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That golden joystick is a pretty neat piece as well.

Atari 2600 4-Switch Atari 2600 Jr (Small Rainbow) Atari Flashback 1 Atari Flashback 2 (x3) Atari Flashback 4 Atari Flashback 8 Gold Activision Edition Atari Flashback 9 Atari Flashback 9 Gold Atari Flashback X Atari Flashback X Deluxe Atari Flashback Portable (Woodgrain) RetroN77 Atari Raspberry Pi 3B+

If you had to pick one of these new ones, I'm picking Suge Knight's Truck.

Tengen games were a big deal to kids back then. Most likely because the carts were different. I don't think my age group knew what it was all about at the time. I also remember that not everyone had a TV in every room in those days like now. When the NES came, people started getting multiple TVs and putting them in other rooms than the main living room. Ataris would get moved to those. We had an NES in the living room and the Atari moved to my room on a small B&W TV. The way the video connects made them ideal for old B&Ws TVs that got kept. Plus, we had a stereo setup. Other forms of entertainment never really stopped 2600 play at our house. You could watch MTV, play NES on Picture in a Picture, listen to the radio, and play D&D while the bedroom TV played 2600. I was the right age to "inherit" the family's Atari right when adults stop caring. When it became mine, well, thats when I truly started to care about it. and collect for it. (Actually D&D is something else no one I know ever got into. We had a game called Dark Tower that we played the shit out of.) Its strange that before the internet, and when you're a small child. The world is such a small bubble of your family, friends and school. For me it was Pong (sears telegames and odyssey 1/yellow)/Arcades/2600/7800/NES/GB/SNES....and on and on. The Crash, Vintage PCs, Coleco, Intellivision, Master System, Tandy, Apple II, Commodore, Amiga, etc. etc. never was on our radars. I saw all of those systems back then, but people just didnt have the games for them to properly showcase them to me at that time.

I agree. When I said mostly correct, it was the "learning" part of those early PCs that no one understood yet. Like I said we did have apple IIs and later stuff at school. Apple II had a game where letters dropped and you caught them to build target words on screen in a basket like Kaboom, using the left and right arrow keys on the keyboard. Once I found that "game" thats all I played when I used it. They taught us simple basic programming stuff, but Im not sure even the teachers knew how to do more than simple stuff with it. NES was like magic. Punch-Out was another of those games that really tested you like Kaboom. Games like Super Mario and Mega Man were great. Arcades got the Double Dragon and Final Fight Quarter Munchers that evolved into Fighters. In my humble opinion, 90s fighters were the pinnacle of Arcade gaming. 1 Player, high scoring, 2 player turn based games none of them can compete with Simultaneous Multiplayer Versus games. Probably why I love Warlords, Combat, Pong, etc so much. Thats also why I think no one really gives a shit about perfect games of pac-man when you have stuff like EVO moment #37.

i saw the website, and I understand what both you guys are saying. decisions, decisions. Thanks for the help, all.

Thanks, man. And I totally get it. Changing one thing can affect another. I should get a 2600-dapter, also. Should I get the "2600-dapter II" so I can use the ranger pads?

Little update: Ive been messing with settings for the last couple days. I couldn't figure out how to resolve the issue. I went back to the last revision and thats going to work best for me. Gotta say, we have been playing a lot of Enduro with the ranger in stick mode. Its pretty nice.

I can tell you that in my small bubble of reality, in 1984 no one we knew gave 2 shits about home computers. They didn't do anything. Print a happy birthday banner in dot matirx or some other goofy shit, maybe. Both of my parents worked for the post office, so we were middle class all the way. But they said computers are super over priced and had no real value. And they were mostly correct. I went to private schools and we had computer access. There were basically only two kids who cared. One kid that knew how to write basic programs of "print" and "run" type of stuff, and me, who sifted through the learning game software and found the actually fun to play games with fun mechanics. People we did know with computers weren't in to playing games on them. They didn't even have joysticks for them. Just keyboards. Like I said, they either printed shit in B&W on paper, or they wrote silly basic programs. Regular people didn't know how to use them, or what to even do with them yet. We never stopped playing Kaboom, Warlords, River Raid, etc. at home on 2600 until the NES came out. Plenty of arcades still existed to tide us over.

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Almost anything (with the exception of the thimble) can thwart the dog. Even a top hat could contain that dog. Not sure it's going to "Kick ass one way or another" Maybe it was a typo and you meant "Lick or Sniff Ass" here. And, that's not a greyhound BTW. Its a short stubby legged Howitzer. It's going to be hard to chase the Racecar with limbs like those. Plus, dogs eat cat shit. Nuff Said.

back on topic... Racecar is like the ryu, kazuya, or scorpion of monopoly. It's a solid, basic choice, that everyone wants to pick (this was always my Dad's token). While "racecar" it's great for dyslexic players. It's not as impressive as "was it a rat I saw". (My Dad isn't dyslexic, but my Unlce was). While the Racecar sends a message that you're going to move around the board faster than all the other players, (an advantage in monopoly with any rules once you've zoomed around the board once) you have to be able to back that message up by actually rolling consistent high numbers (Which my Dad could do because he was a gambler and an alcoholic). When you're a kid it's kind of not possible to pick the Racecar, Shoe or Dog because those are your Dad's, Mom's and Sister's pieces by default. The cannon is all that's left over for a young lad, really. Boats, Top Hats, Wheelbarrows and uh Thimbles? LOL are for little brothers or sisters or cousins. Also, if you have ever stepped on the cannon, you'll make sure not to lose that sucker and step on it again. That piece always makes it back into the box.

Dark Tower is my favorite board game of all time. You had to go around the board conquering areas, and avoiding the roaming dragon. The tower was sort of like a handheld video game in a way. So, in conclusion, my guess is... it was George Carlin, in the Dark Tower, with the Revolver. UPDATE: It was george carlin with the revolver... in candyland. This is why I hate Clue. It's like no one wins. Kinda like this thread.

TBH. We double up draw 2s in uno, move backwards in checkers once you get crowned (no corn jumps tho), all kinds of fun stuff. You can't move your battleships or lie in guess who, that's still cheating. I don't think we ever learned how to play risk. the kids just throw the pieces around and make a mess. Im pretty sure the house rule for free parking money is mentioned in the official rules, so, its not like we just made it up. As far as making it longer... In all seriousness, I have only finished a few games of monopoly or risk in my lifetime. Normally someone quits. PROTIP: ALWAYS get your BONUS in YAHTZEE.

Dane cook sucks. This thread is funnier than he is. What the hell does he even cook? Completely useless. This is the funniest comedian

Behold! The Black Dragon pawn from Dark Tower. The greatest game piece in history our house.

Yeah, but only like the dog and top hat are left. You two are gonna need to get together and work that out anyways.

Monopoly tends to have that effect on me too about half way through.

Yes, it's called "fanning". Boom roasted.

Listen man, clearly at your house you have different house rules. Im not saying use a stupid Life pawn or Risk piece of weird plastic. This is the 1972 Clue Revolver we are talking about. Only thing better than that is the Dragon from Dark Tower. At our house we lose all the pieces to board games so we have make due. You might even have to be the bread basket from Operation. Also you DO get $200 the first time you pass go. Mainly because we have never finished a game of monopoly here. It takes way too long. Also we pay everything to park place, and if you land on it you get the money. Besides all that, what kind of message does the thimble and wheelbarrow convey? Weak! You know what would be better than a thimble? A pin coushin with all the needles pushed inside? you ever squeezed one of those things? yeah, me neither, Im not stupid, but people that have say its pretty wicked painful. Anyways, loads better than just a thimble. Hell even that needle you mentioned sounds better. Thimble, lol. My Mom didn't even use the thimble, she was always the shoe. Wheelbarrow? I mean, wouldn't the car be smarter for hauling money, I mean, what if its windy?

well, now that you can build hotels vertically, with the cannon and one well thought out house rule, you could end all that monkey business. I actually think ALL the tokens should be cannons.

The thimble sucks! You can't sew shit with it. What, is it for sewing toddlers? Completely useless. Cannon is the best piece. It sends the message "I'm about to f***ing merc you!". If you don't have one, just grab a 1972 Clue revolver. It sends the same message. It's all about the mind games. Monopoly is 50% mind games. Unless you have 3 or 4 players, then its 33-1/3% or 25%.

It still blows my mind that video games surpassed movies. I also believe that Arcades didn't have to die, but that's a different discussion.

I 100% agree. I have been thinking this for a while now. The Great ShakeOut sounds more exact. Also, a couple years later the NES craze hit. A gamer wouldn't be thinking about a "gaming crash" a couple years before, at all anymore. You really wouldn't be thinking games are doomed while you're losing your mind going nuts playing Super Mario.

The survey has ended. I did fill one out and voiced interest in flashback consoles with APL connectivity. Here are the results. AtGames Community Retailer Survey 2021 (google.com) The data looks skewed. There is no way there are more Arcade cabinet owners than flashback owners. That tells me that the survey was filled out by the Legends Arcade owners more than flashback owners. It also shows that Arcade owners are willing to buy atgames consoles from the dollar store that link up to their cabinets. legends portable is another good idea i saw. I said the same thing here a long time ago. weekly firmware updates arent needed. more testing per update is. the legends connect is DOA. (turn them into legends flashback 3s). give us a console on the holidays to purchase as gifts. People want lightguns yesterday. this shit isnt rocket science. I really didnt pay attention to any of the Arcade cabinet and pinball add ons data. As I dont own them. But it pretty much felt like perfect what you already have out before you go adding more stuff.