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I think my view is that the "Strike Zone" is huge for this question. Why do you need to extend beyond the very obvious and clear criteria in the title? Start another thread if you think you need to work around it. If you really can't think of a top game released in the 1980's then bless you.

These two posts are kind of hilarious together because ALSO in the title is "the 1980s." As it has been pointed out already, Star Raiders was released in the 1970s.

No classic time for me this week. Much like @Skippy B. Coyote, I played a ton of Breath of the Wild (but for WiiU).

PC Game Dev Studio 853 WiiU Zelda BotW 1178 XOne Hyperdot 17 Pac-Man CE II 21 All modern gaming for me this week.

I will add the name of a user who can help. Just gotta look him up. Edit @Allen Schweitzer Posting in the Astrocade section will help if you haven't already done that.

My thoughts exactly. I mean, would we be excited about a single-game handheld release of Pitfall!? Kinda, but I wouldn't buy it.

Xbox boss says sharing Xbox Series X sales numbers would 'change the focus' https://www.gamesradar.com/xbox-boss-says-sharing-xbox-series-x-sales-numbers-would-change-the-focus/?utm_content=buffer9bdfd&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=buffer_grfb&fbclid=IwAR3j4Sy7NPNMCy2u89E19ADNFNZFsRJbBkXr2pESOGlqUvNy2moALAQ5WVg

It's a "Boss Level" joke. If you have to ask . . .

Here's a good place to start: https://www.dealnews.com/c48/Computers/Desktops/?sort=time If you want to play 10 year old stuff then anything on that page should be fine. Just avoid an "integrated" graphics card. The absolute minimum you'd probably want to go on the graphics card would be a DirectX 9 graphics card with 512Mb Video RAM: AMD Radeon HD 2600 XT, nVidia 8600. Those are ancient now. To do a little better, anything that supports Direct X 11 will probably be fine . . . something like a AMD Radeon HD 5870, nVidia GTX 480 or higher. I like this site for comparing graphics cards: https://www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDIA-GeForce-GTX-480.110140.0.html

You and I are in sync lately on the modern side. I just finished up RE7 earlier this year and now am getting deep into BotW

PC Faeria 78 Zaccaria Pinball 77 WiiU Zelda BotW 1072

A2600 Drive! 28 Kaboom! 66 Tac-Scan 40 (personal best 262,600) Video Olympics 9

Hey @chicgamer I sent you a PM with a bunch of keys that I have that are duplicates. If you want to trade a bunch of keys, lemme know.

I noticed you left the 7800 out of your list of consoles you are "set up to build for." You should really be making dual 2600/7800 sticks. They have A LOT more appeal to the folks here on AtariAge. The 7800 basically requires 2 resistors as the only variation from the 2600. It is super easy and gives your sticks a lot more functionality. You should also probably give us all some idea about who you are. Where are you located and what is your feedback on other websites?

I can confirm that I increased my pledge from 10-15 to get the physical copy.

Zaccaria Pinball table packs are on sale on Steam. They go on sale fairly rarely and there are so many different packages for sale that even if you have bought some in the past, you're probably missing some individual tables within (I was).

How much have you played? Did you escape with one of the characters or just beat the end boss for the first time? I have escaped once and come really close with a different character, but WOW that last fight is hard. Edit - Never mind. I know you escaped using the robot by browsing your Steam screenshots. I also escaped with the Robot.

I found it in this post:

I recently went looking for Kaboom! hacks and have REALLY enjoyed this one. Does it have it's own thread somewhere? I couldn't find one. Anyway, I think this game has even more potential. Right now, I use it as a way to sort of "train" for regular Kaboom!, but it is great on its own. Here are some ideas to make it even better: To make the game more like a true training program, you could give us a game mode that starts at level 6 and does not advance past level 8. It would let you practice more of what the actual game is like when going for a high score. For me, when I am getting up above 20k or so, I spend time bouncing back and forth between level 7 and 8, but I also sometimes will intentionally drop down to level 6 with just one paddle to try and build my score back up before getting back to level 8. When I am advancing past level 8, I could really use some "reserve buckets." For speeds that fast, it would be really nice to have a few buckets in reserve that could keep me playing with 3 buckets even if I lose one. I find that I can get into a groove on level 9 and clear it with 3 buckets, but losing 1 bucket on 10 means I need to attempt 9 with just two. I'd see more of the faster levels if I could build up 3 to 5 reserve buckets. Give us the option to play a "button reset" version the original game. This is not really required, but it would save me from having to change carts when I want to go back to the original. Thank you Thomas for this amazing hack. I think that between this game and Kaboom! Deluxe we are now very lucky to have so many options. Perhaps if the two were brought together we'd actually be able to say that a true sequel had been developed right here from our own community! I bet Larry Kaplan would be proud.

Do you have a Harmony Cart? (or equivalent?). If you do, you should really play Sadoom+ on real hardware. It might be the thing to get you back in the groove again. If you don't have one then we really need to figure out a way to get you Sadoom+ on a cart.

I just discovered King and Balloon thanks to the excellent, recent Colecovision port. Never heard of it before about a month ago.

Right, totally. If I continue to play the game 250-300 minutes a week for the next 100 weeks, I should cross 1mil after about 96 weeks or so. Something tells me that isn't happening - lol

PC Plebby Quest: The Crusades 645

A2600 Drive! 63 Kaboom! 226 (personal best 40,897) Kaboom!9 8 Medieval Mayhem 21 Sadoom!+ 108 Solar Storm 6 Super Breakout 69 Tac-Scan 13 Warlords 10 Well, I achieved my goal of reaching 30k in Kaboom! and went right past it to 40k. I guess my next milestone is 50k in that game.

Wow, I've played the series from the beginning, but never heard some one pick out Syndicate as anything exceptional. Black Flag was definitely the best for me.