silverpoodleman

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After my vote, the original Atari was leading with almost 87% of the vote. As a football fan, it brings up the Chicago Bears, and their 73-0 victory over the Washington Redskins for the NFL title. It is the largest margin of victory in NFL history.

ME WANT BUY WOODCUBE MAKE NEW GAMERS JEALOUS YOU SELL WOODCUBE? YOU MAKE GOOD PRICE WOODCUBE? WHAT THAT - OH- JANE SAY NO BUY WOODCUBE JANE SAY ME NEED OTHER WOOD. YOU SELL VIAGRA?

11,850 so far I've got to be honest and say that I never particularly cared for Defender when it was in the arcades and bowling alleys of the late 1970's (I think). Sure, I'd watch people play (two dollars allowance means eight games a week so I had to pace myself) and it seemed like they would play for hours. However, Defender never grabbed my attention or quarters, like Crazy Climber, Space Invaders, or the (now) classic pinball machines. I actually have a Combat cart that has a Defender chip in it (it came with a lot when I bought most recent 2600). I bought Stargate/Defender 2 while I was filling in my 2600 collection. I'd read about how it was one of the best 2600 titles. Not to disrespect www.atariage.com, but the AtariTimes.com has a list of the top 100 2600 games and it finished 17th - http://www.ataritimes.com/2600/reviews/index.html - though how the4y arrived at the ranking is a mess and so the legitimacy of the results certainly wouldn't hold up in court! Nevertheless, I picked up Stargate with manual for a good price and figured I'd become an expert. The problem is that I never quite got Stargate in my must-play rotation. Again, this is why the high score club is so awesome! I'm playing this game now and with each game, I get better, learn more and like it better. You know it is a good game if I groan like a teenager when I make a mistake.

STUPID TIP OF THE WEEK WORTHY OF NEGATIVE POINTS FROM THE DUNGEON MASTER - Don't get hit!

Nice haul. There are always some nice surprises is "lot" buys. Hope you enjoy them

I just received the Genesis game Manacer, which contains six games (Pest Control, Space Station Defender, Ready Aim Tomotoes, Whack Ball, Frontline, and Rockman's Zone). I know nothing about this game so whenI popped it in and the genesis gamepad didn't make-thing-go, I scratch-head-hard. On the internet, I learned that this is a light-gun game. Not to appear stupid, but what is that and can I play these games without it? Frankly, it sounds like an expensive tack-on item that only works on a few games (kinda like the driving paddles for Indy 500 on the 2600 - only that that is an awesome game!!) So what gives?

120,200 I do not like this game. It's going in the "To Sell' bin. I hope next weeks game is more enjoyable/challenging and less repititious and less "meh"

...you'd rather keep a game of Atari Circus going when the wife is calling you to "bed" ...you realize that you've used up all your sick and vacation days at work because you had to get to the next level on (fill in the blank) ...your wife looks puzzled when you say "goodnight, dear" and she says "Good morning, honey" ...you are $20,000 in debt and still bidding on Eli's Ladder on ebay. ...you start giving duplicates of games you have as holiday presents to people who do not even own an Atari VCS, just to get rid of the dupes ("Son, why did you give your grandmother four ET's and two pac-man's for Christmas?") ...you have a position on the "buried ET cartridges in NM controversy" ...you defend your position on the "buried ET cartridges in NM controversy" ...you spend time researching the "buried ET cartridges in NM controversy" ...a first date ends abruptly because your date said she didn't care for video games ...a first date ends abruptly because your date casually mentioned that she prefers outdoor activities ...attempting to break the world record by playing video games for the longest amount of consecutive hours seems like a realistic goal. ...you have to gingerly step over piles of cartridges to get to your bed. ...you go to sleep thinking of ways to beat the game you are currently playing ...you've gained 150 pounds since you got "back into Atari" six months ago

This is one of the funniest sports games you will ever see! Cart only. The people at EA Sports used the Madden Football matrix and must have had a great time coming up with all the crazy stuff here. If you've played Madden football, you do not need the manual. Imagine being able to literally kill the ref and only get a five yard penalty! There are so many layers that after years of playing it, I still come up with new things I didn't see before. The team names are so deliciously satorical based on real NFL teams. Go ahead and check prices and then make me a fair offer. I'll then come back with an unfair counter and then we dance - you know how it goes - I got this game in a lot of about twenty genesis games that came today. I didn't know if there were any gems in there or not, but this one definately qualifies. Other Genesis dupes if you are interested are: NFL Quarterback club '96 NHL Hockey (came out in 1991 based on 1990 rosters) NHL 96 NHL 97 Madden NFL '94

Still, $20 is awesome for a grocery bag full of games. At the least, you can package dupes and put them on ebay or sell them to people who are filling in their own collections. So, what did you get?

Splatterhouse 3 just came today in a lot of about twenty games. Also included was Outlander (another game someone here mentioned). I've played Outlander and I think I'll keep it away from my eight- year old her simply because it crosses the line from video game violence to first-person viewing as the main player cocks his shotgun and blasts away at the heads of the guys on the motorcycle. I'll check out Splatterhouse 3, though I suspect, Eric, it will be much less violent than Barney. On a totally different note, is anyone shocked that with all the live shows Barney did all those years that no one went Hinckley on him? How could the fine folks in Dallas let that one get away? I just do not understand it!

Ditto

I've gotta belive it's Motorodeo and Eli's Ladder. While in college, I worked in the campus post office (we're talking like 1986). One of the perks of the job is that a certain amount of time has passed with packages not being picked up, the CPO would have an order (sort of like a white elephant deal at Xmas). I would up with a box of atari 2600 games. Of course everyone thought I was the big loser. In all, there were 31 cartridges - 15 eli's ladders, 12 motorodeo's, 3 crazy climber's and one Atlantis 2. There was a note inside that said "A**hole, Here's your winnings. I HOPE YOU ROT IN HELL!!!!!" Remember, in 1986 Atari was not the name of a game system you'd really want to own or play. My friends and I devised plans to get rid of these - and boy were we creative! Adam (now a lawyer) taped an m-80 to Eli's Ladder and the to a door of some guy he didn't like. If you listen closely, you can still hear the BOOM echoing into infinity. While intoxicated, we'd have blender races to see who could make a quicker "Motorodeo Chaser" - that is accomplished by putting one motorodeo cartridge in a blender, add ice, dramboui, vodka & half a can of "whatever" (we always took the labels off the cans so that it would be excitiing! could be pineapple, could be beans, could be dog food, etc.,). Then a coundown and the two contestant each manned their blenders changing speeds like one would shift gear in Dragster. The winner would be the first to stop hearing the constant clatter of the atari cart. The loser had to drink two shots of the winners' brew. College was a fun time. We used to play hallway hockey until one day we lost our puck. No worries - I'd grab an Eli's ladder off the pile and - pooooof - we had a new puck. The only problem was that the white label on Eli's ladder was ditracting so we peel that off first so we'd have an all black puck. Yeah boy, in college, these two games were so plentiful that we'd chuck them at freshman from the top floor. One of the kids that we we hit was so upset that he took the cartridge and tried throwing it back at us. All he did was hit a campus security officer Darren came up the idea of flushing the atlantis 2. The floor is still probably wet from the overflow! Jeff decided to nail the Crazy Climbers in progressivley higher and higher spots in the stairwell. We brought in a tall ladder from Campus Maintainence and drilled a small hole first, both in the game and in the wall and then nailed those suckers in. The beauty of it was that we did not do it on our floor so we were never blamed!!!!! Anyway, I've got like like twelve of these cartridges just sitting around in my one room efficiency. I heard stories about how Atari: The Company failed brilliantly because of these two unplayable games. So they secretly buried them somewhere in New Mexico. Anyone know anything about that? I'm taking good care of the one's I have left as they remind me of the fun times we had blowing them up, blending them flushing the, nailing them, etc., Hell, I'm even using one under the leg of my bed to even it out and another one under my couch to do the same thing. This brought back many fond memories. Thanks for posting this topic!

I'm about to get slammed here, but my vote is for ADVENTURE. Before Adventure fans start slamming me, let me explain. I never had or played Adventure as a kid. So when I finally got it in 2005, sans manual, I had absolutely no idea what I was doing. It seemed like a weird maze game - and what's with the giant duck? When I finally obtained a manual and carefully read it through, it seemed to be too much of a waste of time. I mean, one of the things I love about the 2600 is that most of the games can be plugged in and played without reading the directions first. You could read it later for clarification, but to be honest, you don't really need to. I would ask that fans of Adventure refer to the many threads about why Adventure is great/terrible. This has been done over and over again, so it's not terribly important to go over the 86 reasons you love Adventure.

I came here in July 2005 - so about four months now. I had purchased the 2600 and about 30 games and was looking for a site thank ranked/rated games. I think I've seen about every Atari themed web-site out there (I even have them bookmarked), BUT THIS ONE IS THE ONLY ONE I COME BACK TO EVERY DAY Also, this is the very first forum in which I have participated. It is rather like my office Intranet, but there aren't as many a**holes and the topic are much more interesting

I'm not all that into video game music and usually turn it off when I can. However, I do like the jukebox selection on Comix Zone.

Don't remember if I responded to this yet, so I apologize if this is a 2nd response. Crazy Climber

I did and have not received any replies. UPDATE - ACTUALLY, IVE GOTTEN A GREAT RESPONSE FROM PEOPLE CONTACTING ME. I'VE BOUGHT SOME HARD TO FIND/EXPENSIVE GAMES TO ROUND OUT MY COLLECTION. I'D DEFINATELY RECOMMEND THE MARKETPLACE FOR THOSE LOOKING TO PICKUP GAMES THEY'VE HAD A HARD TIME FINDING. THERE SEEM TO BE MANY PEOPLE SELLING OFF THEIR COLLECTIONS IN ORDER TO: A) GET ENGAGED/MARRIED (NEED MONEY FOR RING/HONEYMOON) B) PAY DOWN CREDIT CARDS BEFORE GETTING MARRIED C) GET FIANCE /WIFE OFF BACK ABOUT THE # OF HOURS THEY PLAY GAMES D) START SKIMMING DOWN THEIR FIANCE/HUSBAND'S COLLECTION WITHOUT THEIR KNOWLEDGE E) GET RID OF THEIR EX-HUSBAND'S COLLECTION (See the DVD "High Fidelity" Deleted scenes for HILARIOUS perspective F) ALL OF THE ABOVE OR PROGRESSION OF SUCH! TO ALL OF YOU, I TIP MY WIFE'S 6-INCH STILLETO, STEEL-TIPPED SHOE, FILLED WITH VODKA & TOAST YOU - TO US ALL!!! I was hoping someone knew of a good web-site or a national video game store (like Game Crazy) that still sells genesis.

Only had fourteen games as a kid - nothing of monetary value (although reacquiring Pong was considerably more expensive than I thought it would be!) Pitfall! Pong (came with the system) homerun basketball missle command Space Invaders sky diver bowling human cannonball Black Jack Slot Machine Breakout Activision tennis Surround Growing up, my best friend was an only child and it seemed he had every new game that came out with the 2600 and intellivision. As a result, we played everything (my favorite was kaboom - couldn't get enough of that one). There were four of us that were a group and man, did we play that system! I brought my 2600 to college in 1986 and it was a HUGE hit in the dorms. We had bowling tournaments, sky diver elimination brackets (one of the best two player games on the 2600), and BONGPONG (I'll let you use your imagination for that one!). Eventually, my 2600 vcs, my dear friend, died at the too-young age of nine. Forward to present day - Now I have acquired 216 unique titles since I started collecting a few months ago and my kid loves the 2600, our friends love it, and even my father - 71 years old and still working a 42 hour week (three 14-hour days a week - he is a pharmacist) - went right to the 2600, pulled out tennis and started playing. I caught him at 3:30 am in the basement playing superbreakout, which is weird because usually I catch him at 3:30 am watching cable porn! Today, the 2600 is worth so much more than the money I spent building my collection. The value lies in memories (the ones from my youth and those we are now creating) and fun (simplicity works best in almost every aspect of life)

Even though I have seriously curtailed my sega genesis purchasing, I am still looking to find those last ten or so games I've been hunting. The funcoland and gamestop stores in my area do not sell genesis carts. Game Crazy does, but at this point I've picked them clean (I'll go again in a month). And I obviously know about ebay. Where else can I buy sega genesis games? I'd also love to stay away from places that ask for premium pricing. For example, I'm looking to obtain Alien Solider, but I do not to shell out $109.99!

My immediate response was Pitfall! but then I remembered that the game that fits this category for me is one of the games my friend owned but I didn't - KaBoom! (he had it, I didn't and it came out before Pitfall!). I guess it had to do with the 13 bombs per second that come down at the highest speed. It absolutely blew me away (being a math guy, I was constantly trying to figure out how many bombs came down during one run - "OK, 13 times what, 8 seconds?") I used to go to bed dreaming about KaBoom! trying to figure out a way to predict patterns and rhythms of the bomber. Interestingly, when I started collecting Atari again (and I have 216 unique titles), KaBoom! was the one title that I waited everyday by the mailbox, like Charlie Brown waiting for a Valentines Day card. Unlike Charles, mine eventually came THOUGH IT TOOK FIVE WEEKS!!!

I do not know if it is a bug or not, but I got my first Space Invaders the year it came out, as did my friend Jeff (I think it was late 1980 and we both received it as a holiday present). It was he who told me about the double shot (who knows where he heard it from). I can't remember ever playing without the double shot, so this bug/feature must have been known pretty early on in it's shelf life.

In my travels, I've picked up several copies of this game. I guess it time to actually play one of them. Question, does it help to dust off one of my old Journey LP's and play it while I play it?

I don't know if I'm out of control, though I view it as an accomplishment if I go a day - one single day - without picking up a least one cart on ebay.