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I've been making a lot of healthy fajitas during all this, but these Peanut M&Ms are going to catch up with me. Hope you guys are all doing well!

I miss peanut M&M's, and my favorite peanut-butter M&M's.  I learned I'm allergic to peanuts last year.  No biggie.  Feeling good outweighs missing foods.

We're doing grilled veggie burgers tonight.  The weather is suddenly beautiful here.  75 and sunny.  Going to make the best of it. 

That sounds nice @RickR I hope you enjoy it! Peanut M&Ms are a treat I don't eat a lot of but just a few can be very filling. When I was in high school I worked at a big movie theater and I heard once that the whole "M&Ms melt in your mouth, not in your hand" thing came about by design, to give American soldiers during WWII a chocolate snack they could carry with them in their pockets that was candy coated so they wouldn't melt as easily. I'd work long shifts at the movies, and when we would sweep out theaters after a show I'd almost always find at least one quarter under a seat. I'd save enough quarters through the day to buy some Peanut M&Ms from the gumball machine in the hallway. They had small paper cone cups next to the candy machines just like what you'd use on a water cooler. I'd put a quarter or two into the machine and fill the paper cone about halfway up and slip it into my pocket. Peanut M&Ms became a very filling and tasty way to fight hunger going through the day without being able to stop and eat.

Sweet! Are you playing in all three modes?

Nice. Unfortunately that is one Jag game that bothered my eyes.

Looking forward to it!

Growing up I used a joystick, as I never saw the Light Gun sold separately, although when I revisited the game a few years back, I played it with the gun, which is probably my preferred method, although it's still fun with a joystick. 

Light gun is definitely preferred but I don't have a CRT at the moment.  I hold onto hope that one day they'll figure that out for these classic systems!

OK.  At 17:19 what is plugged into that 7800?  It's not a typical cart.

Congratulations BTB!

Congrats!

Grats!

Candy is dandy but liquor is quicker.

It's a lot better than the creepy Atari handshake.

/\ lol

Sweet!

Awesome!

Happy Thanksgiving!

you too!

Great review BTB! I like how you added the graphics on the screen illustrating the zoom-in effect.

Can't wait to see your new 7800 set!

This was a great one! I gotta get my hands on one of those joysticks 🕹️

Nice special guest!

Who else would play Atari motorcycle games wearing a bike helmet in the living room ? It's almost like living a vintage Atari ad. Stuff like this is what has come to define your show and make it so great!

That IS big news. It's like saying goodbye to an old friend or moving out of your first apartment. This lounge was the place to be. Can't wait to see what you build next.

Hope all is well and have a safe move bro.

Rygar was always a favorite It goes to show you how great Atari could have been with a 16-Bit home console

Lookin good!

Great to see the gang back together again! 

Great episode BTB! Mega THUMBS UP for the way you broke down the Tetris story and Tengen on NES. It’s not the easiest thing to explain to people. This was masterful.

The moment you shot Gramps just to see what would happen has to be the greatest moment in BTB history.

Cool

I'm taking my talons to South Beach. 

Great episode. 2000 has it's charms and is a bit easier with a ProController.  If the ship sprite were smaller and more of the map was viewable, 2000 would be a much better game.  For the Jag's classic updates, it ranks third for me behind Tempest 2000 and MC3D's "virtual" mode. 

As it is, I agree that Plus is the best version on the cart. I love the psychedelic esthetic and balanced approach to updating the original with powerups and drone.  Not sure why they didn't implement music for Plus.  You might be right that it's the best way to play Defender. 

Thanks BTB! Glad you're here! Strap in for 2019.

Great game, great sound! If you look at the credits for the game, so many of the same great names appear! LX Rudis and Bob Vieira on Music and Sound. Pete Wierzbicki and Susan G. McBride on Art and Animation. We've seen those names before on Lynx and they give these games their distinctive character.

And all this time I thought 2-Live Crew was Ice Cube's worst nightmare.

What's all this "press up to jump" nonsense I keep hearing about?

Looking forward to it!

:-D

Nice loot!