Atari 5200 Guy

I hope they don't do a C&D to the website with the same name. Game looks really good!

WTH did they do to that poor lynx? It's doctored up with stuff.

Sorry guys. I couldn't find time to join in. I wanted to. I will try to catch the next one.

I can't believe that site is still up and running. Pretty cool to see it again and alive and well.

I think this is on the Classic Mini.

It's really hard to fathom those consoles being that old. I still play my 360 a lot. Sadly the XBOX Games with gold for the 360 has reached the end. September is the last month the 360 gets free games for gold members. It's been a long run with that program. I'm still after a PS3 though because honestly all three were great consoles and the last of their kind.

R? R.C. Pro-AM (NES)

I use to have that game. Was not a fan of it.

Ooo...and "S" game. Let's see.... Super Runabout (Dreamcast) or is that not retro?

Dang ut! I can't get close to my last score.

Donkey Kong country I remember. Nice find!

Amiga?!? Stored with an ST??? Are you sure those two are safe to have together? They might start fighting each other. Never had a working Amiga. At least not the more common one. Someone once gave me an Amiga 2000 that didn't work and needed a power supply. I never found one and there was no internet then so I threw it away. If only I had known.

I agree with this. I discovered a new favorite 5200 game with Pengo. This was the most time I spent with the game after owning it for a while now. I have about 40 5200 games now. Most are Atari releases but I also have a few PB titles (Q, Popeye, Frogger, Star Wars, Super Cobra), two Sega games (Buck Rogers, Zaxxon), one Activision game (Zone Ranger), and one CBS game (Blue Print). I don't own an Atarimax cart and 5200 emulation is flakey for me when I'm use to the analog nature of the system. I'd love to see more ST challenges personally. It's easily emulated and most games are readily available. I also think it is an underappreciated system that was overshadowed by the Amiga. It has some arcade classics on it like Moon Patrol, Joust, Battlezone, Arkanoid, Pacmania, and more.

I'm only picking on you. I don't have room to talk. Mine is sitting on the floor waiting for a spot to sit on. Besides, I don't think there is actually an Atari Protective Service anyway 😉. But where's your ST?

Ok so what machine is it for?

😥poor 5200. Putting that dear machine where it cant breathe. You ought to be reported to APS! 😂 I'll be tracking this. I don't have this TI game but I love to watch a good battle. Good luck guys!

DT Racer I have and I could not get over how poor the controls were. Either that or I was not understanding what the cars were expecting from me. The game looked great otherwise. Any NES games you find in the wild is an instant win in my book. You don't find those in the wild very often.

After all the life changes happening as of late I finally managed to sit down and play a video game on real hardware. I decided to hook up my STe and the game I picked to play was Lotus Turbo Challenge. Granted I have not seen this game since the Genesis days so it was nice to see it again. The first thing I noticed were the graphics. To me they seemed to be better than those on the Genesis but on par with those IBM PCs equipped with EGA graphics adapters. Those were the good ol' days. Every screen pays tribute to the exotic Lotus sports car. Screens detail exterior and interior designs and features, there's a 360 degree rotating render of the car, and power house tech sheets for you car buffs. At its roots, however, LETC is a basic and simple racing game. The objective is really simple...place 10th or better to advance to the next race. Should you cross the finish line in 11th place or higher then the game ends. Do not pass GO, do not collect $200. Lotus on the ST I believe has nine tracks to race on with pit row. It offers split screen racing for two players to have fun. The game offers multiple music tracks to listen to while racing or you can simply turn them off. The beginning of each track has information about that track including lane closures and pit requirements. The visuals of Lotus are very impressive in my opinion and remind me a lot of how Top Gear on the Super Nintendo looked like. The controls are simple to use with a couple of control options to choose from and is controlled by a joystick. Lotus Esprit Turbo Challenge became an instant hit then and it is easy to see why. It's a nicely made racing game that is easy to pick up and play for one or two people. Searching EBay for physical copies turned up very little. Only a few were available from outside the USA. Prices ranged from $16 to $115 at the time I did a search. For STe owners this game got a recent upgrade in graphics and sounds and is available on Atari Mania. This one is a classic! So grab a buddy and lay asphalt.

That is something I never got to experience and I really want to. Enjoy computers when things were simple and/or basic. There was no Siri or Alexa or Cortana to help find things...you had to physically interact with the machine you were using. Some of our technology I feel is really good but has taken away a lot of the purpose to owning a computer regardless of how old or modern they are. Modern technology is great don't get me wrong. It gave us Atari IO among other places to wreck havoc but I personally would love to sit in front of one of my Atari machines, be it the XE or ST, and just explore what was available. I used Bob term one time. I never got to experience it again. It would also be nice if an Atari owner could communicate with say a TI owner. Enjoy conversations between retro owners on those machines. Maybe I'm weird for thinking that way but I think it would be cool. I mean...they computers, too, after all.

This is cool. I like lots of flashy red lights. But my XEGS lacks a R232 port. I'd need one for SIO.

I'd have one good enough reason...MIDI Maze. I think it would be neat to play that game, online, on real hardware, with friends elsewhere. I could then say, "Yep! I still get online with my Atari computer.". See how many heads I turn or funny looks I get.

I wonder why those that made the SIO2whatever devices did not take advantage of that port and allow a similar internet connection or piggyback from a modern PC? Let the modern stuff do the hardwork and let a local computer handle signals to/from an Atari. Would have made sense. I found it and everything to make one is open source. I'm checking it out now. Thanks for the info!

I'm not saying that modern internet is bad. While it did open up doors for bad things to happen easily to the unsuspecting it is a long ways from those early days. What would be nice is if there was a way to get these older systems online using the services being paid for. Imagine an A8, TI, or any other pre 286/386 computer getting broadband abilities. That would be cool! Does such a thing exist?

My first "online" experience was with my first used XEGS I found in consignment for $40. Came with an XL modem, x2 551 disk drives, an Okidata color printer, and a program recorder but I don't remember if it was the XL or XE designed model. Included was some game and utility disks, some books and pamplets (how I discovered V61). It was 1998. I tested out the modem one night with BobTerm. Went through the list of numbers on the disk. The second number I dialed went to somewhere in Florida and it answered. I was surprised. I chatted with someone there and they shared some games for me to play. So I essentially downloaded some games and chatted at the same time. I have no clue who was on the other now but that was my first experience. It was expensive too. I ran my phone bill up from $25 to over $100. And I might had been on for an hour...maybe. But it was fun.