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Lynx It was my first and only portable until the GBA came out.

A lot of those games I've never heard of. How about "Revengers of Vengeance" for Sega CD? I bought that game used for its hilarious over-the-top description on the back (and the fact that the case wasn't broken...might need a spare).

My family had only 9 games when I was a kid (and I still have 'em!)... Combat Space Invaders Pac-Man Chopper Command Empire Strikes Back Defender Maze Craze E.T. Video Olympics It wasn't until the late '80s (or early '90s) when I, as a teenager with a job and no rent to pay, rediscovered that there were still Atari games on the shelves of Circus World at the mall for the low, low clearance price of $2.50 each (Rampage, Commando, Space Shuttle, Decathlon, and a bunch of others). I was like a kid in a candy store. I also had bought a bunch of games from a friend around this time. Now I'm hovering around just over 100 games for my 2600 and am working on acquiring homebrews... - Jason

Yes, it's real, it has been confirmed. Read this link and then click on it. http://www.nintendo.co.jp/n10/e3_2006/wii/...oto_classic.jpg Swiit. (sorry, had to...) A normal sized d-pad in its natural position. I love it.

If you don't mind my asking, what does "Uihjah" mean? I tried googling it but didn't get many hits besides some of your old AtariAge posts. "Uihjah" as in "surprise" and "alarm". You say it from the back of your throat.

Whee! Can't wait.

I hear that. My PS2 collection is screaming for a console but 150 clams seems just a tad high. It's been hovering at that price for way too long, IMHO. Show me a $99 price tag and I'll be all over it. Jason

IIRC (it's been a little while) you get the .2mg files to the mac, use a converter on them and write out the disk images. Has to be a DS/DD 800K drive. The process was simple. I believe I transferred all the images from my PC to the old powerbook over the lan. I can always go get my duo out of the closet and boot it if you need to know the exact process. 973334[/snapback] Thanks. I can get the files to my old Mac no prob, now I just need to find that converter program. - Jason

The original 9 games my family had for our VCS back in the day: Combat , Space Invaders, Pac-Man, Empire Strikes Back, Defender, E.T., Video Olympics, Chopper Command, and Maze Craze. And I haven't been the same since. - Jason

I have a IIgs "Woz edition" sitting in a box. I found some game files online that I've always wanted to play but I haven't sat down long enough to figure out what to do with those .shk or .2mg images. I have a Mac that can read/write DD disks but I'm not quite sure where to go from there. I understand Shrink It is a IIgs program that can decompress the .shk files, but that does no good when the files are on a Mac . Ahh, the IIgs...learned to program BASIC and Pascal on it in high school. Never got to playing games with it, though. - Jason

Need any PAs? or extras? I have experience as both . My partial resume's on IMDb. I'm also centrally located so if you're filming in LA or NY, it's all good! - Jason Rein

I went to Target armed with a printout of their ad from the website and a phone number they were to call if they had doubts. Two employees, a manager, and "the phone call" later, I though I was SOL. The guy waiting on me said the person over the phone said not to honor the price. He also said he checked their website and couldn't find the ad. Luckily they have those little web kiosks there. I showed him exactly how to navigate to the ad and he and his manager quickly agreed to honor it, but not before making a copy of the printout I brought (they were going to 'look into it'). All in all it took at least 30 minutes. Since time is money, I pretty much paid full price for my new Nintendo DS . Oh, and it has two dead pixels, one on each screen. Would this be considered defective and subject for exchange or should I just write Nintendo directly? - Jason

I recently received my Cuttle Cart 2, loaded it up with just about every game I could ever want, have my 7800 set up with hundreds of games at my disposal with my home made Genesis to 7800 controller adapter, and I still want one of these things. Must...wait...for Revision...C! - Jason

Current count of physical games on their original media: 538 Top four systems with the most games: Atari 2600 (106) NES (72) Genesis (55) Super NES (45) Bottom four systems: Game Gear (6) Game Boy (6) Game Boy Color (5) Sega 32X (5) - Jason

I think MAT1 was very good an all versions. 944948[/snapback] I bought MAT1 for my Cube when it came out (older cover art) and it has one major flaw: delayed sound effects. It's most noticeable in Klax and Rampage. In Klax, you drop a tile and a split second later it makes the *clank* sound effect. Same deal with Rampage when you're smashing something. Anybody know if this was fixed in the later release (new cover artwork)? - Jason

It's been a while since I played Rogue Leader but I recall a 3D radar, with enemy height being indicated by vertical lines coming off their "blips". I could live without the targeting computer if I could just match my speed with the fighter I'm dogfighting ala "X-Wing" and "TIE Fighter". And I agree that the enemies are impossibly small. If you think that's bad, you should try the Star Wars game for 32X. Yikes! The TIEs run circles around your ship, which feels like it's standing still. You have to just keep firing and hope you hit one as it zooms across the screen. - Jason

Looks great! I'd love to see a Lunar Lander with scaling background, which I hear the FB2 version doesn't have. Impressive work. Looking forward to updates! - Jason

...and it tastes great on a cracker! Add another thumbs up here. I bought Viking Child for my Lynx from AA (through the Marketplace forums). Great service! - Jason

But there is a time in the game when you can rest: after you DIE!! Seriously, I loved this game as a kid (still do). My brother and I used to play it all the time. I disagree about the game having no sense of accomplishment. Survive for 2 minutes and you get invincibility for however long it takes for the Star Wars tune to loop twice. 2 minutes may not sound like much, but in this game it's no small feat and that invincibility is a welcome relief . Also, I guess I was too busy blasting walkers to notice it didn't have waves. - Jason

Oh yeah, I forgot about Dark Castle. I remember when EA had a "buy 2 get 1 free" deal in the early 90s. I picked up Starflight and Dark Castle (got The Immortal for free, yay!). I actually returned Dark Castle it was so unplayable (ahh, the days when you could return games). I'm sure I mentioned this in another thread but just to reiterate: this game was meant to be played with a mouse (it was originally a Mac game). Using a control pad for this game is right out. You might as well stare out the window with control pad in hand and pretend like you're controlling the people on the sidewalks. Sure, their actions may coincide with your controller, but don't bet on it. - Jason

It is today, the controls are very stiff and the animation is weak. However back in the day it was amazing. I actually bought a Genesis back then just so I could play Altered Beast (that and Toe Jam and Earl). AB isn't a bad game, it just hasn't aged well. 955410[/snapback] i agree, it was a good translation of the arcade game. try playing the master system version sometime 955417[/snapback] I also bought a Genesis just so I could play Altered Beast (and Golden Axe, two games I played often in the arcades). The Genesis version of Altered Beast even has something over the arcade version (something I never noticed in the arcade but recently in MAME): parallax scrolling! As for bad Genesis games...hmm. I can't really think of any so I'll just go with my least favorite in my collection: Exile. The side-scrolling action scenes are garbage. Cheap hits and poor animation galore. As for Super Hydlide, I own it but don't feel it's a bad game. It has its issues and is far from perfect, of course, but I liked its time and weight system. My least favorite aspects of it were the busy backgrounds and poor sound effects. That reminds me, I still have to beat the last boss . - Jason

White. And without that atrocious bellbottom. - Jason

I'm playing the "waiting" game right now. That is, waiting for Rev. C. Looking forward to it! - Jason

Tough question. I love my 2600. I love my 7800. Gotta go with Lynx. Has the greatest range for me: from a quick game of California Games or Lynx Casino, to the puzzles of Klax, Lemmings, and Chip's Challenge, to the depths of Slime World, to the skies of Warbirds and Steel Talons, among many other good ones. But, yeah, 2600 comes in a super-close second with the 7800 following. - Jason

What?! You LIKE that tune when Mac dons his pink suit and goes running? One of the most annoying sounds ever, in my opinion. But to each his own. If you don't believe me, check this out. 951636[/snapback] Those MIDI's don't do that tune justice, man! Actually I was thinking more of the fight music, but yeah, the jogging music is pretty good for a short tune. If it was played during a fight then it'd get annoying. - Jason