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    https://www.ebay.com/itm/ATARI-2600-E-T-THE-EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL-FACTORY-SEALED-WATA-8-0-A-1982/193381416781?_trkparms=aid%3D777001%26algo%3DDISCO.FEED%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20160801204525%26meid%3Debde8f84b2ec4728b619a4b5e3ee10a9%26pid%3D100651%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D1%26mehot%3Dnone%26itm%3D193381416781%26pmt%3D0%26noa%3D1%26pg%3D2380057%26algv%3DPersonalizedTopicsRefactor%26brand%3D&_trksid=p2380057.c100651.m4497&_trkparms=pageci%3A936ee586-cd1f-11ea-9d39-74dbd1802fcd|parentrq%3A7d4609ee1730ac3ec32a4b91ffeeb2f3|iid%3A1

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    https://www.ebay.com/itm/1982-E-T-The-Extra-Terrestrial-Atari-2600-WATA-0-5-Unopened-New-No-Factory/203047761004?_trkparms=aid%3D777001%26algo%3DDISCO.FEED%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20160801204525%26meid%3Da250cbe4d2ba4db3a11de034a7fe1271%26pid%3D100651%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D1%26mehot%3Dnone%26itm%3D203047761004%26pmt%3D0%26noa%3D1%26pg%3D2380057%26algv%3DPersonalizedTopicsRefactor%26brand%3D&_trksid=p2380057.c100651.m4497&_trkparms=pageci%3A56990f5a-cd15-11ea-a6b9-74dbd180fd66|parentrq%3A7d02f20b1730a9cb719783cbffedd8f0|iid%3A1

     

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    I may well try this, thanks for considering co-hosting Kaeru.

     

    Games - I REALLY wanna support homebrews, but can think of more original titles that would be great at 5 minutes, Berzerk game 3, Dragonfire game 1

     

    Homebrews - Chetiry? Toyshop Trouble? Galactopus?  (GREAT game BTW!  Thank you, and it'd be awesome to have the host as the programmer!)

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    I Like the ideas, thanks Ric!  However all playing at once I think might be disorienting, plus not sure logictically possible in recording, as a viewer I'd prefer one at a time, LOVE the commentary idea, I could certainly provide, but open to a co-host if interested?

     

    Yes getting all at once would be tough, so maybe fewer participants at a time?  MAYBE 5 at a time, 3 waves, so 15 total, highest winners play each other in a grand finale!

     

    I'm also now thinking a game that wont or cant go too long, Space Invaders?  Dragonfire?

  14. Posted

    SO, I had this idea, and think it would be fun, and curious if it draws viewers on Youtube, but hold a Zoom Covid 2600 hi score competition, thinking 10-15 participants with 1st, 2nd, and 3rd prizes, I'd be willing to front, maybe $25, $35, and $50 credit at AtariAge store?  I'd record the show, and upload it, participants wouldnt have to show face, just voice and nickname.  We may have to standardize, like Stella and keyboard only, and no way to 100% verify, or camera on an actual 2600 screen required?  maybe start with a homebrew, Super Cobra comes to mind, or Draconian.  3 lives hi score.  Then upload to YouTube.

     

    Thoughts?  Pros?  Cons?

     

    Lee

    4th place Hi Score Club finisher season 8 (major major cred! lol)

  21. Posted

    For me, it's the style of game that the 2600 has. Let me explain what I mean. What we call video games these days tend to be large, involved, cinematic experiences or encapsulated worlds/sandboxes. They have nothing in common with what were called games before, things like chess checkers and bridge. Classic games were often simple, with few rules, and fairly abstract. The complexity came in due to the interaction of those rules, or through player skill.

     

    The Atari 2600 comes from a time when video games were still games in the classic sense: small, abstract, simple, but yet also very challenging and deep once you learned all the fine details involved in getting good. They were simple, but skill based. Not much different than horse shoes or rummy that way.

     

    I find it refreshing to go back to games like this. They make great quick entertainment, even if I do love the modern 'world in a box' stuff. Fun is fun, you know?

    WELL stated and totally agree

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