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  1. littleman jack
    I just got a reply from Lance via email. All is well. He's still doing business and he is feeling pretty well. Hurray!
  2. littleman jack
    Definitely. We wish him the best. I briefly chatted with him via email last year, and he was still doing physical therapy but progressing and sounding upbeat.
  3. littleman jack
    I'll try the other address. Thanks gilsaluki!
  4. littleman jack
    Oh thanks! I tried the old one.
  5. littleman jack

    The weekend. I can't wait for a break from work, time to play some Atari and relax.

    1. Flojomojo

      Flojomojo

      I'm with you. But it's only Tuesday. And I'll play a little soothing Animal Crossing, not spazzy Atari. 

    2. littleman jack

      littleman jack

      Try the homebrew SeaWolf sometime for 2600. It's strangely soothing.

  6. littleman jack
    It appears that Video61, Lance's excellent shop for all things Atari 8-bit, might be closed. Is anyone in the area in Minnesota? Lance had been doing physical therapy after a car accident and working intermittently. It appears he might be closed. The phone is giving a non-stop busy signal and the email address no longer works. Anyone know if he's okay?
  7. littleman jack
    I tried emailing Lance and calling him this week, to see how he's doing. The phone number doesn't seem to work and the email address is no longer valid. Anyone know if he's okay?
  8. littleman jack
    Jungle Hunt and Moon Patrol are two others that my kids tend to go back to again and again.
  9. littleman jack
    My answer would be somewhere in the middle, but closer to no. My mother played Air Sea Battle on the 2600 a few times and was quite good. And my father played Pong (dedicated machine) and Apple Panic (Atari 800) when we first got them. But other than that, not much. However, today my dad will play x-box 360, Game Cube, and Switch with my kids and it is quite awesome. He's a good sport, especially on the EA Sports games and in Super Smash Bros.
  10. littleman jack
    Pac-Man shirt and several pairs of Pac-Man socks.
  11. littleman jack
    The paddle games do seem to appeal to my kids. They love Night Driver, Circus Atari, Warlords, SWOOPS!, and the two Breakouts. They also love H.E.R.O., Bump N' Jump, and Bowling (the variation with the ability to steer the ball).
  12. littleman jack

    Ice cream and baseball. Old friends.

    1. save2600

      save2600

      Peanuts, popcorn and hotdogs too!

    2. Joe C.

      Joe C.

      Hotdogs Yes! Peanuts Yes! Ice Cream Always! Popcorn no way! :))

  13. littleman jack

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  14. littleman jack
    Three: One 4 switch woody, which is barely working (bad video) One Sears Arcade II One 7800.
  15. littleman jack

    Ice cream. It's often ice cream.

    1. adam242

      adam242

      Or sometimes, it's sherbet.

    2. Swami

      Swami

      Haagen Dazs is pretty close, except for all the sugar.

    3. DZ-Jay

      DZ-Jay

      It's *always* ice cream.

  16. littleman jack
    Our children and grandchildren will hopefully keep playing Atari until there are no more working joysticks left. My son likes to play the 2600, 800, 5200, and 7800 in between runs on the ipad, NES, SNES, Gamecube, PC, Switch, and 3DS. So there's hope the Atari will outlive us old guys.
  17. littleman jack
    Pac-Guy 26 and groundtrooper, your ideas are great. But there's yet another: Buy an Atari 8-bit computer and play the Donkey Kong designed for them. They had all four boards, tight controls, and great sound.
  18. littleman jack
    I enjoy it from time to time. I just wish it had more screens. It is better than the Atari 800 version, due to the better, more responsive control on the 2600. The Atari 800 version control scheme is way off.
  19. littleman jack

    Snow, snow, and snow. We have a chance. Or it might be ice. Ice, ice, and ice.

    1. jd_1138

      jd_1138

      We have snow, ice, snow, snow. Minus ten windchill.

    2. jaybird3rd

      jaybird3rd

      We had harsh winter weather in December at the end of the Fall semester ... and we'll probably have harsh weather this week at the start of the Spring semester. Very unusual in the southeast.

    3. littleman jack

      littleman jack

      Yes! This is not normal southern weather. Last winter I barely wore a coat. This winter I've already broken out my old coat from my Boston days.

       

  20. littleman jack
    Happy to see this starting again! My collection has dwindled, but I'd vote for: Star Raiders Preppie II Centipede Pac-Man Donkey Kong Joust Miner 2049er Jumpman Jr. ET Phone Home Donkey Kong Jr. Qix
  21. littleman jack

    Winter, Atari, bmx, pound cake.

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    2. Keatah

      Keatah

      No no, Pablo Cruise!

    3. DZ-Jay

      DZ-Jay

      Or Soft Cell... Just sayin'.

    4. GoldLeader

      GoldLeader

      Slayer!

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  22. littleman jack
    Nice. Like old times, with new games.
  23. littleman jack
    We did play both Froggers in one round. I think it was in 2012. They're both great.
  24. littleman jack
    This is great. I'm looking forward to the finished version and hope there is a version for NTSC machines. I spent a lot of quarters playing this one in the arcades.
  25. littleman jack
    DK in the arcade was my favorite along with the Atari 800 version. Much later John Champeau made an awesome port called Champ Kong for the PC running DOS.
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