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This is a nice game indeed!

Journey into Imagination is also being refurbished. It needs it. It seems, though, that Figment will not be part of the ride anymore after the update. From what I read he'll have a 3D movie shows at the theater in the building. I was in the parks this past May. You can see my album here: https://goo.gl/photos/7gVjzHyuZoK3SqMH8

Now, that would be a real blast (processing) from the past!

Well, seems people don't want to be "edutained." They just want to have fun. Personally, I really like the original way things were at EPCOT.

All of that area will look quite different when they finish what they have planned. Check this out: http://wdwnt.com/blog/2017/06/d23-expo-2017-rumors-brave-new-epcot-way-disney-character-5-year-expansion-plan/ and this: http://www.insidethemagic.net/2017/07/d23-expo-2017-big-changes-announced-epcot-ratatouille-guardians-galaxy-rides-future-world-overhaul-much/

All I can say is, DANG!

I had seen some of the merchandise but this is a lot more stuff! Really cool, particularly now that they have all these new plans to update the park. It's hard to believe this park is going to be 35 years old! I visited it when it first opened! It was my first ever visit to the Disney Parks!

Al has also offered to make carts for less if you provide your own POKEY chip.

Curt recently posted an update about the XM. Things are moving forward, albeit slow. Unfortunately, he recently had yet another heart surgery but he has recovered already.

That version of TMP is worth watching. The editing and the updates to the special effects really help the movie's flow. Don't get me wrong, it's not a fast paced story regardless, but it does flow better.

You're one wild podcaster!

Crystal Quest is the type of game the 7800 needed in the 80's!

I still have to do Armor Attack and I want to also write about Space Duel.

Hi Ferg! I have the game but I won't have enough time to send you feedback for the episode. I'll have to send you feedback later.

Alright, I believe I'm on time. Here is my feedback for Shoot the UFO and Meteor Shower: Shoot the UFO 2015 Shoot the UFO is a game that, at first glance, appears to be a clone of Astroblast for the Atari 2600, which itself is a version of the Intellivision’s Astrosmash. First glances, though, can be deceiving. The object of Shoot the UFO is just what the title says - shooting the unidentified flying object that flies at the top of the screen from side to side while avoiding indestructible large asteroids and randomly moving smaller asteroids. If any of these touch you, boom goes your starship and you lose a life. The smaller asteroids can be destroyed by your laser, which is an important part of the gameplay. This game is one of those “easy to learn, difficult to master” type of games. The objective is simple enough, destroy the UFO as often as you can, but getting to that UFO with your laser does get tricky as you have to avoid all the asteroids that are coming at you that also block your fire. Never mind that the UFO varies its speed when moving on either direction at the top of the screen. I find this game to be fun but in short bursts as the gameplay is repetitive. It would have been cool if there were power ups or other features added to it to add some variety. Nonetheless, like I said, it can certainly be enjoyed. Meteor Shower Mr. DeCrescenzo attacks again! This time he brings us an appropriate version of Astrosmash/Astroblast to the Atari 7800. Not only does Meteor Shower capture the gameplay of Astrosmash, it expands upon it by providing options not available in the original game. Meteor Shower can be played by one or two players alternating but also, in true 7800 fashion, you can have two-player simultaneous play for a nice competitive round. In addition the game has easy, normal and hard levels to choose from. Meteor Shower also updates the graphics of the original Intellivision game by taking the simple mountains that appear on that version and giving us a cratered surface and more detailed, multicolored asteroids. The other enemies (Spinners, Dive Bombers, and Saucers) have also been updated with more detailed graphics as well as your own ship. The control is crisp and the action does get pretty frenetic as the game progresses. Sounds are also nicely done and a take on the original game sounds from the Intellivision version. This is certainly a fun shooter for the 7800 and one I can easily recommend. Certainly if you’ve ever played either Astrosmash on the Intellivision or Astroblast on the 2600 and enjoyed those games you’re sure to enjoy this updated take on the game.

Here is feedback on b*nQ: In 1982, Gottlieb released a game that took gamers by storm. That game was Q*Bert and it was such a success that it was converted to just about every home system of the time except the Atari 7800. Fear not for Ken Siders did not like to see this gap in the 7800's library and he created a faithful port of the arcade classic under the name B*nQ. As in the arcade game, you play the role of an orange character (I guess his name here is B*nQ) who is on a pyramid jumping to change the colors of the cubes on it. Of course, life is never that simple and there are various enemies that will stop at nothing to prevent B*nQ from completing his task. These enemies are purple in colour and they come in the shape of a snake and some hideous looking characters that jump on the pyramid in the wrong way. These kill B*nQ on contact. There are also red balls that fall down the pyramid that are deadly to the touch. Green characters don’t harm B*nQ but they change the cubes back to their original colors, making B*nQ’s task more difficult. B*nQ can jump on them to kill them. A green ball freezes all enemies in place for several seconds giving B*nQ a chance to change more cubes without fear of enemies killing him. The graphics on B*nQ are excellent and very close to their arcade counterpart. Sound is as good as it can be using a TIA chip and game control is responsive. B*nQ has four different levels to choose from and offers one or two-player action. I'll work on something for the other three games.

I will be having a listen. I posted feedback on Rip Off today because I somehow missed the thread where you were asking for feedback. Sorry about that.

I think I must have missed this thread and I saw you have just posted the new episode about Rip Off. Sorry about that. Here is my feedback for Rip Off: Rip-Off was released in the arcades in 1980 by Cinematronics and it has the distinction of being the first arcade game to feature cooperative gameplay and flocking behaviour. Because the game uses vector graphics, it was only ported to the Vectrex console until Bob DeCrescenzo decided to give it a try on the Atari 7800 (given his experience with Asteroids Deluxe). In the game you are in command of a tank-like vehicle that is charged with protecting fuel canisters from groups of pirates who use tanks to steal them. The game is organized in waves where anywhere from two to three pirate tanks appear at a time. Once you destroy all the tanks in a given wave, you move onto the next wave with bonus stages occurring after a certain number of waves. In the single player game, the player’s vehicle appears to the left of the screen with the second vehicle appearing on the right side in a two-player game. Interestingly, you do not have a limited number of lives in Rip-Off as the game ends only when all the fuel tanks have been stolen. This means that you can use your ship to ram enemies to destroy them if need be. The 7800 version of Rip-Off captures the gameplay of the arcade well and does have nice graphics and sound. There are three levels of difficulty to select (Easy, Normal, Hard) which vary the number of canisters to protect, the number of pirate ships that appear, and their speed. Rip-Off remains a fun game to this day and this 7800 version is well worth having.

There isn't one multicart yet. One is being worked on but has been delayed. Everyone is eager to see it released. It'll work like the Harmony cart for the 2600.

That is cool!

I finished watching it. I can't believe it was just four episodes! Still, the animation is very well done and the story is interesting. This is not an animation kids should be watching, though. It has adult language and some pretty gory stuff as well. I wonder when the second season is going to be released.

I have to watch this. I'll try to this weekend.

Fantastic!

I'm with NSG on this one.

That is one awesome deal for a Dreamcast! Enjoy! There are lots of very good games for the system.