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Don't forget Nukey Shay's Pac-Man 8k. It's here on Atari Age somewhere. He took the original VCS Pac-Man, added real fruit, intermissions,correct colors, and points on the screen when you eat ghosts. It's pretty awesome.

I finally moved to PC when my Macintosh SE was no longer cutting it, and I realized that a new Mac was too expensive. The PC had Windows 98, which drove me crazy. So I switched to using Linux on the PC and am still there, many PCs later. Now that first PC runs DOS and has a bunch of old games on it. It's still going strong, although rarely gets used over the newer ones running various Linux distros.

Three that help me feel chill are Sea Wolf (a homebrew for the 2600), and any version of Bosconian (including the Namco Museum versions for modern-ish systems, the plug in play version included with Pac-Man, and Kobo Deluxe for Linux), and Burgertime or any of its variations (Beef Drop for Atari 5200 and 7800 or Burger Space for Linux). I think Sea Wolf is the most powerful, however, for inducing calm. I noticed that it has the same effect on my son and my dad, who are 62 years apart. All three of us can play it for quite a while, having fun, and feeling chilled out. Good times.

Here's a link to a spreadsheet created by the writer of "The Many Faces Of" column. It gives all the platforms, titles, and scores for each game reviewed. Just awesome. http://my.stratos.net/~hewston95/RT/ManyFacesHome.htm

oesii, Thank you! That's the one. That is the exact site that I was looking for, trying to remember. Thanks!

2600 and 800 are my two favorites. I like having both. And I do have a 5200 for the many excellent games and the beauty of the giant system, and I have a 7800 for 7800 games (and sometimes 2600 games on the 7800). There are so many great games for the 2600 that it is worth it to have one. And as several people have pointed out, the system itself looks great and the colors are brighter on the 2600 than on the 7800. Plus some 2600 carts are finicky or even too wide to play on a 7800. There are many classics and homebrews that are really excellent for the 2600. You made a good choice. You can bounce back and forth between the 2600 and the 8-bit computer. They're both great.

No, it wasn't Mobygames. But thanks for the suggestion. That is a very nice website that has a lot of good info. The website I am thinking about is not professional like Mobygames, and is all the work of one person who focuses only on the 8-bit era. Perhaps Albert might know? Maybe I should email him.

Atari 800 was my favorite and the only one I owned, with the 2600 close behind played at friends' and relatives' houses. I also enjoyed playing games on the Intellivision at a friend's house and the TI 99/4a at my uncle's house. There were so many good systems back in the early days of video gaming, but the Atari 8-bit was my favorite.

I forgot to mention, it also included TRS-80 and Texas Instruments versions sometimes as well.

Hello all, I am trying to find/remember a website that I used to visit from the early to mid 2000s. It was often linked to the Atari 2600 rarity index here at Atari Age. It was a website that reviewed games across all the platforms of the early 80s. So if you looked up Centipede for example, it might run a head to head comparison and rating of the versions for Atari 2600, Vic-20, C64, Atari 800, Coleco Vision, Atari 5200, Atari 7800, and Apple II. It awarded the top three each time around. Does anyone remember this website/blog? Does it still exist?

I think there was a Pitstop II for the Apple II. Does anyone remember that one? The Atari 8-bit version was pretty good. It was similar to Pole Position and pretty fun to play, at least back in the 1980s as I remember.

Joystick all the way. Pads are okay for sports games, but for twitch/arcade gaming and adventure gaming I prefer a joystick with a button or two.

I just got a reply from Lance via email. All is well. He's still doing business and he is feeling pretty well. Hurray!

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.

I'll try the other address. Thanks gilsaluki!

Oh thanks! I tried the old one.

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?

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?

Jungle Hunt and Moon Patrol are two others that my kids tend to go back to again and again.

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.

Pac-Man shirt and several pairs of Pac-Man socks.

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).

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