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Star Raiders?

One thing happened while playing, I'm not sure if you could call it a bug. I froze one of the tanks in the upper-right corner, right where a new helicopter appears. I got killed and then, the program was stuck in an endless loop. A new helicopter appeared on top of the tank and then would instantly die, again and again. I hit reset to get out of it. I guess another way around it is to make sure not to freeze any tanks in the upper-right corner. Or don't get killed if you do.

Stan Jr. has an Ultimate guide to Dragonstomper at Atarinvader.com Here's the link. http://www.atarinvader.com/modules.php?nam...rticle&artid=55 I can't vouch for it, only because I don't have the game (or a supercharger for that matter.)

I'm not a techie but I don't think a 4-bit processor would be able to operate video games.

Welcome back. I was just a lurker back when you used to post, so you wouldn't know me, but I enjoyed reading your posts. Oh, and I don't lurk anymore.

When I was a kid, I believed the Swordquest contests would actually be fun to play.

25% is more than a few. BP, CPA.

Would any of the transsexual 2600 programmers be considered girl programmers? Wasn't there a thread here a while back about Steve Kitchen having a sex change?

The copyright date on my cart is 1981. First time I've picked it up in a long time.

Plaque Attack is more innovative than Megamania. I just find Megamania more fun to play.

@Fret. Cartwright did the same thing with Plaque Attack. He used the code from Megamania as a start so he could get the game finished quickly. IMHO, it shows. PA is a much weaker game than Megamania.

From Cujo by Stephen King (1981) This is a description of Brett's Aunt's home. (Brett is the boy who owns Cujo.) She was married to a well-off attorney and King is a master of using a few details to show, rather than tell this.

I love these comics. Keep 'em coming.

No problem. The game is very addicting. I'll keep playing it and let you know if I find anything else. Yes, it's the cover of his first book, The Big Player: How a Team of Blackjack Players Made a Million Dollars. I'm a huge fan of the late gaming genius.

So what's that come to in US dollars? 10$ Congratulations liveinabin! Nice sale. Too bad you had to part with Tron Solar Sailer, I know how much you liked it.

It's entirely possible the computer was going alone. That could be why I lost so many games to that dumb guy. Boy, I'm sure making Ohio State proud. (They may take the Cum Laude off my degree as well. ) I'm using version 1.54 of Z26 in Windows 98. It's the NTSC rom. The screenshots are in PCX format, so I can't attach them yet. But looking at them, it looks to me like the computer was going alone. Beer + Euchre = good Beer + play testing = bad

Hey, I graduated from OSU on August 31, 1992. Go Bucks! Of course you can't play Euchre without Beer. It's why you have two hands, one for the cards and one for the beer. How to say Euchre in 3 syllables? EEE-youk-ra! The guy was not the sharpest knife in the drawer and he mangled the english language in other colorful ways. He only lasted 1 and 1/2 quarters before he dropped out, which pisses me off all the more that I lost quite a few games to him.

I love this game. I did minor in Euchre at Ohio State. (Snider-Man, are you a buckeye as well? ) I did come across a bug or glitch. Occasionally, one of the computer opponents played card is not displayed. The trick is played out, but I can't see what card was played. This happened three times in the course of a half hour session and on both the left and right side. I'm playing this in Z26 and tried to get a screenshot of it, which I will post if I can. Now, one thing I would really like to see in this game: Some type of sound effect or music when you get euchred. This guy in college always used to yell "euchre" and stretch it out to three sllyables. It pissed me off because I always seemed to be the one getting euchred. It didn't help that his partner always lead him by saying "What's the name of this game?" (We always play Screw the dealer) Great job on the game.

So we need to post to show our interest and get it released? Okay, I'm very interested!

There is a Web Site Comments section of the forum.

My Grandmother loved to watch me play Freeway. She always called the game Chicken. Anytime I would get the game out, she said "Oh, Chicken!" She never could say the name properly. (English is not her native language.)

I love Casino. I can play game 1 for hours, betting $200 on every hand.

Great interview from one of the 2600 legends. Here's my favorite quote: A lot of Activision's early success came from the group synergy within the design lab. While we each had our own game project working, we would also kibbutz on each others' games. That way each game had the flavor of its designer, but benefited from the vision and experience of the entire group. None of the games would have done as well without that cooperation. One week before Pitfall! was to be released, I only gave you one life to play the whole game. I was experimenting with that concept as sort of the ultimate challenge. That's right, fall in one pit and start over from the beginning! Well, thankfully my buddies practically tied me to my chair until I put in extra lives and I'm glad they did. But most of the help came in much smaller details - things so small that taken individually you would never notice. It was the sum total of all the feedback and suggestions that polished the games to a fine edge.

*google search on scrabble scoring* Ah, I'll never learn it in time. Good luck to all!

What a cool site! It has an amazing amount of information. I had no idea there were so many 2600 prototypes.