Posts by Zoyx

My Odyssey2 arrived today. I was the only bidder in the auction that Madaracs pointed me to. I didn’t read the fine print… $30 in shipping. The heavy sixer I received from Goodwill a few months back was only $20 shipping. Don’t know what the difference was.

Anyway.

The console runs fine. The one game I have played so far is K.C. Munchkin. What made this Pac-man clone interesting was that it came out before Atari’s Pac-man. You can also argue that it is a more fun version. It gave the Odyssey a bit of a short-term bump at the time… until Atari sued and forced the halt of production.

Zoyx Odyssey2

Harmony Cartridge for the Atari 2600 is up for pre-order. Some features for you to drool over:

The board fits into a standard Atari shell (with slots dremeled out for the SD card and USB of course).

Features: Plays all legacy 2600 games up to 32k. USB programmable, SD card slot: FAT12/16/32 compatible, supports SD and SDHC, menu: supports directories, no limit on number of files, auto-detection of bankswitch type. Windows/Mac/Linux programming software. There is much more, but that’s the gist of it.

MMMMM … gaming bot. Must have me one.

R2D2 Master Gaming console
R2D2 Master Gaming console

Looks like I am missing the 2009 Portland Retro Gaming Expo next Sunday. Anyone feeling spontaneous and catching this? The post expo party will be at the Ground Kontrol Classic arcade. I now want to move to Portland.

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This old Computer Chronicles episode provides a nice look at the gaming industry as it was about to collapse. Some good games were still being made though. That Space Shuttle game was a work of art, considering it was made for the Atari 2600. The Pinball Construction Set was also extremely creative.

Fun fact: The original air date of that episode was on my 20th birthday. Phooey.