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Atari Jaguar: 3D0DEAD
Apparently, the Atari Jaguar's magic encryption code was, in hex, the phrase "3DO Dead"
The folks who created BattleSphere had to do a lot of brute-force work to determine this code.
Eventually, Hasbro made Jaguar an 'open' system, allowing continued development on the system (like the new titles and now-finished titles coming out of Songbird Productions). -
Re:Hell Yah
Songbird Productions ( http://songbird.atari.net/ ) produces NEW Atari Lynx games.
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Re:Clearly, they are
The geek, in the cultural pantheon of post-columbine era, is the modern homosexual. Columbine itself was an attempt to purge the nation of geeks, just as Eastern Europe attempted to do with vampires and homosexuals in the imported version of the Inquisition.
Eesh.... I just couldn't let this one go. First of all, get over your own language: geek, the cultural pantheon? The post-columbine era? Christ, sorry, but I don't buy for a second that anyone anywhere near the production of this movie had Columbine on his mind; barring people who read a little too much of Jon Katz's more, well, convoluted posts and take them as gospel, I don't think anyone buys that we are in the post-columbine era. It was a trajedy, but by no means was it an about-face of anything. Geeks have always been on the fringe, and recent events have done nothing to change that. Hell, I just read a piece comparing Carrie to the Columbine killers. Enough of this post-columbine bullshit: it's just like malitia folks talking about the post-Waco (and don't forget, post-Ruby Ridge) era. Hell, I suppose everyone has to have a point of reference, but, man, the world doesn't revolve around yours.
Oh, and Columbine "was an attempt to purge the nation of geeks," eh? Huh? Columbine was an action carried out by geeks, provoked by the status quo... where does the purging come in. Ok... maybe you're trying to say that after Columbine, the country, the education system (etc.) has tried to purge the geeks. Wrong. No way. The powers that be were not actively trying to "purge the nation" (how do you purge 'em anyway... kill em, deport em?), it was a (simpleminded, perhaps misguided) attempt to avoid the deaths of children. I can't imagine how that would possibly appear to be a witchhunt for gays.
Simpleton@atari.net (ignore the email address below... haven't bothered to change sig yet)
Jose M. Weeks -
How about Edtris?
Edtris, a Tetris game for the Atari2600 was published in 1995 by homebrew 2600 hacker Ed Federmeyer.
This year, Video Simon was released. There are many more - these are just homebrew games I found on a very brief net search!
People are still producing Intellivision games, some awesome games for the Atari Lynx handheld and Atari Jaguar, and more!
Just dig a little, and ye shall find! -
Re:Quality over Quantity
Battlemorph is nice... immersive.
I still haven't gotten into AvP... my friends laugh at it, and I get a little lost in the mazes.
As for Defender 2000, I say - get your hands on Protector. MUCH more playable. Not quite as silly, but still as pretty. -
Re:Ok...now what?!
It's not like they just wrote the game. The game was started back when the Jaguar was still out. It was due to Atari dying, being sold, and being sold again, that finished and near-finished games for the Atari Jaguar (and Lynx) didn't come out... until now.
I just picked up a copy of Raiden for the Atari Lynx. I got Protector for the Jaguar when it came out back in December. Sure, the game is a few
years old, but after a while, the genre of games that are popular on the PSX/N64/etc. just get boring...
(Speaking of Lynx, I wish Hasbro would re-release it... It kicks Game Boy's ass... from what I've seen, kicks Game Boy Color's ass, too... And it's already got dozens of really nice games for it.)