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  3. Posted

    Good idea, it's only been out 17 years. You want to strike while the iron is hot on a new release with the promotional materials.

     

    It's worth noting the premise of this thread: Skyhammer reviews are down the middle and Sputnik2600 was having trouble deciding on the investment. His desire to help "promote" the game seems pretty rational in context - as rational as any time invested into a platform so irrelevant that calling it "niche" might be a stretch.

     

    I think this game compares favorably to G-Police and would love if others discovered its merits.

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    As stated above, the graphics are already done, and AI is far too complicated for the VCS. The best AI I could do would only challenge beginners. However, I've been thinking about turning my Go kernel into a full-fledged two player game. I would keep it at 4K to minimize costs. How much interest is there in such a cart?

     

    Sorry for the necro-bump, but I'm looking for such a cart. Did anything ever come of it? I'm a total beginner but have many Go friends that would be charmed and impressed by such an implementation of the game.

  6. Posted

    While it is easy to play all the modes in Club Drive, the game does have a high level of mastery to it that requires a significant time commitment. A group of us back in the day used to push each other in the single player race mode for the fastest times. A player can also perform some cool skateboard style tricks, such as 360 aerials, 720 aerials and rail slides on on the skateboard ramps in Planet Todd and Velocity Park.

     

    Totally. Club Drive might the the most disappointing early title for me. It should have been the platform's Stunts!. There were some great details in the game, but it just needed more... more everything.

     

    Even still, I had a lot of fun with San Francisco race times, powerball races, and tag... all this is only fun with a willing partner/group though. As you alluded to.

  7. Posted

    I love Skyhammer. When you're protecting the cities, it truly feels like there are armies in other sectors on the move and it takes a bit of strategy to decide how to mount a counter offensive.

     

    If you didn't like Iron Soldier, I would approach with caution. Having said that, I think the gameplay is much different and definitely has more depth than Hover Strike. Really no comparison on the latter.

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    I thought this reflection with Bernie Stolar was pretty interesting. I had no idea that the same guy in charge of the Lynx was in charge of the Dreamcast in the USA:

     

     

    It’s a story that Stolar says he’s seen time and time again — a fixture on hardware without the software to back it up. And it’s one that began for him even when he started in the industry by opening a coin-operated arcade in San Francisco.

    The State Street Arcade carried over 300 games and caught the attention of Atari, where Stolar was invited to help develop content. But the focus on hardware over software prevailed, especially after the firm was sold to Jack Tramiel in the 1980s. Stolar was placed in charge of the Lynx division, and he was frustrated by the small library available to players.

     

    “I had a lot of respect for Jack, and it was a good place to work but Jack wasn’t investing money in content,” he says. Stolar left, but not without a sense that Atari could have commanded the market had it made a few different choices.

     

    “The Lynx, I thought, was better than Nintendo. Atari had a patent infringement case against Nintendo and they lost ... I think part of that was because they didn’t have strong enough lawyers.

     

    “He really wasn't investing money in content. I remember I got a phone call from Steve Race, who became the first president of PlayStation, to help take that over and become head of third-party for PlayStation.”

     

     

    Here's the article: Why former Sega president Bernie Stolar is still proud of the Dreamcast.

     

    /Schmüdde

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  12. Posted

    This is a challenging game!

     

    The team did a superb job. The music is absolutely top notch.

     

    Does it not save scores? I guess I expected it to save even though it's homebrew. I know Alice's Mom's Rescue saves game position and Impulse X saves scores... oh and this team's JHL saves the season information. Not a dealbreaker, just want to make sure I'm not missing something.

     

    It's a great release. Right up there with Impulse X. Pick up, play, and enjoy.

     

    /ü

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    Hey all -

     

    I do a lot of archival work for what I'm working on, specifically technology related. Kinolibrary just sent out a mailer about some new 1980s Silicon Valley footage they acquired. There are a number of Atari Inc.-related clips I thought people here would be interested in:

     

    1980s People Play Video Games, Atari, Racing, Arcade

     

     

    1980s Men Play Arcade Games, Video Gamers, USA

     

    1980s Children Using (Atari) Computers, USA

     

    Drive Through Silicon Valley, 1980s USA Tech (a few Atari buildings)

     

    /ü

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  16. Posted · Edited by Schmudde

    The OP gave no parameters, so I emphatically say 'yes!'


     

    I don't spend much money on video games because I only buy newly published Jaguar games and pick up the occasional odd cart (just found Cannon Fodder in the wild). The best thing about the Jaguar is that it has a great library of 16-bit ports (like Flashback), some funky exclusives (like Skyhammer), and some titles that really capture the essence of the era (like Doom).

     

    I mostly commit to beating a game - so I get a ton of hours out of something like Rayman. I also like going for the high-score in a game like Impulse X. I just hosted a Brutal Sports Football tournament (8 player bracket) and had a blast.

     

    The new ST ports are looking nice and an original like Rebooteroids is going to be very cool.


     

    /ü

  18. Posted

    Since we're on the subject, was the Falcon brochure the very last promo piece done by Atari as well? Since they shifted all their focus over to the Jaguar...

    If someone is curious and hasn't seen this, it is available here: https://archive.org/stream/AtariFalcon030Brochure1992/Atari_Falcon030_Brochure_1992#page/n0/mode/2up.

     

    You can also see the line of thought between the Falcon's touted "Personal Integrated Media System" in 1992 and the Jaguar's "Interactive Multimedia System" in 1993.

     

    /ü

  24. Posted · Edited by Schmudde

    :arrow: Brutal Sports Football - so looking forward to playing this with mates on the next 'Boyz Night' ; )

     

    Yes! Literally last night, I held a 10-person single elimination Brutal Sports Football tournament at my house. I was the defacto champion because of my years playing Jaguar, but the better players got a few rounds in before ascending to the top of the bracket.

     

    It was close, but I still won. Had a total blast. People were really curious about some of the new games like Another World.

     

    /Schmüdde

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    Thats the way to do it. If you see them gobble them up fast. I've got one spot left that deals with any Atari related stuff, they are not even keeping the 2600 carts around any more, its all about nintendo and Sega in most of the shops, you'll see TG-16 spike up soon, it already is.

     

    Here in NYC a store was selling Cannon Fodder, a relatively common game, for $20. It was a game I've wanted since the 90s, so it was cool to walk out with a "new," and personally desired, Jaguar game.

     

    /ü

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