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Posted: Mon Aug 13, 2007 10:46 am
by AArdvark
The manuals are on the way. I could not miss a chance for you to clutter up your place just a little more.
Are you going to get a switch box for the Atari and C64 so's you can jump back and forth on the same TV?
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AARDVARK
Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2007 9:30 am
by Ice Cream Jonsey
To: All JC readers and posters
From: ICJ
Subject: The lack of content
Body: Been furiously busy with stuff, including work. Will make this BBS funny again by the weekend. Allow me to say that
www.best-electronics-ca.com/ is the absolute best place in the world to get Atari stuff from. Everything works and the store owner will analyze your Atari's situation and recommend items that work and work well together. I am very pleased! Just wanted to get the URL out there.
Conclusion: Seriously, more fun times this weekend.
Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2007 5:41 pm
by Ice Cream Jonsey
AArdvark wrote:The manuals are on the way. I could not miss a chance for you to clutter up your place just a little more.
They showed up yesterday! You managed to beat the many people sending me stuff by a not-insignificant amount. (The flash cart not being here yet is very disappointing. I'm glad I did not take any days off to use the thing.)
Thank you very much. Always glad to have a backup manual to The Pawn, and there are definitely some games there I am going to check out the Atari versions of!
Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2007 4:46 pm
by Ice Cream Jonsey
This is all working beautifully. The TV I am currently using has an analog connector, which doesn't provide a very nice picture. I will probably switch with the other spare TV, which allows me to use RCA plugs.
(Then, when the winter starts and Dayna and I take the time to go into the guest room and make it through a couple seasons of 24, I'll flip 'em back.)
I am giving my impressions of games as I play them on Caltrops. Here's the thread:
http://www.caltrops.com/pointy.php?acti ... &pid=67597
A lot of times you'll play a game on the Atari 800 that is done better elsewhere. For instance, Gyruss. Much better in the arcade/MAME version. Then there is Asteroids, which is terrible on anything but the arcade version. And lastly, something like Donkey Kong, which I find more entertaining on the 800 than I did on the MAME version, because my games last longer than 90 seconds. I'm trying to give thumbs-up and thumbs-down to the various 800 versions.
That being said, any time you mention you have an Atari, people naturally assume it is a 2600, so I don't mean to keep saying "800" or "8-bit" everywhere. It just makes things clearer.