A Flashback, a projector and a house

[A Flashback, a projector and a house]

That's pretty great.

[Dark Chambers - Good or Upgrade?]

Decent game. Maybe a bit too easy.

[Parker Brother McDonalds]

That actually sounds like a pretty fun shooter. Too bad it was never finished

[The 10 Best Homebrews to Date]

 

IIRC Champ Games was going to work on a new hockey game called "Championship Hockey". Don't think it was anywhere near complete though which is too bad. Love their stuff from their DOS days to Lady Bug and Conquest of Mars. A new hockey homebrew for the 2600 would be awesome.

 

My sports wish list would be NES Baseball, NES Wrestling, Tag Team Wrestling (arcade), Hat Trick (arcade) and One On One (Larry Bird vs. Dr. J.)

 

Pete Rose is nice but flawed.

[Golf]

I guess I don't like the fact that sometimes you have to hit the ball AWAY from the hole and hope for a good bounce to get enough force on the shot. Take the first hole for example, if you wanna shoot it straight up the screen you can get no force since your guy can only move a little bit down below the ball. Maybe I just need to practice.

[Golf]

What's the best verified score in Golf? I might try to equal it or best it in Stella using the save states just out of boredom.

[I finally bowled a 300 today!]

I would love a first person bowling game like Tenth Frame for the c= 64

 

[Overrated and Underrated Atari Games]

I want to include as an under-rated piece of genius the M-Network game "Frogs and Flies" (only when played on difficulty A, where you can leap off the lily pads).

 

First, the sounds, the sequential day-to-night action, the graphics, and the 1-player vs. computer difficulty level all make this an entertaining and unique game. As a 2 player game, it is just as entertaining.

 

If you have only played this game on emulation, you need to change the difficulty settings to A, as B only lets you jump from the middle of one lily pad to the other--no fun. The great fun is being able to make unusual jumps that land you in the water to get the best results in this game.

 

Never played it? Go try it!!!

 

I've loved this game for YEARS and never tried the difficulty switches! Adds a whole new element to the game. Cool!

[I finally bowled a 300 today!]

What, I said right up front that I cheated.

[I finally bowled a 300 today!]

Nope, nothing special.

 

Also, some people claimed to have done it when I started a thread about it a long time ago.

 

I like to start way at the bottom, count 3 1/2 of the ball rolling Rrrrr Rrrrr Rrrrrs and then push up.

 

But I guess the built-in randomness defeats that strategy.

 

Trial and error until I got there. I think I got 270+ playing for real though

[I finally bowled a 300 today!]

OK, so I cheated by using save state in Stella. Man, it is NOT easy. Done it a million times on the Wii, never on the 2600 without cheating.

 

 

 

[The 10 Best Homebrews to Date]

Yeah, I flaked on that one too. Would love a copy.

[The 10 Best Homebrews to Date]

What about Fall Down? That's a great two player game. And quite good even single player.

[Mole Hunter (aka Topy)]

Did that. No instructions. The instructions are under "Mole Hunter" and I didn't bother to click the links for the other names. Figured they'd be linked to all versions.

[Mole Hunter (aka Topy)]

Funny, I checked AtariMania. I can never find anything on that site. Anyway, thanks. Seems like I got the basic idea. Decent effort but too easy and too repetitive. Oh well.

[Mole Hunter (aka Topy)]

Anyone have instructions for this?

 

The basic premise is that you whack the moles that come out of the flashing holes and once in a while a snake or bird tries to attack you

 

At one point I lost my hammer and had to wait for another one to appear. No idea what caused that.

 

Is that all there is to the game?

 

What is the timer for?

[Analog stick & 4 buttons?]

I'd love an adapter for the Vectrex controller. That might be my all-time favorite controller

[Atari 2600 games with no point system]

Pole Position doesn't have points, per say, just winning and losing.

 

It absolutely has points.

 

SCORING

 

* Passing Bonus: 50 points for each car passed.

 

* Time Bonus: 200 points for every second left on the Race

Timer at the end of the last lap of the Grand Prix.

 

* Qualifying Bonus:

 

Position Lap Time Points

(seconds)

 

POLE POSITION 58"50 4000

2nd 60"00 2000

3rd 62"00 1400

4th 64"00 1000

5th 66"00 800

6th 68"00 600

7th 70"00 400

8th 73"00 200

[Showing a 1st timer Atari Games]

Adventure is a classic. And if he likes those kinda games, this one's kinda the granddaddy of them all.

 

And then some of the better twitch games and arcade ports

 

Pifall! and Pitfall 2

Megamania

Spider Fighter

Seaquest

Jr. Pac-Man

MIllipede

Demon Attack

[Xante - Tulsa 1983]

Don't see how one burner over another would make any difference in price.

[Atari 2600 games with no point system]

Video Life?

 

It counts how many generations have evolved.

[Overrated and Underrated Atari Games]

 

I agree; am I the only one who was disappointed that it wasn't a real maze? I mean, you couldn't go backward into a room you just left...made no sense to me as a kid. Just frustratingly illogical.

 

but the laser shooting robots and bouncing evil smiley face, completely logical!

[Two Cartridges I Needed, Found in the Wild]

I've given up looking for games in the wild. And with my CC2 I stopped looking on eBay. But it's awesome that people can still score in the wild.

[2600 Haiku]

just a pair of eyes

stumbling through the darkened house

watch out for the ghost!

[atari VCS keyboard]

 

I am sure Mark Chapman shared your view of John Lennon and look what happened to him! Jesus Albert why are you pandering to this crap? Are we now promoting the idea that because we dont like someone that they should be bumped off for the greater good? Bill is right, stop hiding behind the mask and go public with your true feelings and see how long you remain free!

 

What do you expect from a guy who has "faggot" in his avatar?