Atari 5200 Guy Posted January 24 Report Share Posted January 24 28 minutes ago, CrossBow said: Did I miss where you posted issues with it? What was it doing or not doing originally? It wasn’t doing anything so they sent me a replacement. I posted the issue under the Squad Challenge thread for Berzerk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari 5200 Guy Posted January 24 Report Share Posted January 24 New addition! RickR 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted January 24 Author Report Share Posted January 24 59 minutes ago, Atari 5200 Guy said: New addition! I'm sorry to hear about your wife. I hope you both feel better soon. Neat addition! I look forward to hearing what you think and how you think it compares to Xbox-360. I've been having trouble deciding which of those two to spend time on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari 5200 Guy Posted January 24 Report Share Posted January 24 36 minutes ago, RickR said: I'm sorry to hear about your wife. I hope you both feel better soon. Neat addition! I look forward to hearing what you think and how you think it compares to Xbox-360. I've been having trouble deciding which of those two to spend time on. I had a PS3 before I had a 360. Even though I have more history and experience with the 360 I honestly prefer the PS3. It seems to be a more capable console. I personally like the fact I don’t need batteries for the controllers. And Xbox 360 controllers gobble those up. We have rechargeable batteries for our 360 controllers and I’m changing those daily if I do any heavy gaming. I have also had 360 controllers wear out after a few months of use. Over the years it was in production the 360 dashboard got lots of updates. The last update seemed to slow the system down somehow and it now has a habit of popping up a message saying you have been playing for hours when the system has just been turned on and a game started. It’s annoying and they won’t fix it. The main decision you would have to make boils down to exclusive titles. Halo, Forza, Gears of War can only be played on the 360 while Gran Turismo, Jak & Daxter, and God of War are on PlayStation. It really boils down to what games you have that are not on the other you would want to spend time on. Other factors to consider: Xbox is slowly removing 360 games from the Marketplace and have removed Indie games completely. While they have kept some games there it’s only about a quarter of what use to be there. I’ve noticed the same with the PS3 Store since the last time I send it over 10 years ago but it has more offerings. RickR 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted January 24 Author Report Share Posted January 24 I appreciate your opinion very much! My main observations are that I think I like the PS3 more just because the controller is more comfortable. But the games take longer to load. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari 5200 Guy Posted January 24 Report Share Posted January 24 (edited) 2 minutes ago, RickR said: I appreciate your opinion very much! My main observations are that I think I like the PS3 more just because the controller is more comfortable. But the games take longer to load. Weird. Games on mine load pretty quick. But I’ve only tried GT5 so far. My 360 consoles are much slower. I also have that Hydro Thunder game. I got it free with Games with Gold when they still did that. You need to get a PS5 man. That thing blows Xbox One out of the water! Edited January 24 by Atari 5200 Guy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sramirez2008 Posted January 25 Report Share Posted January 25 TrekMD, CrossBow, RickR and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sramirez2008 Posted January 26 Report Share Posted January 26 Yes! I’ve been after the Stargunner manual for quite some time. I have most of the manuals for my collection of carts. Some of the manuals are just as the cool as the games themselves. Sabertooth, Smell Dawg, CrossBow and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari 5200 Guy Posted January 27 Report Share Posted January 27 This arrived today socrates63, Sabertooth, sramirez2008 and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari 5200 Guy Posted January 27 Report Share Posted January 27 My impression on the VCS is meh. It seems to struggle doing things. Sabertooth 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabertooth Posted January 27 Report Share Posted January 27 (edited) 7 minutes ago, Atari 5200 Guy said: My impression on the VCS is meh. It seems to struggle doing things. If you're starting from new, you have a lot of updates to get through - three years of them. After the updates you should be good to go. If you're having specific issues, feel free to ask in ClubVCS hardware discussion and someone should be able to help. Edited January 27 by Sabertooth Smell Dawg 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari 5200 Guy Posted January 27 Report Share Posted January 27 It’s starting to get better. ❤️🩹 I plays the Recharged game I got good. The cooling fan in it seems to struggle and you can hear it like someone is mashing a gas pedal for a second to rev a car engine. Otherwise I like it. I just need to warm up to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari 5200 Guy Posted January 27 Report Share Posted January 27 I did notice it takes a while from exiting a game for the Home Screen to show up. Sometimes over a minute. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smell Dawg Posted January 29 Report Share Posted January 29 On 1/27/2024 at 2:51 PM, Atari 5200 Guy said: The cooling fan in it seems to struggle and you can hear it like someone is mashing a gas pedal for a second to rev a car engine. There's a workaround for that - disabling "core boost" in the BIOS. On 1/27/2024 at 2:56 PM, Atari 5200 Guy said: I did notice it takes a while from exiting a game for the Home Screen to show up. Sometimes over a minute. Wilikers, that's certainly not the typical experience! Sabertooth 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrekMD Posted January 30 Report Share Posted January 30 Got my stuff from the Atari Age last chance sale! socrates63, sramirez2008, RickR and 2 others 5 Quote 🖖 Going to the final frontier, gaming... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabertooth Posted January 30 Report Share Posted January 30 Very nice @TrekMD! I'm still patiently waiting for my order. I checked over the weekend after a few folks got theirs. It still says pending. Order placed 6/22/23. TrekMD 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sramirez2008 Posted January 30 Report Share Posted January 30 @TrekMD The Pleiades artwork looks good. I went back and forth on this one and decided not to get it. I liked playing the coin-op BITD. TrekMD and Sabertooth 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smell Dawg Posted January 30 Report Share Posted January 30 You and I are in the same boat, @Sabertooth! Man, seeing all these orders coming in is making me extra-impatient 😆 Sabertooth 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted January 30 Author Report Share Posted January 30 11 hours ago, Sabertooth said: Very nice @TrekMD! I'm still patiently waiting for my order. I checked over the weekend after a few folks got theirs. It still says pending. Order placed 6/22/23. 2 hours ago, Smell Dawg said: You and I are in the same boat, @Sabertooth! Man, seeing all these orders coming in is making me extra-impatient 😆 Same here. I'm still waiting. Sabertooth, TrekMD and Smell Dawg 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
- Ω - Posted January 30 Report Share Posted January 30 Well, this is technically a game item... so anyway, I was recently introduced to a game called Sequence but I found the blue, red and green tokens a little plain, so I printed up a set of 50 in satin copper. socrates63 1 Quote <<< My YouTube Page >>> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrekMD Posted January 31 Report Share Posted January 31 When did you guys order? I had two orders one month from each other and the entire set of games arrived. Got lucky, I guess. As for today, this was Vectrex Day! Look at what arrived! Smell Dawg, sramirez2008, RickR and 1 other 4 Quote 🖖 Going to the final frontier, gaming... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sramirez2008 Posted January 31 Report Share Posted January 31 4 hours ago, TrekMD said: When did you guys order? I had two orders one month from each other and the entire set of games arrived. Got lucky, I guess. As for today, this was Vectrex Day! Look at what arrived! Sweet! Welcome to the Twin-Stick club. I really like the BIG BOI TWIN controller TrekMD 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrekMD Posted February 1 Report Share Posted February 1 18 hours ago, sramirez2008 said: Sweet! Welcome to the Twin-Stick club. I really like the BIG BOI TWIN controller Yes! I had to wait for it but it looks great! sramirez2008 1 Quote 🖖 Going to the final frontier, gaming... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sramirez2008 Posted February 1 Report Share Posted February 1 1 hour ago, TrekMD said: Yes! I had to wait for it but it looks great! It sure does. The VecMulti is a great cart. Easy to use. I purchased a second one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrekMD Posted February 1 Report Share Posted February 1 I have an older version and this new one. It is a great multi-cart! sramirez2008 1 Quote 🖖 Going to the final frontier, gaming... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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