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  • Birthday 03/22/1971

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    Atari 2600/5200/7800, Lynx & Jaguar.
    Atari 65XE & Atari 1040 STE
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  1. After playing three games, two as Bird and one as Dr. J, the 7800 version of One-On-One is OK, but not as good as the 8-bit computer version. I went and played One-On-One on my Atari 8-bit computer to confirm and the control of the 7800 version isn't as tight as the computer version and the action is a little more sluggish. Everything just seems slightly off with the 7800 port.
  2. For some classic Atari arcade fun, get the 7800 versions of Asteroids, Centipede and Food Fight. Food Fight is getting a re-release by Atari in a few months, if you want a new copy at a reasonable price. As for the 2600, I love the Atari Silver label releases and the Activision ('82-'84) releases.
  3. It will be interesting to see your take. I find games more challenging on the 2600+ when going for a high score.
  4. I picked up a One on One Basketball, an Atari 7800 Super Game Cartridge! I figured this won't get a re-release, as Atari would need to get EA, Dr. J and Larry Bird all on board.
  5. Hey man, I like my Star Raiders t-shirt! Honestly, I think Atari is killing it as far as new physical games, digital games and hardware goes. They have supported the VCS way more than I thought they would, the Recharged series on modern hardware, the XP and Atari 50 2600 games, the 2600+, new 2600 games and now new 7800 re-releases and hardware. They are one of the more active video game companies out there over the last several years.
  6. It will be a glorious day if they can get Pitfall II working. It's one of my favorite 2600 games.
  7. Some games on the 7800 I actually prefer the Proline joysticks over the CX-78 joypad. It's really hard to play Pole Position II with the joypad, as it's way to easy to accidentally downshift while turning. The various 2600 and 7800 Pac-Man games are nice with the Proline joystick as well.
  8. Maybe use some paint thinner on the bottom and see if the paint comes off? If it looks like it works, do the whole thing. Worst case scenario, it looks like crap and you could just repaint it.
  9. I own Mean 18 on the Atari ST and the 7800 version holds up really well compared to the 16-bit versions on the ST and Amiga. The control and graphics are solid and the golfers swing animation is great. The only draw back compared to the computer versions is they have four courses, while the 7800 only has one course (Pebble Beach). The 7800 version also doesn't have the driving range and the putting grean to practice. The club house screen where you input your name and select what course you want to play on or just practice is also missing on the 7800 version. The course builder is also absent on the 7800 version. Overall though, it's a solid 8-bit golf game and a fun 7800 game.
  10. The Jaguar had the built in Atari ST and Lynx fanbase/community gravitating to the Jag from day one. The 3DO just had the venture capital and marketing muscle behind it and no nostalgia and built in fan base. And while the 3DO had some great games, it had very few exclusives. Most of the 3DO catalog could be played on the PC, Saturn and Playstation. The Jaguar community is what helped kickstart the Jag homebrew scene.
  11. Here are my lastest pick-ups. I think I'm done for a while.🤣 I've been buying more games than I have time to play and I bought all the new 7800 re-releases, controller and extension cord as well. Time to finish/master some of these games and chill for a while. I also need to sell all my doubles from back in the day, clear the clutter and use that money to buy a few more games that I want. I got this shrink wrapped lot in one listing for what I think is a good price ($70 + S&H). They all have that too tight shrink wrap, in a packing box for too long, slightly warped boxes thing going on, but they are in decent shape.
  12. Nostalgia, new Atari hardware, HDMI support and I already had a decent amount of 2600 and 7800 games that I hadn't really played much in the last 20 years and bought back in the mid-late 90's. With the release of the 2600+, it got me back to playing my 2600 and 7800 collection and buying new games. It's awesome that Atari is re-releasing some of the rare 7800 games! I first got a 2600 in late 1982. Pitfall! was all the rage and I convinced my parents to get me a 2600 with Combat as the pack-in game, along with a copy of Pitfall!. I read a bunch of video game magazines back then, so I avoided all the garbage games and my first group of games that I got over the next several months were Vanguard, Ms. Pac-Man, River Raid and Raiders of the Lost Ark. '83 was a great year for releases. As a gamer, I didn't feel the crash till 1984, as a bunch of companies went under in late 1983 and releases started to dry up. The crash was cool at first, because you could amass a large collection for dirt cheap. But by 1986, I wanted all those cool computer games I saw in the magazines and played at my friend's houses and sold my 2600 and Colecovision at a garage sale and bought a Commodore 64C.
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