Gamma Attack Found [2600 Game/Proto]

[Phantomofwdbk]

read all about it here. Cheers

http://www.atariage.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=120266&hl=

[dcescott]

Cheezus
Nice find. Will there ever be a rom dump and info on AtariAge? What did Albert say? (web guy for the site)

[vintagegamecrazy]

Congrats on the find man. No would someone get it into the database please!

[slapdash]

It should already be in the Rumor Mill; I've had it on my list for YEARS.

[ryborg]

Big shock that the AA thread got hijacked with ROM-dumping drama... Too bad.

[Sniderman]

read all about it here. Cheers

http://www.atariage.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=120266&hl=

Did as you said and read all about it. I found the meltdown toward the end particularly entertaining. Thanks for the read! Cheers!

[dcescott]

Agree with Sniderman, good reading, good drama, sucks for Al and AA, Al is a nice guy and I value his input. Dump the darn thing I say! Even if repos pop up, the true original is what counts. Nobody will have that except phantom. If I ever run across a proto, I have no problem dumping it, there's plenty of DPers around me in the DFW area who know what to do. It's the thrill of knowing you are the one who unearthed the rumored game and brought it to light.

[ubersaurus]

It amuses me how this happens like every time. Remember one that one fellow was going to release the rom of a game he had been working on back in the day, and the insanity of people talking about rom dumps and repro releases turned him off of the whole thing?

If I found a proto there's no way in hell I'd tell anyone over there.

[vintagegamecrazy]

I say he do what he wants, he did get drilled with dumping the cart. It is his and he doesn't want it to be pirated and hacked to death, I'd probably want the same thing as well.

[slapdash]

I'm just sad that a game I barely believed COULD exist shows up, and I won't even get to see what the cartridge looks like (or was it just a handmade label and not an art proto?).

[Vroomfunkel]

Sad. And I thought Neo-geo.com was the place for 'teh drama'!

It's a neat find. I can't understand all the people getting their knickers in a twist because he won't just dump it for them. A few days ago, they never knew it even existed - now all of a sudden they appear to think that they have some divine right to own a copy of it themselves, for free. And the people who were kicking a stink about getting a repro that might have different binary to the original ... that's just plain weird! It's like complaining about a limited print run of a newly discovered book, simply because it's going to be printed in a different font.

[ProgrammingAce]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2412/2191958990_f25391d785.jpg?v=0

[Leo_A]

I hope he keeps it to himself without dumping it only to see it erase itself in a couple of years and become next to worthless.

Why people in this community that stumble across a prototype and then take offense that someone else could produce reproduction carts is beyond me, its not like he owns the rights to this game anymore than any of us, he was just lucky enough to stumble across it in a thrift store for probably a quarter. I see no reason why he has anymore right to profit from it than anyone else, its not his to sell copies and make money off of without permission from the copyright holder, who appears to have passed away some years ago.

[Cryomancer]

Bio Force Ape

[ProgrammingAce]

Why people in this community that stumble across a prototype and then take offense that someone else could produce reproduction carts is beyond me, its not like he owns the rights to this game anymore than any of us, he was just lucky enough to stumble across it in a thrift store for probably a quarter. I see no reason why he has anymore right to profit from it than anyone else, its not his to sell copies and make money off of without permission from the copyright holder, who appears to have passed away some years ago.

First off, i'm not against people dumping games, and i'm not against dumping games that i have.

What i am against is people telling me what to do...

First off, this guy has the right to make a profit off of what he bought. See the right of first sale for clarification. If he had found a sealed copy of stadium events, he'd be allowed to sell it for a profit, so why not this?

As for dumping the game, as you so nicely put, he doesn't have the legal right to do so. He's doesn't have the licensing rights to that game so he can't legally sell copies to other people. By the same respect, he can't give out free copies to other people either.

If he dumps it, great. If not, i understand. It's cool to own one of a kind things, it's even better when people are willing to pay a lot of money for them.

[Leo_A]

He's free to sell his single prototype for profit, no one disputes that. I'm cool with him keeping it and never releasing it, selling the prototype for profit, releasing the rom, or selling reproductions for cost plus a little bit for his time while simultaneousily releasing the bin. And I'm not cool with people harassing him to release it when he doesn't have to.

However, he doesn't have the freedom to sell reproductions of something that isn't his for profit and holding the game hostage if the community won't abide by his illusion that he is now the owner of the game. His ownership rights only apply to that physical cartridge, not the code within. That's what I'm not cool with.

If he's going to distribute copyrighted material that isn't his, it should be for the good of the community and preservation, not personal financial gain. If someone like him acts all whiney that someone else might make copies of something that wasn't his to financially benefit from reproducing in the first place, don't come looking for sympathy. If any of us ever get access to the rom, we'd have just as much rights to distribute it as he does.

I'd rather he kept the game until it suffers from bit rot and becomes useless than appease him, so I for one applaud Albert and a few others over there. His attitude shouldn't be tolerated, even if it means we'll potentially lose a little bit of history. But I can almost promise that won't happen, he'll eventually sell most likely to another collector who hopefully would release it (Unless he's like that A Boy Named Charlie Brown proto owner). And I suspect they'd have the sense to at least back it up and make sure its preserved even if we don't have access to it.

[ProgrammingAce]

My mistake then, i didn't realize he was trying to make repros. That never sat well with me...

[TheRedEye]

I don't think this is a case of people hounding him for a free copy at all. He had already planned to make the game available. The drama didn't start until he announced that he would alter the original code of the game in order to prevent someone else from making cartridges, and a handful of potential customers - in a move that I agree with - said that they would not be interested in purchasing something with altered code. For some reason, that was the drama bomb.

It's unfortunate that people seem to have this horrible fear of some dipshit making a few bucks making reproduction cartridges, especially after the game was theoretically already for sale at AtariAge (who the heck would make copies of an available game?!), but it's a pretty common trend. I really don't see what the big deal is, but it's common enough that I'm at least not surprised about it anymore.

[ProgrammingAce]

Yeah, i guess i really misunderstood what was going on.

I thought the repro idea worked out pretty well in the case of Airball. The owner gets to make back a fair portion of the value, and the community gets a rom. Now if he's doing something to the repros that keep them from being dumped, that's a bit more shady...

[rbudrick]

Whenever I get a proto, I dump it ASAP and share it with everyone. I don't care how rare the game is or sought after. As long as I still have the original, fuck it. I can't help but think such opposite attitudes are greed motivated. If not greeg, then a sort of Montgomery Burns attitude.

"Yesssss, Smithers. It's the only one in existence and it's mine!"

"Well, what do you want to do with it, sir?"

"Throw it in the McDuck vault with the legions of others to suffer from bitrot for eternity!"

-Rob

[vintagegamecrazy]

So has anyone heard anything else about this game since the AA thread was locked? Has this been confirmed as a US release or as a proto.

[NinjaJoey23]

Man, those guys shed so many tears over that game.

[PingvinBlueJeans]

It's unfortunate that people seem to have this horrible fear of some dipshit making a few bucks making reproduction cartridges, especially after the game was theoretically already for sale at AtariAge (who the heck would make copies of an available game?!)

Ask Randy Crihfield/Hozer, who has been making bootlegs of available games (usually homebrews which he no longer has the rights to sell) for years now. He's the "dipshit" you speak of who people have "this horrible fear of".


Now if he's doing something to the repros that keep them from being dumped, that's a bit more shady...

It won't prevent them from being dumped...nothing can stop that. It will only prevent the dumped ROM image from being used to make more reproductions (unless the person has the right boards, which Hozer does not).

[rpepper9]

Ask Randy Crihfield/Hozer, who has been making bootlegs of available games (usually homebrews which he no longer has the rights to sell) for years now. He's the "dipshit" you speak of who people have "this horrible fear of".



It won't prevent them from being dumped...nothing can stop that. It will only prevent the dumped ROM image from being used to make more reproductions (unless the person has the right boards, which Hozer does not).

I don't even think it prevents people from making reproductions. I think that the idea is that a repro would be detectable by looking at the coding. Almost like he wants to add a signature to the code that says this is not the original.

[NCN]

I hope he keeps it to himself without dumping it only to see it erase itself in a couple of years and become next to worthless.

Why people in this community that stumble across a prototype and then take offense that someone else could produce reproduction carts is beyond me, its not like he owns the rights to this game anymore than any of us, he was just lucky enough to stumble across it in a thrift store for probably a quarter. I see no reason why he has anymore right to profit from it than anyone else, its not his to sell copies and make money off of without permission from the copyright holder, who appears to have passed away some years ago.

I agree 100%. He started refusing to dump the ROM because he was afraid someone else would sell repros and make money off of his find. What a tool. If he wanted to make money and sell the repros himself, fine. Al and AA are great people for that sort of thing and everyone seemed supportive of buying a copy. He's just a greedy douche, flat out.

"Oh noes!!1! Sum1 is gunna make $$ cuz I shared a pr0to!!1!"

I can't wait for the game to go bad and erase.

[Phosphor Dot Fossils]

On the off-chance the original poster is still reading this thread, I'd like to extended the following invitation as an archivist/historian:

If the owner of the Gamma Attack proto would videotape the game being played, and would care to do a detailed write-up on the game play, graphics, and sounds, I'll be more than happy to add it - with full credit given - to the Phosphor Dot Fossils archive (http://www.thelogbook.com/phosphor/). I'll even pay for the blank media (VHS, DVD-R, miniDV) and shipping thereof, or I can take just about any kind of video file. If you need me to loan you a gadget so you can direct-record the game (http://www.thelogbook.com/phosphor/rf-gadget/) to tape or other format, I can do that too. This way the proto never changes hands, nor does the code, but at least let me help preserve something of this game for history.

That's my offer. Awaiting your reply; PM me if interested or if you have any questions.

[vintagegamecrazy]

I think the rom should be backed up at least by him. If he doesn't want to dump he could at least back it up a few times and give some great footage of it and have a few backups in case he wants to sell it sometime.

[GrandAmChandler]

or I can take just about any kind of video file.

Do you accept Betamax?

[MASTERWEEDO]

or LaserDisc?

[vintagegamecrazy]

Betamax and Laserdic? I got a good laugh out of those posts. Thanks!

[Phosphor Dot Fossils]

Phhhht, fire up the kinetoscope. It doesn't faze me. :p

[DP ServBot]

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[Blitzwing256]

that is the funniest thing I ever saw :-)

[Sudo]

Only one for sale, huh? I was hoping to buy a bunch early to use as stocking stuffers for Christmas. Who wouldn't, at that price?

[ubersaurus]

Guess that owner decided to sell it after all :P

[TonyTheTiger]

Someone should email him and offer a can of Mountain Dew and sex.

[Sniderman]

Wow. His justification over on AA is priceless.

Linky-link (http://www.atariage.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=121316)

And this one is even better. Check the last post in this thread:

More linky-link (http://www.atariage.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=121497)

Wow. It's a good thing "asshat" isn't catching...

[Gapporin]

:popcorn:

[Kid Ice]

For some reason nine out of ten times these protos end up in the hand of a total nitwit. I don't and will never understand protos...every one I have ever played is garbage. Hope he's enjoying the attention. It's going to be short-lived.

[jcalder8]

I wish I could remember who it is but someone on here always lists his gold NWC when a cheap listing day comes up for 17 thousand. How is this any different? Apart from the fact that this guy is getting a heck of a lot more attention.

[smork]

I await someone finding the second one and watching this dude's e-dick shrink to the size of a zit.

Great theater.

[PingvinBlueJeans]

I wish I could remember who it is but someone on here always lists his gold NWC when a cheap listing day comes up for 17 thousand.
Buyatari


How is this any different? Apart from the fact that this guy is getting a heck of a lot more attention.
It's not...they're both doing it for show.

[stonic]

We apologize for the crummy picture -- if you can find a better image depicting Gamma Attack, an Atari 2600 game which is apparently in smaller numbers than los Chupacabras, then we'd like to see it.

The picture was inverted using Photoshop or some similar program. Just invert it again and you get the original:

[Terminusvitae]

Whenever I get a proto, I dump it ASAP and share it with everyone. I don't care how rare the game is or sought after. As long as I still have the original, fuck it. I can't help but think such opposite attitudes are greed motivated. If not greeg, then a sort of Montgomery Burns attitude.

"Yesssss, Smithers. It's the only one in existence and it's mine!"

"Well, what do you want to do with it, sir?"

"Throw it in the McDuck vault with the legions of others to suffer from bitrot for eternity!"

-Rob

I haven't read past this post so if it's already been addressed, please forgive me.

Philanthropy?! FOR SHAME!!

[ProgrammingAce]

This is like an insane version of Buyatari's scheme...

[Sniderman]

The "saga" continues... (http://www.atariage.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=121568)

Even more fun regarding this find - The comments are deeee-lish, especially where Phantom leaps in to defend himself. (http://www.joystiq.com/2008/02/17/the-500-000-atari-2600-game/)

Surprisingly, he hasn't returned here to post more about this find/situation. I would've thought someone would've clued him in and he would've swept in with a half-page rant by now...

<I give it 12 hours or less after I click "Save">

[dcescott]

Holy Mackrel!
I saw this thread replied in my email all the sudden. I thought it was a dead subject. I still would have dumped it, and sold it later after everything gets verified and such. 500,000?? pppffft!

[PingvinBlueJeans]

Surprisingly, he hasn't returned here to post more about this find/situation. I would've thought someone would've clued him in and he would've swept in with a half-page rant by now...

<I give it 12 hours or less after I click "Save">
You just don't quit, do you?

I doubt very much Phantom is interested in coming here to repond to your repeated flame-baiting.

[Sniderman]

You just don't quit, do you?

I doubt very much Phantom is interested in coming here to repond to your repeated flame-baiting.

Actually, he's managed to get five seperate AA threads locked as well as signing up to respond to the Joystiq thread. The fact that he's done here honestly surprises me.

"Flame-baiting?" Feh.

[smork]

You just don't quit, do you?

I doubt very much Phantom is interested in coming here to repond to your repeated flame-baiting.

Why is it flame-baiting? Dude is ridiculous. It's a good thing to knock self-important people down a peg or 7. Plus, pretty fun.

[Phantomofwdbk]

It never amazes me that the douchebags of the video collecting community have nothing better to do but sit around and bitch and moan. Like I stated before in the links that have been pasted here. Its really not for sale. You would think people are just happy to know it exist and that I wasted $4 listing it to do just that. Obviously only a moron would buy it at that price so you idiots answer your own BS everytime you hate on me or the listing. While I was reading, I was thinking "Yea I can get him a video" for the top poster and then the more I read I decided you whiny know-it-all Bitches dont even deserve a look at it. Not all of you, just the whiny ones and you can all plainly see who they are. I wasted $4 on the listing just so people that werent apart of DP or AA could see it and know about it and I was hoping to get some legit offers so i knew who to contact if I ever did want to sell it besides the people I already know at AA. I barely come here to DP because its always the same BS. A bunch of whiny lil brat know-it-alls and it could be the simpliest question or what have you and there is always someone here to hate on people no matter what. Bunch of whiners if you ask me. Which is why I rarely post. Now I dount another will be found and is why I had taken the pic as such because I didnt want fakes popping up but the more I think about it. I hope some of you whiny holes would get taken by someone and heres a fact for you, The end label is completely different and since Im not sharing any other pics on it, looks like I will be one of the few if not the only one able to spot a fake. Do you think I really care if another is found? Wow then There would be 2!!!! Uh OH! Better sell it at a Buy It Now for $99 then! Get real you dope. There were hardly any sold to begin with which is why it was found til now. And if there were 20 total for real, I still would be happy as no matter what this is one of the rarest carts ever made and certainly rarer than that BS Holy Grail NES championships 1990. Heck Gamma Attack makes NES 1990 look like Pac-Man. It amazes me how many petty and ignorant twits there are in this hobby and I just lovethe ones that think they "Know" what Im really thinking, feeling and doing. Bunch of jealous dolts with nothing better to do. Those are the people that really need to get a life. And the last fact I will leave you with, I have the original and its going NOWHERE! And the next time I find something like this, no ones finding out about it but a handful of people because I wont deal with the petty gamers again. You haters dont even deserve to know it exists and its disgusting that so many gamers are this way. And to the douche with the dick shrinkage problem, it sounds like a personal problem to me and If I were you, I'd go have that checked out. Enjoy playing your rare 01 Combat! But you should really have that looked at if your penis is the size of a zit and you have shrinkage to boot. Cheers

[GrandAmChandler]

It never amazes me that a douchebag [of the video collecting community have nothing better to do but sit around and bitch and moan. Like I stated before in the links that have been pasted here. Its really for sale. You would think people are just happy to know I exist and that I wasted $4 listing it to do just that. Obviously only a moron would list it at that price so I the idiot answer my own BS. While I was reading, I was thinking "Yea I can get him a video" for the top poster and then the more I read I decided I'm a whiny know-it-all Bitch who doesn't even deserve a look at it.

None of you, just the whiny one and you can all plainly see who he is. I wasted $4 on the listing. I barely come here to DP because its always the same BS. A whiny lil brat know-it-all no matter what. A whiner if you ask me. Which is why I rarely post. Now I dount another will be found and is why I had taken the pic as such because I didnt want fakes popping up but the more I think about it. I hope my whiny holes would get taken by someone and heres a fact for you, The end label is completely different and since Im not sharing any other pics on it, looks like I will be one of the few if not the only one able to spot a fake. I really care if another is found. Better sell it at a Buy It Now for $99 then! Get real I'm a dope. There were hardly any sold to begin with which is why it was found til now. And if there were 20 total for real, I still wouldn't be happy as no matter what this is one of the rarest carts ever made and certainly rarer than that BS Holy Grail NES championships 1990.

Heck Gamma Attack makes NES 1990 look like Pac-Man. It amazes me how many petty and ignorant I am and I just love the ones that think they "Know" what Im really thinking, feeling and doing. Bunch of good hearts with nothing better to do. Those are the people that really need to get ahead in life. And the last fact I will leave you with, I have the original and its going NOWHERE! And the next time I find something like this, no ones finding out about it but a handful of people because I wont deal with myself again.

I dont even deserve to know it exists and its disgusting that I'm this way. And to me, the douche with the dick shrinkage problem, it sounds like a personal problem about me and If I were you, I'd go have that checked out. Enjoy playing your rare 01 Combat! But I should really have that looked at if my penis is the size of a zit and I have shrinkage to boot. Cheers

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[Phosphor Dot Fossils]

Whoever drops the half-a-million on this baby, my offer regarding obtaining video footage of the game still stands. Hell, after dropping that kind of cash, I might even buy you a pizza.

[DefaultGen]

The picture was inverted using Photoshop or some similar program. Just invert it again and you get the original:

Pssht, you didn't even save the picture before he cut off the label, here it is with the in tact end label:

http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/6359/gammaqu4.png

Not like that's particularly useful :D

[TonyTheTiger]

You would think people are just happy to know it exist and that I wasted $4 listing it to do just that.

$4!!!!!



I decided you whiny know-it-all Bitches dont even deserve a look at it.

Mine! Mine! Mine!



I wasted $4 on the listing

$4!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



The end label is completely different and since Im not sharing any other pics on it, looks like I will be one of the few if not the only one able to spot a fake.

MINE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



And if there were 20 total for real, I still would be happy as no matter what this is one of the rarest carts ever made and certainly rarer than that BS Holy Grail NES championships 1990.

I R T3H W1N!



I just lovethe ones that think they "Know" what Im really thinking

MINE!



feeling

MINE! MINE!



and doing.

MINE! MINE! MINE!



Those are the people that really need to get a life.

Yay, Me!



And the last fact I will leave you with, I have the original and its going NOWHERE!

MINE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



And the next time I find something like this, no ones finding out about it

MMMMUUUUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!



Cheers

NORM!

[Phantomofwdbk]

Hi and welcome to Digital Press! You can find our FAQ HERE (http://www.digitpress.com/forum/faq.php). I suggest you take some time and read it! I edited your post so it could be more forum friendly, because we all know what you are trying to really say! Welcome aboard!

Youre a Homo and Tell Shawn Jones of VGC Magazine that youre the #1 asshole that he can thank for not getting any info about the game now. Tell him to forget about the info he wanted on the game because youre a sissy bitch. I hope I have the chance to meet your pussy wimp ass when I come to the DP store. Hopefully youre nearby there and maybe your geek ass can try that shit to my face but as far as this game and your homo baby site is concerned, you can ban me and suck my dick because youre all a bunch of queers that dont do nothing but bitch and moan like the queers you truly are. Have a nice day and you scumball jerks will never get any info on the game and enjoy playing your pacman and combat carts you jealous mary-jane sispots!

[Phantomofwdbk]

Good Default Glen the homo douchebag. You still dont and wont have an original you fucking homo so shove it up your ass cause any other supposedly found, wont be condsidered real unless you open it up anyhow. I'll leave you geek bitches to suck each other off now as you get so much pleasure from that. Cheers homos!

[TonyTheTiger]

Youre a Homo and Tell Shawn Jones of VGC Magazine that youre the #1 asshole that he can thank for not getting any info about the game now. Tell him to forget about the info he wanted on the game because youre a sissy bitch. I hope I have the chance to meet your pussy wimp ass when I come to the DP store. Hopefully youre nearby there and maybe your geek ass can try that shit to my face but as far as this game and your homo baby site is concerned, you can ban me and suck my dick because youre all a bunch of queers that dont do nothing but bitch and moan like the queers you truly are. Have a nice day and you scumball jerks will never get any info on the game and enjoy playing your pacman and combat carts you jealous mary-jane sispots!

MINE!

....

....

Booohooohoooohoooohoooo :(

[DefaultGen]

Jeez, out of all the people in the world to get this, why couldn't it just have been DreamTR :P

[Leo_A]

And the last fact I will leave you with, I have the original and its going NOWHERE!

I'm sure it will go somewhere the minute you get the monetary offer your looking for, its been obvious since your first post at AtariAge that your just interested in profiting off some other programmer's work in anyway you can figure out how.

[Vectorman0]

Youre a Homo and Tell Shawn Jones of VGC Magazine that youre the #1 asshole that he can thank for not getting any info about the game now. Tell him to forget about the info he wanted on the game because youre a sissy bitch. I hope I have the chance to meet your pussy wimp ass when I come to the DP store. Hopefully youre nearby there and maybe your geek ass can try that shit to my face but as far as this game and your homo baby site is concerned, you can ban me and suck my dick because youre all a bunch of queers that dont do nothing but bitch and moan like the queers you truly are. Have a nice day and you scumball jerks will never get any info on the game and enjoy playing your pacman and combat carts you jealous mary-jane sispots!

Digital Press has very little affiliation with VGC, and GAC has none. I have no idea what you are going on about.


Good Default Glen the homo douchebag. You still dont and wont have an original you fucking homo so shove it up your ass cause any other supposedly found, wont be condsidered real unless you open it up anyhow. I'll leave you geek bitches to suck each other off now as you get so much pleasure from that. Cheers homos!


I hope no one has to ask why he was banned.

[Phosphor Dot Fossils]

Why couldn't this game have met the dignified, fitting and proper end that the Bio Force Ape cartridge did?

[GarrettCRW]

Why couldn't this game have met the dignified, fitting and proper end that the Bio Force Ape cartridge did?

Gamma Attack lacks dur butter.

[PapaStu]

Why couldn't this game have met the dignified, fitting and proper end that the Bio Force Ape cartridge did?

I heard that the alien race in Gamma Attack were pro-Communism.

[Sniderman]

Surprisingly, he hasn't returned here to post more about this find/situation. I would've thought someone would've clued him in and he would've swept in with a half-page rant by now...

<I give it 12 hours or less after I click "Save">

http://www.cv81pl.freeserve.co.uk/images/earlyedition.jpg

(obscure?)

[scooterb23]

(Morning Edition?)

So, I'm going to assume I'm not going to be able to get a repro cart anytime soon? ;)

[stonic]

Not like that's particularly useful :D

Not really... well, maybe a little. Doesn't really matter though, if the rom is never released.

[smork]

Pshaw, I already saw teh piratz of Gamma Attack when I was last in Bangkok.

It's good to know my assessment of the dude was clearly dead fucking on. I bet he's sitting in his darkened room now, cradling his pretty, stroking its label while sneering at the world.

"I have have GAMMA ATTACK, and none of you, you FOOLS do! You do not DESERVE Gamma Attack! Bwahahaha!"

[Flack]

you can ban me
Granted.


and suck my dick
Denied.

[PingvinBlueJeans]

It's good to know my assessment of the dude was clearly dead fucking on.
Oh, give me a fucking break...it's a self-fulfilling prophecy and you guys got exactly the reaction you wanted. This is the exact kind of juvenile bullshit that goes on a daily basis on these forums...and the sad part is that certain moderators here actually perpetuate it.

As I already said, Sniderman has laid flamebait in just about every thread about this game, waiting for Phantom to attack him back. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out what's going to happen eventually when you repeatedly provoke someone. You got what you wanted and he's banned. Congratulations...you must be very proud of yourself.

But you're right smork, he needed to be "taken down a few pegs", so thanks Sniderman for doing the entire community a 'favor' and having him banned from the DP forums. We'll have to have your friend "Patton" here give you a medal. :roll:

[smork]

But you're right smork, he needed to be "taken down a few pegs", so thanks Sniderman for doing the entire community a 'favor' and having him banned from the DP forums. We'll have to have your friend "Patton" here give you a medal. :roll:


Shut up. I wasn't attacking you. I'm certainly not going to argue with you about it.

[MachineGex]

No way in HELL that little show was for real? He acts like he holds a cure for cancer, AIDs, and every STD that Brittney Spears has gotten.

[PapaStu]

Oh, give me a fucking break...it's a self-fulfilling prophecy and you guys got exactly the reaction you wanted. This is the exact kind of juvenile bullshit that goes on a daily basis on these forums...and the sad part is that certain moderators here actually perpetuate it.

As I already said, Sniderman has laid flamebait in just about every thread about this game, waiting for Phantom to attack him back. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out what's going to happen eventually when you repeatedly provoke someone. You got what you wanted and he's banned. Congratulations...you must be very proud of yourself.

But you're right smork, he needed to be "taken down a few pegs", so thanks Sniderman for doing the entire community a 'favor' and having him banned from the DP forums. We'll have to have your friend "Patton" here give you a medal. :roll:

From what I read on AA he seemed to be doing himself no favors for his actions over there and the eventuality of getting the game released in whatever format.
Was it his to post on ebay as he felt? Yes, however what was he expecting from people that are yearning for some of these 'grail' games that might or might not exist. They saw that as a lovely wave of the carrot and got rabbid for it. He chose to deal with the outcome as he did and has thusly faced the wrath of slighted gamers who wanted to play AND buy repos (should it have made it to that point) of Gamma Attack.

Others that have been known to do the same kinds of ebay postings (BuyAtari, Adol among others) and know what can come of it and honestly have thick enough skins to handle the shitstorm they might create by doing so. And if they do post something at some obscene price to show it off (ZOMG Rare or not) they know they can expect the lowballs and the dumb questions and the angst from other collectors/fans that don't have it and want it. Do I expect that Gold NWC to sell for 25k or did I expect that proto PS controller to move for 3k. No. Am I mad that those were listed, hardly, it lets me know that someone might have something i'm interested in and SOMEDAY they might be willing to sell.

Alas, when asked to sell/release Phantom clammed up and went on the defensive about posting it and it being his, when all he needed to say was that it was 'found' and that it was safe and walk away. He wouldn't be the first 'hoarder' nor will he be the last. People would have gotten over it. Hell i've got proto's that i've got no intention of releasing, call me a hoarder for hurting the PlayStation loving public. I'm already over it... cause I don't care what they think in that regard, my actions in what I do for the community in regards to doing the guide and helping people get the info they are looking for is what matters to me. But he kept coming back and enciting the masses more and more. This is a message forum on teh intarwebz. Fewer places have more bitching and moaning tossed about than forums (and i'm saying forums in general, be it IGN's, GameFAQs, 1Up, here, AA, RfGen, AssEMBLER).

He got himself banned for his outburst plain and simple. If Phantom had left it at his baited response (a response that was days later (I feel due to someone stirring the pot themselves by saying 'Hey, they're talking smack about you and your game' to him, because he wasn't posting about it here once he had made his inital 'I have Gamma Attack') he'd have walked away.


Now before this thread ends up like all those on AA, I suggest that WE as the community move on from the egging. It does none of us any good.

[smork]

Now before this thread ends up like all those on AA, I suggest that WE as the community move on from the egging. It does none of us any good.

True dat. I should be a bigger man than that, but sometimes I can't resist. Wat can I say?

[PingvinBlueJeans]

Now before this thread ends up like all those on AA, I suggest that WE as the community move on from the egging. It does none of us any good.
I agree...so I wonder why this thread remains open at this point, since the original poster is gone. Seems the only purpose to it at this point is to allow others to jump on the pile.

If the goal of certian individuals was to provoke the original poster into taking actions that would get him banned (which seems to be the case)...that has been achieved.

Not much else has really been achieved here apart from giving Phantom the attention he obviously sought in the first place by starting the crazy auction and perhaps getting him to hoard the ROM (which he will likely do now out of spite).

As such, I think we're done here...I know I am.