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Two versions of Crystal Castles - 2600 and XEGS. This is one of my favorite arcade games, how does it stack up at home?

Absolutely awesome job BTB, that barrel cab is truly a thing of beauty! Can't wait to check out the new Jag Bar videos too. A Jaguar is still a bit out of my price range but I always love watching your videos and listening to you share your passion and enthusiasm for all things Atari.

Absolutely awesome job BTB, that barrel cab is truly a thing of beauty! Can't wait to check out the new Jag Bar videos too. A Jaguar is still a bit out of my price range but I always love watching your videos and listening to you share your passion and enthusiasm for all things Atari.

It took a bit of searching to figure it out, but the MS-DOS game similar to Commando Raid that I used to play as a kid was called Night Raid and it came out in 1992.
 
https://youtu.be/e3kT0mKL4Jk

It took a bit of searching to figure it out, but the MS-DOS game similar to Commando Raid that I used to play as a kid was called Night Raid and it came out in 1992.
 
https://youtu.be/e3kT0mKL4Jk

Excellent Commando Raid review! I remember playing an almost identical "shoot all the paratroopers" game on an MS-DOS PC back when I was a kid around 1990, so I was thrilled when I discovered Commando Raid on the 2600 a couple years ago. I thought it was great fun too.

That Enjoy Stick immediately reminded me of the "Mr Bones" candy:
 

 
Just like candy, those are some SWEET sticks you got there. 

Glad you figured out the issue! As far as the print quality goes, thermal paper is one of those things that only has a couple years shelf life to it so new production thermal printer paper is necessary if you want to get legible print quality. To give you a practical example, here's a comparison of an image I printed using my Game Boy Printer. The picture on the left was printed using new production thermal paper the picture on the right (which is the same image) was printed with the long-expired official Nintendo brand thermal paper: 
 

 
 
As you can see, new production printer paper is necessary.  The printer paper goes for $14.50 per 5-pack and can be purchased here: https://www.amazon.com/PMC05228-Thermal-Calculator-Paper-Rolls/dp/B0000DBMGL/

Thank you very much! I'll pop it on my Harmony cart and check it out tomorrow for sure.

Asteroids
Atari 2600
Controller: PLAYER'S CHOICE
Difficulty Level: Game 8, Difficulty A
Achieve high score to win challenge
Play on: Real Hardware / Dedicated Console / Emulation OK! ✔
Squad Challenge ends 11:59 pm PST December 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 December 1st through December 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: Game 8, Set Difficulty Switches to A. These Difficulty Settings provide for: Faster Speed, Hyperspace, the addition of UFOs and Satellites, and No Extra Lives. Game 8 / Difficulty A should be a fun challenge! Faster Speed is a good twist for Asteroids players who used to playing on default settings, and No Extra Lives prevents an endless game.
 
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/ 
 
 
Asteroids.binAsteroids.pdf
 
 

Glad you figured out the issue! As far as the print quality goes, thermal paper is one of those things that only has a couple years shelf life to it so new production thermal printer paper is necessary if you want to get legible print quality. To give you a practical example, here's a comparison of an image I printed using my Game Boy Printer. The picture on the left was printed using new production thermal paper the picture on the right (which is the same image) was printed with the long-expired official Nintendo brand thermal paper: 
 

 
 
As you can see, new production printer paper is necessary.  The printer paper goes for $14.50 per 5-pack and can be purchased here: https://www.amazon.com/PMC05228-Thermal-Calculator-Paper-Rolls/dp/B0000DBMGL/

Glad you figured out the issue! As far as the print quality goes, thermal paper is one of those things that only has a couple years shelf life to it so new production thermal printer paper is necessary if you want to get legible print quality. To give you a practical example, here's a comparison of an image I printed using my Game Boy Printer. The picture on the left was printed using new production thermal paper the picture on the right (which is the same image) was printed with the long-expired official Nintendo brand thermal paper: 
 

 
 
As you can see, new production printer paper is necessary.  The printer paper goes for $14.50 per 5-pack and can be purchased here: https://www.amazon.com/PMC05228-Thermal-Calculator-Paper-Rolls/dp/B0000DBMGL/

A combination of lack of money, seemingly flakey hardware, and poor decision making.   I was rather hard up for cash for life's basics (food, paying the utility bills, etc.) and I had been through four Vader model 2600's in a year because they kept breaking down on me. Seeing that the 150'ish games that I had collected for the 2600 combined with the value of the accessories I had added up to around $800 and feeling incredibly frustrated with not being able to keep an Atari system working for more than 2 months I decided to liquidate my entire collection. 
 
The real kicker is that about 6 months after I sold off my entire collection I found out that there was never anything wrong with the systems at all, it was actually the coaxial port on my retro gaming CRT TV that had gone bad and was causing all the issues that I thought were problems with the systems. After learning that, and missing my old collection of Atari games something fierce, I decided to slowly start rebuilding. It's been really difficult going though, since when I built up my old collection all the local game stores had tons of Atari 2600 games and sold them for anywhere from $0.50 to $2 each, so I was able to get almost all my games locally and on the cheap. Since then almost all the local stores got rid of their Atari games on eBay because there wasn't a big enough local market for them (it was always just me and one other guy who ever came in to buy Atari stuff), and the only store I can find Atari games at locally now sells them for $5 to $10 each. Because of that it's been really difficult rebuilding my collection, especially since I'm very picky about label condition and won't buy any games with ripped or torn labels. 

R8!! I just got this on ebay.
 
 

At the moment it's a tossup between Jr. Pac-Man and Super Football. Oh the shame! 
I liquidated my collection of 150'ish Atari 2600 games two years ago and just slowly started rebuilding with common titles this summer. At one point in my previous collection though I did own copies Frogger II: Threeedeep!!, H.E.R.O., and Montezuma's Revenge as well an original production copy of the homebrew Princess Rescue. I imagine I'll probably get all of them back someday except for Princess Rescue, since that one has just gotten too expensive to re-buy now. 

At the moment it's a tossup between Jr. Pac-Man and Super Football. Oh the shame! 
I liquidated my collection of 150'ish Atari 2600 games two years ago and just slowly started rebuilding with common titles this summer. At one point in my previous collection though I did own copies Frogger II: Threeedeep!!, H.E.R.O., and Montezuma's Revenge as well an original production copy of the homebrew Princess Rescue. I imagine I'll probably get all of them back someday except for Princess Rescue, since that one has just gotten too expensive to re-buy now. 

I had completely forgotten that there was a Centipede comic coming out, that is until today when a friend gave me a gift for setting the HighScore.com world record high scores in Centipede for the Atari 7800 on every difficulty level, Centipede TB for the Atari 2600, Centipede for the Game Boy Advance in the Atari Anniversary Advance compilation, and Centipede for the Game Boy Color. He got me the first 3 issues of the Centipede comic! I really love Centipede in all it's forms so I'm seriously excited to sit down and give these comics a read!
 

Thanks for the warm welcomes everyone! This does certainly seem like a very mellow and laid back place. I'll have to spend some time poking around the forums a bit and checking it all out.

Hello everyone! I found my way over here thanks to the plugs for Atari.io in the YouTube videos of NoSwearGamer and BTB, both of whom I've been subscribed to for a couple years now. I've been an active member on the AtariAge forum since 2014 (it's pretty much my main online hangout spot) and decided that it was time I branched out a bit and checked out some other sites that were recommended by the folks I enjoy on YouTube.
 
Sooo... here I am!

Hello everyone! I found my way over here thanks to the plugs for Atari.io in the YouTube videos of NoSwearGamer and BTB, both of whom I've been subscribed to for a couple years now. I've been an active member on the AtariAge forum since 2014 (it's pretty much my main online hangout spot) and decided that it was time I branched out a bit and checked out some other sites that were recommended by the folks I enjoy on YouTube.
 
Sooo... here I am!

I had completely forgotten that there was a Centipede comic coming out, that is until today when a friend gave me a gift for setting the HighScore.com world record high scores in Centipede for the Atari 7800 on every difficulty level, Centipede TB for the Atari 2600, Centipede for the Game Boy Advance in the Atari Anniversary Advance compilation, and Centipede for the Game Boy Color. He got me the first 3 issues of the Centipede comic! I really love Centipede in all it's forms so I'm seriously excited to sit down and give these comics a read!
 

I had completely forgotten that there was a Centipede comic coming out, that is until today when a friend gave me a gift for setting the HighScore.com world record high scores in Centipede for the Atari 7800 on every difficulty level, Centipede TB for the Atari 2600, Centipede for the Game Boy Advance in the Atari Anniversary Advance compilation, and Centipede for the Game Boy Color. He got me the first 3 issues of the Centipede comic! I really love Centipede in all it's forms so I'm seriously excited to sit down and give these comics a read!
 

For the rest of the month, I will be posting reviews of the type of games you might see on Svengoolie if he covered retro games. Be on the lookout for aliens, ghosts, monsters and any other creature that might be lurking for you!

Hello everyone! I found my way over here thanks to the plugs for Atari.io in the YouTube videos of NoSwearGamer and BTB, both of whom I've been subscribed to for a couple years now. I've been an active member on the AtariAge forum since 2014 (it's pretty much my main online hangout spot) and decided that it was time I branched out a bit and checked out some other sites that were recommended by the folks I enjoy on YouTube.
 
Sooo... here I am!

Thanks for the warm welcomes everyone! This does certainly seem like a very mellow and laid back place. I'll have to spend some time poking around the forums a bit and checking it all out.