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But did you really win? Or is the person that's never played them the real winner?

Because while it has no wood, it DOES have a woodgrain look.

That and they lose hte leys to their glass cases. I tried to buy a game from one once, and there was an hour between when I asked to see the game and when I got fed up and left. There were many people crowded around the case waiting for a game. The store later decided to shrink the video game section, presumably due to low sales.

My manufacturing problems extend to a copy of Final Fantasy with a bad weld on the backup battery. Every so often it has to be opened up, because only one tab is welded down, and the other gradually flexes away untill there's a gap and you lose save data.

Ummmm, white? How everyone forgot that one, I'll never know.

You changed that after I replied last time. The arcade version WAS released. The 5200 version is based off the arcade version.

PS Dual Stick adapter?That would be awesome! It was almost MADE for the purpose. About the only better controller would be Sega's Virtual On controller, which wins out by being digital(and less ugly).

In no particular order, and keeping it out of the arcades... Warlords(VCS) Super Breakout(VCS) River Raid(VCS) Space Dungeon(5200) Crystalis(NES) Metal Storm(NES) Qix(Gameboy) Tetris(Gameboy) MineStorm(Vectrex) Berzerk(Vectrex) Editorial notes: Space Dungeon rules. Crystalis beats Zelda by miles. Metal Storm is a must-play for every NES fan. 5200 Qix is really hurt by what feel to be some questionable decisions about input routine behavior. Otherwise, it would've been on the list instead of the GB version. GB Tetris is portable. That places it over other versions. I'm aware Vectrex Berzerk is hardly the best version. It's still my favorite. I don't have to be rational about it.

'Kay. Thanks all. Good to know they DIDN'T die.

I saw them when they appeared at the Science Place back in '98. They seem to have dropped off the face of the Earth shorty afterwards This has been bugging me for sometime, and I'd really like to know what happened to them.

And on the controller, not the deck. Always a plus to have it accessable when you need it.

I don't think the manufacturers really cared what they'd look like in 10 years. No offense.

I think another big problem is bringing it up to US pollution requirements for a mdoern car.

Gah! Apologies. ... How'd they handle there being 2 drawing speeds? I'm sure Qix plays better with a digital stick, but 1 button? One speed with the button depressed, one speed without. :wink: Ah. ... Sub-optimal, but if you've only got 1 button, I guess it's the best you can do.

The 2-port system "supposedly" has PAL support. The BIOS was adjusted to check the games for which region they were made for. If the game and the system didn't match then they wouldn't boot up. Ah. So it was intended to serve a purpose of sorts, but since a PAL 5200 never came out, it just breaks 3 games.

Same diff. Anwyays, the game met with very little success, and is largely forgotten. Taito doesn't care about it, and it's their game.

Tallied today: 88 carts, less than 60 unique games.

Doubtful. The guy I got Blackjack from had stored ALL his VCS stuff ina suitcase in his attic. So they were bathing in 125 or so. I got the whole box, sans a few joysticks. ... Backjack is the only one of the bunch to lose a label.

Doki Doki Panic was released in Japan. On the FamiCom Disk System. It would be on a disk, not a cart.

Question: Why did htey change the BIOS anyways? Was there a bug that needed patching, were they removing controller 3 and 4 support, or was it just to spite 3rd parties and they were hoping to break mroe than 3 games?

HH II+ would be fine - Just dont call it HH II again - Skeleton on the 2600 had a + made with some enhancements. How about making an 800 version as well Call it "Haunted House 2 2".

I too own a bald Blackjack. Only one in my collection that needs a toupee.

To be fair, a lot of paddle games don't really require much fire button usage. Though the 1-player only aspect hurts. Bad.

Yeah it's only downfall. Or if you get into the other systems like Turbo Duo and then you have to buy all new controllers, as they are not cross compatible. I thought it's downfall was poor marketing. 'Least as far as America was concerned.

I can't have a NeoGeo. It scares my 5200. My 5200 scares most of my other stuff, but it doesn't really mind, so I don't see a problem.