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Yes, this was the most surprising thing when I re-discovered the 2600 -- the passion of the home-brew community and the talented folks still coding for a 40+ year old platform. Some of the games rival NES games in graphics quality (to my eyes anyway). I've no doubt Champ Games will release an amazing version of Gorf. I'm also curious about their work on the 2600 Qix port, and their nearly done port of Robotron looks amazing.

Great job, @Sabertooth! I wonder whether this competition set the record for the highest point differential between first and last place 😄 It was very fun round, and I walk away with a story on why I acquired a Jaguar.

Superman II! 👍 Nice!! I don't know why I don't have any Christopher Reeve Superman movies in my movie library. Need to fix that. Thanks for opening 😇 and sharing the lovely photos! NSG's giveaways are always packed with a lot of geeky goodness.

In case @RickR's post wasn't clear enough, let the people's will be made more explicit to you @SuperTrooper: Open...

Added some NES games (couple of games with bad asses and some sports titles) and I don't even have an NES or a way to play these (yet?) 🙂 A local gamer was selling some stuff so I picked up some cartridges for future trades or junk box. He also tossed in some free displays/marketing posters(?).

I don't remember which game it was but I had to have a 2600 after playing it at my friend's house. I got it in 1981 or 82. That one TV in the house was definitely real back then 😆 Luckily for me, my parents didn't watch TV. I didn't have equipment conflict with them until several years later when I got into BBS and would tie up the home phone line. I always wondered why people would buy those black boxes with the boring looking cartridges, but that makes total sense -- if you're a Sears shopper, you bought your games there. I'm also about the colorful packaging, and it was the reason why I got into collecting 2600 games. And now, it seems like a lot of the Sears games are all the rage for serious collectors.

Hmm... I remember paying $300 for my 800 from Toys R Us because that was my dad's weekly net pay at the time. I suppose I could be wrong about the price. I gave zero hesitation about getting the 800 and gave no thoughts to anything else because it was Atari. It felt natural and obvious to me as a kid to get another Atari product. Yes that big price diff between the C64 and 800, and 5200 and CV for that matter, would have been a deal breaker for mom and pop. I guess when you've been the big dog in the market, it made the company feel like it can call the shots. Looking at those game prices now, they were very expensive! Game prices have only doubled since the 80s. I guess that's pretty good relatively speaking, but then again, the modern gaming market is so huge compared to back then.

Yes! Patches can definitely enhance the physical presentation of a game. What I like about these patches is that they're not reproductions of the actual Activision patches. They pay homage to the official patches while infusing some humor and are made for games that did not receive official patches. @RickR I actually haven't thought about how to display the patches, and it sounds like maybe a trip to Michael's or some other craft store is in order -- maybe Pinterest for some ideas 🙂 For now, they are sitting in the envelopes that they were sent in.

I just got another batch of new patches from Machine on AtariAge and ordered some more as new patches became available yesterday. If you're interested or want to see what's all available, see the links in my first post above. I especially love the Adventure patch -- very nicely embroidered. I got three so I can offer one or two for future trade or giveaway or junk box. The Venetian Blind patch came out a bit muted.

14,250 I posted earlier is still my highest score -- sad, I know 😆 but the Jaguar is a phenomenal console. I'm glad I got the chance to try it out.

yup, just found the link to it and added to my post

Looks like Howard Scott Warshaw e-published a new book on Amazon yesterday -- Once Upon Atari: How I made history by killing an industry. It looks to be only available on Amazon (paperback out in two more days). Another book that I really want to read! My life is a backlog. paperback: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0986218669/ Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08QG9XSWZ/

That is a fantastic collection and setup! 👍 ❤️ I also prefer CIB copies but because of crazy prices, I've decided to buy loose copies of HERO and Cosmic Commuter to complete my NTSC 2600 Activision collection. With the savings of foregoing boxed copies 🙂 I ordered a cartridge holder for HERO. I will follow up with him to have one made for Cosmic Commuter next year.

Here's my GameBoy stuff (OG GB, GBC, GBA). Getting the games out for the photo shoot, I was surprised by how many I still had back from the day as I had given away a lot of games with the GameBoy to a little kid. The Duke Nukem, Metal Gear Solid (pricecharting shows $80 for loose 😮) games, Tennis, Nemesis, Madden, Chessmaster, and In Your Face are games I bought back in the 90s iirc. The others GB games and GBA games are stuff I bought within the last two or three years. One thing that is not shown is my GBA multi-cart from China that I bought off of ebay. I bought the GameBoy Player for the GameCube and briefly dabbled in GBA games. I can't remember where the fanny pack came from. I may have gotten it from my cousin. Of the GB games, I believe Loderunner is the only complete in box game that I have. The cases for the GBA games are reproductions. They came in the case from the local store that I bought them from. There's also a homebrew and a multi-cart I got for free from someone on AtariAge. I believe the GBA Pokemon game was for Son #2 who played it on his DS Lite. Outside of that game, all of these are stuff that I bought for me. If I showed my DS collection, there would be a bunch that I bought for the kids.

That's some cool stuff you guys. I only have the GameBoy Color since I gave away my OG GameBoy many years ago. My kids grew up with the DS Lite. I gave away one or two but should still have another or two around. They briefly gamed on the 3DS. I don't think I have any rumble pack games but later will share a photo of what I have for the GameBoy.

In response to episode 676, I thought I share a photo of my Atari 8-bit Pac-Man boxes from my 8-bit collection.

👍 Oh yeah, Everdrive for sure. These cartridges that run rom files are amazing. I don't want to get into collecting physical games beyond what I've collected already.

The TG16 looks to be the console of my dreams -- its game library is strongly appealing to my sensibilities. I actually pre-ordered and got the mini (still unopened) but would prefer playing on actual hardware. That's one I may want in the future (is there anything that I don't want outside of Pokemon games? 🙄 😁) I got my Jaguar, composite cable, one controller, and three games for $300 from a local seller. With the conventions gone this year, local guys have been selling online regularly. I believe Pink Gorilla has a Jaguar for $350 for the console and probably controller (can't remember). With the extra games, composite cable, and no 10% sales tax, I figure I saved at least a Benjamin.

Because of family circumstances, I find myself having to operate the family business (dry cleaners) this week. It's been extremely slow because of the pandemic, so I don't have much to do all day at the store. And then the 💡 finally went on in the dark recesses of this brain. I have an unused 20" Trinitron in the house, and I brought it to the store 🙂 And today, I brought the Jaguar and fired it up for the first time. Here are my impressions from playing 15 minutes of Cybermorph this morning. The original Jaguar controller feels fine and works well. I had read about how terrible it is. The Jaguar throws up some mean looking beautiful graphics! I haven't seen an Atari ST era game in person since the early 90s, and the look and style is very reminiscent of those times. I look forward to seeing ST games ported to the Jaguar. I am in heaven. Cybermorph looks very pretty on my Trinitron, and I'm using composite. I was thinking about getting the s-video cable later, but right now, I don't feel the need. The photo does not do it justice. Still trying to figure out the game display. The game feels very responsive. Initially, Skylar the AI reminded me of Ilia (the bald lady character from Star Trek: The Motion Picture). After playing a bit, Skylar looks a little scary and reminds the illustrations of the AI from the game System Shock (I've never played SS). I'm having fun with Cybermorph. I had read it wasn't that good and wasn't well received. The instruction manual was a fun read, and the backstory was humorously written. Also, I wanted to drop a thank you to the I/O and Justin for this high score challenge. If it wasn't for this occasion and the folks here, I would not have gotten a Jaguar and would have missed out on this beautiful machine.

Condolences to Oscar 💐

Congrats @SuperTrooper! Woohoo! I made the Top 5! Not that it means anything, but still, it sounds good. I'll take that as my consolation prize for the December giveaway 🏆 And yes, NSG, thanks for doing the videos. I think I may have said this before, but I don't know how you release so many videos a week. Even if short video or simply a gameplay video with no narration, it still takes significant time to edit and produce these things. Much appreciated!

That's some serious Atari street cred right there 👍 😁 Are you going to do that McWill screen mod that I've heard about?

That's quite the door prize and from a grocery store no less! I believe in today's dollars, getting a free 2600 alone is like getting a free PS5 or Xbox Series X.

@Control Issues a whole lot of awesome classic titles on your list 👍 I love 1943 and the games in the series. It’s one of those games that I buy for all the various consoles that I own. What’s the story on Yars Revenge? How did you get it for free?

Welcome, Rocker 🤘 I totally agree with you about homebrews. They really got me more excited about our beloved consoles. One other thing that unexpectedly added to the excitement for me has been participating in high score challenges. Justin runs high score challenges here in the I/O on various platforms. There’s also the I/O high scoreboard where you can compare and compete on your own timetable.