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I've been a member of RFGeneration for almost a year now and have noticed that there have been no reviews posted on Atari games or pre-NES systems (If there have been posts, I must have just missed them, and I offer my apology). I assume that the limitations of these posts are more likely due to the age of the majority of our members and as a result of sites, like AtariAge, who cater more to this topic and of which many of our members are also participants. I'm not saying that our younger members don't appreciate and enjoy Atari and pre-NES systems, I'm just saying that there may be a lack of familiarity (i.e. growing up during the age of Atari) for them that may cause them to be reluctant to post about these games. I certainly wouldn't know where to begin in reviewing an XBox game, since I don't own any of the systems and the system is basically foreign to me.
As a result, I have decided to do a weekly/bi-weekly blog that reviews familiar and maybe not so familiar titles for the 2600 and, the NES contemporary, 7800 system (I currently lack a 5200 at the moment, but may include games for this system at a later date.) Please let me know if this blog might be something that you might be interested in and feel free to send in requests for games that you would like to be reviewed. I'll try to be as unbiased as I can in my reviews, but with that said, my first entry will be on one of my favorite games for the Atari 2600, "Jawbreaker" by Tigervision.
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Awesome! Looking forward to this.
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I gave a brief overview of the Atari 2600 launch lineup (http://www.rfgeneration.com/blogs/dsheinem/The-Atari-VCS-Launch-1421.php) and plan to cover some of those games with more depth in time. I'll eventually do the same with the launch titles and "end of console" titles for the Atari 7800, Odyssey 2, and other early systems. Don't worry, as someone who had a 7800 instead of an NES, I'll happily read anything Atari you might write!
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Thanks guys. Looking forward to your Atari launch overview dsheinem. I've just posted a review of Jawbreaker, so please feel free to comment and offer any constructive criticism.
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I for one think it would be great to have some more articles and attention to the pre-NES era and specifically Atari systems. I love when someone takes the mantle of something specific in gaming on this site, much as Noiseredux has done with the Gameboy and portable games, or Dsheinem with his transitions angle. I say go for it! I'll be there. Here. Um, I'll read it.
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Looking forward to it. Definately an era that I could use a lot more familiarity with.
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Posted my first article on the game Jawbreaker a few days ago, so please give it a read and provide me with some constructive feedback. I have also completed an article on Entombed, but I'm just waiting for permission to post a video of the gameplay from it's author. I'm hoping that I can keep up with posting once per week or at least bi-weekly. I'm probably not going to do any posts specifically on any of the more popular games, but I many do some articles comparing some of the familiar genres (i.e. shooters, Pac-Man clones, etc.) and post a poll to determine everyone's favorite. Is there any way to include a poll in a blog post?
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