Sabertooth

I agree.  I'm going to miss them. 

There's a lot of hate on-line about Fry's that I don't quite get.  A lot of people lost jobs.  And I'm really going to miss being able to go and actually see and touch the items I need.  Sometimes, you need that ability to help decide how to solve a particular problem. 

Fry's.  R.I.P.  You will be missed. 

One of the only stores I would just go to just to browse/walk around.   

Each store, perhaps a bit outdated, had a decore and even store exterior around a theme with my favorites being the Aztec and ancient Egypt.  For example in the Egypt theme store had some computer display desks where supported by large black ancient cats rather than desk legs and hieroglyphics on the walls.

Will also miss going there to find cables that other stores don't stock in store.

For the year prior the pandemic could tell it was going down hill fast as the shelves were half empty and with poor online solution could tell they were not going to make it long when the pandemic hit.

Have you tried Console5? They might have what you are looking for. :O)

www.console5.com/store

Demo has been downloaded.  Thank you for sharing this! 

What did you think, @RickR?

I haven't tried it yet!  But I will soon.

Beep beep!

I've never played it. Does it play like Decathlon?

It's pretty cool. Avoid Wile E. Coyote and eat lots of bird seed. It keeps your energy up. There are obstacles as well, like cliffs, bombs, etc. It's a good facsimile of the arcade version, for the A2600 anyway. Both the arcade and A2600 versions were developed by Atari.

Love it

Cheers! 🍻

I’m not the right demographic for the 2600+ (because I don’t have anything that takes HDMI anymore), but I still think it looks pretty awesome. Glad you’re having a good time with it.

It works!  Thanks. 

It still works!

Be aware that the code is cap sensitive. I initially entered all the letters in lower case because I couldn't be bothered to turn on all caps 😂 and it didn't work.

STOP YELLING!  🙂

It appears the sale has already kicked off! I see 20% off on the site!

https://atari.com/collections/holiday-2022

Yes, that's the Atari sitewide sale which began the past week. I'm talking about the VCS console e-store. VCS games should be on sale starting tomorrow!

Ohhhhhhhhh lol

(Sligh difference, I see)

Ordered Gravitic Mines for the Jaguar and Knight Guy in Low-Res World for the 7800.  I was tempted to order some others but need to check my games spending after the holidays. 

7800 guy here, checking in. Knight Guy looks fantastic. Shows that every bit of a classic NES game can be done nicely on the 7800 with some effort.

100 percent @Justin ! There was a lot more potential in the 7800 than we ever got from Atari. It's great to see some homebrew games proving this today!

Oh that's awesome.  I've been having fun with the few minutes I have had with Jaguar IS.  To know there's an even better version on PS is good to know.  I'll have to look for that one.

I was a HUGE fan of PC MechWarrior back in the day.  The mech games are a lot of fun. 

The PSOne version is easier/more enjoyable to control than the Jaguar version. But it is harder overall. I really like the series and rank it just behind Armored Core. It's a slower type of combat but lots of fun.

If you ever get the PSOne version, be sure to use a CRT. The textures look stunning on a CRT but super muddy on a HDTV - even through an upscale. The Jaguar games look great on both since they are mostly flat shaded polygons with some bitmaps textures.

Loved IS on Jaguar, missed IS2, never knew IS3 was released on the PSOne.  Like @RickRsaid... I'll have to look for it.

THAT IS AMAZING @Sabertooth 🤯 🤯 🤯

That Caprica scene from the original Battlestar Galactica always gave me 2600 Defender vibes

@Justin, spot on with that Defender cover! Someone in Atari's art department was a BSG fan! 

I enjoyed your review of this game on your Blog! @Sabertooth

Thanks, Justin! I appreciate it. At the time of the blog I hadn't yet unlocked the VCS Challenges. They were really difficult. I may try a video review (my first) but work has been insane of late! 

I would love to see that! 👍🕹️

Where did you play that at? The arcade scene in the greater Seattle area is pretty lame.

That looks super awesome. I need to find one of these to play

@socrates63this was at a Dave & Busters. They had a lot of fun retro updates. Space Invaders, Giant PAC-MAN and Galaga, Four Player PONG, a new version of Rampage based on the recent film. Centipede was my favorite of the bunch despite the lack of a track ball. 

How cool is it that you were one of the very first active members

Pretty cool.

It is indeed a great thing!

Looks like fun

Never heard of it, but it looks cool. It’s crazy how far 3D Star Wars games have come since Star Wars Arcade.

Speaking of which, that would make a really cool VR game.

Looks gorgeous 👍 I've seen a couple of YouTube videos, and it looks like an awesome Star Wars game.

This is an awesome image. I'm going to retweet and repost your accounts on our social media, hopefully get you a few well deserved followers.

Thanks @Justin! I appreciate the support and encouragement! 🙌

You got it. The Atari world needs what you are doing.

@Justin -- Just an FYI.  This is what the status updates with Twitter links look like on my desktop.  They look fine on my phone. 

 

@RickR - I generally use my phone so I never noticed. Thanks for the heads up! 

Yeah, it's weird.  And if I click on the twitter link, it just completely blanks out. 

Probably just a quirk of my PC or browser. 

If you're going to do it, make sure to OVERdo it. 

And carry in your hand the first edition of Nintendo Power!  That'll show 'em.

I could photobomb the shoot in a SEGA t-shirt. 😆😆😆

He went too young.

Here's the thing about Harry Anderson. He was funny in a very sweet and kind way. Not an ounce of meanness in his public persona. And that's a rarity. Especially in comedy.

I grew up watching Night Court. Always liked Harry. Sad to hear another good one gone.

I'm so sad he's gone.

Ain't that the truth.

There's also that moment when you are informed that your hard drive is full. WTF.

I hear XBOX One consoles can take a couple of days from the first time they are turned on until the user can actually play a game setting itself up and installing any updates.

Having DLCs on physical disc doesn't help either. Wife and I bought the Borderlands Triple Pack which contained all DLC for all three games on discs. Took all night to install those so we had to wait a day to play a game. Yep...cart games have their advantages sometimes.

How about some Solar Fox?

Er...I dont think they did Solar Fox on the Jaguar GW .

D'oh! I wasn't paying enough attention!!

I like the Pac-Man 8k homebrew for 2600.

What day is that? I'd play the 5200 version. My top favorite.

It's today! In 1882, Atari had a huge promo for the release of PacMan on April, 3.

Electric sex!

One of my wife's former colleagues in NYC posted a pic of her fiancée wearing his new HTC Vive in the living room with a comment about how she can't believe she's marrying someone who bought this thing. I sense a lot of battles across the globe on the horizon. Is this what will kill VR in 2016?

lol that's hilarious! =D

Yew can dew eeet!

Thanks, Row! 23 pages turned in this morning. Now I have one week before it starts all over again. Time to cram in some Atari between work and sleep. On second thought, sleep is overrated.

I need a starplex

Great article.  I love BEST.  I do feel that twinge to "be careful" when I do order, but actually speaking to Bradley is always a pleasant experience for me. 

I've ordered two or three times from both Best and V61. I never knew about getting banned from Best 😆. I always followed the instructions and things went smoothly.

My last purchase had a minor hiccup because of a comment I made on the phone. Since he didn't take paypal, I called in to give him my credit card number. Well, I mistakenly called during non-business hours, and naturally, no one answered. I got a hold of Bradley on a later call and made the mistake of mentioning that I had called once previously and no one picked up. He seemed slightly annoyed 😄

Lance, on the other hand, has been much more cordial and easier to buy from 😄

I loved Gex on 3DO, Rayman on Atari Jaguar, and Clockwork Knight on Sega Saturn. I always thought Clockwork Knight had a lot of potential for Sega to do more with it. Knights was amazing.

I hope your surgery went well! 🦷

Super Breakout on the 2600! Or Warlords if that counts.

I stuck to Breakout titles for the video but its hard not to count Warlords, Off the Wall and Arkanoid! Crazy Brix for the 7800 is also amazing!