Why Atari 5200 was considerate a fail?

[Why Atari 5200 was considerate a fail?]

Same games on Atari VCS, Atari 8-bit, Atari 5200, and later Atari 7800.

Hated that.

[New seller has some hard to find games]

I've got sealed Silver Boxes, Kids Boxes, Red Boxes, Grey Boxes. No Colour Boxes for sure.

 

Further sealed, Activision, Telesys, Sancho, Froggo, Imagic, M Network, Epyx, Gakken, Mystigue, TNT, CBS.

 

What I want to know, was Australian Home Entertainment Suppliers (HES) ever sealed? They came in plastic box. 

[My Treasured (& going) Lynx Collection]

On 4/3/2021 at 2:06 PM, jgkspsx said:

Wow!!

The other side of the room also looks like this...

[My Treasured (& going) Lynx Collection]

I'm pretty sure I've scanned them all way back. Of course, they are not on my 'scanned magazines/fanzines' hard disk, as they should be. That's always the way. Way back I've put them on Photobucket. Not been on that site since donkeys.

Looks like I've gotta do some digging:

 

[My Treasured (& going) Lynx Collection]

58 minutes ago, jgkspsx said:

Not enough of them did - @Igor is looking for copies!

We haven't got any spares left, but I could copy some issues.

I'll get in touch with him

 

Nice Lynx collection there, btw.

[My Treasured (& going) Lynx Collection]

Wow, Ed and mine Lynx fanzines made it all the way to Australia

[Just Starting My Lynx Collection. Recommendations?]

If you're collecting, get the rare/expensive ones first. Also, Telegames UK is a good place for Lynx, I think P&P to USA is fair.

[Atari in UK, Slough (Shiuming Lai) from 'way back']

Atari Europe, Railway Terrace, Slough, SL2 5BZ, UK

 

Oh I remember this building well. Meeting Daryl Still, walking around the huge warehouse, full of Atari hardware, software, a PAL Atari 5200 and lots more.

The good times, visiting Atari numerous times. I just went there to purchase numerous 32 in 1 Carts. Must have had approx 50 or so.

 

Atari UK

Shiuming Lai takes a walk down Memory Lane

 

14 years ago was a good time. Life was simple and I had endless computer fun with my machine of the moment, an 800XL with 1050 disk drive which I still have to this day. Programming techniques were nowhere near as advanced as in current Atari 8-bit software, but the concepts were there and the shock factor of the synthesized speech in Activision's Ghostbusters lingers on, more so than many things I've seen since. Then there was Atari's new ST range, the stuff of dreams for most school kids. Who could forget the jaw-dropping screen-shots of Magnetic Scrolls' The Pawn in the Atari magazines? Les Ellingham's wonderful home-grown Page 6 and Database Publications' Atari User were available at nearly all newsagents, it didn't get better.

I lived in Slough during these years, an industrial town in Berkshire, close to Windsor. Every time I went into the town centre, I passed Railway Terrace, the location of Atari UK since the early '80s. Oops, did I say it didn't get better?! To have any computer was exciting and digital one-upmanship was rife, but none of my classmates could boast having the mother company nearby!

Now, it's 2001 and Atari is a mere brand for Infogrames. The Atari UK building is occupied by Concurrent Computer Corporation - very fitting that it's another technology based company.

The MyAtari team visited Slough to bring you these pictures.

 

Looking down Railway Terrace from William Street. That dome topped building is part of Slough station.

There it is. On the left is a bus depot.

An ideal candidate for a Lego model. You'll need those 2x2 corner slope bricks.

You could be forgiven for thinking the building is symmetrical, here's the first clue to quash that idea.

Atari employees travelling to work by train and coming out of the station's North exit would see this. Note the adjoining warehouse, 1st floor window: administration areas and demo/meeting rooms.

Main building entrance view from the staff car park. Ground floor: reception/office area and access to the workshops and warehouse, 1st floor: administration/office areas and demo rooms, 2nd floor: Bob Gleadow's office and other top brass.

 

Thanks to El Fernandes at Atari Workshop for helping us identify the different parts of the building.

[Videosoft games?]

If I remember right, Digtal Press had the permission from Jerry Lawson to release all six games.

Now available at Good Deal Games

Good Deal Games' Homebrew Heaven - Classic Atari VCS (2600) Videogames

 

Check out AtariMania for details.

 

[Laser Hawk]

Press Start and Option

Atari 400 800 XL XE Laser Hawk : scans, dump, download, screenshots, ads, videos, catalog, instructions, roms (atarimania.com)

 

[Australian 2600 junior 128-in-1]

 

Here's mine, the Asian version. I guess the game naming is different sometimes.

 

[Australian 2600 junior 128-in-1]

Go here to have the serial listed:

 

The Jr. List - Atari 2600 - AtariAge Forums

[Reccommend some Homebrews for me!]

Being a great fan of Super Cobra, Super Cobra Arcade is programmed to the next level. Not to be missed.

The UK game, Thrust, available on Atari 8-bit computer, also on VCS, is also very playable.

[Donkey Kong (VCS vs. Coleco)]

I mean, who would come up with these stupid things? 

If they make the Atari version look bad on purpose, it would look bad for Coleco. Why would they damage their own company?

Obviously NES users would say this rubbish.

[NES vs Gameboy]

Atari is the most powerful

[Games that are Fun for the 2600]

X Man, 'wiggle your joystick as fast as possible' type game, but keep the rhythm steady. Also, a great maze section.

Boing!, a great Q-Bert type game.

Rabbit Transit, a nice multi screen action fun game, also, Springer is good game.

Master Builder, I like this game, build buildings, great enemies, played it for hours

Spike's Peak, mountain climbing, keeps you happy for hours

[Any way to buy only boxes for homebrew games?]

Yes, I agree, especially for carts you've purchased and a box was made available later on.

[2600 Racing Games]

I was gonna say Spy Hunter, but it is awkward with two joysticks 

[Imagic boxes color variation]

There's also these, pink spine, green spine etc...

And also black boxes: Atari 2600 VCS Atlantis : scans, dump, download, screenshots, ads, videos, catalog, instructions, roms (atarimania.com)

 

 

[How long have you been a member of eBay?]

1998 or early 1999. I was in UK, and eBay hadn't arrived yet. I think eBay UK was mid or late 1999?

So I had to register with eBay USA. My nick was Corinna von Hausen.

My first item was Virtual Fishing (Japan only game for Virtual Boy).

 

[Atari on Wikipedia front page, under the heading ....Did you know]

Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

• ... that RealSports Baseball, part of Atari's response to an Intellivision marketing campaign fronted by George Plimpton, won a best sports game award for 1983?

 

 

Cool

[original Pacman for 2600, why the wrong colors?]

Never went to arcades, for me, a great (original) game 

[The Official Playstation Thread]

 

Played this one, loved it. Although much better, I have to admit, I liked the Amiga Computer version as well.

If I remember right I also used the PS Mouse playing this.

 

 

[The Official Playstation Thread]

14 hours ago, Ross PK said:

Thanks for the suggestions Intellimission. Since you like platformers I totally recommend A Bug's Life and Monsters Inc. Scream Team / Scare Island.

 

It's a shame though with Monsters Inc, that after completeing it there doesn't seem to be any reason in going back to it, as there's no scores or times to try and beat, no harder difficulties to unlock, etc. Unless you just want to play through the whole game again.

 

I'm going to get either a region free PS1 or a Japanese or American PS1. I will get the right model which I will be able to put into this rare third party clear PS1 shell that I have.

 

 

 

Wow, that's cool, is this a printed version?

[challenge: Show me your worst cartridge label]

That's the way I've purchased it from ebay, dunno what he's done with that label