Justin

To quote my favorite teacher, "Jaguar! Jaguar! Jaguar!"

Tempest 2000 would be an obvious choice. Other good options for an HSC would be Zero 5, Missile Command 3D, Defender 2000 and Raiden. 

I'd also love to see a Saturn challenge. 

@atarilbc I had a Jaguar Squad Challenge scheduled for December! Unfortunately I had to put everything on hold. Knowing you're on board for a Jaguar challenge, I'll be sure to reach out to you in advance along with a few other Jag owners in here to make sure we have people to participate and make it fun!

@RickR Okay, we started with 2600! Enjoy ☺️

Word!

Hope it was a good one!

A bit late so...Wish you a Happy Re-Birthday!

Hi @- Ω -, We have anniversary Badges but I disabled them - There are numerous accounts of people who took 2 mins to sign up and never did anything with them. No posts, no engagement, zero participation. Those inactive accounts shouldn’t be rewarded with Badges every year for merely existing. I want our Badges to reward activity and achievement. We replaced the “Anniversary” Badges with Streaks Badges that reward daily participation, with rewards for 7 Day, 30 Day, 100 Day, and 365 Day login streaks! Can you unlock them all? 😄

It'll be impossible for me to do 365 days.  Life gets in the way.

@- Ω - That’s what makes it an achievement. If you didn’t have to strive to earn a badge - it would be without meaning. It wouldn’t have value. If it was easy for everybody to have a 365 day badge it would lose its specialness. Only the purest of hearts will achieve the rarest of badges.

It’s not about quantity it’s about rarity. The badges aren’t about “how many you have“ it’s about “what have you done, where have you been?” Badges act as mile markers along our path. They are to chronicle and remind us of the things we’ve done in the site, the events we’ve taken part in, the little “rocks and stones” we’ve turned over along the way. Like writing “Omega was here” on the wall and leaving it behind.

Every time you partake in an event, join in a Squad Challenge, create a new club or blog - it’s another chance to unlock something new. There are even hidden Badges for secret achievements that we haven’t announced! Almost like a scavenger hunt! You never know when the next thing you do will unlock a Badge, or when you'll be recognized for a "good deed". It’s not supposed to be easy or anything short of “nearly impossible”

I'm proud of you too.  You let me know if there's any way I can help.  You are a valued friend and Atari community member.  You are loved no matter what. 

Nice work!  What ever you are doing, keep it up...

Thanks @RickR very kind words 🙂 Thank you @GRay Defender! 😀

Yeah, that about sums it up. :O)

We've got heat again.  So I may try more QBert later.  Thank you guys!

Playing SQ Fireworld would just make me cold and angry.  No, no, no. 

I'm gonna have to check out more of his stuff now 🙂

@RobertLM78 Enjoy! If you like Cannon, you may want to check out Barnaby Jones. The two shows exist in the same "universe". The first episode of Barnaby Jones, "Requiem for a Son", featured a crossover with Cannon, with William Conrad guest-starring as detective Frank Cannon. There was another crossover between the two programs in the 1975 two-part episode "The Deadly Conspiracy". Worth checking out for a Cannon fan!

I had a hunch that one would be good - I'm gonna check it out.  Thanks! 

That's awesome!

Perfect timing for me, just getting able to work again, almost time for a spending spree!!

Awesome greenween, let's do this!! We LOVE our Member Stores and we want to support them every chance we get!

I ran the numbers and @RickR has posted 12% of all total posts ever made on Atari I/O 

12%? 😮 

Congratulations, Rick!

12% Rick? 

😛

Plain white.  And hey look!  A K-mart price tag on that SQ! 

LOVING those boxes in your collection @RickR! Did that Ms. Pac-Man happen to come from Atari I/O some time ago?

It is possible, although I don't know for sure.  I have a Realsports Boxing that for sure came from an Atari.io contest. 

This is good to hear @Sabertooth. Feel free to pin this as a topic in Club VCS if you'd like. This land of hyped false narratives is exactly why I don't dive too deeply into this stuff outside of trusted sources who we know through Atari I/O or similar.

I guess one good thing that came from the erroneous/incomplete news is that a lot of people bought a VCS during the holidays, thinking either it would be their last chance or would be a collector item.  Couple that with the awesome holiday sale on software, and I sure hope Atari got some great financial results during December.

@RickR Yes, let's hope! Atari has been doing a good job of listening to and respecting the hopes and dreams of their fans, and in my view when they make a sincere, authentic effort to do that they've earned our dollars. I hope they continue to do well!

He's still my buddy and we still have an occasional trade.  He's a good guy and I'm glad to have met him here, as well as many other fine people.  Thank you for hosting such a friendly and fun site.   

Wed night chat would be fun.  We might also consider an Atari.io Discord, which seems to serve a similar purpose as the chat module.  With links to the high score contests, and other hot topics. 

@RickR That's so nice to hear that you and @greenween have kept in touch and continue to trade, and that you met here when Atari I/O was brand new. I'm so happy we attracted a crowd of nice people early on, that really helped set the tone for the community that I was going for.

That's a nice idea about the Discord 🙂 I wouldn't dismiss it outright, because you're right, we can do things to reach a wider audience and bring more people to participate in the Forums, in Chat, and in High Score Squad. @leolinden raised the Discord idea with me a number of years ago and we chatted about it back then to some length.

Our philosophy ever since the inception of this site has been to "play in our own sandbox" -- meaning we don't become distracted by spawning off communities on other sites and services such as Facebook and Discord. There have been a number of reasons for this, namely, we have always wanted to commit every ounce of free time we have to building Atari I/O, staying focused on our creation, our community, building a great site with fun events and lots of reasons to enjoy spending time at Atari I/O, as opposed to spending time on other sites like Facebook. It's rare to be able to create something like what we have here, its a very unique community, and yet pages elsewhere are quite common. Also, it's one more thing that demands attention and time that we can't always commit to, and I don't want to create something like that and leave it unattended. 

You always have thoughtful suggestions though Rick and I appreciate them very much. One thing high up on my list that you brought up about a year ago was creating a monthly Atari I/O Newsletter to be sent out. That's something I would like to figure out this coming year if possible.

I can respect all that.  Your decision makes sense.  I've noticed that moderating something like Discord takes time and effort and also making tough decisions. 

I don't think the nosweargamer minds me bringing up various atari.io events on his Discord.  Although I'm not sure this has bore any fruit yet (well, maybe a few new visitors that haven't signed up or posted yet), I will continue to do so.

As usual, you let me know what I can do to help. 

Not a kid, but my father was a competitive Pac-Man player at bars in the 80s. That was his game.

A few years later in the mid-80s he and I loved Pole Position for the 2600 and at the Time Out arcade at the mall.

While I was amazed by Combat and Space Invaders when I first played them on my uncle's 2600, my first love in gaming was Pac-Man followed closely by Q-bert. I had them for my Gemini and adored them. Megamania was a close third; mainly because the ship reminded me of the Enterprise.

Great question… it’s difficult to answer but my first video game loves are all coin-ops: Star Castle, Defender, Robotron. TBH, the 2600 games I played as a kid didn’t grab me as much as the coin-op games.

I don't mind a few bites of pizza with pineapple and ham, but I don't think I could eat a full slice of it. It's good, but not that good in my opinion 🤓

I'm a huge fan of pineapple on pizza. 

I won't eat pizza any other way.  Pepperoni and Pineapple on mine any day.  They really go great together.  Domino's Hawaiian Pizza?  The bomb.

Very disappointing that this came from a fellow forums member. We try hard to keep the forums spam-free. Sorry this happened guys.

Not a problem, you guys do a good job keeping it tidy.

no worries. impressed you cleaned it up so fast!

PS - I also think that "Raiders of the Lost Ark" is a far bigger stinker (but still had fun with it),  

IIRC, there was a guide for Raiders of the Lost Ark in one of the classic video game magazines. That made it MUCH easier to play and complete, which likely led to its popularity at the time.

Thanks you guys! So today Cindy Morgan (Yori from Tron) sent ME a friend request and then wished me a happy B-day!

A brush with fame lol

Happy Birthday Row! And that is awesome you got a happy bday wish from a movie star!

Happy Birthday Rows!!

Thanks greenween! Some cool stuff in there for sure

Wow...this site is that old? I thought it just started a few years ago. Where have I been?

The newest incarnation launched a couple years ago, but it originally launched on September 22, 2000 :] Ask Lance about our history, he was there from Day 1

Oh very nice. I looked, but did not see them before. 😅

Yep they're there! The question is - what comes next? 

Well there is no Atari ST or A8, maybe we need a VCS too? 😜

Oh yes, sometimes he asks me if I'd like the little joystick part to be unscrewed. He takes it off super carefully hehe. I like to play with out it on usually!

It is a handy thing to do, and it makes sense. It makes the pad more tactile, in a manner of speaking. There is a tutorial on how to use the wires from the innards of a Pro-Line joystick to make a Europad more responsive on this forum site. Now, I am not saying to cannibalize joysticks to improve the Europads. Maybe, if someone had a non-functional Pro-Line, the wires from that controller could be used to fix a Europad. They can get finicky sometimes, I guess. :O)

At least, I think it is a topic on here at Atari.io. I have seen it somewhere.

You are very welcome. It's a dream come true 🌟

There are probably a lot of little features like that in the software that we don't know about.  Always fun to learn new things!

But like @Jinroh said, this is a fun and chill place to hang out.  Thank you, @Justin and all who participate. 

I have no reason to ignore anyone here.  You have given a safe haven to hang out online.  The Atari part is just a bonus.  I don't see a bar....oh wait, there it is!!  Hold my beer...I'll be right back.

Looking good, Justin.

One small thing:  The "edit" and "delete" options on forum posts are gone. 

Thank you for all you do.

Yes, and that has been tripping me up a little bit! But there are now some dots at the top of the screen you can click to edit and delete, so no biggie.

A small price to pay for the sleek new design. Thanks, Justin!

Aha!  There they are.  Thanks, @HDN! 

Yes.  There's also some SNES and Atari 8-bit. 

Sounds good Rick! If you'd like to set aside the Atari manufactured ones I would be grateful. 

I'd give the SNES non working games a home.  What games are they?

Happy B-day dude!

Happy birthday!

Just saw this, thanks guys!!!

Ditto!

Thanks, guys!

Happy Birthday!