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Thanks, Gianna, for putting this up. I think that it looks pretty good. It sounds a lot like the A7800 version, which I own. Interesting port. :O)

Actually, Yars' Revenge was a port of the arcade game Star Castle, which could not have been done on the A2600 in the 1980s. It was still great, but Star Castle was finished as a homebrew years later for the A2600. Star Castle A2600 is also great. I like the action and graphics, and the sound is spectacular, too.

It might have been impossible then in the 1980s, but with current technology I can see it now. Interesting stuff. :O)

Thanks, Gianna, for putting this up. I think that it looks pretty good. It sounds a lot like the A7800 version, which I own. Interesting port. :O)

It might have been impossible then in the 1980s, but with current technology I can see it now. Interesting stuff. :O)

Here's the playable demo ⬇️
robotron_20200516_demo1_NTSC.bin

Have you guys seen this? Champ Games is showing off another amazing arcade port for Atari 2600. They made Robotron: 2084 for the 2600, it looks really nice and flicker free! Check it out:
 
 

Another impossible title makes it to the 2600!

WELCOME AGAIN @BlackCatz40‼️ You've been in the forums since 2014, since almost the very beginning! You're a terrific part of our community and we're so fortunate to have you here. Is your reintroduction a signal that you're becoming more active? I hope you continue to enjoy your time here, and if there's ever anything we can do to make your time in the forums more enjoyable please let us know!

Thanks, Gianna. It has really been a long time. :O)

Well, for starters, I have been hanging around here since about 2014, I believe. So, it has been a while. Almost 1,300 posts later, I am still here. I am an avid collector of Atari games, VHS tapes and DVDs, a Mac-head since 1993, an animation buff, and avid learner of anything. Glad to have been here for the last six years or so. Thanks for having me. 🙂 

Thanks. I can see what I can do. :O)

Anyway, I will see what I can do for your cause. I might chip in. I will see what I can do. Thanks. :O)

Sorry to hear about your dad, AC. That is very young. Bummer…

Anyone who donates $1 or more between now and Monday the 18th will be entered to win this CUSTOM NES Jason Voorhees figure. 
Donate today and good luck!
Click here ---> http://act.alz.org/goto/ataricreep <--- Click here
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RULES
-Must make a donation $1 or more to my official campaign page. (link above)
-Must be in the lower 48 states or be willing to pay shipping
-MUST get a hold of me privately on Facebook, Instagram, twitter or on here with your shipping info within 48 hours of the winner notification.
If not I will pick another winner. If you are the ONLY contestant I will then use the item for another giveaway.

It's That time of year again! 

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Every year I register with the Alzheimers Association and raise funds that go toward care, awareness and most important, RESEARCH. Research to find a cure. I Campaign and participate in the walk every year in honor of my father who passed away in 2006 of Alzheimer's at the age of 63. Whats more I lost another family member to Alzheimer’s just this past week. 
One in three seniors dies with Alzheimer’s or another dementia. More than 5 million Americans are living with the disease. Alzheimer’s disease is the sixth-leading cause of death in the United States. In 2020, Alzheimer's disease will cost the United States $305 billion. This number is projected to rise to more than $1.1 trillion in 2050. In 2019, more than 16 million caregivers of people living with Alzheimer's disease or other dementias provided an estimated 18.6 billion hours of unpaid care, a contribution to the nation valued at more than $244 billion Between 2000 and 2018, deaths from Alzheimer’s has increased 146%. 50% of primary care physicians believe the medical profession is not ready for the growing number of people with Alzheimer's or other dementias.  
 
Your funds at work
 
Every year I ask for your support in any way you can. Donations or sharing the link around. There will be many way to support this year.
-Simply click on the link above and bellow and give what you can. No amount is too small.
-There are also item such as a custom game cartridge dust sleeve made by Chris at Video Game Dust Sleeves on Twitter. ALL Proceeds go to the Alzheimers Association.
-There will be a special 2020 Walk to END ALZ shirt available in the next week. Again ALL Proceeds go to the Alzheimers Association.
In doing so you can possibly win some really cool prizes. This year I have a custom NES Jason Voorhees figure that I will give away Monday the 18th. There is also a custom game pad of your choice provided by Retro Game Boyz, WINNIES CHOICE.
 
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Please join me in the fight to END Alzheimer’s 
 
Thank you,
Chris
The Atari Creep

Here's a question for all the original owners who were there on Day 1: Did you think Atari 2600 Pac-Man was bad when you first got it? Was it a huge disappointment out of the box? Or did you enjoy the heck out of playing that game and only later came to realize the rest of the world thought it was bad?
Genuinely curious to see if you guys had varying experiences and there was a bit of a "Mandela Effect" going on, or if everybody was on the same page from Day 1 saying "It stinks!"

In case anyone has not seen the Nukey Shay hack that I referred to, there a video of it.  @KenJennings you can still go "gonk, gonk, gonk, gonk" with this version.  😉
 
 

We played the heck out of it, so yeah, it was fun.   But we made fun of it at the same time.   The sounds were not very similar to the arcade.  We would repeat, "Gonk, gonk, gonk, gonk", while playing to make fun of the lame dot eating sound.

Even at 10 years old could see the flaws. Didn't really care though and spent many hours playing. I went to a friends for the weekend and he had the 5200 version. I suddenly didn't want to play my 2600 version. Ms. Pac Man however was great!

I recall getting this game and being pretty disappointed.
 
Ms. Pac-Man was a quantum leap by comparison.

Despite the fact that the original A2600 Pac-Man could have been better, I really enjoyed it as a kid in 1982 and further on in my childhood years. The highest score I achieved in this game was over 20,000 points. I knew a guy who was a friend of my dad's that got over 100,000 points in this version of the game. He said that the ghosts later turned into question marks and all that. It probably ran out of general memory and started glitching out. That happens sometimes when you get too far in a game with limited memory. I almost always beat out my friends and my dad in this version of Pac-Man. I could really fake out the ghosts. It was really fun. Ms. Pac-Man was much better than Pac-Man, for sure. I got good at that as well. I probably am out of practice now, but back then I was pretty good. Ah, the memories…
Thanks for letting me share. :O)

Despite the fact that the original A2600 Pac-Man could have been better, I really enjoyed it as a kid in 1982 and further on in my childhood years. The highest score I achieved in this game was over 20,000 points. I knew a guy who was a friend of my dad's that got over 100,000 points in this version of the game. He said that the ghosts later turned into question marks and all that. It probably ran out of general memory and started glitching out. That happens sometimes when you get too far in a game with limited memory. I almost always beat out my friends and my dad in this version of Pac-Man. I could really fake out the ghosts. It was really fun. Ms. Pac-Man was much better than Pac-Man, for sure. I got good at that as well. I probably am out of practice now, but back then I was pretty good. Ah, the memories…
Thanks for letting me share. :O)

Thanks, Gianna. It has really been a long time. :O)

Well, for starters, I have been hanging around here since about 2014, I believe. So, it has been a while. Almost 1,300 posts later, I am still here. I am an avid collector of Atari games, VHS tapes and DVDs, a Mac-head since 1993, an animation buff, and avid learner of anything. Glad to have been here for the last six years or so. Thanks for having me. 🙂