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OVGE 2005 ReportPosted on Mon, July 18 2005, by Ethan C. Nobles |  |
 | Ethan has submitted another video game show report. This time for the 2005 OVGE (formerly the OKGE.) As always, new homebrews and fun were to be found! ... [Read More] Make the first comment! |
Demon AttackPosted on Mon, July 11 2005, by Dan Loosen |  |
 | The Demons are back again and they're attacking. What are you going to do about it? Are you going to sit in your heavily armed spaceship twiddling your thumbs? Or are you going to get out there and blast some Demon scum? Demon Attack is one of the best 2600 games period. There, I said it. It isn't my favorite, but it is a great game that combines intense gameplay with good graphics and sound to make one of the best games like it for the 2600. The idea behind this Imagic is that the invading "Space Demons" want to destroy you and you need to stop them. There are three of them on screen at a time, all animated with relatively good graphics. I... [Read More] 1 Comment |
H.A.A.G. Expo 2005Posted on Wed, June 29 2005, by Darryl Brundage | |
| Did you manage to visit the Houston Area Arcade Group Expo this year? No? Well, you're in luck. Our pal Darryl Brundage *did* visit the show and offers up this 3 page report. (He says it's 8, I say it's 3!) Well well well, another year, another entertainment expo. I've gone to music and sci-fi conventions for many years now, my favorite being the music ones, especially since Houston isn't exactly known as to having the greatest music "industry" (and I use that term quite lightly), since you can find all kinds of surprises at one of those (especially if you just ... [Read More] Make the first comment! |
XeviousPosted on Fri, June 24 2005, by Darryl Brundage |  |
 | For it's time, Xevious was one of the more unique shooters. Not only could you shoot aerial targets, but ground targets too! Plus there's the hidden flag bonuses, the mega-cool indestructible rotating walls, and the mothership at the end. Xevious has it all! You know, even though I played it a lot in the arcades and at home, Xevious always struck me as to being kind of weird. Maybe it's due to all the firepower that's always going off and creating major havoc (har har), yet there's no big, booming explosions constantly threatening to shatter your skull as you progress through the game. Whatever it is, Xevious was another game created by Namco and distributed by Atari (like Dig Dug),... [Read More] Make the first comment! |
Old Games Can Be Good TooPosted on Tue, June 21 2005, by Brendan Madigan |  |
 | Brendan Madigan shares his experience with 5 of the best Lynx games and utilizing his unique rating system. Are your favorites on the list? For years I hunted the Atari Lynx for my large collection of video game systems. I checked everywhere; Ebay, Amazon.com, and many more websites, 'till I was able to find an affordable Lynx on Ebay with Tournament Cyberball. At the time I didn't expect much out of the system. When it finally arrived I wasn't going to play it 'till I got bored of some of my other fine systems, but than I finally decided... [Read More] 2 Comments |
Communist Mutants from SpacePosted on Mon, June 13 2005, by Darryl Brundage | |
 | Those crazy commies are at it again! Here to try and force socialized annihilation on you and your family! No, you don't get to keep all of your star bucks. They must be redistributed to the mutant population! Oh yeah, that would've been MY guess, as far as video game themes go... (?) Without doubt, the Supercharger was THE coolest accessory for the 2600 (aside from those wonderful "adult" video games *cough hack note: MAJOR SARCASM...choke*). All of it's games were created on an Apple II computer. Whereas new 2600 games back then cost $20-30 or more, Starpath's (the creators of the games and the Supercharger) cost about $15 each. They loaded up qui... [Read More] Make the first comment! |
Blood MoneyPosted on Tue, June 07 2005, by Lawrence Armstrong |  |
 | Funny looking spaceships? Check. Alien worlds? Check. Great blasting action? Check. Lawrence Armstrong checks out this Atari ST R-Type derivative. Blood Money from Psygnosis is definitely a classic for the Atari ST. The game comes in a sturdy, box, with excellent box art. It even comes with a nice poster you can hang on your wall. The box also contains two floppy disks. Once you put in the disk, you will see a really vibrant, high-color image of the character on the box and the poster. Then a short speech in a "menacing" digitized voice introduces the game. In fact, this game is intended to b... [Read More] Make the first comment! |
XybotsPosted on Wed, June 01 2005, by Dan Loosen | |
 | Now here's a game that isn't graphically all that different from the arcade. In fact, this one is pretty darn accurate (not that Lynx games aren't.) Anyway, even without the cool twisty joystick of the arcade, this version of Xybots is top notch. I never got to play the arcade version of Xybots until after I had the Lynx version, and after playing the arcade game I was only more impressed by the job that was done on this great little title. The graphics are well done, with the feeling that great care was taken to get this game to look just like the arcade counterpart. Everything looks clean and crisp. The sounds in the game are great, with some really nice background music thrown i... [Read More] 1 Comment |
Atari FlashbackPosted on Thu, May 26 2005, by David Sherwin | |
 | Here it is! The long awaited Flashback! Oh, I forgot. This has already been trashed by the Atari community for being just a NES on a chip system with poorly ported games for an outrageous price of $39 or more. Well if the Flashback 2.0 is sold out, why not consider David Sherwin's opinion on this 7800-looking gizmo? Atari provoked the classic gaming community in 2004 when it announced that the Flashback, its new is it-or-isn't it console, would faithfully reproduce many games from the beloved VCS/2600 line (and largely forgotten 7800 system) in one convenient package for the modern gamer. By now, we've all waded through the endless threads and commentaries on on-line gaming sites, the feature articles in magazines ranging from Newsweek to Time, and can state... [Read More] 4 Comments |
Realsports TennisPosted on Mon, May 16 2005, by Ethan C. Nobles | |
 | There are at least two choices for tennis games on the 2600. This glorified Pong game could have been called "Pong 1983" or something. Anyway, if you like tennis, you may like this game. Just don't expect Virtua Tennis gameplay. Back in 1981, Activision produced a fine game called, simply Tennis. For those of us used to playing Pong, Tennis was quite an eye-opener in that a couple of horizontal lines meant to represent players, a two-dimensional court and a simplistic scoring scheme were replaced by a game which more closely resembled, well, tennis. Finally, we could buy a tennis game which featured players which resembled humans carrying rackets, a three-dimensio... [Read More] Make the first comment! |