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  3. Oscar G. Toledo wife health

    in Intellivision

    Posted · Edited by HDN

    How terrible! She fought the good fight. My condolences to Oscar. He is going through a very tough thing.

    Like with any tragedy, however, we have to look on the positive sign of things. Lung cancer is a horrible thing to go through, and Rosa must have been in a world of pain. She no longer hurts, for the first time in years. I believe with all my heart that she is in a much better place now.

  6. Your Atari "firsts" memories and experiences...

    in Atari Memories

    Posted

    6 minutes ago, Rocker67 said:

    One funny story was how we found out that Atari and Sears Tele-Games were the same games but with different names. One day, my dad and me were playing Air-Sea Battle and he said hold on, I have a surprise for you. He came back in the room with Target Fun. We plugged it in and found out it was the exact game we were just playing just a different name. Luckily we were able to return games back then without question and was able to get something else. Think that was how I ended up with either Human Cannonball or Sky Diver from a different store after that being afraid the same thing would happen at Sears again.

    I have always wondered if something like that had ever happened to someone with the Sears releases! I think the funniest part of this story is how you were playing Air-Sea Battle when he brought out Target Fun. You could've been playing Combat or Space Invaders, but no. You had to be playing the same game!

  9. Who had the better pack-in-- Sears or Atari?

    in Atari 2600

    Posted

    @DegasElite thank you for the advice. I hadn’t ever cleaned the ports for either 2600 systems since I first got the systems and cleaned everything up. I have done lots of cleaning with alcohol and stuff, so I am not unfamiliar with the idea of polishing up my games. However, I’ve found with the 2600 I haven’t had to do much cleaning. It’s a very reliable system. Especially with the Atari branded games. I’ve had to clean Activision and other third party games before, but not any Atari branded ones. 7800 is a different story.

    I will give cleaning my cartridge port a go tomorrow, though I am not sure if it will help my copy of Empire much. It certainly can’t hurt.

    And thanks for the advice for not leaving carts in. I don’t do it anyways, but I didn’t know it could cause any trouble. Sometimes I forget to take the games out of my NES because I can’t see them!

  10. Who had the better pack-in-- Sears or Atari?

    in Atari 2600

    Posted

    1 minute ago, RickR said:

    Air Sea Battle is single player in name only.  The computer doesn't move and fires at a steady rate. Not fun. 

    Like Combat, it's fun as a 2 player game. 

    That is true for the most part. I like to try to get a high score and don’t pay much attention to it. The AI actually kind of works in the Bomber game types. Better than the other variants at least.

  11. Who had the better pack-in-- Sears or Atari?

    in Atari 2600

    Posted

    28 minutes ago, DegasElite said:

    Isopropyl alcohol works great on cleaning games. I use 91% solution. You can also use a regular rubber pencil eraser to clean the leads. It's abrasive, so it works to get the corrosion off the leads on the cart. If you want to get fancy, get DeoxIt. You can find that at RadioShack. It polishes the leads to a ultra-high sheen and takes the corrosion away.

    Besides Deoxit, I have tried everything you mentioned on Empire in the past. I have heard of Deoxit before but have never tried it. Perhaps I need to try that.

  13. Who had the better pack-in-- Sears or Atari?

    in Atari 2600

    Posted

    8 hours ago, RickR said:

    Try cleaning the pins of the cartridge with alcohol on a qtip.  Use a little screwdriver to open the flap first.  This is caused by a dirty cartridge connector on the 2600.  

     

    Thanks. That worked. I’m not sure why I didn’t try already. 

    I have had a similar case with Empire Strikes Back. It worked fine for a while, but then all I got was a green screen with two vertical bars when I turned it on. I tried every method of cleaning I could, like alcohol, baking soda, vinegar, and a few more. Nothing changed. Same thing happens on both 2600s, but it works flawlessly on 7800. I thought that perhaps Air Sea Battle had met the same fate of becoming a 7800 exclusive.

  14. Who had the better pack-in-- Sears or Atari?

    in Atari 2600

    Posted

    Hey, I have a question for everyone.

    My Air-Sea Battle cartridge seems to have passed on to a better place.

    Or so I thought. You SEA, the game won’t work on my 2600 woody, as the game seems to constantly turn itself on and off. On the 7800, however, it works flawlessly. I haven’t tried my Vader yet. The woody works with my other carts, so why this one? Does anyone know what might be causing this?

  16. The 2020 Retro Game/Junk Box

    in Events & Expos

    Posted

    44 minutes ago, chas10e said:

    Oh yeah, I wanted to comment on the personalized end label. "Not to shabby !" as others develope and stack up on a shelf it's be nice to see a pic perhaps with it's own thread. I will usually look at the face label for the title of the game but usually pass on buying any carts without the end labels.

    Thank you for the kind words!

    It’s funny you mention this today, as earlier today I doodled a few mock-ups in my notebook for what some other games might look like. I’m no artist, and these were done really quickly and are just in pen. All of these games I have, and they all have end labels already.
    If anyone is wondering what’s written on the other side, it’s nothing secret. Just some 2600 games I’m considering buying.

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    I think in the future, I’ll use some nice paper instead of plain old tape and find a way to color it in better!

  17. Rank the best 2600 arcade conversions

    in Atari 2600

    Posted

    I think the game that suffers the most without a black background is Space War. Instead of looking like—well, a war in space, this game reminds me more of two pizza slices shooting each other on a pool table! And if I remember correctly, Atari didn’t like their black backgrounds on non-space games. Is this even a space game, who knows? 
    It is also home to the worst mock-up screenshot in Atari history, and they had some pretty bad ones.

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  21. Genesis fans-- WHY do you think your system is better than the SNES?

    in Sega

    Posted · Edited by HDN
    Silly me. I forgot to put "is" in the title of the thread

    Let's start an Atari I/O war. Well, not really. More like a friendly argument.

    I have long been perplexed by Sega Genesis fans. I don't hate the Genesis, in fact I actually like it quite a bit. Sonic Spinball, Goldenaxe, Gain Ground, Columns III-- all great titles. The Nomad simply kicks ass, and the Power Base Converter is an excellent peripheral, from what I've seen. What's more, it had a ton of ad-ons, which are... debatably good.

    However, when it comes to people preferring it over the SNES is where I get a little peeved. The Genesis had FUN games, but the SNES had true masterpieces. Some of, if not THE BEST games around. It also had a much better controller than its counterpart, and you never needed to get another one with more buttons once the newer games came out. The Power Base Converter was fine and cool, but did it really hold a candle to the Super Game Boy? If you had a Master System already, there was no need for Genesis owners to buy a PBC. On the flip-side, the SGB offered Game Boy owners a little something extra; playing on the TV, better controller, custom borders, special features for some games, saving battery life, COLOR. There was good reason for SNES owners to buy an SGB even if they had the black-and-green-screened brick in their possession already. Sure, the PBC offered Genesis and Master System owners more convenience and less space wasted, but it didn't offer nearly as much as the SGB did.

    I think of some of the highest-regarded games on the Genesis, and similar games on the Genesis. Sonic the Hedgehog versus Super Mario World, for example. Probably the most famous comparison.

    Sonic was a lot faster than "that nice boy Mario". The game moved at a rapid clip compared to World's relatively slow and methodical pace. However, Sonic didn't really change the platforming genre that much, though it had plenty of imitators and rip-offs. Sonic, at its core, was a lot like the original Super Mario Brothers. You had to beat it in one single sitting, no saving, completely linear, same world layout. Sonic was more advanced than OG SMB, but in the end it played very similarly.

    Super Mario World, by contrast, changed what a platformer was. You could save now! There were loads of secrets to find. Each level was still linear compared to things like Metroid, but they were much more open-ended than Sonic's and past platformers. There was the world map, returning from SMB 3. There were lots of levels to play. It was a lot more forgiving and a lot less frustrating than Sonic was. And most importantly, Super Mario World holds up infinitely better today than Sonic the Hedgehog does.

    Maybe the Genesis looked cooler. Maybe it had more "tude". Maybe it had a better processor (though the SNES had better specs for pretty much everything else). But the SNES is just plain better in my opinion.

    So Sega fans, please tell me!

    WHY do you prefer the Genesis over the SNES?

    Please tell me, as I'd really like to know and I honestly can't figure out for the life of me why people prefer it!

    And if you say "Blast Processing" as an answer, I will kill you!

    Just kidding about that last part. But seriously, please let me know what the Genesis does that Nintendon't. Is it the faster, more arcadey games? Is it the ad-ons? Is just nostalgia? Please let me know!

  22. NSG's December Christmas Giveaway!

    in Events & Expos

    Posted · Edited by HDN
    indecisiveness

    This is certainly an interesting twist on the typical NSG giveaway! As a 3DS “collector”, I’m very curious to what game that is! The superhero DVD is also interesting.

    I have told many of you on the forums what I want for Christmas! BallBlazer for the 7800.

    Edit: Maybe Pitfall II on 2600? I keep going back and forth in my head. And I can't forget Mario Brothers for 7800! Or Artillery Duel... oh, I can't decide!

    Edit 2: I have made my final decision. This silly question has really made me think. It's not like I'm choosing a game to get; this is all theoretical. So, my final answer is Metroid Fusion for Game Boy Advance.

    I got both Fusion and Zero Mission for my Wii U's Virtual Console a few years back. I enjoy them, though I think I like Fusion a little bit better. Both are great games. The GBA is one of my favorite consoles, and I haven't seen this game out in the wild before. 

    So yeah, Metroid Fusion, final answer. Why am I giving so much thought to this? No idea. Absolutely no idea.

  23. Atari PONG Mini Jr console??

    in Atari Dedicated Consoles

    Posted

    $129?!? For PONG?!? NO WAY!!!

    Think about it, if you shop wisely this holiday season, you could easily get yourself a 2DS with Mario Kart 7 included and a couple of its amazing games for that price. Maybe even a big-boy 3DS if you're lucky and come across a good deal. They're clearancing those puppies out, and with the typical Holiday sales you could easily score some one. The 3DS is a fantastic system.

    Or, you could buy yourself a VCS for around thirty or forty bucks, as well as a copy of Video Olympics. According to Pricecharting.com, the game is currently worth an even five dollars in its picture label variant. After that, you'll have the better part of $100 left, which you could use to buy some more VCS games, a cool snow globe or ornament, a delicious pie, a good book, or anything else you want.

    Or, you can have Pong. No variations, no other games, just plain old Pong. This price is sinful. People are starving and sleeping on park benches. Instead of buying this crazy thing (which will probably ship AFTER Christmas), use that $129 for LITERALLY ANYTHING ELSE.

  24. socrates63's gaming collection and setup

    in Video Game Room Tours

    Posted

    I couldn’t find anything on the Activision pack, @socrates63. I think our best clue is the logo between the bottom two games.

    Nice pickups! Crystal Castles is very fun for the 2600, but be warned! Don’t play this with a D-Pad! It sucks with one. Use a joystick of your choice instead. I find both the stock 2600 controller and the Proline to work well with the game. Superman also looks fun, and it’s a game that I’m currently looking out for. I mean, I have ‘Dventure thanks to you, so I need to get its sister game! Did you know that Superman was built off of Adventure’s early code? You can kind of see it once you know that.

    And I’m really, REALLY happy for you, finding that Defender cart and all. I heard your horror story about how you got rid of all your old Atari stuff, so I’m glad you have at least a small remnant of your past collection. Preserving the history of each specific game is one of my favorite things. I’d rather have a beat-up copy of a game that has a story behind it than replacing it with something in better condition. Don’t even get me started on selling my collection! It’s been built up slowly since 1981, and I would hate to trade away those “family heirlooms”. So it’s nice to hear that a part of your childhood is still intact. Defender has history, so don’t go on selling it away!

    As for my collection, I am really happy with how my 2600 collection is going. I now have many of the games that I wanted to get, but I’m still on the lookout for a couple. I might save up and buy some in bulk from Atari I/O’s very own @Scott Stilphen. I sent him a PM and I hope he responds soon! My 7800 collection is great now as well, as I have most of the games I wanted to get for it. Thanks again, @cjherr! I’m also happy to have my very own Homebrew cartridge, and it’s even better that it’s one of my favorite arcade games ported to one of my favorite systems!

    I think I might get into 2600 subset collecting. I would like to expand my text label collection and get some more CBS games.

    Awesome finds, Young!

  25. Squad Challenge - Major Havoc (Arcade/MAME)

    in High Score Squad

    Posted

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    120,438 is my best score so far. I might post another later tonight, but this might be the best I can get before the contest is over. I’m pretty sure I can do better in general, but I’m not sure how much I can improve by the end of the night!

    I can’t believe that @btbfilms76’s giveaway is almost over! This giveaway has been around for almost all of my time here on the forums. I hope I might win those beauties myself, but good luck to you all!

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