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Anyway, my biggest disappointment was... The Sims for PS2.
I had read about The Sims on the PC, it sounded like something I would eat up.
I finally get it for PS2 and spend the next 3 hours trying not to pee myself while managing to spend the entire sim day as follows:
-wake up
-pee
-eat
-pee
-kill bugs attracted to dinner
-pee self because roach control took too long
-cry
-pee
-eat
-pee
-kill bugs and mop up water from washing dishes while peeing self.
-cry while making dinner and peeing
Sell game
I highly recommend The Sims' "Bustin' Out" for the GBA -- I just got a copy and find it to be really good (I'm around halfway through) -- a case where the limitations of the GBA forced the developers to make a good, streamlined game optimized for portable play. I'm starting to think that the GBA is the modern-day 2600 -- the 2600 compared to arcade games is like the GBA compared to PS2/Xbox/Cube games.
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I lurked for over two years before I decided to join in. There was way too much fun going on to stay on the sidelines
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I really like Zelda more because thinking is more important than battling. You can't beat a Zelda game through boss fights alone.
***full disclosure - the only Zelda game I've played is Link To The Past, and I'm only partway through***
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Good luck on your auction, TomBrazil. I'm sure someone will take a gamble on it
So does Pete Rose Baseball belong in the 7800 Hall of Fame?
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New games for the 7800 does sound nice but I wonder with that kind of could somebody could stick things like batteries, extra RAM, or better sound for the 7800. Heck, if I had that kind of money, I might try to make something like a Supercharger for the 7800.There already is one. It's called the "Cuttle Cart II". It's got the potential for a game with a total of 512K RAM/ROM, and loads games from flash cards.
On my imaginary "If I had the free time I would" list is to investigate hacking a 7800 game (Donkey Kong, DK Jr. or Mario Bros. would be fine first choices) to take advantage of the sound in a Pokey Chip onboard a Cuttle Cart II. Hopefully someone will beat me to the punch.
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I did update my avatar - thanks, Zach.
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Lord Thag's idea is really good!
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Nice job - much better than the old AAS (which you hopefully don't remember -- the ANTHONY ATARI Series of "AA Game of the week"). What is your favorite variation and difficulty level, sir Thag?
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Great work! If you print a screenshot with an "atari", I may just have to update my atari avatar with it!
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I have never bought a console on launch, but I did get my Atari VCS right after Space Invaders came out. One of these days I will, I'm sure. I looked at the DS right after it came out but decided that it was too big to fit in my pocket, so I bought an SP for $79 instead.
Yesterday, I just bought 2 Game Boy Advances (not SP!) at Wal-Mart for $30 each and will get a 4-way link cable so that I can bring a few on the road for some multi-player fun. It will also let me play Activision Advance for the GBA with 2 players. I guess that's not cutting edge - I'm probably around the last person on earth to buy a new GBA from a store
I still don't own any non-handheld consoles newer that an Atari 7800 - but am thinking of buying my first modern console. GameCube game prices are really dropping, and I understand that Nintendo will make their new console compatible with GameCube games, so I'm thinking of buying a GameCube now (new or used - PM me if you want to sell) as my first choice, and maybe a Game Boy player to go along with it.
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It's resolved for me:
ping www.atariage.com
Pinging atariage.com [67.15.129.36] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 67.15.129.36: bytes=32 time=53ms TTL=39
Reply from 67.15.129.36: bytes=32 time=52ms TTL=39
Reply from 67.15.129.36: bytes=32 time=52ms TTL=39
Reply from 67.15.129.36: bytes=32 time=52ms TTL=39
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Can the introductions be moved into the Off-Topic section, so they can't be read by people who aren't registered? That might make people (like, um, me...) more comfortable to post their introduction information.
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Congratulations. Impressing us nostalgia-obsessed types is a significant feat.
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frogs and flies
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Excellent choice!
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Seems more and more like we've timewarped back to April 1...In any case I do hope that Trotter is in fact still in good condition.
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I never timewarped away from April 1 on this one...I've just sat back since the first post waiting for it to unfold. Since noone else did a "mock interview" I spent 3 minutes making one up.
Based on my "mock interview" with the package photograph on page 1 of this thread, I noticed that the package had black stains on it, except for the area with the shipping label with Charles' name on it. After "mock questioning" of the package, the package agreed that it is suspicious for its body to be dirty while its label was still clean.
Additional disclosure: I was also offered the opportunity to "mock interview" Tron Man's package. However, Tron Man's package looked quite suspicious itself so I declined, and very quickly moved back away from the microphone.
ps - I hope Canada Post's lawyers don't hear about this - the damages in the "mock trial" over slander charges could be quite serious...
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all renamed A78 files so they need the first 128 bytes stripping. I've done thatHey, everyone's still trying to take a peek at me... :blushing:
Seriously, we should try to have both .a78 and .bin files available for download at the AtariAge site. I would even go as far to say that if there had to be only one version available, it should be the .bin version. It would do wonders for my modesty!
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Make sure to thank me for this one when you set up your site:
DS
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Maybe someone could do a "mock interview" with Atari Charles to get additional information... Tron man seemed pretty excited to see Atari Charles -- seems like he'd be up for it
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Eat The Cone!
(special 7800-only one -- let me indulge)
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Hey, I'm still waiting for someone to match the load times of the Atari 2600...the fastest loading videogame system ever!
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Yeah, not really funny.
Of course, the coolest guys are outside playing their GBA's in the sunshine, link cables and all
It would have made a better point if the other guys with PSP's were playing multiplayer wireless games and the Nintendo DS guy couldn't join into that.
The DS can have "revenge" if it beats the PSP to become the first handheld to have wireless multiplayer internet gaming (as is anticipated) -- if the DS guy was in wifi range, it wouldn't matter if he was the only one there without a PSP.
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Make sure they are all extra funny, there's a lot of 30+ year old guys on the boards that have nothing better to do then harshly criticize homemade videogame comics. LOL
Not to mention a lot of other 25+ year old squares totally immersed in Atari
who own PSP's on this board!
(at least Adventure's yellow square is not alone...
)Very Funny!
(...and I don't own a PSP, so I guess I'm not a square for that reason)
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I agree with RT on this one. The "drop shadow" pixel in Tennis was groundbreaking, and the gameplay/engine still hasn't been beaten for this sport to this day, so I think it's a classic. I have played Tennis Addict -- even though the graphics are cooler, and you swing with the stylus (yeah, this would work with the DS), the gameplay and the strategy is just as good on 2600 Activison Tennis.
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About Atari License Plate... feedback?
in Classic Console Discussion
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Well, they do prevent people from attaching silly "custom" license plates to the front of their cars, so oncoming drivers don't stare at them ("wow, is that the original Fuji logo, or is that the new Infogrames one with the wide center line - let me see here") and then crash headfirst into you
Just trying to do a service - we already had one Atari-induced videogame crash in 1983, and we don't need another