Zontar

well I got the game in my console & tried a couple rounds 
 
I am curious if this link has anything to do with this months selection or not: https://heatst.com/gaming/animal-activists-prompt-game-developer-to-cut-boxing-kangaroo-from-tekken-7/, I got it from another board
 
RE-EDIT: added a score removed a score
 
10,400
 
snip this score as I was NOT playing from the advanced level    
 

Kangaroo
Atari 2600
Controller: PLAYER'S CHOICE
Difficulty Level: Advanced
Achieve high score to win challenge
Play on: Real Hardware / Dedicated Console / Emulation OK! ✔
Squad Challenge ends 11:59 pm PST May 31st, 2017
 
 
 
Objective: Play for the highest possible score using the difficulty settings defined in the challenge. Post a photo or video of your score in this thread. Scores must be achieved between May 1st through May 31st, 2017. Screen captures are not allowed as they are easily manipulated for falsified scores. Multiple submissions are permitted. The player with the highest score at the end of the 1-month competition is the victor!

Eligibility: Anyone can join in. All players are welcome!

Play Rules: Games may be played on real hardware or emulation, using any controller or keyboard, following rules and game settings as delineated in the Squad Challenge. Enhancements and hacked versions of this game are not allowed.

Difficulty Level: Advanced
 
Fair Play: 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 no use of cheats, hacks, cartridge frying, enhancements, Photoshop, subterfuge, or any other unfair advantage is allowed. Everybody hates a cheater.
 
More: To review detailed rules on how to play, please visit the High Score Squad page here: http://forums.atari.io/index.php/topic/1219-high-score-squad-how-to-play/ 
 
 
Kangaroo.binKangaroo.pdf
 
 

IF YOU DON'T HAVE AN ATARI 2600 VCS OR

EMULATOR, YOU CAN PLAY 2600 KANGAROO HERE:

 

http://www.virtualatari.org/soft.php?soft=Kangaroo

Has anyone seen these?
 
https://data-discs.com/collections/all

I've been steaming a few episodes on Netflix, and I'm honestly pleasantly surprised. 



I think we're about to start Ep 6, and here's my pros and cons.

Pros:
Set is perfect, feels like home.  Theme music is perfect. Riffing is still good, this is key of course.   Characters are mostly true to form (see cons) A positive change in trying to make sure riffs don't cover movie dialogue. (Yes, some of us do want to keep up with the movie) Crow's new voice is almost spot on. Patton Oswalt Cons:
Gypsy.  Not digging her voice at all.  (also is that an ice chest she puts down at the beginning of the movie and picks up at the end?) Tom Servo isn't familiar to me, and he used to be my favorite.  Bringing me to my next point On MST3K I could tell which riffs were coming from which robot and/or host by the nature of the riff.   They had definite, distinct personalities.  I'm not feeling that yet with this one.  Maybe it will come in time. I'm a big fan of Felicia Day, but she wasn't quite won me over as Kinga yet.  Lastly, the movie selection hasn't been great so far.  Mostly the lower end of average rather than truly horrible. I'm happy it's back, I think it will get even better as they go on.  Thoughts?
 

Says a lot about the "collector" community. So many of them are thugs and video-pimps. Some great systems that I love to play have been ruined in a way by the community that's developed around them in the past few years. Johnny-come-lateleys who were kids 10 years ago and would laugh in my face if I showed them one of these systems now run wild on Facebook calling themselves experts, being rude to others and acting like all around A-holes to anybody else with an interest in classic games. They've made some of these prices ridiculous.

If you get to do this I hope you'll film everything. It could be a great video like exploring an abandoned property and finding something very cool!

I get what you're saying, but that's what they're commonly called though. If you go into a store that sells Magic or D&D, everybody there will call them "Tabletop Games" and board games can fall into this name too. Games like Magic or D&D aren't necessarily board games in the traditional sense, so they call them "Tabletop Games". Our area in the forums for this is called "Tabletop Games" and is subtitled "Board games, card games, dice games, miniatures wargames, tile-based games and other games. Discuss Magic: The Gathering, Dungeons & Dragons, and more!"
 
From Wikipedia:
 
Tabletop game is a general term used to refer to board games, card games, dice games, miniatures wargames, tile-based games and other games that are normally played on a table or other flat surface. The term is used to distinguish these types of games from sports and video games. The term is also used to distinguish role-playing games from role-playing video games and LARPs, although role-playing games may not necessarily require a wide playing surface. Another related term is a hobby game.
 
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tabletop_game

Says a lot about the "collector" community. So many of them are thugs and video-pimps. Some great systems that I love to play have been ruined in a way by the community that's developed around them in the past few years. Johnny-come-lateleys who were kids 10 years ago and would laugh in my face if I showed them one of these systems now run wild on Facebook calling themselves experts, being rude to others and acting like all around A-holes to anybody else with an interest in classic games. They've made some of these prices ridiculous.

Says a lot about the "collector" community. So many of them are thugs and video-pimps. Some great systems that I love to play have been ruined in a way by the community that's developed around them in the past few years. Johnny-come-lateleys who were kids 10 years ago and would laugh in my face if I showed them one of these systems now run wild on Facebook calling themselves experts, being rude to others and acting like all around A-holes to anybody else with an interest in classic games. They've made some of these prices ridiculous.

If you get to do this I hope you'll film everything. It could be a great video like exploring an abandoned property and finding something very cool!

Says a lot about the "collector" community. So many of them are thugs and video-pimps. Some great systems that I love to play have been ruined in a way by the community that's developed around them in the past few years. Johnny-come-lateleys who were kids 10 years ago and would laugh in my face if I showed them one of these systems now run wild on Facebook calling themselves experts, being rude to others and acting like all around A-holes to anybody else with an interest in classic games. They've made some of these prices ridiculous.

Heard from the property owner tonight!
 
He is going to gather what is there and get back to me.
 
This might be a go!

So a YouTuber I follow explored an old video rental place that is abandoned in the middle of nowhere. All he showed was a shelf of Genesis cases and a bunch of VHS tapes. Something tells me that there is a lot more than just Genesis cases there. I bet they might even have things up to the N64 but that is just me speculating. There could be systems, rental cases, who knows what all could be hiding there!!!!! 
 
So I did a bit of research and found the location and contacted the Mayor's office in the town it is located in. I requested to be in touch with anyone that is responsible for the property in the very off chance they might let me go picking. My plan, should it become a reality is to road trip there, (about 1200 miles from me) grab EVERYTHING I can and sort it all out here at home.  This is an amazing find and should I be able to pull this off EVERYONE (within reason anyway) that I know in the hobby that has a a true passion for this will benefit from this seeing that most rental places carried multiple copies of stuff. It's a smaller place so I could be wrong there.  
 
Wish me luck!!!!
 

http://idwgames.com/181826-2/
 
https://www.facebook.com/idwgames/
 
http://us1.campaign-archive1.com/?u=5792cac24346d164eb0cf6ad2&id=1f1344cdb5
 
http://icv2.com/articles/news/view/36924/idw-games-powers-up-atari
 
 
 
San Diego, CA (March 7, 2017) Atari®, one of the world’s most recognized publishers and producers of interactive entertainment, and IDW Games, announced today that they have entered into a partnership to produce a line of tabletop games based on several classic Atari videogame titles. Centipede®, Asteroids®, and Missile Command® are all headed to the tabletop by way of Jon Gilmour, co-designer of Dead of Winter, and his hand-picked crew of up-and-coming co-developers.   Set to capture the feel of these classic titles, the Atari line of board games are fun, intense and fast-paced. While each game in the series will play differently from the others, they will all have you nostalgic for the days of being hunched over a CRT in a dark arcade with your eyes on the prize: top of the high-score chart.    

"Atari is one of the hallmarks of our generation," says Jerry Bennington, VP of New Product Development. "We're honored with the opportunity to be able to bring the Atari classic archive to the tabletop."   
 
“IDW Games has a fantastic history of bringing licensed products to market, and we’re thrilled to work out a partnership and see our classic games on the tabletop,” says Fred Chesnais, Chief Executive Officer, Atari.
 
The Atari series of games will launch with Centipede in the Fall of 2017 with future titles releasing intermittently shortly after.
 
For future details on the Atari tabletop games, follow IDW Games on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/idwgames/

Stop by the IDW Games Booth (#222) at GAMA for an exclusive first look!
 

I agree completely with rowsdower.  I'd only buy at bargain price with the intent to sell.  I find them offensive and they have no place in my collection. 

I'm looking for feedback for episode 7 of the Atari 7800 Homebrew Podcast (you can find it on iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play, or use this feed: http://feeds.feedburner.com/homebrew78 )

What are your thoughts on COMBAT 1990 on the 7800?

You can also e-mail text or audio to homebrew78 -at- fab4it -dot- com

Deadline is, kinda-sorta, 5:59am CST on Thursday, March 23. Any comments from after then will be addressed in a later episode.
 
PLEASE NOTE: In doing some searching, I did see a lot of (understandable) flak about Combat 1990. HOWEVER -- please consider that Combat 1990 was (from what I can tell) one of the very first 7800 homebrew games built from scratch, and on top of that, it was done specifically for a contest and ergo there was a tight deadline (and the winner of the contest was actually a hack of an already-existing game). So please take that into consideration when sharing your opinions.

Crystal Castles AF
 

The last two mentioned, Tempest and Crystal Castles are really good choices....I think it's very interesting how some games simply cannot be emulated properly due to controls -- and these are two prime examples. 

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Hey guys! Here is the SPACE Newsletter for December, 2016. This is our Special Christmas Party 2016 Edition!
 
Our next SPACE meeting and CHRISTMAS PARTY is tomorrow night, Friday, December 9, 2016 at 7:30 PM. SPACE meets on the second Friday of each month at 7:30 PM in the Falcon Heights Community Center at 2077 West Larpenteur Ave. St Paul, MN 55113. Doors open at 7:00 PM.
 
If you're unfamiliar with SPACE, it's an Atari club called the Saint Paul Atari Computer Enthusiasts that have been around since 1982. Very cool group of people, you can check them out online at http://www.spaceweb.us
 
 
Here is the SPACE Newsletter Special Christmas Party 2016 Edition for December, 2016:
 
 
SPACE Newsletter - December 2016.pdf

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