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  1. As they say in baseball, "you went to the well too early". I'm terrible at this game. But it's fun anyway.
  2. Great job @Atari 5200 Guy and everyone else too. Some really incredible scores. I just want to remind everyone that patch scores don't require the A/A difficulty switches. My guess is that if we did b/b, you guys would have passed the score. We had several people pass the test over in the "Patch-worthy scores" thread.
  3. Here we go. A few pictures of my setup for you. Sadly, my mouse isn't working too well (vertically). I need to clean it and also get a mouse pad I think.
  4. I will get back to you once I get the ST out and working. I did get the tub out as you see in the pic. But first, I need to get the Dreamcast back in the original box, which I recently found while cleaning stuff up. Finding that box is very exciting to me. I'm so glad I kept it. As for selling or not, I will give it a chance first. I also have an Amiga. It makes no sense to keep both. Too much stuff! I'd rather have the space and peace of mind back. In the last year, I've sold and Atari 800 and an Aquarius and do not miss them one bit. Anyway, more pictures to come once I get the time to get the ST out.
  5. The PC doesn't really give a good option other than dual sticks (at least that I could find). I was trying to see if I could do just a simple "shoot in the direction I move", but no go. You can do mouse that way, but it's super awkward.
  6. Not me. Is it worth the time? I think I watched a few episodes of season 1 but didn't really like it.
  7. The hand cramps are real. And why is it so hard to memorize the pattern at this age? 2 down, 2 up, 2 down, 3 up, did my phone just ring? <CRASH!>
  8. I almost always die now when the "all-bees" portion starts right at about 3,000 points.
  9. I'm kind of in the same boat as you as far as the ST. I like it very much, but I think I've decided to sell mine. I just don't use it that often. Given that, my favorite games are the remake of Star Raiders, Buggy Boy, and Lemmings. I need to try more. And maybe we can do that here....play some "new-to-us" games together before I sell mine. Every time I play games on the ST, I find it to be very reminiscent of the Sega Genesis. There must be some connection in the hardware. The games just have that same look-and-feel of Genesis. Maybe it's just me. My ST has a GoTek drive in it, meaning I'm completely dependent on images. And I have a bunch. I also have a small collection of commercial games on disk. But since I don't have a working floppy drive anymore, they are useless to me.
  10. I can understand the excitement. I'm usually asleep by 10pm no matter if I try to stay up or not...I've been known to be found asleep in my La-Z-Boy with a remote in my hand.... So my wife and I watch either Thurs or Friday evening.
  11. I agree. The move back to the episodic formula is so refreshing. And all of the character-building -- it really feels like they are creating something special. There was a lot to like in episode 2, but I think my favorite part was the Enterprise evasive maneuvers. We never really got to see those kind of effects in TOS or TNG. I feel like it was very believable.
  12. The ultra-rare photograph of the port side of the large Enterprise model. You can see the wiring used to light the ship.
  13. That sounds like a good plan. For myself, I use a magnifier, but I'm finding as I age, it really exacerbates the shaking of my hands. I have gotten into the habit of explaining what I want done and letting my 20-something child do it for me :)
  14. Soldering that 4050 surface mount would be a challenge for me. You'll have to share any tips you have for something like that.
  15. I just finished this one (it took me about an hour total). FUN! The level of challenge here for the puzzles and fighting is just right IMO. I am looking forward to the full game being released.
  16. I think I'll try this next.
  17. 56.41. I don't think I can do any better, as the only thing I ran into this time was birds.
  18. I know we all try to get the top spot, but it's always been the Atari.io tradition to have fun with it. Share tips. Get better. We can't all be #1, but we can certainly have a lot of fun. I hope no one is ever discouraged from participating just because they don't think they can beat the top score! @Mockduck, your videos are a blessing to me (being a new VCS owner). Very enjoyable and educational.
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    1. Atari 5200 Guy

      Atari 5200 Guy

      That game is addictive!  Got it on disk although I downloaded it.

    2. RickR

      RickR

      I have it on 5200 as well (it can be loaded via the Atarimax SD cart). 

       

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