RickR

You mean the "TARDIS" turbolift?!  Yes, preposterous indeed! 
So am I!  Everything I've read about this season sounds good.  Hopefully it lives up to the hype, particularly since it is the final season of the series.

I never expected to add Vectrex releases from the 80s to my collection, but I did just that 🙂 Before adding these, I only had three, and everything else in my Vectrex collection were homebrews. I also picked up three cartridges by Binary Star.

Thank you once again for kind words, @Justin! Also, congratulations to all of the participants!
 
I don't have MAME installed on my MacBook. However, I am proposing an alternative method for playing the arcade version of Pengo via retrogames.cc. (There are several versions, though; I'm sure the bootleg version would be excluded.)

Congratulations Marco1019!
 
Congratulations to @Marco1019 on another victory in High Score Squad Challenge! @Marco1019 takes the top spot in our Final Standings for Ken Siders' Beef Drop on Atari 7800 with an outstanding score of 56,900 points. WAY TO GO MARCO! Our runner up winner for the Beef Drop Squad Challenge is @TrekMD who takes 2nd Place with an excellent 46,600 points! VCS guru @Sabertooth takes the 3rd spot on the board with an impressive score of 39,600 points. "The Don" @RickR takes 4th with 26,700 points.
As always I'd like to encourage @Marco1019 to  post his high score on the Scoreboard, and let's make sure this Challenge continues on! Congratulations once again to Marco on his big win, and I'd like to thank @TrekMD for nominating this game!
👉 Be sure to join @Sabertooth in Club VCS for this month's VCS Recharged Squad Challenge on the Atari VCS!
 Our next High Score Squad Challenge will be for the original Arcade version of Pengo on MAME. Be there!
 
 

 
 

 

Discovery is coming this week...
 

Enjoyable watch. 

Reminder to self that we should definitely nominate some of these games for future high score squad.  @Justin, maybe a Genesis "Air Buster" / TG-16 "Aero-Blaster" double header. 
 

Always cool to see what our good old GENESIS was capable of! Some nice comparisons. 

The Genesis was quite the capable system!  These comparisons show that!

Yesterday and today's mail call -- multiple consoles covered. The Vectrex overlays are gorgeous and the photo does not do them justice.
 

The Atari XE has a nice version of Crystal Castles, the nicest released for an Atari home video game system - so far 

Looks very promising.  Thanks so much for sharing the AtariAge link.
 

How could I forget "Rescue on Fractalus"?  The theme music alone is worth the price of admission. 

OK, I consider myself an expert on the Atari 8-bit computers because I had one since 82 and love it still.  There are TONS of great games, so it would be hard to give a limited list.  

Given that you know the 7800 so well, you should consider starting with the 7800 conversions.  One on One basketball (more stark graphics, but faster gameplay), Karateka (absolutely a classic on 8-bit, but you'll need a keyboard), Ballblazer (faster than 7800 on OLDER technology), Donkey Kong (faster, better sound), etc.  I think that will give you a great perspective on how well designed the 8-bits were.  
Beyond that and also beyond the great included games, you MUST check out Blue Max, Preppie 1 and 2, Archon, and many more.  
 

How could I forget "Rescue on Fractalus"?  The theme music alone is worth the price of admission. 

OK, I consider myself an expert on the Atari 8-bit computers because I had one since 82 and love it still.  There are TONS of great games, so it would be hard to give a limited list.  

Given that you know the 7800 so well, you should consider starting with the 7800 conversions.  One on One basketball (more stark graphics, but faster gameplay), Karateka (absolutely a classic on 8-bit, but you'll need a keyboard), Ballblazer (faster than 7800 on OLDER technology), Donkey Kong (faster, better sound), etc.  I think that will give you a great perspective on how well designed the 8-bits were.  
Beyond that and also beyond the great included games, you MUST check out Blue Max, Preppie 1 and 2, Archon, and many more.  
 

Really cool game. ROM available here: https://forums.atariage.com/topic/364115-pac-line-2600-atari-2600-homebrew/

How could I forget "Rescue on Fractalus"?  The theme music alone is worth the price of admission. 

OK, I consider myself an expert on the Atari 8-bit computers because I had one since 82 and love it still.  There are TONS of great games, so it would be hard to give a limited list.  

Given that you know the 7800 so well, you should consider starting with the 7800 conversions.  One on One basketball (more stark graphics, but faster gameplay), Karateka (absolutely a classic on 8-bit, but you'll need a keyboard), Ballblazer (faster than 7800 on OLDER technology), Donkey Kong (faster, better sound), etc.  I think that will give you a great perspective on how well designed the 8-bits were.  
Beyond that and also beyond the great included games, you MUST check out Blue Max, Preppie 1 and 2, Archon, and many more.  
 

Clearly these people never had teenage boys in the house.