Justin

Just wanted to thank @HDN for trying to do a temporary High Score Squad while @Justin was tied up to keep the spirit alive. I'm glad the HSS will be returning, but if it wasn't, I was totally going to try to participate in the 2600 Pac-Man one. Maybe someday we can get an official 2600 Pac-Man High Score Squad!

What do you guys think of 2600 Star Raiders? I’m trying to find some opinions on the game. No reason in particular.

That situation with the stuck ship in the Suez Canal....who else is reminded of River Raid?

⛳ We're celebrating The Masters with a round of NES Open in High Score Squad, join us! 

Just got my copy of Once Upon Atari by the incomparable HSW. Has anyone else read this yet? 

A peek inside the 5200 storage tub. 

⚠️ We're undergoing a minor update to our platform's software. Things will feel normal again soon 🙂 

⚠️ We're undergoing a minor update to our platform's software. Things will feel normal again soon 🙂 

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Klax is one weird "stuff is falling" puzzle game with one of the strangest (lamest) tag lines in history: It's is the nineties, and there is time for KLAX."

But this cerebral puzzle game was a completed, unreleased prototype that is pretty darn faithful to the arcade machine its based on. Read about all this jive in the review located:

http://www.atari7800forever.com/klaxr.html

I got a thing...

I haven't formed any real opinions yet except that PowerA did a hell of a job with both controllers. 

To the uninitiated, Baby Pac Man sounds like another derivative Maze Game that most people wouldn't want or need. But once you crack it open, you'll find a compelling hybrid maze/ pinball game where one has to master both to progress far. On a system that is king for maze games, this one may be the ultimate ruler of them all. Click the link for the review

  http://www.atari7800forever.com/babypacmanr.html

Who can guess what's in the box?  Hint: not floppy disks. 

🍄 Your Atari I/O Profile now lets you share your Nintendo Friend Code, PlayStation Network ID & Xbox Live Id! Add them to your Atari I/O Profile under the "Reach Out" tab on the left. Find your friends from the forums and game with them online!

If we want to build it, we have to do it together, a single poster attracts no crowd.

Hello, I/O!

I wanted to provide a quick personal update. I suffered a big heart attack and had open heart surgery on Wednesday last week. I was discharged and returned home yesterday. I’ve missed the I/O community. I hope everyone is well. I am on the road to recovery and doing as well as can be. Life is good. God is good all the time.

The doctor said I should expect 70% recovery by two months time, so it’ll still be a while before I can actively join the fun here, I suspect. I’m hoping that I’ll be feeling well enough to pop in from time to time to check up on this wonderful community. I bought a Turbo Express a while back in anticipation of the scoring challenge but oh well 😭

Live life! Stay strong and safe! ❤️🕹

Hello, I/O!

I wanted to provide a quick personal update. I suffered a big heart attack and had open heart surgery on Wednesday last week. I was discharged and returned home yesterday. I’ve missed the I/O community. I hope everyone is well. I am on the road to recovery and doing as well as can be. Life is good. God is good all the time.

The doctor said I should expect 70% recovery by two months time, so it’ll still be a while before I can actively join the fun here, I suspect. I’m hoping that I’ll be feeling well enough to pop in from time to time to check up on this wonderful community. I bought a Turbo Express a while back in anticipation of the scoring challenge but oh well 😭

Live life! Stay strong and safe! ❤️🕹

Painting an image I just made 😆Here is a silly little thing. To be clear this is not intended as instructional and is nothing great, it is simply me having some fun with my iPad mini and Apple Pencil, I am still learning the program, the tools and how they all work 😀 I only leaned of the apps ability to record the process and simply wanted to test it, just a proof of concept, I even screwed up accidentally deleting my creation of good old Frankie here but thought a quick little colouring would suffice. I want to get better and comfortable enough to create something and record it from start to finish but in the meantime just wanted to share the fun I am having. 😎 

 I'm closing in on both my 250th Atari 2600 game review and my 700th episode. So I'm planning to do something special for my next three episodes...

🍄 Wario was a real jerk

I apologize for not being too terribly active as of late. I have no real excuse.

One of my children just informed me that Joe Decuir will be giving a lecture at his university.  I pointed at my wall where we have a signed Combat cart.  He's a fount of knowledge and such a nice man.  I may try to sit in on that one. 

Hobby programmers and their after market creations have vastly improved the Platform scene in the Atari 7800 universe in recent years. Now that there's a good sample size, you may ask, what are the top 10 levels of the 7800's platform games? Even if you didn't ask... I'll offer my opinion here: http://www.atari7800forever.com/toptenplatformlevels.html

When @Justin features your topic.

I think I'll be spending more time here from now on...