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  2. PROOF That Ms. Pac-Man Should've Been The Atari 7800 Pack-In!

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    Xenophobe was one of the later releases, so that would rule it out. Otherwise, I'd be all over a Ninja Golf 7800 System set with Europads thrown in! :rofl:

     

    And a lot of folks might have been disappointed with Xenophobe...I know Jimmy G has many times lamented that you can't be Dr. Kwack, for example...and one of the attractions about Xenophobe in the arcade was that you could play up to three players.

  3. PROOF That Ms. Pac-Man Should've Been The Atari 7800 Pack-In!

    in Atari 7800

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    I'd have to agree, Ms. Pac-Man was a far more popular game.  It would have helped sales. 

     

    Plenty.  The 7800 version is arcade accurate pretty much.

     

    Totally agreed. As long as I've been on AtariAge (about 16 years) I've seen many homebrews and hacks to make Pac-Man more like the arcade version, but I've never seen someone try to do the same with Ms. Pac-Man. Yeah, Ms. on the 2600 is a much better version of Ms. Pac-Man than Pac-Man on the 2600 is of Pac-Man, but I agree with you, Doc -- there's plenty that can be done with Ms.:

     

    - Add the intermissions (and include the little sound effect when Pac and Ms. bump into each other -- the only home version I've ever seen that has that little sound is the yet-to-be-released POKEY version of Pac-Man Collection! on the 7800)

    - Make the mazes more faithful to both the layouts and the colors of the arcade mazes

    - Maze changing patterns to match those of the arcade (2600 has it change every 2 mazes)

    - Improve the randomization of the bonus prize after the banana

    - Add the background noise

    - And for extra measure, add some special features like configuring when you get a bonus life, high speed option, and maybe "plus" mode.

     

    Sound like a lot? Sure. But look at what they did with Pac-Man 8k.

     

    And I've said this before on a few occasions, but what I'd really LOVE to see is someone take the existing 2600 Ms. Pac-Man and turn it into a crappy version that would be similar to the Tod Frye Pac-Man. :)

     

     

    However, I'm not as sure if Ms. Pac-man would have been a good pack-in when the 7800 was finally released in '86 and more mainstream by '88. Perhaps by then a different game to showcase the 7800 better should have been used. I've always thought that Food Fight or Xenophobe would have been good for this. Food Fight would have been fairly exclusive to the 7800 at that time, and if they used Xenophobe it would have been an excellent game to showcase the graphical power of the 7800 plus the fact it allowed two player simultaneous play.

     

    I addressed this in the latest Pie Factory Podcast (or was it the previous one??), but...I don't think Food Fight as a 7800 pack-in would have been a good business move on Atari's part. It would definitely have sold the system, but...thing is, Food Fight is the killer app for the 7800. It would make a lot of the other games pale in comparison.

     

    I agree with nsg's assertion that Ms. Pac-Man would have been a better pack-in. It's a game that most people are already familiar with, and it was one of the most successful arcade games of all time, if not the most successful arcade game of all time. Imagine....Christmas time, you get an Atari 7800 for Christmas, and it comes with Ms. Pac-Man. ANYBODY in the family with at least one hand and some mastery of motor skills can immediately fire up the new console and play the game.

     

    But Pole Position II?? A racing game being played with the PainLine?? And of course, there's the OCD factor: well, where's the original Pole Position??? Where there's a II, you need a I.

     

  4. Got a Harmonica

    in Off Topic

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    Just a few minutes ago I bought a Special 20. Needed one in Ab for a class. Holy CRAP, those things list price nearly DOUBLED in the last few years!!! List price is over $50....cripes...luckily the store where I got it 1) is non-profit and 2) discounts them significantly, but....youch...

  6. Who's watching the new MST3K? Opinions?

    in Television & Movies

    Posted · Edited by dauber

    My wife and I watched the first two so far.

     

    I pretty much agree 100% with all of the above. And yeah, Crow's new voice is almost indistinguishable from from Trace Beaulieu's Crow voice! (I was fine with Bill Corbett doing Crow, but this one is WAY better!)

     

    I'm not thrilled with Servo's voice, but to me it was important that whoever do his voice also must have a good singing voice...so far, not bad!

     

    But yep, often it's hard to tell who's saying what.

     

    Gypsy -- I don't like that she's basically an extended overhead neck with a real female voice....I liked her more...I guess "nervous Miss Piggy" vibe....from the first ten seasons.

     

    Glad they brought back the invention exchange. They tried to continue it with the Mike episodes but it didn't last long; I'm guessing Joel must have written those and when he left, nobody could quite live up to that standard. (It makes sense; Joel is a prop comic, after all.)

     

    I'm not a fan of the set and the "band," though; it makes it look like the show has a budget. I loved the all-around cheap feel of the prior incarnations. I appreciate that the distant shots of the ship have the cheap vibe, but to me, the entire view has to be cheap.

     

    BTW, I don't know the answer to this question as I've only seen the first two, but.....are there any short subjects?

  9. WANTED: Feedback for Scramble for Atari 7800

    in Atari 7800

    Posted

    I'm looking for the next episode of the Atari 7800 Homebrew Podcast (you can find it on iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play, or use this feed: http://feeds.feedburner.com/homebrew78 )

    What are your thoughts on Scramble? This game will be covered on Episode 11.

    You can also e-mail text or audio to homebrew78 -at- fab4it -dot- com.

    Deadline is 11:59pm CDT on Wednesday, May 17. Any comments from after then will be addressed in a later episode.

  15. WANTED: Feedback for Pac-Man Collection! and Crazy Otto for Atari 7800!

    in Atari 7800

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    I'm looking for a future episode of the Atari 7800 Homebrew Podcast (you can find it on iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play, or use this feed: http://feeds.feedburner.com/homebrew78 ). THIS IS **NOT** THE NEXT EPISODE!!! I just want to start asking for comments now because this episode is going to be a huuuuuuuge undertaking and a lot of work.

    What are your thoughts on Pac-Man Collection!? (Note that the title has an exclamation point in it!) I will also be covering Crazy Otto in this episode.

    You can also e-mail text or audio to homebrew78 -at- fab4it -dot- com.

    Deadline will be announced at a later date. Thanks!

  19. WANTED: Feedback for Crazy Brix for Atari 7800

    in Atari 7800

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    Thanks, The! (Can I call you "The"?) Actually, there is a reason that it does not have the Arkanoid-style powerups (you'll have to listen to find out :)  )...actually, two reasons....

     

    BTW, I have to say, I'm only about 1/5 done with my research on this, and already it's got one of the most fascinating back-stories I've seen so far....

  21. WANTED: Feedback for Crazy Brix for Atari 7800

    in Atari 7800

    Posted

    I'm looking for the next episode of the Atari 7800 Homebrew Podcast (you can find it on iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play, or use this feed: http://feeds.feedburner.com/homebrew78 )

    What are your thoughts on Crazy Brix? This game will be covered on Episode 10.

    You can also e-mail text or audio to homebrew78 -at- fab4it -dot- com.

    Deadline is 11:59pm CDT on Wednesday, May 3. Any comments from after then will be addressed in a later episode.

  24. The Atari 7800 Homebrew Podcast

    in Podcasts

    Posted

    Hello, friends. Just wanted to let you know that it's very likely the next episode will be delayed a day or two. If it's not out tomorrow, it should be out Sunday or Monday. In the mean time, the deadline for Space Invaders feedback is extended to noon (CDT) tomorrow!

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