[Thrift Store Finds]

real sweet!

 

that little box thing is for a Super Scope (if ya already didn't know) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Scope

 

AVGN does a realistically funny review of the Hyperscan ( I never played one but wished I had)

[The things you do when you're alone and bored.]

It all has something to do with scales I imagine

[Cool acrylic Pinball table]

I've only seen that in pictures, that isn't at Canobie Lake Park is it ? (the idea to pay admission to a park to only play pinball though kind of dissuades me from going)

[Thrift Store Finds]

I dont think i have ever seen a goodwill with a return policy. Almost everything has "AS-IS" written on the items around here

https://goodwillnne.org/locations/goodwill-store-portsmouth-nh/

 

I guess the stuff I go after has one. prolly why YOU get all the cool stuff

[Thrift Store Finds]

the Goodwill's 'round here for most gaming stuff have them bagged & tagged with "Goodwill tech certified" label & pehaps a bit overpriced IMO

 

they DO have a decent return policy so I suppose that may have something to do with the items being checked somehow. but I'd prefer the "curb & gutter warranty"  ..... once it hits the curb, you got-'er

[Birthday Gifts]

Wow Happy Birfday

 

any favorited games by all?  G.I. Joe has a 3 player option if you can't drum-up a 4'th player

[Atari Barrel Pong 1973]

I thought perhaps it had something to do with this.....

 

 

yours is an awesome looking project and would be fun to play !!!!

[Arcade USA]

David Theil did the Music for Reactor first I had heard of an arcade release for this game:

 

he mentions it about 6 minutes into his Pintastic New England panel

 

[Squad Challenge - 2018 Pole Position II Grand Prix (Atari 7800)]

Might be as far as I go. LOL I have NEVER been good at this game and cant complete a single race outside of test track. lol 

Massachusetts Drivers

[Unreleased Arkyology game now available for free]

What makes this a "legit lost game" is a newspaper article in the Chicago Tribune of Jan. 15 ,1984 announcing it's release https://chicagotribune.newspapers.com/

 

an Atariage member discovered the article in Christmas of  2009 http://atariage.com/forums/topic/155420-arkyology-new-prototype-discovered-finished-game/

 

Just shy of six years later in 2015 the game designer stumbled upon that thread with an awesome "necrobump"  http://atariage.com/forums/topic/155420-arkyology-new-prototype-discovered-finished-game/?p=3316771

 

Within that thread it was also discovered he was the designer of other perhaps obscure arcade games as well, like "Tugboat" & "Leprechaun"

[Squad Challenge - 2018 Pole Position II Grand Prix (Atari 7800)]

I got that glitch once as well , didn't snap a pic , cleaned with q-tip & suff , hadn't seen it again

 

I think it was on the Sukuka track but don't remember

[Squad Challenge - 2018 Pole Position II Grand Prix (Atari 7800)]

Believe it or not I drove in the grass to pass cars when I had no other option.

 

I graciously bow and say thank you.

Oh yeah, I do some 4-wheelin' but can't seem to navigate around them Atari billboards at the same time.

[Squad Challenge - 2018 Pole Position II Grand Prix (Atari 7800)]

YES!!! I finally did it!

 

Seaside Track

IMG_20180821_003702.jpg

SOMEBODY finally did it !!!!

 

great job.

 

I usually wind up in some kind of traffic jam on the 2'nd lap or so

[Thrift Store Finds]

With the game store still closing i was able to get this 5200 trackball for 60% off. It was like $18

the 5200 Trak-Ball is a great upgrade for Missile Command and  Centipede as well. also works great for Tempest

[Squad Challenge - 2018 Pole Position II Grand Prix (Atari 7800)]

Nice score greenween!

 

Man oh man, these tracks are tough! Especially Suzuka, it's nearly impossible. Hats off to anyone able to finish that course. This has been incredibly challenging, but I love it. This was always one of my favorite and most sentimental games but it's been at least 4-5 years since I last played. This past day or two I really felt like I've pulled the old racing suit out of the closet, gotten suited up and gone back out on the track. It's been a lot of fun.

I feel like I hit a solid wall @ 255 MPH

 

I think if ANYONE can complete the Seaside or the Suzuka track they;ll be the driving ace for this challenge

 

I'm getting a bit better on those tracks with at least one lap completed after qualifying

[Squad Challenge - 2018 Pole Position II Grand Prix (Atari 7800)]

Here are my first lap times for the Test and Fuji tracks. I'm still working on improving these times and will also have times to post for Seaside and Suzuka. 

 

 

Test: 269:79

Suzuka: 296:79

that looks like the Fuji track

 

first you said "Fuji" but put wrong track next to score

[Thrift Store Finds]

about the 5 minute mark

 

 

I haven't tried it myself yet but maybe someday

[Squad Challenge - 2018 Pole Position II Grand Prix (Atari 7800)]

Fuji = 304.00

 

 

driving offroad is better than crashing , seemed forever trying to get by 2 cars fortunately no signs.

 

this is a pretty tough challenge , took a couple tries to complete even this course after trying the others

[Squad Challenge - 2018 Pole Position II Grand Prix (Atari 7800)]

Test Track = 268.00

 

 

had to do a test run and fortunately   I HAD MY CAMERA READY ,

 

after passing bonus is counted it seems to go back to the track selection screen.

 

Imma try the pause button but will STILL KEEP MY CAMERA READY !!!!

 

EDIT:

ok next race ( I didn't finish crashed to many times   ) BUT if you wait it will show your last scores & lap time while in attract mode

 

*whew* I was nervous for a little minute

["Unofficial" Squad Challenge - Video Pinball (Atari 2600)]

From what I recall greenween did that on "ball 1" (not sure how many extra balls were used)

 

Pretty sure he could have rolled it a few times as he had nudging the bonus lane pretty well "dialed in"

 

Nicely done Greenween !!!

 

["Unofficial" Squad Challenge - Video Pinball (Atari 2600)]

So I made it to around 700k after getting the multipliers to 9 and bouncing up and down in the left lane for 60 times, maybe? I knew I had to get the ball back to the plunger to video this, and I did! Sorry for the cheap camera, dog barking, tv in the other room. LOL 

think it went through 235 times I counted the "9"'s mutiplied by 9 & then added "1"

 

just c/p the URL

["Unofficial" Squad Challenge - Video Pinball (Atari 2600)]

The horror. I hit 550,000 with the first ball. Thought I could take a break, filled the wife's car with Freon and found out my game was ended.

 

Wow! That stinks! But great score!!!

certainly is a great score .... I think the game ended so the color-cycling thing would kick-in & prevent burn-in on them old TV's ( new at the time)

 

of course if I walked by .... I have a rule.... if a ball is in a shooter lane & nobody is around I will play the rest of the game

[Arcade USA]

 

Willie! "Knieval" is ready to jump some buses and play some pong with the Sears Telegames MotorCross Sports Center IV!

 

my 10 year old nephew likes the drag-race games on these ...yeah it took awhile to figger-out how to shift as I didn't have the manual.

 

the uniqueness of the pong game on this particular unit is the 4 player pong only allows a player the top or bottom of the screen. unlike say Atari 2600 Video Olympics where the players can stumble over each other.

 

have you gotten to "the kill screen" yet ?

 

I have yet to see the arcade version ...but when I do I'll be spending some time there for sure !!!!!

["Unofficial" Squad Challenge - Video Pinball (Atari 2600)]

This morning, 401,948 !

 in an honest attempt, first play today , I tilted out my last ball ( wished I had my camera as the score line was in the red ...

 

 

THAT's pinball

[Thrift Store Finds]

PnP in a half-shell ... awesome

 

I think that N64 controller could be the Mona-Lisa of controllers