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So here I am necrobumping.
I play harp on and off. Took some blues harp classes at the Old Town School of Folk Music; had the honor of being instructed by Joe Filisko a couple of times, too....Take my word for it: invest some money in a couple of good Hohner Marine Band diatonics. They're about $25 to $30 a pop but they're great quality. Get a B-flat harp and an A harp -- those are good blues harps. (They're actually meant primarily to be played in F and E, respectively: good blues keys!) Marine Bands are the gold standards. The Special 20s have plastic combs, and the non-Special 20 Marine Bands have wood combs. Different players prefer the wood combs for overall timbre, but I prefer the plastic combs because 1) they're easier to bend notes on, and 2) they won't absorb moisture. (But many players take apart their harps -- not easy with a Marine Band -- and seal the wood combs with beeswax though to prevent moisture buildup.)
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First, the really bad: I recently tried a sniping service in search of a reasonably priced CIB Adventure...and found out that I beat out a friend's high bid at the last second...thankfully he's still speaking to me though.
Now, the bad one that happened to me: Videogames Then & Now, the store in Norridge, IL that Sean Kelly owns...inside the store he has one of those glass cases where the more collectible stuff is. Loose Crazy Climber there that a friend mentioned before he needed to get. Picked it up for him as a Christmas present. And saw a Chase the Chuckwagon in there for a good price, too, on a previous trip (and bought it).
Anyway, both times I went there was a copy of Atari Video Cube. Couldn't justify a purchase, so I figured I'd wait until after Christmas and a few more paychecks and save a few bucks up. So what happens? Before I get a chance to get back there....I found out that someone bought it. And who was that someone? Freakin' ED KELLY OF EDLADDIN!!! ARRRHGHGHGHGH..
:) heh. Turns out I ended up with a better deal: recently I got a copy of Video Cube CIB for the same price that Sean Kelly was charging for just a loose copy.
(In all seriousness, I cannot say enough good things about Ed in terms of friendliness, customer service, and products.)
- Justin and Lost Dragon
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I think there are two things that would give a few people some reason/excuse to say 7800 is "bad" at playing 2600 games:
- The cartridge slot can be kind of tight and doesn't play nice with Imagic cartridges and a few other third-party manufacturers' cartridges. Of course, you can cut away the plastic lip around the slot, and that solves that problem. (That was one of the first things I did when I got my 7800.)
- Some versions of the 7800 have some compatibility issues with a few Activision (and other) games and the Supercharger.
- Some people think the color on the 7800 isn't as good as on a dedicated 2600. Then again, there are some people who insist that heavy sixers are the only ones with decent color. Of course, the color is adjustable under the hood. Personally, I've never had a problem with 2600 colors on *any* machine -- I've had a coupla heavy sixers, a woodgrain 4-switcher, a Vader, and a couple of Jrs and they were all fine. Ditto my 7800.
Heck, one of the reasons the 7800 is my favorite consoles is that it plays 2600 games, meaning I don't need a separate 2600 taking up space. And I'm lucky enough to have a 7800 that has so far proven fully compatible -- Robot Tank, The Activision Decathlon, and the Supercharger all work on mine.
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Save some bucks and invest in these babies:
https://atariage.com/store/index.php?l=product_list&c=23
And welcome.
(Ninja Golf is fun, too. And I hate golf!)
- Justin, DCG, Atari 5200 Guy and 2 others
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I'm looking for feedback 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 )
What are your thoughts on Super Pac-Man on the 7800?
This game will be covered on Episode 8. Yep, that's right: episode 8. And I'm posting this when episode 4 is still a week and a half away. Why am I posting this so early? Well, I'm not going to get into the details right now, but I'd just like to start prep on this particular one ASAP.
You can also e-mail text or audio to homebrew78 -at- fab4it -dot- com.
Deadline is, kinda-sorta, 11:59pm CST on Friday, April 7. Any comments from after then will be addressed in a later episode.
- Rowsdower70, Justin and Atari 5200 Guy
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From what I hear, he is one of the nicest guys to meet in person, although in the King of Kong movie, he was made to look like a villain.
Seriously, Billy Mitchell in person is **not** the King of Kong Billy Mitchell. At all. Met him back in the summer when he, Walter Day, Joel West, and Tina and Tim McVey were guests at Underground Retrocade for a screening of Man Vs. Snake (which is a really, really good flick, by the way). During the panel discussion when someone brought up how Billy was portrayed, Tim said something like, "Well, let me put it to you this way...if you make a documentary that does nothing but tells the truth, you'll end up with a pretty boring movie."
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I'm looking for feedback 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 Frenzy on the 7800? Feel free to share your memories of the arcade games Berzerk and Frenzy, too, as this title is an arcade conversion and includes both games.
This game will be covered on Episode 4.
You can also e-mail text or audio to homebrew78 -at- fab4it -dot- com
Deadline is, kinda-sorta, 11:59pm CST on Thursday, February 9. Any comments from after then will be addressed in a later episode.
- greenween, Justin and The Professor
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That, Phil, is why you play it in an emulator and use save states.
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Episode 3 takes a look at the lesser-known Omega Race-inspired homebrew from Brek Brixius. Rumor has it Sean is also giving something away. Is that rumor unfounded? Listen and find out!
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There's a video game store not far from me...reasonable prices on the games themselves, but consoles? Forget it; highway robbery. (Although I wouldn't doubt it's because where they are, the rents are pretty outrageous.) But the guy there told me they use the AtariAge rarity guide as a way to price their Atari stuff.
But FFS....Adventure -- rarity 1 -- very, very, very common, but man...try to get a CIB copy for a reasonable price.And Basic Math. It gives me a headache to see what people ask for CIBs of that one, too. For a rarity 1 game.
I guess it's kind of like the "butcher cover" version of The Beatles' Yesterday And Today album. It is **not rare**. There were 750,000 copies in circulation. But the reason they command such high prices is that all the dealers bought 'em up. Makes my blood boil.
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Still a very new year, and the Pie Factory Podcast guys get yet another riproarin groundbreaking episode out. What are the odds? You'll have to listen and find out.
- Justin and nosweargamer
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First off, I should start off by saying I have a good-paying job, but I'm soooooo not rich and am in fact in a heap of debt, but...every Christmas I get myself an expensive Christmas present. A few years ago, for example, I told my loved ones, when asked what I want for birthday/Christmas, I said, "Just Guitar Center gift cards." I amassed a ton and got myself a nice amplifier. Last year I asked the same thing, but Apple Store gift cards...again, amassed a ton and bought a new MacBook Pro (didn't have nearly enough to cover the balance, but it was definitely a good chunk, and I financed the rest and paid it off in just a few months).
This year....my expensive Christmas present to myself was actually one of the least expensive "expensive Christmas presents" I got myself: the GPD-XD.
if you're not in the know, the GPD-XD is essentially a small quad-core Android tablet rigged up with a video game controller: two (analog?) thumb sticks, a D-pad on the left side, and standard four buttons on the right, as if it were, say, a PSX/Xbox controller. Also contains two shoulder buttons on each side. The unit I got has 32 gigs internal storage, and there's a microSD slot so you can add more. The purpose of its existence is to be a handheld gaming device, and I got it because I wanted some kind of handheld that would emulate a huge variety of systems at full speed and that I could take with me on my commutes to work, flights, etc.
I just want to say I hate the Android OS...always did..just so clunky to navigate...but...as a whole, I'm really, really digging this GPD-XD. It comes pre-loaded with a couple of emulators and, I imagine, some ROMs that are either freely distributable or so freaking obscure that nobody would care. Personally, I downloaded MAME4droid, an NES emulator (forgot which one!), an N64 emulator (again, forgot!), a SNES emulator (again, don't remember which one!), and an Atari 2600 emulator (forgot which one again, but there are TONS), all from the Google Play store. I also tried out an Atari 7800 emulator that I couldn't figure out how to get working. :/
A few observations:
- I find that I really love the "Kart" games...Mario Kart 64 and Diddy Kong Kart on the N64 are fun and very usable on the device.
- Not the best emulator if you're playing games that depend on a 4-way joystick...like, the Pac-Man games in MAME are a bit touchy; Donkey Kong, too.
- GOOD LORD, THERE ARE SO MANY EFFING MAH JONGG GAMES FOR THE SNES!!! (And some for the N64, which itself has a much smaller library.) And a surprisingly huge number of pachinko games, too!
- The screen is sharp but it's very sensitive to your skin's natural oil. IIRC, the device actually comes with screen protectors; I'll have to look into using 'em. (As it's an Android tablet, it's a touch screen.)
- Only NES game I have on it: the original The Legend of Zelda...which I suck at.
- Really cool -- yet simple -- outer packaging. The front of the box has a drawing of some kid with a caption that has both English and Kanji writing. The English writing says, "When you smile, he's happy. When you laugh, he's scared." (or something....this is from memory so it's not necessarily exact.) I...don't know what that's supposed to mean! And I don't know what the Kanji writing says. Probably the same, but I don't know how to read Kanji, so I can't say for sure!
- Holy cow, this thing gets a BUTT TON of battery life!!!! I've had the thing for, what? two, three weeks? I think I had to fully charge it once.
Anyway, yeah...I think I paid $170-ish for it...came with a case and some Mario decals (that I don't plan to use, btw -- if anybody needs Mario decals, just drop me a line and I'll get 'em in the mail for you!) to put on the case...definitely a worthwhile investment!
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Is it ok to say I hate this game? So hard, and not really fun.
Dude, I hate the game NORMALLY, let alone the hard version. (I WILL participate, just haven't had the chance to play video games lately...) So I say, YES, it's OK to say you hate this game.
In all honesty, this is my least-favorite game on the 2600. I'm dead serious about that, too, with Kangaroo being a close second.The collision detection just absolutely sucks.
- fergojisan, Justin and RickR
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The site says, "Want to tell us about an Arcade, Video Game Store or Convention? Submit at the bottom of this page." Unfortunately, there's nothing on the bottom that would indicate that. :/
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It's...a pretty big deal. Probably not as big as PRGE, but still big. When I first went in 2006, admission was $10. But the thing is...it got so big that they severely jacked up the admission fee just to kind of discourage people from going -- too crowded.
It's $40 for one day, $55 for two...don't know about all three days; I'm only going Saturday and Sunday, to represent Pie Factory Podcast....last year I went for just Saturday but I spent so much time at the table that I didn't get much of a chance to actually shop around and check out the arcade... -
So....uhhh...who's going?
- Justin and The Professor
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That's kind of what I was leaning toward. Besides -- the ROM can be downloaded from the discussion thread on AtariAge, so it can be done either in emulation or via some kind of flash cart...(Plus, I already have the main body of the episode recorded.
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Say, uhmm....I'm getting a lot of "never heard of it" responses here, and almost equally blank stares at AtariAge.
I got my copy of Alpha Race from Good Deal Games, as AtariAge never sold it. (I think only GDG and, independently, SiO2 were the only ones who ever sold it to date.)
With those two things in mind...should I perhaps cover a different game for episode 3 and put Alpha Race off to later (in hopes of a reissue), or just stick with my original plan?
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The good news for me is if I keep getting "never heard of it," this will be a really easy episode to do.
- Sabertooth and nosweargamer
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FWIW, it was never (yet) available on the Atari Age store, but Good Deal Games, which is where I got mine.
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I'm looking for feedback 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 Alpha Race on the 7800? As it is loosely based on Omega Race, thoughts on Omega Race are welcome as well.
This game will be covered on Episode 3.You can also e-mail text or audio to homebrew78 -at- fab4it -dot- com
- Justin and Sabertooth
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The father of Namco dies at 91
in Arcade
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It breaks my heart that none of the stories about his death mention Tinkle Pit.