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When you hit the Atari 2600 Game Reset switch to begin playing, May You Live Long And Prosper Hehe

wewt 100th post for me on AA!! I think Scrabbler would make a GREAT persona to show up at some of the classic expos, and hell some of the World's they have. He was there from the beginning, when it was unheard of to compete for fame and glory on the screen. Now it seems theres world's, contests and what not are all over the place. He would be the Leanord Nemoy or the George Lucas of speakers at shows!! (Sorry Mr Shatner, you too )

This?? lolol Sorry, Im a MTG player and could NOT resist!!

It was determined by each player playing ten minutes on the 2600 and then ten minutes on the 5200 and adding the scores together. I don't remember the total score, but I do remember building a lead of about 11,000 in the 2600 portion which was first. Neither one of us made it the entire ten minutes on the 5200. I also remember losing my last ship and having a moment of "Aw, he has two ships left and he's gonna just keep playing and chew up my lead". But while I was starting to have that thought, the bonus for damaged mushrooms was being added on my game and that bonus gave me enough points to get an extra ship. (It was music to my ears, pun intended.) So I added a couple more thousand. When I lost that ship, he lost a ship at the same time and had one left. At that point, it was kind of like playing golf, in that there is no defense. All I could do is stand there and watch him build on his score. When he lost his last ship, I did some quick math and realized I was still ahead in the combined score by about 7,000 points. Inside, I'm sort of bouncing up and down on the stage, because I knew I had it. But I'm not sure if anybody else had figured it out, yet. Something else happened that was kind of funny, too. Since neither of us made the ten minute time limit, when the game ended, one of the Atari judges was like "What happened?". He reached out like he was going to restart the game and I jumped in with my arm stretched out going "No, no, that's it. The game's over." (I think that is an accurate direct quote.) Another interesting thing about the whole deal is that I had never played the 5200 version of Centipede until a week before the finals. I didn't own a 5200, but we found out (by accident) that someone we knew had a 5200 and Centipede. He let me borrow it (thanks, again Pepe Crawford, wherever you are) and that's what I practiced the week before the finals. Without that, I could have been playing for the U.S. Championship on a game I had never played. Scary thought, in retrospect. I LOVE reading these stories!!! Nice touch thanking your friend with the 5200 Classy guy all around!!

Not sure how many CV Carts I have. Unfortunately they are all loose, BUT I did receive them for free from various dumpsters, garage sales (in the late 80s I always got pre nes games free from people lol) and the infamous Barry Hausman collection. I would guess around 75 unique titles. None boxed but boy do I play them alot still lol

Hmmmm. No twisters up here in NJ BUT I would grab.. Berenstain Bears (in box) 2600 My custom CES brown box with all the Coleco protos inside. The CES Binder Squish 'em Featuring Sam (I LOOOOOVE that game) and my other custom CES brown box with my 6-8's inside (You could prolly JUST fit all that stuff in a book bag ) Yep, stay safe man

But what does that have to do with pizza or giant mice? Please stay on topic! LMAO!!! Hey is there a market for old CEC tokens? lol Edit, I nosed around the net to find... GOOD GOD! Look at this... $1000 for a CEC token?!!?!? http://users.pullman.com/fjstevens/tokens/cec/CECbounty.html

dun worry! there's still some seats left! Grab some punch, some chips, and join the fun!

Good point, but it's okay if dark green is used for the frog. The green background the frog jumps over is actually light green. Bats will stay magenta, that much is certain. I attached some comparison pictures. On the left side, the sprites are colored according to the original SG-1000 game. The proposed color changes are presented on the right side. With these pics, I tend to believe having red frogs is better. Light red balloons may not be ideal, since the cavern walls are light red. I inserted balloons of different colors, just to see the results. I think light blue looks really nice... In any case, I can't see myself using magenta for both the balloons and the bats. The ColecoVision offers 16 colors, I think they should be used towards the best result achievable, and balloons should be easely differentiable from bats in the big shaft. NICE!!!

The goal: Avoid the cops man!

TY This will be the 1st BH item to go on eBay this week

ROFL!!! "That's for selling ET 2600 carts for $5.99 you bastards!" lol sry couldn't resist

Was going thru another box I found this week (2600 and CV) and as I checked my Imagic carts, I remembered the Wing War proto I have. Sure enough, a US version was not released. I'm gonna test this cart very soon. How can I tell if my WW proto is a us release?? (aside from the unable to play if its PAL due to the bars) I opened the cart, see how the EPROM says both Coleco and Imagic 1983. Any info would be great! EDIT: This may just be a CV Wing War. Im gonna check it KK played. It's ColecoVision. NO SOUND and no intro screen. (Did WW have an intro screen?) Well checked out info, and the CV version was released in the US, but am glad to know I have another confirmed proto sorry about the 2600 mix up all!

LOL!

Don't argue with him, he might do it again.... Oh god, Im getting ready to mourn the loss of Chase the Chuckwagon /Prays for a pile of ETs to get smashed instead

That seems a little ridiculous, but at the current rate of bidding $700-$800 might not be out of the question. I'm a little surprised actually, but then again it is a one of a kind. Tempest I have a feeling who is going to win this, no not Wonder . The other Playa has not even, entered the Arena, Yet. I will go on the record and say at least double that. Hmmm a celebrity perhaps?? lol

That seems a little ridiculous, but at the current rate of bidding $700-$800 might not be out of the question. I'm a little surprised actually, but then again it is a one of a kind. Tempest I was thinking the same thing Tempest, BUT look at something like Action Comics #1, All-American #16, and Detective Comics #27. Just a scant 10 years ago they were around $100,000 in NM (AA 16 around $35k), and now we see them all topping $1 mil. The same can be said of 1909 T206 Honus Wagner. That card was $17,500 in 1988, and just 15 years later it broke $1 mil. I don't know why people do that, but my guess is some wall street guys or celebrities get involved and all the rules go right out the window. Right now Video Games seem to be the next "high" for wall streeters and celebrities. Yep, they're getting involved lately with all the grading hoopla, and the records like Stadium Events, Air Raid, etc.. I could be wrong, but Muppets breaking $1,000 would not surprise me as being a reality. my 3 cents lol

Well BUTTER my biscuit! Now we know the origin of the merry go round pretty cool to see how a game got its beginnings.

Ya that sounds about right but I would not bat an eye if it went for more like $750 though. One of a kind and un-dumped = PROFIT! eBay q&a: Q: Has this rom been dumped?May-02-10A: No the ROM has not been dumped. It will be up to the buyer to dump the ROM if they feel the Atari collecting communty should have a copy availible to everyone. Right now the ONLY known copy of this game resides in this tested-working loaner cartridge. Yeah expect big $$

Damn! 400+ already and its not even towards the end!! I smell yet another WORLD RECORD! Games are looking real good lately. Can't wait to auction my ColecoVision protos lol I would guess around $1200-1500 for this proto, as it was previously rumored and now its avail.

WOW!! Nice pre NES collection! The cabinets are awesome too!! now where's my damn quarters

ColecoVision for me Ive played nearly all the systems from 1976-now and love the simplicity of the CV and the endless enjoyment

Yes, thats true. A few years back I was part of over 25,000 signatures for Logan's Run The TV Series DVD. MGM/WB didnt even bother with it. Had to finally dl the series on iTunes as it's STILL not avail on DVD

This is what I think: There has to be a love of competition. I've told my kids whether you win or lose, the opportunity to compete is its own reward. It takes a somewhat compulsive personality. There is no other way to explain playing Dragster for 5 or 6 hours in a row, because you scored 5.74 seconds and you know that maybe the next one is the one that's going to be 5.71. First, you learn how to play a game. Then you play what you know (and play and play) until you accidentally happen onto a technique that lets you play better. Then you play what you know (and play and play) and you find something else that you can add to what you know. Rinse and repeat. To illustrate, let's talk about the secret to Astrosmash. Everybody tries the autofire option. And everybody tries the manual fire option. But you can't really stay ahead of the game until you turn the autofire on, hold in the manual shooting button on the side, and tap the top of the directional wheel in between moving back and forth, all at the same time. This results in about 50% more bullets fired in the same amount of time. Retro games are notorious for these kinds of undocumented game behaviors. Experiment. It takes outside-the-box thinking. I scored a perfect 114,000 on Pitfall. A typical reaction is "You never got hit by a rolling log the whole game?", because people play the game by moving left to right (you know, the normal way). But you can also play the entire game moving right to left, which means you can outrun the logs instead of jumping them. You still have to be able to jump onto the three alligators' heads and you still have to know where to go (I had pages and pages of notebook paper that mapped out the entire game with what hazard was on each screen -- see compulsive personality above). As far as your Street Fighter game goes, I have the same problem with Missile Command. Just not a game that works for me. I guess there has to be a natural penchant for a particular game and then all the other success factors are possible. I also think Atari rambling is the result of being away from it for too long. NICE tips from one the FIRST game champs I feel what the poster you responded to feels. For me it's with World of Warcraft. I have over 700 achievements on my hunter, stopped raiding after my mother passed on. But no matter how much I read tactics, play combos, rotate my shots I could NEVER top the damn meters. (Yeah maybe a few rare occasions). I was never booted from a guild, the others loved my kindness towards others and passing on small - med upgrades to help the guild on a whole. but it just frustrates the hell outta me, I KNOW I can do well but always seem to choke at the worst time OH, on a side note, I recently finished The legend of Zelda for NES without dying once! (NO Game Genie btw!) I know it's not major, but it felt sooo good to kill Gannon and see the 0 Next to my character

Yes, and the picture is from AtariAge, so I'm about to report that auction. ..Al Al I hate those types. Claim the item was from a thrift shop, leech off others info, and a 0 rating. That guy is soo fail. But I guess he thinks theres a sucker somewhere. I remember a guy swiped my MTG card pics and almost ruined my auctions in the late 90s... I say we all report the guy if indeed hes attempting to make a quick $