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Welcome to the I/O, Rocker! If you go to the AtariAge store front, there's a photo that shows all the new games in this release cycle.

Welcome to the I/O, Josh! I was wondering earlier whether "DC" meant you were in the other Washington 🙂 I love DC comic characters. I'm also in the Evergreen state in the greater Seattle area. I should also add that I joined the I/O a few months ago as part of entering in NSG's giveaway and decided to stay.

Ok, I jumped on the bandwagon and got myself a Jaguar a few minutes ago. I'd been thinking of getting one for a while, and the squad challenge gave me excuse reason to add another Atari console to the stable. I picked it up from a local gamer/seller.

I got no skin in this conflict because, like Crossbow, I too was a part of the PC Master Race and only dabbled in console gaming in the late 90s. I recently got both SNES and Genesis. Both have incredible libraries with a lot of exclusives, so we retro gamers win. And piling on the SNES Mortal Kombat issue, for the longest time, Nintendo consoles and games were considered kid games. When you became older, you outgrew Nintendo stuff and moved on to big kid/adult gaming with Playstation, Xbox, etc.

You're totally right, Harry. I didn't realize many of the VCS games were adaptations of 70s coin-op games. I think Night Driver is the only one that you've listed that I remember seeing or playing in the arcades.

They didn't when I visited last Friday. I'm not sure if they ever posted having a Vectrex since I've been involved in retro gaming. I've seen a few Virtual Boys and those sell fast. Right now, they do have 7800, 5200, and 2600 Jr along with a few games that I normally don't see. There must have been an Atari collector who traded them in as I usually don't see Atari consoles at Pink Gorilla. Those Atari consoles are all in very nice condition. I was tempted to grab one (the Jr) or three 🙂

I know that this is over the $100 limit, but I almost had my hands on a Vectrex for $350 with a bunch of games which then became $400 and then, poof, the seller flaked out and stopped responding. Oh well, it's for the best. I rather pay more and buy from someone who loved it, restored it, and was looking for a good home for it. Some day... Back to reality... I'd like Defender in the large black box for the Atari 8-bit or a loose 7800 cartridge of the following games to complete my NTSC 7800 set (Midnight Mutants is on its way 🎉): Mean 18 Ultimate Golf Planet Smashers Basketbrawl Motor Psycho Kung Fu Master Tank Command Mat Mania Challenge

Seaquest Atari 2600 Difficulty: B High Score: 145,200 December 2, 2020

Awesome! Congrats @Sabertooth and thanks to @btbfilms76 for the giveaway and spreading the knowledge about these cool paddles.

Nice green jacket! Congrats, Rick. You really showed that Dad still got skillz.

It's heartbreaking to read about the reactions of Puerto Ricans described in the article. Clearly, the observatory meant much more than a tool for scientific work.

Is that ET plushie part of the giveaway? Please?

Cyber Monday pick-up! I wasn't planning to get anything today, but a friend needed a DS Lite charger, so I went to a local retro gaming store and pick up some games while there. Does anyone have any information about the Activision Super Action Pak? Were there more such multi-carts? I assume this is a legit release and not a bootleg of some kind. The inside of the case is in bad shape. I picked it up because I'm an Activision fanboy. The Defender cartridge is something I found in the house while cleaning this morning. I was excited to find it because it's one of the few artifacts I managed to hold on to from my original 80s collection of Atari computers. They also had 5 DVDs for $5, and I saw The Man from Nowhere with the slip. I had to get that and added a few others to make the 5.

I hear ya, Jesse. I usually don't buy games for the sake of collecting and especially games that aren't good 😉 You're a wise man.

Awesome write-up, Harry! When I see mentions of Stratego and Minesweeper, you have my attention. I'll have to play this.

Looking at this thread, it's amazing the number of arcade games the 2600 enjoyed. I suppose that shouldn't be a surprise given the 2600 enjoyed popularity when coin-op video games were king. Still, the sheer number is quite astounding. There are 2600 games listed in Ballblazer's post that I did not know were arcade games. As far as collecting for the 2600 is concerned, I mostly buy homebrews and hacks. I started collecting because of the box artwork on games by Atari. I probably have around 150 by Atari. With lack of space, I'm pretty much done buying 2600 games as I primarily play rom files with the Harmony Encore cartridge. I recently bought a few loose cartridges (waiting for delivery) to have some for future trades. The one subset of my 2600 games that I intentionally sought were games by Activision. I believe I am only missing H.E.R.O. and Cosmic Commuter. They're both very expensive, so I may call it good (enough).

Welcome to the Great I/O, @Emudan! What a way to make an entrance and make yourself known with a very nice score 👍

Some 7800 games I recently picked up. With these games added, I have seven games remaining for a complete NTSC set. I also got a Star Wars prototype repro for the 2600. It's got a great looking label and was built using a Parker Brothers game cartridge -- a nice touch.

Today went well. I fired up the pellet grill for the second time and tried cooking a turkey. Certainly not the prettiest bird, but it came out well enough. It certainly was the best tasting turkey that I've ever had. My parents came over for dinner, and we had a good time.

Happy happy Thanksgiving and Atari Day! @RickR I assembled and tested out the pellet grill the other day (cooked some steak). Today, I'll be cooking the turkey with it. This is only my second time cooking a whole turkey all by myself.

😮 You learn something new every day. Thanks, Rick!

😮 NO WAY! Wow, you're right. I loved Ted Knight. I grew up watching him in Too Close for Comfort. I'd have never guessed in a million years that he was the narrator in Super Friends. Great talent.

I've only somewhat followed the 2600 homebrew games development, and it is amazing what talented and passionate folks are doing with these decades-old hardware. It's really cool to see all the communities that have developed around new software for classic hardware.

Well, now that the 😸 is out of the bag so to speak, I had similar reaction when NSG gave me a shout-out in one of his videos for supporting him on Patreon. Also, that's why I sent you the Coleco handheld and the card pack, Harry -- a little personal contact with a local celeb 🌟 🤩

I swear that the narrator/voice-over guy for Battle of the Planetes is the same person who did it for Super Friends.