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  1. Justin
    I think my full-size one was around $600. I have to say though, I love the build quality. It doesn't feel like a 1-Up machine, everything is solid. It feels like it could survive a decade in a pizza parlor 🍕🕹️
  2. Justin
    Here's a cool alternative for those of you who want something a little bit smaller but still solidly built and incredibly fun, the AtGames Pinball Micro:
  3. Justin
    I LOVE Pluto TV, most of what I watch ends up being Pluto. I've especially enjoyed rewatching Halt and Catch Fire on the AMC Stories channel on Pluto especially after I learned that some people involved with the production of the show had spent time at Atari I/O
  4. Justin

    ⚠️ Moving over some backend stuff. If we experience downtime for a day or so don't be alarmed. Looking at ways to upgrade what we have.

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      Justin

      Still working on this FYI

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      Justin

      Update: Wrapped this project up tonight. 0 mins downtime. Success!

  5. Justin
    I really like the "Recharged" series! I think some of the Recharged games came out better than others, but I appreciate them making a sincere effort. Centipede was fantastic. Agreed! I would rather they find something between the current VCS "All In Bundle" and these little My Arcade products. If they had a revision of the VCS that they could price under $99 "all in" with an enticing "recharged" title or original game for under $99 (think $80 at Costco or online) I think that would go a long way to getting these into more homes. I want to see the VCS continue. I hope you can do it! I love the VCS.
  6. Justin

    📰 After nearly 10 years, Pat & Ian's Completely Unnecessary Podcast coming to an end in current form: 

     

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      Justin

      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.

    3. RickR

      RickR

      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.

       

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      Justin

      @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!

  7. Justin
    Thanks for the info @Sabertooth! This always ends up being the case. I remember Sky Fox was one of the games I was most looking forward to on Atari 7800 when it was new, and much later on was hoping for ElectroCop. Of course those are two to become infamously "lost." Even Impossible Mission, another one of my favorites and most wanted games, which was of course released and pulled, became "impossible" for me to find back in the day. Here's to hoping Food Fight doesn't become SwordQuest: Air World. In fact, if Atari is out there reading this, I want to thank them for likely taking the time they need to make the new Food Fight perfect, and get things just right, rather than rush a game out the door that could've benefitted from a little more dev time. It's possible they play tested the game and found it undercooked. I'm happy to wait, but let's not let it fall forever into the abyss.
  8. Justin

    🤔 Idk about you but I can’t remember the last time I animated a .gif

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      Justin

      You know I realized I do remember the last time I created an animated web graphic - it was about 7 years ago when I created the animated emojis for this site. Like the one with E.T. moving his neck, etc. Technically I think those were saved as .png as opposed to .gif but man-oh-mannnn did I used to animate .gifs back when we first got started. I'd dial up, log the hell on line, start surfing the net and create animated .gifs which would get posted on Atari7800.com and AtariAge. Also Atari Joe's GeoCities page and Angelfire.com

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      socrates63

      GeoCities and Angelfire — haven’t heard of those for a long while 

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  9. Justin
    Is there any update on Food Fight? This was the game I was looking forward to most and I worry it will become vaporware and the holy grail of this renascence era of Atari.
  10. Justin
    Should we consider Frenzy for a future ColecoVision High Score Squad Challenge?
  11. Justin
    Here's a question for you guys - How do you think 5200 Berzerk compares to what was on ColecoVision at the time?
  12. Justin
    I should qualify this by saying that I'm primarily speaking of hardware. I don't think it's very likely that we will ever see a 5200 Flashback (although we did see Intellivision and ColecoVision Flashbacks, so I don't rule it out entirely!) although I think even the Flashback era is starting to sunset. The more opportunities for 5200 software released on modern platforms the better! I think even with that, when there is an Atari 5200 title that Atari is able to release, potentially superior versions may already exist in A8, 7800 or Coin-Op Arcade form that Atari could be more likely to choose from. That said, the inclusion of A8 games in some of these new complications and products opens the door to more 5200 games being included. I was thrilled to see this. Absolutely correct! Especially games like Pole Position, Dig Dug and Xevious, which were released in arcades as "Atari" games, ported to Atari home video game systems as Atari products, and the public at the time thought of all of these things as "Atari". Unfortunately so much of this has been chipped away at. Plus there's the issue of the 1984 split between Coin-Op and Home Consumer. Some of these "Atari" games that really would've been great hits, like Road Blasters, S.T.U.N. Runner, Marble Madness and Paperboy aren't included in Atari compilations, but some are often included in "Midway Classics" releases. These are EXCELLENT POINTS, very well stated by @Sabertooth who totally gets it! These issues are far too often overlooked by much of the retro gaming community who are more into having a great time playing classic games than untangling the legalities of IP. Spend five minutes looking into getting licensing rights for Chip's Challenge and you'll see what I mean.
  13. Justin
    Unfortunately I don't expect we will see a "5200 Flashback" or much of 5200 anything in the future, but you never know! I was always of the belief that the 5200 should've been A8 compatible, and ultimately I saw the XE as everything the 5200 functionally could have been. With a lot of time and commitment you could recreate the PCBs and have a short run of them made, maybe if you had a few others to go in on it with you. But to "produce a 5100" would be a mountainous task. Even if the 5100 had been put into production, I'm of the opinion that it didn't solve any meaningful issues and wouldn't have changed the 5200s fate by much. I loved the look of the original 5200. A slimmed down "5200 Jr." that could be sold for "under 50 bucks!" would be nice, but that would have to be one aspect of a multi-pronged strategy that would have to include completely new controllers and more new, good looking games to strengthen the 5200 games library. By the time the 5100 would make it out the door it would've been Nintendo & Sega time, so they'd have to do a great job with the joysticks and games. I think even under Warner they recognized that a better option would be to move forward with something new. There are a handful of working 5100s out there. They tend to be expensive, but if the 5200 is special to you, at least these were produced and are still out there in the world somewhere. Maybe one day you will get your hands on one!
  14. Justin

    💬 Added a dedicated "Status Updates" page to the nav menu, it's like our own little Twitter.

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      Justin

      THANK YOU @RickR It's something I've wanted to add for a long time and something that should've been native to the site to begin with. They have value beyond showing the handful of "Recent Status Updates" on the right of the Forums home page. In a community our size we should be able to scroll through and see everybody's updates, going back longer than just a couple of days. I think a dedicated Status Updates page is overdue and will work out awesome.

    3. Sabertooth

      Sabertooth

      Yeah, very cool idea! Thanks, Justin!

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      Justin

      Thanks @Sabertooth! Hope this gives us all more reason to post cool updates more frequently! 

  15. Justin
    @Atari 5200 Guy No it's fine, Atari 5200 is on topic. Random show-and-tell picture day is not. No apologies needed. I have a TON of content for a cool new thread! 🙂
  16. Justin
    Apologies for steering us off topic. I came across the 5200 20th Anniversary article that I thought would be poignant to share here since we're now talking about the 40th Anniversary! Along with the articles I found some "digital artifacts" from this site from long ago that I thought would be fun to share with you guys, from the standpoint of getting to see what Atari I/O was doing 20+ years ago. How amazing is it that websites likes ours, AA and others are now as old as the Atari 2600 was when we first built them?! I was just excited and thought you guys may like to see some old stuff from before Atari I/O became what it is now. I'll be moving that into a new topic. Game on!
  17. Justin
    @Atari 5200 Guy Today I was going through an old hard drive retrieving and archiving files. I came across the articles and content we had written in 2002 to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the Atari 5200 on this website. When I launched the new version of the site in 2014 that you're all familiar with now, I had originally intended to clean these articles up a bit and publish them on our 5200 page, but I was happy with the new content I had created. Today would be a good day to share these here. These were primarily penned by our Atari 5200 contributor George Reese in 2001 with contributions from Curt Vendel. I don't know where George is, but he was a really fantastic guy and a 5200 gamer to the core. Absolute wealth of knowledge. I haven't altered a word of these articles we first put them up 20+ years ago. There are three articles: 20 YEARS AND STILL GOING - THE ATARI 5200 SUPERSYSTEM ATARI 5200 BARROOM PROJECT ATARI 5200 POWER SUPPLIES - A BASIC GUIDELINE PDFs are attached below. I'm pasting the 20th Anniversary article into this post. Enjoy! 20 Years And Still Going - The Atari 5200 SuperSystem.pdf Atari 5200 Barroom Project.pdf Atari 5200 Power Supplies - A Basic Guideline.pdf
  18. Justin
    It's great to see so much enthusiasm for a 5200 Squad Challenge! We've tried getting these off the ground since 2015 and could never get more than a couple of players. So glad you guys nominated this one! 🥳
  19. Justin
    I wish they'd uniform everything and release a mini Atari Lynx with Atari 50 Anniversary Celebration built into it.
  20. Justin
    @nosweargamer has the latest on this announcement from My Arcade, offering a micro arcade, mini handheld, and a plug and play mini "game station" with unique wireless joysticks featuring multiple fire buttons:
  21. Justin
    REAL HARDWARE, LETTSSS GOOOOO!!! 🕹️🔥🔥🔥
  22. Justin
    TERRIFIC to have you join us in High Score Squad again @- Ω - glad you joined the team! It's always more fun for everybody when we have more players join, especially on a system like the Atari 5200 which doesn't get as many participants as something like the 2600 and NES.
  23. Justin
    This is a MONTH LONG Squad Challenge! You have through January 31st to post your High Score! Take the extra time to enjoy the game!
  24. Justin
    Congratulations everyone! Great job Atari 5200 Guy on Silence! Congratulations to everyone who joined us this year for our 2022 F-ZERO event! I hope you had a great time playing, and a great holiday with the people you love! I took the top spot for the MUTE CITY I Squad Challenge, and I'd like to congratulate the legendary @Atari 5200 Guy for his winning performance on the Bonus Challenge for SILENCE! This year in MUTE CITY, I took 1st Place with my lap time of 2' 09" 39. "The Mayor" @greenween was hot on my tail, taking 2nd Place with a lap time of 2' 10" 62. @Atari 5200 Guy joins us for both Squad Challenges, and in MUTE CITY takes 3rd with a lap time of 2' 11" 54. "The Don" @RickR pulls in 4th Place just a fraction of a second behind Atari 5200 Guy, with a final lap time of 2' 11" 62. @Sabertooth found time to join us in MUTE CITY with a great lap time of 2' 16" 32, landing him in 5th Place. WELL DONE! In our SILENCE Bonus Challenge, @Atari 5200 Guy takes the 1st Place spot, making it all the way to SILENCE and completing the course with an outstanding lap time of 2' 20" 64! I secured my position in 2nd Place with a lap time of 2' 27" 28. Way to go on your incredible performances everyone, and THANK YOU to everyone who joined in this Squad Challenge! As always I'd like to encourage the legendary @Atari 5200 Guy to join me in posting our new high scores on the Scoreboard, and let's make sure these F-ZERO Challenges continue on! Once again, a very special "Thank You" to your Club VCS Moderator @Sabertooth who did a stellar job throughout 2022 hosting Atari VCS "Recharged" Squad Challenges and other fun events in our new Club VCS! 2023 will be even better! If you're a VCS owner or just curious about what's been going on, be sure to check out Club VCS where this month's Challenge will be for VCTR-SCTR, and thank Sabertooth for all the hard work he's put into building the best community for VCS gamers! NOTE: Our next High Score Squad Challenge will be posted momentarily. Be there!
  25. Justin
    The yellow car was always my favorite back in the day, I guess I liked the way it looked and the character that went with it in the manual. These days I've found the same thing you have: I use the blue car to get better scores. Best one to play overall in my experience.
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