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Yeah, everytime she'd crawl to the TV stand and pull herself up I'd cringe. If I didn't take care of it and something happened, I wouldn't forgive myself. Getting a cool TV was a bonus! Too bad it's not in the game area.

We said goodbye to our 12 year old Sony Bravia this weekend. The TV still worked but it was too heavy to comfortably mount on our mid-century plaster walls. With a very mobile 10 month-old, we started getting nervous with it on the TV stand in the living room. We replaced it with a Samsung Frame TV. These have a matte finish on the screen so it doesn't reflect light sources. It also has an "art" mode and looks like hanging framed art when not in use. The TV is super thin and you can get custom bezels. Apparently you can load your own art, but I haven't done it yet. There is also art for purchase or accessible via subscription. The other cool thing is Samsung's "One Connect" box. Power, audio and video run through an almost transparent, super thin fiber optic cable to a box with 5 HDMI, USB and coax inputs. The cable blends in without a raceway or in wall mounting. The new Samsungs are also shipped with game streaming out of the box: Luna, GeForce Now, Xbox Game Pass, Antstream Arcade, Utomik... It works pretty well and paired immediately with my PS4 controller. The matte finish and 120hz 4K is ideal for modern gaming. I'd like to get a second one for the gaming area someday.

So much for the naysayers. Lifelong Atari fans and gamers at large had every reason to be skeptical at first. It was a totally fair position at the time the VCS was announced given Atari's track record under Chesnais. Once the VCS launched and - particularly- with the advent of the Recharged series, it was clear Atari were trying to do right by the community. At this point, skeptics are just missing out. This is the most support any Atari console has had since the 2600. #facts

83,890 I feel that this version is a bit harder than the original due to being zoomed in. Love the graphics and music though!

Yeah, we see that too. It launched at a discount due to Steam sale!

I'm here for it. The Remix, plus the Atari module, plus the app will let me play my disc based collections and 2600/7800 carts through the VCS. The VCS takes the place of a PC (or full Polymega) in this scenario. If I want to add other Polymega cart-based modules, I can.

As someone with multiple retro consoles and a large library of physical media, the Polymega always interested me. This announcement could make the VCS the be all retro-modern platform! Thoughts?!

Atari announced a strategic partnership with Polymega for software and hardware. "The partnership includes strategic initiatives that will provide support for Atari games on Polymega hardware and software and integration between Polymega and the Atari VCS. The Atari VCS will add support for the Polymega App and the Polymega Remix add-on. This will effectively provide all of the functionality of a Polymega console to Atari VCS owners." Full press release: https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2023/07/05/2699989/0/en/Atari-Announces-Strategic-Collaboration-with-Playmaji-Inc.html

Welcome to the official topic for Polymega x Atari VCS

I took too long to snap a pic and the game cycled back to the title screen with difficulty displayed.

I might leave mine at 7,800. It's just too perfect. 🤣

7,800. Not a great first game, but I had to post this score!

This was "my" Dig Dug growing up. I have so much nostalgia for the silver box era of arcade ports; particularly those handled by GCC. It's quite remarkable what they were able to do with the 2600. Let us know what you think!

Feel free to play along and post as a "shadow" player. We'll asterisk the score and it won't count toward the series 4 giveaway, but you are certainly welcome to join in!

I'll be tallying up entries over the next week or so. Entrants will have one week to confirm their entries or withdraw. Once that period ends, we'll set a date for the giveaway drawing! Good luck everyone!

Congratulations @Smell Dawg, the winner of our Amoeba Jump Squad Challenge! Smell Dawg jumped in to his first Recharged Squad Challenge and leapt to the top of our leaderboard with a terrific score of 20,013! @Yorkies TV sprung to a strong second place finish with a terrific score of 16,388! @socrates63 made his Club VCS debut at third place with a terrific score of 8,386! @D.joe was an early leader and finished sixth with 6,441! @Dinobot711 joined the Club VCS challenge at 6,217 to round out the top 5! Finally, @Sabertooth, @Mockduck and @soapyjennawenna all put in great effort with scores of 4,038, 3,473, and 2,141, respectively. As the winner of this round @Smell Dawg will receive 3 entries in the upcoming giveaway! Everyone else will receive one entry! I'd like to encourage @Smell Dawg to post this high score on the Scoreboard so we can make sure this Challenge continues on! Congratulations to Smell Dawg on a fantastic win and to everyone else who jumped in! I'd also like to welcome all of our first time Recharged Squad Challenge players: @Smell Dawg, @socrates63, @Dinobot711 and @soapyjennawenna! We hope that you'll all continue to participate in the fun here at Club VCS! NOTE: Our next Recharged Squad Challenge is YARS' REVENGE: ENHANCED from ATARI 50! Live now!

82 minutes left! Will anyone challenge @Smell Dawg in the final hour?! 😉

My apologies to everyone that I did not post the SERIES THREE prize reveal sooner! I guess better late than never. 😉 I will post the SERIES FOUR rules/prize once we announce the winner of this series. I anticipate that we'll do a drawing between now and mid-August.

From January 1, 2023 to June 30, 2023 we will play six VCS games. After the last game, we will hold a drawing for a brand new Atari Speaker Hat! For this series, we're applying some lessons learned from the first round AND providing even more chances to win! Here are the rules: 1) All challenge participants will receive one (1) entry for each challenge in which they submit a valid score! 2) The top scorer of each challenge will receive two (2) additional entries - for a total of three (3) entries in a single challenge! 3) On Twitch or Youtube? Stream or record and post your ClubVCS high score attempt for one (1) additional entry in each round. You must post a link to the video link to that month's Recharged Squad Challenge. BUT ARE THERE BUTTONS? Yes! We've made another set of ClubVCS buttons to celebrate the games in this series. There will be two ways to get a button set. 1) Win a challenge. 2) Post a valid score to all challenges in the 6 game series. Only one button set will be mailed per member during the series. This contest is open to everybody, including Atari I/O Moderators, with a U.S. or Canada mailing address. It's really easy, all you have to do is be a Club VCS member in good standing and participate in our Recharged Squad Challenges.

Let's get the word out about this Recharged Squad Challenge! The more people participating the more fun the challenge! Spread the word and invite friends to play!

YARS' REVENGE: ENHANCED Atari VCS Controller: MODERN CONTROLLER / CLASSIC CONTROLLER / PLAYER'S CHOICE Difficulty Level: ULTIMATE YARS (GAME 6) Play on: Real Hardware ✔ Squad Challenge ends 11:59 pm PST July 31, 2023 Objective Play for the highest possible score using the difficulty settings defined in the challenge. Post a photo or YouTube video of your score in this thread. Scores must be achieved between July 1 through July 31, 2023. Screen captures are not allowed as they are more easily manipulated for falsified scores. Multiple submissions are permitted. The player with the highest score at the end of the competition is the victor! Eligibility This is a Club VCS Exclusive Challenge. All Club VCS players are welcome! Play Rules Games may be played on real Atari VCS hardware. Choosing which controller to play on is part of formulating your strategy. Enhancements, rewinds and hacked versions of this game are not allowed. Difficulty Level We are playing YARS' REVENGE: ENHANCED - ULTIMATE YARS (GAME 6). Ultimate Yars features a bouncing Zorlon Cannon, plus some unusual twists that distinguish it from the other Yar games. First, you must bounce the Yar against the left side of the screen to make the Zorlon Cannon appear. Also, to make the cannon appear, you need five TRONS. TRONS are units of energy which you can collect at the following rate: Eat a cell from the shield: 1 TRON Touch the Qotile: 2 TRONS Catch a Zorlon Cannon shot after it bounces off the shield: 4 TRONS If a Yar bounces on the left side with less than five TRONS, it will not get a shot, but it won't lose the TRONS it has either. (Each time a Yar is destroyed, it loses its TRONS). Each Yar has a capacity of 255 TRONS. If a Yar tries to take on more than that, it will short out and the Yar will lose all its TRONS. The count of TRONS is not displayed on the screen. Yar scouts understand the count instinctively. Fair Play Your integrity is everything. Players should play fairly, be honest, and have fun! Falsified scores will result in your immediate removal from the site. It goes without saying that we will not allow cheats, hacks, cartridge frying, enhancements, rewinds, deceitful photo manipulation, subterfuge, or any other unfair advantage. Everybody hates a cheater. More To review detailed rules on how to play, please visit the High Score Squad page here: Message Welcome to our 17th Club VCS Recharged Squad Challenge!!! For this challenge, we're celebrating the start of Atari's 51st years by taking on YARS' REVENGE: ENHANCED from ATARI 50! YARS' REVENGE: ENHANCED is a remake of the original Yars' Revenge for the Atari 50 collection, adding a new coat of paint to the classic Atari 2600 shooter. Players can switch to the old-style presentation and gameplay at the touch of a button. Developed by Digital Eclipse for the Atari 50 collection, the game is a loving tribute to the HSW original. For an extra challenge, we'll be playing Ultimate Yars! Be sure to select game 6 before starting the game! Club VCS Recharged Squad Contest This game is the first title in our fourth Club VCS contest giveaway! Prize details will be announced shortly. 1) All challenge participants will receive one (1) entry for each challenge in which they submit a valid score! 2) The top scorer of each challenge will receive two (2) additional entries - for a total of three (3) entries in a single challenge! 3) On Twitch or Youtube? Stream or record and post your ClubVCS high score attempt for one (1) additional entry in each round. You must post a public link to the video in the Challenge. BUT ARE THERE BUTTONS? Yes! We've made another set of ClubVCS buttons to celebrate the games in this series. There will be two ways to get a button set. 1) Win a challenge. 2) Post a valid score to all challenges in the 6 game series. Only one button set will be mailed per member during the series. This contest is open to everybody, including Atari I/O Moderators, with a U.S. or Canada mailing address. It's really easy, all you have to do is participate be a Club VCS member and participate in our Recharged Squad Challenges.

It's pretty solid as far as I can tell. I have all of the 7800 releases that are available and they play very well. I just wish there were a scanline filter as in Atari 50. That would be the chef's kiss!

The Closed Beta for Unsung Warriors released today to Kickstarter backers at Beta Tier or higher. You can see the full update here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/osarion/unsung-warriors-a-story-driven-action-platformer/posts/3838869?ref=ksr_email_backer_project_update_registered_users If folks are interested, I posted a video of the first 10 minutes in Creator Space.