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My latest Atari 2600 game acquisition. Note the "Sports Illustrated " label!  It's an R7 rarity. 

Happy Holidays! I hope you and your families and loved ones remain safe and healthy during these trying times.

Happy Holidays! I hope you and your families and loved ones remain safe and healthy during these trying times.

Pretty pumped that Pac-Man publisher Bandai-Namco reposted my Pac-Tree on their IG and Twitter!  Totally made my day! 
https://www.instagram.com/p/CIyQOPEgupA/?igshid=fjk5o5ixwdi6
 
 
 
 

TUESDAY NIGHT CHAT!
I will be in the chat tonight (around 7:15pm Pacific).  My goal is to try a few rounds of emulated Cybermorph for the high score challenge.  Join me if you'd like to see how that goes.  Maybe you need guidance on setting up an emulator.  Maybe offer me some tips on the game.  Or whatever you'd like to chat about. 
 

Why, yes, I am spending my Sunday afternoon watching the 2020 Classic Tetris World Championship on Twitch!
 
https://twitch.tv/classictetris
 
Spoiler Alert: We will have a new champion this year as 2-Time Champion, Joseph Saelee, lost in the 1st round of the Finals in 5 games.
 
I will add that watching these young gamers take Tetris to new heights is truly fantastic!

Happy Thanksgiving and a very HAPPY ATARI Day to you all. Hope no matter what you're doing or not doing its filled with joy and ATARI!!!!

The documentary Insert Coin, in which Midway is the focus, premieres tomorrow (November 25) on-demand. Here's an article from Polygon, who will also host a special panel on November 29:
 
https://www.polygon.com/2020/11/24/21611615/insert-coin-midway-documentary-how-to-watch-panel
 
The special panel will feature Eugene Jarvis, Mark Turmell, Ernest Cline, and director Joshua Tsui.
 
There's more info on the documentary website -- https://www.insertcoindoc.com/

The documentary Insert Coin, in which Midway is the focus, premieres tomorrow (November 25) on-demand. Here's an article from Polygon, who will also host a special panel on November 29:
 
https://www.polygon.com/2020/11/24/21611615/insert-coin-midway-documentary-how-to-watch-panel
 
The special panel will feature Eugene Jarvis, Mark Turmell, Ernest Cline, and director Joshua Tsui.
 
There's more info on the documentary website -- https://www.insertcoindoc.com/

Guys, I did it. I GOT A JOB!!!

I just posted to the Community Calendar. I hope I adhered to the posting rules. Please contact me with any corrections or questions you may have.
 
Also, I'd like to confirm that the calendar is in accordance with our respective time zones. I'm in CA so my show tonight would go live at 6pm PT / 9pm ET. I'm hoping those in other time zones can see it listed correctly.

I just posted to the Community Calendar. I hope I adhered to the posting rules. Please contact me with any corrections or questions you may have.
 
Also, I'd like to confirm that the calendar is in accordance with our respective time zones. I'm in CA so my show tonight would go live at 6pm PT / 9pm ET. I'm hoping those in other time zones can see it listed correctly.

👷‍♂️ WRECKING CREW NES Squad Challenge is up!!

If you're working from home and need a break around 3pm ET today, then stop on by my Twitch channel for the Episode 42 REPLAY of Retro With Marco! I gave some shoutouts to several new scoring and speedrun world records, and I took a look at Super Mario 64 for the Sega Dreamcast. I'll be in the chat following along.
 
In addition, I took a quick look at Robbie Lakeman's new Donkey Kong world record....which he just so happened to beat again while I was streaming! (I learned of it after the show; you can click here for the stats on his new WR.)
 
https://twitch.tv/retrowithmarco
 
See you then!

Updated Scoreboard! Games now in alphabetical order & categorized by system! Much easier to find!

Is the Calendar open to all members? If so, then may I place my show on the calendar?

👍 Check out new I/O Member Retro Rich's YT channel, he's in the 2020 PPII Grand Prix: 
 

Intellivision Master started Astrosmash record run yesterday morning at 8am ET. After 13 hours of gameplay, he not only beat the scoring record, he finished with a Peak Score of just over 5 million!
 
 

A recent WR slipped through the news cycle with nary a mention:
 
Back on May 23, Danielle Robbins scored 24,119,640 on Flicky at Galloping Ghost Arcade. The record run was streamed and recorded on the arcade's Twitch channel. Danielle's score is believed to be the highest score for both Arcade and MAME. (The MAME record is 13 million.)
 
You can check out the record run here:
 

After a few non-gaming days & a bit of clean-up, I have completed my feature video on Greg Sakundiak and his perfect Pac-Man arcade run. This video posed some unique challenges for me as I usually edit highlight/shoutout videos for my show. Nonetheless, this was a lot of fun to create. Enjoy!
 
 

After a few non-gaming days & a bit of clean-up, I have completed my feature video on Greg Sakundiak and his perfect Pac-Man arcade run. This video posed some unique challenges for me as I usually edit highlight/shoutout videos for my show. Nonetheless, this was a lot of fun to create. Enjoy!
 
 

Here's a show update, of sorts...
 
Starting this Tuesday night at 9:30pm ET, I will be joining Michael Sroka of Settle It On The Screen! The show will be part recap of the latest episode of Retro With Marco (which will precede the new show) and part discussion about various retrogaming topics. It will be unscripted and a departure from my own show format.
 
Michael and I have talked about collaborating and we're looking forward to our new venture.
 
So we hope you will tune in this Tuesday night at 9pm ET for Episode 34 of Retro With Marco...
 
https://twitch.tv/retrowithmarco
 
Followed by a new episode of Settle It On The Screen at 9:30pm ET...
 
https://twitch.tv/settleitonthescreen
 
See you then!

It's been a very busy stretch for me at work so I'm late with this bit of breaking news:
 
Greg Sakundiak joins exclusive list of gamers to play a Perfect Pac-Man as he scored 3,333,360 on the game's 40th anniversary!
 
https://saskatoon.ctvnews.ca/my-hands-are-killing-me-saskatoon-man-just-one-of-a-handful-of-people-to-play-perfect-pac-man-game-1.4949088

Here’s my latest Shoutouts video ahead of Episode 33 of my show. This video features some new WRs including two records set within a few hours of each other, a record which broke a decade-old mark, and another new record which netted a $100 bounty! The video runs about 4:20 which is perfect for your coffee break. Enjoy!
 
 

Congratulations to GregDeg who not only set a new WR for Atari 2600 Venture, but netted $125 to boot! GregDeg set the new record with a score of 40,000. The bounty itself was announced this past Friday night, April 17.