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The final true issue was in 2018. They have bi monthly subscriptions with new covers, classic content. I still love it! 🙂 I have a couple hundred issues packed away.

I thought MAD was discontinued. Interesting. It's a great magazine.
I also have a bunch of Atari magazines in my collection from the 1980s and 1990s. Analog, Atari ST User, and Atari Explorer, to name a few. Some Antic issues as well. I still page through a few of them, from time to time anyway.

I didn't know they still existed.  I used to read that when I was in 4th grade, but when I was in the 5th grade a friend turned me on to National Lampoon and I never went back to MAD.

2'17"67

The "first place freak out" is real.  I call it a choke job and I do it all the time.  Just learn to ignore the "final lap" message and that helps.

You're on the right track with the gray areas/landmines...but take a closer look.  There's a path through there (it's tight) that doesn't go all the way through the gray areas. 

One more tip for you:  try to find long stretches where you only go straight and don't touch the direction pad.  Even the slightest course correction slows you down. 
And another:  You know those slowpokes that look like football helmets that always seem to get in your way?  Use them!  Like if you know there's a computer guy behind you on your left, then pass that football helmet on the left.  He'll veer towards you and hit the computer behind you!
 

Great scores! Been playing a little more today. Timing the button pushes with the counter helped a lot. 2 things that were killing me were the "landmines", I just couldn't avoid them. I've learned to cut through the grey areas and just avoid them. It slows me down but not as much as hitting them. The one part of the course with the bumpers on the left and right. I kept hitting them all. Finally, it dawned on me to just stay in the center and you won't him them, LOL. My last try I was in 1st place on the final lap but freaked out and lost. Haha.
 

2'25"27

My New High Score: 2'11"43
Played on Nintendo Switch Online

Wow.  Those are some good times! I'll have to try again later tonight.

These are my most recent purchases from the latter half of 2021.
Sadly I haven't been able to do much vintage buying in awhile, so the oldest game I've bought in ages is "Banjo Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts" for the Xbox 360.

My Black Friday pick-ups from Digital Press. They had used games at 20% off.
 

2’ 24” 19
 

I do have any magazine subscriptions and don’t often read them. A very very long time ago I used to receive American Girl doll and Highlights magazines though! 

I am a subscriber to the following print magazines:
Smithsonian Men's Health Consumer Reports My wife has one for "People" And I'm about to fill out a card to get a sweetheart deal on "Sports Illustrated". 

Who’s still reading / subscribing to magazines? I just gave an annual subscription to a print magazine to a family friend for Christmas, which was greatly appreciated. I also received a subscription to DuPont Registry, which I used to subscribe to in the mid 1990s and very much look forward to.
I wish they would bring back Nintendo Power. Yes we have the internet, we have Instagram, we have this very site, but whether it's Nintendo Power or the Sears Wish Book or the Atari 2600 Game Program Catalog - there's nothing quite like holding the printed materials in your hand and eagerly flipping through the pages wondering what you'll find next.

I forgot to post I'm using my SNES 😊

The only thing I'm using different is the SFC controller but commands seem to be a bit lacking and not instant.  I'll try cleaning the controller pads.  If that doesn't work I'm going to try this game on the SFC with same controller but only for controller testing.

2'13"66
I found a different controller to use.  It has a much less mushy gamepad.
 

My High Score: 2'15"17
@Gianna and I are both still working on our scores and shaving milliseconds off of our time. Good luck to everybody!
 

I still subscribe to MAD. I turn 50 next week. LOL!

I'm trying guys! LOL Working around 20 days straight, and I might be the worst player of this game ever! I will have a score to post before it's over!

Still trying just to finish! LOL

I finally finished the race. kept getting better each time. I'll be spending some more time on this one for next year. 🙂   2'28"74

I still subscribe to MAD. I turn 50 next week. LOL!

I finally finished the race. kept getting better each time. I'll be spending some more time on this one for next year. 🙂   2'28"74

Still trying just to finish! LOL