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    From Rug Rat@1:135/250 to All on Mon Jun 9 20:52:30 2025
    What was your favorite game in the original Epyx Games Series?

    Sumer Games
    Summer Games II
    Winter Games
    World Games
    California Games

    I am excluding "The Games: Winter and Summer Eddition" as while I felt the
    graphics and music was better, the game play was sorely lacking from the
    original games.

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  • From Rug Rat@1:135/250 to All on Mon Jun 9 23:42:14 2025
    Strange, that this echo works, but not my other ones, and they are configured the same way...

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  • From T1ny@1:229/452 to Rug Rat on Tue Jun 10 18:13:24 2025

    Hello Rug!

    09 Jun 25 20:52, you wrote to all:

    What was your favorite game in the original Epyx Games Series?
    Winter Games

    I think I played winter games the most. I even got good at the
    bad events. LOL

    Shawn


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  • From Mike Powell@1:2320/105 to T1NY on Wed Jun 11 07:49:00 2025
    What was your favorite game in the original Epyx Games Series?
    Winter Games

    I think I played winter games the most. I even got good at the
    bad events. LOL

    I don't remember playing it much but, IIRC, one of my sisters got pretty
    good at the figure skating event.


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  • From T1ny@1:229/452 to Mike Powell on Wed Jun 11 17:50:06 2025
    Hello Mike!

    11 Jun 25 07:49, you wrote to me:

    I don't remember playing it much but, IIRC, one of my sisters got
    pretty good at the figure skating event.

    I just copied the ROMS over to this laptop and will give them a play
    this "weekend". Took tomorrow off so have Thurs, Fri, Sat off and
    a 1/2 day Sunday so I have time. :)

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  • From Rug Rat@1:135/250 to T1ny on Wed Jun 11 17:25:52 2025
    You might just get me to fire up VICE and have a play!

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  • From Jonathan Schreiter@1:129/102 to Rug Rat on Wed Jun 11 18:55:26 2025
    Re: Epyx Games Series
    By: Rug Rat to All on Mon Jun 09 2025 08:52 pm

    What was your favorite game in the original Epyx Games Series?

    Sumer Games
    Summer Games II
    Winter Games
    World Games
    California Games

    I liked a mix of games from them. I liked hackey sack and disc toss in California Games, Hot dog and bobsled in Winter Games, and pole vault / diving in Summer Games.

    I never cared for the games where you had to wiggle the joystick back and forth nearly breaking your gear.

    Having the original EPYX controller playing these games on the C64 seems like the best way to play them. I also enjoyed BMX on the Atari 2600.
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  • From Rug Rat@1:135/250 to Jonathan Schreiter on Wed Jun 11 20:00:44 2025
    On Wed 11-Jun-2025 6:55p, Jonathan Schreiter@1:129/102.0 said to Rug Rat:
    Re: Epyx Games Series
    By: Rug Rat to All on Mon Jun 09 2025 08:52 pm

    What was your favorite game in the original Epyx Games Series?


    I liked a mix of games from them. I liked hackey sack and disc toss in California Games, Hot dog and bobsled in Winter Games, and pole vault / diving in Summer Games.

    Surprised you did not mention Summer Games: Skeet shooting which is one everyone mentioned.

    Yes the Bobsled was a favorite in Winter Games.

    I never cared for the games where you had to wiggle the joystick back and forth nearly breaking your gear.

    Nearly? Do you know how many Atari Joysticks I went through on those games? Especially the ones you had to cross controll the Up/Down + Left / Right quadrants? The Epyx joysticks were best for these events as well as the WilCo Commander joysticks.

    Oh and word to the wise, never play the 100 Meter Dash when you are on the phone with a girlfriend. You WILL be asked what you are doing, and you might (as in my case.) be called a liar when you respond that you are playing a computer game.

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  • From T1ny@1:229/452 to Rug Rat on Thu Jun 12 05:26:00 2025
    * Changed by Shawn Highfield (1:229/452), 12 Jun 25 05:28.


    Hello Rug!

    You might just get me to fire up VICE and have a play!

    You should! I have 3 64's and a 128 sitting here waiting for my son to get his stuff so I can have enough room to set them up again! ;)

    Shawn
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