During the 1980s, some kids went to summer camp; I spent my ...
Snowflake commented on blog entry Another Video Game Hall of Fame and Museum in RTM
i would imagine theres been alot of video game hall of fames. electronic games also ran its own video game hall of fame in the early 80s.
The Evener commented on blog entry intellivision fix continued in Snowflake
An interesting or perhaps inevitable consequence of looking into past practices of TG has been to learn more about how the console scores came together into a single "TG database." I was broadly aware of some of the history from RTM, and I recall reading other snippets here and there. I believe
OOO created a blog entry JASON VASILOFF IS THE WORLD CHAMPION OF ESPORTS FOR 2019 in OOO
<p>WCEIII Presentation<br><br><br><br>WCEIII began 9 months ago on 12 April 2019. With an increased schedule of 36 different games over a 32 week season, this was an even greater competition in the toughest eSports championship on the planet.<br><br><br><br>The 2019 Championship was played over 4...
OOO created a blog entry WAN1993 WINS THE MGLXLII - MYSTERY PRIZE in OOO
<div data-cke-filler-webkit=\"start\" data-cke-temp=\"1\"> </div><p>Mystery Prize Draw:</p><p data-empty=\"true\"><br></p><p>30 gamers were eligible at the end of MGLXLII for the mystery prize draw. All players had to play and post a score for all 9 games. The eligible players are listed...
OOO created a blog entry DEREK LONG WINS MGLXLII - THE INCREDIBLE TRIO in OOO
<p><br><br>The final tournament of the epic 2019 season has just been completed. 50 gamers hit the arcade as follows:<br><br><br><br>Congratulations goes out to all competitors that gamed in the tournament, who battled on 9 different games in 59 days. The last 5 games had either not been played...
OOO commented on blog entry MGLXLII - Game 9 ~ City Connection (closes 26-Jan) in OOO
Day 17 of 17.
Final Results ...
Another game not played in the MGL for over 10 years, the previous high score, which was set all those long years ago, was made by Savage at 405,000 points. Using that score as a yardstick of excellence,
OOO commented on blog entry MGLXLII - Game 8 ~ Super Pang (closes 26-Jan) in OOO
Day 17 of 17.
Final Results ...
Super Pang proved to be a very different but very challenging game. Not played for over 10 years in the MGL, surprisingly, many gamers managed to score over 1 million mighty points on this game. RichyS, JasonV91,
OOO commented on blog entry MGLXLII - Game 9 ~ City Connection (closes 26-Jan) in OOO
Hi all gamers, this game is now closed. This was the final game of MGLXLII and the final scoreboard will be posted shortly.
The Evener commented on blog entry intellivision fix continued in Snowflake
Thanks Gavv. Yes, it doesn't surprise me that a number of Intellivision players submitted on disc. To your questions, what I've been able to review on the Wayback Machine simply cites "default" for the vast majority of tracks across all home consoles, including Intellivision. There
Snowflake created a blog entry coleocovision discord? in Snowflake
<p>does anyone know if theres a good coleco vision discord with a focus on high scores and sharing tips? im having trouble finding anythingwith the serach feature. if noone knows of a preexisting good one i'll just make one. thanks.</p>
Snowflake commented on blog entry intellivision fix continued in Snowflake
you're very polite evener and i respect that, but not doing due dilignece is an understatement. that makes it sound like dave just didnt know or made a mistake when in reality several of us pointed out the issues and were ignored. heck when confronted with the issues he said that he could just make
The Evener commented on blog entry intellivision fix continued in Snowflake
It's air tight that the change shouldn't have happened. "Default=disc" was proffered as a clarification or codification of how TG defined "default" historically. We know emphatically that it wasn't the case. The mistake can be traced back to the previous Head Custodian
JJT_Defender replied to a poll NES / FAMICOM / DISK - Starship Hector - NTSC - Points - 2 Minute Mode - 374,000 - Sascha Berkel in
JJT_Defender replied to a poll NES / FAMICOM / DISK - Starship Hector - NTSC - Points - 2 Minute Mode - 332,000 - Hector Rodriguez in
JJT_Defender replied to a poll NES / FAMICOM / DISK - Stinger - NTSC - Points - 10,311,600 - Kevin Stabinsky in
Snowflake commented on blog entry intellivision fix continued in Snowflake
no im not saying that at all. i'm saying that if we change the rules to hard and remove scores done on easy that beat us then we should also remove scores done on easy that lose to us.
we cant know for sure what difficulty old scores were done on, of coures i agree with that except is
JJT_Defender replied to a poll Atari 5200 - Track & Field - Dash - Fastest Time - 09.39 - Alex Lyons in
| Platform | Game | Version | Variation | Scores/Time | Verification Method | Rank | |
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Magical Spot II | Points | 17,676 | TGSAP | 1 | view | |
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The Amazing Adventures of Mr. F.Lea | Points | 52,160 | TGSAP | 1 | view | |
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Turbo | TGTS - Harder Settings | 39,052 | TGSAP | 1 | view | |
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Donkey Kong Junior | 1982 | Points | 125,600 | TGSAP | 1 | view |
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Space Fortress | Points | 5,175 | TGSAP | 1 | view | |
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Carnival | 1980 | NTSC/PAL - Skill 3 | 36,090 | TGSAP | 1 | view |
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Cosmic Avenger | NTSC/PAL - Skill 4 | 52,490 | TGSAP | 1 | view | |
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Donkey Kong Super Game | [NTSC/PAL - Skill 4] | 101,300 | TGSAP | 1 | view | |
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Spin-Out! | NTSC - Barrier Track - Fastest Time | 15.0 | TGSAP | 1 | view | |
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Spin-Out! | NTSC - Clear Track - Fastest Time | 13.0 | TGSAP | 1 | view | |
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Spike | NTSC/PAL - Points | 28,000 | TGSAP | 2 | view | |
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Smurf: Rescue in Gargamel's Castle | 1982 | NTSC/PAL - Skill 4 | 180,700 | TGSAP | 3 | view |
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Dragster | 1980 | NTSC - Game 1, Difficulty B [Fastest Time] | 05.61 | TGSAP | 6 | view |
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Astro Blaster | Points | 53,300 | TGSAP | 8 | view |
River Raid Fastest Completion Bounty - New Track
On New Year's Eve, Garrett Holland secured the first bounty of 2019 with his high flying skills on Activision's River Raid, maxing the game at one million points. A second bounty for completion of the task in 3 hours 15 minutes or less was also on the line. I recently established a "fastest
Bounty Claimed for One Million Points on River Raid!
Barely one day after the $75 Bounty for one million points on River Raid for the Atari 2600 was issued, Garrett Holland got to work. While preparing for holiday visitors, Garrett did a final review of his console connections and video capture set-up and sat down to record a run for the ages. Settling
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ATARI 2600 - $150 ACTIVISION RIVER RAID BOUNTIES
Spurred by TG forum discussions about the difficulty of achieving a million points on River Raid for the Atari 2600, the following bounties are offered to spur competition on this title and to answer these questions as well as to recognize the skill in accomplishing these feats.There are two $75 bounties
Classic Gaming Expo (CGE) UK 2005 footage
Thanks to the efforts of Simon Roberts and Robert Hazelby, additional video footage from the CGE UK 2005 in Croydon UK is available on YouTube. Simon and Robert compiled this footage onto a commemorative DVD, but this footage wasn't widely available as it came together before the advent of video
Rick Fox and Twin Galaxies International
Newsweek is reporting that Rick Fox is settling various lawsuits with the remaining partners of Echo Fox to pursue new ventures, including one reportedly called Twin Galaxies International. Fox's statement does not specifically mention TG, but he said "I look forward to announcing my next
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