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1 hour ago, Atari Creep said:
Oh hell yes!!! Justin, you know I am in....
I knew I could count on you to be there @Atari Creep!
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On 1/16/2019 at 10:08 PM, nosweargamer said:
Taking a look at the Star Trek USS Vengeance by Hot Wheels:
Cool review! I never knew Hot Wheels made little models like that! I'm a longtime trek fan 🖖 but not as much the Kelvin Timeline etc. but that was a great looking starship. Hot Wheels did a cool job with Azteking the paint.
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8 minutes ago, CrossBow said:
But I do own Fatal Run, it isn't a game I pick up and play very often as I'd rather play Food Fight, Commando, Xenophobe or any of a bunch of other titles on the 7800 today. But I can see how with a little bit of work, Fatal Run could have been made into Roadblasters and I've certainly had a lot of fun with that game on my Lynx.
Exactly!
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I'm excited about the new Sega Genesis and Sega Master System compatible game system from Analogue that's coming out called the Analogue Mega Sg. It's a real console with no emulation, a headphone jack, CD Expansion port, SD card input, HDMI output, a nice wireless control pad, plays real actual cartridges and hardware and includes a cartridge adapter to play Sega Master System games (I love the Master System!) Other adapters are available for Mark III, Game Gear, Sega MyCard, SG-1000 & SC-3000. They also have a nice Super Nintendo console as well. I'm thinking about ordering one. It would be a convenient way of diving into Sega Squad Challenges and being able to easily do more livestreams on Instagram, Twitch and YouTube.
More info is available on their site here: https://www.analogue.co/mega-sg/
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I'm excited about the new Sega Genesis and Sega Master System compatible game system from Analogue that's coming out called the Analogue Mega Sg. It's a real console with lots of features and plays real cartridges region free. They also have a nice Super Nintendo console as well. The price is $189, more than an AtGames console but less than other "custom" consoles and about what I'd expect to pay for a new game system.
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5 hours ago, kamakazi20012 said:
I gave up on getting a TG-16. Too difficult to find. Might have to emulate this one as well. I don't have the genesis game, either.
Go for the emulation Kaz! Would love for you to join in. If I come across clean, reasonably priced TurboGrafx-16 or PC Engine systems in the future I'll send them your way. I bought a nice one from Lance a few years ago.
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4 minutes ago, RickR said:
I think this is great. A TG-16 is on my "want" list. So trying out the games is a good thing. And I will never get tired of Genesis games.
That's such a great thing to hear Rick! If I ever end up with an extra TurboGrafx-16 or PC Engine core system I'll set it aside for you.
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1 minute ago, RickR said:
Ooooh! Double feature. Like a drive-in movie.
You got it!! 😎
1 minute ago, RickR said:i'm going to have to emulate on this one. No TG-16 here, and I don't have that game for Genesis. But looking forward to trying them out.
Good plan 👍 I figured most members would have to emulate this one. That may be the case for a lot of these games we have coming up for systems other than 2600 and NES. It's a good thing though, the idea is to mix things up and give us all a reason to try out a game (or game system!) that we may have never played before. We have at least 3-4 confirmed players who have the cartridge and can join in, so participation in this Squad Challenge should be decent and we will have a lot of fun with this!
Here is the rom file for Devi's Crush on TurboGrafx-16. I don't have the one for Genesis.
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Devil's Crush / Dragon's Fury Double Feature
TurboGrafx-16 & Sega Genesis
Squad Challenge ends 11:59 pm PST January 31st 2019Devil's Crush
TurboGrafx-16
Controller: PLAYER'S CHOICE
Difficulty Level: Fast
NO SAVES, NO CONTINUES
Achieve high score to win challenge
Play on: Real Hardware / Dedicated Console / MAME / Emulation OK! ✔
Squad Challenge ends 11:59 pm PST January 31st 2019Dragon's Fury
Sega Genesis
Controller: PLAYER'S CHOICE
Difficulty Level: 1 Player
NO SAVES, NO CONTINUES
Achieve high score to win challenge
Play on: Real Hardware / Dedicated Console / MAME / Emulation OK! ✔
Squad Challenge ends 11:59 pm PST January 31st 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 January 15th through January 31st, 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: On TurboGrafx-16 you will select the "FAST" game. On Sega Genesis you will select the "1 PLAYER" game. NO SAVES, NO PASSWORDS, NO CONTINUES ARE ALLOWED FOR THIS SQUAD CHALLENGE.
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 first DOUBLE FEATURE! This is going to be a fun one, guys. Devil’s Crush and Dragon’s Fury are the same game released for two of our favorite systems: TurboGrafx-16 and Sega Genesis. Yes, both games differ from each other slightly. Do you perform better in one game and not the other? You can play either or both games. Sega Genesis or TurboGrafx-16? Choose your weapon of choice! Devil's Crush is the sequel release to Alien Crush, and one of the best video pinball games ever released in my opinion. Playing across two systems will make this Squad Challenge more accessible to members who want to join in and adds an interesting twist. This is our 51st Squad Challenge, our first Sega Genesis Squad Challenge and our first ever DOUBLE FEATURE! Let's have fun with this one! We're kicking off 2019 with more games for more systems as we set out to make this an exciting year in High Score Squad! PDF Devil's Crush Instruction Booklet is attached below. Good luck!
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Congratulations RadioPoultry!
CHIRP CHIRP!! Congratulations to RadioPoultry on an excellent performance! This was our second High Score Squad Challenge for Intellivision and I think this game proved to be a lot of fun. It was great to see that all of you who could participate in an Intellivision Squad Challenge jumped in and shared your high scores! Way to go! RadioPoultry won the Squad Challenge with a high score of 34,810. nosweargamer came in with a score of 23,262, Atari Creep was right on NSG's tail with 21,624 and RickR flew in with 15,538. Congrats to everyone who played! And thank you for showing up for this event! I'd encourage RadioPoultry to post his new high score on the Scoreboard, and maybe this Challenge can continue on! Note: I still have some cleaning up to do in the Scoreboard to make sure all scores are posted. If you've submitted a score, it will be there.
I'd also like to give a huge public THANK YOU to all of our members here who have been promoting High Score Squad and sharing our Squad Challenges in your content. I've enjoyed seeing No Swear Gamer include High Score Squad in his game reviews, and I've been tuning in lately to watch Atari Creep's live streams on Instagram where he's been playing Squad Challenges live for all of us to see. Please make sure to give these guys a follow on their various platforms. Very cool to see all of this happen and it really helps to get the word out about High Score Squad and bring new people into Atari I/O. To nosweargamer, Atari Creep, and anyone I may have missed, THANK YOU!!
And don't forget we're changing things up in High Score Squad for 2019, adding new Squad Challenges for Lynx, SNES, Genesis, Master System, Atari ST, Jaguar, TurboGrafx-16, Intellivision, ColecoVision, and much much more, in addition to the usual lineup of video game systems that we normally play here, like Atari 2600, 7800 and NES. 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!
BEAMRIDER FINAL STANDINGS
1 RADIOPOULTRY 34,810
2 NOSWEARGAMER 23,262
3 ATARI CREEP 21,624
4 RICKR 15,538
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NSG I would love to buy more games from you in the future and I really appreciate you offering these in the Forums. I have all of these games but if one comes up again that I'm looking for I will definitely buy from you again, what you sent a few months ago was really nice quality stuff, and I know they're coming from a good home and a person I trust.
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45 minutes ago, RadioPoultry said:
Score: 34,810
With the assistance of a 16 oz. can of Orange Fanta.
That'll do it! When I was a kid I was in Boy Scouts (2nd grade) and our Den Leader was my friend Tim's mom, so we'd end up over at Tim's house playing video games all Saturday morning. One of the other Dad's owned a McDonald's in town and sponsored us, usually with a cooler full of Orange Fanta. We always called it 'Bug Juice'. 🥤
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I think a fun question that should be asked is what is the one super valuable classic gaming item you would keep?
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True I think it was just Pal
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15 hours ago, kamakazi20012 said:
I never seen or played Fatal Run on the 7800. I found it once on the 2600 but didn't care much for it.
I agree. I had Fatal Run on 7800 when it was still pretty new and it still felt like a relatively new game. I can also remember at the time seeing it for the 2600 and thinking "Why would they do this? It's too complex a game to put on the 2600. Why are they trying to stuff NES-style games onto the 2600?"
I personally think it was a mistake for Atari to keep the 2600 going using a tactic of porting games like Fatal Run that honestly didn't belong there. I think that tarnished the Atari brand tremendously. In 1990 the impression of Atari video games was "KB Bargain Bin" "Discount Gaming" and the visceral reaction you get from looking at 2600 Fatal Run after seeing Out Run, Rad Racer, RoadBlasters, etc. It gave the impression that Atari games were cheap and junky. I can remember having school yard conversations with friends, telling them about how great the Lynx was, and their response would be "Yeah my big brother still has an Atari, he got some new games for it for his birthday but they were't very good so we played NES instead." I think Atari could've continued to support the 2600 after 1984 by stocking stores with the pillar "greatest hits" titles like Space Invaders, Missile Command, Yars' Revenge, etc. but phased everything out with a focus on the 7800 and Lynx.
Far more often a trip to KB Toys in 1990 would hit you with a bunch 2600 Fatal Runs as opposed to Lynx Blue Lightning and Electrocop which were stellar titles. Imagine the impression that left on kids who came in for an NES game.
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13 hours ago, Atari Creep said:
Man that got crazy. Doubled my last score live on Instagram tonight without anyone watching. Lol
GREAT JOB! 💯 I wanted to tune in for this last night but I was in a restaurant
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13 hours ago, RickR said:
OMG, this is one of the best games on the system IMO.
I'm glad you picked up on this Rick! I thought so too! This is absolutely one of my highest goals with High Score Squad, a curated mix of classics that gives us a chance to discover new games for these classic systems that are really very good that we may not have picked up before, and give us a reason to pull out and also enjoy the "pillar" games that have become the killer apps on each of these systems.
It's fun to dig up these gems and go "You know what, this is one of the best games on this system" I love hearing that.
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14 hours ago, RickR said:
I stopped drinking soda entirely about a year ago. Don't miss it at all. Unsweet iced tea or water are my main choices now. If I'm at a McD's that doesn't have tea, I'll to that Sprite/Orange mix that they have, which I think is delicious. Don't consider me judgy about soda.. I have really bad bones, and soda isn't good for someone like me who is getting up in age. I have no issue with others enjoying it, and heck I'll have one on some occasions. It's the phosphoric acid that's bad for bones, and some sodas don't contain that at all.
I've done the same thing! I also stopped drinking anything with sugar almost two years ago. I had gotten into a habit of drinking too much of this stuff and I started feeling not-so-great. I was noticing a little numbness in my pinky fingers in bed and my body was telling me that I wasn't eating healthy foods. So I gave it all up. That numbness went away immediately. For a while I had cravings for some of these drinks but after a month they quickly dissipated. I've always looked at soft drinks the way a lot of other people look at beer, I love to taste different drinks and sample what else is out there. When I first built the forums I lived right next to Disney World and spent a lot of time hanging out and going to dinner at EPCOT, I'd always stop into the Coca-Cola pavilion and sample all of the little drinks from around the world. Only twice in the past two years have I granted myself a pass to have a soft drink; once was to taste Faygo Red Pop when we were discussing it in nosweargamer's Faygo review thread here, and this past 4th of July I had an IBC Rootbeer which although I've always loved those, suddenly tasting it after almost 2 years felt like I was drinking a bottle of brown sugar and carbonated syrup. Which I was.
Now I mostly only drink Water and Unsweetened Iced Tea. Sometimes I mix it up. San Pellegrino is a carbonated mineral water that I drink maybe twice a week. (Of course because it's still just water, it's 0 calories, 0g sugar. It's water with a punch.) I used to hate that stuff until my tastes changed, now it's like a little gift I give myself every day. I also like Fiji water. When I buy the big boxes with 6 water jugs at Sam's Club I always buy natural spring water as opposed to filtered water, the natural spring water has natural minerals in the water. I brought this up recently with a friend of mine who is a physician, she told me that in her opinion filtered water was essentially "dead water" as it had filtered all of the benefits out of it, and the minerals in natural spring water were beneficial.
At this point I've entirely changed my diet. I rarely get fast food, I make better choices with food and try to eat less processed foods and make more food myself. I try to swim 50-100 laps a day six days a week, ride my bike, walk, run, lift weights, whatever it takes. It's been good.
This would make an excellent discussion in the Off Topic forum.
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Those little yellow Electronic Arts tabs always bring back 16-Bit memories
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THat's the nicest one I've seen
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I've been in this exact situation more than once. My answer would be: It Depends.
In my view it depends on the sentimentality of the game, do I have a duplicate in my collection, what are my priorities, what financial demands exist, and what is the upside of selling the item?
Sentimentality: Some of these items mean something to me beyond money or the value of having a spot filled in my collection. If I have memories attached to an item, if it's one of my original items that I had as a kid and can remember going into the store with my dad and buying that game or system - or NOT buying but seeing on the shelf, picking up and looking at and just not being able to afford, then I am highly unlikely to let it go. Unless there's a..
Duplicate: When I began actively collecting classic games in 1993 I implemented a tactic that my dad passed on to me when I was collecting baseball cards in the 1980s: Collect in duplicates. "If you have one Kirk Gibson baseball card, make sure you have two so you have one to keep nice and one to trade." I would end up with not just one complete 1984 - 1989 Topp's Baseball Card collection, but two. I would do this with a few of my toys / action figure sets as well if it was something I really liked. I'd buy two. One to keep nice, or new in the package, and the other to play the heck out of. When I started collecting classic video games I did the same thing. Remember the story about how I found E.T. and Asteroids in the clearance aisle at Kay-Bee Toys and that's how I got into this? I ended up going back to get another set a couple weeks later, after the bug had bitten me and I grew rabidly committed to classic gaming. Again, one game to keep nice, the other to play the heck out of. Today when it comes to collecting as an adult, you'll see that I usually have 2-3 or more of each game in my collection. It's not holding so much as it's archiving (often for future use on this site) and preserving for an eventual trade. So what happens when I have a duplicate of something valuable or rare and somebody approaches me with an offer for a trade...
Distinguishing between "Valuable" and "Rare": I am far more likely to sell something that is valuable, but openly available, rather than something that is truly rare, regardless of the price. For example, most of you know I'm a big TurboDuo fan. I have a nice collection of PC Engine and TurboGrafx-16 items, and the TurboDuo is likely my favorite non-Atari game console. I have a few of these babies put away brand new in the box. Brand new retail systems never touched or opened. I only have a few, and when I find more in that pristine 10/10 condition I try to work out a deal to bring it home. I also have two Atari Video System X pre-production units. A prototype Atari Video System X console is far more "rare" than a TurboDuo which you could buy at Toys R Us in 1993, but not necessarily more financially "valuable". Remember, there's a difference. I can always get another TurboDuo, but I will have the hardest time getting my hands on another Atari Video System X console. What's more, I receive offers for the TurboDuo that exceed any offers I've received for the Atari VSX. The most recent offer I had for the TurboDuo came from a gentleman in China who offered well over $3,500 USD for me to pack and ship him the system. That amount of money definitely places the TurboDuo in the "Valuable" category as far as my game systems go, and although the Atari Video System X is "Rare" I haven't seen an offer that high for the VSX nor would I solicit one. In this situation I would place more value on "Rare" than "Valuable". If something is "Valuable" but can be replaced, I may be willing to let it go. If something is "Rare" like Impossible Mission for Atari 7800 is "Rare" I may let that go if it makes sense to do so, I'm comfortable with the price and with where that "Rare" item would find a new home. If it's something "Rare" like the Atari Video System X, I wouldn't want that to leave my collection. Not only is it "Rare" but it has sentimentality to it in what it means to me. It really all comes down to...
Priorities: I can say with confidence that I probably more than anybody else who will read this have found myself in situations where I've had to liquidate interesting, amazing, historic items from my collection. I won't do it again. Atari Video System X, Panasonic 3DO M2 consoles, prototype game systems, games, arcade machines, unused retail kiosks, 1984 silver label 7800 cartridges, Atari Holograms, you name it. When I launched a tech start-up with some former Atari people in 2004 I needed to raise seed capital and some of these items had to go. At the height of the recession in 2010 some of these items had to go. But my Atari 7800 that I grew up with stayed with me. And so did the E.T. and Asteroids that I found for .97 cents at Kay-Bee Toys that one day, too. Priorities matter, and there are a lot of things in life that have to come before video games.
So, would I do it? Yeah, probably. It depends what it is. If its something I would have a sentimental connection to, or something that would be an important part of my personal collection that I'd never want to get rid of, say like finding an Atari 2700 Remote Control VCS at Goodwill, I would keep that in my personal collection, make it available to others through this site, and be grateful that I was able to get it without paying too exorbitant a price. If it was something else from the classic gaming world that I cared less about, I would be willing to let it go for a fair price and place that money away, investing it wisely. If it was a Nintendo World Championship cartridge, I would probably hang onto it. What a cool piece of history! But if the value ever grew to be so much that I could fulfill many of my other priorities if I sold it, I would likely let it go. It all depends on priorities, the perceived value of the item, and if I have any sentimental connection to it.
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2 minutes ago, Kid A said:
It was pretty surreal just holding this cart!
I bet. Is there a cool story behind how your friends got his hands on it?
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Regarding the Intellivision controller restoration, can you flip the buttons on the right side to the left? Like rotating tires. That was one of my favorite Creep videos. Immense respect goes to those who keep original hardware running.
I was just playing Castlevania Dracula X: Rondo of Blood for Turbo Duo. BTB and I just got our hands on this game, it's amazing. Very similar to Super Castlevania IV although the one that followed it on SNES is the closer title. Keep these videos coming.
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The Toy Tomb Podcast Videos
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That MB Star Bird has a real Battlestar Galactica look to it.