Editorb

Appreciate where you’re coming from, but I will ne’er tire of discussing the Big Fifty! I only have 48, and am now anticipating getting home to ogle them …

Clipped Claws is typographical mess, so hopefully it will improve on that aspect.

Now I’m trepidatious about firing it up. Sounds powerfully erotic!

I have friend who played T2K on roommate’s Jag in college and procured it for PC. He followed same path after being blown away by GTA3 on my PS2.

My “silent” G3 iMac was noisiest machine I’ve owned despite fanless design. The hard drive cacophony was constant and could wake the dead. (Still works and I retain iSub.)

An easter egg with no bonus cyberscank?!? Where’s my hammer ..,

Is this only on Spotify? Not seeing it in Overcast or Arcade Attack site.

After playing through IS1 and 2, IS 3 moves too fast for my befuddled self to navigate.

Read article about time and its perception that includes this sentence that may explain a lot about the tragic magic of Stuporcross 3D: “If we inject a slight delay between your motor acts and their sensory feedback, we can later make the temporal order of your actions and sensations appear to reverse.”

So far it has nine backers totaling $589. But! There are 29 daze to go!

At very least, you could have left the collection for next resident: No one would object to previous tenant/owner leaving sacks stuffed with cash.

I used to think the movement of the funky background only made it appear that movement of rocks n stars was affected by player ship movement. I'm fairly convinced now the player ship influences speed and trajectories of enemies. Buh?

Anyone have Kobayashi tips? I sometimes think I'm onto something by flying certain directions, then get buttocks handed to me. Any insight on enemy AI? I struggle to grasp the various physics/swooping in play for each enemy type. The only term I can apply to enemy behavior is "annoying."

This is the Saga of Editorb's Atari Journey as submitted to Jaguar Game by Game Podcast: I shall attempt to be succinct in a Jaguar origins story. I was obsessed with a friend’s VCS in ’80-’81, and got my own in 1982. The Crash of ’83 did not register in rural, downstate Illinois. Everyone at school still talked about and played Atari. I noticed there were lot of bargains when we visited cities. I knew Atari lost a lot of money, but I failed to make the connection. In fall 1984, I was stoked to buy a 5200 at Wal-Mart for $79, having no clue it was discontinued. I happily bought games for it when I could and played for many hours. I only broke one joystick button in a couple of years, likely due to Joust marathons. I finally grasped there was a problem with the market when my mom brought home Missile Command, Qix, and Countermeasure. She wasn’t sure if I had them, but figured she couldn’t go wrong for a dollar each. I had none of them and loved them all, but it was still the “uh-oh” moment for me. In a few years, I got a C64c, then an NES for 50 dollars. I resented Nintendo for cleaning up the abandoned market, and was not enamored of the console or its games, but enjoyed it in a pouty fashion. I got a 7800 on the cheap in college, and the early cartridge releases for it were faves, at least until Genesis and Road Rash entered picture in 1991. (Road Rash is still insanely great. I’ve long warned my wife that if a new console had a sequel, I’d have no choice but to procure it.) This set stage for Jaguar. I had long crowed that flicker and slowdown were issues on every one of my consoles save the 7800, and when Jag news appeared, I was stoked. Slow-forward to summer 1994: An old video-game friend offered his Jag, extra controller, and Tempest 2000 for $300. That was steep for used stuff, but I made the plunge. I felt partly responsible for his poor purchase decision as I had hyped Atari’s greatness so much I think he started believing. He said he was tired of waiting for games (before quickly adding there were many amazing titles in the pipeline). My wife and I thoroughly enjoyed Tempest, and were unimpressed by Cybermorph. I took up the mantle of waiting. Finally, in November, Alien v. Predator was released, and I paid 70 dollars. (You’ve occasionally mentioned inflation while discussing game prices: I’d like to note $70 in 1994 would be $130.64 in 2021; 70 dollars in 2021 would be $37.51. I often run figures through an inflation calculator, if nothing else than to rationalize sketchy collecting purchases.) I continued to wait for games. I played some Wolfenstein 3D but was not into first-person shooters. I loved Ruiner Pinball, Irony Solder, Defender 2000, and Missile Command 3D. One of the last two I ordered from a Radio Shack. Just like every other Shack I visited (for any of the myriad reasons one paid such visits) they had no idea what I was talking about, then discovered it was an item they could order from headquarters. It took so long to arrive I’d given up and was happily surprised when they called. Addendum: I moved on to Playstation in '98. A few years ago, a friend commented on my "awesome" Jag collection, which consisted of 16 games, 11 CIB. I thought, this collection isn't awesome, it sucks, then proceeded to get every official release CIB save AirCars and Atari Karts. Unfortunately, before I bought Game Drive, I unsealed either Sensible Soccer or Fever Pitch, as well as one other I can't recall. I thankfully retained enough of my wits to leave Dragon Bruce Lee and Double Dragon V shrinkwrapped.

I’m likely wigged outta my gourd again (same as every time I’ve played it*) but Kobayashi Maru is way louder than other Rebooted fare. I hafta lower speaker volume just for that one game like some kind of animal. Title-screen music pleasing but the shooting and exploding at my standard volume, weelah! * and as is my wont