socrates63
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Feels like Friday today for some reason, and I was able to muster better focus. Game on 🕹️🕹️
The game doesn't appear to ramp up in difficult after a certain point, so it becomes a matter of sustained focus. I mentioned this before but an important strategy is to avoid the demon raining down the laser/bullets and go after the other demons. I have to remind myself not to engage the weaponized demon if possible and go after the others. As part of that strategy, when the weapon demon splits into two, go after the one that is not firing. Eliminating that one will cause the weaponized demon to dive, and it's a double win. You minimize exposure to demon fire, and get extra points for eliminating the weaponized demon once it starts to dive.
I need to get some awesome PJ or lounge pants. Shorts and bare legs are so bleh when it's autumn 🍂🍁
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@Willie! have you played around with this mini Pong? Looks like it's recreating the original arcade machine look to some extent. My first arcade video game was Space Invaders and I missed seeing Pong in arcades. My first Pong experience was the home console with Radio Shack badging that played Pong.
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Welcome to the I/O, @whisperingloon!
I have a feeling there's an interesting story behind the name 🙂
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14 minutes ago, Tmangaming03 said:
My first time here. My favorite has gotta be Haunted House, I love 2600 adventure games with a defined ending. Probably gonna sell off the trading cards at my local game store.
🎉 Woot! Welcome to the I/O, T-man! I also came here a couple of months ago after watching NSG's monthly give-away video and stuck around. Very friendly welcoming bunch here.
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48 minutes ago, CrossBow said:
I do recommend Star Cruiser as it is a technical marvel to see 3D polys being rendered on the Genesis without any special hardware. The game starts off a tad slow at first and is kinda wonky control wise but it the pace and store pick up a bit and it does get very challenging the further you get in the game.
That sounds like a very good reason to pick up and try out Star Cruiser. Thanks, Jesse. If you have other repro or game suggestions, please share.
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22 hours ago, GamerGottaGame said:
My favorite Atari 2600 game… This is actually something that I’ve given a lot of thought to. The game I thoroughly remember the most when I was growing up was the game stampede, for the longest time this was my favorite game. Now that I take a serious long thought about it it still stands up today as one of my favorites on the Atari 2600. 🙂
Welcome to the I/O, GGG!
Stampede is fun one. Can you earn the patch? Check out https://forums.atari.io/topic/4985-activision-patch-worthy-scores-of-atari-io/ for a list of I/O members who have achieved patch-worthy scores on Activision games.
The I/O Stampede high score is kept here: https://forums.atari.io/topic/4947-stampede-atari-2600/
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pac-palooza ❤️❤️
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Will do, Rick
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The one annoying thing about Demon Attack is that there is no pause. You finish one wave, and the next starts like in 0.5 seconds.
But the most annoying thing is when you die in the middle of the screen, and the demon that killed you is still sitting on top of you when you new cannon appears. I died 2 or 3 times in like a 2 second span.
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Two of my favorite YouTubers, Dave Sundstrom and @nosweargamer, are both in Utah -- coincidence? They both have this sorta laid back delivery and tone. Might be the same person with two channels and personas. One channel covers pop TV culture from 60s, 70s, and 80s and the other covers geek culture from the same time periods -- you know, the good stuff.
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@nosweargamer I don't know how you do what you do (as a content creator) on top of your personal, family, and job obligations. I barely manage being entertained by you and playing a few Atari games.
Edit: And I haven't had a chance to listen to your 7800 podcasts yet
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I'm surprised that I never associated playing certain games with the time of the year 🤔 With this giveaway, I am going to fix that.
I'm going with American football 🏈 and will play the original Football for the 2600 in all its 4 on 4 smash mouth glory. It'll be a new tradition. I haven't played it since the early 80s. I also picked up Backyard Football from GoodDealGames recently, and this gives a very good reason to play it.
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Looking forward to getting the box!
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Woot! Broke 40k rather unexpectedly, jumping past the previous high mark of 27k from earlier today. Once you survive the two "donut" waves as Rick called them, reaching 20k isn't too tough.
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That’s awesome @Dinobot711! I love Jack. I think I need to get one myself.
pac-palooza 
Atari PONG Mini Jr console??
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That's a great mod! Looks to be a must to enjoy the little machine. I didn't know it had more games than pong.