RickR
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I love it. That and the Slik Stik are my favorites. The Kraft is ugly, but very responsive and has a lot of movement in the stick. Plus it's switchable -- 4 or 8 way with a simple twist of a switch on the bottom. Highly recommended. That brown one in post #1 has been one of my go-to joysticks for years.
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Am I the only one that thinks the "bad" reviews are the most fun to watch? The Coleco review is classic.
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How about this bundle of goodness from MalakZero! A few bonus surprises: The SNES controller (I need one!), a waffle pin (leggo!), and is that Zoolander on a auto fire thingy? THANKS!
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Coleco Gemini outdid Atari. Smaller size and much better RF quality. It must have completely enraged Atari management to have their hardware stolen like that.
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It's a great game. I still have the original one from childhood...just wish I'd kept the box. It's still a ton of fun. Best Mattel handhelds are Basketball, Baseball, Football, and Football 2.
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Ballblaɀer's collection: 2600, 5200, Vectrex, and...
RickR replied to Ballblaɀer's topic in Video Game Room Tours
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Kraft joystick - identical to the brown one in the top post except black.
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Atari 2600 and 2 joysticks. No power supply. Everything works! From Goodwill. Black Kraft joystick - also from Goodwill.
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It sure did! That would be neat.
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Well, great. Now I have to watch ALL the plug and play reviews. Bye bye afternoon productivity. #BingeWatchingNoSwearGamer
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I too love these things. They are inexpensive and fun.
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I bought this lot just to get Countermeasure. Anyone want to trade for Space Invaders and/or Super Breakout?
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From Mr. StormSurge. Double Dragon 2 (w manual!) and Legendary Wings for NES Plus, a bonus item....broken paddles that need to be repaired. Challenge ACCEPTED. Thanks!
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That is very cool! I'll bet they work very nicely and feel good in the hand. The original paddles are great -- another design that Atari nailed on the first try. But these look nice too.
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Dude! That thing is awesome!
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Turn your VCS into a Powerful Home Computer! - Atari 2600 Sneak Peek
RickR replied to Clint Thompson's topic in Atari 2600
Was this from Atari Age magazine? Nevermind...found it...Atari Age Volume 2, Issue 1: http://www.atarimania.com/mags/pdf/atari_age_vol_2_no_1.pdf -
I read an interesting article about the game, and specifically about that lag you mentioned. The author of the game wrote a pretty elaborate 3-D rendering algorithm for the explosions that pretty much brought the CPU to it's knees. He says if he had more time, he would have simplified that. I always thought it was kind of cool. Like a crude version of "bullet time" to savor your victory over those Zylon scum!
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I recently got one of these too! It is fun, but what really attracted me to it is the wild 70's graphics and font, and just the cool look of it. It's one of my favorite handheld games.
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The computer version is absolutely one of my all-time favorites. I do have the 5200 version, and agree with you that the joystick works well. Plus they fixed a bug or two. But I miss the keyboard, which really gave it that "Star Trek" feel. In fact, it wasn't uncommon to have one player manning the joystick and another on the keyboard with the computer version. Of course, you HAD to call the keyboard guy "Mr. Sulu".
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That reminds me of the time I found a stack of VIC-20 carts at Salvation Army. Video Games are $3, but the lady insisted they were cassette tapes. 0.25.
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I have an extra set of Atari 2600 paddles for trade. All cleaned up to be jitter-free.
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Wico bat handles
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I'm assuming that among the lot of us, we have a pretty boss 2600 joystick collection. Please post the unique joysticks you have. I'll bet that together, we have every one made back in the day. Here's what I have: Top row: Pointmaster, Quickshot II, Epyx 500XJ, GemStik, Wico Boss Bottom row: Atari Flashback 2, Original Atari CX-10 (it has springs inside!), Atari CX-40, Slik Stik, Suncom Tac30, Kraft.
