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I'm sticking with the 3-word thing (has cvga been dropping hints in posts?) and reckon the game is "Name This Game"????

Hmmm... (ponders deeply) I'd say Crypts of Chaos because my (very dodgy) line of thinking is that the number of games listed in each 'chunk' separated by no-shows at the door give a title with 3 words in it, each of those words has as many letters in it as there are games listed in each chunk. Asteroids & ET arrive together counting as 1 - if there's a hole in my explanation (and I'm sure there are quite a lot) this is the big one. All said and done, that leaves the title with words that have 5, 6 & 2 letters long. Crypts of Chaos is the only one that appears to fit those numbers. Look forward to finding out just which title is hidden here & the explantion why - good contest cvga!

Space Adventure?

Atari Video Cube? Berzerk Cakewalk Ice Hockey Asteroids ET Inca Gold Universal Chaos Video Pinball Robin Hood Donkey Kong (Jr?) Oink Asteroids Taz

Buffalo Minnesota Houston Indianapolis San Francisco Peyton Manning's TPY 190 Eddie George's TRY 100 Wildest of wild guesses

How about "Name This Game"?

That cracked me up!

"LOOK! It's BICYCLE-REPAIR MAN!!!!! See how he tightens the nut" Hey Nukey! :wink: Good to see you back.

Crystal Castles is more playable on the 2600 than the coin-op, visually not as good but more enjoyable! Reactor is another excellent port along with Frogger, Crossbow and Track & Field

I think that perhaps that there is some sort of epidemic growing with Sky Jinks carts. I have one that has just recently passed away or perhaps Dumont Doolittle is really getting out of hand. Has this miscreant been questioned yet?

To be honest, I just used a lot of alternative words for the titles: Twist = warp, Secure = lock I did drop a few others hints in previous posts, such as putting in "light" and "door" (Laser Gates?) in the same sentence and "are more hidden traps" = Armor Ambush? Lame? Yes, I can be that honest! I think that I'll try and make the next competition (Christmas time I should imagine) a little less obscure & easier/fairer for those folks whose first language isn't English. I would also like to congrautulate everyone else who participated - there was a lot of very clever thinking behind some of those answers.

We have a WINNER!!!! Congratulations Moycon, you can choose either one of the two prize titles that takes yer' fancy A loose (PAL) copy of Laser Gates OR A complete (NTSC) copy of Armor Ambush Just PM me with your address details and choice of prize.

Morning folks! Title #3 is still hidden, so I'll give another clue to it's identity.... The game has a rarity 3 rating

All previous guesses cleared again 1. Picnic 2. Alien 3. ??? 4. Mountain King Prizes: Armor Ambush & Laser Gates Hint to #3: Twist to secure

That was bloody quick! smf_4ever has ID the two prize carts Just game #3 to get now

Yes, all guesses cleared, everyone can try again

@Trey Okay, clue no.2 for the prize carts Each letter in the titles have been given a number, a=1, b=2 etc... these numbers have then been added up, for example "Casino" adds up to 61 (C=3, A=1, S=19, I=9, N=14, O=15) Prize cart 1 The first word of the title adds up to 65 The second word of the title adds up to 64 Prize cart 2 The first word of the title adds up to 55 The second word of the title adds up to 52

I think you guys are definitely on the right line of thinking

I know that he sold a load of his Atari stuff a while back but that's about it.

I think that a lot of the classic games on the 2600 are excellent. For sheer enjoyment its a split for me, between Acti's Checkers and Atari's Othello, although I must agree with dyancey here - Bridge is a surprisingly addictive game. I bought it mainly as a collection filler but found out that it was actually a decent title too. How about an Atari version of Go? Question: Can anyone here regularly beat the computer playing Video Checkers? That is one tough game

The person to ask about Space Shuttle is Nukey Shay (where for art thou? :wink: ) He gave me some good tips about SS in a previous thread.

Nothing at the moment - my VCS is in dire need of repair, don't know if I've managed to blow anything or disturb a component when I last did a bit of routine cleaning Last games that I had in there were Activision's Checkers and Othello, two amazingly good games.

Hmmm... I'll give this another day and then give more clues out. @MegaManFan - point taken, my previous clues could be a bit too obscure, its always tricky to gauge just how difficult to make clues. Here goes: The name of mystery game #3 has an even number of letters in it

Still no winners? You've gotta' catch the twist in this plot to close down on the answers. All guesses cleared, guess again

This should be listed in a 'Top Tips' section, Circus Atari is a great game but the addition of beer can only make it better Come to think of it, most multi-player games are improved when the extra 'beer factor' has been included; Combat, Warlords, Oink! etc.