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Release Date: 4/21/2023 Retail: $8.99 Developer: Orangepixel Publisher: Orangepixel Official Site Synopsis: After their job, of keeping the dungeons in balance, was done, our heroes needed a new job. Roaming the lands they found a call for heroes, a castle in need, possible even a damsel in distress? Pick two heroes to take into the adventure, controlling both heroes and using their special skills to navigate the dangerous castle hallways, rooms and floors. Switching between the two characters to solve quests, puzzles, and of course clear the dungeons of all evil. Quests - The dungeon is full of problems, let's call them quests. These problems range from simple "find a key" to "use magic powers to light all magic candles and open the magical gate". Different types of quests require different solutions. Use the skills of the characters in your party to complete these quests. Weapons - Your characters are your main weapons. The Elf shoots his arrows through multiple monsters, the Wizard has unlimited magic, the Warrior has a powerful melee attack with his hammer, and the Valkyrie besides having a quick spinning-melee attack can also detect secrets and important loot. The characters can level up to increase their firepower, or find rare loot which enhances your character for short periods of time. This includes magic spells! Secrets - Find secret rooms, level-skipping teleports, secret items, and more! Perma-items - You will be able to unlock magic spells by collecting 4 shards of various magic books. Once all shards are collected the magic is unlocked. It's also possible to increase the strength of this magic by collecting the magic shards multiple times. All unlocked spells will stay unlocked even after you die, making you more powerful on your future attempts to reach the final boss.

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Here's a video of the above attempt from yesterday. This is such an odd and trippy game. In other words, its classic Minter! There is something zen-like about the whole thing.

16,911,250 A far cry from @Mockduck , but a personal best. Played with the Modern.

Long teased but officially confirmed by Winterworks GmbH today (4/14) as coming "soon" to the VCS!

Release Date: 11/3/2023 Retail: $6.99 Developer(s): Winterworks GmbH Publisher: Winterworks GmbH Official Site Synopsis : Retro-style platformer with cute pixelart, chiptune soundtrack and challenging levels! Help Bloo Kid to rescue his girlfriend from the hands of the evil Wizard in this fancy retro-style "one-screen" platformer. Jump and run your way through 96 action-packed levels spread across EIGHT unique worlds.

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Yes, the ending definitely got to me. Even through this cold, latinum-plated heart. 😉

S3,E9: Võx There are some definite highs and lows in this one. I happen to be out with a bad cold so I watched it twice - once at 3:00am and again around noon. Overall, I liked it.

That's a heck of a score @Mockduck! Way to kick things off!

I really enjoyed episode 7. It was solid and didn't lean too hard on nostalgia.

Thanks @Marco1019 !

New to Akka Arrh? Check out this great video from @dadisajoke for a look at the game!

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!

Akka Arrh (2023) Atari VCS Controller: MODERN CONTROLLER / CLASSIC CONTROLLER / PLAYER'S CHOICE Difficulty Level: Normal Game Play on: Real Hardware ✔ Squad Challenge ends 11:59 pm PST April 30, 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 April 1st through April 30, 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 AKKA ARRH in PURE MODE! Start from level one to achieve the highest possible score! 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 14th Club VCS Recharged Squad Challenge!!! For this challenge, we're taking on Llamasoft's brand new take on the abandoned Atari arcade game Akka Arrh! The original Akka Arrh was a previously unreleased prototype arcade game made by Atari's Mike Hally and Dave Ralston in 1982. After failing field tests, Atari pulled the plug and shelved the game. It would not be released to the public until 2019, when the arcade ROM was leaked to the MAME community. Atari included the game in the Atari50 collection. Fast-forward forty years. Atari partnered with legendary game designer Jeff Minter to fully redesign the failed prototype for modern consoles and player sensibilities. This is not the failed 1982 prototype. This is a trippy, psychedelic expression of Llamasoft's madness! It's Minter unleashed. It's also a heck of a high score chaser! Play in PURE mode from level one and take the game as far as you can for the high score! Club VCS Recharged Squad Contest This game is the fourth title in our third 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.

Congratulations and a big ClubVCS Squad Challenge welcome to @Marco1019, the winner of our Missile Command: Recharged challenge! Marco has been a member and friend to ClubVCS for some time and got his own VCS last month! He makes his ClubVCS debut with an abosultely stunning score of 132,840! @Mockduck defended his cities to take second with 39,000. I staved off nuclear annihilation just long enough to eek out a third place finish at 35,038. @Yorkies TV and @RickR round out the board, with "THE END" coming at 25,500 and 10,775, respectively. As the winner of this round @Marco1019will receive 3 entries in the upcoming giveaway (prize TBA)! @Mockduck will receive two entries since he posted his attempts via Youtube. Everyone else will receive one entry! I'd like to encourage Marco to post this high score on the Scoreboard so we can make sure this Challenge continues on! Congratulations again to @Marco1019 an incredible showing! Also, a big congratulations to the rest of the Squad! Missile Command: Recharged (2022) is a great update to the 2020 version, bringing the game in line with the rest of the series and refining the gameplay, graphics and music. Its tough as nails and the difficulty ramps up quick. But, as in the original 1980 classic, there are no winners in nuclear war. No matter how good you think you are, THE END is nigh! NOTE: Our next Recharged Squad Challenge is Akka Arrh (2023)! Be there!

35,038. This is from last week. I was hoping to get a better round in but oh well. This is a tough game even with your specs maxed out.

Here's an informative interview with devs Sneakybox from Gamebolt on their approach to recharging Caverns. https://gamingbolt.com/caverns-of-mars-recharged-co-op-new-content-visuals-and-more

Wow! Crazy scores @Marco1019! What controller type are you using?

ATARI, in collaboration with VR developer ARVORE, have partnered to publish the third installment in ARVORE's popular Pixel Ripped series: Pixel Ripped 1978! The game will be available on modern VR platforms like SteamVR, Meta Quest 2 and PSVR2 and comes out this summer. From the website: ARVORE has teamed-up with Atari to create an incomparably authentic retro experience using gaming's most innovative technology: a 3D exploration of the 2D genesis of the industry. An immersive, joyful frolic through the Golden Age of Video Games, Pixel Ripped 1978 places our heroine Dot in the heart of the blossoming industry. Pixel Ripped 1978 is the third installment in the popular VR series from ARVORE. The studio has introduced new, innovative mechanics that will delight VR enthusiasts, and the series ‘game within a game’ formula reaches new heights. The collaboration with Atari not only increased the authenticity of the nostalgic adventure, it allowed the design team to layer in countless easter eggs for fans of retro gaming and gaming history. The Story Dot must join forces with "Bug," the quirky visionary who developed the original Pixel Ripped series. Help Dot maneuver through multidimensional challenges to protect Bug's childhood memories from the evil Cyblin Lord, a villain able to break through the screen and invade the real world. In the game. The setting? The intense burst of creativity that vibrated through the San Jose suburbs in the late 70s and early 80s. Feel the mighty effects of how the Pixel Stone alters reality itself! What do you all think of this announcement? Any interest in exploring a virtual Sunnyvale office?

Jousting Heroes is now Avian Knights...

Here's a teaser trailer for Gunslugs 2, now available on the VCS: