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Got these in trade from RickR (also got Wing War for Colecovision; not pictured here) I played Taz briefly, looks kind of fun, kind of like Turmoil without the shooter aspect. Name This Game I have played about 3-4 times now and I love it! The shark animations are cool, and it reminds me of the old Octopus Game and Watch game for some reason... I just had a lot of fun with this game. Also purchased this from NSG: Been wanting to add this to my collection for some time now, and NSG gave me a very fair price. I've played it several times now, and I'm excited to have another Halloween themed title to play on the 2600! Also have another purchase from NSG in the works as well as a trade with Ballblazer so stay tuned!

3DS with some games and my DS multicart. Maybe my PSP if I'm into a particular game... my iPhone of course, and a regular Kindle. I also have a Limeade portable battery that is great for keeping stuff charged. Surprised to see so many rockin the GBA SP; that system was definitely one of the best portables Nintendo ever made. I have the NES styled one, still works great, but I hardly use it anymore because I can emulate GBA pretty well with the DS multicart.

Has there ever been a convention dedicated solely to Coleco stuff before?

My second option was going to be buying a Raspberry Pi and giving that to my daughter instead. I think she still would have been mildly disappointed though as the look and feel of "Nintendo" would have been missing.

NSG yes please, I'll do the extra buck for the manual too. I believe you still have my address from our last transaction? If not let me know will PM you. Money should be in your PP shortly!

I'm interested in Smurf, Dodge Em, and Flag Capture; not sure if there's anything on my trade list you're interested in, if not I'm willing to do cash if that works?

I was shocked to see Vanguard, Galaxian, and Raiders ranked so low, especially lower than Math Grand Prix! But hey everyone has their own taste :-) Loved this video!

CV has bgm which helps IMO. I kind of view them as even because the two player co-op is really fun for me on the 7800 version.

They are so much smaller when you see them in person.... I think the color and the packaging had my Action Set I got in 1990 in my head as far as box size was concerned, but the thing is about as big as a small dictionary.

Got mine at Best Buy this morning, showed up about 9:15, they had 26 of them. I was number 22

You know, I see Dark Chambers getting a ton of love, but I played it last weekend making it to level N or something like that, on standard difficulty, and it was soooo slow... We were playing 2 players, and it felt like there wasn't enough stuff to kill, and not enough food lying around to replenish health. I found myself wishing we would have fired up the NES and played Gauntlet II instead. What am I missing with this game? I have the 2600 version as well, and that one impresses me more because that's about as good as you can do a Gauntlet type game on the 2600. The 7800 version though, while it looks good, just feels too slow for what the system can do.

This list is out of my collection and what I've played on real hardware: 1. Food Fight - This game is unique to Atari, and really fun to play. 2. Ms. Pac Man - I can't fire up my 7800 without playing it. 3. Centipede - Very close to the arcade, and the two player modes add to the fun and excitement! 4. Dig Dug - I have a million ways to play this game, from the Famicom version to the Namco collections on just about every console, but the 7800 version is my favorite. 5. Joust - This is really a three way tie for me, because I feel like I could put Asteroids or Robotron here too. This is another game that I can play a million ways, but I find myself enjoying the 7800 version the most. Great controls, graphics, and even sound. 5 worst (1 is the worst of the worst, etc) 1. Impossible Mission - I can't tolerate a bugged game that is literally impossible to beat. It just sits on my shelf. 2. Tower Toppler - To quote Classic Game Room: "There are two types of people who play Tower Toppler: People who hate fun, and people who hate themselves." 3. Crack'ed - I hate games that should use a light gun but don't. 4. Karateka - The controls and pace are terrible. 5. Jinks - I never play this game, and if I did I would fire up Super Breakout instead.

I tried S.T.U.N Runner the other day, and at first I wasn't impressed or that into it, but once I got a few levels in I really enjoyed it! I'll definitely be playing it again at some point.

When I had my wife's Colecovision modded by Yurkie over on the AtariAge forums, I had him do this mod to the controllers, and I agree, it really does help with responsiveness and overall control. Been happy with ours so far.

So here are the games I have for trade (as of 11/10/2017): Atari 2600: Asteroids x 2 Battlezone Centipede Cosmic Ark Combat (text label) Combat (art label) Donkey Kong Frogger x 2 G.I. Joe Cobra Strike Homerun Outlaw Pac Man (Atari label) Pac Man (Sears label) Q*Bert Space Invaders (text label) x 2 Space Invaders (art label) x 2 Space Shuttle Star Raiders (cart only) Wizard of Wor Zaxxon Atari 7800 One on One Basketball (box is sealed; cellophane is slightly torn at the bottom) Colecovision: Zaxxon (no label) Super Action Baseball Score Pad C64: Speed/Bingo Math GBC: Legend of Zelda - Oracle of Seasons Intellivision: Armor Battle (loose no overlays) Boxing (loose no overlays) Night Stalker (cracked case on side, cart still functions, loose no overlays) Shark! Shark! (loose no overlays) He-Man Manual

Atari 2600: Montezuma's Revenge HERO Private Eye Cosmic Commuter Beamrider River Raid II Double Dragon Rampage Mr Do Stellar Track Tapper Atari 7800: Ninja Golf Ikari Warriors Commando Double Dragon Mario Bros Colecovision: Pitfall Pitfall II Cabbage Patch Kids HERO Spy Hunter Galaxian BC II Roc N Rope Tapper Star Trek: SOS Star Wars the Arcade Game Time Pilot Turbo Tutenkham Intellivision: Dracula Sub Hunt Tron Solar Sailer Tutankham Atari 5200: The Dreadnaught Factor NES: Uncharted Waters SNES: Yoshi’s Island F-Zero

I have two of these that I picked up for 5 bucks a piece at a local retro shop a few years back. They are by far the best stick I've used. I use them on my 7800 as well as with my Colecovision paired with adapter cables I bought from Paul Nurminen a while back. I also have some CX-40's (one in a white box that says Replacement Part CX-40, I'll have to post a pic sometime), my CX-24's that came with my 7800 that I despise, some Gemsticks, some Wico bat sticks, and an Epyx XJ500. In order of preference: TAC-2 Wico Epyx (would rank above the Wico but the microswitch noise can irritate people) CX-40 Gemstick And if I have to the CX-24 for two button 7800 stuff.

Nice find! My in-laws have a copy for the Colecovision; it's a fun game!

Think the rarest stuff I have is a few 5's: Strategy X Roc N Rope Frankenstein's Monster (in the mail from NSG!) I have seen Gremlins and Ram It at one of my local game shops but they wanted 20 for Ram It and 25 for Gremlins. I've been willing to spend more money on Atari games now because I've got many of the commons making bargain purchasing more rare, so I might pick one or both of them up next time I'm up there.

I think my biggest concern with multicarts is that they cut down on collecting for the system. I collect to collect, but I also collect to play the games, and if I can play every game on one cart, it makes collecting the games lose some of its point for me. I just got an Everdrive N8 for my birthday, and already my NES collecting has ground to a halt. However, I also got an Everdrive with my TG-16 that I got for Christmas last year, and that has been a godsend given the insane prices of Turbo games, not to mention the converter I would need if I wanted to play PC Engine titles. I've thought about getting a Harmony Cart, but I'm really worried it will kill my quest to collect almost every 2600 game. It would be nice to be able to play the rarer stuff though... I think what it boils down to is, are you a collector, are you a player, are you both, and what is your budget? Multicarts tend to cost a lot up front, but save so much money long term.

I never noticed how slow the NES one is, but you're right, it does play slower than the Coleco one. I still find myself liking it better than the rest due to the layout being closer to the arcade aspect ratio, but if I ever get a multicart for my Coleco that may change...

My wife loves Arkanoid, and that's what she always says whenever I fire up Super Breakout. "Why don't you play Arkanoid, its better?" I have a copy for the NES, but I don't have the Vaus controller, and they're super expensive these days. Guess I need to mod a set of Atari paddles to work with my NES :-)

Congrats! My wife and I celebrated 13 years married in June, and it'll be 17 total years together the day after Thanksgiving (wow I couldn't believe that when i did the math). Feels like the time flies doesn't it?

I remember just kicking ass at this game when I was a kid, but I played it a lot back then too. Over the last few years when I play this I can barely clear the first level! Hoping to get some time in with this one this weekend and see if I can even compete... We'll see :-)

So for starters, no, I don't have a Lynx, but it is on my wish list. For now, I use Handy PSP on, you guessed it, my PSP. It seems to work very well, and it's allowed me to at least get a glimpse into what I was missing not being one of the proud and few Lynx owners in the 90's. The games I've tried and enjoyed the most so far are Ninja Gaiden, Xenophobe, and my absolute favorite, Chips Challenge. I played Chips Challenge in the Microsoft Entertainment Pack in Windows 3.11 on our 386, and I was geeked to get my hands on the original portable version to play on my PSP. Just looking for more suggestions on what games to try out next?