The Wonderland Board

Well now in the mid 70's I was still in highschool so that either makes you a whole lot older than me OR a whole lot more informed..... you choose

Maybe both? Maybe neither.

rescuefire wrote:Eeyore! I'm in that Big Fish game club thinga majiger too. I pay 6.99 a month but so frequently I pay 6.99 extra here and there and get more games hehehe

hee hee yeah, I can't wait some months for my credit to come in so I buy extras too!! I love the hidden objects games!!


Patrick----Gubble, huh?? I'll have to look around -- never heard of that one. It IS a shame the arcades aren't what they used to be.

Muzozavr wrote:Great issue, with exception of wonderland for atari screenshot which looks way too fake.
1) The screenshot is way too similar to screens of Atari version of Ms. Pac-Man!
2) The top chomper has a wall in it's mouth. LOL, what's up with that?
3) Wait... do I see QOOKIE and not Loof?

I'm with you Muz.

wonderland01 wrote:

Muzozavr wrote:Great issue, with exception of wonderland for atari screenshot which looks way too fake.
1) The screenshot is way too similar to screens of Atari version of Ms. Pac-Man!
2) The top chomper has a wall in it's mouth. LOL, what's up with that?
3) Wait... do I see QOOKIE and not Loof?

I'm with you Muz.

I'm with you wonderland01.

Atari Competition Ended Today - congratulations to the winners.

(Top Five Scores, out of 50, where 50, 49, 48, 46, 44)

Here are the answers - Atariage.com or videogamecritic.com is a good source to look up the games if you can't remember them:

1. Adventure (Atari)
2. Robot Tank (Activision)
3. Demon Attack (Imagic)
4. Keystone Kapers (Activision)
5. Mines of Minos (Commavid)
6. Frogger (Parker Bros.)
7. Millipede (Atari)
8. Smurf: Rescue in Gargamel’s Castle (Coleco)
9. Kaboom! (Activision)
10. Moon Patrol (Atari)
11. Tunnel Runner (CBS)
12. Haunted House (Atari)
13. Atlantis (Imagic)
14. Plaque Attack (Activision)
15. Combat (Atari)
16. Mangia (Spectravideo
17. Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (Parker Bros.)
18. Pac Man (Atari)
19. Space Invaders (Atari)
20. River Raid (Activision)
21. Krull (Atari)
22. Freeway (Activision)
23. Sorcerer’s Apprentice (Atari)
24. Berzerk (Atari)
25. Spike’s Peak (Xonox)
26. Frostbite (Activision)
27. Secret Quest (Atari)
28. Winter Games (Epyx)
29. Coconuts (Telesys)
30. Planet Patrol (Spectravideo)
31. Frogs and Flies (M Network)
32. Cosmic Ark (Imagic)
33. Pitfall II: Lost Caverns (Activision)
34. Jr. Pac Man (Atari)
35. Warlords (Atari)
36. Montezuma’s Revenge (Parker Bros.)
37. Yars’ Revenge (Atari)
38. Fast Food (Telesys)
39. E.T. (Atari)
40. Vanguard (Atari)
41. Starmaster (Activision)
42. Phoenix (Atari)
43. Raiders of the Lost Ark (Atari)
44. Stampede (Activision)
45. DragonFire (Imagic)
46. Defender (Atari)
47. Subterranea (Imagic)
48. SwordQuest FireWorld (Atari)
49. Enduro (Activision)
50. Surround (Atari)

#1 Adventure! (Whacks self upside head!)...Adventureland.....What could I have been thinking?
#7 I couldn't decide if it was centipede or millepede. (Guess which I chose? sigh.)
#25 You mean this wasn't "Boy Scout Hiker hoping to not get eaten by the big bad bear." ? I'm shocked!
#28 Winter Games? Skiing! It was Skiing I tell you!

This was fun, we actually dug out the old Atari and fired it up. Still works like a champ!
Had to laugh over some of the games we thought were so cool 25 years ago.
Was glad to see Berzerk and Yars Revenge on the list, as those were the ones I played the most.
Some other favorites we rediscovered were Amidar, Demons to Diamonds, Dark Cavern, Spider Fighter and Night Stalker.
I am keeping the console set up until littlejg and crew come over to get a chance to look it over.

Thanks,
jg

Hey Mr. P, in the next edition, is there going to be anything about another Wonderland project (like another future update for RTW or a future WA level editor coming out when the Dec. edition is released)?

Oh, you know me - I'm too much of a tease to give anything away ahead of time. You'll just have to see what this month has in store for you.

I think that means yes, because if there wasn't, you would have answered something similar to what you said to Slimm Tom. So I hope the next edition will come out soon. (When do you think it will come out?)

Edit: Now that I think about it, I think it will come out on Wonderland's birthday, which is, unfortunately, near the end of the month. It's so exciting!

ATARI 2600!!! i didnt know that existed! im only 10 years old!!!

I'm resurrecting an old thread here, but this fits nicely with the Atari 2600 retrospective in this issue. Blizzard announced a new World of Warcraft for the Atari 2600: http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/moltencore/

(Yes, this was obviously their April Fool's joke for the year, but it is quite funny. I especially like the trailer video, and how the concept art has nothing to do with the screenshots - this was very prevalent in those days: the box art depicted dragons and spaceships, the in-game graphics consisted of .... a square).

Enjoy!