WildBillTX

It doesnt matter to me if they are Atari or Sears. But I havent found too many Sears carts over the years at thrift stores. My parents went to Sears all the time when I was a kid, they bought me and my brother a lot of (now hideous looking) clothes and cheap "The Winner" sneakers - and my Parents still buy Kenmore appilances now and then. Lets give Sears some credit - they helped start a customer base for the 2600 before Space Invaders exploded. I think the first time I ever saw a home Pong game was at Sears too.

Thanks for the info - is there a list somewhere of all the games an unmodded supercharger can play??

Could it be a bootlegged convert-a-kit version?

I remember playing it back in 78-79 at the Grand Prix arcade at Crossroads mall in Oklahoma City. The game was impressive to look at, but it wasnt much fun to play, the action was very slow.

Looked at the HTML docs - its "Game 6 is the most difficult game variation. For a real challenge try Game 6 with difficulty level A." Okayyyy but I like Game #2 because the ghosts can catch up quickly. loved this quote: "NOTE: Sometimes the ghosts try to hide behind each other, so they appear to be one single ghost chasing PAC-MAN." no..just bad programming.

What are the game settings?? - I think #2's the hardest (and the most fun). I had one monster follow me into the tunnel, which hardly happens when I played the original cart. I also liked the way you fixed the sprite detection, I hated when you'd die if you just bumped a monster. Keep working on it - theres a good game in here somewhere.

The colors look great - now could someone simplfy the maze to resemble something closer to the original arcade game or the Pac Man Arcade hack?

Missle Command - bought it with our 2600. My brother and I bought so many games during 1981-3 I cant remember which came second.

Our 2600 died back in the early 80's - I think the power supply died and we were just too dumb back then to know how to fix it!! Commodore Vic-20 was the computer that killed my interest in the 2600 for a long time. I spent hours typing in and debugging programs from Compute and Commodore magazine and saving them on cassette. I had a Realistic (radio shack) 2-cassette dubbing deck on my stereo and found out quickly I could copy data cassettes with them. Later my dad bought a C=64 and got plenty of warez through BBS and Q-link. Luckily I live in a family that throws NOTHING away and so my cart and joystick collection survived, so when I picked up a 2600 jr for 25 bucks at a closeout sale I started playing it off and on again for fun.

I think the second song is "Rubicon" from the "Frontiers" album.

Space Instigators is a little rough, it gives me the feeling of a old Commodore Vic-20 game than an Atari 2600. I dont like the blocks (that remind me of Megamania) on INV+ though I realize the programmer had to sacrifice graphics over faster gameplay to get it all to fit in 4K. I wonder if he could have moved it to 8K and improved the graphics. Also the invaders on INV+ look to me like they start a little lower than they do on Atari's orignal 2600 version. I could be really wrong about this, I need to compare. Id rather see someone try a new shoot-em up than redo Space Invaders one more time. I have played it on Commodore Vic-20 and 64, PC (Mame), Trash-80, Timex Sinclair, Atari 800, Amiga 1000 etc -- I guess I'm tired of the game.

I understand. I felt the same way with KISS in the mid 70's when they were huge with KISS Alive and Destroyer through Love Gun. KISS was the perfect band to get through the hell of my Jr High School years. They freaked out the people at church and my parents - which made me and my freinds love them even more. Bryan Adams was one of the worst concerts I ever went to - his voice was like raw sewage to the ears at concert volume. His opening act "The Hooters" (remember them?) were so much better that night.

I could imagine video game concepts for other classic rock bands. 1) Styx - "Cruise the river Styx while fending off santanic Mr. Robotos!" 2) REO Speedwagon - "REO's Speedwagon has blown a tire - can you fix it?" 3) AC/DC - "Get your band's lead singer drunk while not O.D.ing him!" Too bad there has never been a Spinal Tap game.

I remember reading a review of Asia's first LP - "This is the sound of talented musicans rolling over and playing dead". Journey was the same way, a bunch of musicans selling out and making radio friendly pop/rock that teenage girls loved. Guys knew if you had a Journey tape in your car (preferably a Trans-Am, Camero or Mustang 5.0) you had a chance you were gonna get laid. They were marketed almost like todays boybands, after reading the interview its plain to see Herbie Herbert considered Journey to just be a machine pumping out product. I think they were one of the first American bands to have corporate sponsorship on thier tours from Budwieser. At least they didnt do something stupid like a rock opera like Styx's horrible "Kilroy Was Here". I remember that stupid Midway Journey arcade game - with the band's faces digitized on cartoon bodies. Check out http://www.cinemarcade.com/arcade84.html Its a CGI tribute movie about 80's mall arcades and uses Journeys "Stone In Love" as the background. For some reason its the perfect song for this.

Do the new AtariAge carts use a center screw like the old ones to hold them together, or do they just snap together? I always hated messing up the label to fix a Atari cart.

Was the quality of the Gemini as good as the vader-era 2600's? I always felt Coleco had shoddy quality of all thier products.

Is the phone phreaking reference why Sears called their 2600 version "Tele-Games'?

"That stupid video game that you waste all your money on" - my mom.

I think it was made by Filmation who was doing the Shazam and Isis shows around the same time. Low budget sets, bad acting, bad scripts, and I remember one show where Robbie the Robot made a guest appearance. From what I barely remember, it took place in the future after nuclear war had turned civilization back to the cavemen. And they rode around in a wierd looking Spaceship/SUV thing saving people. Basically it was Star Trek on land, with a chimpanzee.

I think it was made by Filmation who was doing the Shazam and Isis shows around the same time. Low budget sets, bad acting, bad scripts, and I remember one show where Robbie the Robot made a guest appearance. From what I barely remember, it took place in the future after nuclear war had turned civilization back to the cavemen. And they rode around in a wierd looking Spaceship/SUV thing saving people. Basically it was Star Trek on land, with a chimpanzee.

I think it was made by Filmation who was doing the Shazam and Isis shows around the same time. Low budget sets, bad acting, bad scripts, and I remember one show where Robbie the Robot made a guest appearance. From what I barely remember, it took place in the future after nuclear war had turned civilization back to the cavemen. And they rode around in a wierd looking Spaceship/SUV thing saving people. Basically it was Star Trek on land, with a chimpanzee.

Are those "2600 Compatable" carts bootlegs? Who made them?

I thought this e-bay auction was even worthless...at least the guy had a sense of humor. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...item=3716461982

Interesting! I dont know if its worth 50 dollars, but seeing that label was printed on more than a million carts...

I remember reading an interview with Afrika Bambaataa who recorded the classic "Planet Rock" in the early 80's - he said one of the primary influences on early records was hanging around arcades at the time and hearing the beep-beep-beep of classic video games like Asteroids and Space Invaders. The Pretenders recorded a great rock instrumental called "Space Invaders" on their first album in 1978 - it has the sound effects of the game where it speeds up to the last invader that gets shot right at the end. They had the game at the studio's break room where they recorded and the band and producer got hooked on playing it between sessions.