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Happy Thanksgiving to the best damn Atari community on the web!
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I'm thankful for everyone on this site, but especially thankful for the return of @Atari Creep to the io. Now shut up with the mushy stuff and go watch a few of his videos.
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I'm back from Egypt. Jet lagged and sore from the long flight! I'll have to post more pictures of the trip and of a few more things, including gaming and non-gaming arrivals. I'll be heading to FreePlay Florida this weekend, though! So, I'm sure I'll have more loot from there as well!
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Welcome back! We cannot wait to hear about all these adventures and things.
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- Justin and DegasElite
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Who'd like to do Secret Santa this year?
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If you're on bluesky:
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Vintage Imagic Print Ad (1982)
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Good thing he had that comic strip job to fall back to.
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Have You Played Atari Today?! 🕹️
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TODAY is the perfect day to do so. As a distraction.
I will try to get in some Robot Tank and/or Battlezone after work.
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For the next couple of weeks my activity level will be down as I'm going on vacation to the land of the pyramids, Egypt. So looking forward to it! 🙂
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Oooh, that sounds like fun. Have a fun and safe time.
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I’m falling in love with the Atari 8-Bit Computers all over again 🕹️
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Crazy "pay what you want" humble bundle for the Recharged games & Atari50
https://www.humblebundle.com/games/atari-recharged-retro-revival
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Great deal.
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It’s okay if you’ve never played Atari, this weekend is a great time to start! 🕹️
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Or maybe try a game you've never tried before.
"Ghost Manor" is a good one for this time of year!
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Hawaiian slice aka Pizza with Pineapple has always been a personal favorite, there I said it! 🍕DON'T CANCEL ME!
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You are not alone.
I believe that "Canadian Bacon and pineapple" pizza was invented somewhere in British Columbia, Canada. As a kid, I remember having it when visiting relatives up north. And it was a staple in most west coast USA pizza places. And it was NEVER called "Hawaiian". It was "Canadian Bacon and Pineapple".
The weird thing is that people don't complain about that ham (Canadian bacon) topping, even though it is just as unique.
Anyway, this is one of those "I don't get it" situations regarding the hatred for pineapple. After all, it's easy enough to not order it or to pick it off.
These days ,my wife and I avoid any of those processed meats on pizza and usually go with as many veggie toppings as we can. Pineapple is always welcome.
Similarly, the "Die Hard is a Christmas Movie" argument is another WhoTF cares one for me 🙂
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I finally caved and got one of these for my new home office/gameroom.
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I wish we would’ve seen Star Trek: Planet of the Titans. Especially the legendary Japanese actor Toshiro Mifune cast as a Klingon adversary for Spock 🖖
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek:_Planet_of_the_Titans
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Here's a short clip of Radar Rat Race (!) for the Commodore 64. This game was selected for the October High Score Challenge over at EverythingC64:
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The C64 cart games like this were so disappointing. Why? Well, while they were great games and a lot of fun, they essentially look and play exactly like the VIC-20 versions! No upgrades at all.
From what I recall, there was some memory limitation on C64 cartridges. Games could only be 8k or 16k max.
There were some really great games -- Radar Rat Race, Gorf, Omega Race...but they were "better" on VIC-20.
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Idea for Atari: VCS+
- Next gen Atari VCS
- Cartridge port for real Atari 2600 & 7800 games
- Combines VCS with 2600+ and 7800+
- Jaguar & Lynx Emulation
- Supports 7800XM (or similar) as new standard
- Supports legacy + modern Atari controllers
- Includes original Crystal Castles for 7800
- Free Atari patch and poster!
- Cost reduced
- $99 all-in
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MUCH bigger internal storage.
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Idea for Atari: VCS+
- Next gen Atari VCS
- Cartridge port for real Atari 2600 & 7800 games
- Combines VCS with 2600+ and 7800+
- Jaguar & Lynx Emulation
- Supports 7800XM (or similar) as new standard
- Supports legacy + modern Atari controllers
- Includes original Crystal Castles for 7800
- Free Atari patch and poster!
- Cost reduced
- $99 all-in
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Native Steam support.
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Sorry that I'm late with the Recharged Squad Challenge this month. We closed on a larger place and I'm in the middle of a move. My laptop wasn't with me the last few days.
Anyway, hope folks will check out the Savage Halloween this month! It's a very fun retro styled run 'n gun.
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I really like the "Tempest" arcade1up cab. Although I have plans to replace the buttons.
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Sorry that I'm late with the Recharged Squad Challenge this month. We closed on a larger place and I'm in the middle of a move. My laptop wasn't with me the last few days.
Anyway, hope folks will check out the Savage Halloween this month! It's a very fun retro styled run 'n gun.
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Congrats on the new place!
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Should be said that PETE ROSE BASEBALL is one of the greatest sports games on the Atari 2600 — just unreal⚾️
Massively fun Baseball game that looks and plays almost like an NES game
and highly ranked by @nosweargamer
Huge credit to Alex DeMeo👇
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Happy 50th Birthday to longtime Atari I/O member @DegasElite!! 🎂
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Wow! 50 is a big one. Happy birthday @DegasElite, and I'm glad you are here.
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New plan with ISP, slight increase but just for uploads which will have little difference for me but whatever, happy with it. 🤷♂️ This is hardwired, not Wi-Fi.
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Completely agree. During the pandemic, we had four people here all either working from home or going to school from home. We had some pretty immediate problems with wifi coverage. So I invested in a really nice router and all the issues went away. Our internet speed was always just fine.
Now that it's just two of us and only me working from home, absolutely all good.
But boy what an ordeal to get the cable company to remove TV from our service! They kept trying to upsell me into a "deal" that cost more but had more channels or speed. No! I just want internet for less than $100. They actually made me go in to one of the brick/mortar stores to get the TV cancelled.
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New plan with ISP, slight increase but just for uploads which will have little difference for me but whatever, happy with it. 🤷♂️ This is hardwired, not Wi-Fi.
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New plan with ISP, slight increase but just for uploads which will have little difference for me but whatever, happy with it. 🤷♂️ This is hardwired, not Wi-Fi.
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Here is ours. Streaming, working from home both work very well. Our contracted speed is 300 down, 25 down. The issue is the cost. We pay $71 per month for this, and there is really no other choice. Cable or DSL are the only options, and the cost is pretty much the same (no competition really sucks).
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