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congratulations gift certificate winners! I was wondering, is anyone else having trouble making use of their AtariAge gift certificates? I can't seem to get my order to go through, I don't know if it's the gift certificate or just a dumb error on my part or what. i do make dumb errors...

wow! I've used that before to play Metal Gear II but I never know it would run ColecoVision roms. interesting! I'll give it a try, thank you

nice scores, y'all! I've been workin' hard at this 43400 I have a question about ColecoVision emulation... I'm using Virtual Coleco (only one I have gotten to work) but it seems very glitchy. It skips bits of time, slamming me around & screwing up the music. also I have to use a combination of joypad controller & keyboard for jump button - the configuration options don't seem functional. same with other games as well. also the whole thing freezes up & I have to reopen VColeco. can anyone suggest a better emulator, or how I can use this one better?

16930 liking the game...

329200 fun!

only thing I've seen like that is that it changes colors & sometimes the score is close to the same color as the background. so I had some bad pictures because of that. but if you wait for a bit it should be more legible, unless you're encountering something different

Joining the Star Warriors! 266800 i see karo's tips are right on, same as i was going to say. another tip: once it gets into "star warrior" range, I find it very useful to stay somewhat near the center, dodging around trying to stay away from the edges. that way I don't have beacon cubes flying out on the opposite side of the screen, hard to reach. I think if you miss a few it punishes you by not sending out cubes for a while, and if you hit several, it rewards you by sending frequent ones for a while. if it is punishing you, i think it will still fire a bunch of them out when the timer is low, but sometimes not enough! so I would just stick with karo's tip of hitting as many of those as possible at all costs!! personally I think this game is impressive for Spectravision, it seems to be the best one I've played so far., although I haven't given them much of a chance. however I don't plan on playing it after this! It may actually be dangerous to play, more than any other game I've ever played I can feel the stress in my eyes & brain from the flashes & sounds... I like the directness of the caution in the book, basically warning that you shouldn't play it! ha ha then it says "So, you have ignored our warning. Very well then..." lol

yes, way better! I always end up with at least some controller problems using emulation. also it doesn't look or sound or feel the same !!! I like this game a lot, it is so far my favorite intellivision game, along with Lady Bug. But I am just getting into playing on this system so I've got a lot to discover. Until now I never even played Diner for more than a minute or two. The only games I've really played on the real hardware are Lady Bug and Treasure of Tarmin. Other ones in my collection that I've tried, I couldn't really get into yet. I grew up with Atari so it seems wierd to me.

173100 Hooray! I get to play on original hardware this round! playing on the INTV System III: P.S. -- since none is specified, I'm playing game 1

a small improvement for my final score: game 5: 1694 game 7: 2008 = total: 3702 difference: 312

oops! I had an improvement but forgot to post it

game 5 1641 1677 (oops, i had a better one) game 7 1858 combined total: 3499 3535 difference for bounus: 217 181 i've been a bit limited for time this week, but have been squeezing a couple games in almost every night. one more chance left! i didn't know about the multiballs bonus either -- but i was trying to keep them going anyway, just to knock out the bricks faster. i also just got better at using the bottom paddle on game 7. i tried placing it ahead of time where the ball will be & this works much better for me than aiming at the ball. (i always miss! but not with the top paddle, not sure why) ... oh boy, Challenge of Nexar, I never played it before!

awesome scores Northcoast & Lid! thanks to highscore.com, I got into doing that.

you guys are whoopin some ass

29240 Just inching along. Tonight will be my last chance...

3040 a measley start

29090 thanks, that was a really good tip! I found out that even when just lining up to catch a drip of venom, it is very helpful to keep the button held down, it allows you to control your shots & get hits in while waiting to catch the drip.

13-6= 7 startin' to get the scoring

6-2 = 4 no luck getting a pic... the score disappears shortly after the game ends. I'll have to be quik... at least I am re-learning how to play

24980 thanks, Voc. A movie deal is in the works also thanks karokoenig for beating me to the Smurf snake, I was going to use it, so that got the gears working, fun!

any time!

21790 i got a bonus wow I have never figured out how to play this game until now. I always thought it was just Terrible. now I can see it is a pretty good game, and better than Picnic! of course, being from Parker Bros that should be obvious. Man vs. Snake: A Western Roscoe the sweaty lady-killing Stampede rustler was winning too much. Something had to be done. The local rodeo gamblers knew of a travelling hustler known on the streets as "Joe." He had been peddling deadly South American reptiles on the streets of Sao Paulo. Whispering words were spoken. A few solemn phone calls and a vicious, viperous man-biter named Diego was well on its way to Texas... The snake knew what to do. First he attacked the legs of the horse. Then he bited his time as he watched with glee the agonized bouncing of his first victim, awaiting its inevitable collapse. But this serpent wasn't from Texas. His dreams turned to nightmares when his lower half was pounded into the dirt by stampeding dogies. A cloud of dust rose up. The cowboy landed firmly on both feet as his trusty steed crashed to it's death. He noticed in the corner of his eye a shady gambler slinking away in the crowd. The rustler fired his lasso, no longer caring about the HSC -- there was a new score to settle here. Diego's life flashed before his eyes. Caught about the neck, he felt himself yanked back and zooming through the air at the fleeing bad guy. His mission was a bust, and so was he. There was only one guy left to bite -- the one who decieved him. The one who didn't tell him about the dogies. The rustler's aim was true, and the killer flew fangs first into the gambler's backside. Roscoe glanced around. A man, a snake, and a horse were finished. A few young ladies hoped for his attention. The dust settled. It was time for a steak.

4-6 = -2 starting off on a bad foot. no pic, i didn't bother. used to be good at this game too. does a negative score count as participation points?

King Kong 2925 Congo Bongo 136470 finally an improvement! but I got all happy when I had two extra lives left at 135K, and I suddenly died twice in a row ~~! way to go northcoastgamer !~~ ... oh nooo !! not G.I. Joe ... x(

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