dr. kwack

Got mine today. Such a great addition to the 5200 library. Thanks to all involved!

This is the most amazing thing I have ever seen on a VCS. Dude, I am going to open a church to you. All may come and hurl their Coleco DK's into the pit of fire. We shall all dance as when we were young when our parents took us to KB toys or Children's Palace. And all shall say "Huzzah! The Kong is 'just like the real arcade game'! Suck it, oh snotty rich kid down the street with a ColecoVision!" This is fantastic- seriously. How cool.

Get better soonest and thanks for all you do for the Atari community!

Jeez, I thought you meant the Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling. On a side note the tag team "The Housewives" were my faves. For the humor factor at least...

Our local grocery store, Buehler's Food Market, opened a video game section around 1982. It was near the checkouts. When Mom went shopping, my brother and I could be found in one of two places. Standing at that rack checking out all the latest for all systems (and swiping as many free catalogues as we could- I swear we had a million Activision pamphlets laying around) or we were in the stationary isle reading the latest ish of Electronic Games, Christmastime was especially memorable for us at that store. I can remember going there at least once a week when Coleco announced Donkey Kong for INTV. My brother was determined to get it. I clearly recall driving through downtown in the snow with our town's Christmas decor up and my brother foaming at the mouth to get DK. Just up the street from Buehlers was an electronics store called TV Specialties. They were the only dealer of Odyssey! Every time we went past that store we could see the O2 display in the window. To quote Archie and Edith Bunker "Those were the dayyyyys!"

Ah! Here's another... I had one school friend who was also an Intellivision owner. He and I always traded games (not for keeps of course). One year during Christmas break he invited me over to his house. We sat in his unfinished basement with kerosene heater ablaze (that smell always reminds me of playing INTV) and his cousin shows up. He went to another school in the county but he also had Intellivision. He brought Donkey Kong Junior with him and we were mesmerized. I ran home and told my brother and he and I begged our folks to take us to Canton/Akron shopping so we could find it. I specifically remember going to a now defunct chain called Zayers and we found it but something (probably $$$) kept us from getting it. Never saw it again until years later at a game convention. The same friend also managed over the years to get some pretty cool titles for Christmas like Ice Trek and Dracula. Never knew where his folks found that stuff...

SoulBlazer! Merry Christmas! Glad the package finally made it to your home. I can now unworry. Think my SS gift may be waiting at the post office. Will check first thing tomorrow morning.

Rampart came today. Too cool! NEVER saw or played this one back in the day. What a gem!!

Holy Cow!! Just got the Lynx in the mail today. FUN! Xenophobe is even better than the coin-op. Gotta get more!!!

Always wanted more Tron games. Either an arcade conversion, Discs of Tron, or maybe even an original game based on the new movie. Continuing the D&D series would be pretty nifty... Summer Games/Winter Games ala Epyx?

Have now secured Klax and Rampart. Thanks to all for the suggestions. I can't believe I did not discover this system back in the 90's! Too busy with college

APB, Xenophobe (natch- gotta play Dr. Kwack!), and Xybots on the way. Can't believe the following this system has. Nearly all the games are well reviewed. Can't wait to get Klax and STUN Runner two more old coin op faves.

Ahh yes. Many memories although dates may be fuzzed... Christmas 1981. My brother and I had been pestering Dad for an Atari and were slighlty stunned when we got an Intellivision. "Santa said it was a better system". We had Baseball, Space Battle, and LV Poker & Blackjack. A few weeks later I bought my first game- Electric Company Math Fun. I was a HUGE EC fan and never even made the connection that EC was a reading show. Still played the hell out of the game. Actually it's even more fun playing it drunk as an adult. A buddy & I do so every Christmas. Christmas of 82 would yield Donkey Kong, Carnival, Triple Action, Lock N Chase & Space Hawk- and my parents threw a fit that year because my brother spent his paper route holiday tip money on Pitfall three days before Christmas! 1983: Q-Bert, Burgertime. That was also the year my brother static shocked the system and blew it out a few days before Christmas. My Dad managed to get the INTV slightly working but none of our games played right. I still remember sitting by the tree and drooling over the Parker Bros. catalog that came with Q-bert convinced that James Bond and the Star Wars games would be on INTV within the year! 1984: Dad got us a new INTV "for a really low price!" in the spring. Santa brought me the uber weird Sewer Sam. My final and fondest memory was Christmas of 85. Unbeknownst to me, the crash had hit. I remember going late night shopping with my parents on a snowy December night. I walked into KB Toys and there were bins overflowing with $1-$3 titles. I had my own paper route by then a snapped up Night Stalker, Snafu, and Beauty & The Beast. Had I known what was happening I would have gotten more. Man what a great thread!! Merry Christmas everyone!

Wow Eye of the Beholder! Didn't know that was on Lynx. How can I snag one of those?

Thanks for the advice. Purchase is still in the future, but this at least gives me something to think about.

Hello everyone. Just got myself a Lynx. Comes with California Games. Any "must haves" for this system? It's all new to me!

In a few short months I will turn 39. I have made a promise to buy a coin-op as a present to myself when I turn 40. I have a bunch in mind I would like but have a few questions concerning the upkeep. I'd really like a vector game- top contenders are Tempest and Star Trek SOS. My worries are as follows... I remember reading that Sega vectors had wiring problems and/or suffered from burn outs or fires. Is that true? If I do get a vector do I run a higher risk of getting stuck with a broken machine? Are they more delicate or fragile? Are they tougher to repair or get parts for? Any suggestions or advice? Please no "You should get this game instead!!" type stuff...

I'm in!

Wow- first Gauntlet now Venture. Very exciting! Please include me on the list. I'm discovering that my 5200 was a smart investment!

Played it last nite. What an accomplishment. Great to look at and fun to play. This would have been a must have back in the 80's. Sure it has some chop but it's still a gem! Thanks so much! Now... any chance we can get a re-release of Klax?

Got it today! Will be playing shortly. Thanks so much for the opportunity and for all your work.

If I haven't said so already, I'd love to have one. So great to see cool titles like this and Gauntlet come home on the 5200.