Doctor Octagon

Fairchild Channel F (imperfect, doesn't show scores)
Magnavox Odyssey 2
Intellvision II
Vectrex
Atari 2600 (Sears Tele-Games 6-switch)
Atari 5200
Atari 7800
Atari Lynx (power supply issues)
NES (works, but I need to find new screws)
N64

I keep a fairly accurate listing on my About.me page in my signature. Of course it does not include various tons of related accessories / magazines / flyers / memorabilia etc but otherwise pretty accurate. I will past it here: 
 
 
NintendoDS / Gameboy AdvanceSP/ 2 original Xbox (modded / 2 TG-16 / JVC X'Eye / Nintendo Wii / GP2X WIZ / GP2X Caanoo / Dingoo A320 / Sony PS2 (one Phat and one SLIM) / 2 Gamecube (modded) / 3 Dreamcast / Sega Saturn / Sega CDX / CDi / 3DO / 1 Sega Genesis model 1/ Sega Master System / FC Mobile II / PS1 (Original and SLIM) / 2 Colecovisions / Intellivision II / Ti99a / Atari 5200 / Atari 7800 / Atari 2600 Jr. / Atari 1040ste / Atari 1040stf / Commodore 64c & c64 / Super Nintendo / NEO GEO CD / N64 / 2 NES / Retron3 / JXD s601 Android / JXD s602 / JXD s7800b / RetroBit SuperRetroTrio clone / Open Pandora handheld / Atari 5200 VCS Adapter MODDED for Stand alone operation /

Atari
2600 Jr
7800
Jaguar
Lynx
 
Nintendo
NES
SNES
N64
GameCubb
Wii
GBA SP
3DS
 
Sega
Genesis
CD
32X
Powerbase Converter
Saturn
Dreamcast
Game Gear
 
Misc
ps2
psp
xbox (just got)
game.com
3do
Intellivision
 
 
Most games: Atari 2600: About 185

Some of this I had never heard before, thank you very much for sharing it Arenafoot!

The best part of this story is the marketing guy who pushed to not release it.  A few small changes would have made the game a lot better.  Black background, blue maze, for example.  And remove the eye on Pac-Man.  They do mention that a lot of other programmers thought it was a tremendous accomplishment on the 2600, and it is.  Especially when you consider it was Tod Frye's first game!  But that's the frustrating part....just a few small changes.....
 
One part I still don't understand is the lack of oversight at Atari.  It always seemed like the programmer didn't have to listen to any input from other developers or a supervisor.  The decisions they made went unchallenged.  I'm not sure if that's entirely accurate, but it seems to be implied in a lot of stories like this. 
 
This was a good read, and thanks for posting it. 

Interesting read:
 
http://ataribook.com/book/what-are-the-real-facts-behind-pac-mans-development/
 

This is really cool Tempest 2000 arcade cabinet conversion done by Jeff Mathews at Classic Arcade Restorations, for Eric Clayberg. Eric posts:
 
 
You can see more photos here: https://plus.google.com/u/0/+EricClayberg/posts/24S4MoGoCns

I love that you pointed out the Atari 7800 ProLine Controller's resemblance to a Star Trek phaser! I always thought the same thing and assumed I was the only one 

I love that you pointed out the Atari 7800 ProLine Controller's resemblance to a Star Trek phaser! I always thought the same thing and assumed I was the only one 

Recent reviews include Phoenix & Realsports Baseball on the 2600, the ultra rare Tank Command on the 7800, Ice Hockey on the NES and controller reviews on the 7800 Pro-Line and Europad.

 

 

 

 

 

Totally agree with you on RS Baseball.  I got this game as a kid, and I liked it at first because it looked good and it was so easy to crush the computer.  I mean, who doesn't like to win when you're 11 years old?  But it got boring fast. 
 
There were some really good sports games on the 2600.  Basketball on the difficult level was really challenging.  Ice Hockey looked and played great.  RS Volleyball looked great, played great, and was very unique.  Pele's Soccer didn't look good, but there were a lot of variations and beating the computer was an accomplishment.  Plus fireworks.  Who doesn't like fireworks? 
 
Oh, and the 5200 version of RS Baseball is AWESOME.  The best classic baseball game period. 

So I got my games from AtariBrian!
Smurf and Towering Inferno for the 2600.
Together I call this combo "Smurf BBQ" 

 
Unbeknownst to each other, we both got stickers out of the deal.
He sent me this cool, 1980's Super Pac-Man mini sheet:

 
And checkout the cool contest on the back!
Make your own Pac-Man poster and you could wind a prize!
Time to get out my scented markers...

Thanks To Dwight Gooden and The No Swear Gamer for trading me these games.

I agree with you on that for sure. These are where the cracks start to show in Atari and the whole industry as it was back then. So much vaporware was announced, touted in catalogs, magazines and at trade shows. How many cool things have we seen with Atari that never came out? Atari 2700 RC VCS, Atari Cosmos, Atari Mindlink, Atari 7800 Keyboard Computer, probably close to 100 games across all the systems, all announced and never released. That was bad show. It disappointed a lot of people and tarnished Atari's reputation.
 
You'd hardly see this today. Nintendo, Microsoft, Sony, they're all tight-lipped about what's coming out until it's time to announce something. Tech giants like Apple and Google are notoriously secretive. I'd bet you this tight-lipped tech culture we're in today is to some degree a result of Atari contributing to the collapse of an entire industry because of their slack practices.

I agree with you on that for sure. These are where the cracks start to show in Atari and the whole industry as it was back then. So much vaporware was announced, touted in catalogs, magazines and at trade shows. How many cool things have we seen with Atari that never came out? Atari 2700 RC VCS, Atari Cosmos, Atari Mindlink, Atari 7800 Keyboard Computer, probably close to 100 games across all the systems, all announced and never released. That was bad show. It disappointed a lot of people and tarnished Atari's reputation.
 
You'd hardly see this today. Nintendo, Microsoft, Sony, they're all tight-lipped about what's coming out until it's time to announce something. Tech giants like Apple and Google are notoriously secretive. I'd bet you this tight-lipped tech culture we're in today is to some degree a result of Atari contributing to the collapse of an entire industry because of their slack practices.

I don't think anyone has the true story on that one.  The plausible stories I've heard:
 
- It was the codename for the Indy game.
- It was a plane/jet based game that got cancelled -- never made it past the prototype state. 
- It was the codename for Realsports Baseball. 
- It was a game in the works, but the programmer left for a different company.  Took all traces with him/her. 
 
That second one sounds the most plausible. 

Looking forward to your 7800 One on One review -- It's one of my favorites. 
 
And is there a 2600 Pole Position review?

Thanks so much!  Yeah Im having a good time making them and showing off the system to people who've never even heard of it.  I have about 30 games, so thats 30 episodes right there.  Then I plan on getting the games I don't have, plus peppering in the Lynx from time to time.  

It's on!  Can you survive?

This is really cool Tempest 2000 arcade cabinet conversion done by Jeff Mathews at Classic Arcade Restorations, for Eric Clayberg. Eric posts:
 
 
You can see more photos here: https://plus.google.com/u/0/+EricClayberg/posts/24S4MoGoCns

This is really cool Tempest 2000 arcade cabinet conversion done by Jeff Mathews at Classic Arcade Restorations, for Eric Clayberg. Eric posts:
 
 
You can see more photos here: https://plus.google.com/u/0/+EricClayberg/posts/24S4MoGoCns

This is really cool Tempest 2000 arcade cabinet conversion done by Jeff Mathews at Classic Arcade Restorations, for Eric Clayberg. Eric posts:
 
 
You can see more photos here: https://plus.google.com/u/0/+EricClayberg/posts/24S4MoGoCns

The Atari tape player can play audio from the tape.  So it's actually pretty neat.  You hear real pronunciation. 

What, can't spare an E.T.?