FS/FT: CustomArcade Home Arcade controller

[FS/FT: CustomArcade Home Arcade controller]

This item has been sold as of 5/14/03.

 

Thanks for looking.

[A HUGE thank you!]

I just wanted to publicly offer a HUGE thank you to Charles "Voltman3" Guinn for sending me an original Stella Gets a New Brain v2.0 CD with the manual today.

 

Charles, YOU ROCK!!!

 

On a side note, welcome to Phoenix.

[FS/FT: CustomArcade Home Arcade controller]

If anyone is interested, I have one of the original three CustomArcade controllers ever made. As most of you know, CA went out of business due to a lack of venture funding and was never able to mass produce these. This unit is hand-made and is in EXCELLENT, WORKING condition.

 

Here is a link to the specs and pics I have posted:

 

http://www.snipercade.com/ca/index.htm

 

Click on each picture to see an enlarged view with more specific detail.

 

I would like to trade this for a GBA Turbo Advance 128MB. I would ask for the 128MB cart, software and link cable.

 

If you would rather buy this controller, I am asking $150.00 USD + shipping and insurance.

[I survived the crash: an old dude's tale]

I was a junior in college in 1984. I remember not being able to afford a good number of games prior to that due to the price of $30-50 each. One day I go into the store to find bins of carts with a bright orange sign that read "Atari games - $9.95" My only thought was "WOW!" Needless to say, I grabbed several...

[Movie with Atari]

The closest I can think of was the "tank" guy on Space: Above And Beyond getting a Ramones CD.

 

"tank" = LT. Cooper Hawkes

 

http://web-worthy.com/saab/saab.html

[Pac-Man and being redundant]

I suppose I have two (2) defective brain bits... I actually like Tod Frye's version of Pacman (or whatever you want to call it). Granted, the version Rob put together is far superior, the original Atari production isn't as bad as say... E.T. Then again, I only play Game 6, Diff A.

 

Just another opinion in the sea of opinion...

[Your greatest game-playing triumphs and worst defeats]

Inky:

 

That's a bummer. TG would love to have your accomplishments in the dBase and Book of Records as they are awesome! Can you videotape or, via PCAEWin, record an .mpeg of your achievements?

[Your greatest game-playing triumphs and worst defeats]

Worst:

 

Having Ron Corcoran beat my Gorf score 1 day later

 

Manical laugh... MUUUUHHHHAAAAHHHAAAA!!!

 

Realizing what a waste of time 1 mill on Laser Blast is

Cant beat Solaris

Cant Beat Megamania

Cant figure out Pac Man patterns

 

VCS Pacman? I can help you there. I helped Todd out, why not you too?

 

Last year at CGE, I showed Todd my Game 6, Diff A pattern (and gave him a tape of same) and a light came on. He has improved his score quite a bit using his pattern and concepts from mine. Tote your butt back out to CGE and I'll hook you up.

[Which game is the "Joystick-Killer " #1 ?]

Brien King calls Decathlon "Carpul Tunnel Videogame"

[Your greatest game-playing triumphs and worst defeats]

Triumphs:

 

- 1st Place in the 1999 Atari World Championship at CGE

- 1st Place in the 2000 Atari/Coleco World Championship at CGE

- beating Todd Rogers at Ms. Pacman on every platform and having him admit that in an interview on RetroGaming Radio

- being nominated by my peers to Twin Galaxies' World's Greatest Gamers. "Considered one of the best players on the Atari 2600 platform, and the best Atari console player overall."

- being recognized by the Charlotte Observer in 1982 as the first person confirmed to break 1M points on Asteroids in the state of North Carolina (1,137,050 on 31 Aug 82 at Putt Putt Golf in Charlotte, NC)

- breaking 400k on VCS Turmoil (412,090)

- breaking 500k on VCS River Raid (522,240)

- breaking 600k on VCS Wizard of Wor (620,800)

- breaking 500k on Coin-Op 1942 (502,860)

- breaking 600k on Coin-Op Gorf (688,730)

- breaking 1M on Coin-Op Pacman (Turbo) (1,321,020)

- breaking 500k on Coin-Op Robotron (643,850)

 

 

Defeats:

 

- losing the Atari 2600 Timed Deca 2002 (unable to qualify on all games due to work and family considerations)

- finishing 3rd in the 2001 Twin Galaxies Space Duel Championship

- finishing 3rd in the 2002 Twin Galaxies Robotron Championship

- not having broken 500k on Coin-Op Ms. Pacman (489,260)

[Moderated: Links for Programmers]

Another editor option, while not free, is very robust.

 

http://www.idmcomp.com/

 

It too has syntax highlighting and even has 6502 ASM plugins...

[Here are the binaries to Cracked, Whales and Pickup!!]

Thanks Pizzaboy. I bought all three of these at CGE last year, but my Pick Up cart never worked... Of course, I didn't find that out until AFTER I got home and tried to play it. At least now I get to see what it's all about.

[For Sale: Compaq iPAQ (loaded)]

If you're in the market for a PocketPC with a load of extras, let me know. I have a Compaq iPAQ 3630 for sale. I bought a new PocketPC and want to let this one go. I will gladly provide pictures and more details of all items upon request.

 

Here is what you'll get:

 

1 ea. Compaq iPAQ 3630 w/original box (LOWEST price on Amazon.com is $260.00, HIGHEST is $425.00 - it was $699.95 new)

2 ea. USB Cradles ($39.95 each)

2 ea. Power Supplies ($24.95 each)

2 ea. Compact Flash Sleeves ($49.95 each)

1 ea. Targus Stowaway Portable Keyboard w/software ($89.95)

1 ea. Hanaho Games Q-Pad Gamepad for iPAQ w/software ($29.95)

1 ea. Protective sleeve ($9.95)

1 ea. Handcrafted Leather carry case ($65.00)

1 ea. factory carry case (included with original purchase)

1 ea. CD-ROM with Microsoft ActiveSync software (included with original purchase)

 

Total value on today's market: $685.00+

 

Specs:

 

206MHz RISC StrongARM processor

240 x 320 TFT LCD screen (4,096 colors)

32 MB RAM

16 MB ROM.

PocketPC 2002 Operating System

Pocket Excel

Pocket Word

Pocket Internet Explorer

Pocket Outlook plus desktop version of Outlook 2000

Connects to PC via a USB or serial interface

 

My Asking Price: $400.00 + Shipping & insurance

 

[Best score: Crossfire!]

Yes, please voice your opinions/concerns in the Twin Galaxies forums regarding scores types, games you would like to see tracked, etc.

 

http://www.twingalaxies.com/forums/index.php

 

We know we have problems with the data model and are working to fix them as rapidly as we can.

[What 2600 game is the best metaphor for life?]

Chess. Easy to learn, difficult to master.

 

...and sometimes it even cheats...

[What's your highest score on Space Invaders, var. 16, dif. a]

You can check out Twin Galaxies for all your Atari high score questions (and many, many more). I have been the Atari Editor and Referee for almost 8 years now and we have amassed over 30,000 scores in the database (covering all platforms, coin-ops, pins, etc.). Once at the site, click on Search the Scoreboard in the left nav panel. Once you're on the search page, type in the name of the game and select the platform.

 

http://www.twingalaxies.com

 

Here is a link directly to the Space Invaders (1B) scoreboard:

 

http://www.twingalaxies.com/cgi-perl/searc...latformSelect=5

 

and here is a link directly to Space Invaders (7B):

 

http://www.twingalaxies.com/cgi-perl/searc...latformSelect=5

[What's your highest score on Space Invaders, var. 16, dif. a]

3,920 so far. I thought I could do better.

[robot tank]

If you haven't listened to the March RetroGaming Radio, Shane interviews former Activision Co-Founder and Atari VCS coder Alan Miller. One of the topics in the interview is Robot Tank

 

Check it out here:

 

http://www.retrogamingradio.com/

[Looking for a book...]

I am trying to find a copy of:

 

Title: 6502 Assembly Language Programming

Author: Lance A. Leventhal

Publisher: Osborne/McGraw-Hill

Year: 1979

 

Please let me know if you can help.

 

Thanks,

[editor to use for asm]

The two I like are 100% free and are very good.

 

RadASM

http://radasm.sonshinesoftware.com/

 

ASMEdit

http://asmedit.massmind.org/

[More VCS related wallpapers I've found]

There are more in "Off Topic" since they weren't VCS specific. They are however Atari related.

[More VCS related wallpapers I've found]

and another

[More VCS related wallpapers I've found]

Here's a nice VCS related wallpaper I found a few days ago...

[Intellivision hatred!]

The Intellivision III was vastly superior because you could tell if it was on or not by looking at the LED that was located beside the power switch.  

 

Same for the Inty II...

 

I think the point behind the Inty 3 was

 

a) make more money

b) remove the block for Coleco/Mattel games (See note below)

c) make more money

 

Notes on the Inty II - it contained a revised ROM which was necessary for the System Changer, but also caused incompatibilities with certain Colecogames and some Mattel games (Donkey Kong, Mouse Trap, Carnival, etc.)

[Intellivision hatred!]

My first multi-cartirdge console was a VCS. While I also owned an Inty and ColecoVision back in the day, I always found myself coming back to the VCS. Most of my friends had a VCS too so we would share/swap carts (as we did for the Inty and CV). By the time I got my first 5200, most of my friends had moved to either the Inty or Coleco and had lost interest in the VCS.

 

Once I bought a VIC-20 (and later a C64), I put my VCS away in a closet for several years. Sometime in late '92 (after I got off active duty), I pulled the VCS back out of the closet (yes, the original one from 1977) and haven't put it away since. I never hated Inty or Coleco. They were great systems and had awesome arcade ports (most better than the VCS).