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  2. Posted

    11 hours ago, carlsson said:

    I believe it can be explained by the fact your copy is the only physical one, final assembly on November 16.

    Wow. I don't even know what to say except Thank You again. Amazing!

     

    11 hours ago, carlsson said:

    I agree that the sleigh perhaps is a bit on the long side, making it difficult to get the ball past it.

    Not too long, just long. Perfect for the challenge!

     

    8 hours ago, ClassicGMR said:

    Some people knit sweaters, some people hand make cards, some people craft one of a kinds from Popsicle sticks... why not a hand-made, one of a kind game? 🤣

     

    Pure awesome!

     

    Agreed!

     

     

     

     

     

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  4. Posted

    Holy Cow! I don't even know how to appropriately say thanks. Here's a picture of the game...

     

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    There are 34 presents on Santa's sleigh. Each time you hit one it disappears and you gain 1 point. If you knock all of the presents off the sleigh Santa will refill it and you can keep going. Secret Santa is a breakout-style of game. The sleigh is long so a big part of the difficulty is actually getting the ball above the blades since it will ricochet off them. I love that the paddle has my AtariAge name on it. My 14 year old pointed out that I should have chosen a much longer name lol.

     

    We played for almost two hours alternating turns. I was really happy to break 100 (and took the picture below when I finally did) but then got into a groove and finished my last game with a score of 328.

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    This is beyond awesome. I love breakout style games. I got my first Atari for Christmas in 1980. My parents bought Breakout to go with it. I played it like crazy and it's the only game I remember my dad ever playing. Later I played Alleyway for the Gameboy a ton, Arkanoid for the NES a bunch and Stonix is one of my all-time favorite Intellivision homebrews (although I refer to games released today as boutique releases). SS 2020 is of course my new favorite :)

     

    According to my family I live on AtariAge. I can't believe I've never seen this game before. Beyond awesome!

     

     

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  5. Posted

    I've been patiently waiting but tonight seemed like a great time to open my SS gift. Delicious candies (the kids are trying the sour wheels right now - they are sour!), a Giana Sisters keychain, A Secret Santa C64 cart, and a gift certificate (not shown) to the AtariAge store! I feel like I hit the Secret Santa jackpot!

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    I haven't played the Secret Santa game yet but it's a cart for the Commodore 64. I absolutely LOVE stuff like this! I am beyond excited to check it out. If we were doing a draft of gifts and I had first choice, this would have been it!

     

    Thank you Santa! The past month has been rough for me. It was awesome to sit down with my gift and get lost in it for awhile. I am so excited to play the game!

     

    Thank you, thank you, thank you!

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  7. Posted

    3 hours ago, Machine said:

    The shipping address on my package looks familiar......don't make me go back and look thru my old PMs. 

    Who did such a great job being my Secret Santa???

    Raises hand - I'm glad you liked it. I actually had more planned but couldn't follow through due to health reasons at the time so my priority changed to making sure you received your package before Christmas. I'll send you a PM and we can set up a post-Christmas second delivery :)

     

    Roger was a great help. I've purchased a bunch of patches from you recently and wanted to give you one you didn't have from back in the day. He sent me a picture of your collection which helped tremendously, otherwise you probably would have gotten something you already have.

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  9. Posted

    1 hour ago, Cebus Capucinis said:

    I was thinking more an air sensing active mic that turns on and actually amplifies the sound, but if you wanna cover it up, more power to you, I guess!

    Pants that help with social distancing. That could useful!

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  23. Posted

    49 minutes ago, Morpheus said:

    After loosing several auctions these last days today I got this Carl’s Mueller’s Jr DK for 76 bucks but I don’t know if it’s a good deal or not...

    https://www.ebay.com/itm/233791001619

     

    May be yes since the last ones sold recently were always over the $100 and the other one currently on Ebay is at 175 bucks...

    https://www.ebay.com/itm/273268774354

    I think that's a good deal. It's a great game!

  24. Posted

    22 hours ago, Morpheus said:

    What the heck !

    That’s a wierd trick I’ve never seen so far on Ebay.

    They really don’t know what to do to sell WATA stuff...

     

     

    Maybe they were confused and thought it was TATA stuff

     

    2 hours ago, Sinjinhawke said:

    That is very strange.  I will also not be making any Cloudy Mountains comments because I am too mature for that.

     

    I guess I am not too mature for that :)

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  25. Posted

    47 minutes ago, wongojack said:

    LOL - There's lots of "age" to this poll, and it is just based on opinion. 

    Totally agree but that's part of the fun

     

    47 minutes ago, wongojack said:

    FWIW - Pitfall 2 improved on the original in every way.

    Totally disagree lol but as you mentioned, it's a poll based on opinion ;)

     

     

    Now what isn't based on opinion is that Beamrider should be #1 on every ballot as it's easily the best 2600 game. The poll should be used for #2-100.

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