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ITT: Atari2600 games which hold up

>> No.4928079

The whole point of Arkanoid/Breakout is the exact opposite of "holding up"...unless you're referring to the ball.

>> No.4928091

>>4927885
Activision games in general hold up very well.

Barnstorming and Stampede in particular.
Kaboom will always be a good time.

>> No.4928121

Berzerk, Pitfall II, Solaris, H.E.R.O., Stargate, Atlantis, Cosmic Ark, Spider Fighter

>> No.4928140

>>4928091
Kaboom! - the only reason I still have my 2600 and a couple pairs of paddles. Emulation hasn't been able to match that precision and smoothness needed to get new high scores in Kaboom!

>> No.4928216

>>4928079
Another term for what OP is asking is games which have aged well.

>> No.4928226

That Superman game is alright

>> No.4928560

>>4927885
Most Activision games and about half the Atari ones. Not much else unfortunately (with exceptions, of course).

>> No.4928563

>>4927885
>none

/thread

>> No.4928658

>>4928563
>/threading your own post

>> No.4928660

>>4928121
add yars revenge

>> No.4928670

>hold up
>aged
Kill yourself fag

>> No.4928902
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4928902

>>4928658
>(You)

>> No.4928915

>>4928226
spiderman is good, i got it included with a system i brought

>> No.4929005

Yars Revenge
Asteroids
Pitfall
Bezerk
Empire Strikes Back

>> No.4929016

>>4928670
Verily neck thy self

>> No.4929262

>>4928121
All of these. Also secret quest, montezuma's revenge, joust, solar fox, turmoil, seaquest, fathom, cosmic commuter and Frankenstein's monster.

>> No.4929960

>>4927885
The entire Atari 2600 library holds up, desu.

>> No.4929967

Warlords and most paddle games.

Frostbite, Yars, ET (with this patch: http://www.neocomputer.org/projects/et/ ), River Raid, Bezerk, Halo 2600 supercharger conversion.

>> No.4929985
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4929985

>>4928563
>/threading your own post

>> No.4930043

>>4927885
Beat Em & Eat Em

>> No.4930394
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4930394

>>4927885
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

>> No.4930413

Yars Revenge
Kaboom
Berzerk
Montezuma's Revenge
Chopper Command

>> No.4930451

>>4928121
>Berzerk, Pitfall II, Solaris, H.E.R.O., Stargate, Atlantis, Cosmic Ark, Spider Fighter
>>4928660
>yars revenge
>>4929262
>Also secret quest, montezuma's revenge, joust, solar fox, turmoil, seaquest, fathom, cosmic commuter and Frankenstein's monster.
>>4930413
>Kaboom
>Chopper Command
>>4929005
>Empire Strikes Back
>Pitfall
All of above and River Raid for f's sake.
>>4930394
>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.
That's the charm, they were able to do a lot more with these exploits of sorts, a lot of thinking outside the box that produced incredible results. The one thing that gets me thought was the c64 game 8-bit Guy developed, he ran out of memory and had to cut features from the game, he could have taken advantage of a few things to make the map he used take up a lot less memory, but he didn't, instead he cut features. In other words, if you're going to make a new c64 game, take advantage and make something unique that breaks the mold and is exceptional, using tricks to do more with less.

>> No.4930474

>>4930451
I don't count Joust since that's an inferior arcade port.

>> No.4930562
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4930562

>>4930474
>I don't count Joust since that's an inferior arcade port.
It's not that bad, not as bad as the pac-man port bad, Joust is somewhat playable on the 2600.

>> No.4931601

>>4927885
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4JaYzRGh2U

Intersting Atari related.

>> No.4931665

River raid and Taz.

>> No.4931812

All of them.

>> No.4932018

>>4928091
Activision and Imagic.

>>4931601
One of these days I need to play Space Shuttle. Hear the game is pretty insane given it's on a 2600.

>> No.4932871

>>4930474
>>4930562
Joust controls surprisingly well on the 2600 and the eggs constantly floating and not touching the ground makes it unique compared to any other port. Comparing ports and trying to find the one that has 1:1 arcade accuracy is lame, embrace the way ports to different machines changed up the game to suit different hardware and you'll have lots more fun.

>> No.4932952

I had Tomcat in my collection back in the day (probably still at my folks' place somewhere) and it's pretty impressive for a 2600 game imo.

https://youtu.be/NRvYC-VUyxE

>> No.4933943

Frogs and Flies

>> No.4934172

Pitfall and Keystone Capers I can vouch for.