Monday, August 8, 2011

Atari Emulator -> Pastfinder

Well, since my eyes are getting blurry from the combination of sugar and lack of sleep, perhaps it's time to wrap up another day after all. But before I do that... just two quick things. 1) This 80 classic games stuff is still acting a little wonky, as the Chinese say... I mean, Canadians. and 2) Ah, Pastfinder. Part River Raid, part... Raid Over Moscow? Actually, it's mostly River Raid, but slower and more dignified... something like that. With River Raid, it's just shoot shoot shoot. Except for the occasional fuel stop that get increasingly rarer as the game progresses. Well, if there's two of them, you can use one to fuel up, and one to shoot for the economic point-based incentive involved. But with Pastfinder, there's the spectre of sectors! Just like Blasteroids, only different. Also, you gotta pick up these discs, and take them to statues for extra bonuses. I used to play this game a lot 20 odd years ago, and I would seriously play it in 3 hour stretches trying to get to 999,999 points. But today, with Atari 8-bit Emulator, I just dial up the right sector and Boom! 999,999 points in an instant. What a world we live in. Maybe it's time to move on to different games. The author, David Lubar, is some kinda genius with his own damn web site, davidlubar.com. Why not visit today?... will he visit MY site now that I've posted a link to his? Prob'lee not. WAAAAAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

4/11/14, 9:23pm - ...I have to do EVERYTHING around here!  In case you were wondering, here's the list of Pastfinder ranks.  Apparently, no one else on the internet has it... maybe Lycos

RANK                                                                                   PROMOTION AT...

RAW RECRUIT....................................................................................5
LOST LEAPER.....................................................................................10
CLOD HOPPER...................................................................................20
DUST CRUNCHER..............................................................................30
ROCKET ROOKIE..............................................................................40
SPACE COWBOY...............................................................................50
CLONE RANGER................................................................................60
MOONIAC...........................................................................................75
STAR SEARCHER...............................................................................100
JUMP GENIUS.....................................................................................125
SUPER EXPLORER.............................................................................150
MR WANDERFUL (no period).............................................................175
KING QUASAR...................................................................................200
COSMIC HOPPER............................................................................YOU ARE GREAT

Oh, Pastfinder... clearly your standards are too low.  I never used to keep track of the ranks in between "Raw Recruit" and "Cosmic Hopper."  Clearly I have too much time on my hands, which is a pre-internet expression.

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