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Dammit, and there is a Tempest port.... This free 5200 is starting to get expensive...

Is Bohoki still active on Atariage? Sounds like the most effective and reasonable priced option but a quick googling didn't find me much.

What are my "Other Options" for the joystick? also, how does the Trak Ball stack up to others of the era? I'm not super impressed with my 2600 trak ball.

I'm gonna need a bigger display case....

So i've had a Atari 8 bit computer of some sort or another for years, and i've got the SD drive to match. Recently aqcuired a 5200 on the cheap, and now that i've got it all cleaned up, I find myself torn over what to do with it. For years i've contended that the computers are way better than dealing with a 5200; it's the size of a microwave, the controllers are despicable and i can get prety much every game for 5200 on the 8 bits. Still, it is nice and shiny. Prove my distaste for the 5200 is unjustified.

Came to same the same, god DAMN that is sexy.

If it walks like a duck and talks like a duck, i wouldn't care if you called it a pheasant

New IP i New IP is great, but i want Gaplus Dammit!!

Fair point, probably better to fly under the radar.

Yikes, sounds like it's only been a mess. I was considering it more as a bounty, Like the community is willing to put up 1300 for Galaga Arcade, or something like that. But i suppose there is no garauntee of a quality product when done this way.

Has Crowdfunding ever been considered for funding homebrew projects? I know ultimately most people programming games do this as a hobby and are going to make what they want, But would a garaunteed paycheck make certain projects more attractive to programmers? There are some games i would absolutely shell out fifty bucks for garaunteed (Arcade Galaga, Millipede, Gaplus.) More importantly, would this model be helpful for the people who actually make games? I have no idea what the average profit turned on a homebrew project is, but perhaps a certain garaunteed payout would be helpful? -Obligitory Disclaimer- I love all you homebrewers and every single thing you do for us is a godsend, and as a filthy non-programming scrub i have no right to tell you how to make your games, please sir may i have another

Maybe if they had repro cart shells, I'd buy a few. especially a nice pooyan cart. but not without a shell.

Has anyone posted a recent gameplay video to youtube?

Seems like this has a release date finally, 11/9/2018 on walmart and gamestop websites.

Centipede is must have, as well as all the original arcade ports. Maaaaaybe not Galaga. There are many amazing homebrews for sale in the shop thanks to the tireless work of PacManPlus.

Deoxit isnt cheap, but it is god like in its awesome power https://www.amazon.com/CAIG-Laboratories-Mini-Spray-Nonflammable-Solution/dp/B000RGD9PK/ref=sr_1_10?ie=UTF8&qid=1540323933&sr=8-10&keywords=deoxit+d5+spray+contact+cleaner

yeah, think you forgot the link.

Hey guys, check this out https://rochester.craigslist.org/clt/d/ultra-rareatari-vendor-only/6672678476.html pretty neat, he claims he hasnt found any others anywhere on the net. is he just crazy? I like the reference to all the copy cats from that era.

Thanks for the heads up, just grabbed a vectrex cover post haste. wont make the same mistake twice.

AMenard helped me save a Commodore 64 by providing me with a new VIC 2 chip for LESS than the cost of shipping. a gentleman and a scholar.

title says it all, looking for a replacement VIC II Chip for my first generation C64.

do you mean the strip running along the top of it?

oh yeah, already have a saver. this is not my first Commodore

cant believe how steep these chips are on Ebay, 30-40 bucks. ouch.