socrates63
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He will always be The James Bond for me. As a kid, my first exposure to James Bond was the Moore movies during the 80s, and I love them. About twenty years ago, I bought the Bond DVD set and watched the Connery movies and was blown away. His ability to propel his career beyond the Bond films was quite the accomplishment. As already mentioned, his performance as the senior Dr. Jones in The Last Crusade was outstanding and memorable.
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Thanks for sharing @Atari 5200 Guy. I had no idea about K-Tel music. I didn't get into buying music until CDs came along. With CDs, the cheap source was one of those clubs (Columbia?) that let you get a dozen CDs for a penny to get you into the club.
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Mail call from GoodDealGames -- two 7800 prototype shoot-em-ups and a hack. Sirius, in particular, is supposed to be very good.
I recently watched @nosweargamer's review of Impossible Mission and learned that the game is literally impossible to finish due to a bug. Possible Mission fixes the bug and makes it possible to finish Impossible Mission. I wanted to get a second copy (for you, Harry) but turns out this copy was the last and whether GDG restocks it is TBD.
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I was out today looking for items to put in the retro junk box. I visited a local retro game store that I usually don't visit often (not the best prices) but I was in the neighborhood. While there, I picked up another EA folio packaging game -- Earl Weaver Baseball. It's in great condition, and it's my second Amiga game. Back in the 80s, baseball was the sports game that I spent the most time with, and it was Earl Weaver Baseball and later Micro League Baseball (bought on ebay, box has seen better days). I never played Tony LaRussa Baseball though -- don't know why but it seemed popular enough as it had multiple releases.
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@Arenafoot shared this with me today -- commercials from the CBS Halloween special without the special. Nice nostalgic way to celebrate Halloween.
Do you watch shows or movies during this time of year? I saw Nightmare Before Christmas in the theater last week with my wife. I'll probably fetch the disc to watch the Charlie Brown Great Pumpkin for the first time in maybe thirty years.
After movies like It (which I haven't seen), clowns in the 21st century have become a creepy sight. Sorry, Ronald! Hamburglar is still a-ok.
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24 - 9 victory! Defense kept the CPU to three measly FGs while the offense and the short passing attack racked up 3 TDs!
Thanks for posting the instructions, Rick. The photo was just sharp enough to make out the plays 🙂
RealSports Football on the 2600 plays very well. They did a great job. The last time I played RealSports Football was on my friend's 5200 almost forty years ago. I can't believe how old these games are, but they still fun as heck. Oh, and he crushed me every time in 5200 RS Football and the original 2600 Football.
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6 hours ago, RickR said:
Wow, they have a lot of games there for nice prices!
Not AtariAge store quality in terms of cartridge labels and manuals (if it even comes with one), but still very nice. I've bought more than half a dozen and just ordered three 7800 protos.
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I played the original Atari Football, and playing a two-player game by yourself was fun for a little while. I switched over to Backyard Football released by GoodDealGames. It's 2-on-2 football with some depth. First time playing it, I promptly got crushed by the CPU. Nice graphics.
I'll try RealSports Football on the 2600 -- forgot about that one 🏈🏈
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On Atari Day today, I will be playing. It's football season, and I replied to NSG's giveaway post that I will play it during autumn 🍁🍁 I'm sure I'll have better play calling and execution during the final 2 minutes of a game to close out a game than the Seahawks yesterday 🤬🤦♂️
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Mail call from AtariSales.com-- chipping away at my Atari 7800 list and checking off Scrapyard Dog. I also got a repro cartridge of Sentinel. The official release was PAL only, and AtariSales.com made an NTSC cartridge. And lastly, a sealed copy of Moon Patrol for the Atari 5200. It's one of my favorite arcade games and the 5200 port is very good.
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I used to think I was pretty familiar with the Atari 8-bit game catalog, and I don't remember anything about those cartridges from CBS. I guess maybe they're more edu-tainment so I probably shut them out of mind.
The only game I had trouble remembering was Astro Chase. I knew the box art but couldn't remember the name. Just like you, I ran into an ebay listing one day. I sometimes browse through ebay listings for A8 stuff just to see what's there, and I see games from time to time that I had completely forgotten. I think the last one I found was Silicon Warrior by Epyx. The box art really helps to jog the memory.
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What model is the Toshiba @Atari 5200 Guy?
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15 minutes ago, HDN said:
And wait, there’s more! All of you new folks get the special @HDN and @socrates63 consolation prize— an Atari.io account! Hope you enjoy your time here and stick around!
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Yes, we both came to the I/O to enter for the giveaway and found an awesome community -- a super fantastic "consolation" prize
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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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The 2020 Retro Game/Junk Box
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What did you find out?