Albert Posted September 1, 2017 Share Posted September 1, 2017 I did leave some, they haven't been approved. For instance LEM, at the top it says 2 reviews but only 1 is visible to the public Whoops, I missed a few reviews, they have all been approved. Thanks for commenting on that. The primary reason I have to approve the reviews is to prevent spammers and trolls from leaving "reviews". And that bug where it says there are, say, two reviews and only one is visible is something I'm going to go look at and fix right now, as that's annoying. There has been a steady flow of reviews in the past week -- I've been including a nice flyer with orders inviting people to leave reviews in the store, so I think that's helping a bit. As well as this thread. ..Al 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Video Posted September 2, 2017 Share Posted September 2, 2017 Nothing wrong with that, Video. As long as you describe your thoughts like that. IMO you don't need any score then. Scores are for people who are too lazy to read and understand reviews. E.g. Jammed was definitely not designed to look or sound outstanding. It was an attempt to squeeze in as many puzzles (600) into 4K with an adequate UI. So its perfect from a programmers perspective, but probably not that good for players. Holy crap! I thought I was nearing the end too. Man I still have a LONG ways to go on this one (not quiet hit 100 yet) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted September 2, 2017 Author Share Posted September 2, 2017 (edited) Holy crap! I thought I was nearing the end too. Man I still have a LONG ways to go on this one (not quiet hit 100 yet) Oh, you are playing them one by one? Then be prepared that the puzzles are getting more and more difficult. Edited September 2, 2017 by Thomas Jentzsch 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanJr Posted September 2, 2017 Share Posted September 2, 2017 I still remember the Christmas I got Jammed and the subsequent day I spent solving all the puzzles. Took hours, but was super fun. I've not had the courage to attempt it again. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted September 2, 2017 Author Share Posted September 2, 2017 All 600 in just one day? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hizzy Posted September 3, 2017 Share Posted September 3, 2017 Are the puzzles in Jammed randomized or do they appear in an order? Is there a way to skip to the 100th or 200th puzzles? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moycon Posted September 3, 2017 Share Posted September 3, 2017 hizzy: "Qb is amazing! I wish there was a box to go with it." There was!! ( Although it was like 15 years ago. ) 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted September 3, 2017 Author Share Posted September 3, 2017 (edited) Are the puzzles in Jammed randomized or do they appear in an order? Is there a way to skip to the 100th or 200th puzzles? Everything of that. PLAYING THE GAME Jammed consists of 600 puzzles which are organized in 6 difficulty levels of 100 puzzles each. With the joystick you can move the cursor and the firebutton moves the selected car in the indicated direction. SWITCHES RESET = restart puzzle SELECT = select level FIRE+SELECT = select random puzzle in current level LEFT DIFFICULTY = cursor mode RIGHT DIFFICULTY = switch between NTSC and PAL settings Edited September 3, 2017 by Thomas Jentzsch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hizzy Posted September 3, 2017 Share Posted September 3, 2017 The Qb box is very cool! I have boxes for some Xype games: Gunfight, Crazy Balloon, Seawolf, Star Fire. They are the regular cardboard kind. I would love to see standard boxes for Qb, Space Instigators, and Climber 5 The Xype games deserve it! Jammed is a great game and a tremendous value. This one needs a box, too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanJr Posted September 3, 2017 Share Posted September 3, 2017 All 600 in just one day? I want to say yes. I was young and had no children, so free time abounded. Some of the early ones are pretty straightforward, but later ones took some doing. Maybe not all 600. Dammit Thomas, now I have to go and play it all over again. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enthusi Posted September 4, 2017 Share Posted September 4, 2017 This is a bit off topic but 'Jammed!' works very well on people that never play video games (also!). Controls are obvious, game logic is straight and it really gets addictive. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Video Posted September 4, 2017 Share Posted September 4, 2017 Yeah, I play all the levels and when I go back I practice by replaying the earlier levels, so I'm slowly getting through it. If it saved or password, it probably wouldn't help as I tend to play till I get stuck LOL, so I'd just be perpetually stuck if it did that. Haven't mucked with the switches, might try level skip sometime and get really stuck on a level Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted September 4, 2017 Author Share Posted September 4, 2017 SaveKey was not an option back then, else I would have added something. Though that would have been 600 bytes of SaveKey space. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted October 1, 2017 Author Share Posted October 1, 2017 Another bump! There are still some even well selling games with none or only a very few reviews. BTW: I just submitted my first review ever. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keatah Posted October 1, 2017 Share Posted October 1, 2017 Store reviews? Why so few? changing demographics.Something I watch casually from the sidelines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted October 1, 2017 Share Posted October 1, 2017 Store reviews? Why so few? changing demographics.Something I watch casually from the sidelines. Care to explain your changing demographics statement or are you just pulling that out of your butt? There is no significant change in the frequency of reviews. If anything, it's gone up recently (before Thomas' post) as reviews are more visible in the store as of an update I did several months ago. ..Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keatah Posted October 1, 2017 Share Posted October 1, 2017 Al, it's observation. Not hard numbers done in the style of a door-to-door census. Representative of the whole? Maybe. Maybe not. It's what I see. I fear.. 1- More people are getting into systems that were popular in the 1986-1996 timeframe. 2- A lot of time is spent speculating on kickstarters, and arguing about what a product should be. It's a vaporware bashfest! 3- More discussion on the history and politics of the gaming industry is consuming rec time. 4- I feel there is too much "new retro" coming into the scene. 5- The old guard is moving beyond button mashing and grinding through levels. 6- One game after another after another after another, overload. 7- Interest is building in vintage PC (pre-Prentium III era), heck, the talk has got me riled up. 8- Interest in smartphones, tablets, and social media. It all consumes time. 9- Uninformed youtubers consuming your time. 10- Real life can be intruding and either a bitch or a godsend. Either way, it costs time. 11- Recent pushes to downsize collections. 12- Increased interest in buying/selling/trading of games and systems. 13- Renewed interest in classic 8/16 bit computing (Atari, Commodore, Apple) 14- Absurd amount of interest in mini-"things". All of that is eating into playing and enjoying the games as we did as kids in the 70's and 80's. We're being spread too thin. In times past we didn't have all those distractions. We did BBS'es, EGM, and schoolyard buddy discussions, plus the standard fare of TV advertising. That's it! And those activities were limited and left plenty of time for hands-on gaming. And another thing, a lot of folks are downsizing their collections. They're also trading and selling systems with not as much thought as I'd like to see. There are topics on this.. And while I like the idea of billions of games, they must be relevant and nostalgic and mean something to you personally. There's a lot more of the "absolutely must gotta have this OMG take my money NOW!" attitude being applied to any one product or thing, and then burnout happens, interest dies off, then the gamer moves to the next promising thing. And that cycle is getting shorter and shorter. Attention spans are growing too short. Flighty.. Writing reviews is bound to be at the bottom of the barrel in all things videogames. --- My Apple II backlog of material to be scanned and archived is ridiculous.. The box of classic videogame and arcade photographs is still sitting in the corner.. I have 3 classic PC's I kinda want to rebuild/restore.. I'm struggling with optimizing and sorting and paring down Apple II material.. I have this awesome vintage cordless phone I need to spiff up.. As a matter of fact, the wife may actually be playing more games than me. So much to do, so little time. So I'm not writing reviews. And as I write THIS I'm doing 2 other tasks on the PC. Hope that explains the state of affairs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hizzy Posted October 1, 2017 Share Posted October 1, 2017 I love the site and the AA store. I always thought there were so few reviews because of the forums. When I want to the get the lowdown on a game, I search the forums. On the forums you can see a game's WIP stage, and you can interact with other users. Every time I start writing a review, I feel like I am talking to myself. On the forums, you can shoot the crap & participate in a discussion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keatah Posted October 1, 2017 Share Posted October 1, 2017 Ahh thanks I knew I had one more point to make. Yes, forums are like interactive reviews. So, to Mr. Spiceware, and others, don't let the lack of "store" reviews get you down. Perhaps the "store reviews" could point to the goodness expressed IN the forum posts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+save2600 Posted October 1, 2017 Share Posted October 1, 2017 Every time I feel like reviewing a game, I know its only a matter of time before someone like Trebor or Nathan come along and blow away what Id be able to write as a super-casual gamer anymore. Btw: apostrophes are not working ever since I updated my iPad to 11.0.1 - its not me, I swear! I see them as I type, but as soon as I submit, they vanish. sigh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+SpiceWare Posted October 1, 2017 Share Posted October 1, 2017 Btw: apostrophes are not working ever since I updated my iPad to 11.0.1 - its not me, I swear! I see them as I type, but as soon as I submit, they vanish. sigh settings fix for that issue. The forum doesn't like iOS's new <sarcasm>Smart Punctuation</sarcasm> feature. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+save2600 Posted October 1, 2017 Share Posted October 1, 2017 settings fix for that issue. The forum doesn't like iOS's new <sarcasm>Smart Punctuation</sarcasm> feature. Awesome, thanks for that!! Now to get used to the rest of this mess, especially the new craptastic keyboard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Video Posted October 1, 2017 Share Posted October 1, 2017 I love the site and the AA store. I always thought there were so few reviews because of the forums. When I want to the get the lowdown on a game, I search the forums. On the forums you can see a game's WIP stage, and you can interact with other users. Every time I start writing a review, I feel like I am talking to myself. On the forums, you can shoot the crap & participate in a discussion. Think that's a lot of it there. Forums baby! I can watch a new game grow in the forum if I have interest, give feedback, heck even sometimes make suggestions for how to make it (and sometimes even see it implemented) so that's a thing. My main reason for no reviews is I don't really buy anything any more. Maybe some day, and since they have reviews now I'd probably make some. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBeefy Posted October 2, 2017 Share Posted October 2, 2017 I try to do a review now of any homebrew i buy at AA. I need to do one fo CAA yet. I actually like to see more criticisms once in awhile in tge reviews. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted October 2, 2017 Share Posted October 2, 2017 Several new reviews in the store the past week, thanks for everyone who's taken the time to write them! ..Al 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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