Rocker67

Here is my game room tour. I have over 250 cib 2600 games, a nice little collection of 7800 games, and a nice collection of home brews with titles that interested me. I am not a completionist and do not want to own every game. I only get games that I want to play. I only have 42 games that are not in box, and I have manuals for a lot of them, but they are so expensive now that I hope to catch box only deals somewhere. I also have ps3 games and Nintendo games not pictured, but only a few and that is the part of the room still under construction.

Here is my game room tour. I have over 250 cib 2600 games, a nice little collection of 7800 games, and a nice collection of home brews with titles that interested me. I am not a completionist and do not want to own every game. I only get games that I want to play. I only have 42 games that are not in box, and I have manuals for a lot of them, but they are so expensive now that I hope to catch box only deals somewhere. I also have ps3 games and Nintendo games not pictured, but only a few and that is the part of the room still under construction.

Here's a near-complete list of all the VCS arcade conversions:
http://www.ataricompendium.com/game_library/arcade_ports.html

Thanks for recognizing the work that goes into them! I think some gamers think making these videos are super simple, since just playing a game is easy to do and there are some YouTubers who just point a camera, play and rant. I will say, after doing this for 6+ years, I have been able to to get stuff done quicker, but it still takes a while to do everything and at times I do things in batches to save time.

The package has been mailed and should arrive Monday or Tuesday!

I did the same thing in a way. I did preorder three of the games on AtariAge, Zoo Keeper, Avalanche, and Venture Reloaded. Although they will not ship till January, I still consider them a Christmas gift. So I got what I wanted also.

I did the same thing in a way. I did preorder three of the games on AtariAge, Zoo Keeper, Avalanche, and Venture Reloaded. Although they will not ship till January, I still consider them a Christmas gift. So I got what I wanted also.

I did the same thing in a way. I did preorder three of the games on AtariAge, Zoo Keeper, Avalanche, and Venture Reloaded. Although they will not ship till January, I still consider them a Christmas gift. So I got what I wanted also.

Congrats to SuperTrooper

I did the same thing in a way. I did preorder three of the games on AtariAge, Zoo Keeper, Avalanche, and Venture Reloaded. Although they will not ship till January, I still consider them a Christmas gift. So I got what I wanted also.

I look at it as more of a tweak, much like the difficulty switches. If all that needs to be done to vastly improve a game is to quickly do a one-time switch-flip, it's hardly on the level of squinting to see better.

Au contraire - I'd say this proves it is a bad port.  What other game do you have to downgrade to black/white to enjoy?  Was the arcade version black/white?  This is like saying "well, if you squint your eyes real tight and get just the right lighting, that 1975 Ford Pinto looks like a Ferrari". 
TrekMD says it's a good clone of Pac Man, which is very true.  But that's why it gets so much dislike.  It was the licensed version and "clone" wasn't good enough.   Atari could have done better (Nukey Shay's excellent hack proves this) but did not care.  In retrospect, this was a huge sign of their impending doom. 

I was thinking about trying this soon. When I was watching Ferg's Extra Life Marathon and he was having video conversion issues, everything was almost black and white and when he played Pac-Man, it seemed to be easier on the eyes.

That used to be part of my "Pac-Man" ritual, before I got lazy and stopped caring.

I have to agree wildly about Donkey Kong Junior. Just...awful and buggy.
And seriously, anybody who truly believes Pac-Man is necessarily a bad port, try this: flip the "TV Type" switch to B&W. You'd be amazed at what a difference that makes.

Thanks a lot for the trouble........
Too bad I had already voted so I do not have that problem now.
Actually, I have never played the arcade version of Reactor, or even seen it. In fact, I never knew it was an actual arcade conversion till years later. I just loved playing it and always enjoyed playing it for hours.

I added Venture and Reactor just to give @Rocker67 trouble
Venture is a good one for sure.  It does capture the arcade game pretty well. 
Reactor - I can't say I've ever seen or played the arcade version, so I'll take your word for it.
 
 

I voted for Combat. Target Fun/Air Sea Battle is fun and it probably does have the edge as you can play it by yourself, but back in the day, I have so many memories of my dad and me playing the tanks and just having a blast and laughing at all the stuff we did to each other. That is one thing mostly lost today is the Couch Co-op aspect of gaming. 

Everyone seems to hate on Donkey Kong, but I think one game that is worse is Donkey Kong Jr. You cannot even straddle two vines as you climb.

Everyone seems to hate on Donkey Kong, but I think one game that is worse is Donkey Kong Jr. You cannot even straddle two vines as you climb.

I would have had trouble voting here if Reactor or Venture had been on the list as they were some of my favorite games to play. I did have to vote for Berzerk as I loved playing this one the most out of the list shown.

I voted for Combat. Target Fun/Air Sea Battle is fun and it probably does have the edge as you can play it by yourself, but back in the day, I have so many memories of my dad and me playing the tanks and just having a blast and laughing at all the stuff we did to each other. That is one thing mostly lost today is the Couch Co-op aspect of gaming. 

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!

Thank you all for the welcomes. Been alive now for 53 years and back in the day, I would never of have imaged a site where you can share you enjoyment and passion for a hobby you love.

Congrats to SuperTrooper

Love these. Although I had the Lynx Model 2, I love the look of the original. I now have three Lynx and a Retro Cart for it. I also have 3 Atari and 1 Sears 2600, and 2 7800. I never want to be without a system again. I need to see about getting on of my Lynx modded with a new screen.