RickR Posted May 9, 2015 Report Posted May 9, 2015 First item is a box. Courtesy of correagonzales. He gave it to me for the cost of shipping, which is really very nice. I figured I have an Expansion module #1 without a box, and he had a box with no expansion module....well, it's like mixing peanut butter and chocolate. Win-win. I could swear I heard both items say "Ahhhh" when I put them together. Next are Front Line and Defender, courtesy of a trade with Rowsdower70. Another great user here in the forums. Front Line requires the giant "Super Action Controller", and the control scheme is kind of weird. Two buttons control the gun rotation. Why didn't they use the roller/dial thingy? Defender. Is. Awesome. This version is one of the best I've seen. The background stars move in parallax. And check out the explosion of your ship...huge...just like the arcade. And finally, Cabbage Patch Kids. Yeah, sounds a little "kidsy". But it's fun. Feels like the sequel to the Smurf game. Nice music, fun game. Got this one on ebay.
VectorGamer Posted May 9, 2015 Report Posted May 9, 2015 Defender looks great but the problem is that it is too easy. I did a video on how to marathon it. ⚠️ THIS MEMBER HAS BEEN BANNED FOR THE FOLLOWING INCIDENT: http://forums.atari.io/index.php/topic/475-theretrocade/?p=7683
Dan Iacovelli Posted May 9, 2015 Report Posted May 9, 2015 nice AVC Online:atari-video.club VGS website: http://videogamesummit.net
Rowsdower70 Posted May 9, 2015 Report Posted May 9, 2015 The CV is such a gorgeous machine. All of the arcade ports were just spot on. Glad I could contribute a bit to your collection, Rick! "For you - Rowsdower from the 70 - have been appointed Omnivisioner of the Game Grid." ~ Atari Adventure Square
RickR Posted May 9, 2015 Author Report Posted May 9, 2015 I need to fiddle with my camera a little to get better screen shots. Maybe a faster shutter speed.
Arenafoot Posted May 11, 2015 Report Posted May 11, 2015 love the explosion on the Defender screenshot! Brian Matherne - owner/curator of "The MOST comprehensive list of Atari VCS/2600 homebrews ever compiled." http://tiny.cc/Atari2600Homebrew author of "The Atari 2600 Homebrew Companion" book series available on Amazon! www.amazon.com/author/brianmatherne
MaximumRD Posted May 11, 2015 Report Posted May 11, 2015 The expansion module is great! What a weird early time in gaming history, could you imagine a rival gaming company allowing the competitors games on the rival console today? Of course that would never happen and this came about due to some court settlements between Atari and Coleco back in the day, even Coleco's Gemini a full stand alone 2600 compatible, great times. Some guy even modder one of those expansion modules to be a complete stand alone 2600 console ! I am Rob aka MaximumRD aka OldSchoolRetroGamer and THIS is my world http://about.me/maximumrd "For you, the day Bison graced your village was the most important day of your life. But for me, it was Tuesday." - M. Bison
VectorGamer Posted May 11, 2015 Report Posted May 11, 2015 It would be interesting to know exactly how many of those expansion modules were sold. Just curious as to what percentage of customers were sold on a Colecovision because they could add the expansion module to play 2600 carts. ⚠️ THIS MEMBER HAS BEEN BANNED FOR THE FOLLOWING INCIDENT: http://forums.atari.io/index.php/topic/475-theretrocade/?p=7683
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Arenafoot Posted May 13, 2015 Report Posted May 13, 2015 are they really rare? or not? Brian Matherne - owner/curator of "The MOST comprehensive list of Atari VCS/2600 homebrews ever compiled." http://tiny.cc/Atari2600Homebrew author of "The Atari 2600 Homebrew Companion" book series available on Amazon! www.amazon.com/author/brianmatherne
Justin Posted May 13, 2015 Report Posted May 13, 2015 In a sense that Cabbage Patch game looks better than a lot of NES games. It's hard sometimes to justify why Atari wasn't prepared to go head-to-head against ColecoVision with anything other than the tech in the 5200.
Jayson_B24 Posted May 15, 2015 Report Posted May 15, 2015 Very cool! What a great community we've got here! Wish I knew what became of my old CV, since I can't seem to find one near me. Atlas was permitted the opinion that he was at liberty, if he wished, to drop the Earth and creep away; but this opinion was all that he was permitted. Franz Kafka
extendedplayarcade Posted May 18, 2015 Report Posted May 18, 2015 Sweet pick up! BrentExtended Play Arcadehttps://www.youtube.com/user/extendedplayarcade Sub 4 Sub
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