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Major Havoc 2049

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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.
  13. I jumped on a shrink wrapped, but slightly crushed copy of Mean 18. This is my complete 7800 boxed and loose game collection, along with my New-Atari games and my one home brew. Most of the 7800 games I got new from Raido Shack mail order back in 1995 for $10 each. I still have the receipt in some of the boxes.
  14. I was into Atari back during the ST and Lynx days, so I closely followed the development of the Jaguar and bought a launch batch one in 1993. With the mild success and then the demise of the Lynx, and the TT and Falcon failing to reverse the fortunes of the computer line, I wasn't hopeful, but figured I would ride the sinking ship to the bitter end. It pretty much played out like I thought it would, but the Jag and the Jag community was still fun and I'm glad I bought the Jag. I still have my launch day Jaguar and Jaguar CD combo. It has never been in storage and has been hooked up to a TV this whole time, except during moves of course. BTW, the durability of the Jag CD gets a bad rap. We pretty much figured out many moons ago that the vast majority of the Jaguar CD failures were caused by the user and not faulty hardware. Instead of just placing the CD onto the CD tray spindle, many users would try to push the CD onto spindle like you do with some CD players, and click the CD into place. When users didn't hear/feel that click, they would push harder. So many users would push down on the spindle with enough force to break it. Many "broken" Jaguar CD players were easily fixed.
  15. I use the Quickjoy Junior to play flight/space sims on my Atari XE and ST. The flight stick style is nice for those types of games and suction cups make it nice to be able to move and shoot with one hand and work the keyboard with the other hand. They are just OK for action games IMO.
  16. I just pre-ordered this on Bandcamp. The music sounds great and the presentation of the cart and the graphics for each track look great. Thanks @remute 😊👍 Thanks @Clint Thompson
  17. Stop using cheap imitations and stick with Atari, kid. 😎👍
  18. My two latest acquisitions. They are both in nice shape, but Dragonfire has some funky black tape residue on the front and back. I may try some Goo-Be-Gone on the back and see if that will get rid of it without destroying the printing on the box.
  19. The Atari 7800 port of Karateka is garbage. Great game, bad port. The 7800 and NES got the short end of the stick when it came to Karateka.
  20. Nice! Looks crisp and almost new. Chuck Norris Superkicks/Artillery Duel and Spikes Peak/Ghost Manor have a special place in my heart, as I had both as a kid. The crash had hit and I got them both on clearance at Toys-R-Us in like '84. I almost pulled the trigger on boxed copies of both on ebay, but figured I better chill, as prices these days are rather high. I already have a loose copy CNSK/AD that I got back in the late 90's thrift store glory days.
  21. My latest haul. The Xonox double-ender even has a Xonox dust cover. Golf is underrated. Fathom is a graphical powerhouse on the 2600. Mega Force is an excellent side scroller shmup. All the Xonox games are really good 2600 games, IMO.
  22. Ya, there were a few Atari retailers in the US that stocked the 7800 joypad. I bought mine in the US in the early 90's. While it was a long time ago, it was from someone like B&C, Toad Computers or Telegames USA. Maybe even Radio Shack or Atari mail order.
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