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Best games for the atari 2600?

Nerdius Maximus

Nerdius Maximus

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This thread is for the old folks who remember the simpler days of gaming when games had no point other than to rack up points!:lol:

I was a master of the following games:
Yar's Revenge
Berzerk
Missile Command
Pac-Man Jr.
Star Trek: Strategic Operations Simulator
Breakout
Megamania
moonsweeper

Solaris(Okay, not quite a master of this one, because this was one of the few Atari games you could actually "beat" and I never did, but I don't know of anyone else that did, either. Still, a groundbreaking game for its time. I really don't even know how Atari even supported it, it was so advanced.)

The Empire Strikes Back-Lol, what a pointless, frustrating game. I kept playing and playing, trying to weaken all the AT-ATs so I could destroy them all at once to see what would happen, but I could never pull it off. I don't think it was possible.

River Raid was another great one, but I was never any good at it.
 
zakfa said:
You can't go wrong with River Raid and Pitfall.
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I had Pitfall, but I always found myself getting bored with it very quickly. It was a necessary step in the evolution of videogames, however. One that I always loved was "Combat" but it was only fun with two players.
 
We didn't have much money then so I only had Pac-Man and Defender. I have vivid memories of Defender.
 
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BEST. ATARI GAME. EVER!
 
My favorites: Adventure, Pitfall!, Missile Command, Superman, Crackpots, Laser Blast, Megamania, Haunted House, Maze Craze, Circus Atari, Demon Attack, Phoenix
 
Chris3123 said:
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BEST. ATARI GAME. EVER!
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My cousin had it... I must have thought it was lame cuz I hardly ever played it.:lol:

what I remember having was:

Combat(it came packaged with the game, I hated it)
Frogger(Awesome!)
Mrs Pacman
Dig Dug
Mouse Trap(anyone have this one? it was weird)
Kangaroo(another weird one)
Pitfall( I think it was originally my cousins)

uh I cant remember anything else...Yeah, we had a very small lame collection.:lol: Mostly we'd just go to our cousin's house & play what they had there(they had everything!)
 
Adventure is the best. it's an astoundly creative game, even today I'm impressed with what they accomplished on such limited tech.

I have to make special note of Atari boxing as well, which was ridiculous but really fun with two players. I loved how if you got it right, you could trap somebody between your two fists and punch them endlessly.
 
I have a lot of old favs from the Atari 2600, but Defender has to be right at the top of the list. :techman:
 
zephramc said:
Babaganoosh said:
zephramc said:
My favs...


Pac Man
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:lol: Seriously?
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Shutup... I have a softspot for it. :p My parents gave me and my brother an Atari 2600 for Christmas back in 1983. Combat came with the system, but they also got us Pac Man. Man that was a great Christmas.
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Have you played 2600 Ms. Pac-Man? That's a Pac game done right.

I actually like the E.T. game as well though I find it unplayable at the first two difficulty settings - those damn FBI and scientist guys always take me away and steal the pieces of my phone-home device. :mad:
 
There are so many good ones. We still dig the old dinosaur out now and then to play some games.

Someone's already mentioned Circus. Very simple game, but a lot of fun.

Now the great ones that haven't been touched on yet - Solar Fox, Vanguard, Phoenix
 
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