AtariSphinx

Jr Pac-Man: 517,860
Played this one recently at hardest level making this level now much easier after struggling with that.  I am quite impressed with some of the YouTube videos I have seen and high scores. 

CONGRATULATIONS ATARISPHINX!
Wakka wakka wakka!  
@AtariSphinx had a high score of 517,560! Woah, mindblown! 😯🤯 Next in line, @TrekMD with a score of 293,820! My goodness! In third place we have @RickR with a score of 44,350 and @Atari Creep at 23,980. Great job everyone! Thank you for participating! Hope everyone is ready for tomorrow's new Squad Challenge!
 
FINAL STANDINGS
1. ATARISPHINX                      517,860
2. TREKMD                               293,820
3. RICKR                                       44,350
4. ATARI CREEP                         23,980
 

Agreed.  Had one as a kid and loved how it looked then and still do now.  Recently acquired an 800xl and like the smaller footprint yet similar design style. 

Agreed.  Had one as a kid and loved how it looked then and still do now.  Recently acquired an 800xl and like the smaller footprint yet similar design style. 

I've never owned one, but the Atari 1200XL has always looked sexy (at least to me).

YES!  I love the 1200XL too.  Over time, I think my favorite of the XL line  has become the 600XL, which takes the 1200XL sexiness and  puts into a tiny package.

I'll split the difference and say the 800 XL, lol. Too me, the 600 is too small and the 1200 is too big. 
And no, my name isn't Goldilocks! 😅

Jr Pac-Man: 517,860
Played this one recently at hardest level making this level now much easier after struggling with that.  I am quite impressed with some of the YouTube videos I have seen and high scores. 

Jr Pac-Man: 517,860
Played this one recently at hardest level making this level now much easier after struggling with that.  I am quite impressed with some of the YouTube videos I have seen and high scores. 

I enjoyed watching this video.  Rather interesting and sad at the same time.  I remember going to Incredible Universe here in Miami and all these other stores.  Even Radio Shack back then! 

Here in my state was lucky to have many Fry's Electronics,  couple of Microcenters, Circuit City, and many Radio Shacks.   
Frys was my favorite to just go and browse around, try out many of there demo areas, and loved the themes even as corny as they were. Lots of cables for every connector that you can need.
Microcenters were great as I felt the employees were quite knowledgeable. Stores were smaller than Frys but quite fond of them. 
I only experienced Circuit City towards there end.  Found it funny when I bought a $50 portable Sony CD Walkman and they were pushing a $75 2 year warranty.   No thanks.   Will buy another if it breaks.
Radio shack had some nice educational items for kids back in the day.  My favorite were there electronic kits to build circuits. 

The video is well done (as usual by The Eight Bit Guy).  He points out those days are likely gone forever.  It's sad, but true. 

Here in Portland, the Fry's was way far away.  A good hour down the freeway from most places in the city.  Frankly, I'm surprised they lasted as long as they did.  In visiting some of the themed stores in California, it always felt like our Oregon store was kind of lame.  Still, I did shop there for parts many times back in the early 2000's. 

 

I was pretty sad when Fry's shuttered up. We didn't have Fry's or even MicroCenters here in my state. We only had the Radio Shacks and maybe a few EBs. There was a Babbage's at the local mall when I was kid, but it was replaced with a chain known as Software Etc. in the early 90s which eventually closed that mall space and reopened it a few spaces down in the mall. They are now a Gamestop.
We did have Circuit City and I actually was pretty fond of them at the time. Most of my Dreamcast collection and earlier DVD releases came from their stores. My first large flat panel TV I purchased from Circuit City so yeah...that was another one that was sad to see gone.
Having said that, I'm still luck in that I do still have a local hobby radio/electronics mom and pop store that is decently sized here in my hometown. They also have an Ebay store they sell stuff through but I do wonder how much longer they will be around as they seem to replace less and less of their stock each time I go in to get stuff.
 

For those that grew up in the 80s, this was interesting to see these old stores many of which I went to myself that are no longer around. He talks about the reasons which got me thinking of why I stopped going to some of these stores though I miss browsing around and trying out gadgets. 
 

For those that grew up in the 80s, this was interesting to see these old stores many of which I went to myself that are no longer around. He talks about the reasons which got me thinking of why I stopped going to some of these stores though I miss browsing around and trying out gadgets. 
 

90 (+18)!
That 18th hole is tough!
Never played this one before but used to love the Gameboy version of Golf.  Played that one against my friend with the Link cable as a kid. This one is good but I find the Gameboy take on it better.

86 (+14)
Some improvement!  Playing with the swing type helped.

For those that grew up in the 80s, this was interesting to see these old stores many of which I went to myself that are no longer around. He talks about the reasons which got me thinking of why I stopped going to some of these stores though I miss browsing around and trying out gadgets. 
 

86 (+14)
Some improvement!  Playing with the swing type helped.

Here's my best score so far. I'm impressed by this little NES game. It's a lot of character for 8-bits of golf!
My Best Score: -11

86 (+14)
Some improvement!  Playing with the swing type helped.

90 (+18)!
That 18th hole is tough!
Never played this one before but used to love the Gameboy version of Golf.  Played that one against my friend with the Link cable as a kid. This one is good but I find the Gameboy take on it better.

For me as well. 
 

86 (+14)
Some improvement!  Playing with the swing type helped.

90 (+18)!
That 18th hole is tough!
Never played this one before but used to love the Gameboy version of Golf.  Played that one against my friend with the Link cable as a kid. This one is good but I find the Gameboy take on it better.