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I'm sure I can get a list of the games it has in it. He also has a set of Slik Stik joysticks. Anyone know what these are worth? -S

I'm talking to a guy about buying a 32 in 1 system. I haven't seen it yet, but from his description it would appear to be like the one pictured here: http://www.atariage.com/2600/consoles/32in1.jpg Can anyone give me a ballpark estimate of what this might be worth? Thanks, -S

Too cool! But why did you make the duck look so much like a dragon? -S

That is completely true. I'm pretty guilty of slapping the reset button if conditions aren't favorable for a quick time. As I stated earlier, I totally loved this game as a kid and I played it constantly. I think the city layout is just permanently burned into my brain. Didn't get a chance to play last night, but I'm still shooting for the elusive 58. Edit: just rechecked the twin galaxies high score, 56 not 58. Don't know if I can hit that mark or not, but I'm gonna try! -S

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Loose games for me. I want to play 'em. If I wanted something I could only look at I'd take a picture. -S

I know I've got some that are the same game in different colors. Can't recall which off the top of my head. -S

Happs coin doors are stupid expensive. You're best bet would be ebay.co.uk, check daily. Also you can go to the buy/ sell/ trade forum on the Build Your Own Arcade Controls site ( http://www.arcadecontrols.org/yabbse/index.php?board=2 ) and post a wanted ad there. There are a lot of UK folks there. -S

This is very interesting stuff. Since the Atari paddles use a 1 meg ohm pot (which I knew), and the Commodore paddles use 500 k ohm, pots a logical conclusion would be a pair of shaky Atari paddles could be rebuilt using new 500 k pots and you'd have some nice precise Atari paddles (although they wouldn't work in a few games). In the near future I plan to build myself a paddle controller. I may experiment with different pots to see what kind of control I get. Thanks for posting this info. -S

Don't get the idea that I'm scoring this way every time. I'll play ten games that take two minutes or more before I play one that's right at a minute. I'm not using the x-ray cheat, I had never even heard of it before this thread. I did try to see if I could get it to work, but it doesn't seem to work with my cart. I am however using the delay tactic. If you tiem it just right you can delay, get over to the bridge screen, turn around and be just about to the phone booth before the explosion giving you 1 second on the clock as you turn into Superman. If this is determined to be cheating I'll withdraw my score and try again. -S

Well this thread made me think I might be overlooking a gold mine so having nothing better to do at lunch today I decided to check out the nearby thrifts that I've seen. Stop 1: Totally disorganized garage sale reject shop. Found a Genesis console only. On the other end of the shop, found what I guess is a Genesis CD ROM drive. Didn't want either so I left 'em where I found 'em. The only other gaming related item I found was a decent looking PC game stick. Didn't need that either. They did have a lot of groovy retro TVs that would look sharp with a heavy sixer. Might go back for one of those later as they were super cheap. Stop 2: Damnation Army Thrift Store. Nothing remotely interesting here, but I took a look at their prices. They must be insane. The stuff they had was so high you could almost buy a new one, or in some cases you could buy a new one for the same amount. One example was a 19 inch TV for $100, last time I was in Walmart they had 21 inch TVs for something like $85. Nuts. Stop 3: Not a thrift, actually a pawn shop, but it was on the way back. Decent selection of PS2/ X-box/ Gamecube titles & accessories. One NES cart and a handful of SNES carts. Nothing I was interested in. Again in many cases the prices were so high I question whether or not they ever actually sell anything. A used PS2 for $130? Gimme a break. To sum up, Thrifts seem to be a dead end for vintage gaming stuff in my area. If anyone wants that Genesis CD ROM drive, I'll be happy to go back and get it for you. I think it was marked as $9. I have no way of testing it. -S

Well, that's what happens for me. Once they were all actually in the jail screen. By the time I had nabbed most of them, two had moved off to another screen, but they both went the same direction. If the bad guys aren't still all in a cluster when you first see them as Superman, you'll never make it in under a minute. -S

That should be no problem, assuming this thing uses a 1 meg pot like a real paddle. Even if it turns out to be something different you could still buy the appropraiate pot at radio shack and install that in a real paddle, then do the hack. -S

Beyond Good and Evil is an absolutely amazing game. It's a real shame it hasn't done well. -S

I buy stuff (mostly car related) that gets shipped to me via Royal Mail from the UK all the time. Rates aren't too bad and they've proven to be fast & reliable. -S

Drat! Too slow. -S

Any idea on your pricing on the individual carts? Should I just PM you the carts I'm interested in? -S

What do you want for 'em? Send me a PM. -S

Ah, in which case I sand by my Combat/ Air Sea Battle vote. I must have put in hundreds of hours of play time on those. -S

Sounds like you made out like a bandit to me! Nice! -S

If Adventure counts as a first generation game then I want to change my vote. It's not only my favorite Atari game, it's my all time favorite video game on any system. -S

I can't belive this game gets bad reviews. It's in my personal top five or so. This is one game that I never really stopped playing. I thought I was going to beat my score last night but no dice. I got an even minute and another 59 seconds. -S

I remember commercials for the systems, but not the games. I don't remember seeing any advertisement at all (other than the Atari catalogs) for Adventure. -S

My games arrived within three or four days. -S

Thanks for that information. -S