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Agreed. It's certainly not the best Activision title out there (not by a long shot), but it's not half bad. It's still fun to pull that one out from time to time...

Well, of course it was (ahem!) inspired by Pac-Man, but Ladybug is a top-notch maze game in its own right. You can "alter" the playfield like you can in Mousetrap, "freeze" enemies like you can in Lock n' Chase and gobble up dots like Pac-Man. I dunno -- Ladybug just combines elements of those games quite well. Great fun. Looking forward to the homebrew

Hot damn! Ladybug for the 2600? Can't wait...

Gilligan's Island for the NES. What a stinker that was...

I've never had a problem with compatibility. And, what Atari fan wouldn't want a Game Boy collection ported to the Lynx?

The Lynx is absolutely fantastic. Love that system as there are just more interesting games for it than there are for the Game Gear. Now, here's something that'll sound like outright heresy around here -- for classic gaming, it's hard to beat a Game Boy Advance. You've got everything from classic arcade titles to top-notch RPGs (I noticed an earlier post wishing Eye of the Beholder was out for the Game Gear -- that came out years ago for the Game Boy). Still, I love my Lynx. But, the charms of the GBA are hard to resist.

I look forward to the opportunity, actually, and the money does sound good, too, as I do need some more homebrews (not to mention the fact I need a larger car to hold my growing family). Still, going from being a "real journalist" to a PR guy might be quite a jump (provided the negotiations go well with the organization that's gotten in touch with me, of course). Regardless, Greg George over at The Atari Times will get another article from me next year, and I'm always thrilled to write about events like OVGE. We Atari fans should feel very lucky, indeed, that some programmers out there are still cranking out quality games for us. I picked up three homebrews at OVGE and love the heck out of them!

Hey, a writer who doesn't mention AtariAge at an event like that isn't worth a damn, right?

Thanks, Albert. It was good seeing you as well, and I was reminded I need to pick up homebrews from you folks more than once a year. My eight-year-old son loves "Go Fish," and I've played the heck out of "Seawolf." Great stuff. I just hope I can write another article next year -- it appears I'm exiting the field of journalism and moving over the the "dark side" (public relations). Oh, well. I'll e-mail some copies of the article out, as promised, later tonight -- been kinda busy today.

Thanks! I'm just glad Jesse Hardesty had the initiative to put this show together in the first place. That's a wonderful event for classic gamers in this part of the world.

The article I wrote on OVGE finally ran in The Daily Record, so I've attached this Word document for those interested in such things. Jesse, hopefully I'll see you again at next year's show OVGE_article_in_Daily_Record.doc

Great show! Although I was a bit on the antisocial side (getting laid off due to a revenue shortage a couple of days prior to the event will do that to a person, I suppose), I had a good time, talked to some great people and bought some excellent home brews (kudos on "Go Fish," by the way -- everyone needs to buy it). I'll be writing an article for my old employer, "The Daily Record" in Little Rock on a freelance deal, and I'll post the link to the thing as soon as the rascal runs. This is the second year I've been to Tulsa for Mr. Hardesty's show, and I certainly plan on making it over there again next year.

Worse than it already is? Lord have mercy!

Thanks for the invitation! However, I'm confined to central Arkansas all weekend. Now, what would be dandy, dandy fun is to get us Arkies around here one day to combine our efforts and put together some kinda event. Hell, yeah! Y'all take care, and I'll see you at OKGE!

Ah, there's still some great stuff in the wild here in Central Arkansas. I was at a flea market in Hot Springs today, when I found some carts for $3. Yes, $3 may be a bit high, but there was some semi-rare stuff here: 1. Coconuts 2. Congo Bongo 3. Enounter at L-5 4. Gangster Alley 5. Lost Luggage 6. M.A.D. 7. Polaris 8. Realsports Boxing Now, there's nothing there exactly earth-shattering (although I was glad to find a copy of Polaris), but $24 to expand my collection wasn't bad. Particularly since I didn't have to mess around with inflated prices on eBay.

Man, oh man! I can't wait for this thing. Ought to be fun. Thanks, again, for holding such a fantastic even so close to Arkansas. Thumbs up!

Here's one of them thar eBay auctions for an Intellivision keyboard unit... Intellivision keyboard auction I don't collect for the Intellivision, so I don't know if this is a good deal or not. Looks like a good item for fans of that system, though.

You know, years ago, there was a card with a Z-80 chip on it for use with the original IBM-PC. That card was designed exclusively for CP/M use. If you can still find one and toss it in a PC (or, even, an older MS-DOS based machine) that might be the way to go. The whole setup should be pretty cheap, too. But, didn't most TRS-80s use TRSDOS? I know the Model IV was set up for use with CP/M as were a couple of other Radio Shacks (I think), but most users stuck with the Shack's operating system, didn't they?

Yep, I'm in the same boat. A big deal in my neighborhood when I was growing up was to select one of the levels where your ship had shields and see who could roll over the score the most. On levels where you get a spare ship every 5,000 AND you have shields, you can play until the cows come home.

Imagine that! So, you're saying something in Windows ME seems messed up? Imagine that! Honestly, I've got an old 486 kicking around for what games I have, and that works quite well as a DOS box. I haven't fooled with older games much on my XP -- the operating system works very well as it is, and I'm almost scared to monkey around with it.

One just can't say enough good things about Star Fire. What a great game that one is! One of the better things I've ever played on a 2600. I'll be coming home with a basket full of homebrews next month from the Oklahoma Gaming Exhibition, for sure.

As far as Atari ads go, I always loved the Activision one that insisted we'd all be better people if we purchased their first 10 games for the Atari (the ads were from the "fill in the holes" series or something like that). Oddly, the ads made me want to snap up those 10 games. As for kind of game-related ads in general, the ones for the Apple IIgs made me want to toss my PC out a window and get one of those instead.

Okay, I've applied for membership. Slow loading game though, huh?

Ugh, Zaxxon stinks. Let's not forget about the mess that is Football (a.k.a. Trashcan Football), either. Slot Racers sucks, too, as does Street Racer. Still, "Pac-Man" will always stand out as the most disappointing game for me. It was, in my mind, the first time Atari failed miserably at something. Remember the hype over "Pac-Man" and the furor after it was released?

Here's a question -- why on earth IS this thread back and kicking? Damn. Just bumped it up a bit more, didn't I?