MaliciousCarp

Yes! I am a proud member of the Atari "It's a Spear! club" anyone who says Sword is wrong!

Thanks for making these! They look amazing!

Sorry in advance for the long post - here is my summary of the show this year: I had a lot of fun this year! I picked up Roof Pooper and The Chicago basement, along with filling in a few missing titles from my Atari 2600 Activision collection (I finally found a copy of pressure cooker with a label that was still legible even with all of the actiplaque!) The museum area was Amazing this year, but the arcade was a bit lacking. It was still fun to see all of the new pinball tables and really cool to see that head to head joust table, but it felt really toned down compared to previous years. Over all I would say that last year was a better show, but this year was more fun because I actually got to talk to more people that I wanted to (Philo Barnhart was really fun to talk to, Brian Colin is always great, I finally got to meet Eugene Jarvis...). I loved playing robotron at the pie factory table, and I am really enjoying the new book from William Pepper of Atari Bytes.

I couldn't find any topics about this in the forums - I'm hoping that someone has experience with this: The PS2 slim laser seems to burn out frequently. I recently heard about a fix called the matrix PIC fix. My understanding is that it is a pic microcontroller that monitors the communication with the laser. If it detects that the communication has crashed and the laser is stuck on - it shuts down the console. Does anyone here have experience with this mod? Does it actually save your hardware? Can you still buy the kit? My slim has been through 2 lasers so far and while they are cheap at the moment - they won't always be!

I made it out - I got to meet Inky and Dauber, and i got to play a round of Atari 5200 Kaboom!. I really liked the twist of having one player play the bomber and the other play the bucket. I liked the new venue, but it was really hard to find the panels on time. Having it split over two floors made it tough to navigate. I also felt that there wasn't good food options on site. We found a mall food court a block or two away, but it didn't have a very good selection either. The new vendor hall was great. Everyone had a lot of space, but I did hear a couple of vendors complain about how their loading and unloading was disorganized and difficult. The pinball room and museum were combined and I liked the new layout a lot. The arcades were hard to navigate on Saturday - it would be nice if galloping ghost could find a better way to layout their room. Brian Colin's table was in an awkward place and it was hard to get through to play the games. I loved the indie developer room - I really liked being able to talk to the developers and get the inside story on their games. Overall it was a lot of fun and I like the new venue. I'm glad that I took the mega bus instead of driving myself.

That's too bad - it's a really fun game. I'll still keep an eye out for your table at the show

Will you have any physical copies of Anguna for the DS on hand?

Is there a secret AtariAge handshake to get special deals in the vendor area?

I'm going for Saturday and Sunday. I couldn't talk any of my friends into getting the Friday tickets, so I skipped it as well... Even though we are all heading there Friday anyway. Since it is in Milwaukee this year I am going to try the Mega Bus (from Minneapolis). I have taken it to Chicago before and it wasn't a bad ride - beats driving.

I will not usually buy sealed games. For me the whole point is to play the games and when I happen across a sealed game I really don't want to open it. I don't see the point in owning it as a shelf decoration so I usually will pass on them - even if they are really cheap. I will buy boxes and manual for games that I really like, but mostly I just go after carts and hardware.

Interesting - I see that they advertise a ProLine controller for the Atari 2600. (Page 544) "Pro-line space-age joystick by Atari is fun to use with quick-throw control knob for greater maneuverability and fast-action side trigger-style fue button. For use with Atari 2600 game (A). 67 G 94171-Ship. wt. 9 oz." I thought that those were new when the 7800 was released.

No - I only got to play around with Defender. I should have have spent more time in the museum room, but there was just too much Pinball that needed to be played

I just wanted to say thanks for bringing that Exidy Sorcerer! I really enjoyed playing around with it. I was surprised at how playable Defender (or defender clone?) was on it! That and the TRS-80 setup on the middle ring of tables were definitely the highlights of the museum room for me this year.

That is a great question! I wonder if it has to do with pins 5 and 9 being the paddle controller pins from the atari 2600. They go through a resistor to ground or, when the button is pressed, they connect to pin 6.

Thanks for the simplified schematic! I used it to build my own 7800 controllers out of some 3rd party sega 6-button controllers. They work great.

I have been playing Sonic and Sega All stars racing on my WiiU. I got bored with the Mario Kart games, so I am really glad to have it as an option!

Woz because of his personality- He always seems to be happy no matter what he is doing and genuinely loves technology. He is an inspiration.

Honestly, I hadn't heard of the Retro freak before. Is there a thread about it somewhere around here? (I am still kind of new to the forums) I have been looking up some youtube reviews for it and it has definitely piqued my interest.

Thanks for the information. I have been on the fence about getting a retron 5 since they came out. I think that the ability to play GameGear makes it a must have!

I find the game relaxing, but still challenging. I think that is why I go back to it so often. Honestly, I probably wouldn't feel the same way about it if I hadn't played it so much back in the day, but as it is - I consider it a staple of my collection.

I find the high score self-challenge much more rewarding than finishing a story. Not that I don't enjoy the cinematic masterpieces that are modern games, but it is not as rewarding to me as breaking my previous high score on Solar Fox or PacMan. The other aspect that really drew me back into retro gaming is the hardware. They had some really cool and unique hardware and had to use some really creative programming solutions to push that hardware to the absolute limit. These days the PS4 and XBone are nearly identical gaming PCs, and less interesting (to me, at least)

Thanks for the great review! I have been waiting for a good way to play Game Gear games on a regular TV since I bought one new back in the day One question - can you toggle the FM sound on master system- or is it just always on?

Here are the 10 that I play the most: 1. Solar Fox 2. River Raid 3. Space Invaders 4. Missile Command 5. Galaxian 6. Jr. PacMan 7. Ms PacMan 8. Adventure 9. H.E.R.O 10. Sky Jinks

That's too bad, but at least you know.

Any update? I am really curious to hear how this turns out.