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  2. Posted

    So after all that a fellow Atarian threw in a Journey cart with the Gemini system that I bought from him.

     

    My friend/boss was really excited about the cart, but I was disappointed to learn that he already had a copy, it was just missing a label.

     

    I thought I was so clever when he put a picture of his carts on FB and I didn't see that one among them.

     

    Not exactly a swing and a miss, but not the home run I thought it was going to be.

    Will call it a standing double I guess. LOL

  4. Posted

    So maybe someone could make a "homebrew" hack that works like XBMC and you can toggle between original and homebrew(?)

     

    I'm glad that I got my curiosity satisfied without the investment, it sounds like the payoff would have been quite anti-climactic.

     

    Very interesting posts! Thanks!

  5. Posted

    I've only seen a few working ones, and it is a very challenging game.

     

    Could someone please tell me definitively whether or not there are cartoons between levels like other Pac-games?

     

    If the answer is yes, would someone please record them and post to youtube or similar video sharing "tube" site?

     

    maybe screen shots of the different mazes?

     

    Please & thanks

     

  8. Posted · Edited by wiseguyusa

    I am on my 2nd one now, when I sold the 1st one I swore that I would never have another one.

     

    Then I found a working 5200 CIB with the 2600 adapter and a dozen carts for $75, and I got sucked back in.

     

    The controllers are a dead horse issue, they have their defenders, and I have nothing for love for the purists the refurbish them, but most of us agree that they suck.

     

    But controllers aside, the switch box is a piece of junk and the power supplies aren't much better.

    It seems that this system was just built to die.

     

    I love my new 5200 so much, now that it is tested, It is back in it's box and on display, unlikely to return to service.

     

    For me the 8bit computers are sooo much better, I really don't understand why anyone would rather play the 5200.

     

    OK, Countermeasure was cool AF, but the rest of the games were nearly identical to their XL/XE counterparts.

    There are a few 5200 games that didn't make it to the computers, but the 8bit library is much larger, just with games.

     

    The cartoons in Pac Man just don't justify the additional headaches to me.

     

    I'm not system bashing, I just want to understand what makes the purists prefer the 5200 to the 8 bit computer line.

  12. Posted

    You can't ship a cart "media" rate ??? That is like $1.50 tops.

     

    If I am patient I can find one for $1 at Retro Replay eventually.

     

    If I ship out 3 intellivision carts doesn't the shipping offset?

     

    How about wager me a Journey cart that I can't ship you a loose 2600 cart for less than $2.67?

     

    Granted it's been a while since I have shipped a single loose cart, but $2.67 seems steep.

     

    At least you aren't trying to argue the rarity or value of the cart.

     

     

  13. Posted

    It never fails, if I wasn't looking for it I would have 3 of them, but since I want to give one as a gift to someone I can't put my hands on a reasonably priced one.

     

    I will pay $3 or trade 3 Intellivision carts for one loose "Journey Escape" cart.

     

    It costs about $1 to ship that is $2 for a loose common cart, reasonable.

     

    Someone in here is sitting on a couple, help me out!

     

    Also offering 3 for 1 Intellivison carts for TRS CoCo carts.

    Also not rare or particularly valuable, just haven't found any.

     

    But I REALLY need a cheap Journey cart fast.

     

    Help a fellow nerd out, it will come around!

     

    Please & Thanks

  15. Posted

    Is this the appropriate forum? Just wondering if SD cards or thumbdrives could replace IDE drives when modding an original (2001) Xbox.

     

    Space, weight, storage, power consumption, heat, durability...

     

    Seems like replacing the IDE with an SD or Thumbdrive would improve all of the above.

     

    Please, thanks and sorry if this belongs elsewhere.

  16. Posted

    My idea was to add a speedometer and improve the graphics and call it 280Zzzap (the Bally version of the same basic game) maybe add the joystick to the other port and have hi gear/low gear like Pole Position more than anything it would be sort of an "inside joke" to those that know both games.CPmhSqd.jpg

  17. Posted

    My own experience was that myself and a large portion of my friends got computers in the '82, '83 time period. About half of us went Atari 400/800. So when the console crash came around we didn't really much notice or care because by then none of us were using our 2600s, intellivisions, and colecovisions.....we were tinkering with our computers, learning programming and trading games on them.

    Wish I went to your school LOL

  18. Posted

    I have a 128D in my collection, I did enjoy a lot of the games & stuff for the C64 and I can't think of any other system that had a port of Kickman. Those disk drives though... UGH even the happy enhanced ones were sslloooww

  19. Posted

    Waaa... could you rename the title of the Tread please? First I read " 8 Bit Doom " , I thought , whether someone did one of the missing games for the A8... ;)

    I thought there was a homebrew of Doom for the 2600 a scroller similar to "Frenzy"

  24. Posted · Edited by wiseguyusa

    How common were 8bits after the video game crash?

     

    I got my first "computer" (as the 2600 is a "console") a 400 in 1983 when it appeared that consoles were dead and the computer was the next logical step.

    It seemed odd then (and still does now) that more people didn't.

     

    "Electronic Games" magazine had become "Computer Games"

     

    Now, my personal middle school experience was that almost everyone in my class had an Atari 2600, but very few went on to get a computer after the crash.

     

    Those that did, couldn't agree on a system, so we could no longer share games or "train" at home for competition.

    It also seemed that was when bashing the other guys system or brand began happening more, the SIG's had divided us.

     

    So numbers and demographics wise, If you added up all of the Commodore, Atari, TI, TRS-80, Apple, Adam etc how many households had an 8bit computer in the early to mid 1980's? Significantly less than had 2600's, Intellivisions and Colecovisions just a few years earlier.... right?

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