Sauron

I hate to say it, but you're probably right. The zip code issue has struck me again, and it's beyond frustrating that it decided to crop back up right when Berzerk: Recharged came out. And I think I've been more patient with this issue than most.

What is there to talk about? Dave Bell was a 16 year old kid at the time, had absolutely zero prior experience with game development, and was quite clearly making grandiose claims that he could never back up. In hindsight, it's more amazing that anyone believed he was actually working on a Jag game.

I remember the video from a while back of him putting together the menu. It's nice to see that he's continuing with this, although I'd be a bit hesitant to become a patron considering he doesn't have any prior releases. I'd love to see this get completed, though.

Different outlooks for different people. Gaming for me wasn't about "numbing the pain", it was experiencing new worlds that filled me with excitement and fueled my imagination. Among some of my life's memories are being excited by each new screen in Pitfall, the wonder of experiencing the closest thing to a living, breathing world at that time in Ultima VII, seeing the amazing rendered 3D graphics for the first time in Super Mario 64, or getting immersed in the world and story of Skies of Arcadia. So yeah, I'd consider that a "journey".

Yeah no kidding. Going forward, I think there's always gonna be a bit of tension whenever I go to purchase a game as to whether or not it'll work.

I've either had a game console myself or had ready access to one all the way back to my earliest memories. I'm putting separate lists for game consoles and computers along with notes on them where necessary. Also, I'm only counting "current generation" console purchases. Consoles: 197X/8X - Pong unit (This unit belonged to either my aunt or uncle and included multiple game variations such as skiing and car racing. I remember very little about it about it other than watching my aunt and uncle playing on it.) 1982 - Atari 2600 (Christmas parents from my parents. Easily my longest-used primary gaming console as I played on it pretty regularly throughout the 80s and early 90s.) 1991 - Sega Genesis (Didn't own it myself but my best friend had one and I was over at his house constantly). 1992 - TurbroGrafx-16 (Birthday gift from same friend as above, he seemed to be stockpiling units for a time) 1992 - Atari Lynx (Another Christmas present, my brother also got a matching console) 1995 - Atari Jaguar (First console I purchased for myself, got it as soon as I graduated from Marine Corps boot camp) 1995 - SNES (Bought while in tech school in the military, didn't have my Jag with me at the time) 1996 - N64 (Preordered unit ahead of time and picked it up on launch day) 1996 - Sega GameGear (given to me by one of my military buddies) 1999 - Sega Dreamcast (One of my most-used systems ever) 2001 - Gameboy Advance (original model) 2001 - Nintendo GameCube 2002 - PS2 2004 - GBA SP 2004 - Xbox 2005 - Nintendo DS 2006 - Xbox 360 2007 - Nintendo Wii 2022 - Nintendo Switch (Note: I didn't purchase any current-gen systems between 2007 and 2022, although there were various old or retro systems that I got during that time.) Computers: 1983 - Kaypro II (Not purchased by my family. However, my dad was a computer teacher at my private school, and he often took home a Kaypro II for work) 1985 - Commodore 64 (My best friend at the time owned it, and considering I lived just 2 doors down from him, I was on it just about as much as he was.) 1986 - Atari 130XE (Christmas present from my mom and grandmother. They happened to walk into a Federated store to buy me a C64, but walked out with the 130XE instead) 1991 - Tandy 1000RL (My mother bought it in order to get more used to MS-DOS compatible systems for work) 1991 - Atari ST (had various 520 and 1040 ST systems in short succession, thanks to the Atari user group I belonged to) 1997 - present - various PCs and Macs. Just way too many models to list.

#49455 - Strike Zone (2600)

Yup, seems to be working again for me as well.

That's huge, alright, and shows just how truly Atari is committed to their current course. This opens up a whole boatload of possibilities.

Possibly, yes, but it also can work towards ensuring more people receive Atari's marketing emails if there is the possibility of getting more free games in the future.

I've kept my CC info saved on the VCS all this time and that hasn't had any effect on the issue. In fact, I know when the issue has cropped back up just by my CC info coming up as not saved when I try to make a purchase.

The problem has cropped back up for me as well.

You forgot to add "without audio".

I haven't had this issue, strangely enough, as I'm able to use two buttons in E.X.O. without changing the default mappings. I think a better default mapping solution for the emulator that the VCS uses would save everyone a lot of grief.

I'll second what Atari_JaguarVCS said above. If a firmware update doesn't fix the issue then you'll need to contact Atari about getting a replacement.

Yup, that's what happened with me too, I didn't even have to download it. I'll make up for it by buying some of his other games.

That's because the default mapping for the emulator used to run 7800 games on the VCS has the left thumbstick set to reset. You can change this mapping by pressing on the Atari button on the controller (short press, not a long one) which will bring up the emulator's menu. You can then go to the input settings and remap it to another button. It's nice that it can be changed, but that default mapping is still a pain. There's been more than once where I've had a good run going in Food Fight only to accidentally press down on the thumbstick and have it reset the game.

I just noticed that myself. Getting E.X.O. 7800 for free was a nice treat, and the other homebrews are all quite reasonably priced. I love that we're starting to get more 2600 and 7800 homebrews on the system, now it's just time for some of the other Atari systems to get theirs on there too.

First order of business is getting the Atari Games catalog back, everything else is secondary.

#45594 Haunted House

Yes, that scenario gives me nightmares. You might as well consider Atari to be gone for good if that ever happens. That said, it would be nice if something could be worked out with MS to get licenses for the old Activision catalog. I'm just not going to hold my breath.

Just bought the game myself. I made it through the end of the tutorial, and then in the first non-tutorial room I got crushed pretty quickly. The game does have a bit of a learning curve to it based on what I've played so far and what I've seen through preview videos of it.

Such a shame that a thread about one of the bigger Atari games of the last few years immediately devolved into a discussion on gender locked characters. Seriously, who cares? IT'S A GAME.

Just looking at those screenshots, the layout and styling of what I can see there reminds me a lot of Diehard Gamefan magazine.

That was a good read. I look forward to future issues.