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Agreed it looks like a great release to pick up when it gets released physically. 😄 Another great port, Darryl's Pengo/Pento port is great too.

Darryl told me that he was working on a Block'em Sock'em port for John Hancock, but mum was the word. I saw he posted a thread about it on AA so I figured it was not posted here yet and it was ok to post. So here you go. 🙂 It is a great looking port, like the rest of the ports he has done. 😄 Has Yamaha Sound chip support and looks fun. Repost of his info from the AA thread: Here is a demo of Block'Em Sock'Em, for the Atari7800. At the time that I started this, the Jaguar port had not been released, so this version more closely resembles the Genesis version. However, there are some new changes. Basic Game Play You start out with a star block, which can destroy any color block. It will change to the color you destroy. Once you have a color block, you can only destroy blocks of the color in which you hold. (It does not take on the color, like the more recent Jaguar version.) If you do not have any moves left, pressing Fire 2 and Joystick Down will escape the level. If you have enough points, you can "buy" a continue with your score. (Novice, Normal, Expert = "1000", "2500", "5000" Points) Here are some changes that are unique to the 7800 Version Scoring The value per block destroyed doubles with each consecutive block, up to 75 points per block. 1st Block = 15 Pts. 2nd Block = 30 Pts. 3rd Block = 45 Pts. 4th Block = 60 Pts. 5th Block & Up = 75 Pts. Bonuses There are 3 potential ways to get bonus points Once the goal is met, John gets "Free Throws" on his way out the door. Try to solve the puzzles in a way that allow extra point grabs! Remaining Tosses left: Any unused tosses are worth 250 point, after John exits the round! Remaining Blocks on the board: If there are less than 4 blocks on the board, the following bonus is added 3 Blocks = 1,000 Points 2 Blocks = 2,500 Points 1 Block = 5,000 Points 0 Blocks= 10,000 Points!!! Download it from the AA thread. Block'Em Sock'Em 7800 - Atari 7800 - AtariAge Forums

Nothing wrong with that. 🙂 More variety is always good.

I was surprised it was still up in the attic. It is a neat box. You see mostly the "Programmer", "Communicator", and such boxes.

Resetting the GameCube version too I remember it getting angry. 😂

Very interesting, I was the Sega Genesis person, so I did not know about the updated SNES Frogger. The Genesis IIRC just had the basic Frogger version.

Very great! I adding it to my reading list. 😄

PM Sent. 🙂

Oh I know what I was thinking. Crash Time Plumber on the ST.

Thanks! Me too! I want it to go to a good home a collection for someone with a larger space. 😄 Me too! They are classic! 🙂

Looks like the nice place, glad you are having fun. 🙂

Decided to keep it.

Wasn't there one like this for the ST? Or am I thinking something else?

Sold thanks for looking. 🙂

I feel you there, I got a hand me down Tandy 1000 in 1990, from a family friend. I loved that machine, but man, CGA and PC speaker sound. The ST would have blown it away. STs were not common where I lived, everything was Apple, and IBM. We had a 400 in the mid-80s, but my parents were not computer people. We did not get a new PC until 1995 when my father bought one off the back of a truck. It was a loaded IBM Aptiva, full on multimedia powerhouse! I loved those FMV games. 😛 Since I learned more about the ST and its hardware in my later years, I love its simplicity. A beautiful design that does whatever you want it to. 🙂

Very cool I like the graphic style. Also the A-Team van. 😁 The music is suitably funky too. Great work. It feels very 1994/5 very late Sega Genesis style. ❤️

Definitely tons of fun, I've been playing a good bit. A great challenge. Really cool power ups. 🙂 As usual for a game from @Video 61 it's another home run. 😎

Definitely! Even the Atari ST version is fun and buttery smooth.

M.C. Kids is my jam. The postmortem about its development is a good read too. M.C. Kids Postmortem

Great guide. 🙂

I would have gone crazy for this as a kid. 😄 The Masterpiece line is old news now. 😄 Too rich for me, but if they released my favorite, Cyclonus I'd probably be tempted.

Another super cool game! Great work guys! 🥰 I love the explosion sprite. Tons of stuff flying around on the screen!

The VPW2, good taste. 😄 Is the VPW2 Japanese ver. a repro or the original cart? 🙂

Very cool Lance! This is like opening up the warehouse at the end of Raiders of the Lost Ark! 🙂 Thank you for sharing! Very interesting how people just returned everything to Atari. Though I am sure consumers today are just still as clueless, even with the information age in full swing. 😛

Ah sorry the first post was the most up to date, that everything is gone for now until I find some more in storage. 😅