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Favorite Atari 2600 Games
yotsuya:
--- Quote from: degenatrons on May 08, 2014, 05:45:43 am ---pressure cooker - was probably my favourite as a kid
keystone capers - running away from the pigs was GTA back in the day
starmaster - poor mans elite
snoopy and the red baron - flying around on a doghouse, nuff said
combat - is still a fun multiplayer game that i bring out occasionally
indy 500 - ditto
the empire strikes back - the reason i wanted to own 2600 after oogling over at a friends house
vanguard - great shooter complete with flash gordon music
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Starmaster was the only game I knew that used the B&W switch on the 2600 as a game control. Awesome stuff.
Howard, you're getting angry spittle all over my rose-colored glasses! :cheers:
ChadTower:
There is an incredible library of homebrew out there, too. Head over to AtariAge and buy a few. I used to buy one about every month but fell off a couple of years ago. Heh, my kids sometimes aren't sure which games are homebrew and which are 35 years old, other than the print quality on the label.
lamprey:
--- Quote from: ChadTower on May 08, 2014, 10:21:41 am ---
There is an incredible library of homebrew out there, too. Head over to AtariAge and buy a few. I used to buy one about every month but fell off a couple of years ago. Heh, my kids sometimes aren't sure which games are homebrew and which are 35 years old, other than the print quality on the label.
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I don't know if I'd bother actually getting any home brew 2600 games. Maybe the best seller list is where I should be looking. But, do you have a list of a few you think are good? I'm kinda curious what people have been producing.
DaveMMR:
There's a more accurate version of Pac-Man (although you can just play that in MAME, or on literally any other device that exists.)
http://www.atariage.com/store/index.php?l=product_detail&p=1010
And also Donkey Kong VCS (not the sneaky, half-assed port by Coleco)
http://kotaku.com/after-30-years-donkey-kong-gets-a-proper-port-to-the-a-851576160
ChadTower:
--- Quote from: DaveMMR on May 09, 2014, 04:49:28 pm ---There's a more accurate version of Pac-Man (although you can just play that in MAME, or on literally any other device that exists.)
http://www.atariage.com/store/index.php?l=product_detail&p=1010
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That's not exactly the best way to encourage talented hobbyist software developers to continue releasing high quality games. Sometimes buying an item is about more than just acquisition.