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    I don't know about you, but I feel that the box art of games is but a mere shadow of the great box art of the past.

     

    Perhaps it is because today the game content replaces the need for such art, but I can't help but sigh at the sheer awesomeness (in its original sense)

    that the Atari produced cartridges give me.

     

    Take for instance Super Breakout. "my God, it's full of stars" anyone?

     

    Looking at some of these masterpieces literally leaves me breathless for the sheer intellectual depth that sparks my imagination.

    I wish I could have prints of the originals on my walls. Even more mundane titles like Video Chess, Code Breaker, Surround, AND BASIC FREAKIN PROGRAMMING.

    These are games that by no means are spectacular titles, yet have amazing box art.

     

    I wonder where all of these art works ended up :(

     

    (maybe Curt Vendel could shed some light on this subject, surely he might have some documentation over their whereabouts or at least, final resting places)

  2. Posted

    Go is a great game I have played it before, you capture your opponents pieces by surrounding them like Othello.

     

    But Go is the original game much older.

    Go is also considered a much, much harder game to program an AI for, relative to chess say.

     

     

    a 9x9 grid is much easier.

     

    5x5 "go" has been solved (black wins in a perfect game)

     

    the simplicity of go results in the deepest complexities for logical thinking.

    Go is based on pattern finding and human like qualities, making it an excellent game thats impossible to make long lasting strategy.

     

    Go strategy is very dynamic, what was considered a good strategy 100 years ago could easily be thought of as silly, just as 100 years from now modern strategy will also be useless.

     

    Go strategy = everchanging fashion.

     

    The VCS version I would feel would result in a very "video chess" like game and should be a decent challenge given enough time to think about a move ;)

  8. Posted

    you should not feel nostalgic for IBMs.

     

    It's just wrong!

     

    It's like *shudder* PS1 nostalgia...

     

    I CANT TAKE IT

     

    Nostalgia? That's my most modern hardware you're talking about :)

     

    My point exactly, "ancient", but not really all that old. :P

  17. Posted · Edited by Atari-Jess

    The problem is that I'm a nintendo fan, and any system that gets "saved" post 85 is an attempt to "damage" nintendo in my eyes.

     

    Anything before that its harder decision because it makes a mess of Atari.

     

    I'd have liked to have seen more Atari support for the 2600jr during the mid to late 80s I suppose.

  20. Posted

    No, because we have the answers. The crash was caused by Atari's business policy of forcing large number of games onto retailers and not taking returns. They glutted the market in Xmas 82 and the whole system collapsed.

     

    Pac-Man would not have been a contender because it was the best-selling 2600 game of all time. ET was a catastophic failure in the marketplace, resulting in countless unsold carts and damaged retailers, which is why it serves as the poster child for Atari's screw-up.

     

    The objectified icon of 80s decadence!

  22. Posted

    Luckily no issues with my HDTV either.

    Unless eyeballing state-of-the-art visuals is an issue.

     

    Unfortunately yes.

     

    You see, the more you eyeball such visuals, the greater risk of having sexual performance issues with your signifigant other.

     

    I'm sorry Moycon, it may just be too late for you.

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