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The variable shipping price depending on bid time policy should be a violation of eBay's shipping rules, because the winning bidder, via a proxy bid higher than someone's snipe, could unwittingly end up being the winning bidder with less than 60 seconds to go! I can't find anything specifically prohibiting it, I just don't think it passes the "reasonable" test. Someone should challenge this with eBay -- I'm sure they would win. But hey, if this is legal (and I don't think it is), and the seller doesn't want his items sniped, it will just keep his prices lower. Too bad for him/her.

Firefox 1.02 on XP is working perfectly for me. RT - isn't it easier to just type the square bracket, b, square bracket, stuff you are bolding, square bracket, slash, b, square bracket? Much faster than clicking, even though it's harder to explain

Quoted for truth. Oh, so they are fake reviews that are supposed to be bad on purpose. Now I get it. It's THE ONION. Did you expect something different? The Onion's main page is all satire, but The Onion A.V. Club is quite serious. There are some great interviews in the archives, including Henry Rollins, XTC, and Lemmy from Motorhead.

Great to see you have a CC2, Debro! This is good news for the homebrew community! I have had great success with this MMC that costs only $17.80 with free shipping. Come to think of it, maybe I should order a spare...

They are time-consuming games! I'm just now doing my first Zelda game, Link to the Past on the GBA, and I'm stuck around the East Castle looking for a "big key". I've been all around the place looking for it. I'm trying very hard to get through the game without any help! I still am a bigger fan of shorter "classic" games, though, and may try to pick up a used Wario Ware as a reward for completing my first Zelda.

I'm also concerned about pocketablity. The original GBA is just (barely) front pocketable, and the SP is perfect in that regard. And unlike RT, I travel sans man-purse. How do people plan to carry their PSP and keep it scratch-free?

Binary format, you need to strip off the first 128 bytes from the A78 files. There are other places on the net that have 7800 games in .bin format if you're not into stripping 128 bytes. Hey, stop peeking at me!

Yes, very annoying. Of course, as a GameCube owner, I've gotten used to the fact that they usually ONLY have one copy of any game I want, so I will ALWAYS end up with the stickered-up box. (But at least with the Cube games, I can take Goo Gone to the case without worry; I don't think I would EVER buy a GBA game there.) Yes, there used to be two. There are a few other stores that have multiple locations in the mall, although several of those have consolidated. There are also a lot of low-end closeout/99 cent type stores in the mall now. It's huge, but it's pretty crappy. I don't go there because it's the biggest mall in the country; I only go because it's the closest mall to my house. I counted at least FOUR Caribou Coffees at the mall tonight. Those things are spreading like weeds at the place. I used to think that bit on the one Simpsons episode where every space in the mall turned into a Starbucks was absurd, but these days it seems plausible. My favorite article in "The Onion" was titled "NEW STARBUCKS OPENS IN REST ROOM OF EXISTING STARBUCKS". Hilarious and prophetic! I have it printed out somewhere - it's not available on The Onion's site anymore.

Joeybastard, have you ever played the Pressure Cooker theme on the guitar? The song rocks.

To answer your other question: It's emulation. Real Activision ROMS. Buy it and you will possess a full, legally purchased, set of Acti ROMS in your palm.

Get it. It's one of the few GBA games I own and I play it a lot. It's fun for the patch unlocking alone! Great selection of homebrews (Space Treat Deluxe, Climber 5, Vault Assault, Oystron, and others) too...

Hey, I disagree with Wil's review, but I give him a lot of credit for reviewing 2600 games on The Onion AV Club, which gets a huge number of hits, I'm sure. The hyperlinks to AtariAge are a nice touch, too. I also give the Onion AV Club a lot of credit for giving major front page space (even more than the wildly popular "Savage Love") to classic video games every week. You can tell Wil really likes the 2600. His review of 2600 Alien was enjoyable to read, for example. I really think his reviews need game screenshots, though -- not just cover box art. I better stop now before I sound too much like Paula Abdul on American Idol...

The sports genre is the only reason I bought a GBA when I bought it. At the time, I wasn't into modern videogames at all with the exception of wanting to try Madden Football. Madden 2005 on the GBA is a good game. It also helped me with my Fantasy Football thinking this year, and I did really well in the AtariAge league. BTW, RT, I also like the simplistic controls of Super Challenge Football on the 2600. It reminds me a lot of real backyard Nerf football games.

Don't forget that Chad wrote the whole operating system and kernel for the CC2, and that has value beyond the price of the components themselves. It's a great product and I'm glad I bought one. It is, I believe, the only device on which you can play every 2600 or 7800 game, including homebrews, hacks, and prototypes, on original hardware, stored in memory all at once (yes, except for Pitfall 2, but I own that cart anyway). The only negative for me is that I'm not actually playing the games on my trusty old Atari 2600, which I now have temporarily stored next to all my 2600 carts. I also am painfully reminded that I have to solder in a new reset button on my 7800 one of these days... I am looking forward to having a lot of new members of the CC2 user community coming on board!

Good timing selling it now, Kepone. I'm impressed that you wrote a letter to the editor, too.

Here's the link One comment -- hey, XTC were the initials I always used in the arcade, because XTC was/is my favorite band! Wil kind of trashes Midnight Magic in this review, and once again credits atariage.com for the images. His synopsis: It's just like pinball, but without any of that annoying "fun" that so often distracts us from getting the important things in life done. I disagree - I like Midnight Magic.

Miss the part about being crushed with cement poured on top? A few may have survived but it sure would'nt be worth the effort. You know, a cement-crushed E.T. cart from the actual New Mexico landfill would probably be more valuable than a common E.T. cart...

Same with me (except for the not noticing there was a headphone jack part). I like to play my GBA in silence. I find myself agreeing with you way too much, Joeybastard...

Is the Desert Falcon proto with HSC support the one on this page? I would like to load it on my CC2.

If someone has bought one of these - please post a review. I'm thinking of buying one as a spare for my home-hacked one..

The first VCS game with sound that blew me away was Missile Command. It really adds a nice sense of fear when the smart bombs get louder when they get closer to the cities. The sound of the apocolypse at the end is cool, too.

Oooh - I've never tried Party Mix! I can't believe that it has passed me by...Looks like it's time for me to get it on my Cuttle Cart 2! By the way, there is one other 4 player simultaneous game out there -- Marble Craze! I've tried it, and it's a good 4 player party game (2 teams of 2). It's a lot of fun having one player be left/right and the other be up/down for each team -- it requires real teamwork.

I still think 2600 Centipede ranks right up there with Missle Command as one of the best early arcade ports. Don't forget 2600 Millipede, which IMHO has more stuff going on at once than any other 2600 game and blows away the Intellivision version. btw, 7800 Centipede doesn't feel like a rush job to me, and I really like the 2 player simultaneous team mode.

Welcome to AtariAge!

I have never taken the plunge to buy a link cable. I have Zelda LTTP and have never played 4 swords! I also have Activision Anthology and haven't played it in 2 player mode... I'm thinking that if I really like using link cables that I can keep myself from wanting to spend $$ on a DS or a PSP. 2 questions which (I believe) haven't been asked on this forum? 1) What are some of the best 4 player games for the GBA that require only 1 cartridge? Mario Kart? 2) What are some of the best 2 player games for the GBA? Also, any recommendations on link cables, etc.