profholt82
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Mr. Tallarico, I get why you don't want to include online play, and it's totally understandable. It seems that whenever I play a modern game online, I have to mute all of the headsets so that I don't have to listen to all of the vile things that many players are saying. And for arcade style games, this feature shouldn't really be necessary for a good gaming experience anyway.
That said, online leaderboards for some games would be a welcome addition. I'm not sure if this feature has already been considered, but it is a great way to see how you measure up, and is a cornerstone of arcade gaming. I realize that not every game will be arcade style, but for the ones that are, this would be an excellent feature that would not only engage the player and give them something to shoot for, but would also add connectivity to the Intellivision Amico community. And I would think it would be much easier and cheaper to implement than full online multiplayer.
Anyway, I'm a longtime fan of your game soundtracks (particularly on the Genesis and Sega CD), and am looking forward to the Amico. Thanks.
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I've been playing a lot of 2600 lately, and decided to shop around the local game shops to make some additions to the collection recently and these are the pickups. I've enjoyed all of them to some extent, but my favorite has been Pitfall II. Didn't have this one as a kid, and holy crap, what a great game. Shouts out to Frostbite, Kung Fu Master and Tron Deadly Discs as well. The latter is a lot like Berserk, and that is always a good thing.
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I just wanted to say that I bought a couple of games from Curious Sofa last week, and he packaged them to withstand an earthquake and shipped them fast as heck. Thanks, homie! 👍
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I've got to say, I'm curious, and I appreciate the ingenuity. Can you post a pic of your cheese case in action with a game inside?
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In the last 2k game, NHL 2K10, they let you drive the zamboni between periods. That was fun.
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I've put a little bit of time into Forza Horizon 4 this week, but I can't stop playing Wing Commander 3 on the 3do. When I was playing FH4, I wanted to be playing WC3. This is the first 3do I've played since the 90s, so apparently I've got a serious itch to scratch.
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On the Genesis, it seems like 94 gets all the love nowadays, but I recall my friends and myself being angry about the removal of the fighting and blood that made multiplayer a lot of fun in 93. They added the one timer to 94 though, which was great.
95 was good, but 96 was better. They revamped the game engine, brought back the fighting and made it better, improved the AI dramatically which made for challenging single player games, and added all sorts of little details, things like the rusty hinge sound effect when the door to the penalty box is opened. They ended up using the same engine from 96 with barely any changes other than roster updates for the final 2 games of the series on the Genesis, 97 and 98.
That said, 95 was good, but they went in more of a simulation direction for 96 while 95 played faster and felt more arcadey. So I can understand why some may prefer that gameplay style to that of 96.
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I was thumbing through EGM from January 1994, and came across these reviews for Stellar 7, Battle Chess and Putt Putt Joins the Parade.
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My buddy recently came across his old 3do at his parents' house, and didn't really want it. So we made a trade, I gave him a Nintendo mini and a stack of classic rock records (we're both vinyl hounds), and we're both happy with the deal. I hadn't played any 3do since hanging out at his place as teenagers in the 90s, so I've been pretty geeked up about it. I had actually preordered Forza Horizon 4, but haven't played more than a couple hours of it this week because I've been so hooked on Wing Commander III. This was the initial haul:
In the meantime, I informed all of my local gaming buddies that I was in the market for 3do games, and was able to pick these up from a friend of a friend and a couple of local game shops. I already owned the Brain Dead, but the others I just picked up this week. I don't think there's much more 3do stuff in my neck of the wape, but I was definitely happy to find these locally:
I'm pretty dang pumped to finally own one, and I've been having a blast with it so far.
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Rock 'n' Roll Racing (SNES)
Jaguar XJ220 (Sega CD)
And I forget the third off hand. Probably Little Mermaid on the Genesis with my little one.
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Tanooki, if you don't mind, I'd like to hear your thoughts about it after you've messed around with it a bit.
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Jeez, when you put it that way, it makes me feel like a sheister or something. Neither of us are resellers or anything, money didn't enter the equation. He has an old system sitting around that he hasn't played in years, and I had that mini with an extra controller still sitting there unopened. In fact, come to think of it, I originally offered him the mini as a gift, but he told me to take the 3do for it. We were both happy with the deal, but now you've got me feeling weird about it.
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I bought one a year or 2 ago and never ended up opening it for whatever reason. I have an NES and several hundred games that I play whenever I'm in the mood, so I think I just bought the mini for the novelty of it. I think it's pretty cool for $60, but I guess it was just an impulse but for me.
When an old friend visited recently, he got excited about my game collection. I told him he could have the mini, and he was very happy about it. When we were teenagers, he had a 3do that I loved playing at his house, so I asked him about it, and it turned out that he still has it in an old box of stuff in his basement. He said we'll call it an even trade, and he's hooking me up with his old 3do with about 10 games or so. So, I'm quite glad that I acted on my impulse to buy that Nes Mini a while back.
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I liked the movie Bebe's Kids back in the day. The game is not good though. Chakan is actually a good game though, so I'm surprised to see it as the subject of this thread. Difficult, yes, but put in some practice, and you'll cruise through at least the first half of the game.
The latter stages require some blind jumps and awkward platforming, however, which can be really frustrating. It's still a good game though, and there wasn't really anything else like it on consoles back then. Bebe's Kids was just a lousy, run of the mill licensed platformer with some beat em up mechanics thrown in.
Chakan is getting some unjust hate here. It's just a long game that requires a lot of patience, and some trial and error in the latter stages, to get through.
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Either Space Invaders or Stampede, but I'm still far from amazing at them. Those were two of my first games as a little kid though, so I played them a ton. I recently played both again for the first time in a while, and there's definitely plenty of rust I need to knock off.
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These are so cool, I just recently found out about them. I knew that there was a cassette add-on of some type on the VCS, but I didn't know anything about it. When I came across the game 'Communist Mutants from Space' I knew that I needed to track this thing down. They seem to be pretty rare, but they're on my radar now.
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I wasn't born until 82, so I basically inherited the console from my father who had already had it for a few years and had a number of games for it. My absolute earliest video game memories aren't going to the arcade, but sitting next to my dad playing Space Invaders and Pac Man on the VCS/2600. We also had Combat, Outlaw, Stampede, Street Racer and Defender that I can recall. I remember wanting 'Empire Strikes Back' so badly after playing at a buddy's house, but I wouldn't actually get it until many years later. But I still bought received 2600 games as birthday gifts and such even into the early 90s after I had an NES because I still liked playing it, and you could still buy new games for it at stores. They sure supported the old gal for a long time.
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I think it's just an age thing for the most part. Remember that Atari collecting had a huge surge around the turn of the millennium which coincided with the time that most of the Gen X guys who grew up with the 2600 were entering their 30s. That's a correlation in my opinion. NES collecting saw a big surge around 10 years later (so 2010ish) which coincided with that generation coming of age, and subsequently we've seen a surge in 16-bit collecting the last few years. I think that nostalgia for youth culture is generally the catalyst for these spikes.
But with Atari, the company is just an old name now whereas Nintendo is still out there making new consoles and games keeping the name and franchises relevant (as has been mentioned). That's certainly a big factor. But it isn't as if Atari hasn't tried to stay relevant. I mean, how many versions of those AT Games Flashbacks are out there? If people want to revisit or be introduced to Atari, the opportunity is there. Also, there are numerous compilations out there seemingly every console generation, including the current one with the 2 volume set on the XB1 and PS4. There just doesn't seem to be as much interest anymore.
We who grew up playing the classic arcade games understand them and can be captivated by them. I can spend hours at a time playing a Space Invaders cab or Stampede on my 2600 for instance. But for most younger gamers, these older games are seen as antiquities with little to offer. Part of it is surely the simpler graphical style which requires more imagination. But most of these classic games require a different mindset to play well, one that requires intense concentration. Someone who grew up with something like Mario 64 would likely grow frustrated with Kaboom after a short time and give up. They prefer games based on exploration and adventure.
It doesn't make us right and them wrong or vice versa, we all like what we like. But there is such a distinct difference in the mindset required to play classic arcade games vs most of the 90s console games vs the majority of modern games today. And with few exceptions, unless one grew up playing the classic arcade games, it's likely a near impossible hurdle to embrace them now after growing up on more modern games.
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I definitely prefer Robot Tank. Battlezone is a good game, but all of the added depth of Robot Tank takes it to a higher level. It just felt like such a deep and advanced game compared to similar games at the time, and whenever my friends visited, that's all they wanted to play. I still have a lot of fun with it today.
To the poster above (@Jinks) complaining about not being hit when you can't see the projectile on screen, well, ok, if that makes it a "baby game" to you, that's your prerogative. The point is that you're dodging the shots, how else exactly were they supposed to achieve that sensation? I suppose they could have made it so that you can be hit at any time without any warning even if you can't see your enemy, but would that have been fair?
I like the way it is set up, and dodging shots can be quite challenging when in close proximity to your enemy or when the difficulty is ranped up due to weather conditions such as fog, darkness, lightning storm, et cetera. And as the game gets further along, no longer do hits knock out your radar or something else, they kill you. That adds much more intensity and freneticism to the dodging experience.
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Space Invaders arcade. To this day, I still love it as much as I did as a little kid. And while there are a number of games that I hold in high regard, there are none that I'd rather play than Space Invaders.
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Selling as a lot. Conditions vary from so-so to very good, but all of the boxes are on the rough side. Media Mail in US $25 shipped. There may be a few more titles mixed in that aren't listed. If you have any specific questions, pm me.
Atari 2600
Wizard of Wor box only
Bowling box with manual
Home Run box with manual
Venture box with manual
Manuals
Secret Quest
Frogger
Star Wars Return of the Jedi Death Star Battle
Donkey Kong
Gravitar
Battlezone
Video Olympics
Fire Fighter
Dig Dug
Amidar
Moon Patrol
Circus Atari
Zaxxon
Flight Commander Atari XE manual
Many assorted Atari and Intellivision catalogs and cards in varying conditions
Intellivision
Space Battle box and manual
NFL Football box and manual
Major League Baseball box and manual
Las Vegas Poker and Blackjack box
Auto Racing box
Manuals
Mouse Trap
Advanced Dungeons and Dragons
Football
Las Vegas Poker and Black Jack
Frog Bog
Space Hawk
Armor Battle
Atlantis
Burgertime
Star Strike
Backgammon
Armor Battle
The Dreadnaught Factor
Boxing
Carnival
Ice Trek
Popeye
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http://feedback.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewFeedback2&userid=profholt82&ftab=AllFeedback
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And they probably only know Don Rickles as the guy who did a voice in Toy Story. Thanks to old reruns, Johnny Carson, and the library, I knew about all kinds of stuff that was "before my time."
Exactly. I grew up watching reruns of old shows, listening to older music on vinyl, watching old movies on Beta and VHS, etc. And my friends did the same thing, it was common to be into older stuff as well as current things. Yet at 31, I find that people who are 25ish often have no idea what I'm talking about pertaining to 80s pop culture. Yet I have friends in their upper 30s, and I know what went on in the 70s, so I get their jokes and such. Even with the availability of information on the internet, it's as though most younger people don't really care about the past.
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Intellivision Amico - Tommy Tallarico introduction + Q&A
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I think it appears that way in the photo due to the lighting. There seems to be a sheen on the right one which makes it stand out more.
Personally, I prefer the darker wood grain. It's just not the most flattering photo.