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7 hours ago, StormSurge said:
I'll do better at sharing more pics/videos if you're interested.
5 hours ago, RickR said:YES we are interested. Post at will.
ABSOLUTELY!! Yes @StormSurge keep the posts coming! We've missed you in the forums and are happy to see you! The photos you post of the Island on Instagram are beautiful and always an interesting read to see what you have going on there. Glad to see all is well!
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The original arcade game is amazing and something I wish I had in my home! Amazing that Atari got the license to make the actual arcade game and lost the home console license to Parker Bros. It's this type of thinking and management style that helped bring about Atari's downfall. This is a nice 2600 game though, and a GREAT review!
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55 minutes ago, RickR said:
It sure does! I can't remember if Battlezone is better or worse than Robot Tank. I'll find time to try them both and see.
Battlezone almost feels like a 7800 game, but not quite. I would've loved to have seen Battlezone on 7800 and I suspect we would've seen one had Warner not sold the company in 1984.
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1 hour ago, Scott Stilphen said:
FYI The video and account have been removed.
YouTube killed my entire account in 2017. No warnings no strikes.
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3 hours ago, kamakazi20012 said:
Work triumphs gaming. Maybe Justin will do this one again. Everybody needs a six month vacation twice a year.
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Battlezone
Atari 2600
Controller: PLAYER'S CHOICE
Difficulty Level: Game 2 Intermediate
Achieve high score to win challenge
Play on: Real Hardware / Dedicated Console / MAME / Emulation OK! ✔
Squad Challenge ends 11:59 pm PST February 28th, 2019Objective: Play for the highest possible score using the difficulty settings defined in the challenge. Post a photo or video of your score in this thread. Scores must be achieved between February 15th through February 28th, 2019. Screen captures are not allowed as they are easily manipulated for falsified scores. Multiple submissions are permitted. The player with the highest score at the end of the competition is the victor!
Eligibility: Anyone can join in. All players are welcome!
Play Rules: Games may be played on real hardware or emulation, using any controller or keyboard, following rules and game settings as delineated in the Squad Challenge. Enhancements, rewinds and hacked versions of this game are not allowed.
Difficulty Level: Game 2 Intermediate Play. Difficulty Switches are not used in this game.
Fair Play: Players should play fairly, be honest, and have fun! Falsified scores will result in your immediate removal from the site. It goes without saying that no use of cheats, hacks, cartridge frying, enhancements, rewinds, Photoshop, subterfuge, or any other unfair advantage is allowed. Everybody hates a cheater.
More: To review detailed rules on how to play, please visit the High Score Squad page here: http://forums.atari.io/index.php/topic/1219-high-score-squad-how-to-play/
Message: Welcome to our 53rd Squad Challenge! To celebrate our 52nd Squad Challenge we are playing our first 5200 Squad Challenge! Battlezone is an Atari icon. It was a vector game in the arcade, but became one of the better ports to the Atari 2600 using standard graphics. PDF Battlezone Instruction Booklet is attached below. Good luck!
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Congratulations kamakazi20012!
BLAST THOSE PESTS!! Congratulations kamakazi20012! This was our 52nd Squad Challenge and our first 5200 Squad Challenge so far! We only had two participants for this Challenge but the enthusiasm here was great! @kamakazi20012 posted a score of 39,194 and @RickR was close behind with 20,631. Thank you to you both for turning out for this game!
2019 will be changing it up in High Score Squad with new challenges for Lynx, SNES, Genesis, Master System, Atari ST, Jaguar, 5200, TurboGrafx-16, Intellivision, ColecoVision, and much much more, in addition to the usual lineup of video game systems. We may even have an Arcade challenge! Be ready to play all of these game systems, we'll be breaking new ground with more interesting Squad Challenges coming up very soon and throughout the year, and we hope to see you there. Way to go everybody!
5200 CENTIPEDE FINAL STANDINGS
1 KAMAKAZI20012 39,194
2 RICKR 20,631
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Chase The Chuck Wagon! I remember in the early 1990s this was considered an absolute Holy Grail. It's amazing to see how the rise of the internet has proven Chuck Wagon to be a bit more readily available than previously thought. Super Pro Decathlon is a cool pickup! I always found it interesting that INTV was still releasing Intellivision games that far into the NES era.
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10 hours ago, CrossBow said:
Well perhaps when you are ready for this, the other new options teased by BennVenn electronics will be available as well. No real details other than he will be releasing it soon for both Lynx and Game Gears and supposed it costs 1/2 the price of the McWill kit. But again no other details other than words.
Thanks @CrossBow! My first priority is quality and good craftsmanship. If the BennVenn mods are as good or better than McWill that sounds like a great option. Let's see what transpires and we'll move forward soonish. I'm thrilled to see this level of continued development for the Lynx. I always felt it had more life left in it.
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13 minutes ago, CrossBow said:
I can, but it isn't cheap. The kits are $120 + shipping alone and then I always advise that the power components and caps be replaced as well. As such there is quite a bit of labor involved so yeah..not cheap. If you have the kit already then naturally that takes a chunk off the costs overall, but still a pricey upgrade to have done.
Thank you @CrossBow! I understand the costs involved. The McWill screen is beautiful and the results will be worth it to somebody who loves the Lynx and wants a nice reliable unit to play for years to come. I've been looking for somebody trustworthy to perform this mod, I especially like that you'll be recapping the unit and replacing the power components. I have an NOS Lynx I'll be using for this mod. I'll start saving up my ₩oolongs and we can do this sometime this year at a time that is convenient for us both.
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29 minutes ago, CrossBow said:
That is surprising because I just put a McWill LCD mod into an AA members Lynx like 2 months ago and they needed a replacement flex for their Lynx II as I noticed the power on/off wasn't working very well and once they received it back they stated other buttons started to act up as well. Point is, they were able to get the flex circuit for their Lynx II so did everyone suddenly up and buy them out in the past two months?
Hi @CrossBow would you be willing to make that mod for me as well? I've always wanted to have a Lynx McWill LCD modded but it's beyond something I want to do myself. Thank you!
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6 minutes ago, Willie! said:
its there now, I had to redo it
There it is! I wanted to see this. I used to love Stompers when I was little. I haven't seen these in 30 years. Never knew about this case.
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That last one says video unavailable. I can't get it to play 🤔
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1 hour ago, kamakazi20012 said:
Castlevania?? On the TG-16??? Whaaaaat?!? No way! Torture...pure video game torture. To see this and wonder what if that game made it across the ocean. NEC really underestimated the American gamers and the market. Why? I won't have funds anytime soon but should I win the lottery I'll pick up a system. Cool stuff!
@kamakazi20012 Try http://www.freeturbodiscs.com you won't need to win the lottery, at least not to pick up a game or two. 😎👌
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Here are two more from when we were doing Devil's Crush. The first one is a Double Vision with me, BTB and @waKKo TV. Streaming got a bit choppy there but it was a good time. The last one is me winding down my night with a Devil's Crush livestream. Enjoy:
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Devil's Crush DOUBLE VISION livestream on Instagram with @btbfilms76 and @Justin
This is a Devil's Crush livestream I did with BTB on Instagram a few days ago when we were getting ready to wrap up this Squad Challenge. I love doing these, we've been doing a lot of livestreams on Instagram recently. I've been uploading them to YouTube and will be doing some YouTube Live events as well. Be sure to subscribe to our new Atari I/O Live YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbfnsdt3CQSy5aE8PY6hjvg
Enjoy:
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Akumajō Dracula X Castlevania: Rondo of Blood DOUBLE VISION livestream on Instagram with @btbfilms76 and @Justin
This is a livestream I did with BTB on Instagram. I love doing these, we've been doing a lot of livestreams on Instagram recently. I've been uploading them to YouTube and will be doing some YouTube Live events as well. Be sure to subscribe to our new Atari I/O Live YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbfnsdt3CQSy5aE8PY6hjvg
Enjoy:
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On 2/3/2019 at 1:22 PM, MaximumRD said:
Sadly NOT outside of a miracle
Miracles do happen ☺️
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Last time I remember Twilight Zone being on TV it was on UPN in 2002-2003. It came on after Star Trek Enterprise and was hosted by Forest Whitaker. A few years later Forest Whitaker won an Academy Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture. Maybe Peele will do the same.
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Let's play Devil's Advocate for a minute. 😈 Let's say you were to file a complaint with eBay. Where's the misrepresentation? What if this is just somebody's mom clearing out the basement? She takes a couple of photos and posts it on eBay. eBay fills out most of the listing with the info from their database, and the seller gives a one sentence description: "Used with 2 controllers one not in best shape no power cord couple dents n dings". At least this auction you can clearly see what you would be bidding on. I've had gaming auctions sent to me that were absolutely not what was pictured in the listing. I've had people in the "Atari community" (names everyone here would know) promise to send me a 5200 and it would arrive without a motherboard inside. At least in this auction listing they are presumably showing you the damage to the console and being up front about the condition. The "launch edition" thing is stupid, but this is an early four port console (?) and unlike other scammers I don't see this listing embellishing a fraudulent description like "Super rare launch edition 5200 one of 100 specially produced!"
35 minutes ago, nosweargamer said:When you sell a system on ebay, ebay will try to match it with what they have in their database to fill out some info for you. Sadly, ebay calls a large number of retro systems Launch Edition by default, so an ignorant seller might just see the picture, say that looks like what I'm selling and click it for their auction. Sometimes, ebay might not have an non launch edition variation to choose.
This is more ebay's fault for their database than the seller who doesn't know better. Ebay shouldn't have "Launch Edition" as a default choice, especially for older systems that were never called "Launch Edition" by the company who released it.
Exactly. Ebay acts as though they are accountable to no one, as do many tech monopolies. Try getting eBay or PayPal or Twitter on the phone and see what happens. In the end I don't think this is going to be one of those auctions where some poor naïve soul just getting into classic gaming is going to see this auction and think "wow what a great deal on a 5200, I have to get this! Oh cool and it's a launch edition, super collectable!"
In the forums we have Like/Dislike buttons down in the corner. What eBay needs is a little garbage can button that says "Mark this Auction as Trash" and then everybody votes down that auction as being trash that nobody is going to every pay $28 plus $35.90 shipping for. Into the trash it goes.
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You should file a complaint with eBay.
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I think he means it's the original release with four controller ports instead of two. When you look closely at the picture though, it looks like it has the plastic housing with slots for four controller ports but fitted with a later motherboard with only two controller ports. I can let "launch edition" slide if that's their way of saying it was the early model but this 5200 is pretty junky.
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14 hours ago, kamakazi20012 said:
Some of the games I would be after, namely Konami titles, are only on the PC Engine. But either one. I wouldn't be picky. Lol. They are just so expensive though.
Bear in mind the Turbo EverDrive works on TurboGrafx-16 AND PC Engine systems, allowing you to flip between regions and play all games. There are also card adapters available to play PC Engine HuCards on TurboGrafx-16 systems and vice versa. Collect your passion and do what you think is best for you 😎
Autobiography of a Schnook
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ABSOLUTELY you're invited to share your Podcast here! 🙌 I've been listening to Autobiography of a Schnook and I've enjoyed it quite a bit. It's not directly about video games but is pertinent to retro-life and chock-full of anecdotes about life in the 80s and 90s, working in a tech-related industry, etc. It's also been a terrific way to get to know one of our most active Forum members a little bit better, and for that reason alone it deserves to have a dedicated thread.