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I'd push vector 3D games to the limits and would bring them into 16-bit console era.

Thanks for the interesting article! So, simply put, concept of Breakout appering during brainstorm session of Steve Bristow and Nolan Bushnell in 1975 and was the thought of either Steve or Nolan (not exactly known who) in pursuit of distancing from Pong yet making something in the same genre. First commercial availability was in arcade Take 7 in 1975 which were done by Fun Games Inc. which were ex-Atari employees who just stolen idea. The version featured in Take 7 is horisontal (are there any screenshots? The article shows only caption of what I believe is flyer.) And real arcade Breakout was made into production in 1976 and were ghost-constructed by Steve Wozniak for Steve Jobs who finally robbed him and took credit for his work. Have I understood everything right?

Thanks for recollection! Simply gamer thinks: "Wait! It is advertising, you make profit on me and make me consumerist zombie, maybe you could sell me this blockbuster for a buck or two less, eh?"

Do somebody remembers (or knows any reliable site) were 'advergames' like Cool Spot, M.C. Kids and others initially priced lower than the rest or not? Could you get them for free in some sort of advertising campaign?

It is something like online PLATO emulator. I can't register here, although I submitted the form and got automatic e-mail response that it was accepted, but never got login and password necessary to use the system. I mailed several times, but got nothing in response. Is Cyber1 still alive?

Is there any site with reliable charts covering how much (relatively) computer or videogames sold from 80`s and early 90`s? Scale don`t means much - it may be chart of one market chain.

Got some issues of mentioned magazines for a short time. I want to scan some materials from them and need to know if there`s any of issues are online or maybe some of AtariAge members are planning to scan them in future.

I can clearly see that his first name is Chris, but last name is not very sharp (Relufote, Reiufore?). Anybody knows for shure? And do you know other works from this artist? Sorry for broken english.

Why not Pee (3,14), F-Art or P-Ukee?

Watch the TV next week to get the answer. *** I really like RTM - it gives me feeling that every month I return to some nice place.

What comes up to mind first are S.T.T. Band`s music for OutRun and After Burner. Ofcourse Hubbard`s Sanxion and Galway`s Comic Bakery. There`s a lot more, but list would be too long.

I think that you`ll not find anything good and hi-res at the same time - even scans at arcadeflyers.com would look nice on the postcard, but not on A4. Making poster yourself is not an easy task, and as I understand now requires special skill. Next is what I did some time ago trying to create poster. And regarding your attached image - There were no 2600 in 1977 - it was called VCS then!

Still it more adequate than many similar lists I`ve seen through years. Thanx 8th lutz for input.

Ah, it doesn`t count computer games. BTW is it normal for game magazine, that Sonic the Hedgehog is lower than Soul Calibur?

What was criterias for including game in the list? Positions seem to be pretty random.

Genesis version of Revolution X was even worse than that of SNES. I just turned music in the game off, turned on my ghetto blaster and put "Get a Grip" cassete into it. Then it was more playable.

Interesting question, I thought on that few days early -- while my musical tastes evolve as I find new genres of music (like, in 2002 I was into heavy metal, in 2004 it was disco, and now I like electropop and Hi-NRG), my preferences in games haven`t changed much through the years - I still like games that feature fast paced action.

Wow! It must have been long painful copypasting sessions -- thank you for saving our time!

I think that if any PSOne or 3DO emulator will ever be on DS, it will not run at full speed and may be will not run with sound. Not an emu-coder anyway but I think that best we can hope for DS is good Genesis emulator.

As not harcore RPG`er, I`ll, this time I`ll stop on two The Legend of Zelda (NES) Shining in the Darkness (SMD/Gen)

The Genny games look better, no shit. They still aren't as much fun to play as the SMS ones. 983898[/snapback] M-may be - I starting to understand, not standing on your point. Really the first game of series I finished was Somari - pirate translation for Famicom. And it was same in the terms of addictiveness, but I still think that MD version is alot better, `caurse it has all the things and more, and produced on higher level of quality, although Somari is one of the best ports ever.

Couldn't agree more. I don't think the Genny Sonics are as great as everybody else seems to but I enjoy the SMS ones. 983789[/snapback] I think you are mad heretics, becaurse (noting that they are not straight ports) SMS and GG versions fail to Genesis games in all possible aspects including even smoothness of scrolling!

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My pirated Genesis controllers usually fried after three days of using with clone of 2600 back in the days.

I heard japanese version will feature all things, and (U) version will be reduced a third. I think we`ll just wait for translation hack patch.