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Ep 695: Air Raiders

The only M-Network completely original game for the Atari 2600 with no ties to an Intellivision game. Ep 695: Air Raiders

Sometimes the game art is more exciting than the game itself... Ep 694: 3D Tic-Tac-Toe (Atari 2600)

Ep 693: Atari Collection 1 (Evercade)

Here's my theory. It was programmed by Ed Averett, who programed the majority of the O2 games, which is quite an accomplishment, even if all the games aren't the best. How did he pump out so many games? Taking as many shortcuts as he could including using the same foundation for most of the games. That's why I believe a lot of his games have the same score bar on the bottom, allowing you to enter your initials the same way and all restart immediately. It probably saved him a lot of time compared to making a new game from the ground up. The restarts can be a pain if you are trying to enter initials, but at the same time, they also fueled the whole "let me try that one more time" feeling you can get with games like this one and Pick Axe Pete.

FYI I just got an email that Sonic the movie is on Amazon Prime. I may have to finally give it a try.

What did you think of Picard?

It really gives the game some great personality. Here's some of the phrases spoken in the game: Attack and Destroy, Seize the Planet, Destroy The Earthling, Goodbye Earthling, Defend Your World, Not Bad Human, You're A Worthy Opponent, Prepare For Defeat, This Planet is Mine, Defeat is at Hand, A Commendable Defense, The Earth Will Be Mine. Some are in the video below and there may be more.

Disney Plus had been rocking lately. Mandalorian was the best thing in the Star Wars universe since the original trilogy. Wandavision started slow but has become our weekly favorite. Plus they recently posted the 90s TV show Dinosaurs and I believe the original Muppet Show is arriving today. FYI - If you enjoyed The Fantastic Mr Fox, check out Isle of Dogs. Both are on Disney Plus. Sidenote: on the Ghostbusters YouTube channel they are posting episodes of The Real Ghostbusters on Saturday mornings and Ghostbusters Extreme on Wednesdays.

My hope is that they change it before they force me into it.

Except it no longer exists as a gaming auction site. I may end up looking into Amazon in the future...sigh.

I wonder if one could use paypal to ship the items and still get the discount that way. It really stinks that these changes appear to benefit no one except ebay.

This guy would like to talk to you about that: Or was it this guy? 😅

My latest Evercade game review is up covering cartridge 02, Namco Museum Collection 1. At the end, I show clips of every game to give you an idea of the emulation quality.

That one boggles my mind, especially with the broken controls of Karateka, but like you say, to each their own. I can understand. For instance, I'm not a big Galaxian fan, but several retro gamers are.

Q*bert Basic Fun Mini Arcade Difficulty: Default High Score: 17,740 January ‎19, ‎2021

Galaxian Atari 8-Bit Computers Difficulty: Game 1 High Score: 10,330 December 8, 2020

Killer Bees Magnavox Odyssey 2 Difficulty: Default High Score: 10,266 December 6, 2020

Thunderball Magnavox Odyssey 2 Difficulty: Slow Speed High Score: 226,190 November 15, 2020

Chuck Norris Superkicks Atari 2600 Difficulty: Default High Score: 170,200 December 31, 2020

Snoopy and the Red Baron Atari 2600 Difficulty: Game 3 High Score: 15,290 January 1, 2021

An Intellivision Collection has been announced. It will have 12 games, with Astrosmash, Frog Bog & Night Stalker being confirmed so far.

You bring up a great point. I'm sure a lot of companies were hampered by R & D into products that did not sell well or never came out. Atari with the 5200 & Cosmos (Got sold shortly after) Mattel with the intellivision computer add-ons and to a degree, the Intellivoice (Stopped Intellivision during the crash) Sega with the 32X & Saturn (Stopped making systems after the Dreamcast) TG-16 with the early, expensive CD drive (Did not survive to the next generation in the US) 3DO with the M2 Sony with the Vita (which got them out of the portable game) Both Microsoft & Sony focused on their main console's and where ready to lose money on systems. This is where you have to give Nintendo a hand. They made solid, profitable systems and were smart enough with their money that they could overcome stuff like the Virtual Boy and Wii-U.

I've been asking poll questions over at my YouTube page at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChtJuo040EOCTVziObIgVcg/community I've decided to bring some of them here as long term threads to help encourage discussion. It's also nice that in some questions, I can add more poll options here. So let's start with deciding which pre-crash system is the best. This can be based on whatever criteria you decide, included your personal enjoyment with the system, it's impact on gaming or it's overall library. FYI - Even though the Atari 7800 got test-marketed before/during the crash & the Famicom came out before the crash over in Japan, I do not consider them pre-crash systems since their US nation-wide releases came out after. Also, this question is for home consoles and not computers like the C64 or A400. (that might come later 😉) Feel free to vote in the poll and explain your choice in the thread.

Ep 694: 3D Tic-Tac-Toe (Atari 2600)