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  1. 19 hours ago, Sabertooth said:

    I wonder if the 100k rule held true for Atari under Sam during the Jaguar's run?

    @Sabertooth I was just about to ask @Video 61 a similar question. Lance has told me before that he saw sales figures for Jaguar games, and I think it was Fight for Life or Ultra Vortek had only manufactured, or only sold somewhere around 6,000 cartridges. I see in his Blog post Lance is talking about faxes from 1985-1990, mainly 2600/7800 and 8-Bit computers, with the Lynx towards the end. I think we all have a sense that the Jaguar was likely a different story with numbers closer to what Lance was talking about with Activision. Makes me wonder if Atari made any money on the Jaguar at all. :atari_jaguar:

  2. @Video 61 This is really good advice for indie developers and the entire homebrew market - especially right now as we move toward an unknown future. I hope everyone developing new games for retro platforms will give your Blog a read. Including the most loved homebrew guys, and new Atari themselves.

    "Those who don't learn from the past are doomed to repeat it."

    Lance, I said in your status update that this is an epic win for the entire Atari community - worldwide - to have you Blogging. I've known a number of people who worked at Atari, both under Warner and under Tramiel - programmers, execs, MBA types, designers - but none of them in that building were ever on the ground selling Atari games and systems at a retail level, let alone still doing it today after almost 40 years. You have such a unique story and experience - so much knowledge and stories and legends - that all needs to be shared.

    I'm so grateful you're here posting and interacting with the community. Atari users worldwide will benefit from this, and I will make sure that these Blogs and your knowledge stays online and gets passed on long after we're all gone. We're all so glad you're here doing this :mac_bomb:

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    Keep in mind that I have never played this game before let alone heard of it.

    I'm really surprised to hear you say that 😱 It's hard to be inside The World of Atari for 30 years and not have heard of Crossbow. Give the 7800 version a play and let us know your thoughts on how they compare.

     

    On 7/25/2023 at 9:11 PM, CrossBow said:

    I might be a bit partial to this game myself...hehe. Only I play the 7800 version which, I find to be smoother game play overall.

    Same here! I might be a bit partial to the Atari 7800 in general, but I always preferred that version. Then again I usually prefer most 7800 versions to the XE / 8-Bit with the exception of Karateka.

     

  4. I LOVED this game. I had an Esprit back in the day, partially due to this game and partially due to the Esprit being the "sister car" to the DeLorean DMC-12, as the DeLorean was based on the Esprit and engineered by Lotus at Hethel. They're sisters but not quite twins. Park them side by side and you'll see the similarities, same low, swept-back stance, both designed by Giugiaro, the DeLorean is wider, Esprit typically had a smaller engine at that time, nestled in the middle of the car rather than the rear.

    Lotus Esprit Turbo Challenge was a cool game, fun to play, and one of the first racing games I can think of that was both 1.) officially licensed and branded with a car brand (Lotus) as opposed to games like Out Run which were not officially licensed through Ferrari and never used the Ferrari brand, and 2.) challenged the player with more detailed and somewhat more realistic driving physics, instrumentation, cockpit layout and gear shift. I remember playing this game and thinking it was like a flight simulator for driving. Really a neat game.

  5. 11 hours ago, RickR said:

    I have something very special coming in this same vein.  More info to come....

    Looking forward to it! It's funny you did this, a few weeks ago I found a copy of Lotus 1-2-3 for DOS that I've had since probably 1990 and I've been tempted to find a way to use it. Not much fun, but I've been working with spreadsheets quite frequently and it got me thinking about Lotus. You never forget your first.

  6. I own an AV Famicom, which is the Japanese equivalent to the 2nd generation NES that was released in the United States with the "dog bone" NES control pad, the exception being that the Japanese AV Famicom lacked the "hump" the US version had to support the substantially larger cartridges, and the AV Famicom had terrific AV output for a nice picture. @MaximumRD may recall a video I used to have giving an overview of this system on my old YouTube channel.

    I never understood the aesthetic appeal of the original Famicom. The games are absolute classics, and the Disk System is really neat, but I've never liked the styling of the original Famicom. The red and white are very, very ugly to me, beyond unattractive. It looks like a cheap toy, and the white plastic looks cheap, gets dirty and turns yellow. I can see why Atari engineers were going to rebody the Famicom, likely in the Atari 2600 Jr. shell. I've preferred owning the original North American NES, and the 2nd generation AV Famicom from Japan.

  7. Hi @CrossBow,

    It looks like you were able to do it! Congratulations!

     

    For future reference, the RSS icon is right here on Atari I/O:

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    And right here on AA:

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    The orange icon provides you with the same RSS links already provided above. We're happy to help you with any future efforts if you would like our help.

  8. Hi @CrossBow,

    RSS is a simple web feed that lets users and apps syndicate Blog posts in a standard format. Using an RSS feed is an easy way to export/import a Blog into news aggregators and other websites. This means you can build your Blog one place and it will automatically feed elsewhere if you configure it to do so.

    You can build your Atari I/O Blog and use RSS to feed it to your Atari Age Blog (and other Blog sites!) so it can appear across multiple websites at once. You do this by configuring your other blogs to import an RSS feed, and pasting your URL to your Atari I/O Blog as the source.

    Your Atari I/O Blog RSS feed URL is: https://forums.atari.io/blogs/blog/rss/22-itc-chronicles-stories-from-the-ivory-tower-collections/?member=1&key=07b209807b79c676392a74af9cea1ef1

    You can find your RSS feed by click on the little orange RSS icon on the bottom right of your Blog’s homepage. It looks like this:

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    Additionally, you can import your existing Atari Age blog posts! You can do this by following a few easy steps:

    1 Go to your Atari I/O Blog homepage here:

     

    2 Click on the “MANAGE BLOG” dropdown menu on the right. It looks like this:

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    3 Select “ATOM / RSS IMPORT”

    4 Enable RSS Import

    5 Paste your Atari Age Blog RSS feed URL into the URL box. It looks like this:

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    6 Click the black “SAVE” Button

     

    NOTE: Your Atari Age Blog RSS feed URL is: https://atariage.com/forums/blogs/blog/rss/841-the-ivory-tower-collections-7800s/

     

    Do this and you should be all set! We are happy to do this for you if you request.

    We think your blogs and your videos are valuable to our community. You have a great wealth of knowledge  to share and I personally have enjoyed your content recently. If there’s anything we can do to help you please let us know.

    - Justin

     

     

  9. @CrossBow, I'm really happy to see that you decided to start your blog here. I've been watching your videos every night for the past few weeks and you are a wealth of knowledge. (Enjoyed the 5200 controller repair video especially) You have so much to contribute to the World of Atari -- a blog seems like a natural fit for you! It’s exciting to see you bring Ivory Tower Collections to the Atari I/O Blog. Looking forward to seeing what’s to come!

    PS - added Ivory Tower Collections to our YouTube drop down menu at the top of our homepage

  10. @Sabertooth We have a new section in the forums for Clubs that could be really cool. They act like mini-forums within the forums and give Members the chance to have their own Club space for a specific topic. I'd like to create an "Atari VCS Club" in our new Clubs area in the forums. Would you like to be in charge of it? The new VCS seems like a lot of fun and I've been enjoying your Blog entries about the new games.

  11. 20 minutes ago, RickR said:

    That is weird for sure!

    I will tell you that the museum is set up for personal events.  They have a room for that very purpose, and it was set up for a wedding reception when I was there.  I imagine they'll put whatever cars you request in there (for a fee, of course).  It looks very much like a marketing photo and maybe a few bucks got someone this type of access.  My point being that the museum seems very accommodating to personal requests to bolster their revenue. 

    That makes a lot of sense! That's probably what happened. It's weird when "worlds are colliding" and something from one totally separate part of life shows up in the search results for another.

    Looks like a very cool museum, thanks for sharing all of the pictures ☺️

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