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Well said. Atari Age is a great community. In fact, it seems to be in some secret corner of the internet where just about everyone is a really cool person. It is an anomaly.

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Ruins of Athens

I had a lot of fun. Thank you to all involved. To everyone who submitted scores- well done, you have faced off against quite a difficult game.

Congrats to you, as well! It was a showdown to be remembered.

Well done, cparsely!

I don't think there is enough time to have another try, so here is my last score. Well done everyone, especially Liduario! It was fun!

Just inched it up a bit. The first screen becomes extremely dangerous at this score level. The eliminator seems a bit tougher, too.

Instead of adding a bunch of quotes, I will just sum it up by saying thank you for the compliments, everyone! You never know when you will get a big score. I remember starting off just so-so. I lost a couple lives in stupid ways, then went on a long streak on one life. What I do is establish rules for each screen, just like I did with Christmas Carol. I can break the rules if I think the risk is worth it and I have some back up lives. However, to progress through the most screens, I try to stick to the rules. Perhaps that's why my later lives net the most points.. by then, I'm so worried about dying, I stop taking as many risks. It really helps to get over the rushed feeling I always have with timed/bonus points based games. I realized I will gladly sacrifice a few hundred points to make it through the levels safely (following the "rules" of the board).

I gotcha. I'm not upset, I was just confused. Tough to tell sometimes over the internet, you know?

Care to elaborate?

Don't blame the weekend extension. I got this score on the afternoon of the 28th. I was waiting to post it, because I thought I was going to get it a bit higher. However, I've been working, and it's tough to play any dk game when your mind is very tired.

This is so wrong, so callous! I remember seeing the Dude's video a while back.. I was enraged after watching it. Seeing all these pictures now, I feel a mixture of anger and sadness. Those excellent pieces sat, untouched, for many years.. only to be assassinated on their final journey. There must be some way to preserve the games. I just wonder if they have no knowledge of games being collector items and think it is some clever ruse.

I need to play this more. I'm definitely getting hooked.

I wish I had more time! I know I can do better.

I haven't been here too long myself, but I'd like to think I can still say welcome. I had taken a long break from Intellivision until late last year. It feels good to be playing again, and I can't believe I was away from it for so long. You've put up some great scores in the short time you have been here. Cheers to many more!

Skeletor is pretty light on his feet. I can see why he doesn't use a vehicle to get to He-man, but does he think running around under the ship will intimidate him into crashing? Maybe he just wants to watch him crash into all the fireballs from a close angle?

I remember playing long games of BEEEEE Seblen-teen Bawmerrrrrrrrrr, I guess I'm not sure how popular it really is.

I would suggest the Honyu Explorer. It does have a somewhat large base (although smaller than the Advantage). The button action is excellent, especially if you thought the Advantage was sticky or unresponsive.

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I am glad to hear mixing and matching power supplies has not hurt anyone here. I don't claim to be an expert on the matter (far from it). I recently misplaced my original power supply for my intv ii and was distraught to find they are a bit expensive and tough to find by themselves. I was more distraught when I kept reading grave warnings about not using anything except the original.. slight differences were said to cause overheating and other issues which may result in console death. I know you can't believe all you read, but I am always over cautious when it comes to my gaming equipment.

I agree with you. The NES Advantage works well for me on this game, but I actually haven't even tried anything else besides my computer keyboard. The Advantage is also one of my go-to controllers (for NES and other systems on emulators), so perhaps I am just accustomed to it.

I might as well just admit this: I will consider buying anything nes related.