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Well, it's often said that when something is up for auction, the more interest groups it appeals to,the higher the price will go. Here we have interest from both the classic coin-op collectors as well as from Sci-Fi film buffs...

Space Ace for the Jaguar has a timing glitch between expected controller input and video, making it impossible to play for more than around 20 seconds. This is amazingly aggravating if you don't know what's going on. In fact, if you refuse to give up, you will eventually experience a complete mental breakdown, driving you onto a murderous, multi-state naked rampage. An average game of it sounds something like this... "Close Main Gate! Kimberly! No! ARRGGGGHHH!" "Close Main Gate! Kimberly! No! ARRGGGGHHH!" "Close Main Gate! Kimberly! No! ARRGGGGHHH!" Play Again? "Close Main Gate! Kimberly! No! ARRGGGGHHH!" "Close Main Gate! Kimberly! No! ARRGGGGHHH!" "Close Main Gate! Kimberly! No! ARRGGGGHHH!" Play Again? Just put down the controller and walk away.

How wildly bitter is it to forecast failure for the Wii? This writer is an obvious fanboy with an anti-Nintendo axe to grind. I personally think it's brilliant to go after the BILLIONS of people who are not interested in the hours-long, super complex investments that most current videogames have become. Whatever happened to intuitive games which are just fun to play immediately? Nintendo understands the answer to that question best at the moment.

I just had a dream last night that I was in a new game which was about to be released for the XBox 360 as a "killer app". A glowing ape-like monster/enemy was climbing the side of a mirrored sky scraper. It then separated into three different creatures, as it threw fireballs at the police on the road-blocked street below. The player character was firing back from the outer rail of a helicopter. I wandered away from the scene to explore the city and soon woke up.

Wow. I just wanted to find out how many copies of Super Mario Bros 3 had been sold for another thread and stumbled upon this Wiki-list. Very interesting stuff. Mario is ALL OVER that final top seller list. Some surprises too... Check it out ->HERE<-

Um, I think that's what Atari did with most of this stuff. What about the bear with the button? Can you say "cashing in"? I would love some stuff that actually had been designed or built by Atari, but I can always just round up some crap around the house and stick an Atari button on it.

And as has become routine in these threads, I must not add my vote for the ultra-sucktaculer "Sssnake". A game so bad, its' very existance raises truly disturbing questions concerning the point, or lack thereof, of human existance. And if we're to continue with the flow of tradition in these threads, somebody now has to blurt out "Yars' Revenge man. That game, is like, a total piece of sh*t..." That poster is then flamed, as is deserved. I love forum traditions like this. Is there a "worst game thread" dance or seasonal dish? Merchandise?

Even though the year is young, this topic may have already won "Worst Thread of The Year". Wow. BTW- The guy in the video seems schizophrenic. Can somebody persuade him to post a video on his views about alien abduction and women's secrets? That would be awesome...

Wow, I learned so much about women from that game.

My first vote goes to Space Ace on the Jaguar. A glitch somehow got through the nonexistent quality-control for this title. The game has a delay or advance in expecting user input which makes it effectively impossible to play for longer than 20 seconds or so. I had scores of friends line up and take their shot, only to feel rage and a drive for near-psychotic revenge growing in their hearts. One swore that if he ever saw the game running again that, no offense to me, he would have to destroy it. It's hard to match something that horrible and aggravating, but I also remember the painful disappointment I felt when I first played 2600 Pac Man. One day, after the revolution, we will find those responsible for this port and bring them true justice, 2600 style. They will be crushed beneath a giant flashing block, while a deafening burst of pure white noise rings out, silencing their screams...

Another vote for Adventure. I won't be happy 'til it's been ported to every platform...

From Zaxxon MotherBase on 32X- I guess the forced 3D perspective allowed programmers to avoid have to load polygon faces for the backs of some objects, speeding up the game. What ugly 'jaggies' on the 32X...

Robotron set to level ten difficulty and Millipede fall into this category for me. Both games are of a nature where the action becomes so fast that you can be barely surviving countless close calls until something happens in a millisecond that kills you out of nowhere. PROFOUND PROFANITY GENERATORS.

Well I am quite the synthesizer/computer-based music production freak so here are some of my vintage combo computer/musical instrument choices- Fairlight CMI Series III- Synclavier 9600 Series- PPG WaveTerminal-B (Just looks inspiring, don't it? )

In all seriousness, the Apple][ was a killer machine for its time. Users pushed that machine far past what anyone thought it could do. In regard to its sound capabilities, while it had but a single oscillator it was possible through programming tricks to create sounds that strongly resembled pulse-width modulation, chorusing and more. In fact, I had a program called "The Voice From Muse" which allowed you to sample and playback audio! Yes it did sound like "Dog Ass" but I was quite happy it could be done at all.

Yes, the Apple ][ is in fact the greatest computer of all time, future not withstanding. I am also, in fact, using my original Apple ][ from the early '80's to post this message right now. The computer is currently connected to several large racks filled with 40-column cards that I have multiplexed so as to generate an ASCI driven, 1280x1024 display. The heat generated is unfortunately quite extreme and requires me to wear an industrial-grade thermal suit in addition to the full lead apron required to protect my reproductive capability from the intense radiation. It is, however, worth it as that I can post here while also being able to quickly re-boot and play Stellar Seven or my favorite version of Karateka. Apple ][ Forever Bitches!

It must be quite something for the person who programmed Combat to know how many copies exist and how many people have played it... Unless they died in a tragic tank accident when an incoming shell caused them to fly through a wall and then spin in a complete circle several times...

BIG DEAL. I ONCE FINISHED NES JAWS IN 0.4 SEC AFTER SNORTING A POUND OF NO-DOZE AND MAIN-LINING TWO PACKETS OF WATERMELON KOOL-AID.

I had a friend with a serious temper who claimed that the final stage of Super Mario 1 on the NES had a bug in which a thrown turtle shell would pass harmlessly through a Hammer Brother. He would die soon after this glitch. This angered him to the point that he threw his controller directly into the TV screen and then ran downstairs where he punched his fist clean through a cheap wooden door. I don't think he ever played that game again. BTW-I have played so much Hydro Thunder on the DC (a friend and I had a pseudo-friendly competition) that I could beat it in my sleep. My best time on the Venice Canals board came in at 1:32 I believe (This is a near-super-human achievement, fueled by anger, caffeine+). The Nile Adventure board was a total bastard, coming in at around nine minutes if performed flawlessly. it also featured secret "short cuts" which actually took more time than the normal route! Bastards...

Don't forget the part where you have to find a lead singers. And don't fall down or you'll break your hip! Quick! Dodge toothless groupies while searching for your stash of Geritol! It's a mad dash in Journey Returns 'cause when the clock runs out, your Alzheimer's hits and it's Game over!

Finally! Now I can give up trying to meet women at Chuck E. Cheese....

I like the idea of a two-headed 2600/7800 cart but it looks like the image has been distorted in photoshop or somesuch, sadly adding an un-needed touch of cheap production to the cart. How about a 5200/Jaguar double-ender?

A pirate Moon Cresta machine is among the first games I played as a kid. The sound programming also stands out. Why was this never licensed for home use? Seems like something Coleco would have grabbed up...

I was really disappointed with the SwordQuest games as as kid. They really have a feeling of having been conceived of by a group of "suits" around a board room versus someone who had any idea as to what makes gamers like a game. I'm just glad Atari didn't make "SwordQuest 2000" for the Jag

A port of Baby PacMan