/vr/ - Retro Games

...but we ALSO provide the means of playing them immediately. Give a download for the rom/torrent and emulator if it's more obscure than the standard SNES/Genesis/N64 deals.

My recommendation: River Raid for Atari 2600

I really can't recommend this game enough. It's gameplay is timeless as fuck and the controls are tight. Atari games were notorious for bad controls but this game is pretty much perfect. It's a flying shooter where you fly across a linear map (though there are often branching pathways) avoiding obstacles and taking out enemies along the way that come in the form of ships, planes, jets and helicopters among others. Your fuel keeps running out and in order to refuel you must fly over refueling bases. If you run out you die and it really adds to the tension and sense of urgency. You can slow down, speed up and move from side to side but you can never completely stop moving. As you progress the levels get more challenging in that the pathways get narrower and more enemies are thrown at you. Each level is marked by a checkpoint system when you blow up the bridge at the start. You have a limited number of lives which I think may be increased after you hit certain score targets.

It holds up pretty damn well. It's easily one of the best shooters I've ever played and I think it's somewhat of a forgotten classic.

>Classic Game Room Review
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfWeKTlUw9I
>Pure gameplay
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmPjsBDN9Xw

Downloads:
>Atari emulator
http://stella.sourceforge.net/downloads.php
>River Raid rom
http://coolrom.com/roms/atari2600/15882/River_Raid.php

Do yourself a favour and play this game right now.

>Born '86
>House already had an Atari 2600 with motherfucking River Raid
>The rest is history

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYLA_uO-XH0

Such a great game.