Category Archives: Atari 5200

The Worst Game I Own For Each Platform I Have

Uh, yeah, it’s been too long.  I haven’t been playing retro games much, honestly, other than Starcraft: Brood War, by far the best game ever made, which I got back into last week.  I should write something about that game … Continue reading

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Atari 5200 Game Opinion Summaries Series II: Part III

There are only six games covered this time, but what this update may lack in quantity of games it makes up for with quality: several of these are among the very best games I have played on the 5200, and … Continue reading

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2021 Game of the Year

This 2021 Game of the Year article could be longer, but I think I cover the necessary categories well enough to post one this year.  (I did a GOTY list in 2019, but not 2020.  It makes a return this … Continue reading

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Atari 5200 Game Opinion Summaries Series II: Part II

Yes, after a bit too long here it is, part two of my new, three-part Atari 5200 Game Opinion Summaries series. I’ve only got eight summaries this time, but some of them are fairly long so while this is shorter … Continue reading

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Atari 5200 Game Opinion Summaries Series II: Part I, and the Atari 5200 Trak-Ball Controller

Yes, after far far too long, it’s an actual update on this website that people might want to read. (Yes, I have kept making Mario Maker levels, and will have more posts on my levels in the future. But that … Continue reading

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On My Setup – Classic and Modern Gaming on both Old and New TVs with Good Image Quality

I would say I am sorry for not having posted anything for so many months, but… it’s been a very bad year for this world, I haven’t been able to get myself to write a post in a while.  I … Continue reading

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My Favorite Games of 2019, and of the Decade of the 2010s

I usually do not do Game of the Year lists and have not for some time, and for good reason — it is impossible for any one person to play all of the great games released in a year, and … Continue reading

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Console Opinion Summaries, Part 2: The Third Generation – Atari 5200 and 7800, NES, Master System, and Colecovision

That’s right, it’s not a mirage, it’s an actual update to my ‘Console Opinion Summaries’ list!  This took way too long, so for future entries I probably should cut back on the history portions that are done much more completely … Continue reading

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Game Opinion Summary Article Hyperlink Updates – Finally Completed!

So, I’ve spent some time over the past few days working on finally finishing up the tedious but worthwhile task of adding hyperlinked Table of Contents sections to my Game Opinion Summary articles. It may seem simple but it is … Continue reading

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Opinion List: My Favorite Console (TV or Handheld System) Games By Platform (lists for each system) & A list of how much I like each console relative to the others I own

This post is a purely opinion-based list of my favorite games for each of the consoles I own.  This is only a console list — I will do a PC list separately because it’d be too hard to do them … Continue reading

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