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Yeah, and it was pretty hard to crack too!

I think you're a bit confused by this last bit though... The sound came from the Atari just like any other game -- the tape actually had the game encoded as an audio signal, which got downloaded to the cartridge (which, as others have pointed out, is the Starpath Supercharger).

Someone must have somewhere. It pops up on quite a few lists, and I don't think Telesys ever advertised it (I may be wrong). One has to wonder about some of the entries on those old 2600 lists. Hope you're not talking about mine! :-) This one comes, I think, from an interview with Alex Leavens, in (maybe) Electronic Fun, or some other classic mag (possibly Videogaming Illustrated?). If not from that interview, then probably from a VideoLivery or G.A.M.E.S. ad, as they both seemed to list a lot of pre-release names.

You TEASE! I SO want a Questar...

Interesting... I found that trying to add extra dashes usually made me lose speed. Guess I'll have to give it another try though. :-)

There's a Yahoo Group about it, and I think there's a compatibility FAQ in there, though I'm not sure it goes into things like tight fit... Ward Shrake figured a lot of this out, so there might be compatibility notes in his Digital Press Collectors Guide intro too.

Nein -- mein Deutsch ist nicht so gut...

Actually, I've never been able to live forever doing that, but I've also never been able to kill him either. There's gotta be a trick to that level, right?

Do you have to do it every time you start the system, or did doing that once fix it for good/a while?

Eckhard beat me to it... NOT a Arcadia 2001 clone. There's also a Hanimex (& Fountain, and Prinztronic, and...) 1292, but I can't recall what's different between the 1292 and 1392. Maybe just more memory in the 1392? Or allows bigger ROMs?

That would be cool. There's all kinds of neat add-ons in Japan, but even from there I don't think I've seen a robot...

Slightly OT, but what's the key to success in the Crazy Taxi long jump? One dash at the beginning? Also a dash at the end? Dash the whole time? Something else? I think I've done best by backing up to the end and dashing just once at the beginning, but it's been a while...

I'd be happy to give that Gamecube, or any of the winning carts that were kept, a good home.

I am not even sure that John's computer has the virus. It could be anybody who has John's email address stored in his Outlook addressbook. Exactly. And for the record, I got some PIF file (a nice way of spreading a virus) from Albert just earlier today. I'm sure he didn't send it, and he's probably not infected, but somebody who knows John and Al probably is. :-)

Entschuldigung... Ich hatte eine Landkarte schon nicht finden... Fragend war schneller.

Um, Pico robot? Whatchoo talkin' about Willis?

There were Mac, PC and Genesis versions too. The NES one is the most common for consoles... If relatively complete and in good shape, you can probably get $40-80 for it, maybe if more? The SNES & Genesis ones go for more though, sadly.

Except that it's not really a huge demand now either... The idea is, you need to make a bunch and accept the fact that it will take years to clear them out, or you accept that you'll be asked to make another one every six months or so. Of course, as a seller you can also just say "the heck with it, you snooze you lose", which is about what Ward did (though in fairness, they were available for some time, and were even sold at the last CGE, so don't take that as a knock on Ward -- I'm happy he undertook the project in the first place!).

Hmm... Guess I should do a lint check on mine -- it's "sort of" busted... I did a little testing last weekend and found that Crazy Taxi works (yay!) but Crazy Taxi 2 does not (boo!). Other games didn't work last time I checked, so I'm not sure why it's being selective...

I don't suppose they STILL do, do they? Maybe you or someone else could pick me up a copy? Actually, maybe I should just check eBay... Or does MicroCenter have these on their webpage? I've checked, but come up empty -- if anyone has a link, let me know.

This is only general help since I haven't touched my Video Pinball in years, let alone any pong, and don't have any kind of docs in front of me. But... Batteries vs AC adaptor is usually a one-or-the-other sort of thing. In those days adaptors were extra parts you didn't need but were nice if you felt like splurging. And it wouldn't hurt to try channels 2-4 (maybe even 5-6) just in case it uses a different one than other systems. The cable almost certainly needs to go through an RF adaptor box (TV/Game switch), so if you have one from a 2600 laying around, pipe it through that. Otherwise, does the unit hum, smell, warm up, anything?

You don't know what you are missing. I admit I never read any, so Thomas is right, but Matt's way off -- I knew about Asterix & Obelix before I ever got the games (in like 1986 or so from a guy who said they were prototypes, but which may have really been Jim Redd specials).

NOTE: Chris has recently suffered a fire in his apartment; though he has hinted at the need for cash being incentive to code some things quickly, chances are he's busy repairing his life right now. Luckily, no one was hurt in the fire.

I've never seen the first one, but it doesn't surprise me. I haven't seen these come up all the time, so they're probably a bit rare. Can't say how much though...

I resent that! My brothers & I found 4 in EW and 5 or 6 in FW all by ourselves!