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  1. Posted

    Sweet pics! I swear in my wrath that I will one day own that many 2600 carts! Of course I have yet to break 200 although I need to buy a second bin now to store all of the games I've purchased lately (I haven't counted my cart collection in a while, so perhaps I should do that sometime :ponder: )

     

    Congrats on the 500!

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    I've almost beaten the game. I believe I made it to level 7 and I died. Oh well, I should give it another shot. :wink: I forgot about the hidden area while I was playing though. I should keep an eye out for that.

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    I woulsn't mind seeing more completely original games, like the ones we have on the way. That makes the Jag a more exclusive and cooler system to own in the long run. That's probably one of the things I love about the Jag the most...more original games that you won't find anywhere else. Obviously it still needs more just like the 7800 does.

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    In regards to porting SMB, I think the user Analmux might be able to translate the work he did on the Atari computer to the 7800. However, I am clueless about programming, programming languages so I have no idea if this is even possible.

     

     

    Or, someone could hack Scrapyard Dog and use it as a basis for a game with different characters, etc. I played it through emulation and I know the 7800 definitely can do side scrollers to an extent.

     

    It seems like kenfused has been able to port BeefDrop over from the 5200 with relative ease so perhaps that clone wouldn't be too hard.

     

    Speaking of Scrapyard Dog, where is CV at? I've been trying to contact him sbout my copy of the game which I'm still waiting for. :|

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    The only things the 7800 version has over the NES version is faithful levels, and two players at once. Other than those two details, the NES version is IMO superior. The 7800 version has weak, blocky graphics, understandably bad music, and higher difficulty (partly the game, partly the bad controllers). The backgrounds look awful until mission 3, and even then they don't take much advantage of the system.

     

    I am glad that the 7800 at least got a port, but for a 1989 game, it should've been a lot better than it is.

     

    I've been curious about the screenshots I've seen of DD on the 7800. TO be honest, from the shots here at AA it looks like crap. But on a few other sites I've seen shots where it looks much better. Is that because of the difference between the emulator and the real thing or something else?

  9. Posted

    I missed this thread back in the day and when it came up again I thought that it was about Moutain Dew Live Wire. Silly me ;)

     

    That sucks that it was lost. It looked like it would have been a great addition to the Jag library. But at least there are other games out there. Good luck on getting those other two games Carl. I'll be sure to purchase a copy of each. ;)

     

    But even more so, congratulations on the new addition to your family! :)

  10. Posted

    And soon it's going to have some great games like Gorf 2000
    Isn't this vaporware? It's been trotted around as "coming soon" for about 10 years now.

     

    I had been thinking the same thing until the programmers showed off a bunch of screenshots somewhat recently and gave K3V the beta version to test out. 8) It looks a lot different now, it's pretty impressive, although I have no idea when they plan on finishing it. I think they've kept it under wraps because it has taken so long but it still is in development.

     

    You can see some of the latest screen shots here but you have to register and become a member to check them out.

  11. Posted

    I'm still looking for SpiderMan, Infiltrate, Congo Bongo, Quest for Quintana Roo(the non-Telegames one) and Mines of Minos. I played these games a lot as a kid over at my friends house and for some reason them seem a little hard to come by. Spiderman should be easy, I guess I'm not looking hard enough. But I'd really like to get Mines of Minos.

  12. Posted

    OK, this is my first label ever for a contest. I admit that it's kind of derivitive, but I hope it works. It's not 100% done yet. I've also thought of making the background black, but then it would loose it's Pitfall-ness style to it. What do you guys think?

     

    (It's not showing up in the preview, so I'll cross my fingers and post...)

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  13. Posted

    I would also recommend the 7800 and the Jaguar. The great thing about any Atari system you chose is that there are new games coming out for them so no matter which one you pick, you'll not only be getting a good system with fun games, but you can look forward to future releases. 8)

     

    Personally I like the Jaguar a lot even though it's generally frowned upon. It's got some great games like Tempest 2000, AvP, BattleMorph, Iron Soldier, Zero 5, etc. And soon it's going to have some great games like Gorf 2000, Mad Bodies, Clicks and Eerievale.

     

    If you're looking for handheld action the Lynx is the way to go. It has a great library and the largest game library after the 2600. ComLynxing on many games is a lot of fun.

     

    The 7800 is great not only due to it's backwards compatability with the 2600 but it has some crazy original titles of it's own, like Ninja Golf. It also has some of the best arcade conversions you'll find on an Atari system, like with Joust, Ms. Pac-Man, Centipede and here shortly Burgertime(to be called BeefDrop).

     

    Any way you go you'll probably enjoy it a lot. I can't say anything about the CV (never had one) but it's good to own an Atari. :wink:

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    Awesome idea, I'm totally obsessed with swordquest (who knows why, maybe the concept) My husband is right now recreating the contest items for me (the sword, talisman, etc.) so I can be like J.T. and hang it over my fire..lol

     

    Now that's dedication.

     

    I think it would be great to have a sort of Swordquest-"Enhanced" series. Make it so you don't need the comic book and as LT mentioned, give the game a point. Of course I'd like to see a reiteration of it done on the 7800, but the 2600 would be just as nice to see it on.

  15. Posted

    I feel like I'm coming in late on this, but I've been playing this and it's a lot of fun. It certainly has improved on concepts you find in Venture and I can hardly wait to play it on the real thing. Awesome work! 8)

  17. Posted

    It was probably something that happened along the lines with Gremlins for the 5200. I bet that the first 7800's were already being shipped and nothing could be done about it, but to prevent any further shipments Jack-o T. proclaims that video games suck and that computers are the only thing Atari will work on. :x

     

    ...at least for two years.

  20. Posted

    I gave that a shot a few times and I actually made it to level 2 once. Then I died a horrific death. :sad:

     

    Now I'm thinking that I should get a Redemption controller to take care of my problem 8)

  21. Posted

    Interesting story. He really, really, really wanted to be a Captain :D

     

    It looks like he got his final wish in Star Trek: Shattered Universe. A whole game based on an adventure where you follow Captain Sulu in the alternate universe.

     

    Speaking of that universe, they haven't done one of those on Enterprise yet, have they (I missed out on the first two seasons as I was out of the country at the time)?

  24. Posted

    Sorry to bring dig up an old thread, but I've been looking here on Atari Age about this and as far as I can tell, no one has mentioned this so...

     

    I just found a page where a guy details his restoration project of an arcade game called Turbo. From the screenshot it reminds me a lot about this Universal prototupe game. Could it be that they were trying to make their own version of Turbo or is it just a coincidence?

     

    Again, if this has already been covered I apologize...but I can't help but thinking that this 2600 game may in fact be Turbo (if someone proves that theory wrong, that's fine) :wink:

  25. Posted

    The fun is back!! Oh yes sir-ree!  

    It's the Twenty-Six Hundred from Ah-tar-ee!!

     

    Is that the one you're thinking of?

     

    Yep that's it (I forgot how cheesy it sounded :lol: ) ...although now that you mention it I guess it had nothing to do with the 7800. Although it seems like there was a 7800 version of this commercial for a time. :ponder:

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