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popsicle:

Because of the recent C64 game night thread, it seemed like a good time to visit memory lane and my Atari800xl, which I just rescued from my parents damp Cleveland basement and brought home.  It still works!  The disk drive squeals something terrible, but I was able to treat myself to some nostalgia and show my kids what I had to play on when I was their age.   

Most of these games use one button and 8-way stick, so they are perfect on a 2 player cab.

* Crush Crumble and Chomp!  I had this on cassette, and it was written in Basic I believe.  Build a monster and wreak havoc on a major city.  The game moves slow, and your monster gets hungry too quickly which results in the computer taking over which was frustrating, but it's fun to grab and eat civilians and police units and aim your breath weapon at helicopters.  Uses keyboard commands.  Why hasn't this game been remade?

* Ninja.  This is a great pick up and go game.  Neat soundtrack.  Defeat the enemy ninjas, grab the idols, then make your way back down the temple.

* Alley Cat.  An incredible game for it's time.  Still just as fun.  Jump onto trashcans, then clotheslines until a window opens. Each window is a mini game - get the mice on the big cheese, knock the vases off the shelf, drink the sleeping dog's milk, dive into the fishbowl and eat all the fish, knock over the birdcage and eat the bird.  The humans are invisible but you see their brooms dancing around, frantically cleaning up your kitty footprints and knocking you around.  Cool jazzy intro music.

* Archon.  Mentioned on the C64 thread alot.  Chess with action battles.  Really fun with two players. 

* Ultima III and IV.  Who's got the time for this now, but back then these games consumed me. 

* Blue Max.  Isometric view, bomb enemy targets and shoot down enemy fighters.  I'm better at this now than I was at 11.  Easy to crash if you don't know what you're doing.

* Beachhead II. 2 players duke it out on 4 unique stages.

* One on One.  This was the Larry Bird vs. Dr. J half court bball game where you could dunk and break the glass.  My brother could beat me every time. 

* M.U.L.E.  Addicting!  This game was made for 4 humans in mind, but I have just as much fun playing the computer.

* Crossfire.  Plays in a grid and you shoot in 4 directions at the enemies that eventually pursue you.  Challenging and quick.   

There's a host of others of course, so chime in. 


GeoMan:


--- Quote from: popsicle on May 07, 2014, 06:30:11 pm ---* Crossfire.  Plays in a grid and you shoot in 4 directions at the enemies that eventually pursue you.
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One of my favorites on my Atari800! Other games i enjoyed:

Necromancer, Preppie, Missile Command (cartridge), Jumpman Junior, Boulder Dash, Star Raiders, Shamus (difficult!)



wp34:


--- Quote from: popsicle on May 07, 2014, 06:30:11 pm ---
* Blue Max.  Isometric view, bomb enemy targets and shoot down enemy fighters.  I'm better at this now than I was at 11.  Easy to crash if you don't know what you're doing.

* One on One.  This was the Larry Bird vs. Dr. J half court bball game where you could dunk and break the glass.  My brother could beat me every time. 


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Great thread idea. 

Blue Max was awesome.  It reminded me of Zaxxon but was so much more fun.  You could shoot and drop bombs.  The worst part was landing and takeoff.  I also hated it when I would be too low when I tried to drop a bomb and would accidentally crash.

One on One might be my all-time favorite basketball game.  It was the first basketball game I remember having a 3D effect that felt like the real thing.  Being able to shoot a fade-away jumper over Larry's head was priceless.


--- Quote from: GeoMan on May 07, 2014, 07:28:12 pm ---
Necromancer, Preppie, Missile Command (cartridge), Jumpman Junior, Boulder Dash, Star Raiders, Shamus (difficult!)


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Those were all great.  I played the crap out of Star Raiders.  It was awesome because you actually used the keyboard to control functions on your ship.  That made it so much more than any game you could play on a console at the time. 


Ravenger:

An Atari 800 night wouldn't be complete without BallBlazer. 

deadmoney5:

you guys were the rich kids with the Atari 800 ;D



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