[Humorous Captions for Atari Catalog Art]

Over the next eight years, Bob will be building his dream house in his mind as he awaits freedom from the Vietnamese prison.

(this is from Surround)

[SecondChance Retro's Game Room]

Looking forward to it! I'm not too keen on the DC.

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Just now, DegasElite said:

Platform: Atari 2600, 5200, and XE,

A marsupial

Wants revenge against primates.

Keep Joey pouched please!

Kangaroo! AKA A Game of Frustration. But fun frustration 

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On 9/14/2020 at 6:06 PM, RickR said:

I never finished this post!  Coming soon -- Dig Dug! 

 

“Soon”.

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1 minute ago, socrates63 said:

Platform: Atari 2600

Trapped! Can you escape? 
Fiendish gunmen and portholes 
Gauntlet of chambers

 

Dark chambers perhaps?

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Just now, RickR said:

Strawberry Shortcake Musical Matchups. 

Yes. I hate that game so much.

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Platform: Atari 2600

It’s barely a game

Parker Brothers dropped a deuce 

Make your OC’s dance

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Just now, RadioPoultry said:

Platform: Various

 

Climb down to the top

Heads will roll, interloper

Do not lose your hats

Montezuma’s revenge?

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4 minutes ago, RickR said:

Oil's Well!

Yes! I LOVE that game!

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Platform: Colecovision

Drill down to “eat” dots

Retract your hose to avoid

All’s well that ends well!

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19 minutes ago, nosweargamer said:

Too funny!

Platform Atari 2600

Many Minigames

You are stuck in a big maze

Alien Stalker

Escape from the Mindmaster!

As a diehard Tunnel Runner fan, I owe it to myself to try this one out. Someday I’ll get around to it.

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3 minutes ago, nosweargamer said:

HAHAHAHAHAHA!

Donkey Kong Jr

Homer....HAHAHAHA!

You’re right!

He’s probably going through all the trouble to eat that giant gingerbread man. The fattie.

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3 minutes ago, nosweargamer said:

Yep you got it! In skateboardin you have 5 minutes to navigate ramps and tubes trying to make your way to school on time. And by the way, if you didn't get the tax avoiders hint, there are different types of Investments you can invest in in the game and video games is the best one of course!

Platform: Many, but this is about the Atari 2600 port

Homer Simpson climbs

Up sticks and walks across bars.

Dodge clamps. Phil hates it.

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Just now, nosweargamer said:

As a former world record holder, I had to get that one 😆

Platform Atari 2600

Navigate outside

A whole lot of ramps and tubes

Will you be tardy?

Skateboardin on the Atari 2600

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12 minutes ago, socrates63 said:

@HDN can you educate the NES ignorant on what your SM2 haiku is describing?

Can’t put it any better than @nosweargamer! I will say that there are some differences given that our version, SMB2, was on the NES rather than the Famicom’s Disk System add-on, so they have some different sounds and whatnot overseas. They could also save their game!

Check this out for a side by side comparison.

 

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2 hours ago, RadioPoultry said:

Super Mario Bros. 2?

Yes

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Platform: NES

Tossing pink tubers!

Don’t Doki Doki Panic,

It’s just a sprite swap.

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11 hours ago, RickR said:

Platform:  Atari 2600

Was Championship

But then endorsed by a star

Wow, footwork fireworks

 

Pele’s Soccer.

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Just now, RickR said:

Oh!  Yo! Noid. 

Very clever!  From your status. 

That’s right!

It is actually a really good game. I have been looking for it for a very long time. It’s very difficult though, as well as unforgiving. But, try it! It’s a great hidden gem on the NES and is very reasonably priced. It’s Capcom, so how could it be bad?

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11 minutes ago, RickR said:

TMNT. 

Nope! But I can see how you could think that. 

Hint: you might want to AVOID it!

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Platform: NES

Yo! There's pizza here!

Its "namesake" held hostages.

A licensed affair.

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2 minutes ago, RickR said:

You did good.  And I don't know why Activision was so reluctant to really expand their games when porting to the 8-bit computers and 5200.

 

Here's the next one:

Platform:  Many.  I cut my teeth on the VIC-20 version

Hostages! Oh no!
I'll just whirl in and get them
I like how they wave.

Choplifter! I love the 7800 version a lot.

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59 minutes ago, Sabertooth said:

Marauder?

Correct!

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Platform: Atari 2600 and I believe the Atari 8 Bit computers as well.

Have a line of sight

Grabbed the flashing armor, yay!

Shooting robot scum

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20 minutes ago, Sabertooth said:

Platform: Multiple

Attack of the clones

Amazing transformation

Give a dog a bone

Mouse Trap maybe?