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      backstander @mediamogul
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      @mediamogul
      Haha...I think that photo was taken the first time the 5200 was plugged into the TV because once the novelty wears off, only the true gamers will continue playing it.

      Plus I don't think I've ever seen my dad wear a turtle neck.

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        jamesbeat
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        If you want something a little unusual, try 'Kult' on the Atari ST.

        My advice is to not read anything about it beforehand - it's better to just experience it.

        One of my very favorite games of all time.

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          mediamogul Global Moderator @jamesbeat
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          @jamesbeat

          If you want something a little unusual, try 'Kult' on the Atari ST.
          My advice is to not read anything about it beforehand - it's better to just experience it.

          My interest is piqued. I'll give it a go this evening.

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            backstander @backstander
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            Wow! When I got home I checked my 5200 box and I listed every game I own with the only correction being I have "Super Breakout". My memory is better than I remembered :-)
            0_1493328533691_atari5200games.png

            Also I'll have to give "Kult" a try.

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              mediamogul Global Moderator @backstander
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              @backstander

              Nice collection! The 5200 has some of the coolest looking carts.

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                buddyscott @jamesbeat
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                @jamesbeat said in New to RetroPie:

                My advice is to not read anything about it beforehand - it's better to just experience it.

                i always say something along those lines whenever i suggest someone watch the movie Red State. wonderful movie that is easily ruined if you read about it first.

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                  backstander @mediamogul
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                  @mediamogul

                  The 5200 has some of the coolest looking carts.

                  I agree! But you can't judge a video game by it's cover!

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                    mediamogul Global Moderator @backstander
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                    @backstander

                    Unless of course it's this cover:

                    clash

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                      mediamogul Global Moderator @jamesbeat
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                      @jamesbeat

                      If you want something a little unusual, try 'Kult' on the Atari ST.

                      I think I'm going to use the Amiga emulator to play this, but 'Kult' looks very interesting. The artwork alone is amazing.

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                        Kaveman42
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                        I need to figure out how to install the Atari ST emulator now. Can anyone direct me to directions on how to add emulators to RetroPie? I haven't been been able to find it yet.

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                          mediamogul Global Moderator @Kaveman42
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                          @Kaveman42

                          These links should help.

                          https://github.com/retropie/retropie-setup/wiki/First-Installation#installing-additional-emulators
                          https://github.com/retropie/retropie-setup/wiki/Atari-ST-STE-TT-Falcon

                          I just ran 'Kult' under Amiga emulation and while the audio is superior, there's a problem with how the cursor is displayed in game, so Atari ST looks to be the best option.

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                            Kaveman42
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                            Thanks @mediamogul

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                              Kaveman42
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                              @backstander

                              I tried Kult and man there is a huge learning curve for that game. Have you beat it? How long did it take you to figure out WTF is going on? It does have a really cool splash screen.

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                                Kaveman42 @mediamogul
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                                @mediamogul

                                I got it going thanks to your links. It was pretty easy. Had to try a few roms before I got one that worked. Lucky there was one with both disks in one file otherwise I'd still be trying to figure out how to switch discs. I remember those days, I had a Dino chess game that had like 30 floppy disks and most of the time you would make one move on the board and change 3 disks just to fight for a couple minutes then change disks again to get back to the chess board.

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                                  mediamogul Global Moderator @Kaveman42
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                                  @Kaveman42

                                  I remember one afternoon in the early nineties, a friend and I were trying to play 'Dragon's Lair' off of a stack of floppies. We'd press one button and be prompted to insert disk after disk until it was time to press one more button. I still visit him in the institution.

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                                    PetroRie @Kaveman42
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                                    @Kaveman42 I have so many favorite games, I've enjoyed all systems so far.

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                                      edmaul69 @buddyscott
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                                      @buddyscott i love red state. Great movie.

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                                        Kaveman42
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                                        Found two of the old pc games I used to play with the stack of floppys.

                                        https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stunt_Island

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                                          herb_fargus administrators @Kaveman42
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                                          @Kaveman42 the graphics are amazing!

                                          If you read the documentation it will answer 99% of your questions: https://retropie.org.uk/docs/

                                          Also if you want a solution to your problems read this first: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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                                            backstander @Kaveman42
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                                            @Kaveman42 I remember that game! I picked it up in the discount bin at a Babbage's store in the mail. It had an extremely large instruction manual! That games was ahead of it's time and you could build your own sets and script objects to move to make your own movies! The game was pretty complicated so i never made anything that exciting but it was still a lot of fun.

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