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(NES) Battletoads (used warps) The most challenging/rewarding game I've played in a long time Gumshoe (my favorite light gun game!) Castlevania Legacy of the Wizard (my second time beating this game) I am obsessed with this game! 2600 Raiders of the Lost Ark (needed the help of the solution sheet)

Private Eye (2600) Batman (NES) Frogger (2600)

I think a lot of the people who got into Retro gaming but did not have any nostalgia (because they were born after that time) might find NES games have more in common with modern titles they are familiar with than those twitch based single screen arcade action games on Atari. (these kids have never even set foot in an arcade, and the idea of playing a game for a high score is an alien concept).

Last year, I found Glenn Schowrak's blog and sent him an email telling him I used to play his game: Karate Challenge. Does anyone else remember this game? It was disk based. I vaguely remember getting killed by the dragon.

I wish I could go! I wanted to find TI stuff from some dealers, but my local conventions haven't had any the past couple of times.

I bet my kids would love this too... Alpiner was always a favorite of mine.

Don't own any homebrews, but I'm very interested.

Just beat Raiders! Cool game, although I don't know how anyone would ever figure it out without a tip sheet/

I'm currently playing Raiders of the Lost Ark. I managed to get all the items I needed to get to the ark, but I missed the cave entrance as I was parachuting down!

when talking about video game culture, both Ready Player One and Armada have a very strong Arcade/Atari 2600 bias.

I loved Ready Player One... I don't have a harmony cart, but I'm definitely interested to try this game. I'm currently reading Ernie's 2nd book, Armada.

I can think of Adventure, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Superman, E.T. Private Eye are there any others I am missing?

Something that I do to fix my NES when the connector starts acting up is slide a cart in and out of it about 10 times. The original NES Cleaning Kit was basically a cotton pad wrapped around a PCB sized board that you wet with a cleaning fluid (probably rubbing alcohol) and then performed a similar in-and-out scrubbing motion of the pins.

I agree with many of the above commenters. There a lot of problems with this kickstarter campaign.... first off, their campaign video is corny as hell... embarrassingly so..."Dragon Lairs"... Don Bluth sounds like he barely wants to do it... his buddy is practically twisting his him to get him to participate... "come on, please look at the camera and say you will do it..." and he's all melancholy and like "I guess I'll do it...." Most importantly, why the hell do they need 550,000 to make a pitch video? Did they lose their copy of the DVD? or the TV Series. Its already a fairly well established IP... been around for 30+ years... I'm sure anyone who would consider investing is already familiar with it. Just seems like they are needlessly milking their fans for money, and wasting a bunch of time and energy, and their main guy doesn't even sound like he wants to do it. Their reward tiers are beyond ridiculous. $125 gets you dvd you can by for $20 bucks on Amazon. What a deal! I would personally love to see a Dragon's Lair, movie, but I am in their target niche audience.. As others have pointed out, would this really appeal to a wide international audience? I don't know.

There was also Private Eye: You travel around a large environment searching for the suspiscious character that has the clue item you need to then return to a target location, before capturing the criminal and bringing him back to the police station. objects and locations were not randomized however. Not really a copycat, but definitely in the family of "multi-screen exploration, object fetching games".

3rded. I would be interested to hear their post-campaign show sooner then later, (if they are bringing some degree of insider perspective as the previous posts indicated)

it might have been this book: How to Master the Video Games by Tom Hirschfeld This was where I first remember reading about Wizard of Wor

Oh my god these later cases are SO hard! I can come within 1 screen away from beating case 2.... On Case 3, I haven't been able to get to LeFiend yet. I really wish that you could get some time added back on for collecting suspicious characters. If each one gave you a +10 seconds, it would have made been very nice! Maybe someone who knows how to hack atari games can figure out how to do that? Here is the route I'm following for Case 3: (I'm not sure if there is a better way) Left 4 screens - up the alley Right 2 screens, get the Necklace Right 7 screens, up the alley Right 4 screens, up the alley Left 8 screens to gemstore Right 8 screens, up the alley Right 2 screens up the Alley Right 5 screens, get the comb Left 5 screens, up the alley Left 6 screens, up the alley Right 2 screens, up the alley Right 15 screens to the barber Right 3 screens, up the alley Left 9 screens, up the Alley Right 9 screens, up the alley Right 9 screens, up the Alley <---- I usually run out time around here... Right 9 screens, get leFiend Right 1 screen, up the Alley Left 6 screens, up the alley Right 7 screens to Police station

This might change when I play more, but for now I will say: Private Eye River Raid Missile Command Phoenix Secret Quest Combat Frogger Enduro E.T. Superman

Yea, I have this regret too... I don't even remember getting rid of my 2600 and games, but they're nowhere to be found, so it must have happened at some point. I was never OVERLY attached to them, as they were all donated to me by my cousin, and I only really played them for a relatively brief window of time. I feel the same way about a few select toys from my childhood that I wish I had to pass down to my kids. Another lost item that really bums me out is my family got rid of our TI-99/4a+all the games and accessories... that one was the heart and sole of my childhood videogame memories, and I really hope to reacquire a set some day.

Yep! I'm just emulating it for now, but I am enjoying it enough that I might try to track it down on cartridge.

In case 2, how do you get to the museum? from the map, it looks like it is blocked on both sides by roadblocks... I see one of them is designated as "passable" but I haven't figured out how to pass it yet. *Edit* I just figured out you have to hold "up" while jumping it...

I just beat case 1. This is a cool game! It kinda reminds me a little of superman, the way you have to fetch the various items and bring them back to their associated bases. I think this works even better than superman due to a more comprehensible city layout, the time limit, and better graphics / animation / music

Taz is a lot of fun. Try it out here: http://www.free80sarcade.com/2600_Taz.php Its the same game as Asterix with a couple of sprite modifications. gameplay kind of reminds me of fruit ninja.

This is kinda sad. I hope you are feeling okay? If your collection feels like a burden, than selling it sounds like a good move. For me, I am still having fun with it for now. If that ever changes I might start selling (if I can overcome my hoarding impulses)