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Ep 313: Frogger

Bahahaha I been around a loooong time people! 

I swear by Nolan, i love your reviews!
 
Yesterday i have made a 3 hour marathon and was amazed. It was the pure fun.
 
The weekend will be filled by many happy hours with my 2600. Gosh i'm geil*!
 
*geil ['gail]: german word for randy, ruttish, prurient

Phew, really good stuff for an Atari addict!

Yo Ima let you finish....but Dungeons&Dragons is my favorite cartoon of ALL TIME!

Good evening, atari.io and welcome to another episode of Vs. Cartoon Intros.  I am your self-appointed host, LBC.  Match 4 is upon us, so suit up Cavalier and vote for your favorite!  
 
This week, we have A DANCE OF DRAGONS.  In this corner, hailing from the imagination TSR is Dungeons & Dragons. And in this corner, hailing from the realm of King Ethelred, Dragon's Lair. 
 
The winner of the match up will go on to battle Thundaar The Barbarian in the second round of matches on a quest to become the MOST WIZARD INTRO EVER.
 
Once again, it's up to you atari.io forum members to determine which of these amazing intros makes it to the next round! Register your vote in the poll above by Saturday, February 4th by 11:59pm PST. The score will be tabulated on Sunday, with the next round to be announced the following Monday.

And now, without further adieu, ROUND FOUR: FIGHT!
 
DUNGEONS & DRAGONS
 

 
VS.
 
DRAGON'S LAIR
 

Haha!! Lets take it up a notch!!!  6,783

Haha!! Lets take it up a notch!!!  6,783

Great score Matt!! I truly hoped I could be done with this game, I have no choice but to keep trying now!!!

Haha!! Lets take it up a notch!!!  6,783

Haha!! Lets take it up a notch!!!  6,783

Haha!! Lets take it up a notch!!!  6,783

I'm looking for feedback for the next episode of the Atari 7800 Homebrew Podcast (you can find it on iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play, or use this feed: http://feeds.feedburner.com/homebrew78 )
 
What are your thoughts on Frenzy on the 7800? Feel free to share your memories of the arcade games Berzerk and Frenzy, too, as this title is an arcade conversion and includes both games.
 
This game will be covered on Episode 4.
 
You can also e-mail text or audio to homebrew78 -at- fab4it -dot- com
 
Deadline is, kinda-sorta, 11:59pm CST on Thursday, February 9. Any comments from after then will be addressed in a later episode.

Oh hell. I need to own at least 2! One to enjoy and one to save!!

So... there's a skier and a motorbike in the artwork of Speedway II.  As a kid, I had NO CLUE that the player was supposed to be a skier in the Slalom game options (7-12).  Likewise, you're supposedly using a motorbike in the Number Cruncher game options (21-24).
 
Having the manual might have helped... 
 
I think Street Racer's gonna run away with this one!

Great score Matt!! I truly hoped I could be done with this game, I have no choice but to keep trying now!!!

Thanks!  Ha yeah the long beam up sometimes doesn't work out too well for the beasties either - lost several that way

I prefer this:

Yep.  You read that right.  I never knew this was even possible. This ROCKS!
 

 
Familiar with Steve Vai's work as one of his songs can be heard in the original Playstation racing game Formula 1.  Don't confuse it with the later release of the same name.  Same song can be heard in PS2's GT4.

Steve is one of the best.   I still remember him being the devil's guitarist in Crossroads.  (Macchio not Spears)

Hey guys, been awhile since I posted here - I've missed a couple of good games 
 
I got 5,533 after several attempts.  Man, game 4 is HARD.  I made it past the lasers only once, and could not make it back after.  My strategy is to wait until the guns reach their highest point, then leave the saucer just as they start moving down.  Then I try to go left or right only (don't move any further down) and try to snag a beastie in the tractor beam ASAP.  It takes awhile to get it from that height, but if I work quick I can manage to get one and return to the saucer before the guns rise back up to the top.  I can only get one beastie per wave doing this, though.  
 
 

My favorite "must own" titles are easily Berzerk, Qix, and Pac-Man (which blew my mind as a kid with a 2600!) Centipede and Missile  Command are must haves if you have a trakball!

I've gotten about 600 points better on average, which is still less than 2000. I switched to real hardware, which is the way to go for me for this game. No idea if the 2600-daptor has lag, and maybe it's only noticeable in games like this. I did manage to rescue one squiggle on the 2nd screen ONCE, but that was all. I was using the 500 XJ, which doesn't do diagonal well, which I need to try out in those screens.

Ughhhh...1633. This challenge made me hate Cosmic Ark even more. I didn't think that was possible!
 
FWIW, my score improved when I started shooting twice at a time during the asteroid screen.
 

I played this game a lot as a kid, so maybe the nostalgia helps me enjoy it more. To each their own I guess. I never liked Food Fight for the 7800 but everyone else seems to love it. I should ad that I NEVER played this difficulty level growing up or my feelings might not be the same!!