DamonicFury
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WE HAVE A WINNER!!! Congratulations to sdamon
He scanned a total of 5 missing manuals to come out the victor in my contest.
Final Contest Rankings
1st. sdamon - 5 manuals
2nd. Breakpack - 4 manuals
3rd. thomasholzer - 1 manual
4th. RIVER - 1 manual
Now just because the contest is over does not mean that I am done collecting manuals....Please if you can help scan even 1 book it would really help the cause.
Wow, didn't expect to win, but major thanks to user42!!! Hope the scans helped him and anyone else... should I ever find more, I'll be happy to scan them in as well.
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A big reason certain games don't get released is because of licensing conflicts.
For example:
Jr. Pac-man - created by Midway, but without Namco's permission, who holds the rights to all Pac-man related games.
Gorf - Created by Midway, but has a Space Invaders stage (Taito) and a Galaxian stage (Namco.)
Games based on a movie, such as Tron, Star Wars, Krull, etc. These do see occasional release as bonus features of games based on the same movie, but almost never are included in compilations.
And of course, there's numerous games made by smaller companies (Exidy, Cinematronics, Universal, Stern) that probably just feel that they wouldn't make much profit by releasing their games in a compilation. Unfortunately, they may well be right. I really hoped the StarRoms model of selling individual games for use in emulators would have been successful, and these smaller companies would have signed on, but sadly that didn't happen.
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But since I have the other 3 GH games for the PS2, I figured that, hopefully, I should be able to use them on the PS3 with the new PS3 wireless guitar.You would really think so, but apparently that's not the case...
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PS2 vs Wii is a tough call for GHIII. If you had to pick only one system for all your GH needs, I'd go with the PS2, so you can play all 4 GH games.
Nonetheless, despite owning two guitars and the previous three games for the PS2, I'm going to get GHIII for the Wii. The new guitar sounds sweet (it'll be my first wireless one,) playing online sounds like a lot of fun, and the possibility of new downloadable songs in the future clinches the deal. If I wasn't such a huge Guitar Hero fan, these things might not be worth the extra $$$, but what I can say.... I absolutely love Guitar Hero.
Now I just have to hope they make a Wii version of Rock band... I'd hate to buy the PS2 version of that, only to have the expensive peripherals not work with future Wii versions!!
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Here's the manuals for Mogul Maniac, Xenophobe, Radar Lock, and Star Trek. Along with the Guardian manual I uploaded earlier, that's all the manuals I have from your list.
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I'm thinking of buying this game. Does anyone have any opinions about it? I tried playing it on Handy, but it's so far away from actually playing on the Lynx I don't find it very faithful if the game on it is a platformer.It's a pretty tough platform game. I found the setting, control, and graphics to be quite good for a Lynx platformer, but the high degree of difficulty stopped me playing it after a few hours. But that's nothing unusual for me... I rarely have the patience to do well at 1990's platform games.
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That sounds like a really likely answer! Thanks, Graywest!
Doing a search on these forums for 'Hot Rox', I see that Tempest mentioned this catalog picture as indeed showing Hot Rox. Very cool! An old, old mystery for me can be laid to rest.
Sadly, it seems they changed the artwork as well as the name ... we may never see a full-size version of what the artwork would have been.
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This is an old Atari mystery for me... I've been wondering about it since 1982!
In the 1982 Atari catalogs (CO16725-Rev. D and CO16725-Rev. E) the first inside page shows a lot of Atari boxes. One of them is quite small and hard to read, but from what I can see, there's no match in the Atari library for it. Anyone have any ideas what it might be? (You'll may need to look at a copy of the real catalog... it's hard enough to see there, let alone in the scan!)
The circle I drew may be a bit unclear... I'm not talking about Dodge 'Em, but the game box next to it. The title text isn't totally legible, but it seems like it might be something close to "HOT-ROCK"
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A few more...
Astro Blaster
Carnival
Galaxian
Galaga
Gaplus
Galaga 88
Mr. Do's Castle
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Great show! Got lots of classic gaming goodies, played some Gorf and Tron, and had a great time. :-)
Anyone travelling to the area for the next show should check out Challenge Arcade in the nearby Berkshire mall... lots of great classics there!
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ZVG is kind of a joke because it's DOS-based. I refuse to use DOS in 2007, even for a dedicated PC.You certainly wouldn't want a Windows-based OS running on a Vector monitor, would you? Besides the fact that there's no way a vector monitor could show the GUI, all the extra bloat of a newer OS would really be utterly unnecessary for a PC whose only purpose is to run Vector games. To me, DOS seems like it would be an acceptable choice. But to each his own...
It's tempting to put together a mini ZVG-powered arcade box to just run Asteroids and similar games on a Vectrex monitor. But it wouldn't be cheap:
200 - ZVG
200 - cheap PC
100 - Vectrex
100 - cabinet and controls
The cost would be much higher yet if you wanted to use a higher quality vector monitor! If you really love that authentic vector look that much, you may as well just get a real authentic vector machine - so long as your favorite vector game is reasonably common. ZVG would be a good solution for those who really want an authentic vector look for some of the rarer games, like Quantum and Zektor.
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I might be willing to pay quite a lot... IF it was more than just a standard Vectrex. Specifically, if it could play arcade-perfect versions of other classic vector game like Asteroids, Battlezone, Tempest, etc.
Seems unlikely that such a product could be brought to market, as no one is making vector monitors anymore.
There is this interesting product, however, that allows you to use a Vectrex monitor and a computer to play the arcade classics...
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The market for retro game devices of all types seems to be drying up rapidly. A couple of years ago we had:
The Jakks sticks
Numerous arcade compilations (Namco, Taito, Midway)
The Target Midway cabinet
The PVGTech Taito & NeoGeo bartops
The Atari Flashback 2
Other than the cruddy Target cabinet, these were pretty good products. But they don't seem to have caught on quite well enough to inspire a second wave of retro goodies.
Perhaps the Live Arcade/Virtual Console/GameTap services are meeting the public's need for retro gaming now. Still, I prefer the products that tried to replicate the look and feel of the original games.
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Were any other old-school Activision fans thrilled with the opening logo? :-)
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An alternative to a MAME box that will play both Qix, Zookeeper and 8 other Taito classics can be found here:
Review of Gameroom Classics bartops
I picked up one of these on Ebay for under $200, and it's quite nice. Zookeeper plays great, but Qix does have an sound issue in it's emulation... the background hum typical to Qix keeps cutting out. And, of course, Arkanoid doesn't play very well with a joystick!
According to the review, it seems you could even take out the circuit board and put into a JAMMA cabinet.
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Just picked up Excitetruck a week ago, and my wife and I are both seriously hooked on it.
It's very cool you can add your own songs to the game... so what are the best tunes to enjoy with it?
Here's my current list (chosen for both fast tempos and lyrics about racing/speeding/trucking...)
Space Truckin - Deep Purple
Wheels of Fire - Manowar
Motopsycho - Megadeth
Highway to Hell - AC/DC
Ride the Sky - Helloween
502 - Megadeth
Highway Star - Deep Purple
Hell Bent for Leather - Judas Priest
and for laughs...
Truck Drivin' Song - Weird Al
What else works well with this great game?
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1. Rygar
2. Chip's Challenge
3. Shanghai
4. California Games
5. APB
6. Roadblasters
7. Lemmings
8. Gates of Zendocon
9. Hard Drivin
10.Super Skweek
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This board was from the Wal-Mart Edition 3 Super Pac-Man...For what its worth the Jakks ed. 3 Super is easily one of the best "simulations" so far.
What's the difference between the third edition and the original one?
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Naaaaa, na, na, na, na, na, na, naa... Katamari Damacy
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I don't own either of these, but I've looked them over a good bit:
Pros for Dream Arcade:
Namco and Capcom games
Easily able to add any PC game, arcade collection, or emulator into it
(for 4.99 at your your local EB/Gamestop, you could add the Taito arcade collection, for example)
More authentic arcade look (marquee, tilted monitor)
Pros for Awecade:
Spinner and light gun included
Exidy games
Larger monitor (for the AC-605SP) -OR-
The price on the P.A.M. is very attractive compared to it's competitors
A MAME cabinet could indeed give you a more authentic look on most games by using a real arcade monitor. The cons of doing so is that they are expensive, and the vector games (Asteroids, Tempets, etc.) will look awful. Mine uses a PC monitor, and I'm personally quite happy with the result.
Building a MAME cabinet is probably the best option, certainly the cheapest, but the amount of work involved and skill required makes it not for everyone.
Best of luck whatever you choose, and let us know how your choice works out!
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Yeah, these were the good old days... I vaguely remember Dave's original emulator... it played Galaxian, Amidar, and something else I've long since forgotten... anyone recall this? Those files are long gone for me, though.
In these days, when the newest version of MAME has become so bloated that it can't even run Pacman well on a Pentium III, those old emulators did a great job running the classics on a 486!
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Coleco controllers are pretty awful (the knob doesn't turn, it's just a poorly designed 8-way joystick), but you can use a 2600 controller for games that just need a single button or a 7800 controller (preferrably the Euro joypad or a Radica SI hack) for games that need two buttons. The thing with the Colecovision is that it has very few games that aren't arcade converions, so if you already have some kind of MAME setup, you may already have superior versions of almost everything the Coleco has to offer.
As for good games you can play on the 2600 that aren't included on the Atari/Activision collections...
Jr./Ms. Pacman, M*A*S*H, Fantastic Voyage, Demon Attack, Subterrania, Cosmic Ark, Atlantis, Montezuma's Revenge, The Empire Strikes Back, Space Invaders, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Phoenix, Tapper, California Games, BMX Airmaster, Galaxian, Air Raiders, Discs of Tron... just to name a few!! And that's not including AtariAge's great library of homebrew carts.
Personally, I'd take the 2600 over any other classic gaming system. Partly for nostalagia, but equally for it's truly great collection of games.
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Another Pac-Man stick...
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This is called "Pac-man Gold Edition". They're on sale at Target for $10 this week.
Just picked one up and tried it out today. It's probably the best one yet... 8 games, all pretty good ports. High-score saving is included. Dig-Dug is definitely improved from it's first release... it's music sounds right now, the flowers at the top are present, and the playfield scrolls just a bit so the whole thing is included. The joystick is a 4-way which is great for 7 of the games, but perhaps not so hot for Bosconian, which used a 8-way. It's still quite playable, but you'll probably notice the issue. The button on this thing looks and feels like an arcade button... nice touch.
I know these things have a bad rep, but if you've been waiting to get one of these, this is probably the one you want... it combines the first Pac-man stick with last year's Super Pac-man, and for this week, is available at a great price.