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Old 01-16-03, 01:07 PM
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New Atari 2600 and Activision game "consoles"

I saw this Atari one at Target last weekend:
http://www.gamestop.com/product.asp?product%5Fid=321721

And I just found out there is also an Activision one:
http://www.ebgames.com/ebx/categorie...p?pf_id=201129

10 classic games stored inside each controller.

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Old 01-16-03, 01:15 PM
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Hot damn! And the games are good too!
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Pretty cool! With the current trend of older games being re-released, I wish that Tecmo would get their act together and re-release my favorite game of all time, Super Tecmo Bowl. Same graphics and gameplay, with updated rosters and online play.
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Watch QVC on the weekends and you'll find a 2 player system of 64 activision games for about $24. There's another one w/ actual Bally/Midway arcade games too.
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mmmm.... Tecmo Super Bowl. The greatest football game ever.
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Originally posted by einTier
mmmm.... Tecmo Super Bowl. The greatest football game ever.
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Those are dope!

But Breakout with a joystick? I always used the paddle controller.
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Originally posted by einTier
mmmm.... Tecmo Super Bowl. The greatest football game ever.
ah, the fond memories of Tecmo Bowl. And you thought the new games were bad with the "win-all-the-time" plays.

My friends would use a Jerry Rice play in Tecmo Bowl, which usually had about a 95% success rate
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Originally posted by shizawn
Breakout with a joystick? I always used the paddle controller.
Hey, its the new millenium. You just have to adjust to the times, man.
Old 01-16-03, 07:33 PM
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I got one of these for Christmas. I used it for all of 5 minutes. (and yes, I grew up on the 2600, that was my first console)
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Originally posted by Xanager
ah, the fond memories of Tecmo Bowl. And you thought the new games were bad with the "win-all-the-time" plays.

My friends would use a Jerry Rice play in Tecmo Bowl, which usually had about a 95% success rate
Jerry Rice? Puh-lease. It was all about McMahon to Willie Gault.
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I too grew up with the 2600 and intellivision. Let fond memories remain just that. If someone made a game like any of those today we would all hate it no matter what could be said about it's basic gameplay appeal.

Sorry to rant but I have went back to relive my past with Mame and 2600 games and it ruined my memories of the fun I had. I guess I just demand more now and have little patience for that stuff now.

I saw it at EB and was tempted for a few minutes and then said to mayself " I have an XBOX". Can you imagine the batteries it would eat up? But for $25 its not like it would be such a loss.
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Originally posted by el_jer
I have went back to relive my past with Mame and 2600 games and it ruined my memories of the fun I had. I guess I just demand more now and have little patience for that stuff now.
I know what you mean. I have every game ever made for the 2600 on my computer. I can't play them for more than 5 minutes without getting bored, but its cool when people come over and you say "look what I have!".
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Tecmo bowl fans know of the best play in the game!

The Mark Bavarro SUCK HOLE play...

Simms drops back...Bavarro runs a curl route...all defenders run away from Bavarro...100% completion ratio.

Not to mention LT can block every single kick!
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First, Tecmo Super Bowl is the best football game ever. In what other game can you throw endzone to endzone and have the receiever catch the ball 50 ft in the air? What other game has Lawrence Taylor do lines of coke for speed burst? 'Nough said.

I might actually pick up this controller/console thing. I still play my NES all the time (including Tecmo Super Bowl) and love the classic games.
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What was your highest score in Super Tecmo Bowl?... I think I beat The Baltimore Colts 118-0 once...

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Although there were alot of teams in Tecmo Super Bowl I liked playing with, I usually stuck with the Oilers.
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I used to get hand cramps from that controller.


I held the base with my fingers and I used my thumb on the top of the stick. I knew other guys who used the crook between the thumb and pointing finger to control stuff.
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Old 01-20-03, 07:40 PM
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OK...

I got the Atari joystick one tonight at Target. This thing is really cool. It feels about 90% like a real Atari joystick. It hooks up real easy, and I like that it uses batteries instead of a power supply.

The games are a decent mix, but there are some graphical glitches and some of the sounds are different than the originals. Missile Command sounded a lot different.

In the games that the originals were used with the paddle controllers, they are more difficult with a joystick and should have been held off for a 10-in-1 paddle.

One other thing that bugs me is the lack of the difficulty switch.

Overall a pretty nice unit. I will buy any new ones they come out with. Actually, I'm thinking of buying the Activision unit, taking it apart, and putting the board into one of the Atari joystick units. That's the way Spider Fighter was intended to be played.

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Old 01-21-03, 04:23 AM
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what a cool idea. I still have my Atari with most of those games though, so I dunno if I'd pick it up. Hmm...
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Originally posted by jdpatri
Jerry Rice? Puh-lease. It was all about McMahon to Willie Gault.
Oh yeah! Dave Duerson on defense, and Walter Payton on offense! The 85 Bears were unstoppable!

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