But, just to make sure, I'm going to both K-Mart to look at GBA games (and see if I can get my hands on a copy of either Polarium Advance and/or Arthur and the Invisibles for my chronogaming blog) and, what's next to K-Mart, a very handy Value Village (Goodwill-like store.) Last time I went there, they didn't have any 2600 games, but I did get a CIB Xevious for the NES, which I still have. Anyway, wish me luck!
Even I have some duplicates, and I'd like to get rid of them. They're all common, though. Missile Command, Super Breakout, Ms. Pac-Man, and Barnstorming (no label). I also have 1 Berzerk Sears and 1 Berzerk Atari, and I don't care which one goes. There's a whole bunch of rarity 2s I don't have but want, like 3D Tic-Tac-Toe, Crossbow, Galaxian, Golf, Gravitar, Kangaroo, Pele's Soccer, Phoenix, Realsports Baseball, Slot Racers, & Surround, and that's just the Atari-made ones. So if you want on
...Well, most of the time it isn't, but sometimes it kicks me off the internet and when I try to log on, there's no dial tone. It isn't the computer's fault because we've had problems without it. So today (hopefully), we'll have the phone company look and see if they can fix it. And they said they'd be here from 8am to 8pm, so basically I have no idea. Anyway, since GoSub is nearing completion, I'm working on another project with a working title of "Maze of Pain" about a cat in a huge maze. It's
As soon as I get all the Atari games I asked for in the mail, i'll have 98. My mom thinks that's too many, but I want to get at least 100. By the way, it snowed some more this morning and it actually stuck, but it was less than an inch and melted a few hours after. And still no Arthur & the Invisibles for GBA, even though the DS game has been there since at least Monday. I might have to look somewhere else this weekend, like Toys R Us.
...but it didn't stick. In fact, it snowed a lot, but it couldn't stick because it was above freezing. But it might snow tonight, and it'll be freezing and below. It'll be interesting to see what is on my front yard, but it'll probably just be barkdust. I know it's really early, but I bought my mom a Valentine's Day present. (It's also something I really enjoy, and I'm using it right now.) I'm not saying what it is in the off-chance my mom is reading this blog (though she probably isn't.) Expect
Probably not, but if it does, i'll be happy. They're predicting an inch tonight into tomorrow. And an inch is better than absolutely none. The cold arctic air is slow, as it hasn't come yet and it's 49 degrees. They say it will come overnight and i hope it's enough for snow that i get to see, whether it sticks or not. i wish i lived near the great lakes so i could see snow all the time during the winter. It's like a tropical forest over here where it hardly ever snows in the winter. And starting
Here's a modified version in which the octopus stops once the sub touches it so you have a chance to get away. I can also put in a couple more levels. I'll be switching the sub to player1 and the octopus to player0 so the octopus will be above the sub. Do I give too much time for you to get away from the octopus?
EDIT: A newer version has been posted in the Homebrew Forum with the name gosub010907.bin
I've discovered Rummy. It's a very cool game on Club House Games. Me and my mom used to play it, and now I can play it any time I want. Also, the threat of snow seems to be disappearing, although the arctic air is still coming in. That means sun and highs near 30 and lows near 15 for this weekend. Brr! Seems like I'll be inside playing Club House Games this weekend!
Finally, after years of waiting, Nintendo released Mah-Jongg stateside! Not only that, but solitaire, poker, billiards, bowling, and a whole bunch of other games in the Clubhouse Games collection. I need to play it more, but the only ones I've played so far are Mah-Jong and Solitaire, and if the other games are as good as these, I recommend this pack.
As for the new news. They're going to close the street I live on for a couple nights. I don't know why they have to close the whole street dow
I finally did it. I got a PlayStation. I also picked out a few games that people might recognize: Missile Command and Pong (wanted to kinda ease into it. ) I also have a question: Is the main menu of the PlayStation (where it says "Memory Card" and "CD Player") supposed to have weird colors, or is mine defective? The PlayStation itself works just fine. And can anyone recommend some good games for it?
I'm going to play every Game Boy Advance title from now until the very last one, which the GBA games will probably end this year, although I don't know why, I mean, Nintendo has been putting out new GBA games since the DS has come out. The only thing now that can trump the GBA is a new Game Boy, but many have said (and I believe this) the DS is the new Game Boy. Well, anyway, here's the first review: Rayman Raving Rabbids. You've heard me talk about it, now here's how I feel about it.
This g
- The dog is feeling a bit better. He was able to jump on to Mom's lap last night where before he couldn't.
- The trailer park where i live is going to remove the tree that fell near our house for free! Like Brak said, "Free? That fits my budget perfectly!"
- And finally, I got a New Super Mario Bros. guide in the mail for renewing Nintendo Power. I don't really need it because I beat the game. It was the best free thing there.
I finally figured out how to get past the spot I was stuck in in level 2 of Rayman Raving Rabbids for GBA. After trying different button combinations with various costumes, I figured out if you spit out gum in the black costume onto a stump, it turns into a bouncy thing, like a mushroom. That opened up new stages and now I'm at the boss of level 2. I don't even know why they bothered with lives because no matter how many times you get a game over, you start exactly in the same spot you were in.
Our dog isn't feeling too well. He has little energy, and if I pick him up, he yelps. So we're working on the feeling that either his legs or the area near his legs are hurting. This has happened once before, but we thought we cured that when we started putting MSM in his food. I guess we'll just have to wait and see what happens with him. At least he's not dead.
And, the octopus in GoSub is almost fully realized. He grabs your ship and you can break free (if you're fast enough.) Check out t
At least that's what I want it to do. The way it is now, if you touch the enemy sub, you die. But a few people complained (and I agree) that since it's moving randomly, you don't really have a chance to get away from it. So, I'm going to remove the brown enemy submarine and put in a brown enemy octopus and if it touches you, you have a chance to get away from it before you lose a life. So for now, I just put in a temporary octopus and added a crashing sprite. For now, the octopus is the same as
New features:
-Smaller enemy sub (easier to avoid)
-Took out some hard mazes, especially with a second enemy sub
-New sonar ping (tell me what you think.)
-Enemy sub doesn't appear along the borders on game 1.
To do list:
-Add crash sprite
-take out enemy sub (if enough people hate it.)
To put the enemy sub on, make the select switch go to 2.
Suggestions/comments/additions will be worked on tomorrow when I get home from work (around 2pm Pacific.)
Here's how I spent it: asleep. I went to sleep at 9 PM. I know I'm a party pooper, but I was sleepy, so I just did it. I woke up at about 8 AM, so 11 hours of sleep. Of course that'll have to be drastically cut to 8 or 9 hours tonight because I have to go to work tomorrow. And hopefully 2007 will bring us a completed GoSub in the AtariAge store.
but first, a themed top 5: Top 5 tunes on the 2600
1. 2005 Minigame Multicart
2. Medieval Mayhem
3. California Games
4. Ghostbusters
5. Fatal Run's title screen
and now, the top 10 of 12/06
1. Midnight Magic
2. Dig Dug
3. Fast Food
4. Grand Prix
5. Video Pinball
6. Bowling (Elf Bowling made me play this. 'Twas the season!)
7. Asteroids
8. Hangman
9. Pole Position
10. Alien
Technically, the game I've been playing most is GoSub, but mainly for testing purposes.
I got 5 more, inching ever closer to the 125 mark, which is a quarter of the way to 200. Capt. Planet, Mach Rider, Zoda's Revenge, Spy vs. Spy, and Spy Hunter (Guess I was in a spy mood ) are all in my collection for a grand total of 122, 388 for all systems. I am truly an NES nut, slowly building my collection, and I hope to reach 200 by summer if my current buying rate keeps up. They know me down at Game Crazy. I'm known as the guy who has no credit and pays cash for everything. I do have cred
I decided to scrap the minigame idea because I couldn't get it working if my life depended on it. I have about 1K left for a minigame, so if anyone has any ideas, please tell me them. I'll finally have some time to work on the game this weekend.
A Pink Floyd song that clocks in at 23 min. 28 sec. off the album I just bought (Meddle). Two reasons why I bought it: #1 is that song and #2: I like Pink Floyd. My favorite song off Meddle is San Tropez. Another album I bought yesterday was a jazz album and it had an 11 minute song on it. I thought "what the heck, it's only $6.50" and I like jazz. Only two more days until the new year. And, it's the weekend!
Mom told me some woman at work was talking about the Atari game Ladybug. This means either the woman A.) Reads these forums regularly and knows about the homebrew version for the 2600 or B.) Ladybug was released on another console. I'm thinking B. Anyway, mom told her about the Atari Flashback and she got excited and said something like "oh, that'll be great for my grandkids" People who have grandkids are around 50 or so, and the 2600 came out when they were in their 20's. Anyone with any info o
There. I finally did it. I finally have 6 different GBA games for 6 different years the GBA has been around. And since Nintendo isn't going to introduce a new Game Boy any time soon, it looks like they're playing a game called "how long can we keep the GBA around until we need to introduce a new Game Boy?" It could probably take years, seeing as how the DS seems to have took the handheld crown. But the GBA is alive and kicking, and Rayman: Raving Rabbids proves it. Here's my opinion of the list
Time to give out the honors. Nobody knows last year's winners except for me. Let's get 2005 out of the way first:
2005-
Best game: Mario Kart DS
2nd Best game: Polarium
Best "retro" game (tie): Retro Atari Classics & Puyo Pop Fever
Biggest surprise: Space Invaders Revolution
Biggest disappointment: Pac-Pix
Best Use of Touch screen: Wario Ware: Touched! (narrowly beating out Trauma Center)
Now here's the 2006 ones:
Best Game: New Super Mario Bros. (how could this *not* win? )
I don't know if this is going to work or not.
This first draft (press switch select to get the last digit on the title screen to "2" to get to) is kind of like a test. For this, I just made a simple Indy 500-like track with no goal, just to see if I could make anything out of it. In almost all of the mazes, there isn't any (or hardly any) room to make 2 subs start at it, so I just thought something in the style of Indy 500 would be good, like an Indy 500 minigame where you don't need the dri
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