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my vote is for CELERY'S CHALLENGE (pays homeage to Chip's Challenge for the Atari Lynx)

Thank you, Adam! Everything is working great. I am blown away by THE INCREDIBLE WIZARD. I am a huge fan of Wizard of Wor. One of my all time favorite overall games. THE INCREDIBLE WIZARD is my reason to become an Astrocade fan and user. I'm diving in!

OK I'm ready to try out Astrocade emulation under MAME. I have MAME 0.176 running and I downloaded the collection of ROM files from http://www.ballyalley.com/emulation/cart_images/cart_images.html Now what do I do with these files? thanks Tim

I bought a flashback system for my collection of flashback systems from Scott. Great transaction. Super fast shipping and great communication. I will gladly do business with Scott again in the future.

Óscar was kind enough to grant me an interview. It was enjoyable to interview him and learn about his projects and programming achievements. He is an important person in the Intellivision community these days! He has contributed ( and continues to contribute ) quite a bit Check it out @ http://www.2600connection.com/interviews/oscar/interview_oscar.pdf ENJOY! Tim

Check out this interview I conducted with Óscar Toledo Gutiérrez ... AKA "NANOCHESS" here on AA. Óscar is from Mexico and is best known for creating a programming SPACE RAID for the Atari 2600 and Intellivision, PRINCESS QUEST for the Colecovision and Intellivision, MECHA 8 and MECHA 9 for the Colecovision, and many more. He is also the creator of the IntyBASIC programming language for the Intellivision and the creator of the COOLCV Colecovision emulator. Here is the link to the PDF file: http://www.2600connection.com/interviews/oscar/interview_oscar.pdf ENJOY! Tim

I downloaded CELERY for Intellivision and have been playing it with the jzINTV emulator this morning. Very nice! I have some small suggestions: 1. I like the musical tune that plays at the intro screen. Could this be an option to play the tune while you are playing the game, sort of in the background? ( so the player could turn it on or off if they wanted to ) I like the tune... it is growing on me. I also like the little ditty that plays when you complete a level. 2. On level one (yellow), there are 2 peas to save. Can you make it so that on level one, there is one pea to save... on level 2 there are 2 peas to save, on level 3 there are 3 peas to save, on level 4 there are 4 peas to save, etc. I think that would be cool. 3. I have only gotten to level 3 in my testing so far. Level one's room (yellow) looks good, level two's room (blue) looks good, but level three's room (orange) blends in too much with the vegetarians ( since they are orange) Maybe it may be a good idea to avoid using this color and use different colors from the 16 in the Intellivision's color pallete. Keep up the good work! Tim

Nanochess just posted some help in a message for you. I also sent you an email with some ideas to expand on this game. Stay cool.

A clever play on words! Sounds like fun!

The winner is Darrin9999. Check out his winning score: 616

Unfortunately, I have decided to cancel the competition. I am sorry about this. The cartridge, a special version of WILDLIFE! with a different aquarium maze, was going to be the grand prize. The cartridge will not be made. Maybe another contest will be offered again in the future. It's back on! There is still time to enter the contest. A few more days until the deadline of August 1.

Unfortunately, I have decided to cancel the competition. I am sorry about this. The cartridge, a special version of WILDLIFE! with a different aquarium maze, was going to be the grand prize. The cartridge will not be made. Maybe another contest will be offered again in the future. It's back on! There is still time to enter the contest. A few more days until the deadline of August 1.

Unfortunately, I have decided to cancel the competition. I am sorry about this. The cartridge, a special version of WILDLIFE! with a different aquarium maze, was going to be the grand prize. The cartridge will not be made. Maybe another contest will be offered again in the future.

Unfortunately, I have decided to cancel the competition. I am sorry about this. The cartridge, a special version of WILDLIFE! with a different aquarium maze, was going to be the grand prize. The cartridge will not be made. Maybe another contest will be offered again in the future.

My thoughts and prayers are with you and your feline friend. I admire your persistence for the well-being and constant care of Lucky. Keep us posted. Keep the faith!

This contest will end on August 1, 2016. Sumbit your photo here with your high score! There's still plenty of time to enter! http://www.2600connection.com/features/chief_chef/features_chief_chef.html Tim

Today I was asked for a scan of the game instruction manual for HAPPY BIRD! ( the Flappy Bird-type game ) for the Odyssey2 / Videopac. At first I did not recognize the name, and I checked it was not one of the people that appeared on the owners list. But then a friend and I realized that they probably got the Happy Bird binary ROM which was included with one of Rene's C705x cartridges... So I decided to post low resolution images of the 4 pages of the HAPPY BIRD! manual. Check it out @: http://www.2600connection.com/features/happy_bird/features_happy_bird.html I hope to do this with more of the games. Back to work! Tim

Keep working on it, Chris. This game looks fun!

Gave this a try. I like the swatting animation and sound effect made when I swat a fruit fly. My suggestions are to: - make the banana be horizontal, rather than vertical, similar to the way the banana is in your avatar - to make the game more difficult / challenging... for every 25 points, the fruit fly moves faster, making it harder to swat

Memorial Day weekend BUMP: 15 MELTDOWN cartridges are in stock & for sale at this time : cartridge # 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75 You can order via PAYPAL : http://www.2600connection.com/features/meltdown/features_meltdown.html please let me know if you are interested in one, thanks, Tim

I have 4 that I will donate to the cause. 1 GALAGA and 3 POLE POSITION II... I can't use 'em because I do not own a 7800. ( I did but I sold it. Can always get another one but my heart belongs to the 2600 ). I will send you a PM. Tim

Happy Monday... BUMP: As of today ( May 9, 2016), I have: 16 MELTDOWN cartridges in stock & for sale at this time : 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75 please let me know if you are interested, thanks, Tim

Ted Szczypiorski (Tedfoorlery) was working on PICK AXE PETE 2... a sequel... it is unfinished however... Ted programmed 3 homebrew games for the O2: Type Game Year Publisher [Console] Odyssey² Game Mr. Roboto! 2006 Packrat Video Games [Console] Odyssey² Game Planet Lander! 2004 Packrat Video Games [Console] Odyssey² Game Puzzle Piece Panic! 2007 Packrat Video Games Rather than wish for these games to be ported to other systems, have you considered purchasing an actual O2 system?

We at the 2600 Connection are proud to sponsor a High Score Competition contest for our Odyssey2 / Videopac game CHIEF CHEF. Send us a picture of your high score. Highest score will win the grand prize. The grand prize is a WILDLIFE! special edition cartridge. Players can play with the real cartridge or may use an emulator. Either is fine. The CHIEF CHEF ROM file ( CC16.BIN ) is now available for a free download. (for use in the O2EM emulator. If you need help with the emulator please let me know). The ROM file is attached. Contest ends August 1, 2016 More information & updates @: http://www.2600connection.com/features/chief_chef/features_chief_chef.html Good luck! Tim cc16.bin

The idea for the gold label is not going to happen. It resembles the MASTER STRATEGY SERIES too closely... Instead... Rafael Cardoso has been kind enough to program a special version of WILDLIFE! with a different aquarium maze. The walls are green as well. Take a look... This will be the grand prize for the contest. More information and updates on the contest on the CHIEF CHEF web page: http://www.2600connection.com/features/chief_chef/features_chief_chef.html WilliamC is currently in the lead with a score of 474