PCAEWin Paddle Trouble

[PCAEWin Paddle Trouble]

Steve:

 

I'll look thru my dupes and if I have an extra Breakout, it'll be in the mail tomorrow.

[Best 8-Bit Atari Computer]

IMHO, I have found the 800 to be the best overall Atari 8-bit computer. I'm not saying any other is bad, but only that my experience with the 800 was very, very painless.

[Ebivision Pac-Man vid]

Shortly after the book was released, Van Burnham seemed to go into hiding, and the ROM for the game was never released.  Did anyone ever receive one of the 100 carts that were to be made?

 

I was supposed to get one copy of Supercade and I never received it. I sent at least two emails to Van and never got a response. I have no idea what happened to her or the game.

 

She shows up at CGE every year... maybe we should (figuratively), pin her down and find out what the deal is... ?

 

Excerpt from supercade.com

 

"DUE TO THE REVISED RELEASE DATE FOR SUPERCADE, FINISHED CARTRIDGES WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE UNTIL FALL 2001. WINNERS WILL BE CONTACTED VIA EMAIL TO CONFIRM ADDRESS AND CONTACT INFORMATION PRIOR TO SHIPMENT. WE APOLOGIZE FOR THE DELAY."

 

AND THE WINNERS ARE...

 

01. BILL AUGUSTINE

02. AL BACKIEL

03. CHRIS CAVANAUGH

04. TOM CERNIK

05. BILL COMBS

06. RON CORCORAN

07. PAUL CORTEZ

08. ROLOFF "DELETO" DE JEU

09. JOHN DONDZILA

10. CHARLES DYSERT

11. CARL FORHAN

12. NICHOLAS FREEMAN

13. LAURA IM

14. BRIEN KING

15. WENDY LAMBRIGHT

16. DARYL LYTLE

17. MATT MASON

18. CAROLE-LYNE MIZE

19. RUSS PERRY, JR.

20. DON ROGERS

21. LEE SEITZ

22. GUS SEPULVEDA

23. HIROKO SHIGEMOTO

24. PJ SODASKI

25. GEOFF VOIGT

26. AARON WHITE

[Trade Bait for Vegas]

Al,

 

Stop by Phoenix on your way to Vegas. A group of us are carpooling/motor marching from here and you're welcome to join us...

[Painful Game]

Brien King calls The Activision Decathlon "Carpal Tunnel Syndrome"

[DiStella question]

Thanks Thomas! That thread (and your explanation) makes it very clear on how to handle 4K+ roms.

[DiStella question]

Thanks for the info. I'll give that a try this weekend.

[DiStella question]

If DiStella is used for <4096, what is used for >4096? I tried to disassemble Asteroids (8192) and DiStella throws an error...

 

Help?!

[If Sears kept releasing their versions...]

Pole Position=Fast Driver

 

...or...

 

Night Driver in the daytime with better graphics. Oh, that'd be the working title...

 

Pole Position = Day Driver???

 

[Seriously...Any new addictions?]

I got Kaboom! today and I can't put the paddle down!

Does anyone know what the high score is on it?  Does the score roll?

 

According to Twin Galaxies,

 

The Top 5 Kaboom (Diff B) scores are:

 

1 100.000% 999,999 Robert Mruczek R

1 100.000% 999,999 Todd Rogers R

2 17.087% 170,867 Stephen Riesenberger R

3 16.087% 160,866 Ken Vance R

4 3.910% 39,101 Giovanni Flamand R

5 3.823% 38,228 Ron Corcoran R

 

The Top 5 for Kaboom (Diff A) scores are:

 

1 100.000% 4,951 Stephen Riesenberger R

2 93.234% 4,616 Ron Corcoran R

3 56.554% 2,800 Carmine Guida V

4 50.313% 2,491 Brien King R

5 16.906% 837 Shane Monroe R

 

...and no, the score does not roll.

[Seriously...Any new addictions?]

Lately, other than the 2600 Timed Deca I have been playing Wizard of Wor on the Bally Astrocade.

[CGE - What clothes to bring?]

Yes, it is in the Nevada desert, but be advised, they keep in quite chilly in the convention hall itself.

[whats a coleco vision go for]

Try this site out. This is where I bought many of my systems over the years.

 

http://www.4jays.com/colecovision.html

[Atari Funnies No. 1]

SUPERB!!! I loved it!

 

Encore, encore!

[Atari Force artist Gil Kane....]

[How much Atari do you play a week?]

Married 17 years and have a 16 yr. old daughter. They both have accepted I'm an Atari junkie and am beyond hope.

[How much Atari do you play a week?]

I play about 20 hours per week and spend an additional 10-15 hours per week reviewing scores for the database and book of world records. Yeah, I need a life too...

[TG Verification and Authentication Query]

No. If you are older than 13 *now*, you may submit a score regardless of when ou actually achieved it.

[Atari 2600 - Records !!]

Yes, Twin Galaxies will accept scores for homebrew games. It is my opinion that they are just as good (and in some cases better) than commercially produced games and therefore warrant recognition. I do ask, since it is far more difficult for the masses to videotape a homebrew game, that all submissions be sent via an .avi produced by PCAEWin 2.4+. If you own a device that allows you to play the game on a real VCS, then by all means, please feel free to submit your score on vhs cassette.

[SHOWDOWN: Video Pinball vs. Midnight Magic]

I will have to cast my vote for VP. Purely a matter of preference and not a statement of which is "better".

[SHOWDOWN: Video Pinball vs. Midnight Magic]

How exactly would one prove a high score on a game that rolls over anyway?  I could say I rolled over the score on Video Pinball, or I could say I rolled it over 37 times in one game.

 

Videotape You record your entire game on tape, which will show the score roll as you continue on your way. As a matter or form, TG requires videotape for any submission on a game in which the score rolls.

[Entombed! Mazes]

You can follow either methodology. Either directly record your game as NE146 suggested (the preferred method) or use a video camcorder and use the "over the shoulder" approach you describe. If you do in fact sit back a ways from the TV, please ensure the camera is close enough to show all detail in the game.

[pac-man lable variation]

I have 4 copies of VCS Pacman and each have some minor variation except for one. The Sears Tele-games label, while similiar, has a completely different colour scheme. It is Red compared to Yellow or Orange on the others.

[TG Verification and Authentication Query]

However, with respect to age, by law there is an absolute minimum age requirement under which we can accept scores.

 

    Speaking unofficially, I seem to recall that number being either 5 or 8, but Walter Day knows for sure. Now back on record...

 

Walter has stated in the past that 13 is the minimum age for which we can accept scores. This may have changed as this was a few years ago.

[Entombed! Mazes]

HOLY CRAP!

 

My best Entombed!  score is 229!!!!!!!!!  It does roll at 99 every time and does reset to 00 (I'm 99% sure of this).

 

Running out of make-breaks is NEVER an issue if played correctly and the maze speed tops out after about 60 clicks.

 

Does this mean I can video tape a performance of mine and be in the TG database???

 

 

I am not goofing, I have gotten over 200 at least 5 times and can do it again with a little warming up and practice.  May I enter a video tape if I can get one made????

 

Stan:

 

Awesome score! Yes, if you videotape your achievement, and send it to me (send me an e-mail for the submission form & instructions) I will get you into the database and Book of Records.