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3 hours ago, kamakazi20012 said:
I loved Saturn...but I didn't find too many games I liked for it. D...I enjoyed D. Darius, D-Force, Sega Rally, Sonic 3D Blast, Daytona (of course), Horde, most pinball games, Virtua Cop was loads of fun with the light gun, and SimCity 2000 played better on Saturn than on PS. That's about all I remember. I like the first console design and favor the second controller design.
I think a lot of players felt that way. Sega tried to get out ahead of Sony and Nintendo and launched Sega Saturn about six months early. A little premature. Genesis was huge at the time. Yet I remember Saturn launching without a Sonic game, or really any killer apps other than Virtua Fighter. I wanted Daytona USA, Sega Rally and Panzer Dragoon, but there should've been good launch titles from the very beginning that everybody would clammer too. Sonic The Hedgehog, Ecco The Dolphin, a fighting game more like Tekken without the "Virtua" motif, and definitely some sports games that had put Sega on the map with Genesis.
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3 hours ago, RickR said:
This is just like those after-school meet ups with friends in the 1980's...take turns playing and learn from each other what to do and what to try. So much fun! I love this game.
That's exactly what I want High Score Squad and 2-Player Challenge to be like! I'm glad you're enjoying this and having fun with your new TurboGrafx-16 @RickR!
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Are you counting the US release of Master System II?
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1 hour ago, RickR said:
I did it! Thanks to your tips, @Justin and @Control Issues, I made it past that first boss. New high score = 86,700. Thanks very much!
CONGRATS @RickR!!
1 hour ago, RickR said:Oh wow, that snake in level 2 is part of the boss! I watched your video Justin and saw how to "park it in the safe spot". I'll try that next. Thanks!
That's exactly what I was about to recommend. I'm glad you saw that in the video! Easier demonstrated than explained. Carefully park your ship in that little spot and hang on tight. If you can do that and are powered with some decent power ups you should be alright.
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Here is my Instagram Livestream from Friday night. I wasn't able to top my score but was able to play through the game to Stage 3 a few times. Good luck everybody!
- RickR and Control Issues
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1 hour ago, TrekMD said:
I was in the same boat, @Justin. It wasn't until years later that I learned that the game wasn't "as good" as the NES or other ports. It plays fine as far as I'm concerned!
THANK YOU @TrekMD! I'm glad I'm not alone in feeling that way. When I first saw the 7800 I thought of it as being like the Neo-Geo of the mid-1980s. It knocked it out of the park with all of the arcade ports as far as I'm concerned. All of those first games were incredible. I particularly liked Food Fight.
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Here is a summary of the documentary:
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This is fascinating story of the most notorious Superman movie never made: Tim Burton's canceled 1998 Superman movie starring Nicolas Cage.
This documentary, "The Death of Superman Lives": What Happened?" is a behind-the-scenes look at the pre-production of Superman Lives, an intended reboot of the Superman film series. Superman Lives was to be based on the 1992 DC comic The Death of Superman that was cancelled only three weeks before filming was set to begin in April, 1998.
The documentary interviews key people involved with the development of the project and features numerous conceptual artwork and designs intended for the visual look of Superman Lives. You can watch the film in its entirety below.
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Another movie I always associate with Atari, although indirectly, is Poltergeist. There's an Atari 2600 on top of the TV set that Carol Anne is drawn to. Also Poltergeist feels so connected to E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial, it's almost as if they exist in the same universe. For me, anything to do with E.T. has always been a reminder of Atari. They were both filmed around the same time, in the same area featuring similar houses, and both were Spielberg films. Poltergeist was directed by Tobe Hooper, but it's long been thought that Spielberg "directed Poltergeist through Tobe Hooper".
A clause in his contract with Universal Studios prevented Spielberg from directing any other film while preparing E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial. Time and Newsweek tagged the summer of 1982 "The Spielberg Summer" because E.T. and Poltergeist were released a week apart in June. Suggestions that Spielberg had greater directorial influence than the credits suggest were aided by his comments: "Tobe isn't ... a take-charge sort of guy. If a question was asked and an answer wasn't immediately forthcoming, I'd jump in and say what we could do. Tobe would nod agreement, and that became the process of collaboration." The Directors Guild of America "opened an investigation into the question of whether or not Hooper's official credit was being denigrated by statements Spielberg has made, apparently claiming authorship." Co-producer Frank Marshall told the Los Angeles Times that "the creative force of the movie was Steven. Tobe was the director and was on the set every day. But Steven did the design for every storyboard and he was on the set every day except for three days when he was in Hawaii with Lucas."
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On 4/25/2019 at 6:18 PM, TrekMD said:
I have to agree! Always loved Galaga and the hacked version does make the game look better.
@Willie! @TrekMD I grew up with Galaga on the 7800 and it was always one of my most favorite games. Whenever I'd meet another kid with a 7800 I would always say "you've got to get Galaga!" I never once thought or heard that the game was substandard until I got deeper into classic gaming. I always hear how the NES version is so much better. I never understood that. 7800 Galaga starts out a little slowed down but once you advance through the game it begins to speed up considerably. I'm REALLY liking this graphics hack that @nosweargamer turned you onto. Definitely makes some improvements to bring the game closer to the arcade.
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Great to see this!
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This is something I would buy
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19 minutes ago, RickR said:
I need help getting by the first boss. Is it a matter of shooting him right in the center? Does it require super-charged shots?
Shoot him right in the middle of the tummy when his tail is down. My method is to shoot my Pod of 3 or more units (see instructions, photo included below) directly into the middle of his stomach so it goes inside and continues shooting him from within. The boss will die within seconds.
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8 minutes ago, RickR said:
Bladerunner
That's a great one! Atari Industrial Designer Regan Cheng has always cited Blade Runner and Syd Mead's work on Blade Runner in particular as a big influence on Atari's product design. And who can forget seeing the Atari Fuji pop up in Blade Runner? Hard to believe that's supposed to be this year.
- MaximumRD, RickR and Atari Creep
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What movies do you associate most with Atari? For me it's the obvious. Raiders Of The Lost Ark, E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial, Cloak & Dagger, Krull, and The Last Starfighter. Of course there's Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure and Batman Returns on Lynx. But most of all, it will always be Superman. How about you? What movies remind you most of fond memories of Atari?
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38 minutes ago, RickR said:
Oh wait...you can press "Run" to pause? I'll try that on my next run to get a picture. Even though I am Klingon and have tons of honor.
You sure can!
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11 hours ago, Atari Creep said:
Had a real fun impromptu live stream tonight!
Batman on TurboGrafx-16 is pretty different from Batman on NES and not what a lot of people were expecting. I had never played Batman on the NES so I never knew the difference. I only knew Batman Returns on Atari Lynx. What were your impressions of Batman on TurboGrafx?
- StormSurge and Atari Creep
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2 hours ago, GRay Defender said:
Nice video. ET was a great film and a great Atari 2600 game, which I received for Christmas when it came out.
It's great to hear that you appreciate E.T. the Atari 2600 game @GRay Defender I love hearing that
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On average, how often do you play classic video games? Is it an every day thing for you, or something you have fun with on weekends? Do you spend more time in the forums and collecting than actually playing?
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High Score: 151,200
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4 hours ago, StormSurge said:
Just like last time, I’m not looking for anything in return. HOWEVER, if anyone has any CIB 2600 games (that I’ll list in a separate post), that would be awesome. 😀
Thinking of something special I need to find and set aside for you.
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@GRay Defender you're one of the only classic gamers that I follow on YouTube who is including Book Reviews in your videos. I love that you're doing that and I've enjoyed them very much.
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41 minutes ago, nosweargamer said:
It's in the mail!
Thanks to all who entered, especially those who recently joined the forums to take part in it!
hear! hear!
Have You Ever Found A Red Quarter? What Did You Think It Was?
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💰 Have you ever found a Red Quarter? What did you think it was? Red quarters are known as “shills”, “house coins” or “freebies.”
If you’ve ever found an old quarter that was painted red, (usually dated before the ‘90s) those were used in Arcades to count free plays.
Whenever the machine ate your quarter without giving you your game, you’d tell the attendant who would give you a free game to make up for it. Sometimes they had the key to open the coin mech and hit the switch, but in many cases Arcade owners didn’t trust their teenaged employees to have coin mech keys where they could reach in there and grab a fist full of quarters.
Instead, Arcades would have extra quarters called “shills” or “house coins” used for this purpose. Sometimes these could also be found in laundromats and diners with jukeboxes. House coins were painted red so that at the end of each week, when all the quarters were counted from the coin box, they would subtract the red quarters from their earnings and return them to the attendants to be used again. Over time most of these quarters have made their way back into circulation.
The next time you come across a red quarter dated before the early 1990s set it aside! You never know if that quarter worked long hours at an old Tilt or Aladdin’s Castle somewhere.