Atari 5200 Guy

Now we know why Jack bought Atari.  It was a conspiracy!  It was his way of slowly destroying Atari while Commodore could live on.  
 
In all honesty, I had a C64 in 2005 that a co-worker literally gave me with a floppy drive and ton of copied floppy disks.  It was cool and all but I didn't like it all that well.  When I ordered an Atari 800 shortly after from V61 (no...it's not an advertisement trick) I was not surprised to feel the Atari 8-bit computer seem more powerful.  It also remains, in my opinion, the most supported and well documented computer for the time because of Atari making it an open system for anyone to develop for.  There are hundreds of books just on programming the Atari.  I truly believe that the APX and Atari computers were one of the best business tactics to ever come about...and something that would be nice to see again in a modern world.

Now we know why Jack bought Atari.  It was a conspiracy!  It was his way of slowly destroying Atari while Commodore could live on.  
 
In all honesty, I had a C64 in 2005 that a co-worker literally gave me with a floppy drive and ton of copied floppy disks.  It was cool and all but I didn't like it all that well.  When I ordered an Atari 800 shortly after from V61 (no...it's not an advertisement trick) I was not surprised to feel the Atari 8-bit computer seem more powerful.  It also remains, in my opinion, the most supported and well documented computer for the time because of Atari making it an open system for anyone to develop for.  There are hundreds of books just on programming the Atari.  I truly believe that the APX and Atari computers were one of the best business tactics to ever come about...and something that would be nice to see again in a modern world.

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Dragon Age™: Inquisition - Trial
The Sims™ 4 Create A Sim Demo
SimCity™ (Free Trial)
Mass Effect™ 3 Demo
FIFA 15 Demo
FIFA 14 Demo
FIFA Soccer 13 Demo
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all of these demos are free at: https://www.origin.com/en-us/store/free-games/demos-betas

EA Sports has one free download too:
 
STAR WARS™: The Old Republic™
 
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If anyone has an Xbox 360 or Xbox One, I have a free download code for Fallout 3. First one to let me know & it's yours!

Stolen from an AA post.  Consortium is free on Steam.  Looks like a game RPG lovers will dig. 

Current free game on origin: Jade Empire™: Special Edition
 
https://www.origin.com/en-us/store/free-games/on-the-house

You can get David Bowie's only video game for free until Jan. 22 
http://mashable.com/2016/01/15/david-bowie-omikron-free-game/#jie_S_2gyuqz

Not free, but Postal 2 is on sale for $0.99 until Jan 25 on Steam.  For those that like dark humor and action. 
 
(I just bought it). 

Fans of Ultima, or just fans of gaming history, here's Lord British's first game....Akalabeth: World of Doom (AKA why I never got anything done in Data/Word Processing Class)

http://www.gog.com/game/akalabeth_world_of_doom

FREE!

C & C :Red Alert 2 - free
 
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Did you know that Dig Dug is the father of Mr. Driller? He also used to be married to the main character from the Japanese arcade game Baraduke, but they got divorced. So Dig Dug might be the first divorced video game character.

Into The Eagle's Nest was probably not made for the 7800 because of a few things.  After reading programming guides for the 7800 it can appear that the system might not have been able to handle the memory requirements for the game.  Then again it could have been the timing of the 7800 as well.  It came way too late in the game to have much of a shelf-life.  By the time it came out others had moved on to other systems and the 16-bit consoles were just around the corner so why waste time on another 8-bit system?  For the most part, when looking back, the 7800's library was tired and boring when compared to what Nintendo and Sega was publishing even if it was filling in a much needed arcade-style gap.  Just a theory anyway.  
 
Then again, from what I've been told, there are a lot of things that Atari should have done but never did.  That 5200 JR model Atari Museum for example is stunning and I would have bought one.  The crash and management/owners of Atari back then I don't believe realized all the potential in the stuff they were creating.  It's a shame really and talent gone to waste.  So, the 7800 should have received Into The Eagle's Nest but missed it.  

Hehe...that is way cool! 

Into The Eagle's Nest is one of the best. It managed to get a lot of sprites on the screen at the same time, flicker free, and smooth movement. Sometimes when you're moving sprites on the screen there's jerkiness especially if there's a lot of stuff moving at once, and this one didn't.
 
Atari could have easily put Into The Eagle's Nest onto the 7800 or Lynx, it was a very modern game. Why wasn't this on the Atari 7800?

Hehe...that is way cool! 

Solaris
Atari 2600 
Difficulty: Default
High Score: 44,180
January 26, 2016

Hmm...sounded like a good idea but lack of a prototype to show people that they mean business, and actually know what they are doing, would do a lot for this venture.  We would need to see the specifications they set out when it was called the Retro VGS, at least I would.
 
From a personal point of view:  It's cool that the dyes used to mold Jaguar casings was purchased by someone.  Even if a little retooling was done on them they are still a part of gaming history and deserve to be preserved.  Using them to allow others to have custom Jaguar cases was awesome and I soooo wanted one because a working mainboard is somewhat cheaper than a full working Jaguar, thus a bit easier to obtain.  Now...and I might be stepping on toes with this...but I feel that console design, no matter what, should stay with the Jaguar.  I cringe every time I see those dentist/doctor devices using the Jaguar's shell.  It's a design icon and when I see the design I think of video games and not health.  When I see the design I think of the Jaguar and Jaguar only, not another console with an identical design.  I already have a console with that shell therefore if I was to partake in supporting the Chameleon I would want the design to be custom-made so that it stands out and not have a retooled case that was already used for another system.
 
But, in all seriousness, I would pass on it.  The price is too steep and there are other things, gaming devices, I'd rather spend my hard-earned money on like importing me a Famicom, Twin Famicom, NEC PC Engine (either Core or Core II), and some games.  Then there's the Raspberry Pi adventure I'd like to experience as well.  And these, any of these, cost less than kickstarting this project.  I'm sorry...I love video games and I enjoy knowing that someone, or some people, want to do these things but this project has shown nothing solid to back up the project.  
 
Word of advice, guys (Chameleon developers), make the prototype no matter what it takes.  Get it up and running without blowing it or yourselves up in the process.  Get a game running on it...then get a few more games on it.  At best this would be a two or three year project for just a prototype but if you are highly serious about this game console then I would suggest showing the public actual hardware and software in a similar fashion to how Steve Jobs would have just one more thing.  That is my 2 cents worth.  Just saying.

You should check out Bundle Stars...
 
https://www.bundlestars.com/en/
 
Also...for modern gamers looking for a bit of a break check out this link:
 
http://www.cdkeys.com/
 
Some of the items they have are cheap, others are not.  It's hit and miss with them but the price of something like a year's worth of XBOX Gold is cheaper than retail.  Something to think about.

Hey these are cheap target shelves (18.00)  The only crap part is the amount of adjustment they give you for shelves.  I ended up drilling new holes for all of them.  They are really cheap though, but for the price hey.....

Ahh so I bought shelves so I could cut up one and have more shelves and I originally figured correctly, but then I wanted some headroom to make it easier to get the games out, argh which left me one shelf short when I put my games in.  

Nice job!

You've got a lot of gems in that collection!   I may have to come "borrow" that copy of H.E.R.O.

You could stack the the other way on the top shelf. I bet they'd all fit.

Oh man, what a sweet haul
 
and pretty cool to have an overflow of carts
 
it's kinda like having a Horn O'Plenty
...an Atari Shelf O'Plenty