GoldLeader

Well, I've lowered my expectations...**sigh**

We misspelled it by one letter! Never had a problem...

Monastat 7 I know, I know,...Kind of makes Dead Orchestra sound like a Great name huh? haha

haha Love it! Even with dedicated musicians and better sound hardware, I'm not so sure a lot of developers were going to think to add a soundtrack to ports of Galaga and Robotron. No they were not. haha... OK Now for something that was hilarious to read: Eagle #1: What's this band called again? Eagle #2: Dead Orchestra Eagle #1: Jesus! They're name's as terrible as their music. Eagle #2: Yeah, but it's still better than listening to my sister-in-law talk about her cats. Was this just a quick, generic example, with a made up band name, etc., ? Or did you by chance grow up in Wichita, KS? Because while on tour, we used to sometimes play at the Silver Bullet Club in Wichita, KS and the guys from a band called Dead Orchestra always showed up! (Nice guys ... heh

That'd be awesome if you're right! I'd like arcade controllers or trackballs. For some reason when I thought about it, I was mostly imagining new colors of handheld and VS, but I do hope to be surprised. If it turns out to be new colors/design schemes for VS and handhelds, or possibly new bundles etc., those might get more people into it who were on the fence before...

I bought it for ColecoVision BITD and still have it. I thought it was great (and still do), but once I bought Jumpman Junior, I mostly turned my attention to that.

From what I've read, Trademarks can be lost through non use or lack of enforcement, Copyright protection is effectively never lost, unless explicitly given away or the copyright has expired. However, if you do not actively defend your copyright, there may be broader unauthorized uses than you would like.

@Giles N PS Do you have that saying in Norway? Which starts out, "You gotta get up pretty early in the morning..." (I worried that one might throw ya)...

Actually an inside joke, but when have I let that stop me? There are a few lodges, clubs, and charitable, fraternal organizations around here...the Moose, the Elks, the Eagles (Which is right across from work and I know plenty of members, They asked me to join and I will later maybe)...Anyway, other than having delivered there, I don't know anything about them. I only know the Eagles, Shriners, and have family ties to the Masonic Temple etc....They just became one of many punchlines for one of my friend's jokes...Which some days are nonstop.

Yup! Me too!

Not to mention that belt buckle...(For people re-using their old controllers in interesting ways)

Of course not my brother! T'Was just a joke! Besides you'd have to get up pretty early in the morning to offend me!... (But here's hoping you knew all that anyway

Yes and Hey SPRIGGY!!!! Good ta see you about! I bought that one too, presumably right before the price went though the stratosphere...And was very well surprised! Great Game! Gotta agree with Razzie.P - like usual! One thing I'd say about Dark Cavern is Read the Manual!* If you assume it's just blasting everything, well, there's more to it!....Killing all 4 robots on screen (before they respawn) to get an extra for example, and there's also conserving ammo and scavenging a bunch before starting your war as a strategy* *OK If you read my full comment, maybe you don't have to read the manual...I mean I pretty much covered it. Saved ya some time I hope. Wouldn't ya think I'd just say read the manual and not overexplain everything? Why is this paragraph here anyway? I mean do I always have to go and on? What's the meaning of life? And how can both asterixes** be leading to the same comment down below anyway? Shouldn't we be conserving our asterixes**? OK Stop reading now and go play DARK CAVERN already! Yeah!! and drink Beer!*** **And is Asterixes even a word? What if the plural is like octopi or something? OK, I'm way too lazy to be looking that up... ***Oh NO! There's no 3 asterixes** Really nobody has time for this BS...It's OK no one will see it anyway way down here...

Please Giles, This is a family friendly forum...Not Tuesday night at the Moose Lodge.

Also, (Not a lawyer but I'm opening my trap anyway) companies are not required to be dicks; There is no such law. Now if State Farm suddenly started selling an arcade cabinet with Crystal Castles built in, and they changed the title screen to say 'Witche's Brew' That might be something actionable. You should Defend IP when necessary, but choose your battles. Just like Nintendo isn't going to lose Mario anytime soon even though it's included on 1,000s of Famicom Multicarts. Need a very concrete example? Lucasfilm. (Pre-Disney here). Long ago George Lucas said his company would never waste time suing fan sites, fan fiction stories, fan made movies etc. He wanted the fans to feel welcome and was happy they were part of it all. (Watch the interview on the Family Guy Blue Harvest DVD to hear it from the man himself). As long as they weren't profiting off of it or pretending to be Lucasfilm (or 20th Century FOX etc., obvs). When they did need to defend IP, there was IIRC, a 12 year old who had a website called StarWarsFanClub.com or thereabouts. The company was very polite. They explained how they might need that one. They gave the boy multiple other names he could use, and I think he got to chat with George Lucas himself! Who knew, according to P-Dubs, Lucasfilm was breaking the law all those years?

So, 2 things: I may yet just buy a big ol 5200 w good controllers and A/V/(S-vid?) mod, and an AtariMax and see what all the fuss is (or isn't)...Anti-Hand controllers though? HAA! Love that! I'll put'em right next to my WristManglers! (Which would be stock ColecoVision Controllers.) Of course these days I have an Edladdin for Coleco anyway and it is smooth as your mom's silk stockings (Not your mom specifically BTW, but...umm ALL your mOms! Ask'em how I know! WooHoo!, OK, --- whoops... sorry... I may be off on a tangent) but I always keep some WristManglers next to my PainLines...Never Forget! Also, Weird games? the heck you say...(I don't do Steam or PC games, but...) I thought JINKS was weird,... but Brilliant! I Loved it! It has only recently come to my attention that not everyone has... good taste in weirdness...

Yeah, for the old stuff you didn't need music, and if we wanted some, we rolled our own...

--- Changed my thought after reading the text of the commercial...Thought maybe they were targeting older folks who fondly remember arcades also, based on the idea and image alone...But it does seem to skew younger or at least target "gamers" as their demographic.

Haaa...No we were in a "barcade"...Had to buy our beers. This particular one used to be cheap enough, as in games took quarters, although their upkeep of games was terrible, (You saw things like an Atari Video Pinball but half the UV lights were down, a Red Baron Sit-down cab, but soon it just broke, Every time something broke, it just disappeared, though they did have an ad looking for a repairman (probably still need one) ...But then they converted to cards and now a simple game of pinball (and only 3 balls) is $1.50! So I almost never go there...Plus I have a friend who has games and pinballs in another location (No beer though but they are priced correctly not set to rip off mode... PS: The same people had (or maybe still have) an arcade in the mall, and there's all these cool old school games in the window, but they are all the broken ones,...Most working games inside are newer...

Re: Champ Games, For carts and ROMs for 2600 (Not 2600+) you might check HERE...

Just throwing it out there that (the one time I played it) I really enjoyed Space Invaders Frenzy! Of course I didn't realize it was a "redemption game". I finish playing then all of a sudden the thing starts spitting out tickets for me. Beer in hand, I turn to my friend, I was like, "Oh...OK...5000 more of these I can get that pencil eraser!"

You see if they were smart, they would have said, "Yeah we see Crystal Castles there,...Cool. How about a new commercial where Jake from State Farm is in an Arcade filled with nothing but actual Atari games?" Then in the fine print "arcade cabs are by Atari" or something along those lines. And you don't make it about the money. Make it about nostalgia, happy sentiments, and goodwill. Period. Compare that to what they did. Now, which path looks better in a headline?

Can't get blood from a turnip I'm afraid