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    Rage Quitters

    The only online games I have played are America's Army and a Multi-User Dungeon. "Rage Quitting" as you call it has no significance in America's Army except for perhaps "Frag Rate Whores" but if they don't want to play for the fun of it then that is their loss. The MUD I used to play had player killing but "rage quitting" would ultimately result in loss of all equipment. I can see how it would be annoying but for me I only play games to have fun. When it starts becoming more then that perhaps I myself will quit.
  2. I had been searching for Electronic Games cover scans and found something infinitely better...Retromags!
  3. The Atari 2600 was $200 in 1977. I always found that crazy along with TVs. I wonder what that is today with inflation in mind?
  4. The Commodore 64 is the computer that gives me the most nostalgia next to the Atari 2600. I too did my first BASIC programming on the C64 and as I recall it was a bit harder then the Apple or Atari versions of BASIC. Seemed like you had to use a PEEK or POKE every other line but on the plus side you could use the "arrow keys" to edit your screen text! I was lucky enough to have a disk drive and I'm wondering did you also have to do the "1541 tap" to get some games to load as your system advanced in years? I knew that any Atari 2600 user would know what Atari thumb was but I placed the definition in for those "Gamepad Whippersnappers"
  5. Perhaps I should re-attempt to get into RTS, I did like Command and Conquer: Tiberian Wars.
  6. The first video game console we had, like many other families at the time was one of the Pong units that plugged into the TV. We got an Atari 2600 in 1978. The whole family played it though me and my brothers played it until we received "Atari Thumbs", a soreness that occurred between the thumb and pointer finger. I loved to read about all the games and consoles. All other consoles were represented in my neighborhood as we enter the early 1980s. I coveted the ColecoVision but never owned one. I bought an Intellivision with 30 games off a friend who tired of it. I became primarily a computer user after the crash and had a RadioShack MC-10, C-64 and Amiga from 1984 into 1990s.
  7. Wow, everyone has such a robust collection. How many of you are married with kids? If you are, your spouse is really cool. I have an Odyssey 2, NES, GBA and DS I also have a Commodore 64 and Apple IIgs This was after much arguing. What I really want console-wise is a mint Atari 2600. For computers I want Atari 800XL, RadioShack CoCo2, TI994A and most of all Amiga500.
  8. Most strategy games, especially those that involve micromanagement. Many of these "games" seem more like work. I do however, like older strategy games like Heroes of Might and Magic and the 'Age of ...' series. I really want to like Flight Simulators but can't get into them anymore. This is odd because my first disk based game I bought when I was a kid was Sublogic's Flight Simulator II. While I am a huge fan of western RPGs, I cannot stand Japanese RPGs. Other then that I don't like games that you take care of pets and crap.
  9. No way should the ColecoVision or Vectrex be on this list. At the time the ColecoVision rivaled the Atari 2600 for the video throne. Vectrex was an incredible system that enjoyed some success, even if it was only for a year or so. The fact that it has a large homebrew community today says something. For that time the real fails were Fairchild Channel F and Bally Astrocade or even the 5200. I was thinking the Lynx can't really be considered a fail aslo, it was too far ahead of it's time. It was all about the battery life. Also apparently the Epyx guys tried to sell the Lynx to Nintendo and they actually showed them the Gameboy before it was released. I don't think the reviewer that compiled this list has played many or any of these systems either.
  10. The early 80s were a particularly hard time in my childhood and Bill and Arnie's work were like islands of good amongst the bad. It wasn't written for kids, it wasn't written for just adults it was written for video gamers. I remember each and every one of these issues. I've been meaning to post in one of Bill's threads thanking him because he and Arnie are two of the heroes of my childhood. Thanks Tony, I work hard on those double pages and a lot of the time it is impossible to blend them. What I am attempting to do is show what the original art looked like. I am particularly proud of the SwordQuest ad which is funny since I think that EarthWorld is one of the worst Atari 2600 games of all time. Worse even then E.T. and Pac-Man.
  11. I just finished uploading January 1983 Electronic Games. It's a great issue and I am fairly proud of my editing. Enjoy! CM
  12. The great thing about the TurboGrafix was that 5 people could play at the same time. We used to play the CinemaWare TV sports Football and Basketball games for hours. Even a mediocre game like MotoRoader became a riot with 5 cars bouncing around. The other great and sad thing is there are Japanese only games that were beyond compare. For "shmups" the T-16 was the best. We could get some of these greats like Gradius, R-Type maybe even Darious but there are games like Download, DeadMoon, GunHead and many more which make the TG-16/PC Engine the greatest shooter console of the late 80s early 90s. I would have never known this without emulation of course.
  13. A C64 sections sounds awesome. My first real computer and I still own one today.
  14. I think this ad database is a brilliant idea and great work so far, however Jumpman never appeared on the 2600. I guess there is a homebrew effort in development but I think the only console to get a release was the ColecoVision and that was Jumpman Jr.
  15. For me one magazine today still gives me that excited feeling and that is Retro Gamer. I'm impressed by the quality and quantity of the content of most UK magazines such as Games and Edge but Retro Gamer gives me that same feeling above all. I'm afraid I've lost faith in U.S. mags such as PC Gamer and let my subscriptions drop off.
  16. Here is a preview of the issue that I am currently working on.
  17. I agree that Electronic Games is the most important U.S. magazine from the early days of gaming and needs to be preserved above all others. I am new and a relatively minor player here however I am committed to the cause. Between Kitsune and Waremonger, they apparently have a complete run. Yes! I will scan my meager 5 issues to help in the project but this will most likely take awhile due to life in general. Anyway as they said, thank you for the generous offer. Who knows maybe it will come down to it and I'll have to take you up on it.
  18. Wow, I wish I knew French, thats amazing!
  19. These are some links to vintage magazine scans I have found. I've already mentioned a few of these links in a previous thread but wanted to have them in one place. The Computer Gaming World Archive Nov 81 to Nov 92 scanned as PDFs http://cgw.vintagegaming.org/galleries/ind...ub=0&id=500 or http://pdf.textfiles.com/zines/CGW/ Zzap64 issues 1 through 107 scanned as .JPGs http://www.atlantis-prophecy.org/mags/zzap64.php Joystik Magazine 9 issues scanned in .PDF format. Click the Download section http://www.joeysarcade.com/ Online Only Scans of a Diverse Number of Computer Magazines Good for reference. http://www.old-computer-mags.com/ Classic Computer Magazine Archive -Extensive Text, Info and some scans from various computer magazines. (Online Only, good for reference) http://www.atarimagazines.com/ Crappy Scan of the First Issue of Computers and Video Games, still useful though. http://www.scene.org/file_dl.php?url=ftp:/...p&id=515340 This is what I've found so far. I'll check in if I find more.
  20. The one game that I always want to play is Elite, the space trading/fighting game. I try and get confused then killed. I've tried reading a few manuals but perhaps I'm not very elite.
  21. Thanks Phillyman. I edited the first post because I spaced Electronic Games March 1983.
  22. I have a very humble amount of retro mags but I'm serious about adding what I have. Here they are. Electronic Games: January 1983 (Completed) February 1983 (Next) March 1983 (Completed) May 1983 January 1984 (Completed) Electronic Fun with Computers and Games September 1983 (missing covers, contents page and type-in listing) Commodore Power/Play October/November 1985 RUN magazine May 1985 and assorted other RUNs from late 80's early 90's which I'll list when I compile them.
  23. Sorry I didn't get this until last night. I do have a few questions. For the future releases should I just PM you? If I can get Rapidshare to not kick me off in the middle of an upload, should I endeavor to use them for any reason? Any other advice? I will try to post more so I'm not a stranger, I've just been so busy with family, college, work.....so on. Should I start a work in progress thread or something. I notice that some of my meager collection is owned by others and I don't want to duplicate or step on toes. Thanks Hi BJWanlund, For the Zzap 64 stuff I found that using Firefox and the DownThemAll plugin is the only way to go, if you haven't already done this. Just set it to do it all and come back with every file downloaded. CM
  24. I just upped a scanned edited and packaged of Electronic Games January 1984. I hope it's clean enough. I edited it well I think and I think it's good for a first effort. I messeged Phillyman with the link for his review. I just found out from the shoutbox that he has 500 unread messeges! Hope it passes so everyone can enjoy, Electronic Games January 1984.
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