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  1. Posted

    yeah...from what I saw in the few minutes I caught, the quality was very VHS like, lots of wavyness. If I remember correctly I saw:

     

    1. One of the Atari Christmas ads

    2. The one showing Breakout, Space Invaders, Asteroids, Pac Man ..and then showing the competitors screen with nothing but interference.

    3. A ET 2600 Demo

    4. Colecovision ad showing the 2600 adaptor

    5. 5200 ad showing that 5200 carts dont fit coleco.

  2. Posted

    I flipped on G4 today and caught the last 5 minutes of "Cinematech" and it was featuring some great old 2600 and Colecovision ads! Did anyone catch this episode? And if so, did the entire show feature these? If it did, I gotta tape it.

     

    I love those old ads! :o

  4. Posted

    The arcade version has that nice arcade feel to it, which for me makes it pretty addictive. The problem with the arcade version is that it starts out really easy, and by level 4 or so its ridiculously hard (I realize that this is done on purpose to collect more quarters.)

     

    The 2600 version, although the game play is less fluid, and the graphics are obviously simplified, is more fun to me because the gameplay is true to the arcade (with the exception of the floating eggs, which I agree is cool). Also being able to get deeper into the game helps the fun factor on this one too.

     

    Although most people will not agree with this, I feel the same way about Defender.

     

    Other games I think may be close to or better than in the arcade:

     

    Space Invaders

    BattleZone

    Frogger

  6. Posted

    well...first...the system looked great on tv, and seems to be selling like hotcakes, but I was hoping to see some caverns of mars or lunar lander or pong footage. from watching it i saw asteroids deluxe (looked great!), missle command, pittfall, river raid, centipede and millepede. Other than the dissapointment of not seeing any of the new titles, and that annoying hyper dude with the santa hat, I thought the presentation was good.

  7. Posted

    well...first...the system looked great on tv, and seems to be selling like hotcakes, but I was hoping to see some caverns of mars or lunar lander or pong footage. from watching it i saw asteroids deluxe (looked great!), missle command, pittfall, river raid, centipede and millepede. Other than the dissapointment of not seeing any of the new titles, and that annoying hyper dude with the santa hat, I thought the presentation was good.

  9. Posted

    When I was a kid David Crane and Steve Cartwright were like gods to me. Activision did a nice job of paying homage to the programmers. I think I even remember photos of them in many of the manuals. :ponder:

  13. Posted

    Planet Patrol is my favorite from them. I was blown away as a kid by the night time level where your shots light up the sky and reveal your otherwise invisible enimies...brilliant.

     

    I also hve recently discovered Crossfire...lots of fun.

  16. Posted

    This was one of the last 2600 games i bought as a kid..1986..it was in the bargain bin at our Meijers. $5.00.

     

    It became suprisingly addictive. Also, there are enough variations to provide a challenge even for experts.

     

    I thought I heard somewhere that it was supposed to be a part of "circus atari" but one wasnt finished so they became seperate games...does anyone know if thats true?

  19. Posted

    Wow...thanks for the screenshots. Yars Return looks very good, I will have to see. Ive never played Caverns before. Who could be dumb enough to judge an entire game on one screenshot? Just kidding. The one I cant wait to see a peview of is Lunar Lander.

     

    This is a good time to be a classic game nut like me. Its like Christmas Eve type anticipation for us. Thanks again to Curt for this little nugget.

     

     

    P.S. I still have my fingers crossed for Video Pinball nd Breakout as hidden games!

  21. Posted

    For the past couple of years i have kept my high scores on a spread sheet. As a kid I just had a 3 subject note book full of high scores.

     

    Any body else keep a high score list? If so, how is yours set up?

     

    My spreadsheet has the following columns left to right: game title, game variation, #of games played, high score, date, game description, comments.

  23. Posted

    I read in one of these threads that the fb2 console unit was going to be 2/3 the size of the original. I wonder if anyone has the dimensions of the original system (i guess were talking about a heavy sixer). I have a cabinet that i bought back in the day that holds the 2600, controllers and 15 games, i have it rigged to hold my 2600 jr now, but if the fb2 is similar in size i may put that badboy in there. :cool:

  24. Posted

    ah....but isnt that part of the charm of the 2600?

     

    i remember wishing it had a pause button, as i once lost a chance at a high score in defender because of a sneeze... :x

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