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General and Gaming => Classic Video Games => Topic started by: oldgamerz on April 05, 2017, 03:43:39 am
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I was just playing my Activation Anthology for my PlayStation 2. And was thinking, about how many people in this world or on VG collect, ever play Atari originals or Atari 2600 homebrews?
in any way whether it is a Harmony cartridge. Or a PC ROM, or on a compilation game for a more modern system.
I never been to Atari age forums before. But I've heard of them before
If so then name some of your favorite games and then your least favorites, it don't matter how you play the games either
here is some of my most favorites
1: Asteroids
2: Demon Attack
3: River Raid
4: Boxing
5: Enduro .
6: Pong
7: Breakout
8: Super Breakout
9: Frontline
10: Batttlezone
11: Robot Tank
12: Centipede
13: Chopper Command
14: Demons To Diamonds
My least Favorites:
1: Grand Prix
2: Barnstormer
3: Adventure
4: Earthworld Fireworld and Waterworld
5: Kaboom
6: Canyon Bomber
7: Casino Games
8: Backgammon
9: Dolphin
10: Dragster
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You don't like Kaboom!? That game is awesome. It's one of my favorites on the 2600.
Crystal Castles, Stampede, and Yar's Revenge are some of my favorites.
I don't play the 2600 anymore. I lost my Atari stuff in the Great Divorce of 2015. To be perfectly honest, it didn't bother me that much.
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I don't play Atari 2600 too much but i do enjoy frogger and ms. pacman from time to time. :). I was born much after the Atari craze so i didn't really experience it or grow up with it to appreciate it sentimentally. Most of my playing of Atari 2600 titles comes from collection compilations on other systems or just the bare essentials like Pac Man that everyone knows and loves :D.
But i do love the history and legacy it holds in gaming and i think it is one of the most coolest looking consoles of all time with the wood grain finished front and the metal switches. It has plenty of amazing games that paved the way in many genres.
My favorite games
. Ms. Pacman
. Frogger
. Centipede
. Space Invaders
. Super Breakout
. Donkey Kong
. Asteroids
Least Favorites
. Pac Man
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I was born in 1987 and to be completely honest it is hard for me to even get into 75% of the NES Library, so Atari for me is like no man's land. I played a handful of Atari 2600 games, as well as a few other games on pre-NES consoles and they usually keep my attention for all of 5-minutes and then I just feel like doing something else.
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I like a lot of 2600 games. I'd probably play mine more often if I had a controller that worked more reliably.
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I have tried the PS2 comp and I do not like them. The Saturn comps are better. Aside from that, the only other way I play 2600 games is on an actual 2600 using a Sega Genesis controller, usually the 6 button.
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I grew up with Atari 2600 and not NES, so I went straight from 2600 to SNES... and for some reason can't play the NES.
I liked Surround and Maze Craze... everything else was meh.
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Atari 2600 was/is my first system. I still own that system and it still works poor little thing. I recently upgraded it with a 7800. So i play a lot of Atari. Some of my favorite games(that I own):
Adventure
Combat
Demon to Diamonds
Dodge 'em
Kaboom
Missile Command
Pitfall
Planet Patrol
Space Invaders
Warlords
Yaris' Revenge
Ones I own and don't care for:
E.T.
Ghostbusters
Superman
One I really want to own:
Masters of the Universe
I do try to pick up the collections whenever I come across them for other systems but apparently in this area they aren't that common
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I don't believe that I have ever played an Atari 2600 and I don't really care to as any of the games I would want to play got ported or I could play the superior arcade version.
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I tried, I really did. I bought an Atari, owned about 50 games (give or take), but I just couldn't get into the console, like at all. I'd only play for like 15-20 minutes at a time.
The games were just too simple, it was the same thing over and over again, it just got faster as you went. And the sounds, oh dear Lord, the unholy sounds that came out of that machine.
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I just got into Atari 2600 with the two compilation discs on PS4. I also have Mario Bros. in physical form and am looking to mod my Intellivision to work with the system changer, then I'll start collecting for it a bit.
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no I stopped wanting to play it a long time ago. I do on the other hand love collecting for it. there is nothing better as a collector than being able to go out and buy just about any Atari 2600 game for less than a buck.
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I was born in 1987 and to be completely honest it is hard for me to even get into 75% of the NES Library, so Atari for me is like no man's land. I played a handful of Atari 2600 games, as well as a few other games on pre-NES consoles and they usually keep my attention for all of 5-minutes and then I just feel like doing something else.
I used to be this way before I grew into more classic gaming. It is like experiencing history that is why I play and have a ColecoVision Flashback and an Atari Flashback 6 and an Intellivision flashback along with many other PS2 compilations. those Games that i've listed some of them have top of the line Atari Graphics and i highly recommend them both the cartridges and the Atari and Activision anthology
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It's mind boggling that someone who likes Atari 2600 games wouldn't like Kaboom. It's one of the very few that's just as playable today as it was in the early '80s. The controls are perfect. A word of warning though, this game sucks if you play it on anything other than the Atari 2600. All the modern compilation packs use the analog stick to move the buckets back and forth, but the real magic to this game is the 2600's paddle controller.
Other ones I really like are:
Crossbow - It's a port of the Exidy arcade game. Very good graphics, and especially good with the trackball controller
Oink! - A fast game of building your house to avoid the big bad wolf, who has laser eyes for some reason :D
Crackpots - You drop pots onto bugs trying to eat your house!
Warlords - Another arcade port, and the graphics aren't much to look at, but its multiplayer mode is awesome
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Theyre too old to ever be properly enjoyed imho. i consider the snes as old as i can go back and still enjoy playing the games. >.<
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Kinda surprised that nobody mentioned Moon Patrol, seriously what's wrong with you people ?! :'(
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Theyre too old to ever be properly enjoyed imho. i consider the snes as old as i can go back and still enjoy playing the games. >.<
Yes it is a certainly an issue as time goes on. I have taken quite a break (at least 10 years) from playing anything of that era. I think that perhaps what I will end up doing is going back and (attempt to at least) play things in chronological order, starting with the oldest and working up. You can't really just go into play a 2600 game the same day you played something more modern.
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2600 was before my time but actually we did get one as kids. I think someone gave it to my parents through their work one day, and it came with most of the common games. We were amused with it for a short while but even then it couldnt hold a candle to the SNES or Genesis. It was the first console to spark that "retro" game interest in me.
Haven't played in years. I've thought about just picking up the compilations on PS4. I don't think I even have one of those converter boxes and no televisions that support those terminal things anymore.
But yeah Kaboom, Space Invaders, Breakout, Pitfall, even games like Combat, and Basketball were a good time if you have someone to play with.
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I love atari. Everytime i hook it up I end up messing around with it for a couple hours easy.
Nowadays i mostly pick up homebrews because the games I'm still missing are all very rare and expensive.
Don't find many Atari collector's around here but i've found a few. Going to the midwest gaming classic this weekend maybe i'll find something for Atari. ;)
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Many nights I will run through about a dozen cartridges before going to sleep at night. I try to cycle through different parts of the collection but I have a few regular go to games.
A few favorites:
Asteroids
Berzerk
California Games
Circus Atari
Defender
Dig Dug
Donkey Kong
Frogger
Kaboom
Missile Command
Pac-Man
Pitfall!
Joust (Flying Eggs FTW)
Jungle Hunt
Space Invaders
Phoenix
River Raid
Spy Hunter
Star Wars: Empire Strikes Back
Warlords
Yar's Revenge
I also carry an Atari Flashback Portable in my jacket pocket most days. Many games can be played in a couple minutes per session making it a perfect device for killing time when standing in line or waiting on something, the phone can stay in the pocket.
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Oddly enough, I picked up one of those Plug 'n' Play Atari controller things this weekend. It was $2. I figure I might get that much fun out of it.
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Atari 2600 was my first console so it will always hold a special place in my gaming heart.
Some of my favorites are:
Solaris
Warlords
Qbert
Street Racer
Crystal Castles
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haven't played in a while but i still love adventure,kaboom and haunted house.and highly recommend you give adventure and kaboom another chance.
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I have somewhere around 300 2600 games and 3 systems. So yeah, I play Atari once in a while.
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My collection consists over 100 games weird controllers and do dad's my favorite games hands down would be megamania (and just about every Activision title) and spit fire attack oh and frogger is timeless classic I pretty much collect the"different" carts Milton Bradley, Activision, and spectra titles were the top carts I sought out.
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another game I didn't see mentioned was Starmaster what a great game.
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I was born in 1990. I played Gameboy and NES in 1995, so those are like the "bare minimum" a game is supposed to be for me. It makes it difficult for me to relate to the Atari 2600 experience.
However, I love Atari arcade games (Centipede, Battlezone, Missile Command, Black Widow, Tempest, etc). But I don't prefer the home versions of those. To me, that feels like playing the Super Nintendo version of Doom today.
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I had a small collection of about 50-75 Atari 2600 games. I only played them intermittently. I enjoyed them, but I didn't think it was worth the hassle to drag out the console and controllers just to play them.
I sold all of my 2600 stuff, and now if I want to play the games I just pick up a comp disk that has the games on there.
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I was just playing my Activation Anthology for my PlayStation 2. And was thinking, about how many people in this world or on VG collect, ever play Atari originals or Atari 2600 homebrews?
in any way whether it is a Harmony cartridge. Or a PC ROM, or on a compilation game for a more modern system.
I never been to Atari age forums before. But I've heard of them before
If so then name some of your favorite games and then your least favorites, it don't matter how you play the games either
here is some of my most favorites
1: Asteroids
2: Demon Attack
3: River Raid
4: Boxing
5: Enduro .
6: Pong
7: Breakout
8: Super Breakout
9: Frontline
10: Batttlezone
11: Robot Tank
12: Centipede
13: Chopper Command
14: Demons To Diamonds
My least Favorites:
1: Grand Prix
2: Barnstormer
3: Adventure
4: Earthworld Fireworld and Waterworld
5: Kaboom
6: Canyon Bomber
7: Casino Games
8: Backgammon
9: Dolphin
10: Dragster
I plan on getting an Atari soon myself. May I suggest you try a couple of games called Jungle Hunt and Pitfall. Both were so much fun when I was growing up.
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Atari 2020 has been delayed, and personally I never knew it existed until today when I typed in Atari 2600/VCS game into my internet browser.
I often wounder how this console will take off if it ever does get a release, I am a sucker for old games, but like I just typed in another thread. I would rather play an Atari2600 game than a tiger handheld game in which is also said to come back as well
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2600 is classic, but I can understand modern gamers seeing them as too simple, but if you take them on their own terms, they can be fun, especially if you can connect with the historical context. And of course they're going to get repetitive after a while, that's why you gotta have a huge stack of carts to swap in and out to freshen it up! Easy to do at those prices...
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I can't really get into Atari games, even though I have tried. However, Outlaw is a fun game, the only one I was actually able to play for longer than 10 mins. I only ever played with a friend, so that may have had something to do with it.