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quote: None of you guys are playing in a band and have some tracks to let us listen ? Well, I don't pretend to be a guitarist, nor do I own one (though Guitar Center's $99 BC Rich Bich sale ALMOST got me), I have been known to play occasionally, and I do have a bass that I spend just a little more time on. I was in a basement band -- a joke metal band -- in college, and we got together again when I moved into the Chicago area, so we've recorded a little more. If you're curious (and over 18!) check out our band page or our MP3 page and (shudder) let me know what you think.

Looking at Jessica Stevens, it MIGHT be Steve Kitchen, but I can't say for sure. If there's a scan of the Space Shuttle instructions, or the issue of Activisions with SS, Steve's pic would be there. BTW Jah Fish, transgendered people are necessarily gay, before or after... I've actually met Jay AND Jamie Fenton... Also, there was William (now Catherine) Mataga. I remember talking to someone YEARS ago (don't remember who) about the overly high incidence of transgenderism in the gaming industry, and his theory was that you've got a bunch of fringe people who are suddenly quite rich. So, you take motive, and you add opportunity...

Thanks, I'll give these a try, but I seem to be having troubles with Apple ][ OR Atari 8-bit emulators. *sigh*

There's a small chance that K-Tel Vision bought up remaining stock of Ultravision's carts and slapped on their own labels; doesn't mean they're the same company. But seriously, good eye!

Does anybody have a Karateka ROM image that I can play on an Atari 8-bit (or Apple ][) emulator? I have an Apple ][ version ROM image and the Catakig emulator for Mac, but I can't get it to play...

Does anybody have a Karateka ROM image that I can play on an Atari 8-bit (or Apple ][) emulator? I have an Apple ][ version ROM image and the Catakig emulator for Mac, but I can't get it to play...

I've been in this discussion a few times, so for the most part I will beg out of it... But the idea of confirming titles with screen shots to be is a nice compromise, especially with forums like AtariAge online and 2600 Connection offline to display the stuff. I encourage any prototype owners to submit screen captures to Alex & Albert and myself if they feel comfortable doing so.

Yeah, Digital Press offered these... They were called "Live From Your Home" and there were two volumes that I know of (in fact I'm on the second one). I don't know if Joe still sells them though.

Hey Mountain King! Thanks for mentioning the "Solar Fox Rocks" T-shirt! I sent AtariAge a scan of my shirt, but I never knew if it was a CBS promo or a local radio station (from whom I won Solar Fox and the shirt) promo. Now I do! Grazie...

Try Stellalist.

I love the Jr... I found it at a rummage sale, having never seen one before. I thought it was damn cool.

What bums me out is that she hadn't kept any code or carts, and couldn't remember which truck company before -- "maybe Mercedes"!?! (did they ever make garbage trucks? that's what she thought it was for).

I have a scanner if you don't mind risking sending it. Otherwise, are there any PS online sites?

Ken, I haven't heard of these before at all! Please, if you can't get all of these on the new product you're trying to get going, or can't get it going, consider trying to release them through Hozer or as BINs.

quote: Hozer Videogames sells most games on cartridge, including the two most recent Ebivision games, so hopefully they will have Allia Quest in the future. You can also buy Combat 2 from Hozer. Randy & Igor both confirmed that Allia's Quest will be available from Hozer soon.

According to Ed Salvo, the guy who ported the 2600 version, the whole "hidden kingdom" was intentional, but he couldn't remember why. I didn't think to ask if the glitching was intentional, but I kind of suspect it wasn't. Perhaps it was an easter egg that wasn't quite ready for release, but the cart had to be released?

quote: This reminds me, how come this site has no copies of Charlie Brown or Pink Panther, etc. on it, if the game was found? Did the owners never get it dumped? They MAY have been dumped, but not released. I worked on both of these guys to no avail. The guy who owns Charlie Brown was going to at least get it dumped, but then he kind of disappeared. Pink Panther may still be possible, but it might take some doing.

Scott Stilphen wrote: quote: The scoring digits in GORF get garbled when it's rolled, and gets worse with each successive roll. My brother Dave rolled that game so many times... I think his best was in the 400-500k range, which makes "Buz Pryzby"'s 32k highscore in the ads ludicrous... I always wondered if the digits were rolling up to a secret message or something, but we never did find out.

Can't remember Cali... Summer; I think I agree that Skeet was the best, but can't remember the worst. Winter; biathlon was the worst, yeah, and the ski jump (was that "hot dog"?) the best. Did anyone else out there figure out how to get a perfect 10.0 score, and then achieve it?

I got some details from Tod Frye way back... The game was based on the I Ching, and since the number 64 comes up there, he was using some kind of attribute system (yes/no) to give 64 possibilities of some such. Not sure how many rooms though... This is from an aging memory though, so I've forgotten a bit I'm sure.

I'll second CBS. Wizard of Wor, and to some extent Gorf, were pretty decent titles -- got lots of play out of those. But don't forget Tunnel Runner and Solar Fox. Those are pretty cool too. Odd, but I can't remember what I thought of Omega Race... Haven't played that one in forever.

It's not voice, but don't forget the sound sample done for the "Sucky Zep" cart. Hozer has it and it's in the Stellalist archives, way back.

I don't know much other than Six Pack was advertised in the early manuals and then dropped. I'm guessing it was done by Sirius (who TCF bought their early games from) and not released for some reason. It may have been released for the 400/800, I'll have to check. Sirius released the same game under different names (one name for the 2600, another for the 400/800) so who knows. I'm pretty sure it wasn't Sirius, as it was based on a movie property. No one remembers it, but I THINK it was a Burt Reynolds movie and/or the lead actor played a stock car driver (I don't think it's both, because that would be Stroker Ace). Ah, according to IMDB (http://us.imdb.com/Title?0084690) it's Kenny Rogers as a racer. Damn, I can be so trivial...

There was to be a fifth contest to pick the ultimate winner from the four games. I don't think there was necessarily going to be a fifth game though.

quote: I could probably get him to scan the cartridge (or borrow it to scan it myself). Please do. Though, is it a "production" label, or a prototype/loaner label?