https://indiegamerchick.com/2023/01/12/arcade-archives-vs-balloon-fight-1984-arcade-review/ Indie and Retro Gaming Reviews from the one and only IGC Wed, 06 Dec 2023 13:51:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ https://indiegamerchick.com/2023/01/12/arcade-archives-vs-balloon-fight-1984-arcade-review/#comment-63283 Wed, 06 Dec 2023 13:51:53 +0000 http://indiegamerchick.com/?p=23158#comment-63283 […] he is, earnestly tried to collect keys while Angela and I resumed our sibling rivalry from Vs. Balloon Fight, “accidentally” killing each-other until it became crystal clear to all observers we […]

]]> https://indiegamerchick.com/2023/01/12/arcade-archives-vs-balloon-fight-1984-arcade-review/#comment-63116 Tue, 08 Aug 2023 03:03:14 +0000 http://indiegamerchick.com/?p=23158#comment-63116 […] Hey, starting with a prototype! Not one finished enough for me to issue a rating on, sadly. Atari Lynx has 71 officially released games, and the list of prototypes and unfinished/unreleased games for it is quite hefty. Some of them never even made it past the drawing board stage, but some did and have never surfaced. The clock is ticking. See, computer files actually aren’t FOREVER, especially when they’re transferred to carts for play testing. The data rots. If you’re a collector who has managed to score a one-of-a-kind prototype, after enough time, you’ll really only own a one-of-a-kind piece of plastic that once contained a game but now just has the gaming equivalent of static on an old TV. But, if you give it to someone to “dump” now, you preserve the game FOREVER, for the whole world. It’s probably the most selfless gaming act of them all. Besides letting your sister thinks he’s pwning you at Balloon Fight. […]

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