Psionic

A real Sega arcade compilation featuring not only the Genesis-era arcade titles but older ones (Zaxxon, Carnival, Congo Bongo, etc.) is long overdo, but I've given up hope on that one at this point.

I was just looking through an old issue of the Nintendo Fun Club News (#5, Feb./March 1988). On page 10, there is a section callled "Sneak Peeks" that discussed upcoming NES games. There are shots of a game called U.S. Golf (a golf game similar to NES Open that was released in Japan for the Famicom Disk System but never made it to the U.S.). Also mentioned are Super Mario Bros. II (the description appears to be of the Japanese Famicom DS release, not the SMB2 that was eventually released) and a game called Return of Donkey Kong. The description is as follows: There are no screenshots, just a small inset with a shot of DK from the first game. Does anybody know anything about this game and what became of it? It seems very odd that Nintendo didn't release another Donkey Kong game until 1994.

Yeah, definitely spare all the sequels (though they left out Revenge of Shinobi) in favor of more original games. Neither Sonic or Sonic 2 belong on there as they were already on Sonic Mega Collection. The Phantasy Star games also should be released on a separate compilation like the one they did for the Game Boy Advance, they don't really belong on this. Where are Greendog, Gunstar Heroes, etc., and the million others they could have included. I hope they have another volume planned.

Yes, it was some kind of weird Hong Kong only release. I don't really know for sure if it was a legit or pirate release (very likely given the country of origin), but I think it's fair to say it's not worth $600.

Thanks, very good news!

Wow, I didn't notice that, pretty cool. Fun but very easy.

Pretty nice. I really want one of those.

I remember that one, very nice. My local Chuck E. Cheese used to have one of those back when it was new. The amusement park I used to work in had one as well. I wonder if they're still there...

Yes, the PC version of TL2 does have Darius Gaiden. Royal Air Mail takes about 5-10 days UK to NY. Cheers.

I just had the identical problem a week or two ago. The box on mine was loose, but it hadn't fallen off the board. I just resoldered it and it worked fine. It's a fairly simple fix, so even if you'd rather buy a new one, give the old one to someone who will fix it, don't trash it.

A complete U.S. SMS collection (115 games) is probably one of the easiest to put together as very few of the games are very expensive and used games tend to be complete due to the plastic cases (unlike the NES). It actually looks like you're missing a few games (unless you just have the loose carts, which I can't see) and some are European/Canadian versions (U.S. versions of some titles are VERY hard to find). Even so, that collection of yours looks very nice. I've got about 75 or 80 out of 115 myself, but I don't plan on going the distance as I'm not really a completist. I haven't bought any in quite a while and, in fact, I'm probably going to unload about 20 of them that I never play.

Soak them in Armor-All

1. Popeye: $5 loose, $10 boxed 2. Space Invaders: $3 loose, $6 boxed 3. Montezuma's Revenge: $15+ loose, $40+ boxed 4. Congo Bongo: $8 loose, $15 boxed 5. Buck Rodgers and the Planet of Zoom: $8 loose, $15 boxed 6. Robotron 2084: $8 loose, $25+ boxed 7. Joust: $2 loose, $6 boxed 8. 5200 Trak-Ball: $25 loose, $35+ boxed

http://www.atariage.com/controller_page.ht...ControllerID=24 They aren't too hard to find, they pop up on eBay fairly frequently.

Always worth a try, but I had to buy my adapter online as neither of my local Radio Shacks had it. Not surprisingly, they had every conceivable adapter you could imagine other than the one I was looking for.

This really belongs in the Marketplace forum.

It's works great, believe me, you'll never use a switch box again. You can use it with any old system that uses a switch box (Atari 2600, Intellivision, ColecoVision, etc.). You get a much better picture that's almost as good as using the composite A/V cables that modern systems have, and unlike a switch box it won't wear out. The only downside is that since it's an adapter and not a switch box, you have to connect the system every time you want to play and disconnect it to watch TV again (unless your TV has multiple coaxial cable inputs). But it's a small price to pay.

I assume you are referring to the TV/Game Switch Box. That said, the RF modulator switch from your NES (grey box) will not fry your system, but it will not work. The old style switch boxes used a manual switch to cut off the cable signal, whereas the box for the NES is automatic. The signal from the Atari 2600 is not strong enough to trigger the auto switch which will cut off the cable signal. Go to Radio Shack and buy a new switch box, or better yet, ditch the lousy switch box altogether and buy one of these... http://www.atariage.com/store/index.php?ma...;products_id=42

Sure, I'll trade you mine for a Donald Duck's Speedboat Proto...

Agreed, Gabriel. I guess I was lucky to buy it new for $20 way back when. I think my cousin bought a copy recently and paid $$ for it.

Well, not me, not yet anyway. But I was aware of this problem when I bought it, so I've been handling my DSL carefully. No problems so far.

Well...I eventually got replacements for those problem cartridges and another console (my original had a dying power supply). The results are as follows: The copy of River Raid I had was in fact DOA. The culprit was a poorly soldered connection in one of the IC chips on the PCB. I guess even Activision wasn't perfect in making games! I still have scrambled graphics on power-up with the following games on my original console: -Centipede -Miner 2049er -River Raid These games do work perfectly on my new console, however. Stupid ColecoVision.

Spy Hunter sells for a lot. I have seen it sell for over $100 boxed before. Yeah right. He relisted it with a $100 reserve. Not even close (I was the high bidder).

Yeah, it seems odd, I don't really know why they did it, I guess they just didn't have enough 5200 boxes and didn't want to make more. Many of the late Activision releases for the 5200 have some strange box and manual variations. As stated, they often used 2600 (or even ColecoVision) boxes for the games. Sometimes they have "For Atari 5200" stickers pasted over that, sometimes not. So it appears this was purposeful and not just a mistake. As far as the manuals, sometimes the 5200 manual is just a photocopy or it is from a different system, and sometimes it is missing!