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I remember in the '90s we used to talk a lot about "Atari Vaporware" - stuff like the Atari 2700 Remote Control VCS, the Atari Cosmos, the Atari Keyboards for the 2600 and the 7800, the Atari 2000 kid's console, the Atari Mindlink Controller, the Atari 2600 Voice Commander, the 7800 High Score Cartridge, all of the unreleased software that never saw the light of day - all of this was announced and touted by Atari before it was ready to go. It was a huge mistake. All this focus on hardware and unreleased games while Nintendo developed a 6502 system that was essentially a 2600/5200 that could address more memory with some ColecoVision characteristics. Yet Atari was busy announcing products before they were ready. They all did it. If there was one thing I would hope Intellivision would learn from this era, it's to "build it first, then they will come." Have a clear vision, stay focused, get the job done and then begin promoting to the public. @RickR is right on here. This is the correct mindset. Intellivision should set their price point and build within that target. If you're going to delay by 3 years at least come in under budget. I can't tell you what a huge opportunity there is right now to fill the $99 niche that sits between the Mini Flashback consoles and Playstation / Xbox. That niche used to be filled pretty well by Game Boy / GBA / 3DS, but with that line effectively abandoned in favor of merging Nintendo's two product lines (portable + home console) into the Switch, there's a big opportunity. The only ones I see coming close to the target right now at that price is Evercade. Imagine if Evercade got into Costco or Sam's Club with a nice bundle that included a couple games? Intellivision has that same opportunity, and for that matter so does Atari if they can bring the price down a bit. I want to see everybody succeed and stay in the game, each with a robust, satisfied fandom. @nosweargamer Your coverage of this has been the best. I like that you can review this from an objective viewpoint. You sum it up and break this craziness down into bitesized morsels that I think everybody can understand. We all want to see Intellivision succeed, but we also see things for what they are.

George Lucas filming The Phantom Menace wearing a t-shirt quoting the New Yorker's bad review of Star Wars. Here’s that review: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1997/01/06/why-is-the-force-still-with-us

Wow, 25 years! So does that mean that MAME itself is retro 🤔

Intellivision Amico would sell like hotcakes if it was priced competitively ($79) at Costco and Sam's Club with some games included. If I were in their position I would be looking at methods to reduce cost, i.e. simplified touch screens, unnecessary lighting effects, etc. They never should have announced a "target price point" to begin with. Build it first, then they will come.

This looks like it could be a lot of fun for $10! I haven't played Rally Racers yet, but it reminds me a lot of Excite Truck, a launch title I bought with my Wii the day it came out. Great review @Mockduck!

I'm glad you guys approve! 🙌 I think this will add a nice twist and make this a fun way of doing the Squad Challenge. @nosweargamer Disappointed that I missed getting to watch your livestream as it was going out live, I missed it by 2 mins! I watched it in its entirety though right as you finished. Great stream! Thank you for getting the word out and sharing this with your viewers.

Hi @nosweargamer, I'm watching your livestream on a delay, wish I had been there from the start! This is a good question. Answer: Let's make this interesting. Your final score will be YOUR TEAM'S SCORE + HOW MUCH YOU BEAT THE OTHER TEAM BY. So for example @nosweargamer, you got to 28-0. So your score would be your team's score of 28 points, plus the 28 points that you beat the other team by, for a final "Squad Total" of 56. x + y = Final Score Where "x" is your team's score and "y" is how much you beat the other team by. This will give equal weight to both. Consider the "how much you beat the other team by" as a bonus added on at the end. This will be a fun way to make this challenge even more interesting 🏈

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You make a great point @Chubbz. I just got my hands on Xenocrisis and I've been thinking the same thing about some of these Neo•Geo games in general. (I touched on this discussing Neo Mr. Do! in this thread). There's a lot to love about the Neo•Geo for Atari players once you look beyond what we all know about the fighters. The Neo•Geo hit that perfect sweet spot bringing home the arcade experience of the early 1990s, and I think the Jaguar was fully capable of this as well. I'm not sure Atari saw this at the time. All of the marketing was "64-Bit Interactive Multimedia System" and everything was 3-D polygons and "Cyber". The Jaguar did some of that amazingly well! But I think there was and IS an opportunity there to really excel in the world of 2-D gaming. If they could port Xenocrisis to the Atari Jaguar (a modern Xenophobe?) or develop a new game with that Atari feel to them, I would buy one. A game like Xenocrisis with beautiful graphics, crisp action and responsive controls would go a long way to showing off what the Jaguar can really do.

@Scott Stilphen is correct on this and it should be noted that Kieren Hawken ("The Laird") was the first and one of the only people we have ever had to ban from our community. He is renown for this behavior. If there is a better video on this topic please post it.

Another fine piece of work. This is exactly what they should've done. E.T. should be able to walk over the well the same way Elliott, the FBI agent and the Scientist can - without falling in. You would only enter the well by pressing the fire button while standing on it. Simple!

@Atari Creep Sure thing! Here you go:

I wouldn't put it past them to do any of this.

A BIG TIP-OFF for the BIG KICK-OFF 🏈

10-Yard Fight for NES has an interesting backstory! Check out this video if you're new to the game!

Let's get the word out about this High Score Squad Challenge! The more people participating the more fun the challenge! Spread the word and invite friends to play!

10-Yard Fight Nintendo Entertainment System Controller: CONTROL PAD / KEYBOARD / PLAYER'S CHOICE Difficulty Level: Super Bowl Team Play on: Real Hardware / Mini Console / Emulation OK! ✔ Squad Challenge ends 11:59 pm PST February 14, 2022 Nominated by: @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 February 1st through February 14th, 2022. 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, 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 and hacked versions of this game are not allowed. Difficulty Level We are playing 10-Yard Fight using "Super Bowl Team" Difficulty, which provides for the maximum level of difficulty against the opposing team, and a challenging level of gameplay appropriate for adult players. 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 unfair 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 117th Squad Challenge!!! TEN-HUT!! For this challenge we're gearing up for the Super Bowl with Irem's 10-Yard Fight, released for the Nintendo Entertainment System as a "black box" U.S. launch title. Special thanks to @RickR for nominating this game for High Score Squad! 10-Yard Fight is a basic but fantastic NES football game featuring simple but precise gameplay. Item debuted 10-Yard Fight as an arcade game in 1984, consisting of a series of "fights" with the player playing only offense. 10-Yard Fight was released for the Nintendo Entertainment System and was one of five sports titles to coincide with the U.S. launch of the NES, with 10-Yard Fight holding the distinction of being the only NES launch title to originate outside of Nintendo. 10-Yard Fight is widely considered one of the best Football video games of all time. Standard scoring rules for Football generally apply. ROM and PDF Instruction Manual are provided below. I hope you all have fun, and good luck to everybody participating. Let's celebrate the Super Bowl retro-style! Can you score a TOUCHDOWN?! 🏈 10-Yard Fight.pdf 10-Yard Fight.nes

🎳 Check it out! Our new Achievement Badges have been a real hit in the forums. This week we're introducing the "Good Sportsmanship!" Badge, featuring Atari's RealSports logo. This will be an achievement for all players who post a score in ANY of our upcoming Atari sporting events. (This award can be achieved through ALL Atari sports games played in High Score Squad, and is not limited to RealSports titles only) Each of you who joined us for this event and shared a score in our Atari 2600 Bowling Squad Challenge have now been awarded the Good Sportsmanship Badge! Winners of High Score Squad Atari sporting events will also be awarded the "Atari Sports Champ" trophy to celebrate their big win. Congratulations everybody!

Congratulations Scott Stilphen! Congratulations to high score legend @Scott Stilphen on becoming our new Atari 2600 Bowling Squad Champion! Scott landed a strike with his stellar score of 263 points! Unbelievable win for Scott! And a big congratulations to everybody on all those incredible scores across the board! Something's going on in the forums, the new year has brought new energy to the forums, recent days have been electrified and alive with activity. The new Clubs and Blogs areas have been on fire, and Bowling brought us one of our BIGGEST turnouts in all of High Score Squad history! There were a lot of Bowling live streams, YouTube videos and social media posts that helped spread the word about this Squad Challenge. I hope Bowling was a fun event for everybody and you'll continue to join us for Squad Challenges throughout the year ahead. @RickR was on fire in Bowling, securing the 2nd Place in our Final Standings with his burning hot score of 232 points. @Marco1019 was "on there" and takes 3rd with an impressive 230 points, and I was a point behind, taking 4th with 229. @Doug.dryerlint17 climbed his way to 5th Place with 224 points, and @nosweargamer and @Atari Creep both went live on multiple occasions and made their scores in front of a live audience, with No Swear Gamer scoring 222 points to take 6th, and Atari Creep scoring 216 points to take 7th. @greenween takes 8th with 213 points, @TrekMD takes 9th with 209 points, and @Dinobot711 and @Sabertooth tied for 10th place, both scoring 208 points respectively. @AtariSphinx scored 204 points, landing him in our 12th spot, @Gianna gave it her all and takes 13th with 202 points, @Csolo joined us again, taking 14th with 197 points, and @Atari 5200 Guy scored 196 points to land him at 15th Place. Rounding out our event we saw a rare THREE-WAY TIE for 16th Place with @Papa Pete @chas10e and Atari Creep's daughter Lily all scoring 186 points each. My congratulations to all who joined us in our Atari 2600 Bowling Squad Challenge and shared these insane high scores. I hope everybody had a blast! Also, this week we welcomed some new faces to High Score Squad as we had an incredible turnout for our Bowling event. We welcomed new member @Doug.dryerlint17 who recently joined the forums! We had a rare "Player 2" guest score from Lily, who is Atari Creep's daughter and joined him on his livestream to play a round of Bowling with us! New member @Csolo is back once again, joining us in High Score Squad for his 3rd Squad Challenge! Csolo knocked it out of the park in his previous two challenges and we're thrilled to have him joining us in High Score Squad again. "The Mayor" @greenween is back to join us once again, and we welcomed back YouTube retrogamer @Papa Pete to join us!! We're thrilled to have all you at Atari I/O participating in High Score Squad!! WELCOME!! I'd also like to recognize and say thank you to Atari I/O's content creators who do so much to get the word out about our High Score events, and invite new friends to join our Atari Party at Atari I/O. @nosweargamer and @Atari Creep both went live with our Bowling Squad Challenge and played in real time before their subscribers. @Papa Pete joined us and shared a wonderful YouTube video of his performance. @Marco1019 of course had his Twitch show on Wednesday. Special Shoutout to @Sabertooth for putting so much effort into the new Club VCS and inviting new Atari VCS fans to join us. THANK YOU to everyone for helping to get the word out about our events in the forums! As always I'd like to encourage @Scott Stilphen to post his high score on the Scoreboard, and let's make sure this Challenge continues on! Congratulations to Scott, special thanks once again to @RickR for nominating this game, and a big congratulations to our wonderful little community for being such a great group to spend time with, I hope everybody had fun playing in our Bowling league! NOTE: TEN-HUT! We gear up for the Super Bowl in our next High Score Squad Challenge - 10 Yard Fight for the Nintendo Entertainment System! Be there!