/vr/ - Retro Games

>>4592860
wasent most of the atari 2600 library just shovelware?

>>4592869
Well yeah, but name one massively popular console where that isn't the case.

>>4592869
The activision games are the exception. They would even program the activision logo into the game itself.

Of all 2600 games River Raid probably has the most replay value.

I don't like lists but Yars Revenge, Demon Attack and Haunted House

>>4592920
N64

>>4593730
The N64 is the exact opposite, almost everything third party is garbage.

>>4592860
Is the 2600 the most aesthetic console ever made?

Dactar 007. Is it the coolest clone ever made?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umeZVBHtVnE

Anyway, Activision:
>Frostbite
>Enduro
>Megamania
>Keystone Kapers
>River Raid

>>4592860

Atari 2600 was before my time, but I did get a used one as a kid.

Anybody remember the MASH game? It had a pretty awesome helicopter rescue portion and a knock off of the game Operation on it. Aside from that I remember playing Adventure and Pac Man as well.

Pac Man on the 2600 was a mess. However, it's not nearly as bad as people make it out to be.

>>4592860
I didn't have one back in the day. The only exposure to the games of the 2600 I had through emulation. Either on the computer or some compilation on the PS2.

But of all games I really liked Pressure Cooker.

And I have the highest respect for the developers of those games. Even for 8-bit standards developing for the 2600 ought to be tough. 128 Bytes of RAM and no frame buffer whatsoever so you had to do the logic for drawing to the screen all by yourself. But just like the C64 the quirks of the 2600 hardware seemed to be very exploitable to all sorts of programming tricks, making the platform very flexible to a certain degree.

The Book "Racing the Beam" is a great read in that case.
http://www.politicalavenue.com/108642/GAME-DESIGN-BOOK-COLLECTION/Racing%20the%20Beam,%20The%20Atari%20Video%20Game%20System,%20Ian%20Bogost%20and%20Nick%20Montfort.pdf

>>4594561
I got late to the 2600 party too. What used to annoy me was finding out many games I enjoyed were ports of arcade games I wasn't aware existed like space invaders, pacman, donkey kong, kung fu master, pooyan, asteroids, missile command, jungle hunt. It feels like I've lived a lie. On the other hand because I got it late I've played hundreds of games on it and that makes really hard for me to choose favorites since I'd play a lot of different stuff in short bursts. There's also games I enjoyed as a kid like decathlon, bobby's going home and karate that I don't really like much nowadays and games I enjoyed mostly playing multiplayer like tennis, boxing, outlaw, freeway, fishing derby, sneek peek and sky diver.

I remember MASH. The surgery part was funny.

>>4592860
>>Top five Atari games
Frostbite
River Raid
Combat played with other people
Yars' Revenge
Joust

>>4594702
You never saw a DK or Pacman arcade?, those were staples in arcades

Anyone who likes Berzerk should definitely play Marauder from Tigervision. The robots only appear when they're in your line of sight, you can pick up armor that lets you kill the robots by walking into them, and the game is centered around navigating a (simple) maze of multiple screens to find and destroy a power crystal and collect a time bonus. It's great fun.

>>4594812
No, I got it in 89. The oldest arcade cabinet I've ever seen and played was Elevator Action.

>>4592860
>>Top five games from other developers

There's barely anything once you get past the big 2.

>>4592869
Nearly every shit game for the system came out in its later years.

Once Space Invaders was released in 1981 the system EXPLODED and every company you could think of including ones that weren't even in gaming or even computers started publishing games for the system. THAT'S where the flood of garbage came from.

But if you stick to first party titles or anything from Activision then MOST of those are actually pretty solid.

>>4593730
>>4593771
N64 is probably the most consistent console that was actually successful. It only had like 300 games released in America and probably 1/3 of those are at least decent.

>>4592860
Off the top of my head:

Atari
>Combat
>Night Driver
>Missile Command
>Centipede
>Millipede

Activision
>Fishing Derby
>Keystone Kapers
>H.E.R.O.
>Starmaster
>Pressure Cooker

Other
>Frogger (APh Technological Consulting)
>Tunnel Runner (CBS Electronics)
>Berzerk (not counting it as Atari even though they handled the port)
>Pinball (Zellers [unlicensed though technically])
>Q*bert (James Wickstead Design Associates)

I really enjoyed volley ball. The sun also set in that game too.

>>4592860
Top 5 Atari games period:
>Frankenstein's Monster
>Journey / Escape
>Atlantis
>Yar's Revenge
>Pitfall

Unrelated: my boxed Atari Library hasn't grown at all in over a year, while I'm still picking up loose carts left and right all the time. What happened? Are there no more boxed Atari games?

Lots of river raid lovers here, I suggest you guys take a look at Fantastic Voyage.

http://www.gamesdatabase.org/Media/SYSTEM/Atari_2600/Manual/formated/Fantastic_Voyage_-_1982_-_Fox_Interactive.pdf

I think I was in first or second grade (1991ish) the first time I remember playing a 2600. My best friend at the time was good friends with a kid from Laos. I remember playing Circus Atari at the Laotian kid's place one morning before school.
My favorite memory is playing Ice Hockey (Activision) with a buddy who played real hockey. This was probably around 2007. He was a site loser and kept losing. I had to let him win because every time he lost I was afraid he'd break my controller. I miss Mikey Flintstone.

>>4594503
That console is sexy as fuck. The video sucked though. I'm gonna look more into the console. I'd love to have one.
I have the wireless Atari joysticks in box, but they were stored with the batteries in them for decades. I need to fix them up and sell them to some hipster who thinks they're cool.

>>4592920
This.

>>4594414
I haven't liked the design of a console (other than handhelds) since 16bit era.

>>4594414
Yes, and nothing else comes close. Shit has WOOD FUCKING PANELING!

>>4596582

Cardboard is more fragile than plastic.
This surprises you?

>>4592860

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