[The Tomorrow War]

So I wanted to talk about how much I enjoyed The Tomorrow war.  It was published by Amazon for Prime video, but it has that 90's summer blockbuster feel from start to end.  

When I was watching it, it reminded me of how I felt when watching ID4 for the first time back when it was released.  It has a cheesy Sci-Fi plot with great special effects and was one of the most enjoyable new popcorn flicks that I have seen in years.  

If you are looking for something to watch while staying inside your air conditioning to beat the heat- I recommend that you suspend your disbelief, ignore the many plot holes, and enjoy a fun retro-style summer blockbuster.

[Non English -- (Foreign Rock Groups)]

Can I mention Andre From Pagefire on a technicality?  Most of his stuff is in English, but he is Norwegian.  He does a lot of songs in different genres of rock and metal and they usually end up being great examples of that genre... even though they are from a video mostly making fun of said genre.

 

Also, I'm not sure if I need to mention bands like Rammstein or Entombed here... pretty sure most metal fans already have opinions of them, but they are the bands that got me into metal in the first place.

 

[Squad Challenge - Venture (Atari 2600)]

this is a hard one.  I haven't had a lot of time to play, but my high so far is just 4,600

[Squad Challenge - Venture (Atari 2600)]

17 hours ago, TrekMD said:

I need to play some more to see if I can get a better score.  By the way, has anyone seen and tried Venture Reloaded?

 

Wow!  That addresses my biggest complaint with the Atari 2600 version - The rooms get filled in after you are finished with them.  I might have to check it out at some point... I hope that you can turn the music off though! 

[Squad Challenge - Venture (Atari 2600)]

wow - I love the intellivision port of Venture, but I have hardly played the atari 2600 one.  This should be fun!

[Squad Challenge - 2021 Pole Position II Grand Prix (Atari 7800)]

5 hours ago, RickR said:

I always end up in 3rd place on the positioning round.  I'll bet my score would go up if I could get at least 2nd. 

 

I have gotten 3rd a few times... but I usually place 4th. 

I have not even been close to 2nd or 1st yet.

[Squad Challenge - 2021 Pole Position II Grand Prix (Atari 7800)]

wow, this one is hard!  I finally got a slight improvement 42,590

 

[The Amazing Musical Keyboard!]

Recently one of my Coworkers found this when cleaning out his Grandfather's house.  He knew that I collected Commodore stuff - so he grabbed it for me.  I am so excited to own one again (I had one back in the day, but we got rid of it when we upgraded to a 128 since it doesn't fit that machine's form factor)

[Squad Challenge - 2021 Pole Position II Grand Prix (Atari 7800)]

Day 1 (for me) Hi Score-

40,260

 

[Squad Challenge - 2021 Pole Position II Grand Prix (Atari 7800)]

wow - I finally find some time to come back to Atari.io - and it is just in time for the Pole Position Grand Prix???  AWESOME!

 

[Squad Challenge - Major Havoc (Arcade/MAME)]

I hardly had time to play this one...

43,807 on my Arcade 1up clickey-spinner

[Squad Challenge - Elevator Action (Arcade/MAME)]

Congratulations @socrates63!  That is an amazing score!

[Squad Challenge - Elevator Action (Arcade/MAME)]

8 hours ago, HDN said:

It is very easy to do on a Wii or Wii U if you would like to! There’s a way to do it that’s easier and more efficient, but I used the LEGO Star Wars “Return of the Jodi” method to mod the vWii mode on the Wii U. It’s so bizarre, almost like a playground rumor. It reminds me a lot of stuff like “L is real 2401”. I’m still really surprised that said rumor turned out to be true after all. A beta build of Super Mario 64 that contained the scrapped Luigi was leaked 24 years and 1 month after the original game’s release. Interesting, huh?

But yeah, you should mod your Wii if you haven’t already. I plan on modding my DSi soon to get Stella on it. Nothing is better than on-the-go Tunnel Tunner! But anyways, a Wii softmod is very easy to do.

Thats' awesome!  I did the letterbomb mod on my regular wii because the optical drive went kaput, but I have not modded my WiiU yet.  

I am very interested to see the DSi mod if/when you do it - I have not modded any of my DS consoles, but I would love to get my 3DS "unlocked".  I have been kind of chicken to do it because I actually have a lot of digital games from the 3ds store that I don't want to risk losing.

[Harry's Adventures in Classic Computing]

I love the c64!  I have a c128 (which is the big brother, but fully backwards compatible)

My favorite games on the computer are (well, besides the ones that RickR mentioned):

• Jumpman (and Jumpman Jr.)
• Space Taxi
• Bruce Lee
• River Raid (The c64 version blows the Atari 2600 version out of the water(... see what I did there??))
• The hobbit (Text adventure! Seriously, I'll wait... (Time passes))

Those should give you a good idea of what the c64 classic library is like

There are also some great new games to check out (usually available on itch.io)

• Neutron (and Santron, which is neutron with an xmas theme)
• Galencia (amazing Galaga clone)
• Zeta Wing (another vertical scrolling shooter)

[FS: Unofficial/repro Activision patches]

These are simply awesome!  @socrates63, thanks for letting us know about them!

[Squad Challenge - Elevator Action (Arcade/MAME)]

Here is my first go that is worth posting - I am playing on the PS4 Arcade Archives because I was having some trouble with MAME.

19250

(As far as I can tell - Hamster does use original roms when creating their arcade archives games) 

[FS: Unofficial/repro Activision patches]

Do you just DM him to place an order?

I feel like I need that You Suck patch 🙂 

 

[HDN's (Game)Room!]

Oh - I just saw the post about the bubble lights- I'm a huge fan of those!

My family decided to put up a halloween tree this year (because, why not?) and my wife found these for it:

they are awesome, but you have to be really careful to get them mounted on the tree so that they are vertical and don't move around too much.

[HDN's (Game)Room!]

I haven't had a lot of time to be in the forums lately (Halloween goings on and busy at work) - I love this thread!

@HDN - you have a great collection there!  I am always thrilled to see younger people take an interest in this hobby!  

 

[HDN's (Game)Room!]

On 11/3/2020 at 11:04 AM, RickR said:

I see.  Well, you could always hang that tree upside down from the ceiling

I was always told that the upside down tree was an Eastern European thing.  It was kind of a trend here a few years back too.

[Squad Challenge - Elevator Action (Arcade/MAME)]

33 minutes ago, RickR said:

I don't know, but I'm going to call someone a "dip switch" as a much cleaner version of what I have been using.  

I need to start adopting British insults.  In a recent video, YouTuber Atomic Shrimp called someone a "Silly old sausage".  I added that one to my arsenal right away! 

[Squad Challenge - Elevator Action (Arcade/MAME)]

What are the other dip switch settings?

10,000 points for bonus

What about number of lives?

And difficulty level?

 

[Squad Challenge - Elevator Action (Arcade/MAME)]

45 minutes ago, HDN said:

Is it alright if we play on arcade compilations? This game is on Taito Legends on XBOX.

I hope so, that is how I would prefer to play as well!

Edit: did a quick search - it is also available in the arcade archives on PS4! I might go that route as well.

[Squad Challenge - Demon Attack (Atari 2600)]

I think that this is probably my limit 

41,820

I can't believe some of the scores on this game - It's been a fun challenge!

(I kind of hate the Death Pretzel waves, but overall it's a fun game) 

[Squad Challenge - Demon Attack (Atari 2600)]

Just now, HDN said:

Huh. Then I guess we have two completely different VCRs that happen to look very, very similar!

It is not uncommon for off brands to be rebranded versions of other brands.  I would not be surprised if it were literally the same unit as another brand on the market.