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!

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.

Berzerk Atari 5200 Controller: JOYSTICK / KEYBOARD / PLAYER'S CHOICE Difficulty Level: GAME 1 (Default) Play on: Real Hardware / Dedicated Console / Emulation OK! ✔ Squad Challenge ends 11:59 pm PST January 31, 2023 Nominated by @greenween and @RickR Objective Play for the highest possible score using the difficulty settings defined in the challenge. Post a photo or YouTube video of your score in this thread. Scores must be achieved between January 1st through January 31st, 2023. Screen captures are not allowed as they are more 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, Flashback / Mini console, officially released compilation, or emulation, using any controller or keyboard, following all rules and game settings defined in the challenge. Choosing between real hardware or emulation, and choosing which controller to play on is part of formulating your strategy. Enhancements, rewinds, updated and hacked versions of this game are not allowed. Difficulty Level Game 1. We are starting Berzerk on Game 1, the default level. Fair Play Your integrity is everything. 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 we will not allow cheats, hacks, cartridge frying, enhancements, rewinds, deceitful photo manipulation, subterfuge, or any other dishonest advantage. Everybody hates a cheater. More To review detailed rules on how to play, please visit the High Score Squad page here: Message Welcome to our 141st Squad Challenge! We're kicking off the new year with a fantastic release for the 5200, the incredible BERZERK! Berzerk will leave you hearing voices! 2023 marks the ninth year in which we have hosted High Score Squad Challenges! Can you believe it? Let's celebrate with another special chance to play a great Atari 5200 game in Squad Challenge. Special thanks to @greenween and @RickR for nominating this game! Do you have what it takes to defeat Evil Otto without defeating your joystick? How far can you get without inducing a heart attack? ROM and PDF Instruction Booklet is attached below. Good luck! Berzerk.bin Berzerk.pdf

My SILENCE High Score: 2' 27" 28

My MUTE CITY I High Score: 2' 09" 39

YES you are. KaOS has got to be one of the coolest name for an operating system I've ever heard. I love it!

@MaximumRD What a classic

(Note: You're probably asking yourself why didn't I post TV commercials to the TV Forum? Because it's not about TV and it's not about the commercials, it's about what's in them. AMC Gremlin isn't "TV". Neither is Levis, K-Mart, Polaroid, Kay Bee or Blockbuster. More so, it's about what they represent, our shared memories of those things and those times and what they mean to us. Everything else springs from that. This should be a fun topic!)

How about I kick things off with a retro commercial for a true retro icon - the 1973 Levi's Edition American Motors Gremlin:

It almost feels weird for "Atari" to be a real thing in existence out there doing such a nice job and providing support for their own products, it's been decades since we've enjoyed this sort of thing in Atariland.

I hope I got that right this time guys 😎

As we head deep into the 2nd half of our race, our current leaders are... 1st: @RickR 2' 11" 62 2nd: @greenween 2' 12" 46 3rd: @Sabertooth 2' 16" 32

Fun Fact: The 1989 Lotus Esprit SE was the "movie car" that Richard Gere famously drove throughout the film Pretty Woman. Neither Ferrari nor Porsche wanted to be associated with Pretty Woman because one of the leads was a prostitute, so they prohibited the film from using their cars. Lotus didn’t mind.

I LOVED this game. I had an Esprit back in the day, partially due to this game and partially due to the Esprit being the "sister car" to the DeLorean DMC-12, as the DeLorean was based on the Esprit and engineered by Lotus at Hethel. They're sisters but not quite twins. Park them side by side and you'll see the similarities, same low, swept-back stance, both designed by Giugiaro, the DeLorean is wider, Esprit typically had a smaller engine at that time, nestled in the middle of the car rather than the rear. Lotus Esprit Turbo Challenge was a cool game, fun to play, and one of the first racing games I can think of that was both 1.) officially licensed and branded with a car brand (Lotus) as opposed to games like Out Run which were not officially licensed through Ferrari and never used the Ferrari brand, and 2.) challenged the player with more detailed and somewhat more realistic driving physics, instrumentation, cockpit layout and gear shift. I remember playing this game and thinking it was like a flight simulator for driving. Really a neat game.

Would you truly want to "reboot" TNG as a tv show with new actors, rather than continue the story with a new crew 40 years on?

What do you think of the name "Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny"? Disney announced the title to the new Indiana Jones movie along with with its movie trailer. Interested to hear your feedback on the name "Dial of Destiny" and thoughts on the franchise in general

Interesting results, so far there are as many votes for TurboGrafx-16 challenges and MAME challenges as there are for Atari 2600. Seems like you guys enjoy a balanced mix 🏆

You've done an amazing job @Sabertooth!! Thank you 🏆

I'm glad you enjoyed Neo-Geo Golf! I was thinking the same thing, it's one of my favorites.