[Which Homebrew carts do you own?]

While not all are "Homebrews" per se, but I've passed the 200 cart mark.

 

Texas Chainsaw Massacre / Halloween (Double Ender)

2004 AtariAge Holiday Cart: Qb

2005 AtariAge Holiday Cart: Reindeer Rescue

2014 AtariAge Holiday Cart: Stay Frosty 2

2048 2600

3D Genesis

3D Ghost Attack

3D Havoc

3D Rubik's Cube

Actionauts

Alfred Challenge (Hozer Video Games)

Alfred Challenge (AtariAge)

 

Alien Adventures

Alien Greed 4

Allia Quest

Another Adventure

Aquaventure

AStar

Atom Smasher

Ature (Cowlitz Gamers For Kids)

AVCS Tec Challenge (AtariAge)

AVCS Tec Challenge (Packrat Video Games)

Backfire (Packrat Video Games)

Balloon Protest

 

Berzerk: Renegade

Berzerk: VE

Blinky Goes Up

Bomb on Pixel City

Boulder Dash

Bouncin' Baby Bunnies

Brik (Prototype)

Brik (AtariAge)

Bugs Bunny

The Byte Before Christmas

Candy Catcher (Text Label)

Cave In

 

CGE Adventures

Chase It

Checked Inn

Chetiry

Chunkout 2600 (AtariAge)

Climber 5

Colony 7

Conquest of Mars

Cosmic Bowling

Crazy Balloon

Datatech Unknown Prototype

Dawn of the Dead

 

Dead of Knight

Defender Arcade

Depth Charge

Desert Bus 2600

Doctor Who: Rise of the Cybermen

Donkey Claus

Donkey Kong 2600: Pauline Edition

Donkey Kong Escapes (Re-Release)

Doomzerk

Drakon Croisade

Dragon Chase

Dragonsfire!

 

Duck Attack!

Dungeon

Edtris 2600 (Hozer Video Games) - Not the Limited Edition

Elevators Amiss

Elk Attack

Encaved (AtariAge)

Endless Snow

Epic Adventure

Escape It

Euchre Special Edition

Evil Magician Returns

Explosive Diarrhea

 

Extra Terrestrials (Limited Edition)

Extra Terrestrials (Good Deal Games)

Failboat

Fall Down

Farmyard Fun

Firebug

FlapPing

Flappy

Galactopus

Game Panic: Immortal Edition

Gate Racer 2

Gingerbread Man

 

Good Luck, Charlie Brown!

GoSub

GoSub II

Gunfight (Hozer Video Games)

H

Halloween

Halloween III

Halo 2600 (AtariAge)

Hunchy 2 (AtariAge)

INV+

Jack and the Beanstalk

Jammed (Hozer Video Games)

 

Jaws

JumpVCS

Juno First

Kabobber

Kaboom! Fast Food Edition

Lady Bug

Landfill

Laserman '88

Laserman 2K3

The Last Ninja

LEAD

Looping

 

Maciver

Mario Bros Return

Mean Santa (Limited Edition)

Mean Santa (Unlimited)

Medieval Mayhem

Meltdown

Merlin's Walls

Mini Game Collection

Missile Command AM

Miss It

MMSBC

MMSBC II

 

Muncher (Limited Edition)

Muncher (2600 Connection)

Muncher (Packrat Video Games)

N.E.R.D.S.

Okie Dokie (AtariAge)

Okie Dokie (Hozer Video Games)

Okie Dokie (Packrat Video Games)

Omicron

Oystron (AtariAge)

Oystron (Hozer Video Games)

Pac-Man Ebivision

Pick Up

 

Pac-Man 4K

Packrat

Pigs in the Castle

Pesco (AtariAge)

Power Lords

Power Off

Prehistoric Times

Pressure Gauge

Princess Rescue

Qb (AtariAge)

Qb (Limited Edition)

Rainbow Invaders

 

Raster Fahndung

Red Sea Crossing

Reflex

Reflex (Cowlitz Gamers For Kinds)

Reindeer Rescue

Road Warriors

Rush Hour

S.A.C. Alert

Santas Helper (2005 Green)

Santas Helper (2005 Red)

SCSIcide (CGE Edition)

SCSIcide (Hozer Video Games)

 

Seaweed Assault (Limited Edition)

Seaweed Assault

Seawolf

Secret Agent

Shield Shifter

Skeleton

Space Battle

Space Invaders Vector

Space Invaders Vector Wars (8Bit Classics)

Space Invaders Vector Wars (Packrat Video Games)

Space Raid

Space Rocks

 

Space Treat Deluxe

Squish 'Em

Star Castle

Star Castle Arcade

Starfire

Stay Frosty 2

Stella's Stocking

Strangeland

Strat-o-Gems Deluxe

Strip-Off

Suicide Adventure

Suicide Adventure II

 

Sync

Synthcart

Tempest

This Planet Sucks! (AtariAge)

This Planet Sucks! (Packrat Video Games)

THREE-S

Thrust Plus Platinum

Titan Axe

Toyshop Trouble

Traffic Cop

UFO Patrol

Ultra SCSIcide

 

Upp Plus

Vault Assault Tournament Edition (Philly Classic)

Vault Assault Tournament Edition (CGE Edition)

Vault Assault

Vong

Warring Worms (Midwest Classic)

Warring Worms: The Worm (Re)Turns

Wall Jump Ninja

Wolfenstein VCS

X3V0LuX

Yankeemania

Zippy the Porcupine

[Extra Terrestrials]

There were 100 CIB copies sold. You can still buy a non-limited cartridge at Good Deal Games.

 

not sure who owns the other 99 LE copies, but I own one of them.

[SUPER TRASH TRUCK OFFICIAL INTEREST THREAD]

is there any still available? if there is, i"d like a copy.

[The Video Game Homebrew Crash of 2016]

I don't understand the why assembly language programmers want to bash on basic programmers. Both are great languages with their own purposes.

 

It seems though a lot of the posts go something like I bust my butt and they expect $$ for their effort? - I give up or they suck or whatever.

 

To me it doesn't make sense. A person should be able to ask whatever they want for their work whatever it is. If one person is selling hand wired LED recreations of masterpiece paintings and the other person is selling finger painted fridge magnets they should each be able to ask whatever they want. If people are willing to pay more for finger painted fridge magnets, maybe the smarter person is making finger painted fridge magnets. Know what I am saying?

 

But I can imagine how michelangelo felt after painting the sistine chapel and the first person who looked said, that is nice but I kind of get a kink in my neck looking at that. Hey, is that a painting of fruit that guy is selling in the lobby?

1) I think the problem is that when batariBasic first came out, and when someone new decides to make a game, it's pretty easy to make a simple game using the demo codes that are available as examples. bB is a good tool, but some programmers seem to settle for whatever is easiest to "finish" and not push the boundaries of what the 2600 can handle or batariBasic for that matter. Assembly on the other hand is more difficult to master and thus weeds out a lot of lazy programmers.

 

2.) Because of what I wrote above, I think what people are afraid of is that too many games written in bB in an hour were going to end up on a cartridge and for sale, this would over-saturate the market with games that still need a lot of work.

 

I don't understand the why assembly language programmers want to bash on basic programmers. Both are great languages with their own purposes.

 

It seems though a lot of the posts go something like I bust my butt and they expect $$ for their effort? - I give up or they suck or whatever.

 

To me it doesn't make sense. A person should be able to ask whatever they want for their work whatever it is. If one person is selling hand wired LED recreations of masterpiece paintings and the other person is selling finger painted fridge magnets they should each be able to ask whatever they want. If people are willing to pay more for finger painted fridge magnets, maybe the smarter person is making finger painted fridge magnets. Know what I am saying?

 

But I can imagine how michelangelo felt after painting the sistine chapel and the first person who looked said, that is nice but I kind of get a kink in my neck looking at that. Hey, is that a painting of fruit that guy is selling in the lobby?

1) I think the problem is that when batariBasic first came out, and when someone new decides to make a game, it's pretty easy to make a simple game using the demo codes that are available as examples. bB is a good tool, but some programmers seem to settle for whatever is easiest to "finish" and not push the boundaries of what the 2600 can handle or batariBasic for that matter. Assembly on the other hand is more difficult to master and thus weeds out the lazy programmers.

 

2.) Because of what I wrote above, I think what people are afraid of is that too many games written in bB in an hour were going to end up on cartridge and for sale, this would over-saturate the market with games that still need a lot of work.

 

3.) I think your analogy has a few holes though. I agree that people can sell for whatever price they want (or try to), but there's a lot of factors there. hand crafted LED recreations would take a lot of time and money to create, while finger paintings are usually done quickly and on the cheap. If both market values are the same, it's clear that one is charging too much or the other isn't charging enough.

[Dreamcast homebrew activity]

The Dreamcast homebrew Scene has been quite active this year,not only releasing games but aslo reviving online games like the next tetris & alíen front online,but in a future we'll see games like outtriggers,Bomberman online & maybe propeller arena or Unreal Tournament. Here's a list https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Dreamcast_homebrew_games

Missing from that list is Orion's Puzzle Collection, and Zia and the Goddesses of Magic is now selling pre-orders. both can be bought from Orion's website

[Dragster: The Duel (SHIPPED!)]

I still haven't received my copy of this.

[Cowlitz Gamers Adventure, Homebrew NES game CIB for sale $60 shipped.]

I'll take a copy please!

[Nearly done. Are you?]

nowadays, I rarely pick up anything that isn't a homebrew. I've run a bit low on space as well and figured it's just better to purge some titles from my collection that will probably never get played in order to make room for the homebrews.

[Anything wrong with Atari2600.com?]

I've heard a lot of people have had issues with the website. The owner apparently uses eBay mostly to sell his games. but I'll let others chime in that have had recent transactions with him.

[Ature, my homebrew action adventure game for Atari 2600.]

Also got mine, Great job putting this together!

[Ature, my homebrew action adventure game for Atari 2600.]

shot in the dark, but would anyone be willing to let me use their US address and then mail it out to me once received (i'd pay for shipping of course)

 

all fixed

[Dragster: The Duel (SHIPPED!)]

I'll take one if there's still any available.

[***OFFICIAL Random Object In Coleco Chameleon Thread***]

[Universal H - Does anyone remember this?]

Not very good photos, can't make out much beyond the giant H in the checkered flags. The flags suggest racing, so it might be this proto - it says it was released by Curt, which would go along with what CPUWIZ said.

That's the right one!

[Universal H - Does anyone remember this?]

Do you know what the game was a prototype of? Was that game gavel or chase the chuck wagon auction site?

I believe the the prototype is of unknown origin...other than it was made by Universal. The cart was sold on ChaseTheChuckwagon which was later turned into GameGavel. There were 40 copies of the cart sold AFAIK

[Batari Basic game listing?]

In the balloon protest game :

 

it's just a démo ?!

 

In the gooddealgames version, is the game finalised ?

The version on the cartridge is a finished game, there is a rom floating around that is an unfinished version.

[Upp! for Atari 2600 Released on Etsy]

I'd love to order. but doesn't ship to Canada.

[Upp! for Atari 2600 Released on Etsy]

Damn, Loon. I was monitoring the "Interest" thread, and I ALWAYS monitor the Marketplace - where this thread belongs - so I missed out. Congrats on the sale and keep up the good work, but please put your next game (or more of this one) in the Marketplace.

totally agree, I missed out too.

[Interest Check: Physical release of Upp! for the Atari 2600]

I'd be interested.

[When you buy games do you get the Standard or Limited\Deluxe release?]

This really depends.

 

Limited Edition games nowadays are usually not very limited and sometimes come with awkward metal tins or whatnot that make it harder to organize on a shelf. So I generally stay away unless packaged normally or I find it for super cheap. I care more for the game inside than packaging. I generally don't care about DLC stuff either unless it's more than the character skin variety.

 

I'd always pick a Special Edition over the Standard if the choice is available, but I won't pay any more than I would for the Standard.

 

Basically, I'll take what I can get. I don't seek out LE or SE copies.

[STEAM]

I much prefer GOG over Steam. Though there are a few games I want that aren't available through GOG. I'm not sure about Pinball Arcade stuff though.

 

I dislike Steam for several reasons, but to answer your questions.

-I find steam to be a resource hog but to be fair, my PC is quite a few years old now.

-Steam has ads but you can disable them.

-I think it feels cluttered with too many similar options.

 

you can have the games on multiple machines, you will need to install Steam on both.

[Who's given up on thrift finds (classic games)?]

I haven't given up. but generally thrift shops only have some Xbox, 360, PS2, PS3, and Wii games nowadays. I occasionally find a PS1 game.

[How do you collect?]

I have about 500 2600 carts, I used to collect label variants but only major ones, I don't bother with ones of different year or other very minor label differences. I haven't actually bought any in a few years though. Mostly I just pick up homebrew games now.

[Do you console game or PC game and why?]

I play both. My PC is starting to get old now, but I use it mainly for FPS and Point and Click Adventure games because I like the keyboard/mouse control for those kind of games. I have tried many other types of games on my PC over the years and even with a 360 controller, I find it often more a hassle than the general ease of flicking on a console and playing a game on my TV.

 

1.) For me, I find I get a lot of eye strain from being closer to my monitor rather than on my couch and gaming on my TV, graphic wise it may be better, but comfort will often trump what little edge the PC has. And I don't have the space for a PC in my living room (besides my media box that I run Kodi on)

 

2.) I don't keep up with a lot of PC exclusive titles, any examples? I haven't heard of any PC exclusive titles that would draw people in.

 

3.) buying a quality graphics card can be just as expensive as buying a new console, plus not having any warranty (if you build yourself) and many more possible parts that will need to be replace/upgraded along the way, means that it can really go either way. Also, I think we are at a point where hardware shouldn't need replacing every 5 years as some games are taking just as long to make, I mean, If you look at the PS3 library, there aren't that many games that REALLY pushed the boundaries of what the system could do.

 

4.) While that IS an option, you still need to buy the right USB controller cables to do this. some of them are terrible to configure. PC does have more options though.

 

5.) Digital games are generally about the same price, I find (though I haven't compared much) . however, Steam and GOG do have some amazing sales.

 

Like I said, I play on both for different reasons. I also tend to change by seasons. My basement (where my PC is) is cold in the winter and cool in the summer. so it's better to play PC games in the summer. My living room is warm in the winter and hot in the summer so it's better to play consoles in the winter.

[The Walking Dead - Who likes this game?]

I really liked the Walking Dead games. I didn't at first (Chapter 1 of Season 1 I found kinda meh), but it grew on me as I played and chapter 1 became pretty important. By the time I finished the game, I just wanted more. I think they did a good job of capturing the way the Walking Dead show works. The choices you make affect everything. there's tension in the action scenes and there's tension in the dramatic scenes, there's characters you hate an some you love. I found it actually had emotion and drama, which is something that seems lacking in a lot of games.

 

It's not a new concept for a game by any means, but I've really gotten bored of the torrent of games in the last 10 years or so that all look and play identical to each other and have similar nameless/soulless characters with guns and tanks and just blow stuff up over and over again.