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  4. Posted

    1 hour ago, Rogerpoco said:

    Avics ARE my specialty, but the pic is actually a T. gigas, that I actually bred myself-known to be the fastest tarantula! Still a New World Arboreal, like Avics.

    Thanks!!!

    Sweet! I'm pretty new as an active Tarantula owner, I only have a Brachypelma hamorii sling and a young Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens lady. They are great fun, though. Especially the GBB.

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  5. Posted · Edited by karokoenig
    scientific species name changed to coursive

    10 hours ago, Rogerpoco said:

    First time on 2600 in a couple months...

    Welcome to the High Score Club. Unrelated question: Is that an Avicularia something sling in your avatar photo? It's cute :-).

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  6. Posted

    5 hours ago, thegoldenband said:

     

    The NES release is a case of "same name, different game". It plays from an exclusively overhead perspective -- kind of like a cross between Dragon Spirit on the NES and the overhead stages of Thunder Force II on the Genesis.

    Thanks for clarifying that. I'm glad you did. I was ready to import Dragon Strike a few times in the past, expecting a dragon flight sim campaign. I guess I'll give the NES game with that name a pass then.

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  7. Posted

    On 7/30/2019 at 10:49 PM, thegoldenband said:

    Dragonstrike is undone by its own ungainliness, and it's amazing how annoying those 5 extra seconds of delay after a GAME OVER can become after the 50th restart...

    I played a lot of Dragonstrike on the Amiga at my friend's house back in the day, and that version is pretty awesome. Not having an Amiga myself at that time, I had to be content with the C64 version at home, which I played through several times. Yes, the C64 version is quite a slideshow, but with my internal "anything AD&D must be great" filter in place, I rather enjoyed it. I did revisit the C64 version a few years ago on an emulator and - of course - couldn't really relive the same experience. But oh well. I have very fond memories of that early time, and still love the concept.

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  8. Posted

    Atari 2600

    Alien Menace: 5 min

    Gingerbread Man: 9 min

    Lilys Woods: 4 min

    Mean Santa: 7 min

    Space Invaders Invasion: 8 min

     

    Finally I was able to nick a few minutes to test a lot of homebrews/hacks I obtained from a fellow AA member recently. Of all these, Gingerbread Man is by far the most unique, the others being hacks with no major change of gameplay mechanics. Mean Santa is a nice oddity, and the box and manual are nice.

    Recently, I slowly started to sell off most of my more modern stuff. In the long run, every bit above 16 has to go, and I want to focus my collection. I actually have a lot of PS1 consoles, some Gamecube stuff, PS2 here and there. All that was mostly "bycatch" anyway - cheap opportunity pickups from flea markets, intended to swap/sell for funds that can go into 8 and 16 bit material.

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  9. Posted

    After a while of absence due to insanely busy real life, here is at least a little contribution:

     

    C64

    Age of Heroes: 21 min

     

    A fairly recent homebrew. Not too bad, but not super brilliant either. Still fun to play. It's a fantasy Conan-Rastan-esque platformer. I bought the download and played it on VICE. Another homebrew, Aviator Arcade II - this time a boxed cart version - is in the mail and should arrive soonish. I'll report when I had a chance to play it.

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  14. Posted

    Atari 2600

    Marspatrouille: 8 min

    Moon Patrol: 10 min

     

    PC (DOS)

    Historyline: 105 min

     

    Stumbled across a tank documentary on Youtube, and guess what? It made me want to play Historyline. As if I ever needed an excuse to play that...

     

    Managed to hit a flea market earlier today and found Marspatrouille, which is the german Quelle version of Spectravideo's Gas Hog. As far as I can see, it's identical to the original. Quelle games are fun to collect, because they have weird names and sometimes even weirder cover art.

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  17. Posted

     

    It goes somewhere, either here or the modern tracker. I'm willing to include it here, assuming it emulates using the original code.

    I really can't tell you, and I don't really want to bother with research for 3 minutes of gameplay on the tracker. I suggest you just put it in here for convenience. It played authentically enough and it's not going to significantly warp the statistics for this week.

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  20. Posted

    Well, I have to admit the final round was a little anticlimactic for me. I definetly would have preferred to fight for that bronze medal in order to feel more like I really deserve it. Also, I think it would have been a fun competition. Had you been at the top of your game, I think I would have had a very very (very!) hard time winning this.

     

    But first and foremost, I am glad to hear you are recovering!

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  22. Posted

    @Vocelli: I am flattered that you assume I can score 11k on Frogger. But I'm afraid you noted down my recent Toyshop Trouble score in the wrong line...

     

    Also, here's my first score for Infiltrate: 17,550 21,825. Just a tad higher than my season score. I have little to no patience for this game.

     

     

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