E.T. is awesome

[E.T. is awesome]

Yar's Revenge is overrated, almost to the same degree E.T. is underrated.

[2017 Activision Summer Patch Quest]

 

Chopper Command patch requirement is ridiculously easy... you only have to survive 3 or 4 waves!!

[2017 Activision Summer Patch Quest]

Just barely squeeked it out

[2017 Activision Summer Patch Quest]

Not my best score, but it earns a patch

[2017 Activision Summer Patch Quest]

I got this one the week before you started... if you don't want to count it thats fine.. but I don't intend to do it again.

 

[Adventures of Tron (hit detection)]

so perhaps the reason it seems that it only registers a collision when the legs touch is that is maximizes the amount of time the two items are overlapping?

[Adventures of Tron (hit detection)]

... but which pixels are used? because many times, they appear to pass through each other unimpacted. (its one of the frustrating points of the game)

[Adventures of Tron (hit detection)]

Can anyone pinpoint where exactly the hitbox is to register a collision between your man and the bit? As near as I can tell its his legs (only while jumping; disabled when dropping down a level or riding an elevator)

[Great Games? - Small Developers]

I think Base Attack is a PAL game

Missile Control is another cool PAL game... nice twist on Missile Command

 

I'm also fond of Room of Doom from CommaVid

 

for homebrew, check out Omicron

[Stranger Things Atari style games]

I'm dying on things I can't even see in the 4th level.

If the worms get to the kids before you save them, you lose.

[Stranger Things Atari style games]

 

(I beat both games)

[Favorite 2600 Hidden Gems?]

Overlooked Gems:

 

Room of Doom: As you progress to the higher levels it gets pretty hectic

Adventures of Tron: The hit detection is a little wonky, but I keep coming back to this one over and over again.

Reactor: It's like playing bumper cars with mosquitos inside a giant bug zapper

Wizard of Wor: Great with 2 players

Blueprint: primarily a memory game combined with some shooting and maze/creature dodging...

Solar Fox: Its like playing pac-man/qbert inside a bullet hell

Stampede: So much more depth than meets the eye, lots of strategy to the bumping and clearing of lanes

Beamrider: Fantastic shooter. Looks and plays great.

Dolphin: reminds me of the laser gates and hypno orb racing levels from Battletoads, meets the Ecco the dolphin

[New Atari Console that Ataribox?]

My guess is an Atari themed subscription box.

[Official Score Challenges]

Sega-Mundo Jacket Patches

• Tac/Scan (awesome) 200k, (Sega-Mundo) 300k
• Sub-Scan (awesome) 30k, (Sega-Mundo) 70k

[Atari collector demographics]

Lot of Nintendo fanboys come here to post garbage, have to make sure you're not one of them

 

NintendoAge has a very active Atari high score board and discussion thread.

[How to have an object move in a circle]

Another method that occured to me.. is player graphics can slide along walls if you convert their positions to playfield pixel coordinates... maybe you could make a playfield graphic in a circle shape and hide it by making it the same color as the background.

[Howard Scott Warshaw piece on NPR]

E.T. would have been much less maligned if he had just put E.T. on solid ground after he got out of the pit. Having him still hovering over the pit when the screen changes and having you fall back in if you continue pushing up is what caused 99% of the frustration people had.

[Official Score Challenges]

IMAGIC Numb Thumbs Club Experts Score

• Demon Attack 50k survivor 100k expert
• Dragonfire 25k
• Atlantis 125k
• Cosmic Ark 30k
• Firefighter 2:38
• No Escape 10k
• Riddle of the Sphinx 12k
• Star Voyager 35
• Trick Shot 37

 

Video Game Masters Contest

• Quadrun 25k patch score
• Gravitar 15k patch score
• Battlezone 75k patch score

 

CBS Mail-in Contest

• GORF 15k medal score
• Wizard of Wor 30k medal score
• Solar Fox Complete all six challenge racks for the secret word
• Blueprint Hit Ollie with the gun eight times, then unscramble the word.

 

New Achievments

• Galaxian "The Perfect Wave" 3,920 (in Wave 1)
• Kaboom! "Catching a thousand" 1k with no drops

[Atari boardgames - Fall 2017]

I had a Frogger board game as a kid, and it was great!

[what to do with no prior knowledge]

Kirk Isreal also has a good tutorial.

http://alienbill.com/2600/101/

I found his code to be very well documented for a newbie to understand. I was going through his "thin red line" code today and was able to add a few lines to get a second missile moving in the opposite direction with a different speed and color. I was quite proud I could figure it out.

[Machine (Negative)]

Bought a set of patches from him. They are awesome. Thanks!

[AtariBrian]

Bought a box of games from him. Very good experience!

[Galaxian Perfect Wave One]

You are forgetting that the flagships are worth 800 pts. BY THEMSELVES when you destroy both of their escorts first. You still get 100 pts. for each escort in flight. (21x60)+(7x80)+(5x100)+(2x800)=3920

Thanks!

[Galaxian Perfect Wave One]

(21x60)+(7x80)+100+(2x800)=3520. I know for a fact you can get more than that in wave 1. Quoting the instructions doesn't help me since I was already reading them.

[Galaxian Perfect Wave One]

Can anyone tell me what the score for a perfect wave one in Galaxian is? I think its 4000, but I haven't been able to do it yet, so I'm not sure. I tried to figure it out with a calculator based on the number of enemies and the scores the manual says you get, but I came up with 3,520 and I know thats not right because I've gotten 3,700 before (and that's including a couple mistakenly destroyed formation ships)