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  2. Posted

    I for one am open to witness in person any Colecovision attempts made in Hawaii or any other exotic warm location :)

     

    Youre best bet today is to do a good job video taping. I got new CV Q*Bert high score (tape was 3 hrs long sigh......) where this person taped putting the cartidge in, pressing the correct starting skill level and then the game - tough to challenge that kind of video!

     

    If you're going for a Top 5 score you better have some proof.

  3. Posted

    I think the right slot could've been a contender but without Atari doing anything with it may have made developers a little skeptical about it :)

     

    Think about it, the 800 had memory slots and an extra cart port - with a proper upgrade it shouldve been an Apple beater with expandability, instead Atari moved to the closed box world :(

  5. Posted

    Ill probably get shot here but....................

     

    If you really want to play DK then buy an XE Game System or 800 XL (these have the best footprints) with a disk drive and enjoy all of the 5200 catalog PLUS the 800 catalog!

     

    Except the new releases most everything on the 5200 was ported to the 800 thanks to our friend 'Glenn' :D

     

    Just my $0.02

  6. Posted

    Well, a bit more complicated than that - not much though :)

     

    If you have a disk drive most games run without the basic cart in, though there are some that require it so you need to check.

     

    All cart based games use the left slot as does Basic so you shouldnt have a conflict when trying to play a cart game.

     

    Some cart based games requires 64K (The XE Game System carts) so make sure you get a cart that requires 48K or less since you're using an Atari 800.

     

    There are a few rare 'Right Slot' carts which are mainly utilities so you prob wont ever have to worry about that slot.

  9. Posted

    Its funny it appears when it was opened in Word to be PDF generated the header dates were changed - it appears this was last updated 2 days ago :)

     

    Anyhow,

    After reading the specs how would this compete with the PS2, Gamebox or Xbox since those would be the consoles Atari would be up against?

  11. Posted

    I had a brief email conversation with the Donkey Kong creator for the 800 and he mentioned that trying to get the last level of girders on the first screen made everything look squished and he would had to have sacrificed the 'jumping gravity' that he spent so much time perfecting - It really acts almost like the arcade when Mario jumps - Otherwise this is spot on (even the monkey climbing to the top is in the game, but it only shows during the screen cycle for some reason).

     

    Though I wonder why the C64 version was able to get all the girders?

     

    He also mentioned that the final version is not the one that shipped - When Mario dies the graphics overlap a bit so he looks crunched. That was fixed but the final build didnt go to production for some reason.

     

    Oh well :)

  12. Posted

    I kinda liked the arcade version of CB and since most of the arcade ports for the 800 were decent I was looking forward to this one -

    DOH!

    Watered down colors, crappy control(no it wasnt the 5200 sticks that hurt this one), choppy animation, horrid graphics make it tough to understand where on a ledge you are, etc.....

    The jump across the river can be maddening sometimes - and the Rhino screen - GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

    :x :x :x

     

    These kind of 800 ports made the system look like a 2600 in sheeps clothing :(

  13. Posted

    I got mine for $49 from a palce I cant remember - it was supposed to be a refurbished unit without packins but I got a new one with everything in it :)

     

    World Tour Racing is the best Jag racing game and I spent alot of time playing that one - I liked HS cart and HS CD is even better. Primal Rage is almost perfect if you like that kind of game also!

     

    VLM is cool though Windows Media Player now does some of the same thing - without CD output it kinda stink getting your music from your TV vs stereo but it looks cool ;)

     

    I dont have IS2 which is the only CD game I still really want. Myst is as good as any other version ;)

     

    If you can get it at an afforable price the go for it.

  14. Posted

    Chaz,

     

    I would agree with you 100% except the 5200 sticks........Atari did everything right with the 5200 (you dont want cart slot compatibilty to take away from the 'computers' but making easy translations to the new console) by improving upon the 2600 was right on.

     

    But those controllers.............

     

    The best thing about the 5200 IMHO was I could play better versions of Dig Dug, Centipede and got a few other new titles the 800 would've never seen :)

  16. Posted

    The 5200 sticks ruin the system otherwise it would kill the CV - With the sticks and library the CV wins.

     

    Those 5200 sticks caused some games never to be released due to their quirkyness - ala Asteroids

     

    CV is fun if you give it a chance!

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