{"title":"Simon Quernhorst","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"mental-kombat-atari-2600","title":"Mental Kombat - Atari 2600","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMental Kombat\u003c\/em\u003e is a two player puzzle game based on a concept developed by Simon and a friend originally for the Commodore 64. The rules of \u003cem\u003eMental Kombat\u003c\/em\u003e are as follows:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEach player has their own color.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eYou have to connect tiles of your color vertically or horizontally.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eYou can move every tile of every color, this means that you could connect a row of tiles of your opponent's color if you don't move carefully enough.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTo prevent deadlock situations you can't undo the last move.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIf you complete a row of your stones your opponent will lose energy.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIf one player runs out of energy the battle is over.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAtariAge held a \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/atariage.com\/features\/contests\/MentalKombat\/index.php\"\u003eMental Kombat Label Kontest\u003c\/a\u003e in December 2001 to choose a label that adorns the cart.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIncludes cartridge and full-color manual.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable width=\"250\" cellspacing=\"2\" cellpadding=\"2\" border=\"0\" bordercolor=\"#333333\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr bordercolor=\"#CCCCCC\"\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"main\" nowrap bgcolor=\"#F0F1F1\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"main\" nowrap\u003eSimon Quernhorst\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr bordercolor=\"#CCCCCC\"\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"main\" nowrap bgcolor=\"#F0F1F1\"\u003eNumber of Players\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"main\" nowrap\u003e2\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr bordercolor=\"#CCCCCC\"\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"main\" nowrap bgcolor=\"#F0F1F1\"\u003eController\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"main\" nowrap\u003eJoystick\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr bordercolor=\"#CCCCCC\"\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"main\" nowrap height=\"21\" bgcolor=\"#F0F1F1\"\u003eCartridge Size\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"main\" nowrap\u003e4K\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr bordercolor=\"#CCCCCC\"\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"main\" nowrap height=\"21\" bgcolor=\"#F0F1F1\"\u003eLabel Design\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"main\" nowrap\u003eJason Parlee\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"AtariAge","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41038761328758,"sku":"","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0574\/2428\/1718\/files\/2600_MentalKombat_CartOnly_Primary.jpg?v=1731324525"},{"product_id":"a-vcs-tec-challenge-atari-2600","title":"A-VCS-tec Challenge - Atari 2600","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e1475. Tenochtitlán is ruled by the Aztec sovereign Axayacatl, son of Motecuhzoma. Even as he was being defeated by the Tarascans, Axayacatl was expanding his realm by conquering the Mixtecs and Zapotecs.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou, being a warrior of the Zapotecs, managed to escape the battlefield together with two of your brothers, but unfortunately your party was trapped afterwards. Axayacatl offers you the only chance to survive by reaching the coast and leaving the country by boat. He challenges you with spear throwing warriors along your path and stone rolling priests on the pyramids. Reaching the pyramids safe inside allows your team to relax for a short time and prepare for the next trail.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSimon Quernhorst, author of the Atari 2600 homebrew game \u003ca href=\"mental-kombat-atari-2600\"\u003eMental Kombat\u003c\/a\u003e, has programmed a new 2600 game: \u003ci\u003eA-VCS-tec Challenge\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eA-VCS-tec Challenge\u003c\/i\u003e is a conversion of the popular Aztec Challenge on the Commodore 64. The Atari 2600 version of the game includes the original game's arcade-like first level, called \"The Gauntlet\", as well as a second level where you must race up the stairs to the top of the pyramid while avoiding large stones being thrown down from the top! A-VCS-tec Challenge features the memorable soundtrack from the Commodore 64 version, composed by Paul Slocum, author of the \u003ca href=\"synthcart-atari-2600\"\u003eSynthcart\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"marble-craze-atari-2600\"\u003eMarble Craze\u003c\/a\u003e for the 2600.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou can learn more about \u003ci\u003eA-VCS-tec Challenge\u003c\/i\u003e by visiting Simon Quernhorst's \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.quernhorst.de\/atari\/ac.html\"\u003eA-VCS-tec Challenge Development Page\u003c\/a\u003e. You can read about the game's development, view detailed information about the gameplay, and watch a 43 second video trailer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIncludes cartridge and full-color manual. Available in NTSC and PAL television formats, each of which has a unique label. Please specify above when ordering.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable width=\"250\" cellspacing=\"2\" cellpadding=\"2\" bordercolor=\"#333333\" border=\"0\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr bordercolor=\"#CCCCCC\"\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"main\" nowrap bgcolor=\"#F0F1F1\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"main\" nowrap\u003eSimon Quernhorst\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr bordercolor=\"#CCCCCC\"\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"main\" nowrap bgcolor=\"#F0F1F1\"\u003eNumber of Players\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"main\" nowrap\u003e1\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr bordercolor=\"#CCCCCC\"\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"main\" nowrap bgcolor=\"#F0F1F1\"\u003eController\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"main\" nowrap\u003eJoystick\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr bordercolor=\"#CCCCCC\"\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"main\" nowrap height=\"21\" bgcolor=\"#F0F1F1\"\u003eCartridge Size\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"main\" nowrap\u003e8K\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr bordercolor=\"#CCCCCC\"\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"main\" nowrap height=\"21\" bgcolor=\"#F0F1F1\"\u003eLabel Design\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"main\" nowrap\u003eSimon Quernhorst\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr bordercolor=\"#CCCCCC\"\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"main\" nowrap height=\"21\" bgcolor=\"#F0F1F1\"\u003eManual Design\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"main\" nowrap\u003eSimon Quernhorst\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr bordercolor=\"#CCCCCC\"\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"main\" nowrap height=\"21\" bgcolor=\"#F0F1F1\"\u003eMusic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"main\" nowrap\u003ePaul Slocum\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"AtariAge","offers":[{"title":"NTSC","offer_id":41038813659254,"sku":"","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"PAL","offer_id":41038813692022,"sku":"","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0574\/2428\/1718\/files\/2600_AVCSTecChallenge_NTSC_CartOnly_Primary.jpg?v=1731327340"},{"product_id":"encaved-atari-2600","title":"Encaved - Atari 2600","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDarkness. Your head aches. Where are you? What happened to you? Then you remember the steady beep of a technical device. You start groping for the source of the tone and find a PDA laying near your legs. You grab it and watch its display.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eYou stare at the screen and can't tell what the numbers stand for. You stand up and move a step to the right and come to know that the small dot on the screen represents your position. You continue walking, but a wall abruptly stops your movement. You are in a giant maze and the PDA screen shows the map of this big dark surrounding!\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhile examining the electronic device in your hands you find a button and a small stick. Your curiosity and raising panic results in pushing the button instantly. You are still standing in complete darkness, but the screen shows something like a spotlight. It seems to be produced by a radar spot scanning the caves. Moving the small stick while the button is pressed moves the spotlight around the maze on screen. You spot ways and walls on screen and decide to follow the lanes and hope to find an exit somewhere... unfortunately you come to know that the numbers in the top right corner of the screen are counting down and you feel that it can't be any good if this timer reaches zero. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEncaved is Simon Quernhorst's fourth Atari 2600 homebrew game! The game starts with the screen showing a black maze within border lines. Your position is represented by the small cursor in the left down corner. Moving the joystick starts the countdown timer and you player moves through the maze. You can't move further when you run into walls. Pressing the fire button lightens the spotlight on your screen. You can move the spotlight around with your joystick while you keep the fire button pressed. A box is hidden somewhere in each maze. Locate it with your spotlight and collect it with your player to gain more time. As soon as you found an exit and moved through it with your player, you receive the remaining time as points. If you know the maze very well already and manage to navigate through it without switching the spotlight on, you score double points. After having escaped a maze a door closes behind you and you come to know that the next maze is already awaiting your exploration...\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIncludes cartridge and full-color manual. Available in NTSC and PAL television formats, please specify above when ordering.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eEncaved Limited Edition\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEncaved's author, Simon Quernhorst, has created a \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.quernhorst.de\/atari\/en.html\"\u003eLimited Edition\u003c\/a\u003e version of Encaved that you may purchase from him directly. The Limited Edition includes the game cartridge, plastic box, instruction manual, small bag with stitched game logo, and an envelope with photo prints of the level maps. In addition, each copy is serialized with a unique number and is signed as well. 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Sounds simple enough in theory, but with the timer ticking down in the background you don't have the luxury of carefully scrutinizing the playfield to locate the patterns! And when you sneak a peek at the pattern (by pressing the fire button on your joystick) the timer counts down even more quickly!\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eThe game starts with the creation of a random playfield consisting of 32 by 20 squares. Your cursor is located in the middle of the board. Push and hold the fire button to display the 6 by 6 pattern you must match on the playfield. You can use the joystick to move your cursor in all directions. Your cursor points to the top left corner of the 6 by 6 search pattern. Press the fire button when you believe you have found the correct position. If you are right, you'll receive points. If you are wrong, the required pattern is displayed again.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eIn a simultaneous two player game, both players must locate the same pattern, but each player can view the required pattern individually. The player who finds the correct position first receives one point. The two player game ends when the countdown timer reaches 0 or when one player manages to reach 9 points.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eThe left difficulty switch allows you to choose the game timing mode. \"Easy \/ A\" selects the fixed time limit per level, starting at 90 and decreasing by 5 per level until the minimum of 20 seconds is reached. All following levels offer 20 seconds. The timer on the \"Hard \/ B\" setting starts at 90 seconds and you have to find as many patterns as possible within this period.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eHow many patterns can you find before the timer expires?\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eIncludes cartridge and four-page, full-color manual. 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