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Right with you there...

This is arguably the most under rated game on the Genesis!

Donkey Kong Classics - 20 mins

Damn straight. Always gotta put that positive spin on a negative right?

Poor Mr. Bushnell...always losing at the wrong times!

Why is Indiana Jones afraid of snakes?

I've heard numerous stories about how unplayable the Swordquest games are, and that they're some of the worst games for the VCS. I've also heard the contrary, that they're rewarding games that challenge the player to solve a complex adventure. Considering how much I like E.T. and Raiders of the Lost Ark, which are both maligned for their...er...unplayability, I figured I'd give the Swordquest series a shot. I bought Earthworld and Fireworld on eBay yesterday, both with manuals which I know for Atari adventure games is key to even understanding what is happening (E.T. puzzled me for a while until I checked the manual on AA). So I'm essentially a fan of the adventure games for the Atari, I've played Adventure, Haunted House and the aforementioned E.T. and Raiders. I've liked all of them. However one thing I notice with Haunted House and Adventure: they're too simplified! Granted, they're meant to appeal to a broad audience, but weren't E.T. and Raiders of the Lost Ark supposed to do the same? Which brings me back to the criticisms of Swordquest. I've seen YouTube videos (mostly of prepubesent boys swearing) where people will attempt to "play" games like Swordquest and claim that it sucks because they have no idea what the hell they're doing. I think the adventure games are meant to make you think...you need to read the manual before you start. It's not like these are arcade games that you can just plug in and shoot aliens up with. Maybe that's the trouble with trying to get honest opinions on Swordquest...a lot of the people out there probably never played it or understood what they were doing if they had. I think this is what makes the old games better than the new ones...there's no tutorials! You were always expected to read the manual and understand what the goal is well before you plugged in the cart and flipped the power switch. Maybe these folks should try playing these games without the expectation that the graphics are supposed to be lifelike, and that the game can be solved without a manual. Then again...maybe these people shouldn't be playing Atari in the first place...

I didn't realize that MUSHA was going for so much. Indeed...MUSHA is one of the more rare Genesis games. Not sure if it's the rarest, but it's definitely tough to find.

Donkey Kong Classics - 25 mins Super Mario Bros (NES)- 20 mins

After taking a look at Dragonstomper, I must get a Supercharger!

I see no children aboot!

That would explain why I'm feeling extra teased this morning! how long the tease? Not long enough! not interesting, then 1000th post!!!! yeah!! Congrats! How long would the tease need to be?

Out of that list, I'm only missing Pitfall II. Dig Dug is absolutely addictive...I spent nearly half an hour playing it last night before I realized how long I was playing for!

I'm looking forward to this! I'll have to sign up for a pre-order!

Judging from the pic the cartoon girl cares about that joystick quite a bit!

http://news.cnet.com/sony-ps3-is-hard-to-d...for-on-purpose/ According to this article from CNET, the PS3 was purposely made difficult to develop for...it even quotes Sony Computer Entertainment president Kaz Harai as saying: I don't really have a side in this generation of consoles, but it seems to me that this is a terrible idea...the PS3 needs support from 3rd party developers, making things more difficult seems totally counter productive.

That would explain why I'm feeling extra teased this morning! how long the tease? Not long enough!

Last night and this morning: Mario Bros. - 15 mins Dig Dug - 25 mins Defender - 20 mins Q*Bert - 25 mins

A few more you may want to consider: Haunted House Q*Bert Stargate/Defender II Dig Dug Millipede (though it's not nearly as good as Centipede) Raiders of the Lost Ark The Empire Strikes Back Ice Hockey Othello (if you're into strategy games) And don't be ashamed of E.T., it really is a good game!

That would explain why I'm feeling extra teased this morning!

Ever notice how the news tends to trivalize and sensationalize every story? Ever notice how the evening news will take the smallest most insignificant story and turn it into their top story and focus on it for nearly 3 hours? Me too. I can't pinpoint exactly when it happened, but the news is definitely a lot different now than it was even ten years ago. The anchors that I grew up watching, many of whom were the best in the business in the Boston area, have either retired or have been fired. Instead, we have a bunch of people at the news desk who look like they just got out of college giving us our daily dose of "news". Instead of focusing on real stories, they focus on the celebrity gossip. Instead of telling us what's happening in the world around us, they focus on the daughter of a fire fighter who just lost his life in a fire, melodramatically playing some sad sappy piano music as a lead in to the story where the young woman is bawling her eyes out. This is not news. Now, to be fair, this is really only one station in Boston that does this the majority of the time...starts with a "s" and ends with an "even". So anyone from Massachusetts will probably know exactly what I'm talking about. However, channel 5 and 4 (our two other big broadcast news channels) have been inching slowly but surely towards this style of news in the last few years. What's worse, now with the advent of digital TV, all the channels, with the exception of 5, have upgraded their sets to have these semi-futuristic news layouts...channel 7 is our worst offender yet again as most of the news cast is seemingly done in front of green screen with multitudes of graphics. All style and no substance there. Hell...even this morning I was a bit dismayed at what was being considered "news"! Sarah Palin's daughter broke up with her boyfriend, and it was a top story! This story belongs on the half hour celebrity gossip programs, not in my news. Last week was another good top story about Melinda Gates wanting an iPhone. Please...someone tell me why this is news?!?!?!? Here's a taste of what channel 7 offers us everyday...and keep in mind, all the female anchors look like this woman!

I'm not aware of any way of knowing unless you play through the game...maybe it might say on the title screen or in the manual deep in small print?

Impressive indeed, especially given that it's only 7.5K+128B. That's it?! Wow...that truly is amazing.

You sum things up quite well. I could easily play my Atari library on the computer, but where would the fun be? I can't manipulate the switches, I don't plug in the cartridge...what the Genesis? Some of my most vivid memories of video gaming involve sitting in front of the TV in my parent's kitchen and playing for hours. You definitely miss a lot of the experience when playing on different hardware.

Nothing beats a boy and his dog praying next to his bed!