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I actually worked the launch in a sense. I worked the toy department in Meijers, which included games. It was a 24 HR store, and I was working at midnight when it turned 9.9.99. Launches then weren't like today. There was no crazy line, but we did sell a handful of systems, controllers, VMUs and games. Sonic Adventure sold well, but so did NFL 2k and Powerstone, which somewhat surprised me. PlayStation, however, was still king, and there was more excitement for the upcoming PS2. The Sega fan in me wanted the DC to do better. I wish Sega hadn't burned so many bridges with the Saturn (I liked the system, but retailers weren't prepared for the surprise launch, and 3rd party relationship got strained). I also think it was a mistake not to use DVD technology. DVD players were expensive and the PS2s ability to play DVDs was extremely attractive to potential buyers. If the DC could play DVDs, it may have given it a better chance to survive longer than it did.

Star Trek: Strategic Operations Simulator Atari 2600Difficulty: DefaultHigh Score: 424,600January 29, 2020

Sega Genesis Super Hero Games Month continues with another Batman game. Ep 648 Batman: Revenge of the Joker

Last Saturday I did a review of this Sega Master System game with notoriously bad box art. Ep 647: Pro Wrestling

Sega Genesis Super Hero Games Month begins with a game full of cats, bats and penguins! Ep 646: Batman Returns

Here's a cool Easter Egg for Beauty & The Beast for the Intellivision!

I got into wrestling on my own, but my dad took me to 3 shows when the WWF was in town. I even got to see Buster Douglas punch Randy Savage in person! (Part of me was mad though. It was advertised to be Tyson, but they did a last second switch when Douglas upset him). I'll always be grateful for my dad taking me those shows as a kid.

Congrats @briggsy911, Chief Jay come out victorious to help you win the drawing! You have one week to send me a U.S. address through the messanger here to claim your prize!

Frostbite 46,270 River Raid 45,090 Sea Quest 70,390

Cool. Thanks for doing this! If you decide to do one for other systems, you can simply make a new thread in that system's area. Here's some of mine Pitfall 113,332 Chopper Command - 127,800 Ice Hockey - 15 to 14 Win

It's funny those two got mentioned back to back. Piper hated Mr T for a long time, partly because T seemed to have a big ego and was invading his profession. Thankfully they made amends before Piper's passing.

To be fair, I like flight sims, and grew up with the 2600 version. It has a big learning curve and requires you to stay close to the system to use some of the buttons/switches on the console, but if you like flight sims, it's worth the effort imho. Officially, it was only a PAL game, but a friend of the podcast lent me a custom made, NTSC cart to use for my review. Yes. It's your fault. I've wanted to do it for a while, which helps, but you pushed it over the edge, lol.

I'm afraid this one requires watching as well, unless you can identify games by sound 😁🎵

It's finally done!

I've been wanting to do this for years, and finally after some pushing from @HDN, and some extra work behind the scenes, I've finally finished my video ranking every officially released game for the Atari 7800!

Don't tell anybody, but I might finish it and post it later tonight! SHHHHHHHHHH!

Technically they pronounced it wrong in the commercial. I did some research when I covered it for my podcast. According to the creator, it's suppose to be care-ah-take-ah, iirc. However he also said any pronunciation is allowed in his eyes. So I guess it's technically allowed too. Before I did my research, I pronounced it like the commercial. In fact, I may have learned about the game from the commercial!

You should totally buy one of those games next. It will help you appreciate all the other games you get later 😄

Now you know what the 7800 is the choice of experts!

I wrap up Atari 2600 Paddles game month by looking at this cute & tiny plug n play. Ep 645: Atari Paddle Keychain Plug n Play

This game features one of the longest game over screens of any Atari 2600 game. Ep 644: China Syndrome

Welcome to the wonderful world of the Painline Joystick!

Wow, that does sound bad! At first I thought they were some sort of trakball. That would've been interesting!

I was curious how the dome ones worked, lol.