lushgirl_80

I tried but it says my Evaluation period for Winzip expired I think my roommate used that up already..no way I'm paying for that.....

I hooked my TI99 to the internet just to say I did. Not much use though... I'd like to hook it up just because I remember liking the text and graphics/colors on that alot and I love the keyboard design and rather use that keyboard than the one I normally use. What were you able to do on the internet with that?? That sounds cool.... I guess you really had to have alot of money in the 80's to use the BBS boards... edit- I remember there was a program for Basic....I had to type up 3-4 pages worth of crap just to make a pixelated character called Mr.Bojangles dance lol...

Drats I wish my Winzip had'nt expired...I'd totally play this game.....

I've always read this computer had some sort of a Modem attachment too(I know they had Speech Synthesis and a Harddrive setup,but my grandparents could'nt affford that)... Since it had a modem attachment does that mean the TI-99 4A back then was capable of going on BBS message boards??? I always wondered about that. Someone was able to browse the internet using an Apple 2 a few years ago, is that possible with this computer?? I'd like to try that. I always figured the TI-99 was a way more powerful computer than Apple 2,but I don't know so much about computers from the inside out. I read on wikipedia that this was the first 16-bit system, predating Sega Genesis by 10 years. I'd like to buy a TI-99 myself and it would be trippy to be able to hook it up to modern computers. btw that's such an adorable pic of you Darkthur lol....awww.....loove your Star Wars curtains. I used to have the Smurfs curtains and Strawberry Shortcake. There was a game for this system that I can't remember the name but was very cool. It was a shooter style game but you could actually walk into other screens and you had to shoot up these weird aliens that came fro the sky and in one screen you had to shoot them horizontally. It was kinda weird, sorta like Doom before it's time. I thought that game was really fun. I loved A-Maze-Ing and Chisolm Trail was a really hard game I remember. We only had the keyboard and some games and playing the games that needed joysticks was kinda hard.

My favorite songs from Sonic are the bonus stages and Starlight Zone

games for the 5200 i'd like: Zookeeper Mr Do's Wild Ride Cutie Q Gauntlet Tetris ( I think Tetris for 5200 would be kinda cool,and easy to make) Donkey Kong (or any of the Mario games) Why Ghostbusters? I do think that game would be better on 5200 than the NES version tho.

^^ that description makes me feel so nostalgic ....I remember that Kick game at the ice cream parlor nearby my house and my grandma used to take my sister and I to get an ice cream cone there ,and I remember it was cool because the Pacman ghosts were in that game.....dang that was something longtime ago...think I was in 2nd grade...I don't remember playing tho,just looked at the screen...

how about Cutie Q??

I had a friend who had Battletoads for SNES and I think they came out on regular Nintendo too? how about: Locomotion(old Konami puzzle game from 1982) Beezer Eyes Lady Bug (I remember that a longtime ago, it was sorta like a Pacman type game..don't think that was ported) War of the Worlds(old vector game from '82) Arabian Big Run( racing game from '89) Fast Lane(rare racing game from Konami) I'm Sorry (rare arcade game by Sega from '85) Kick(this game featuered cameos from Pacman characters) Disco #1 (very obscure disco game from early 80's lol) screenshot for Disco #1: [

i like the music in this ending and the fight scenes are funny..

I was thinking about these games when I read this thread.. Pac-Man Plus Baby Pac-Man Yie Ar Kung Fu Mr.Do's Wild Ride Goonies 1 T-Mek Sonic the Fighters (according to wikipedia about Sonic the Fighters:"The game was once planned for release on the Sega Saturn, but was cancelled for that console.")

I think this cover of Pacman looks weird lol...i found this really funny website called the First Church of Pac-man and i copied this quote from there speaking about the cover... "Ignoring the fact that the maze is now a CASTLE and the ghosts all look like GRIMACE, let's discuss Pac-Man, shall me? Note the mitten-like hand, the Campbells-Kid cheeks, the freakin' buck teeth, and the thoroughly unnecessary TORSO. PAC-MAN DOES NOT HAVE A TORSO, ATARI!!!!!! "

You can substitute alcohol with Rootbeer or Diet Coke I'm not a big drinker myself but this game sounds fun.

Just got Gremlins...so that would be my current most rarest... still waiting on Mr.Do'S Castle in the mail too.. edit-not 5200 but I have a copy of Centipede for the 2600 with the silver label from 1988...afterall these years I did'nt think it was worth much but come to find out it's actually rare...

Pitfall 2....you can't take a drink until you pass the game lol

Ohh gawd...when I was in my teens I knew people who worked there too! lol...pizza was never really impressive(I'd rather heat up a frozen pizza at home then eat there)....yeah those animitronics were trippy..amidst the sea of small kids crying over crappy pizza and scary rats lol...

The 2-story ChuckE Cheese in Millbrae back in the 80's was the best. Had all the games of the time. Never liked their pizza tho and when I was little I used to be scared of Chuck E Cheese lol....some mysterious person in big rat costume scared the bejesus out of me.

For me it's Crystal Castles.... enough for me to think I'm definitely getting a tattoo of Bentley Bear on my back (gawd this cover rocks)

my personal top 25 games of All time(based on fun factor and games I can play for hours and hours): 1) Mario Kart 64( N64) 2) Bust-A-Move 2 (arcade) 3)Sonic the Hedgehog 1(Genesis) 4) Tetris (Gameboy) 5) Centipede(arcade) 6)Gran Turismo 2 (PS 1) 7)Soul Caliber(Dreamcast) Gauntlet 2(arcade) 9) Y's (PC Engine) 10)Dig Dug(Atari 5200) 11)Star Raiders(5200) 12) Mario Paint(Super NES) 13) Dark Stalkers(Sega Saturn) 14)Devil's Crush(Turbo Grafx 16) **Best Pinball ever!!!!!!!** 15)Crystal Castles(Atari 2600) 16) The Legend of Zelda(NES) 17) Macross(Sega Saturn) 18) Ranma 1/2(Super Famicom) 19) Adventure(2600) 20)Legendary Wings (NES)** Love the music in this game for some reason,totally rocks** 21)Dragon's Lair(arcade) 22)RC Pro Am(NES) 23)New Super Mario Bros.(Nintendo DS) 24)Castlevania 1 (NES) 25) Pacman(5200)

Oh gawd I heard it even talks!!!! lol Sweeet! Never had that game.... I finally figured out how to play Star Raiders last night, wow after 20 years of hearing about that game I finally figure it out lol. The complexity of it is just so cool, wayyy better than most NES games I have.... my rank last night was Galactic Cook lol. I finally fixed my controller last night too, tried Dig Dug right after and my fire buttons work so much faster now. Makes me think I got a score of 142,910 even tho I used a broken controller....

I think I'm gonna try that E.T game!!!! lol There's one for Smurfs on Coleco.....everytime you see Gargamel take a drink! There's a Strawberry Shortcake 2600 game too where all they do is dance,yea take a drink everytime when what's his face chef dances or something... (i always found the intermissions for MsPacman has a enough time to have a bonghit or a drink lol)

I remember the arcade version was sort of like Gauntlet where 4 players can play at once. That would be sweet for the 4-port 5200 ..to make it just like the arcade.Slimer and the Staypuft Marshmallow Man should be in there too.

"You need the button for fireballs. Press up for jump. " Actually what about make the buttons like Moon Patrol and Gremlins type controls??....bottom buttons for jump and the upper buttons for the fireballs....

"Welcome aboard Lushgirl! What other 5200 games do you have?" I have nine games now(with 5 more showing up in the mail soon)...I got: Gremlins Joust Dig Dug Moon Patrol Star Raiders Pacman Jungle Hunt Star Wars:The Arcade Game Pengo coming soon in the mail: Centipede Berzerk Mr.Do's Castle Super Breakout Popeye dang i can't wait!! edit- yea I saw some of those multicarts (just looked at the link,sweet)......they look really neat.....the one's for the 8bit comps makes me want to buy an Atari 800 now lol..

Hi I'm looking to buy a vintage woodgrain Atari 2600,preferably one that was built in '77,the heavy one with the six switches and one that works...4 switch from the early 80's is fine too with at least 10 or so games to start. I'm willing to pay at least 40 dollars for the unit and a little extra if there are some games...