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    Atari I/O Retro Junk Box 9: Junk Box 9 From Outer Space

    in Atari I/O Events & Contests

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    Got the Junk Box today, here's what I grabbed:

     

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    The TMNT stuff and Transformers figure is for my nephew, he loves that stuff! My daughter wanted the Goomba and the Mario candy cube thing, it actually has some Mario stickers inside of it too. Shark! Shark! is for me, I've been looking for a copy for a while, and the Challenger Famicom game just looked cool after watching some Youtube vids of the gameplay. Finally the Pokemon Ash Gray was claimed by my wife, she was super geeked when she saw it :-)

     

    The box is fully (and I mean fully) loaded, and will be on its way to AtariBrian on Monday!

  4. Squad Challenge - Kangaroo (Atari 2600)

    in High Score Squad

    Posted · Edited by Starbuck66

    So I finally got a score worthy of posting:

     

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    Full disclosure - I used Stella on my Windows laptop, and this was my weapon of choice:

     

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    I remapped the Y button to the Up direction so I would actually have a jump button, and this game became MUCH more playable, almost enjoyable. I might try to beat my score further. This was only my second attempt with Stella and my gamepad, so I'm sure I could do better with more tries.

  7. Squad Challenge - Kangaroo (Atari 2600)

    in High Score Squad

    Posted

    Just tried it again. About the second level being one of the hardest second levels in gaming,

    well, the results are in and it turns out it is....

     

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    Lol, naturally most of what we discuss in the retro community is based on opinions. But that's also what makes being a part of the community so fun!

     

    I second this, the second level sucks and I hate the fact you don't have a jump button. I came in at 100 below Dauber at 6100; no pics yet because I honestly feel like I can get a better score if I can grit my teeth and play enough. I'll probably play a few more rounds to see how high I can get, but give me 2600 DK any day of the week over this game. At least that game has a jump button!

  9. Nintendo WII U 8gb or 32gb? Does it matter?

    in Nintendo

    Posted

    So what do yall think is this a good deal?

     

    https://atlanta.craigslist.org/atl/ele/6110321482.html

     

    Considering its 100 bucks cheaper than just the console from Gamestop, it seems good to me. 

     

    Glad someone pointed out the external storage option too; I have the 32GB model, but I needed additional storage, so I got a 32GB thumbdrive on the cheap and its working great.

     

    A lot of people ripped on this console or passed it up, but it was worth every penny we spent on it. Definitely got our money's worth. I would say the same thing about the Switch as well, its been great so far.

  12. FTL

    in Modern Gaming

    Posted

    Just wondering if there's any other fans of this game on the forum? I initially got it on the iPad, but I picked it up on sale on GOG for Windows the other day, and I've really been enjoying it on my laptop. I feel like having hotkeys on the keyboard and being able to select multiple crew at once with the mouse really enhance the experience over what the iPad offers.

     

    This game though... if you're into space sim games or Rogue-likes at all, get this game, you won't regret it!

     

    http://subsetgames.com/

     

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FTL:_Faster_Than_Light

     

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  13. Nintendo Switch

    in Nintendo

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    We got one a couple weeks after launch, I've enjoyed Blaster Master Zero. I ended up beating Breath of the Wild on the Wii U instead of the Switch because we weren't initially planning on getting one. Snipperclips is great too. 1-2 Switch is ok in short bursts, and Super Bomberman was a bit of a disappointment so far, although I haven't tried it with the recent patch. 

     

    My daughter has played Zelda on it in the car quite a bit on some 2-2.5 hr trips, and we've had no issues with battery life.

     

    I think I'm really going to play more once Mario Kart arrives this week. I'm really looking forward to having a good battle mode again, unlike the crap battle mode they gave us in Mario Kart 8 on the Wii U. 

  18. 5200 Top Games Question

    in Atari 5200

    Posted

    I don't know if I mentioned it already or not...but if you ever get a chance to grab a digital third-party stick for the 5200 -- do it.  Most games come to life with a better stick.  Especially the arcade games like Pac Man, Ms Pac Man, Dig Dug, etc.   OH, and also Berzerk, which is the best game for the system IMO. 

     

    I'll keep my eyes open for one, but when I have seen them they are usually big bucks. I wonder how difficult it would be to build a 2600 joystick adapter?

  22. Show Off Your Successful Trades!

    in Trading Post

    Posted

    So part of this was a trade, part of it was cash, and part of it was just plain ol generosity from none other than RickR! I just have to thank him again for sending me, for the cost of shipping alone, a functioning Atari 5200 with a copy of Pac Man! We did a trade for the two controllers (also generous as eBay has shown me they go for quite a bit!), and I have been thoroughly enjoying this system! Once you get used to the controllers its pretty fun, although admittedly some games are easier to control than others.

     

    I just thought I would post my entire collection in a pic, but for details on how I scored the other carts see http://forums.atari.io/index.php/topic/2999-so-i-bought-a-bunch-of-5200-games/

     

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