/vr/ - Retro Games

[Anonymous No.3467175]

Out of all the consoles that came out between the Atari 2600 and the NES, do any of them still have a library worth playing?

This includes the Intellivision, Colecovision, 5200, 7800, SG-1000, Vetrex, and Arcadia 2001. Maybe there's more. I hope there isn't..

[Anonymous No.3467206]

I don't know what you consider worth playing.
There are games I can enjoy at least.
I'd suggest you'd grab yourself an emulator and a game set and try them out. Nearly all games can be understood within minutes.
The Vectrex is an exception because the vector screen can't be emulated.

[Anonymous No.3467235]

>>3467175
7800 and coleco have a few decent games

[Anonymous No.3467257]

>>3467206
>The Vectrex is an exception because the vector screen can't be emulated.
You still can try games to get impressed how games would look on the vector display.

[Anonymous No.3467526]

MSX launched 3 weeks before Famicom and holy shit is it good.

I can sit here all day and justify Coleco and Intelivision's libraries to you. Coleco made it their business to stomple the VCS with superior arcade ports just look at their DK vs Atari's and Intelivision offered significantly deeper games like their D&D titles but unless you're really a historian type you'll discount most of these games as less significant than their primitive VCS equivalents and less polished than later versions or just MAMEing the originals.

The 5200 is the console that opens up the realm of discussion I alluded to with my opening comment. Vintage microcomputers like the C64 and Atari 8 bits are where you should go to get a full-flavor taste of 2nd gen era gaming if you actually want to be impressed with what it was before the NES changed the rules.

and of course Vectrex is love Vectrex is life

[Anonymous No.3468432]

>>3467175
If you like Atari 2600 or early NES there's no reason why you wouldn't enjoy games on those other consoles. It's not like a 3DO/Jaguar situation where the "failed" or lesser known consoles are almost total garbage, they all have some good simple games, depending on what you're after.

[Anonymous No.3468578]

>>3467257
Are there any vectrex emulators that support vector graphics out?

I kinda want to try using a laser projector, possibly combined with a glow paint wall.

[Anonymous No.3468776]

>>3467526
>unless you're really a historian type you'll discount most of these games.... less polished than later versions

this, i guess what OP want is anything that died in those systems, things to play that, not to youtube about.

like LOLO series on NES never had anything of the type after that.

>>3467175
and for MSX i recall these two
> The Castle
multi-room platform puzzler with door keys and etc, the genre is huge, but this one tittle is still fun to play
pic related , just dont use this map when playing, youll waste a good afternoon on this one.

> Ye Art Kung Fu
simple fighting game, but with some cool characters and moves, you wont take too long to experience the whole game anyway.

[Anonymous No.3469340]

>>3467526
Seconding Atari 8 bit family. I just got my hands on an XEGS and I've been real pleased with it. Pretty much all of Atari's first party stuff is better on the 400/800 compared to the 2600 versions, and there's a good amount of bleed with the 5200 and 7800 libraries. The XEGS is basically a 5200 that actually works well. Getting a flashcart for it is a must though, there's a ton of really great stuff that only came out on tape or disk.

[Anonymous No.3469721]

Does any Colecovision game have an actual ending?

[Anonymous No.3469736]

>>3467175
Where are the PC, Apple II, VIC-20, and TI/99-4A versions?