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  4. Posted

    I have many colecovision games but I just never got around to getting one for my collection. I must admit at there were some games 5200 was not able to make as good as the colecovision. Even if 5200 was a better system. I like them both. They were different which made it better. I also love Intellivision and every other console out there. : )

  5. Posted

    I thought that the Colecovision came out to compete against Intellivision and 2600. I remember Colecovision saying you can play 2600 games on the CV. But like a year late a commercial came out for the 5200 saying that YOU CANT PLAY 5200 games on on the CV.

    So, which one came first. CV or 5200?

  6. Posted

    I was changing stations when I heard the word ATARI on NPR as I changed the station. Of course I went back and listened the interview. I was shocked when he said Atariage. You see, I never saw the posting saying anything about the interview. I ran into the interview by mistake. My wife and I were laughing because Albert was describing "me". He was saying everything I do. I guess we all get our games on ebay or the flee market. I think it's great that Atariage made it to NPR news. : )

  7. Posted

    One of the first titles on the Sega Master System was Black Belt by Sega.

    But suddenly the game dissappeared from the stores in Germany.

    The name of the game was covered by a black tape on the Master System

    catalogs at this time.  

    Was there a lawsuit between Atari and Sega, because of the Atari 5200 title?

     

    Mister VCS

     

    Beats me..

    I wonder if someone knows what that game looks like for the 5200 since I can't even find a screen shot. I think it's wierd that Atari would start a lawsuit against Sega knowing the 5200 was dead when Sega made releases for the Master System. :)

  8. Posted

    Ok, I read the FAQ @ ~jeffryj and tried to make a very simple ROM to play on the emulator (VSS77) and I followed the instruction yet I can't get to to make a .bin

     

    I noticed that all the examples have a *.inc file. Where does it come from?

     

    I just wanted to print something on the screen.

    I went to the Atariarchive site to read about mapping memory and what not. I have to say it help. But is there a very simple step by step instruction that will tell you how to creat a binary file that will play on the emulator (VSS77), even if its just printing something on the screen?

     

    Thanks... :) :twisted: :wink:

  9. Posted

    http://www.atariage.com/development_page.h...evelopmentID=44John Swiderski of Mean Hamster Software is working on his second Atari 5200 game, this one based on the Atari's unreleased Combat II for the 2600, but further enhanced for the Atari 5200. Combat II Advanced has support for up to four players (on a four port 5200), new vehicles, and new weapons.  The vehicles include tanks, jets, helicopters, and submarines, and each vehicle type has several different battlefields to choose from.  The game is about 95% complete and is expected to be released by Christmas.  You can view screenshots of Combat II Advanced here .

     

     

    COOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  10. Posted

    Does anyone know if anything special happens when you destroy the Ko-Dan command ship?  I've run into it once or twice, but I never noticed any effects when I destroyed it.

     

    Tempest

     

    Ok, I destroy a couple myself. Funny that in level 2-3 I did not run into any. One thing I did notice is that when I destroy the last 6 or 7 fleets outside of the frontier "After I destroyed their bases" would never try to enter the frontier. No matter how long I took to destroy them. I think that everytime "in the begining of the game" that I stopped a fleet trying to enter the frontier, I destroy their Command Ship while its trying to make a break in the frontier. After that Command Ship is destroyed. The fleet is left with no Command Ship therefor not being able to enter. I Would assume that when we battled against a Command Ship in open space, its because we never destroyed it while entering the frontier. :D

     

    Summary: :)

    You kill the Command Ship.. They are stuck outside of the frontier.

     

    BTW-

    I am not sure if I ever destroyed a command ship inside the frontier.

  11. Posted

    Ok.. Level 3 Completed.

    The ending on level 3 is no different than any other level. Of course it was a lot harder but I defended the Frontier and while I eliminated all Aliens within the frontier and after that it was a piece of cake.

     

    :)

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  12. Posted

    SW2000-

     

    What is your rank.  

     

    From the SR II manual:

    Scoring/Points of enemy Bases, Fighters etc...

    are of the same values in LSF.

     

    Score / Rank

     

    240k or more ------- Fleet Admiral  

    180k - 239,999 ----- Admiral

    120k - 179,999 ----- Commodore

    70k - 119,999 ------ Captain

    40k - 69,999 ------- Commander

    20k - 39,999 ------- Lt. Commander

    10k - 19,999 ------- Lieutenent

    0 - 9,999 ----------- Ensign

     

     

    Congrats on your finish,  8)  great game isn't it !   :!:  

    I think it's 1 of the 5200s best !  

     

    I have reached Commodore so far.  ;)  

     

    BTW-

    LSF is the only 5200 game that has an ending isn't it ?  

    Anyone know of another ?

     

    Later,

     

    Once again.....

    You should be proud of me.. You ALL should be proud of me....

    I saved hundreds of worlds including Earth.. Again!! :D

     

    I went ahead and gave level two a try. At first I felt overwhelmed, but after I got rid of the Ko-Dan from the Rylos System, I went in and destroyed their bases. I guess the secret is in the Frontteer. If you keep them from entering, they never invade your planets. :)

     

    89400 was my score--------That makes me a Captain....

     

    Level 3 is our next goal.. Wish me luck. :wink:

  13. Posted

    Someone should make a quick program. (Like Missile or Racer52)

    And record there actions on tape. Then place it for downloading somewhere so us "programmer wannabees" (like me :) ) can see first hand how to make a 5200 program.  :D  

     

    I would like to see how you take a code and translate to bin and what not.

     

    Well, I guess you did mean 5200BAS. So you just want a small quick run-through tutorial like:

     

    HELLO:

    print "Hello World"

    goto HELLO

     

    Allan

     

     

    Yea, A little tutorial to help me see how it's done. I have to admit that I feel that I learned a little, but seeing someone do it is much better than reading about it. I know if I can learn how to make a game for the 5200, it will be a cool one. I always think of cool games for older systems.

    :wink:

     

    I can even program it at work. While I monitor my campaigns. :)

    I must learn. It's in my blood. It's my destiny. :D

  14. Posted

    Someone should make a quick program. (Like Missile or Racer52)

    And record there actions on tape. Then place it for downloading somewhere so us "programmer wannabees" (like me :) ) can see first hand how to make a 5200 program. :D

     

    I would like to see how you take a code and translate to bin and what not.

  16. Posted

    If you go thru 2 times I am almost positive it ends. Now, it's been quite a few yrs, but for some reason I remember beating it. I may be wrong or maybe it was on something other than the 5200, but.....Anyways, Dreadnaught Factor ends? Never knew that. What happens?

     

    Jay

     

    It places a Victory sign across the screen.

    Level 7 is 100 Dreadnought's to destroy. It probably places a Victory sign once beat a hundred. But I never managed to get so far. :)

  19. Posted

    Thanks for the ranking legend. I have no idea what my points are. I was playing in in level one so I can learn how to play it and things fell into place and before you know it I destroy all the Ko-Dan Bases and then hunted their fleets down one by one.

     

    I will have to try it in level 2 and 3 to see how much harder they are.

     

    Games that finish, The Dreadnaught Factor ends. StarRaiders ends. Pole Position ends. Pitfall II ends. Space Shuttle ends. And I am sure there are more that end.

     

    :)

     

    And I do have to say that LSF is one of the best games for the 5200 if not the best. :D

  21. Posted

    One more thing -- I am making only 100 of these Koffi: Yellow KOpter games. I have 100 boxes and enough parts to make 100 of them. These first 100 Koffi's will be signed by me (unless you don't want the box / cart marked) and will have unique boxes/labels.  

     

    Additional Koffi's will be definitely made available after the first 100, as demand requires.  However the first 100 will be the signed ones with the "first edition" / custom tag on them, to make them more unique.  

     

    So if you I get > 100 orders, although there will be a wait, the surplus orders will be filled.  I will let everyone know for sure via email. So far , there are a number of them left though.

     

    Do you have anymore of the first 100 Koffi carts? I am gonna try to sneak payment out on my next paycheck without the Videogame police seeing me. :)

     

    Oh, and how much did you calculate the shipping will be? (Cheap slow Mail) if possible. Thanks :P

  22. Posted

    I just got the 5200 recently as well-I love it!  I didn't have it growing up, but had the 2600, Intellivision, and Colecovision.  It was a welcome addition to my collection.  For $50 I got 3 standard working controllers, 1 Wico controller w/ y-adapter, 4-port console, and 23 games.  It's a great system-after all the horror stories, I'm not too disappointed with the standard controllers.  They take some getting used to, but I really don't mind them.  I think the Intellivision disc is worse.

    Good Deal

  23. Posted

    LOL, me too.... only mine makes me happy when I play it.

     

    In fact I find it refreshing to play 5200 after all this xbox Iv'e been playing.

     

    Don't get me wrong, the games today are great. However, some times you just need some simple fast addictive game play... :-)

     

    "Chicken! Fight like a robot!"......

     

    Charlie

    I couldn't agree more. :)

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