+swlovinist Posted November 28, 2021 Share Posted November 28, 2021 Also, I guess I spoke too soon about Super Huey being in the store. Did they not release a game on Flashback Friday this last week? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eightbit Posted November 29, 2021 Share Posted November 29, 2021 5 hours ago, swlovinist said: Also, I guess I spoke too soon about Super Huey being in the store. Did they not release a game on Flashback Friday this last week? Nope, not released (yet). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justclaws Posted November 29, 2021 Author Share Posted November 29, 2021 8 hours ago, eightbit said: Nope, not released (yet). I think the whole Flashback Friday got messed up by the server problems, and probably key staff absent. I'd really like to see a follow-up message about what happened, because it was perfectly BAD timing. ? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stirrell Posted November 29, 2021 Share Posted November 29, 2021 1 hour ago, justclaws said: I'd really like to see a follow-up message about what happened, because it was perfectly BAD timing. Yes, stuff like this happens. Heck, even Facebook and Google services go down. I just hope they own it, learn from it, and are as transparent as possible. Their corrections on the Atari XP cartridges was promising and I hope they continue to communicate with the community. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justclaws Posted November 29, 2021 Author Share Posted November 29, 2021 2 hours ago, stirrell said: Yes, stuff like this happens. Heck, even Facebook and Google services go down. I just hope they own it, learn from it, and are as transparent as possible. Their corrections on the Atari XP cartridges was promising and I hope they continue to communicate with the community. I agree, absolutely. In fact, I also had trouble with some Amazon services this weekend, for quite a while, and I also had trouble getting logged-in to my Oculus Go account, but I didn't see any outages reported. The Atari XP statement was excellent, and that kind of clarity about this incident would be what I'd like. It's just I'm aware that there were probably, as here, quite a lot of new VCS owners hit by this incident. N.B. Atari VCS Store The Black Friday VCS software deal for the weekend has been extended to Wednesday, apparently, due to the server problems over the weekend. (Everything working today.) 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mockduck Posted November 29, 2021 Share Posted November 29, 2021 I think they took a break for the Thanksgiving holiday, so I bet Huey gets released this Friday. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+swlovinist Posted December 3, 2021 Share Posted December 3, 2021 Is there a specific time of the day that Atari drops games on Friday? I turned on my console this morning and navigated to the store. I did not see any new releases. 2nd week in a row :(. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+SabertoothRetro Posted December 3, 2021 Share Posted December 3, 2021 10 minutes ago, swlovinist said: Is there a specific time of the day that Atari drops games on Friday? I turned on my console this morning and navigated to the store. I did not see any new releases. 2nd week in a row :(. Its seemed to be in the afternoon PST the past few drops. Super Huey was in the initial Black Friday email blasts so the speculation is that it will be today's game. No mention on the VCS twitter yet. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justclaws Posted December 3, 2021 Author Share Posted December 3, 2021 Super Huey 7800 today, it seems. Usually the Flashback Friday happens when I am on the train, Friday evening, so it's due any time now. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+SabertoothRetro Posted December 3, 2021 Share Posted December 3, 2021 Confirming that Super Huey is in the store and available for download. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sramirez2008 Posted December 3, 2021 Share Posted December 3, 2021 1 hour ago, justclaws said: Super Huey 7800 today, it seems. Usually the Flashback Friday happens when I am on the train, Friday evening, so it's due any time now. I’m away too, but I’ll purchase it on Monday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mockduck Posted December 3, 2021 Share Posted December 3, 2021 On Super Huey 7800 I notice that in the VCS Store Ziggurat Games is listed as the developer rather than the original developer Cosmi Corporation, but the game isn't listed in the Ziggurat Games web site. They own Super Huey 1-3 though so....and I notice they also are publishing that American Hero woulda-been Jaguar game, so maybe they are the current developers? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leech Posted December 3, 2021 Share Posted December 3, 2021 19 minutes ago, Mockduck said: On Super Huey 7800 I notice that in the VCS Store Ziggurat Games is listed as the developer rather than the original developer Cosmi Corporation, but the game isn't listed in the Ziggurat Games web site. They own Super Huey 1-3 though so....and I notice they also are publishing that American Hero woulda-been Jaguar game, so maybe they are the current developers? I wondered if they are going to finish that and release it for JagCD as well as on Steam, etc. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eightbit Posted December 5, 2021 Share Posted December 5, 2021 Super Huey is $2 on sale right now. I just picked it up about an hour ago Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+SabertoothRetro Posted December 10, 2021 Share Posted December 10, 2021 Looks like today's drop is Alien Brigade. Now in the store for $2.99. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justclaws Posted December 10, 2021 Author Share Posted December 10, 2021 Alien Brigade was one of my favourite games on the 7800, with or without a light gun. I thoroughly recommend it. ? Here's a nice video from another (random) YouTuber! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari_JaguarVCS Posted December 10, 2021 Share Posted December 10, 2021 Just picked the game up earlier this evening, definitely a lot of fun!. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+swlovinist Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 I now see the game is Asteroids for the 7800. Purchased! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari_JaguarVCS Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 1 minute ago, swlovinist said: Was there a classic game dropped today? Asteroids 7800 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justclaws Posted December 18, 2021 Author Share Posted December 18, 2021 This is how we Atari 7800 owners are used to seeing Asteroids 7800. Seeing it crystal clear on a big modern monitor is a wonderful revelation I admit. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leech Posted December 18, 2021 Share Posted December 18, 2021 2 hours ago, justclaws said: This is how we Atari 7800 owners are used to seeing Asteroids 7800. Seeing it crystal clear on a big modern monitor is a wonderful revelation I admit. Am I remembering wrong that the Asteroids on the 8bit Atari computers could be 4 players? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sixersfan105 Posted December 22, 2021 Share Posted December 22, 2021 So it would appear as though all of the Atari 7800 games for sale through the Store are also playable in Antstream Arcade, which every VCS owner gets for free (ad-supported version), right? So I'm a little curious as to why people are dropping money on these titles when they're already accessible for free. If I'm missing something, please let me know. I'm a brand-new VCS owner, so I very well may be out of the loop on something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leech Posted December 22, 2021 Share Posted December 22, 2021 Just now, sixersfan105 said: So it would appear as though all of the Atari 7800 games for sale through the Store are also playable in Antstream Arcade, which every VCS owner gets for free (ad-supported version), right? So I'm a little curious as to why people are dropping money on these titles when they're already accessible for free. If I'm missing something, please let me know. I'm a brand-new VCS owner, so I very well may be out of the loop on something. Well, I guess it is easier to find them directly on the dashboard? And if you have crappy internet, playing the streaming version may be terrible. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sixersfan105 Posted December 22, 2021 Share Posted December 22, 2021 47 minutes ago, leech said: Well, I guess it is easier to find them directly on the dashboard? And if you have crappy internet, playing the streaming version may be terrible. Yeah I did think of the easier one-tap access for the standalone titles; good call. Definitely didn't think of the crappy Internet thing. Does everyone not have gigabit internet these days?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+swlovinist Posted December 22, 2021 Share Posted December 22, 2021 25 minutes ago, sixersfan105 said: Yeah I did think of the easier one-tap access for the standalone titles; good call. Definitely didn't think of the crappy Internet thing. Does everyone not have gigabit internet these days?! It the whole ownership vs having access to play it debate. Antstream Arcade is really a big selling point of the VCS. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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