Robert M

That would be great. I can bring up to 3 lynxes, but I only have 2 copies of Battlewheels.

Hi, How many people here have played comlynxed games of Battlewheels? What the largest number of human players you hav e had linked? I have had 2 and I hope someday to play with 6 human players. I think it would be highly entertaining to play with all human players, talking smack, and ganging up on the leader. Next time there is a classic gaming convention in the Midwest, would anyone be interested in getting together to play a round of 6 player Battlewheels? Cheers!

The contest is closed: My current weight is 232 pounds and my waist size is 40 inches. The contest winner is: with a guess of 234 pounds and 40 inches. Congratulations! I will send you a PM shortly. The runners up were: Scooterb23 with a guess of 234 pounds and 43 inches Chistopher sly with a guess of 227 pounds and 41 inches Thanks everyone for playing. Watch for part two with even better prizes. Cheers! Rob

In my mind the term 'Hack' should be reserved for changes made by editing a ROM binary image without any use of an assmebler. Homebrews by my definition involve changes to the executable code that require recompilation.e Homebrews can be broken down into 3 categories: 1. Original - From original source using no more than concepts or code snippets from other games. 2. Adaptation/Modification - Using an existing source listing as basis for adapting a different game to a console. 3. Extension - Expanding an existing game using its source code, and adding more functions or features while maintaining the original game as mechanics as much as possible. Examples of original homebrews would be: Thrust, SCSI-cide, Marble craze. Examples of Adaptations would be: the "Ace" game that sparked this thread. Examples of extensions would be: Voice Enhanced Berserk, and the optimized Adventure work in progress. Ultimately, the author should choose the category for their own work. Cheers!

Was the hockey aspect of the game simply artwork, or was there something more to the game that made it more like hockey and less like a variant of Tic-Tac-Toe?

Did you try a 2600 cart in the 7800 with the 2600 TIA chip, or a 7800 cart? I suspect the TIA in the 7800 is able to handle the higher clock speed of the 7800. Moving the 7800 TIA chip to the slower 2600 should be trouble free as you observed already. Cheers!

To drum up interest in this contest, I am adding the rule that if you enter the first part of the contest, and win the second part of the contest then you will receive an extra bonus prize for winning part 2. If you don't enter part 1 and win part 2, then you won't get the bonus prize. Cheers!

My bad. You're right its called Nickel City. Apparently its part of CapCom according to the website. Its your lucky day Inky. There is a Nickel City in Northbrook, IL. Nickel City Northbrook (Formerly Super Just Games) 555 Waukegan Rd Northbrook, IL 60062 Tel: (847) 559-8727 Enjoy!

Are you considering Atkins for weight loss and health benefits? I've lost 35lbs this summer on Atkins, have about 20 more pounds to go to be happy. Most of the new research out really shows the benefits in terms of cholesterol and blood pressure of the low carb diets. Cool forums with lots of info here: http://forum.lowcarber.org/ I am on a low carb diet. I will look into the Atkin's diet. Thanks for the tip. Thanks!

Actually its 229, but my Triglycerides are 696 and less than 200 is normal. If I went over 1000 I would be a walking time bomb waiting for something to break.

I recently learned that I have astronomically high cholesterol. I need to drop my cholesterol, and lower my weight considerably to protect my health. So I figure I will get some motivation by running a pair of contests. The first contest is to guess my weight (in pounds) and my pants waistband size in inches. I will score everyone by subtracting my wieght and waist from their guesses and taking the absolute value of the differences and adding them together. The person with the lowest resulting score wins. In the case of a tie, whomever posted their guess first will win. The winner has their choice of any one of the 3 following carts: Food Fight for Atari 7800 Ms. PacMan for Atari 2600 Picnic for Atari 2600. So go ahead guess my current weight and waist band size. Here are some hints. I am a white male. 6 feet tall with a medium build. I am 40 to 50 pounds over my ideal weight. The first part of the contest will close at Midnight Central time on Friday October 31st. I will announce the winner shortly after. The second part of the contest will be held in June of next year when you will guess my new weight and waistband size. Good-luck!

Has anyone else visited the nickel arcade in Rockford, IL. I checked it out yesterday and its pretty nice. You pay $1.75 admission to get in, then there is a wall of classic games (pac-man, DK, scramble, etc.) all set on free play. There are about 15 newer games for a nickel to 20 cents to play, and a bunch of play for ticket games if that is your thing. It was very nice. I plan to go a couple time a year. If your're in the Nothern IL area I recommend giving it a try. Cheers

Standing in the upper left hand corner, the exit is 2 spaces to the right and 3 spaces down. You will have to move/destroy blocks to expose the exit. Cheers!

That makes sense. Its hard to believe it was a bug. It was very disconcerting to fall through the ground, however. :wink: Cheers!

I was playing Viking Child last night and I came across a bug in the castle stage. I jumped off of a tower and fell right through the ground and kept falling until I reached an underground tunnel. I was quite a shortcut through the level. Has this happened to anyone else? Cheers!

I have a semi-working lynx 2 (board only), that you can have for the price of shipping. It powers up but there is no picture and the sound is just white noise. Mitch Hi Mitch, Does it still have the button membranes and the plastic clips to hold them to the board? If it does, then I am interested. Send me a PM. Thanks, Rob

If you decide to throw it away, I would gladly pay shipping and handling for it. I need the spare parts. Good-luck getting it to work.

Thanks for the topic name change.

I would have to vote for Joust. That cyberostritch is pretty awesome. What is your favorite? Cheers!

I don't want to sound like a prude, but I am tired of seeing the phrase "sucks a bunghole" on the Atari2600 page. Could the author or a moderator please change the language in the thread title? Thanks!

Umm, excuse me? The differences between arcade and 2600 Battlezone are purely cosmetic. The biggest change is that the camera is a few feet above your tank instead of inside it. Hardly significant to the gameplay. Award for most creative interpretation has to go to Zaxxon. I have to disagree. The 2600 version of Battlezone does not include the obstacles present in the arcade. It does change gameplay. For example you can move in reverse forever in the 2600 version and never hit an obstacle. That won't work in the arcade. Also you could use the obstacles for defense. I would vote Moon Patrol for best arcade conversion. It has almost all the gameplay elements of the arcade and it includes the music during gameplay. I think the only thing missing in thet conversion is traveling uphill and down avoiding rolling boulders. Cheers!

I came across this picture on Worth1000.com and couldn't resist.

I'm going on vacation in 2 weeks. That's when I am beating Thrust ... in theory

What you area asking for is not impossible, but it would require a complete rewrite of the display kernal. The reason you are finding no graphics is because the pieces are made with sprites set to $FF, and with missles set to width 8. The kernal assumes uniform sprite graphics and uniform missle width for each scanline resulting in the squares you see. To get a different shape will require different code as well as the new graphics image. Sorry.

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