[Squad Challenge - Cosmic Ark (Atari 2600)]

My score: 2643

 

I take it that 5-digit score you accidentally posted was from a different mode, greenween? 'Cause this is hard as nails! I managed through sheer luck to get both animals on the second planet.

 

[Squad Challenge - Cosmic Ark (Atari 2600)]

Allow me to be first!! Played on my 7800 w/ a 2600 joystick.  This is tough!!!

 

I couldn't seem to fit my Cosmic Ark cartridge in my 7800, so I've been using an emulator instead (at least until I eventually get my 2600 out). Are there difference in the slot sizes of 7800s, or is it my cartridge?

[Squad Challenge - Cosmic Ark (Atari 2600)]

The defenses on the second planet are ridiculous. Getting through the beam seems to be a 50/50 chance each time, even when it's moving toward you.

[Squad Challenge - Centipede (Atari 7800)]

My best so far: 43304

 

 

 

[TEMPEST ELITE for Atari 400/800 XL XE]

That's the Tempest 2000 music! 

[Pigs in Space analysis]

Thanks for posting this.  I emailed someone with the website and mentioned the error to them.  I got a reply thanking me so hopefully they'll fix it.

 

Looks like they fixed it! 

[CGA Graphics - Not as bad as you thought!]

One very talented individual modified the CGA versions of Commander Keen 4 and 5 to use composite video, and it looks great!

 

[So excited about a recent pickup!]

The label's even in nice shape!

[Nintendo Switch]

Does anyone know if the TV output and the portable screen can display at the same time?

[Nintendo Switch]

The video felt a little hokey, but I think the actual product looks pretty cool. But on my budget I have trouble justifying the expense of buying brand new consoles and games.

[Thrift Store Finds]

Not too sure what it is. Im guessing its a kids game. It has a date of 1986 and it looks like it hooks up to the tv the same way the atari does

 

But hey for 50 cents i thought why not

 

[The No Swear Gamer Atari 2600 Reviews]

I never knew the tanks made it into that game!

[Last 3 Games You Played]

Tax Avoiders (2600)

Delta V (DOS)

Star Wars: X-Wing (DOS)

[NSG's Atari 2600 Easter Eggs]

Check this out...it's from the very first issue of Electronic Games magazine in 1981.  It's a mention of the Adventure Easter egg, an an acknowledgement that there may be future ones!

 

Imagine a kid version of RickR thumbing through this brand new video games magazine at a KMart back in 1981.  I had and loved Adventure for the VCS...I see this little blurb...and immediately insist to my Dad that I NEED this magazine.  Well he bought it for me!

 

Thanks for the memories.  It took me a while to learn how to find this Easter Egg (I think the tip I needed was in a paperback video games guide book).

 

Looks like they were calling them "Easter Eggs" pretty much right from the beginning.

[Coleco Chameleon (formerly Retro VGS)]

So disappointing. I was hoping to see a blurry hamster wheel spinning in there.

[NSG's Game Endings]

Wow!  Can't say I've ever seen an ending like that...."go buy this other game!" 

 

Just wait 'til you see the end of Planet Smashers

[Joust - Atari 7800]

 

Joust
Atari 7800
Difficulty: Intermediate
High Score: 67,900
February 11th, 2016

[Solaris - Atari 2600]

 

Solaris
Atari 2600 
Difficulty: None
High Score: 151,340
February 11, 2016

Notes: Watch me attempt to save every planet! (What else would our unseen space hero do?) My favorite moment in the video is at 10:25. When I entered the quadrant, the planet was attacked, and a Cobra fleet was unexpectedly in my way. (The fleet wasn't usually there on my previous attempts.) Cobra fleets are the worst! I had intended to avoid it entirely (they apparently don't attack planets), but with no other option except to allow the planet to be destroyed (the minefield would take too long) I attacked the Cobra fleet. With time running out I managed to destroy all the enemy ships and travel to the planet and save it with a bit of time to spare! Well, I thought it was exciting, anyway.  😀 

[Solaris - Atari 2600]

 

Solaris
Atari 2600 
Difficulty: None
High Score: 134,620
February 2, 2016

[Solaris - Atari 2600]

 

 

Solaris
Atari 2600 
Difficulty: None
High Score: 91,460
February 1, 2016

[The Last Letter Retro Game Game]

Yeti (ZX Spectrum)

[Thrift Store Finds]

Good to hear Antara's working. And I see it's boxed too! Nice find!

[Thrift Store Finds]

Thanks for the help with Betrayal in Antara, RP! How do I make it work, though?

I don't have that game, unfortunately, so I can't actually go through the steps myself. Sorry.

[Thrift Store Finds]

Myst is a Windows 3.1 program, so if you really want to play it on a newer PC, what you can do is install the MS-DOS emulator DOSBox, then in the emulator install Windows 3.1 (if you can get a copy), and then install and run Myst from that old version of Windows.

 

Here's a thread on how to do it, if you're willing to go to that kind of trouble!

 

http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=9405

 

As for Betrayal at Antara, this installer might work for you. (Supposed to work for XP/Vista, at least.)

 

Anyways, I found this stuff yesterday at my local Goodwill:

 

 

Really surprised by the MST3K DVD. I never see those anywhere!

[The Last Letter Retro Game Game]

Aces of the Pacific (PC MS-DOS)