greenween

Score one for the good guys! 
 

 
Actually, I was shocked that kamakazi didn't surprise us at the last second with a higher score! 

 
                
 
 
     

Congratulations nosweargamer!
 
 
GREAT SHOWING GUYS! Congratulations on your win nosweargamer! NSG won with 81,060 points! kamakazi20012 placed 2nd with a score of 79,280 points! We had a lot of Atari I/O Members join in for this Squad Challenge and all of you showed a great game. It was awesome to have everybody join in!! I encourage nosweargamer to post his winning Xevious high score on the Scoreboard! Way to go guys!
 
 We invite all future Squad Challenge winners to share their winning scores on the Scoreboard and keep the game going!     
 
 
 
 FINAL STANDINGS 
 
 
1       nosweargamer          81,060
 
2       kamakazi20012         79,280
 
3       chas10e                     26,360
 
4       dauber                       25,550
 
5       RickR                         22,770
 
6       Atari Creep                18,790
 
7       greenween                17,130

Welcome, always nice to see younger people getting into the old stuff. I was in Erie once a long time ago, I think they may have had a classic game shop there at that time. Of course, this was before you were born, and now I feel ancient. 

Hey,
I'm _aterw but if that's too silly you can just call me Andrew. I'm a kid out of Union City, Pennsylvania - a Junior in High School anyways - and I've been doing a whole lot of stuff for my life.
 
To start off, well, I'll start with the whole Atari bit. I got introduced to what Atari even was from one of my best friends (I think he goes by BurritoBeans online?) a couple years back when I had went over to his place and he had a 2600 with some games and controllers that he said he ordered off of eBay or something. After an afternoon of Pitfall, Warlords, Combat, and Tennis I ended up really liking the things and bought a 4-switch of my own probably a week after from a local game shop and have just been buying cartridges as I can find them. (Erie seems dead for Atari stuff, I can't find any anywhere!) I don't own any Atari apart from that 2600, but hey, it's a fun system so I can't complain. With Beans, I ended up also getting into a lot of other game stuff and collect some old computers and systems that I've been able to find at his workplace and other game shops in the general area.
 
For things I enjoy, I really like to do a couple main things - games, collecting albums, playing guitar, and movies. For games other than the Atari and all that, I remember my first system was a Nintendo Gamecube when they were new and it was so cool to me for about two weeks then I got bored and went back to playing outside while my brothers were all over it - I don't think I really played much until we got out Xbox 360 MW2 Elite, and even then I only played for a couple years before I got bored.
 
With the music stuff, records have always been a thing in my life as my dad kept all his stuff from high school/college so we have his old record player and albums. I always thought they were cool so I started buying records myself, and I have good memories of sitting around listening to bands like Genesis, Daryl Hall & John Oates, Toto, Dire Straits, Men At Work, and The B52s playing on the record player. This stuff was also why I got into playing music - I play Contralto Clarinet, Paperclip Contrabass Clarinet, and Bassoon for the school band while also playing drums both on my own time and for a little band which friends and I put together a few years back. I love to play, but we don't play many shows so apart from a couple a year it's just the concert band stuff for school and orchestra for the school musical if they have a part for any of my instruments.
 
Finally with moves, well I've been watching the things forever - again with dads old stuff we had the DVD player and Laserdisc player which got used a lot on weekends, and I've been buying the things since I was about 12. I haven't got that big of a collection of movies anymore as I sold off a lot of what I had when I was getting my car but  I kept what I like and some odds and ends which I received from people and I still enjoy them to this day.
 
I do work which is the reason why I don't game all too much. For the past almost three years of my life I've been a farmhand working out in fields doing whatever I'm needed for in the summer and helping with animals in the winter. Compared to my friends I'm not doing too great job-wise as it's not the best pay in the world, but I get a free meal and some cash in hand at the end of the day so I'm not complaining.
 
So that's about it for me. I don't know a ton for games, but as I'm getting a bit more into them I'm hoping maybe I'll learn some stuff on here and be able to maybe contribute here and there.
Thanks for reading.

I'm still loving this thing, play it everyday! The homebrews and fixed for the portable roms just keep making it better!

In addition to the sleeve Arenafoot suggested, I also purchased a wrist strap for 80 cents.  :
 
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Black-Durable-Wrist-Hand-Strap-for-Nintendo-Wii-Remote-Controller-Universal/291412719016?_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D2%26asc%3D40791%26meid%3Df988a7fbc1c047d0b0577a470c7e2c72%26pid%3D100005%26rk%3D2%26rkt%3D6%26sd%3D291445155848

Yeah, looks like as long as the first *letter* in the filename has to be upper-case.
 
Got one from the parents for Christmas. Oh, man, I LOVE it! And interestingly, the sound emulation plays back at too low a pitch -- much like AtGames' Sega Genesis handheld from last year. But I usually play it with the sound turned down (so far it's been during my work commutes while listening to podcasts, or in bed after the wife is asleep!) so no big deal.
 
And then I have a GPD-DX, which might render the Flashback Portable redundant...hmm...
 
But man, I'm so glad there's a 2600 portable -- especially one that doesn't limit you to just the pack-in games. It's a much more findable (and cheaper!) option than, say, the Ben Heck hacks...

Can't argue with that list at all.  
 
Intellivision misfired (much like Atari) on their pack-in as far as showing off their systems, but I can see how Poker & Blackjack might have swung a few fathers over to it's side. 
Nintendo kept it up on their pack-ins with newer versions of Mario Brothers always being quality and also utilizing each new system's new features.

I have heard that the Switch's pack in game is almost insulting, however. 

Hmm, never played a video math game myself.  That 2600 game is simple but does the trick.

Cool!  I'll get the controllers going this weekend.  I have one ready to go already.  I'll PM you soon. 

I've been using this 5200 to test controllers as I fix them, and it works really nicely.  Nice video quality.  It's just missing a little armor plating is all  

RickR is the Jewish matchmaker of vintage video games!

Rick, I think you just answered my question! I am definitely interested, and I can wait for two working controllers before you ship. Just PM me with details on approximate costs and we can go from there.

http://forums.atari.io/index.php/topic/1864-interest-check-free-working-but-trashed-5200/?do=findComment&comment=18328
 
Please let me know if interested in this trashed, yet functional beast.  Shipping will be high, since it's so large.  Also, I have some controllers I was planning on repairing and they will be for sale soon too.

I found 20 5200 loose carts at a local retro shop for 1.50 each. I don't have a 5200, but I never see 5200 stuff that cheap, so I snagged them.
 
Debating if I should try to get my hands on a 5200, or should I try to flip my new little collection for some 2600 stuff? Seems like working ones are going for a mint on eBay right now...

After working though the ROMs on the AFP (with others over at AA), I have gone thru and renamed the ROMs to the correct game titles, deleted games that do not work/can't be played, and added some homebrews - even added the hacks that have been made for the AFP!
 
As usual, download and unzip the file, put the ROMs in the first folder named "Game" on the SD card. It should load into your AFP with 67 pages (about 667 games in total).
Let me know what ya'll think ......any changes?
Enjoy!
 
 
my updated ROM set for the AFP as of 2/12/17 here: http://atariage.com/forums/topic/258970-atari-flashback-portable-faq-and-compatibility-list/
Game.zip

Last call! If you're interested, post here by the end of the day Tuesday, March 14. I'll pick the winners on Wednesday the 15th.

So I did another Mt. Rushmore video, this time covering the best pack-in video games of all time.
Please note, these are not necessarily my favorites, but rather the games that I thought did the best job of selling their systems.
 
So, what four pack-in games do you think did the best job of selling their systems?

These are my thoughts on the Atgames Paddles for the Atari consoles and flashbacks 4,5,6,7
 

Nicely done.  It's kind of cool to be able to get brand new paddles, even if they are a little tiny bit different.

Thank you for that.  I had written up a nice review where I made that exact point.  I love that we can still purchase new accessories for the Atari nearly 40 years after it's initial release.  When the camera started rolling I forgot to mention that, oops...

Brilliant! Many paddlecontroled games are unknown or underrated. Everyone should own a paddleset!

Cosmic Ark
Atari 2600
Difficulty: Game 1, Difficulty B
High Score: 24,130
February 21, 2017

That's a negative ghost rider. 


If I saw one in the wild I'd snag it and sell it in a heartbeat.   Not my cup o' tea.   A novelty at best!

Recently I added a few neat things to my collection, including a copy of Play Meter from 1980.  This one is the annual Buyer's Guide issue, featuring all the coin-op arcade games and amusements (pinball, video, table games, wall games, cocktail tables, jukeboxes, and even kiddie rides) then available on the market. As I understand it, Play Meter was not available to general consumers -- only to game manufacturers, distributors, arcade operators, and people in the industry. It's missing six pages, but is otherwise in great (if a bit fragile) condition.
 

 
It includes a number of cool full-page full-color advertisements, like these:
 

 

 

 
Check out this amazing four-page spread for Bally's Viking pinball:
 

 

 

 
I want a Sprint 8... look at that thing!
 

 

 
Lots of classified ads, reviews, news...
 

 

 

 
I've uploaded these and other photos (still only a fraction of the whole thing) to an album, if you're interested in seeing more, in more detail.