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I really like Demon Attack's Imagic-style 2 player gameplay (also used on games like Dragonfire, and also used by Atari Defender), where play alternates from wave to wave, so you don't have to wait forever to play if the other player is good. Paranoid was right on track when he said that Demon Attack "looked as good as a coin-op" when it came out - it did! I also like Atari Phoenix. They are both good games.

Sounds like what I said on this thread. Activision Tennis is a great sports game!

I'm all for a pauser cart, but remember that the LACK of a pause feature is part of the charm of the 2600. Without pause, the games are programmed to be good enough to be satisfying in a single sitting.

1) In the day (1982-85) I sometimes disconnected my Atari from our main TV (color) to our basement TV (black and white) if something else was going on upstairs. The B&W switch did help some games come in clearer. 2) Like skunkworx, I used to switch Pac-Man to B&W mode sometimes, even on the color TV, because it made the ghosts MUCH easier to see.

Sometimes I like to put game cartridges on my desk and then do some paperwork on top of them - heck, I even write some code that way. It is a pain though when some of the Actiplaque residue rubs off on my work. Does that count? .

Wouldn't this be the same for E.T. Book Cart? Or is it okay to use the image of ET? I was wondering the same thing about the 7800 Pac-Man collection. Hi: I actually sent many e-mails, including to Namco themselves, and done searches trying to get permission to do this. No response. I also sent two PMs to a certain person who is a member of this board who used to work for Activision (and now works for Namco) who couldn't even give me the respect of a response, regardless of what that response was. Bob Bob - Perhaps that person who used to work for Activision (and now works for Namco) did not reply on purpose - for the good of your release.

Actually, I'm pretty lucky. I play 2 -4 player Atari well over half the time. Often with kids. Back in the '80s I played 2 player around 20% of the time.

Yes. Wario Ware Touched. It's great but it relys on the stylus a little too much. I think it needed more button games mixed in. Personally if you haven't tried it yet, I'd recommend getting Wario Ware Twisted for the GBA instead. I think it's more fun, and has more variety. Not to mention it plays great on the DS I agree. It's the closest you can get to a portable Wii! (I think - haven't played a Wii yet ) I am stuck on "Wario Mambo" at the moment... By the way, the original Wario Ware - Mini Microgame$ for the GBA is also incredible - it may well be my favorite GBA game of all time! - don't pass it up just because you are using a DS. Added bonus - full unlockable Dr. Mario (well, actually Dr. Wario)

Until recently, you could have bought the Cuttle Cart 2 - it can play all the supercharger games. By the way, one innovation some of the Supercharger games (like Communist Mutants From Space) have is three and four player joystick games - the system keeps track of all the scores, and people pass the joystick around after their turn. The only regular cartridge games that could do this were sports titles such as Activision Decathlon, Summer Games, Winter Games, and California games.

For Tennis, I believe Activision Tennis is better than RealSports. For Football, I still like Super Challenge Football better than Super Football, especially with 2 players. The sandlot-style play calling - "you go out, you stay in, you catch the pass" is totally in the spirit of Atari games.

I voted for Kaboom! for the same reason as joeybastard. Also, please add Go Fish!, SWOOPS!, and Power Off!

You know, a few of us had great fun playing Advance Wars By Web a few months ago. Any interest in firing up a new game? Turn based games work well over the web because we don't have to be online at the same time to play, and you get an email when your turn is up. The downside (if it really is) is that the games usually take a couple of weeks to finish. I'd be happy to set things up and dredge up our old thread...

Got to fire up a 2 week old build this weekend on the CC2 for a 3 player round - amazing progress! I will attempt to update to the December 3 build this week.

I personally wish we could have a subscription model for these old games. I pay a few $ per month to Yahoo! Music Unlimited and I get to download to all the music they have onto my iRiver music player and play it. And if I stop paying (or don't sync every 30 days) the music becomes unplayable. Why can't Sony do the same for classic videogames? Heck, even PSP native titles? The PSP is certainly powerful enough, and we all know Sony loves their Digital Rights Management! And it would nicely counter what Microsoft is trying to do with XBox Live.

From the screenshots I have seen, looks like you could start calling your Mii avatars Wiibles!

Even better! I think "Maid In Voyage" is perfect! That name is a winner - it perfectly describes the game, even if you don't get the pun, and the pun is really easy to figure out.

I think Maiden Voyage would be an excellent, classy, and descriptive name!

I just use the button on the second stick, and don't bother with the stick movements. Quoting the manual, the second button activates the SMARTBOMBS. If you run out of SMARTBOMBS, pressing the fire button will activate INVISO. Once you run out of INVISO, pressing the fire button will send you into HYPERSPACE.

Congrats, Phantom. As Paranoid said, the CC2 rocks. I use it with a 128MB Simpletech RS-MMC, and would NEVER go back to using a regular MMC.

At Boston's Children's Hospital, the most popular thing in the entertainment room are the three recent-era Ms. Pac Man/Galaga "class of 1981" cocktail arcade units (set to free play of course). Cocktail cabinets are easier for kids in the hospital to play because you can play them sitting down or in a wheelchair. Can't think of a better gaming-related charitable donation than that!

I finally got to play last night but didn't get over 60,000. I am out of practice and die pretty fast once I get to level 10. I will keep trying, though

Plenty of kids' educational game CD's can run on both Macintosh and Windows. Both versions are included in their entirety on the CD.

Hey, what a lie! $12,500 doesn't even come close to buying a lifetime of tacos, now that Taco Bell is forcing us to have a "5th meal" every day! At $5 per meal, 5 times per day, your $12,500 would run out in way less than 2 years! Then you really need to "good to go -- get a job"

So, did your wife reply that you already have a Micro in your pocket?