Chronogamer

I bet you a dollar that you and your kids will have the most fun playing "Sky Diver"

I bet you a dollar that you and your kids will have the most fun playing "Sky Diver"

 

No bet! I already know you're right! We love that game, mostly for the kicking legs when we fail. We're also fans of Human Cannonball and Circus Atari, oddly enough, for the exact same reasons.

Say, did we already have "Space Zap" for the Astrocade or is this still coming in the future?

Say, did we already have "Space Zap" for the Astrocade or is this still coming in the future?

 

 

Hmm, nope, not until the far flung future of 1981 does Space Fortress (The home version of Space Zap) come to the Astrocade. I still need to make a list for 1980 to 1984 but that will come later.

Ah, ok. I feared I already missed it

Have you tried the Pac-man game? Send me a PM if you want to try the latest version.

 

Frank mentioned in the Tetris game by Peter Trauner is Frank Palazzolo, he has done some work on MESS, and me as you already knew and also Sean Riddle.

 

Peter wanted to show it was possible to make Tetris for this system, he was never interested in the prize, I guess that's the reason it wasn't finished (no sound and missing some features). Another reason is that the binary is the same size as the available ram on his favorite computer (I'm guessing a VIC 20).

 

No more attempts on Tetris has been made as far as I know.

*phew*

 

It got me 2 months to get to this post. Why? Because I had to cover all the computer games from 1978, and, finally in 1979, I went through all arcades and pongs before moving on to the consoles. In fact, I still have to read about a few less known consoles (that you don't seem to have played) before joining you in the next entry.

 

Anyway, kind of strange that after two months without visiting, I start reading this entry and it's sooooooo depressing! And I was in such a good mood! lol

 

Talk to you soon!

(Here I am talking alone again.)

On 1/15/2013 at 8:49 PM, Nelio said:

*phew*

 

It got me 2 months to get to this post. Why? Because I had to cover all the computer games from 1978, and, finally in 1979, I went through all arcades and pongs before moving on to the consoles. In fact, I still have to read about a few less known consoles (that you don't seem to have played) before joining you in the next entry.

 

Anyway, kind of strange that after two months without visiting, I start reading this entry and it's sooooooo depressing! And I was in such a good mood! lol

 

Talk to you soon!

(Here I am talking alone again.)

 

oh dude! I envy your journey. I do hope it has continued (Playing computer games, i mean, not the whole "talking alone" bit, which I'm kind of doing now, too.) And yeah, the thing about looking into the past, it's so easy to get nostalgic, morose and melancholic, at least it always has been for me. (even when I was a kid, which, I mean, c'mon, as a kid it wasn't like I had a whole bunch of years about which to feel melancholy, but I managed to do it then, too.)

 

Edited April 17, 2021 by Mezrabad