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Favorite Atari 2600 Games
CraftyMech:
Pitfall
Asteroids
Kaboom!
Those are my top 3 that come to mind, I played a lot of games at friend's houses that I liked and are probably mentioned in this thread as well. But my brother and I only had a handful of carts, and the 3 above are the ones we played the crap out of.
Cynicaster:
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--- Quote from: Cynicaster on May 22, 2014, 11:53:43 am ---I just picked up a Harmony Cartridge 2 weeks ago, so I’ve been playing a lot of 2600 lately. For those who don’t know what that is, it’s a cartridge into which you insert an SD card loaded up with ROMs. This allows you to play the entire library on real hardware without having to change cartridges. Freakin’ awesome.
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What are your thoughts on the Harmony itself? I've toyed with picking one up.
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I've only had it for a few weeks, but so far I love it. Dead simple to get it up and running--just fill up a FAT32-formatted SD card with ROMs, plug it in the Harmony, and plug the Harmony into the Atari. Power it up, and pick your game.
I hemmed and hawed about getting one for a long time, and now that I have it, I can't believe I didn't get it sooner. I mean, I think I only paid about $70 for it. I'm not a collector at all, I just like to play the games, so it's the perfect way for me to experience Atari 2600 in 2014. I don't need to pull out a crate full of crusty old plastic cartridges, I don't need a spot to store them. Every game I want is right there on a single cartridge that I keep plugged into the console.
If you still enjoy playing Atari 2600 from time to time, if you have the cash, and if you're not a collector whose fun may be ruined by flashcart, I'd absolutely recommend you grab one.
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Good to know. I was going to build an emulation machine, but I have a perfectly working Atari 2600, and I might just go this route. I assume you got the basic version and not the deluxe?
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Yes, I got the basic. I'm pretty sure the only difference is the deluxe comes with an SD card and the mini USB (micro USB?) cable that allows you to connect the Harmony to your PC. I've got plenty of both just sitting around in drawers so I went with the basic. Really, you don't even need the cable; it's just so you can update the firmware on the Harmony. I haven't done that yet (not sure if there are even any updates) but the thing works as is, so I don't really care.
I emulate several retro consoles and it's great for the most part, but for whatever reason, I could never get into 2600 emulation. Not that Stella is bad at what it does, but the 2600, for me, needs to be experienced with the old joystick on CRT. Plus, I love to play games with the paddle controllers (Kaboom! and Super Breakout FTW), and you really need the real deal for those games.
danny_galaga:
--- Quote from: Howard_Casto on May 08, 2014, 04:50:13 am ---Relevant:
I have a hard time finding anything on the 2600 worth playing. I like some of the ones you guys have already mentioned like Combat! and Pitfall but honestly those 70 era consoles were merely prototypes for the superior 80's consoles. Back then I enjoyed them, but most of the good games were crappy ports of arcade titles...that I now play in mame... so there you go.
It's a problem with a lot of consoles actually... if the majority of your games are arcade ports then they are no longer relevant.
So yeah, the Nes era is about as far back as I'll go anymore and even that is finally starting to show it's age a little gameplay wise.
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Try Indy 500 with a friend. That is great. Not on an emulator though, the controllers use rotary encoders.
knightrdrx:
1. Dark Cavern...
2. Seaquest
3. Circus Atari..love the sound when the guy gets stuck up there and pops a bunch of balloons
4. Q-Bert
5. Blueprint
6. Raiders of the Lost Ark
7. Pitfall
8. River Raid
if you didn't grow up playing these chances are you won't care to play them now unless you discover a really good exciting Atari game you haven' tried...such as Pitfall 2.
SavannahLion:
--- Quote from: Cynicaster on May 26, 2014, 02:54:26 pm ---
--- Quote from: yotsuya on May 22, 2014, 04:33:48 pm ---
--- Quote from: Cynicaster on May 22, 2014, 04:25:57 pm ---
--- Quote from: yotsuya on May 22, 2014, 01:24:33 pm ---
--- Quote from: Cynicaster on May 22, 2014, 11:53:43 am ---I just picked up a Harmony Cartridge 2 weeks ago, so I’ve been playing a lot of 2600 lately. For those who don’t know what that is, it’s a cartridge into which you insert an SD card loaded up with ROMs. This allows you to play the entire library on real hardware without having to change cartridges. Freakin’ awesome.
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What are your thoughts on the Harmony itself? I've toyed with picking one up.
--- End quote ---
I've only had it for a few weeks, but so far I love it. Dead simple to get it up and running--just fill up a FAT32-formatted SD card with ROMs, plug it in the Harmony, and plug the Harmony into the Atari. Power it up, and pick your game.
I hemmed and hawed about getting one for a long time, and now that I have it, I can't believe I didn't get it sooner. I mean, I think I only paid about $70 for it. I'm not a collector at all, I just like to play the games, so it's the perfect way for me to experience Atari 2600 in 2014. I don't need to pull out a crate full of crusty old plastic cartridges, I don't need a spot to store them. Every game I want is right there on a single cartridge that I keep plugged into the console.
If you still enjoy playing Atari 2600 from time to time, if you have the cash, and if you're not a collector whose fun may be ruined by flashcart, I'd absolutely recommend you grab one.
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Good to know. I was going to build an emulation machine, but I have a perfectly working Atari 2600, and I might just go this route. I assume you got the basic version and not the deluxe?
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Yes, I got the basic. I'm pretty sure the only difference is the deluxe comes with an SD card and the mini USB (micro USB?) cable that allows you to connect the Harmony to your PC. I've got plenty of both just sitting around in drawers so I went with the basic. Really, you don't even need the cable; it's just so you can update the firmware on the Harmony. I haven't done that yet (not sure if there are even any updates) but the thing works as is, so I don't really care.
I emulate several retro consoles and it's great for the most part, but for whatever reason, I could never get into 2600 emulation. Not that Stella is bad at what it does, but the 2600, for me, needs to be experienced with the old joystick on CRT. Plus, I love to play games with the paddle controllers (Kaboom! and Super Breakout FTW), and you really need the real deal for those games.
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I'm still heehawing. Has the price gone down, I thought it was higher than $70??
I'm quite mystified as to why there is nothing that allows even simple sorting leveraging the ARM7 that's on there. I always found that somewhat irksome.
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