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1 hour ago, Rooster said:

To be honest, we can't pretend to have the slightest clue how many protesters have died in Hong Kong, considering how many of them have simply disappeared.  The story of the people of Hong Kong seems to be generally more relatable to western audiences, considering that it was a pretty stable region in comparison with Chile, Ecuador, Haiti, etc.  

I think the explanation is simpler.. It fits the narrative of "China bad", whereas Chile protests is reaction to the austerity economics of neoliberalism.

I like Stevie Nicks a little more, but Heart has some killer cuts.

On 11/14/2019 at 9:29 PM, Deadeye said:

@Scrobins you are added to the leaderboard.

 

His submission brings up a good talking point.  How many scores should displayed per game category?  1, 3, 5?  Also can a user only hold one score per game category or hold multiple? 

My opinion is 5 top scores per category and a user can hold multiple:

i.e.

Game X (Top Score)

1. Scrobins

2. Scrobins

3. Gloves

4. Rain Warrior

5. Gloves

However I want this to be more of a discussion then what I think.  

For the Atari leaderboard, I did a top 3 and, 1 score per user/game

At lot of great games this past decade. Hard to just pick one. A lot of the big ones are sequels to IPs that were started in previous decades. I would say one of the most impactful and interesting NEW IPs of the past decade was Five Nights at Freddy's. It completely galvanized the whole videogame streamer movement.

On 12/11/2019 at 8:57 PM, Rooster said:

I would have rather seen the HK protestors win, to be honest. 

On 12/11/2019 at 8:54 PM, Estil said:

All the more reason the HK protesters were by far the most qualified.

Hong Kong has gotten a disproportionate amount of media coverage considering there are equally massive protests going on in Chile, Ecuador, Haiti etc..

19 people have been killed in the Chile protests so far, vs 2 in Hong Kong (one was a guy who fell off a bridge)

which episode would you suggest I try first?

Does anyone still care about Time magazine? but I can see why they chose her.

wouldn't it be possible for the NOAC manufacturer to correct some of those emulation problems and release an improved chip?

37 minutes ago, acromite53 said:

What happens there? I've never played that far.

fall between the columns and its too tall to get out of. nothing to do but slowly die in the lava.

oh man! The glitch in Battletoads where the boss never appears is the worst! Especially after how agonizing it is to even get to that spot!

I would also nominate from Metroid: the tall bubble columns of Norfair

I cleared out all the old patch graphics, and will be doing it in a separate gallery now, just below the scoreboard. To encourage participation in the monthly challenges, only games featured in the spotlight challenges will you be able to earn badges. High scores for any game can still be posted at any time

On 12/6/2019 at 12:20 PM, Splain said:

 

Now THAT is a name I haven't heard in a long time. I remember trying to one-up my friends, seeing who could dive the deepest into the complexity of ZZT. There was a game being passed around called Code Red (I think?) which actually had a password feature, in the form of a huge room with complex pushers and whatever else to process the password. Very impressive. I got in the habit of not using stock objects to build walls, because of that one friend who would spam the ZAP code to break every level. So I exclusively used coded objects that would immediately end the game when zapped. Good times.

I just played through the Town of ZZT in a single sitting last night.

http://www.chriskallen.com/zzt/ZZTUltra.php

I remember finding it very difficult when I was younger, but  I guess my gaming abilities have improved. Some of the dexterity/twitch parts were still a bit of a challenge, but the puzzles I solved pretty fast.

23 hours ago, BortLicensePlate said:

@CasualCart Big fan of the little illustrations you included with each game, nice work

Really great stuff! I appreciate you going the extra mile.

I was super into quirky stylus driven DS games back when that system was out (Pac Pix, Trauma Center, Elite beat Agents, Kirby Canvas Curse, etc) , but I never tried Skate it. Makes me interested to check it out

The dirt common Ataris are .50, but unless you want to keep stockpiling dozens duplicates in lots by the truckload, eventually you'll have to shell out $5 to $20 bucks to get the some of the harder to find titles, and of course the true rare carts will always be expensive.

How do your kung fu skills transfer from NES to Atari? I kind of suck at both, but I've at least looped the NES version. Here, I only made it to the 3rd floor.

Games where you can make your own stuff:

ZZT, Warioware DIY

and although I don't personally have any interest in it: Minecraft would qualify

Frogger 2 is pretty confusing unless you look in the manual to see what is safe to step and what is dangerous.

Each level consists of 3 screens:

underwater

Safe: Sea Turtle

Danger: everything else

get bubbles for points

goal: fill the berths in the 3 logs

advance to next surface by landing on a non-hole section of log

Surface

everything is safe except the boat, the hippos when standing, or the mama duck if she catches you riding on her babies

turtles and whales dive intermittently and lilly pads disappear when you step off them.

goal: fill the life preserver berth dragging behind the boat

jump in water to get to previous screen, or jump on mama duck to advance to the air

Air

jump and get progressively higher with each hop

get butterflies for points

Safe: Zepplins, birds

Danger: Dragons, Airplanes, bats, black edges

Goal: Get into the cloud berth

fall through hole in bouncy cloud to return to the surface.

This is basically NA 2: electric boogaloo 

December Challenge: Sequels

There weren't a ton of part 2's for the Atari library, and the ones that were made tend to be overshadowed by the more well known original.

You have until midnight (VGS time) Decemeber 31, to post your scores to earn badges.

Pitfall 2: challenge score 99k  (199k perfect score)

River Raid 2: Challenge score 60k (Game 1/a/b)

Frogger 2: Challenge score 5k

Qberts Qubes: Challenge score 60k (GAME 1/A/A)

The Grim Reapers in kid Icarus are scary when you first encounter them, but then they just get annoying once you realize you have farm their reaper birdies for xp

On 11/26/2019 at 2:00 AM, DefaultGen said:

I love Night Stalker so much.

The 2600 version, Dark Cavern is pretty damn fun

I feel like I should be able to do better than this, but there's something about the randomness that always gets me.

Each challenge is intended to be a month challenge. Because the Ninatari Challenge didn't start on the Nov.1  to get a full month, I'm extending the deadline to Decemeber 7. Post ANY score for all 7 games to earn your participation point. The challenge scores will still be applicable throughout the year to earn a challenge badge with your high score. New challenge for December coming tomorrow.