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Already done Crystalis. Don't have battle kid. Recca is fun but looking for something more adventure style. Was also thinking abou Grand Master.

I was trying to start a new nes game to play and can't quite make up my mind. Thought I'd get some opinions. These are the ones I'm debating on. Legend of Zelda: Challenge - Outlands Getsu Fuma Den Sweet Home Makai Island

If you are providing a living wage, I'd be more than happy to relocate to Austin.

Haven't had a chance to try the latest version yet, but from the descriptions, just wondering why Fenris and the serpent both take the same amount of hits? Shouldn't the last one be harder? The only other thing I would have liked to see was enemies that shoot at you, like throwing spears. Great game either way. Hope you don't quit for good. I love your games.

Great game. The only thing I would have liked to have seen was enemies that shoot at you.

Haunted Adventure 3 from the Haunted Adventure Trilogy is a hack of superman to my understanding. Although, I've never tried it and the bin isn't available, you can get it on cart in the atariage store though. It looks really cool.

Just wanted to say thanks to Nukey for this simple, yet awesome hack. I've been playing quite a bit more of midnight magic in the past few days because of it and the paddle controls make it that much more enjoyable. The only thing to make it better ( besides new tables of course) would be some sound effects for the ball when it hits the flippers and ricochets off the walls. Maybe a sound effect for just the flippers themselves when the triggers are pressed. The idea of putting some "English" on the ball also would be really cool.

any info or screenshots on the dragon's lair proto? I never heard of it till now.

any screenshots or info on the Dragon's Lair proto?

I would think that this would be more like a homebrew rather than a hack. Sounds like a cool idea too. If you play as the missile commander, I think it would be cool if you also had to defend the ship as it flies around and shoots asteroids. As a homebrew, both gameplay ideas might be possible as two different game modes. It also might make it possible for an interesting two-player mode too where one player is the missile commander and the other plays as the ship.

Sorry for such a ridiculously late reply. I must have missed back when it was first posted. Anyways, It's easy enough to see and I have some pretty bad eye sight myself. It's not back-lit though so playing in the dark isn't really an option. If you have already gotten it you have probably figured this out though already. If you have gotten it, how does your dad like it?

Multi screen pinball would be great. Even the kind with enemies roaming around like pinball quest or devil crash. Maybe even some sort of pinball/breakout hybrid. Don't know if this is a bit too ambitious for something like 2600. Maybe the multi-screen is, but perhaps the enemies or breakout/pinball hybrid could be possible.

Not too sure how many others there are. (just tried checking, I guess there are only the 3 pinball games for 2600 )You're kinda right about video pinball not being very traditionally "pinbally" although your paddle hack would make it a little better. I only know of two midnight magic hacks that change the table enough to warrant some treatment. The space invader MM hack and the Borg Wars MM Hack. Both are in the database. (sorry, on closer inspection, I guess they don't really change the table layout) Maybe some homebrew pinball games will eventually show up using paddle control to widen the 2600 pinball library.

As far as playability is concerned, I personally feel that using just the paddles to operate the flippers and launch the ball makes for an easier and more fun experience. Otherwise, you'd have to use the joystick to launch the ball, then quickly drop the joystick and grab the paddles to control the flippers. This just seems cumbersome and awkward in my opinion.

I was wondering if there are any homebrew pinball games? Particularly for 2600 using the bumper bash control scheme or maybe some for the nes.

Works beautifully! Any chance of of giving the paddle treatment to other 2600 pinball games or maybe some of the more noticeable pinball hacks that change the table layouts? The Midnight Magic 3d hack would be cool to have this control scheme also.

Bumper bash let you control the plunger and flippers with just one set of paddles

I'd love to see a hack that allows you to use the paddles to play this game. All the pinball games for 2600 actually. The controls for bumper bash is a big part of what makes it my favorite 2600 pinball game even though some others have more interesting tables.

I'm also wondering if there has been any progress. It's quite a fun game and I'm really hoping to see it get finished and see the new features mentioned earlier put into action.

The characters don't have to have the exact name. "Bintly Bear" maybe? Although not atari, one of my favorite characters I'd like to see would be the dog from duck hunt. Who hasn't wanted to punch that giggling pooch right in the snoot at one point or another?

Right on. It looks very cool. Any chance of trying it out in the uncompleted state it's currently in?

just curious if it was possible to make the phosphor crt tv effects compatible with opengl 1.4 in the next or future version?

My problem is not that the little tabs broke off, but the whole peg that the tabs are atached to came off. It didn't snap off, but came apart. So I have 3 pieces total. (1)The stick, (2)the peg that one end goes into the stick and the other end with the tabs goes into the base, and (3)the base itself. The problem with just putting it back in is that there seems to be little tabs on the inside of the stick like on the outside of the peg that goes into the base, but the slits on the peg are small and get narrower as it goes down. Extremely hard to line them up an a black stick since I can't see where to line them up very well. That was the first thing I tried, but can't get it all the way back inside the stick.

I usually remove the joystick from the base when I store my retro joystick controller. This morning when I did that, the peg that goes into the base separated from the stick itself! I wasn't rough or forceful with it. I'm always careful with my things. Especially electronics. So basically, my joystick is in 3 pieces. the base, the stick, and the part between the stick and base which is kinda like a peg the goes into both the stick and the base. Has this happened to anyone else? If so, how did you fix it? I figured I could just glue it back, but I can't seem to get the peg all the way back inside the joystick.

No way?!?! Based on the movie with Lee Horsley? I love that movie. It would have been awesome to see a game based on this. I hope a playable demo at least exists and gets released/leaked.