[kids still dig Atari]

On 9/21/2019 at 2:03 PM, insertclevernamehere said:

Excellent set of favourites there.  Those are some of mine too.  Seeing as you may have similar taste to me, may I also recommend, in no particular order, Turmoil, Phoenix, Demon Attack, Seaquest, Missile Command and Solar Fox.

Thanks for the suggestions! I've been wanting to pick up Turmoil and Solar Fox in particular for awhile now. Additionally, Lead (homebrew) on the AtariAge store looks like a game that similarly fits our taste.

[What did you buy today?.........]

One of the local stores had it listed as some sort of Retron or Flashback product, but I knew better.  Got this modded Jr. for a cool $20.

[kids still dig Atari]

I’m 24, and while I may not count as as a kid, I’m a certified Damned Millennial™️. My parents had a 2600 but my earliest gaming memories are playing SMB 1-3, World, and 64 whenever my brother let me touch his consoles, and Pokémon when my parents got me a Gameboy for Christmas.

 

I don’t hate modern games, but I got Red Dead 2 (which is a great piece of media in its own right) on launch and I haven’t even scratched the surface of it. Between finishing graduate school, writing research papers, and my job I just don’t have the time anymore. But I got into Atari collecting and playing and I’m hooked. They’re bite sized enough to fit into my lifestyle and they’re still fun and addicting. I also love seeing what these programmers were able to pack into these Atari cartridges.

 

My favorites so far are Millipede, Moon Patrol, Yar’s Revenge, and Spider Fighter.

[Sears Tele-Games bundle... Was it worth the money?]

I think the Sears Tele-Games are the nicest looking Atari 2600 consoles. I would have paid $45 for the system alone.

 

I agree with Flojomojo and say keep/play it.

[Boxed and loose games]

I’m interested in a few things, including that Space Cavern box. I’ll send you a PM!

[What's the story behind the "World's Rarest Videogame" currently on Ebay?]

Wow. What a saga. And what a delusional “collector.”

 

Came in touting it as the greatest, rarest, and most valuable find in the history of gaming and went nuclear when people more knowledgeable and relevant than him (politely and fairly) suggested otherwise.

[RAM requirement list?]

57 minutes ago, DrVenkman said:

I think basically all early brown-label game carts will run fine on a 16K machine. Same for most or all second-generation silver label carts. The later XE/XEGS themed carts for later games (white or off-white with blue labels) often require 64K machines.

 

Language carts will likely work at least as far as booting up, but unless you attach a drive or drive emulator, you won’t be able to save your work. (*) If you *do* boot up DOS, you’ll have under 8K free memory to work with, so not very useable.

 

(*) Yes, I know you can attach a 410 or later-model cassette program recorder, but finding a working one in the wild is exceedingly rare - most have failed drive belts and need to be rebuilt. 

Mine actually came with the 410 cassette drive too but I haven’t tried it out yet because I assume it isn’t working like you said.

 

Thank you for the info. Do you know about the Epyx carts like Monster Maze and Alien Garden?

[RAM requirement list?]

Hi all,

 

I just recently got into the world of Atari 8-bit computers with a good deal I got on an Atari 400. I know it isn’t the most capable Atari computer out there, so I was curious if there was some sort of list somewhere of how much RAM is required for each game? I tried looking but couldn’t find one.

 

I inserted the Basic cart into my computer and found I had 16K RAM. Maybe I’ll upgrade it someday, or maybe I’ll get an Atari 800XL. But for now I just want to run some cartridges on it. So far I’ve got Pac-Man, Basic, and Centipede.

 

Thank you!

[New Atari Console that Ataribox?]

On 9/12/2019 at 11:06 PM, Nathan Strum said:

For a moment, I read that as "shot with a potato cannon". Now I'm disappointed.

It was actually shot with a Potato Canon.

[New Atari Console that Ataribox?]

Cheesus Crust, imagine being this delusional.

[How much would pay for a Vic 20?]

I was able to pick up a boxed Vic-20 for around $70 USD at a flea market. Unfortunately I can only get it to show a black screen.

[New Atari Console that Ataribox?]

2 hours ago, Flojomojo said:

Somebody on their social media page said they'd have more announcements later this summer.

 

Even though we are a week past Labor Day and we have all put away our white shoes, technically there are still two weeks of summer for them to them to bring the shock and awe. 

 

I think a smart move for "Atari" would be to add up all the game variations of all the components of Atari Vault, and count those as if they were separate titles. Looky here, Video Olympics alone contains FIFTY VIDEO GAMES. 

 

I wouldn’t put this past them.

[What did you buy today?.........]

?Everybody party time

Some of us will never sleep again

 

Dracula

Dracula Dracula?

[WTB: Worm Whomper Intellivision box, manual, and/or overlays]

Thank you, I appreciate it! Yeah, when I found the loose cartridge for a good price I had to jump on it. I figured I can always add the other components later, so here I am!

[WTB: Worm Whomper Intellivision box, manual, and/or overlays]

I have the cartridge but I love the box art so I’d like to have it complete. If you have any of the components for sale PM me and hopefully we can work something out!

[ApolloBoy's FS Thread]

PM sent.

[New Atari Console that Ataribox?]

7 hours ago, PlaysWithWolves said:

Less than three months to December and they're still showing renders.  Also, doesn't it have to be real to have a "physical feature"?

 

/

How can I pick a favorite physical feature when it doesn't physically exist?

[New Atari Console that Ataribox?]

Those advertisements on the previous page look really great, I’ll give them that. If that one ad is implying that their console will play NES games though, someone should let Nintendo know. That’ll go over well.

 

Also lol at the guy who closed his Twitter account in protest. Congrats, you’ve shut them down for good.

[New Atari Console that Ataribox?]

5 hours ago, TACODON said:

I've really been wondering what that post from them means.

I'm not supporting the Atari VCS in any way, shape, or form, but that post is a meme/internet joke.

 

Meme Explanation

 

It's definitely a younger intern trying to boost the brand with humor on social media. It works for various entities: restaurants (most notably/successfully Wendy's), sports teams, etc. It likely isn't going to work for Atari VCS.

[Best 2600 model for cartridge compatibility?]

Just an update to this thread:

 

I got my 4-switch Woody in the mail and tried a few cartridges today:

 

Activision

Atari

CVS

Double ender cartridge

iMagic

Mattel

US Games (beveled case)

 

Every one of them fit like a glove. Thank you to everyone who contributed and I hope this thread can help others in the future.

[Which Atari 7800 games are to one you love most, and why these?]

23 hours ago, ZylonBane said:

MAME is a thing, you know.

I appreciate MAME for what it is but part of the hobby for me is using original hardware. But you’re right about that, I could’ve phrased it better.

[Which Atari 7800 games are to one you love most, and why these?]

19 hours ago, Giles N said:

Young, like, born when?

 

Yes, I think Food Fight is one of those arcade games that only was ported for the 7800.

 

But if you’re into good ports, Ms Pac Man, Dig Dug, Joust and Robotron 2084 are very solid ports from this ‘generation’ of arcades (82-85).

 

Many have debated whether Xevious is better on NES than the 7800.

The 7800 version is anyway a lot of fun, but Xevious is of course, not very unique as it was ported to like everything back then.

 

Pole Position 2 is another arcade-port.

Its not that close to the arcade (at all), as Food Fight, Ms Pac-Man, Joyst and Dig Dug, but I really enjoy it.

 

And I think its one of the best home-console-ports (not arcade-emulation/arcade-on-new-system) of this game.

But I don’t think that many home-systems had a version.

 

Galaga is good fun on the 7800.

 

But I’m not so much into the arcade and all the ports that I can say which one version is best.

 

The 7800 version plays very smooth and fine, and have chuncky sound-effects and this little short Galaga-music theme as you come to new sections of the game.

I was born mid-90’s. I didn’t play any Atari growing up unless you count occasional arcade cabinets here and there, but my parents had an Atari at some point.

[What did you buy today?.........]

Nothing crazy or anything but I bought my first boxed games yesterday. I won’t say what I paid for all of these games, but I can’t complain about $0.75 for Pac-Man CIB.

[Best 2600 model for cartridge compatibility?]

Just an update on this: I picked up a 4-Switch Woody! I guess I don't technically need them, but the Vader and Jr. are still tempting too. Someday.

[Which Atari 7800 games are to one you love most, and why these?]

Another vote here for Food Fight. I'm young so I have no nostalgia for it, I popped it in and was blown away at how much I enjoyed it. I don't think I'll ever sell my 7800 because it's the only way I can play that game right now.

 

Galaga is one of my favorite arcade games of all time so I'm still looking for a nice copy of that one.