sqoon
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^That link is broken
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If somebody redoes Q*bert, please get rid of the crevice between the cubes down the middle of the screen.
- Jr Pac Man: make it a horizontal scroller like the arcade version
- Megamania: Give us paddle controller option
- Crackpots: Give us paddle controller option
- Donkey Kong: At least give us the elevator screen or pie factory levels
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Possibly for Sega Pico.
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Much as this saddening, it is important to also understand Nintendo's side. If a company let's their properties be willingly (or even just the perception) plagiarized, then it potentially becomes harder to defend any future claims in courts. Like it or not, this is called legal precedent and affects many cases. Nintendo has deep pockets and does come across as overly heavy handed in cases like this, but they risk Super Mario Bros falling into public domain otherwise. I'm not an attorney, but have studied some business law.
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Ebay prices are only going to go up with this announcement, sadly. Or is the sale of this now against ebay's TOS?
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well id like to find out if all the rumors are true, and if they are it would be interesting to see whats left of what they dumped. but from what ive heard even if something is there Atari destroyed it before or during the burial. would it disappoint me if they found nothing? slightly, but I wouldn't be suprized. kinda like roswell. it may have happened, it may not have happened. but a lot of us beleave it did.
I take it this is Maddie?
I, too, would be interested in seeing what's left of what they dumped. How good of condition? Any boxes or manuals left in pristine shape? When can I see the documentary?
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It is really a tie for me. Much as I love Robot Tank, credit still must be given to Atari for an excellent port in Battlezone. Only thing I wish is that it would have more closely resembled arcade Battlezone, complete with flying saucers.
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I remember when tiger direct sold the core system and 4 games for $40. Ahhhhhhh f you hindsight
That's how I got mine, only it was before they discounted the package. I paid $100 for the system with Cybermorph, White Men Can't Jump, Attack of the Mutant Penguins, and Alien vs Predator. Also came with the team tap adapter. Not too bad of a deal, even at that price.
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Doesn't get much love, but I always considered Robot Tank to be a better version of Battlezone, and highly enjoyable at that. The game gets crazy hard in later levels, but still is vastly underrated by most.
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Stellar Track.
What genius ever thought that a text-based game would be fun, especially an outer space game?
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Unfortunately, no pictures atm. I can take some and post. I have found the hardest ones to reproduce are the silvery Imagic and Atari labels. Just no good way to print out foil reflectiveness from an inkjet printer.
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I think the only ones who cared about stowing controllers in the console were picky moms. Most kids didn't care if there was a storage bin in the back of the console.
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Author may have gleaned his information from numerous sources, and the proof reader either had never played the actual game or overlooked this bit of misinformation before the book went to print.
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I saw a XB360 at Goodwill about a year ago, cables, controllers and all for $30. I took it to the TV section and hooked it up to try it out. Had RROD. I took it to the cashier and told them it was a defective system. They put it back on the shelf for sale. I went back a couple days later and some innocent victim had bought it.
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Video games are not fine art. If I want to have games in my personal collection that have exact replica labels of the originals, then so what? No crime has been committed. I generally try to get a hi res scan and then do photoshop editing to take care of any speckles, actiplaque, rips, tears, etc. After editing, print them out onto matte photo stock and trim carefully. Elmer's contact cement works great for securing them in place, and to the untrained eye they look like they came direct from the factory. If, by some chance, some collector gets one of my repaired cartridges in his/her hands after I am dead and gone, then so be it. I won't lose sleep over such trivial stuff.
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I like everything about that Crackpots label, except the different fonts and repro date on the bottom. My repros are all original looking. No subtle differences necessary.
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Finishing the igloo just before the polar bear bites you in Frostbite.
Catching the burglar on the roof of the department store in Keystone Kapers.
Exploding the last dragon just before it leaves the screen in Dig Dug.
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Not too cartoony for me, just too Japanese in overall style and feel. Same way I could never do Pokemon, Pikmin, or other Japanocentric games. Just not my cultural style.
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I still do not buy that uncrushed, non-corroded stock will not come from this dig. Air pockets surely existed, and even though crushers compacted these piles of refuse, the top layers will be crushed while the lower levels will not. Lots of treasure will be had when they get down to it.
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Too bad it's not being developed for the 5200. That system is sorely in need of new and innovative games.
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A game that is a racer, though not a 'driving game' per se, is Sky Jinks. Always loved that game and its race against the clock. By the same logic, could Barnstorming be considered a 'driving game'?
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Do You Love Mega Man?No. Never got into it in the NES heyday, nor do I understand the prices that Mega Man games go for these days. I do need many of them to fill out my NES and SNES collections, but with current pricing it will be a while.
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Did anyone notice that the auction I linked in original post says "Super Pro Console", but the pictures show a standard model 1 console? How deceiving is that, especially with the bogus photo of the Smithsonian display?
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Seen here:
Was it something in stores back in the early 80's?
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This thread and threads like the 7800 XM thread make me nauseous. More butt kissing in them than anything I have seen in my lifetime. People willing to put up with anything so long as their hopes of receiving the goods are still somewhat intact. What about holding people accountable? Wow.