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  1. TwinChargers
    Hey Atari! Maybe this would be a good time to see if Warner Games is for sale? Keep acquiring those retro IPs and put them to use! In all seriousness, I would hope that the money that was being used to get the Warner license could be put to other AAA titles (Capcom games?), and not so much buying up a bunch of lesser known titles, indie releases, and unreleased games. Quality over quantity.
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    It appears that Antstream lost the license to the Warner Bros. games, so there goes all the Midway titles like Defender, Joust, Rampage, Mortal Kombat, Smash TV, just to name a few. Pretty big hit. Here we are a few months later and nothing other than a 'soon to be announced' update on the Namco titles as well. Hoping that they don't lose out on any other of the bigger named publishers.
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    I find it crazy that a lot of the board game compilations normally have crazy low ratings. You would think that of all the different types of games and AI needed to play all sorts of MUCH more complicated titles, that it would be easiest to at the very least get the simple Uno, Battleship, Boggle, Monopoly type games right.
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    Its a shame that they lost the Namco games pretty much immediately after launch. I'd say that was one of the largest draws were the Namco titles. I'm more than happy to play all the Taito and Midway games, but advertising all the new ways to play Pac-Man (with challenges) and having it taken away was a bummer. I've read that Antstream is trying to take care of the issue, but its one of those things where you would have thought it would have been addressed before launching.
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    I don't see this as very similar to the external HD DVD drive they made. Once that media war was figured out, it made that mostly obsolete, where this drive wouldn't be trying to boost a different format, it would be there to play media and games. As for the price that was mentioned above, $250 would be a definite no go. That is WAY too high of a price point and that would for sure not sell. Thats the current black Friday price of the Series S itself. I was thinking somewhere maybe around the $150 price, or maybe a touch lower? I have no idea how much it would cost Microsoft to manufacture such an item? I'm not sure what percentage of the people who purchase a Series S would be interested in a drive, but if there is potential for money to be made on one, I don't see why Microsoft would be highly opposed to selling one. People who own the S are going to still be purchasing Gamepass. This drive won't be hurting that. Its a loyalty thing for the consumer, and a way to make profit from hardware for Microsoft.
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    I purchased the Bases Loaded at Target a month or so back when they were on clearance. I think I paid around $12, but sadly the screen when bad on it almost immediately. It didn't go out, but it went so very bright, that you can hardly make out what is going on. I wish it would have had a contrast wheel to maybe help out the problem, but unless someone could provide help, its just a somewhat interesting paperweight/poor mans flashlight.
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    I know there were some rumors a few months back about the possibility of a disc drive being available for the series S so that legacy media could be played on said system. Since then, I have heard next to nothing about it. I know I have a backlog of some original xbox games that I would like to play without hooking up the old system. I also wouldn't mind having something to play blu-rays and (gasp) and actual music CD, seeing I don't even have anything like that on my current media setup. Are there any other Series S owners that heard this and was somewhat interested? Is there a price point that you think this would work, or maybe would be too much?
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    I thought with some time, the price would maybe go down? Looks as though it went up $20 though to $149 for the Pong experience.
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    Walmart.com has a heck of a deal on the Legends Gamer Pro as of this message. $99. As someone who was a big fan of the Taito collections in the PS2 era, I went for it and one will be on the way this next week.
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    I mean, it looks very pretty, and I'm sure the build quality (at that price) is quite nice. Not sure if the collect-ability factor is is high as the new Nintendo Game and Watch. At $129, for the regular guy, its not really an impulse buy, I wouldn't think? Perhaps it is more of a high end novelty? Something to show off how much expendable income you have? If it was truly something for fans of Atari or Pong, maybe they could have made something a bit more affordable? I was thinking before the price dropped that maybe this would be something fun for my daughter and I to enjoy. Oh well, like I said, its pretty to look at.
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    I opted for other, cause I dropped a bit too much time in Animal Crossing a few years back.
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    Anybody still playing this? I started up on the PS3 again. I own all that it had to offer for that platform (seasons 1-6). Still a mighty good time. Wondering if its worth downloading the Pinball FX on the PS3 and trying out those games?
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    Drats, I was about to drop a lot of Midway, Capcom, Atari, Namco and Taito Arcade compilations on the list for the ultimate list... but yeah, it is kinda cheating (although that PS2/Xbox era when you'd get 20+ games on a disc for $20-$30 was incredible) Anyways, here goes (in no particular order) Tony Hawk Pro Skater 3 (PS2) Need For Speed Hot Pursuit II (PS2) SimCity 3000 (PC) Wii Sports Resort (Wii) Star Wars Battlefront (Xbox) Animal Crossing (GameCube) ESPN NFL 2K5 (Xbox) Super Mario Bros 3 (NES) Doom (PC) Grand Theft Auto Vice City (PS2) Quite a bit more heavy for that early to mid 2000's era than I originally expected... but that's kinda my gaming wheelhouse, so it isn't too shocking. On a side note, if I could have the Pinball Arcade on the PS3 (granted, its a compilation of pinball machines) I'd add that in a heartbeat! Edit: Probably take out SMB3 for a Tetris game. I love Tetris and it would be more enjoyable over Mario in the long run.
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    They price match their own website.
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    So when does the Dreamcast Mini come out?
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    It seems somewhat troubling that the guy in the video didn't know what MAME was, and couldn't for the life of him pass the first goomba on SMB. You'd think that they could have done a better job presenting their product. Its just a packaged Raspberry Pi set-up with a ton of ROMS, which isn't anything overly special and I'd imagine fairly illegal... but, for a electronic dunce who has no real desire to put one of these things together himself, perhaps this kind of thing is an option?
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    Well, I was young ( 8 ) and coming from a family that was lower middle class, so in the late 80's I was still rocking the Atari at the time. No NES for me until it was getting phased out. I do recall going over to friends houses in the early 90's and seeing Super Mario 3 and just being in absolute awe of it. There was me, just wandering through the level just getting by, and them running/flying and getting warp whistles. They'd want to go off and play things other than video games and I was mesmerized with their Nintendo. SMB3 was one of the titles that I received when getting the NES, and I played it to death. Many great times going from world to world, seeing how far I could go, and how many lives I could collect. Lots of controller slamming and throwing in world 8... but all in all, good times for sure! To this day, it is probably my favorite Mario title.
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    If we are including add-ons, The Pinball Arcade on the PS3 trumps everything for me. I purchased every season pack available, with the only regret being the last two seasons (due to me not playing them too much). I'll tell you though, those first 3-4 seasons got their moneys worth out of me. Some of the most enjoyable gaming moments in my lifetime came on this game. As for a physical release, I'm sure at some point I regretfully dropped $50 on some goofy sports title when I was in my early 20's (sigh).
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    I was just thinking, AtGames has a working relationship with Capcom, Data East, Atari, Namco and Taito. There are quite a few arcade ports that would be really nice to have in a device like this. Having these compilations on the PS1-current gen consoles are nice, but in terms of convenience factor (and a hopeful HDMI upgrade), if done properly, it would be really slick!
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    The Capcom joystick shown above looks interesting. Is that something that was made specifically for them, or could we possibly see larger compilations from other developers put into this arcade stick? Living in a small apartment, while an arcade machine would be nice, something like this would be a lot more reasonable.
  21. TwinChargers
    In the early 80's, my parents were in their mid 20's, meaning the 2600 was more for them than it was for me. I remember dad playing games like Vanguard, and later Xevious on the 7800. I remember one epic gaming morning where they were totally dominating 2 player Galaga on the 7800. Later on, I don't think either ever touched the NES or any Sega console I had. In the early 90's we got a PC where dad would play Minesweeper and mom would enjoy Solitaire. They'd play games like Mahjong together on the computer, but not much else comes to mind.
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    Okay, its been just over a month now, and no leak as to what the 15 other games are? Given its been this long with no update, I'd bet its another month before news comes out to remind Black Friday shoppers to save a little bit of money for it. ... that, or the remaining 15 are kinda duds and uninteresting. Less time for critics and ourselves to bash what is/isn't on the thing.
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    Working retail, I understand the demands that are put in place on a company like AtGames to have a product ready to put out at a very specific time. There is no flexable timeline to where they release their product once all the kinks are worked out and its in its 100% ready to go. I don't think AtGames had the intent initially on these Namco Blast! having the NES roms instead of direct arcade ports, but it just so happened that way. Once they did know that they were going to have to go that route, I wish that they would have been more upfront about it, but at the same time, outside of our "community", no one else would probably really care either way. Like Bill has stated before, we are not exactly their target market here. Its a product for the casuals.
  24. TwinChargers
    I'm trying to think of an NHL game that I DIDN'T really care for? A large portion of the EA series has been good. I even enjoyed Sega's 2K series of hockey games. Even NHL Hitz was fairly enjoyable for what it was. I think my favorite though was on the PS1, NHL Faceoff 98. Granted, I haven't played it in a while, and it has probably aged poorly, but I invested a nice chunk of teenage adolescence in that title. The gameplay was fast and the announcing (while sparse) was fun as well. I had the Gortan Fisherman era Islanders running like a well oiled machine!
  25. TwinChargers
    Just a heads up for those that are interested, but the Asteroids mini arcade (the one with the monochrome LCD screen), was seen on clearance at the local Walmart for $7. If you were waiting, hoping to get a deal on these things, now might be the time to buy.
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