. To those who were unable to get a copy, I have started an interest list and will contact you if I do another run. If it happens, this would coincide with the second issue. If you missed out, you can still explore the totally free digital edition of the zine here: https://heyzine.com/flip-book/daa37ce4a7.html Thanks again!

7800 bonanza lot 12 hi everyone, we are putting up a batch of customer returns we purchased out of atari decades ago. these were returned to atari for various reasons by retailers. many times they are still new, or opened boxes, but complete. many are still shrink wrapped, but the boxes are poor, that is why many of the games were returned to atari, poor boxes, which made the games unsellable. we have perhaps thousands of these atari games left in our warehouse. but the boxes were sent to us not sorted, atari just threw them in shipping boxes and sent them. so we are not sure of how many titles of these we have, or their numbers. so we have no time to sort these boxes out, we will just put up batches for sale. so we will not mix or match or look for certain titles, because we have no time, and i feel the price is right for this batch. there are titles for Atari 2600, Atari 5200, Atari 7800, and Atari 400 / 800/ XL / XE. there maybe lynx and jaguar ones also in the future! there will be no warranty on these. this batch will be $99.95 and includes free shipping if you live in the u.s.a. this is not an auction, and we are not negotiable on the price, its firm and fair. to inquire or purchase please include where you live, and email us with your order at video61@atarisales.com, or video61atarisales@gmail.com please do not internally e-mail me from atari.io here are the titles: ATARI 7800 1-asteroids 1-choplifter 1-crossbow 1-centipede 1-donkey kong jr. 1-dig dug 1-fight night 1-food fight 1-galaga 1-joust 1-robotron 2084 1-tower toppler thanks, lance www.atarisales.com

I got my first Atari Lynx back in 1992 for my birthday from ToysRus. Blue Lightning was my first game, still have it and it’s my favorite video game system. Would love to hearing everyone story on how they became Lynx owners.

Pre-orders open today ($499.99) https://atari.com/products/arcade1up-atari-50th-anniversary-deluxe-arcade-machine?_kx=DvPCjsHzpB01zDUwRNWoImIscxgT64-PWwMYdNIgn_E%3D.Vvtdy7 It has 50 classic games, including many arcade classics. Is that a track-ball I see? I have wanted a mini-cab version of Missile Command for ages, but haven't ever been able to find one. I may just splurge on this instead.

This my first post here, most of you know me from AA. I been part of the Jag community for some time now.

OK guys. To find me at PRGE, it will be easy. I'll be wearing one of these... This last one is my banner for my AA profile here. 🙂

In my never ending goal of preserve everything Atari 7800, I've Made a video covering all the cheats I know for the console. Includes things like Credits for Asteroids and level select for little known homebrews and everything in-between I'd like to do a part two if you guys can think of any I skipped or didn't talk about! Credit will be given to anybody who contributes a secret, easter egg, or code if I ever do a second video!). As always let me know what you think! .

Cheers everyone! Just found this thread here and wanted to say thanks for spreading the word! And while I am at it: I just uploaded the second edition onto the Internet Archive. It includes corrections and additional information after a conversation with Rob Lodes, composer at Atari at that time, as well as an appendix with all press releases I found about the Jaguar. The page preview on the Internet Archive is not updated yet, but if you download the PDF, you will get the newest version. https://archive.org/details/clipped-claws/

And mine arrived yesterday! I was messing around with it quite a bit last night (I should have been doing other stuff...but...ehh). And it isn't perfect by any means, but it is right up there with my Dragon Fly on what it can do currently and since it can play Rikki & Vikki with full audio, it does have the DF beat in that regard. But ONLY that regard. Covox audio isn't working currently on the 7800GD and will have to be addressed in future FW updates. Some games have issues playing on the 7800GD, and the AV out is pretty picky on what will or won't work from it at the current time. There will be a hardware revision of the 7800GD to address the AV output stuff. Likely the next batch of them will have that in place.

I improved my score! 13,520.

Holy smokes those rocks move fast! And with a smaller play area than usual! On a positive note, though, the UFOs don’t seem to be as much of a threat as they are in the arcade versions!

New score: 12,640

7,800. Not a great first game, but I had to post this score!

Well...I'm bringing up the rear! 9670

Congratulations Socrates63! Congratulations to @socrates63 his big Squad Challenge win!! Socrates takes the top spot in our Final Standings with an outstanding score of 154,110 points. Awesome! "The Mayor" @greenween posted an incredible score early on in the challenge, taking 2nd Place in our Final Standings with his wild score of 86,540 points. The Legendary @Marco1019 takes 3rd Place in our Final Standings with his incredible score of 47,030 points, just narrowly beating out "The Don" @RickR who takes 4th Place with 45,140 points. @Atari 5200 Guy scored 37,370 to take 5th Place! We welcome a new member to the Forums and to High Score Squad with @Smell Dawg joining us with 19,730 points. Welcome, Smell Dawg! @TrekMD rounds things out in our 7th spot, with a well-earned 14,070 points. As always I'd like to encourage @socrates63 to post his high score on the Scoreboard, and let's make sure this Challenge continues on! Congratulations once again to Socrates63 for his BIG WIN, and I want to thank @greenween for nominating this game! Also, Be sure to join Club VCS this month to participate in our Recharged Squad Challenges for the new Atari VCS! NOTE: Our next Squad Challenge will be Asteroids on Atari 7800. Be there!

154,110 I was in the groove, and my dentist's office calls me 🤬 🦷 I didn't answer and they called again and I still didn't answer 😂 I knew what they were calling about--I need to schedule my implant procedure. Well, the calls broke my concentration, and I was no longer in the "zone" 😂 After the game ended, I called and scheduled it.

Yeah I still have my Lynx and my games, I try to play them every day. Am trying to get some homebrews as well.

Got me one of those Jaguar today. Got lucky in an auction. The unit 2 controllers & OEM power. Can't wait to try out this beast! I repaired one a few years ago for a friend. Now i got my own to tinker on.