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Then I will take, for my pick, "GIJoe: Cobra Strike" and "The Activision Decathlon," for the A2600. Let me decide on the next pick in a few minutes. Thanks.

That is what I thought. That is actually a cool way of doing it. That way, everybody gets a chance in the rounds.

That is what I thought. That is actually a cool way of doing it. That way, everybody gets a chance in the rounds.

Right. I thought so. Thanks.

Do I pick something yet? Or, do I wait my turn until it comes up? I am twelfth pick right now. Just curious.

Right. I thought so. Thanks.

Do I pick something yet? Or, do I wait my turn until it comes up? I am twelfth pick right now. Just curious.

You wait until your turn. We are currently on pick 7.

Right. I thought so. Thanks.

That's mint! Love it. Thanks for sharing.

Oh, OK. Count me in then. Do I have to decide now what to choose?

Oh, OK. Count me in then. Do I have to decide now what to choose?

Oh! OK. I understand now, SInce I am in, we choose according to who is ahead of us and they decide first. I get it now. Sorry, I had a brain freeze. 

Excellent! Thanks for joining!
Nothing to decide now. You'll choose based on what's remaining when it's your turn. Of course, you could have the first pick!!

Oh, OK. Count me in then. Do I have to decide now what to choose?

Oh! OK. I understand now, SInce I am in, we choose according to who is ahead of us and they decide first. I get it now. Sorry, I had a brain freeze. 

Let me see…
Please, feel free to elaborate more on this. I am interested. But, I do not fully understand this. Are you talking about drafting people or games and game systems? I see games I would like for the A2600, but I do not know. Forgive my naivete, but I never have done anything like this before. So, I feel like I am a novice here. Sorry. But, please, tell me more. Also, do I have to give something in return? You talk about the Extra Life fundraiser, and I am game on that, but I guess I am a little lost here. Thanks.

Let me see…
Please, feel free to elaborate more on this. I am interested. But, I do not fully understand this. Are you talking about drafting people or games and game systems? I see games I would like for the A2600, but I do not know. Forgive my naivete, but I never have done anything like this before. So, I feel like I am a novice here. Sorry. But, please, tell me more. Also, do I have to give something in return? You talk about the Extra Life fundraiser, and I am game on that, but I guess I am a little lost here. Thanks.

I always was under the impression that the Power Base was a miniaturized SMS designed to run off the Genesis power supply. From what you are saying, that may not be the case. It must have been just enough circuitry to run piggyback with the Genesis for backwards compatibility. Interesting design. Quite innovative, actually.

Me, too. It has the display of how many ROMs are stored in it. That is actually a good rule of thumb. I like that feature. :)

That is a cool item. Is it just as good as the SD cartridge that SainT makes from RetroHQ? I assume it is basically the same, isn't it?

That's true. I have one original Pro Controller. It actually did cost me over $100.00 to purchase. It was new in the box when I purchased it as well. It was a nice find.

Agreed. Great job, Lance, and everybody on the V61 team.

I think that Fatal Run should have been full-blown RoadBlasters. RoadBlasters was well known in the arcades and I love it in the arcades. The A7800 would have probably had quite enough horsepower to create a decent 8-bit port that would have blown the NES version away. It was not meant to be, I guess. Fatal Run, to me, was more a road quest game. You had an agenda, you had a mission to save people, it sounds like a quest to me. I don't see Fatal Run as arcade-like, but I did like it to a degree. I have Fatal Run for the A7800 and RoadBlasters for the Lynx. Even the Lynx version of RoadBlasters is very well done. For as small as the game is for the Lynx, it is very close to the arcade version. The A7800 is a great and advanced system for an 8-bit CPU. It could handle it. I just do not understand why it was scaled down so much. Cost, I guess. The management at Atari at the time loved cutting corners for cost.
Thanks for letting me share.

Fatal Run is one of my favorite games for the Atari 7800 and also one of its biggest disappointments. Fatal Run should’ve been RoadBlasters. RoadBlasters is a legendary Atari arcade game and done properly would’ve been an incredible addition to the 7800 library.
Atari Games had some amazing arcade games that should’ve made it into our living rooms as 7800 exclusives. RoadBlasters, Tetris, Paperboy, Marble Madness, Pit-Fighter, and Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom just to name a few. Why wasn’t the 7800 relaunched with Paperboy as the pack-in game and two D-Pad Controllers? Hello?
The 7800 was my first and favorite video game system and became an underdog that I always rooted for. It was developed to be the cutting-edge game system of 1984 designed to bring the arcade experience home. It wound up being the undersupported, underdeveloped NES competitor of 1990. The 7800 would’ve benefitted nicely from an OutRun style driving game, done right with nice graphics and sound. RoadBlasters took OutRun a step further adding “Mad Max” road warfare with missiles, road mines and fuel globes.
Fatal Run is a cool road warfare game but lacks the polished perfection of RoadBlasters. Still, Fatal Run has cool elements like a shop to build up your car, and the best title screen of any game on the system.
When it was new, Fatal Run retailed at twice the cost of regular 7800 games and today is considered one of the more collectible games for the system. It’s worth playing if you can pick one up, but RoadBlasters on Atari Lynx is better.
How many of you have gotten your hands on Fatal Run for your collection? Am I alone in having this as one of my favorite games for the system but also considering it to be one of its biggest disappointments? What do you think about this game?