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Wolfenstein VCS: The Next Mission, which is a hack of Venture, is pretty expansive. It's like Venture on steroids, and is in the Atari Age store under hacks.

Where is Pete's? Are you talking about my uncle in Florida?

Hopefully my son or daughter will want the collection. If not, it will be donated or sold or thrown out. I hope someone enjoys it. It'll probably be my son. He loves to play the games.

I had an Atari 800 that we got the year it came out I believe, so 1979 or 1980? I remember getting a memory upgrade for it and pushing the little memory packs in. We eventually had a printer, dot matrix, and not a brand I remember. We looked at the Epson printers, but they were too expensive. Eventually we also had an 810 disk drive and a modem. This was in the USA, and my brother and I were in elementary school. Second or third grade. It took a few years to get all the frills. At first we just had the computer and some cartridges. Several of my friends had Atari 800s as well. One had an Apple II, one had a TI 994/A, and one had an Atari 400. I never did see a Commodore computer until much later.

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I love BC's Quest, but currently don't own it. And then there's Aquatron!

85,000 for Donkey Kong. I'll post a screenshot tomorrow since that's a big score for now. I have a feeling it won't be in a few days. My best first level, one Mario score is 10,700. I had a strange thing happen on the second red ramps/barrels board. I made it all the way to the top without jumping a single barrel. I never had that happen before. I didn't use a hammer or go up any half-ladders either. Just a lot of dodging and running up ladders at the last second.

Nice game! I'd be interested in a cart if it's ever released on one.

That link is great. Another thanks. The maps are amazing.

trbb, I also lost my internet. Sending my two-cents in via another computer. Donkey Kong or Aquatron would be fine with me, although they all look good.

I tend to go for the corners and stay out of the middle as much as possible. That generally works if you can get to the corners quickly enough. On some waves, it's almost impossible however.

Nice work. I hope you can complete this. It's a great game and would be a great addition to the 2600 library. Thanks for working on this.

There are a bunch of command line easter eggs in linux, and in some of the editors.

I like Radar Lock as well. I played it first on the PC, on the Atari 80 Great Games CD back in 2005. Later, I found it in the wild here in Chattanooga on cart and played it on my real VCS. It's fun, but the docking sequence is incredibly tough. I've only seen two people successfully dock, besides myself. And I've only done it a few times. Maybe a little more practice is in order. I do like Solaris better however. I agree that Radar Lock is often overlooked. I've got to get it back out and give it another try.

My favorite homebrews: Oystron (might be over 10 years old), This Planet Sucks (might be older than 10 years), Sea Wolf, Hunchy II, Evil Magician Returns, Qb (probably older than 10 years old), Incoming!, Swoops!, and Gunfight.

A lot of people did move away from game consoles and bought home computers like the Commodore 64, the Atari XLs and XEs, The Texas Instrument computers, and the Tandy computers. Most definitely had some effect. But as several people stated above, there were a bunch of reasons, including a flood of stinky games and the tanking economy. Remember, the games were really expensive. If adjusted for inflation, many were at least as much, if not more, than XBox 360 games now.

I was very dissapointed when I first played it, but then eventually I accepted it for what it was, and played the heck out of it. It was Pac-Man for the 2600. At least we had something playable that had a little guy going around a maze eating lines, and we had a good laugh at the sound effects (bam-bam-bam-bam-bam). Once I played Pac-Man on the Atari 800 however, 2600 Pac-Man got very little time. I missed out on 2600 Ms. Pac-Man and Jr. Pac-Man until 2003. Those two games are excellent and I still play them often. Every now and then I break out 2600 Pac-Man and play it on game 1 and on game 6. And every now and then I break out Nukey Shay's excellent 8k hack called Pac-Man 8k. That one takes the original 2600 Pac-Man to the next level, with proper colors, intermissions, better sound, and fruit instead of a square vitamin.

A few more for the Schoolers, if these will fit, still trailing the other teacher. Thanks for the reply trbb! Crazy Clown Jumper 2,500 Pacific Coast Highway 35,410

trbb, please add my score to the chart for Beamrider (From Post 193). Beamrider 5,110 (the flashing makes me dizzy, so I may not be able to play this one much more). Thanks!

Excellent news!

I agree with atari brian. Most of my 2600 homebrew games look better on the 7800. I guess it's because the shielding is better, or the electronics are more modern/stronger. The homebrews played on my 2600 have interference and aren't all that clear. But when I play them in the 7800, they are clear as a bell. The down side to my 7800 is that the cart slot is not wide enough to fit Imagic games. And Imagic made some of the best 2600 games in my opinion. So to play Cosmic Ark, Dragonfire, Atlantis, Trick Shot, and Demon Attack, I have to use a 2600. The 7800 won't accomodate the Imagic games. I have read that 7800s made at a different times do have a slot wide enough. Mine was from a batch that was different. I also have read that some people cut the slots wider with knives, or deface the carts so they fit. I'm not willing to cut up the carts or the 7800.

I agree with the people who suggest a 4 switch woody. They are the most plentiful, and are very reliable. I'd recommend a vader just as much if you can find one. It's very similar, and also quite reliable. The others are good as well, but consider that the jrs tend to be cheap and flimsy(but nice and small), and the heavy 6ers usually cost a bit more(although they have a clearer picture signal, due to the heavy shielding). And 7800s work fine, but some cannot accomodate the width of an Imagic cart without modification. And Imagic makes quite a few of the best 2600 games in my opinion, so you'd have to deface the carts or the 7800 in order to fit them into the cartridge slot.

Are Sleepy and Sloopy on the same team? It might get confusing if they are.

One more-Canyon Climber. Do you have that one? And what are you asking for In Search of the Most Amazing Thing, and for Adventure Creator? I can see those two clearly. Thanks.