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  1. It maybe doesn't belong here, but a friend and I used to play Activision Grand Prix a lot. He got the world record (as far as we knew from newsletters), and went to find a camera (they required film back then). By the time the camera was loaded, the image on the TV screen had changed so that the score or time was no longer visible. So we never did send for the patch.
  2. Thanks zzip. I hadn't played Raiders since 1983, but just recently bought a Raiders cart for my 2600Jr which I got in the late 90's from Dixons (and has been stored away for many years). I'll keep trying, I have a PC emulator of course but it would be so much more satisfying to complete it on original hardware..
  3. Tried that countless times and never could complete the game at the time (I never knew whether to land on the branch or try to get under it). Despite that I thought it was an incredible game, as good as Adventure. The graphics in Raiders of course were a lot better.
  4. Thank you for the info. I realise something needs to be repeatable to be believable. Is it possible I was tired from playing the game endlessly and saw something that wasn't there? Yes, but I'm pretty certain what I saw. Maybe the console overheating, something wrong with the TV.. I don't know and probably never will unless others spot it too.
  5. You mention the crisp graphics of the Activision games, I also distinctly remember that from playing Chopper Command at a friend's house. It's interesting to read about the games you were playing at the time. My console was bought around 1981 (with Combat cartridge, from Comet store I recall). The other games I had were (in order of purchase) Asteroids, Adventure, Defender, Freeway and Cosmic Ark. Adventure is the most fondly remembered, I read an Atari newsletter reporting that someone had recently discovered the dot easter egg, so I went searching for it too. Finding a new feature was quite a big deal given the prices (£30 each in 1980's money) and the long wait until I could afford a new game, plus there is something satisying about knowing everything you can about a game. Cosmic Ark seemed to me at the time another step up in graphics resolution, even compared to Chopper Command. I would say all games except Cosmic Ark got equal play-time (i.e. played to death), Ark got too fast too quickly and the resulting games were too short. The console and games (and official dustcover!) got sold to help fund a bicycle, but around 1990 I saw the Atari Jr and bought one new. It came with several cartridges. Off the top of my head they were Centipede, Pele's Soccer, HERO, Ms Pacman, Stargate, River Raid and Adventure. I also bought E.T mailorder to see what it was like. Favourites here were Stargate and HERO. I still have the Jr and games that came with it. My favourite game overall that I played back then (but never owned) was Raiders of the Lost Ark. It seemed to have a greater level of complexity and more puzzles than other games, plus good graphics. It was reminiscent of Adventure to me. Another thumbs up for Activision Grand Prix which I played a lot, trying to beat a friend's fastest times.
  6. Hi, regarding 2600 Defender I played it a lot in the early 80's and did once see a rectangular gap in the city at the foot of the screen, like a narrower version of the wall openings in Adventure. My ship was destroyed before I could investigate and the 'entrance' never appeared again. At the time I thought it might have been an easter egg (I'm not the magazine poster..) and tried in vain to find it again. It's interesting to read that people have since examined the code and not found any evidence for a secret room (Nukey Shay's reply). I was playing normally (no frying or anything else) and assume it was just a graphical glitch. Maybe someone else spotted the same glitch and embellished their tale?
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