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  2. Posted

    I guess the biggest question is, why would so many of the same title be in a thrift store. (Expecially THAT title)

    If it is true, how the hell did that happen?

    What would that scenario be?

    Who had them to begin with and why did they dump them.

    They would have had to work for MenAvision you would assume, or at least know someone very well who worked for MenAvision. (If not, why would they have that many to begin with?)

    You would assume that in either case they would know what they had and not dump them off at a Goodwill or wherever, no ?

     

    If it's true, there is a very good story behind it.

  4. Posted

    You are in a cave. (Actually, "You are in a twisty maze of passage ways... all alike...") ;)

     

    Another name for the game is 'Collosul Caverns'

     

    It was also called ADVENTUR because it could only hold 8 characters :)

     

    It is considered the first text adventure. (although there were a couple before it, it was the most popular.)

     

    It had a very "Lord of the Rings" flavor to it, which is why, as a 10 year old in 1981, I fell in love with the game.

     

    It is the original origins of the words? XYZZY and PLUGH.

     

    It was one of the first games I ever played on a computer.

     

    Here's a great link talking about it's history...

    http://www.rickadams.org/adventure/a_history.html

  9. Posted

    I have two Vectrex systems and they have never had any problems at all.

    Not with the controller, display, on off switch... nothing at all.

     

    I have seen quite a few of them as a few of my friends collect too and I can tell you they pretty much all "hum" pretty loud.

     

    I have never seen a Vectrex that didn't have a loud hum when turned on.

    I think it would probably hum like that new out of the box. Just the way it was designed.

     

    Of course I could be wrong.

     

    At least the system has a volume nob for the games, unlike the incredibly loud and annoying Nintendo Virtual Boy.

  13. Posted

    I actually missed Frogger, but got most of the rest.

    They seemed to mix 2600 sounds with arcade sounds.

    (Like Pacman eating and Pacman dying) I wished there were more!

     

    As a side note, another game on that site called "Nude Runner"

    is quite disturbing. :ponder:

    (Don't open at work)

  16. Posted

    What is your favorite eye candy in a 2600 game?

     

    For instance, as a kid, I was blown away... and I mean totally blown away... when I got past a level in He-Man Masters of the Universe and there was that giant picture of He-Man with the theme music playing.

     

    I never thought my Atari 2600 had that much power.

     

    Also, the opening screen on Airlock I always thought kicked arse.

    (And I always thought this game was better than people say. I always get nervous as the clock ticks down and the water gets closer.)

     

    Anyway, anyone else have any favorite eye candy in a 2600 game?

  18. Posted

    I am fairly certain these came with games as I had one as a kid that my brother and I kept our scores in.

     

    I was able to come across one in a bunch of Atari stuff I got at a tag sale.

    I was excited to find one not written in.

     

    The reason I say it had to come with a game is because I don't think my brother or myself would have ever sent away to get something like that.

     

    The green one in the photo above I have never seen before.

  23. Posted

    I agree that it seems very suspicious.

     

    However, if he sends a personal check, wouldn't you wait for the check to clear before sending the game?

    To not wait for the check to clear would be foolish.

     

    Once the check clears, the $ is yours, no ? :ponder:

     

    I don't know what the big deal would be about getting a cert. check though, and that's what sounds very odd. Did he give you a reason?

  24. Posted

    I did just about everything and did not use a guide book.

     

    All the dolls

    All the demon doors

    Had 4 wives including the lovely mayor.

    Owned a house in every town and one shop as well

    Found 17 keys, so the chest in the guild is still shut :sad:

     

    I pulled the sword out of the stone. (To do so, health, strength and toughness have to be maxed.)

     

    I played through as a good guy (for the most part) and had a nice happy halo at the end.

     

    So basically I did everything I could find to do and my time at the end was 23 hours. A little short for an RPG, that's for sure, but still very fun.

     

    I will be playing again as pure evil and I can't wait.

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