Pitfall, Qbert and Frogger were my faves!! Any more you would like to ad?

Pitfall was my fav too! I could never figure out how to end the game!!

Plus frogger, E.T., Donkey Kong.

i don't think any of those atari games had an end.

my faves...combat, pitfall, defender, battlezone.

http://www.matranet.net/BACK/JUL2K2/06/PMF.GIF

Pac Man was my favorite game. http://www.prowrestling.com/discuss/images/smilies/thumbsup.gif


Howard

I liked Yar's Revenge.

I liked Yar's Revenge.


I second that. :)  Most of the Activision games were quite challenging too.

Pitfall was my fav too! I could never figure out how to end the game!!

Plus frogger, E.T., Donkey Kong.

I LOVED ET, spaceship coming down, bringing the flower back to life :)

Asteroids, Atari Bowling, River Raid, M Network Football

Phoenix!  ;D

I second that. :)  Most of the Activision games were quite challenging too.
Activision DID have some of the best games for the 2600. I remember spending bored afternoons at my friend's house playing "Dragster." (I was the only one who actually figured out how to shift the thing, so I'd blow my friends' doors off!  :))

Hee hee...I actually liked Moon Patrol!

I remember I always wound up with severe blisters after using the joystick a lot. :P



Howard

Popey, Centepede, Qbert, Dig Dug, Joust

I remember I always wound up with severe blisters after using the joystick a lot. :P



Howard
Yes! Those things used to just KILL my wrists!

now you get nintendo thumb. same thing really.

i much prefered the old joysticks. i hated the atari ones, i made sure my dad bought me the wico joysticks. so much nicer...

Missle Command

That game always had an end. When all of your cities were destroyed it said THE END in red and white.

http://www.retrogames.co.uk/stock/assets/images/Mach_-_Atari_2600_Set_up.jpg


I think it was that red push button that gave me sores. ;D


Howard

asteroids, galaxian, and pacman.  as a genX'er, i am privileged to have played games since they first started and i still game.  but now its online with a pc.  i still kick a$$.

http://www.retrogames.co.uk/stock/assets/images/Mach_-_Atari_2600_Set_up.jpg


I think it was that red push button that gave me sores. ;D


Howard
Is that an Atari 2600 or 5200?

Just think like 20-25 years ago,we were playing Atari on a regular Apple and nowadays you can play Atari on the internet . :o ;D



Howard

Is that an Atari 2600 or 5200?



No Al,that's The Atari 2600. ;)



Howard

No,That was a frustrating game.The Yellow man always seemed to follow me everywhere I went. >:(



Howard

Megamania, River Raid, Frogger, and SUPER BREAKOUT!!  Seriously, how can anyone have loved ET.  It was so lame...even the company gathered up as many copies that it could, burned the lot, then buried it in the desert somewhere. Really!  Now that's bad.  But I own a copy.  heehee  8)

Super Breakout.I always used the paddleball for that game. :)



Howard

Let's see... we had COMBAT, RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK, Q-BERT, DIG-DUG, FROGGER, PAC-MAN (which sucked because there weren't any interludes after you beat three rounds or whatever), ASTEROIDS, MISSLE COMMAND, AIR SEA BATTLE, HAUNTED HOUSE, E.T., DEFENDER, SPACE INVADERS, PITFALL, THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK, DONKEY KONG (which sucked because there were only two levels)... there were probably others, but I can't remember.

Atari coin-op games have always been my favorites. So much, in fact, that I collect them. I also maintain a site for a former Atari coin-op game designer/programmer named Owen Rubin. He designed Space Duel, Major Havoc, Skydiver, and many others during his time at Atari. You can read about him at http://www.orubin.com.

i don't think any of those atari games had an end.

my faves...combat, pitfall, defender, battlezone.


I don't think they did either.  You played Atari games until you were bored and tired, then you played the next day. 

Having an "end" to a game and some kind of intriculate plot didn't really come around till the Nintendo and Sega era of the late 80s.

http://www.atarimuseum.com/orubin/owen1.jpg


So,who was actually Owen Rubin?
He was the maker of Atari games? ???

Howard

I don't think they did either.  You played Atari games until you were bored and tired, then you played the next day. 

Having an "end" to a game and some kind of intriculate plot didn't really come around till the Nintendo and Sega era of the late 80s.


I remember playing PacMan for almost 2 hours. :D


Howard

Anyone remember a game called Food Fight or Burger something?

You made food and it was slung at people.

Of course, I loved Pac-Man and Ms. Pac-Man

Tank Pong & whatever that cowboy jobbie was, for the 2600. Slow, but at least you didn't need to yank the joystick endlessly (oo-er) whilst waiting for the cursor to catch up....

Anyone remember a game called Food Fight or Burger something?

You made food and it was slung at people.

Of course, I loved Pac-Man and Ms. Pac-Man


I think you are actually thinking of two games.  Food Fight was a game where you threw food at chefs, and Burgertime was a game where you were a chef, and you stacked the parts of a hamburger.  Both of them are great games, and the arcade versions had fantastic cabinets.  Food Fight is one of my all time favorites.

Info on Food Fight here
http://www.klov.com/game_detail.php?letter=F&game_id=7837

Info on Burgertime here
http://www.klov.com/game_detail.php?letter=B&game_id=7238

Kevin
www.krakboi.com

I remember I always wound up with severe blisters after using the joystick a lot. :P



Howard


Especially when playing Decathalon!!!!

Especially when playing Decathalon!!!!


It's like my thumb would go into spasms.That was painful! :(


Howard

I think you are actually thinking of two games.  Food Fight was a game where you threw food at chefs, and Burgertime was a game where you were a chef, and you stacked the parts of a hamburger.  Both of them are great games, and the arcade versions had fantastic cabinets.  Food Fight is one of my all time favorites.

Info on Food Fight here
http://www.klov.com/game_detail.php?letter=F&game_id=7837

Info on Burgertime here
http://www.klov.com/game_detail.php?letter=B&game_id=7238

Kevin
www.krakboi.com


http://images.webmagic.com/klov.com/screens/B/zBurgerTime.png


Burger Time wasn't that hard of a game.I found it to be pretty easy to get thru the levels. :D



Howard

Thanks, Krakboi!

Howard, the atari games I played were really easy b/c I was young and they didn't require much skill at the time.

Tanya

Thanks, Krakboi!

Howard, the atari games I played were really easy b/c I was young and they didn't require much skill at the time.

Tanya



Yeah,I had the same feeling too when I grew up.


Howard

My favourite Atari game was "Food Fight".  I also loved the "Activision Decathalon", which was also the only Atari game that got me in a sweat. Moving the joystick back and forth so fast was so difficult .. it might actually be a good work out to build up those muscles  ;D

My faves were as follows . . . Ms.Pac-man, Frogger, Food Fight. Did anyone really enjoy playing Asteroids?

My faves were as follows . . . Ms.Pac-man, Frogger, Food Fight. Did anyone really enjoy playing Asteroids?


The 7800 version of Asteroids was OK, but the 2600 version got so boring after a while because your score would reset after you got all 9's

Wow this is a fun one!! my aunt and uncle used to work at atari and they had the actual arcade sized games in our garage! my fave was pole position, pacman,mrs pacman and centipede

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Um, you do know asteroids has more than 1 level?  ;D  Actually a few games listed here were pre-1980.


Which version do you mean?


2600 Version                                      7800 Version
http://www.consoleclassix.com/info_img/Asteroids_2600_ScreenShot1.jpg http://www.atariprotos.com/7800/software/asteroids/Asteroids_4.png

With the 2600 version, the asteroids only move up and down.  In the 7800 version, they come at you from all directions, which is more challenging O0

[quote author=whis

Yeah, I know, but the 2600 version also has 66 different selections. 1-33 is single player, 34-66 are 2 player. Odd numbered ones are slow, even numbered are fast. In 7,8,15, 16, 23, 24, 31, 40, 41, 48, 49, 56, 57, 64, 65 and 32 you get no extra lives. 1-8, 34-41 have hyperspace feature, 9-16, 42-49 have shields, 17-24, 50-57 have flip, 25-32, 58-65 have no features. Selections 33 and 66 are for children.
Personally, I like the arcade version with it's old vector-graphics. Is defender/defender II available on the 7800? I bet it would be awesome.


I'm not sure if Defender was made for the 7800, but there was a clone of it called Stargate.  It was quite similar, but instead of shooting all of the ships to advance to the next level, you had to collect all of the people that stood on platforms

Centipede(Atari also created the original ARCADE version!), Ms. Pac-Man, Defender, Pong, and Tank-Pong!

The 2600 had a nice,not really stiff, joystick. Today's game controls are so stiff they tire your thumbs and wrists out quickly!

The 2600 had a nice,not really stiff, joystick. Today's game controls are so stiff they tire your thumbs and wrists out quickly!


I never understood why the button was on the left side on a 2600 joystick.  They were always so hard to use :o

The 2600 had a nice,not really stiff, joystick. Today's game controls are so stiff they tire your thumbs and wrists out quickly!


Depends which version of the CX-40 you had. The first generation sticks were a little stiff due to having springs inside. Aftermarket sticks were the most comfortable.

Depends which version of the CX-40 you had. The first generation sticks were a little stiff due to having springs inside. Aftermarket sticks were the most comfortable.
I don't know if you have ever dealt with an XBox controller...anything the 2600 had is nowhere near as stiff as the modern game controllers are. I wish Microsoft would redesign the darned thing....My first Playstation's controller was great.

Kaboom, Space Invaders

OMG I can't believe there are 4 pages of this and NO ONE even mentioned Adventure the sound of those duck/dragons used to make me cringe!
http://www.homestarrunner.com/main13.html
move your pointer over the "email" button, hilarious!
or Custer's Revenge!
That one was so naughty! As kids it was the sexiest thing around!
The link is a tad bit explicit
http://www.classicgaming.com/rotw/custer.shtml
Of course Pitfall, Frogger and Q-bert!
One I remember very well was the Strawberry Shortcake game with the MOST annoying music imaginable. I distinctly remember my mom screaming from the kitchen "TURN THAT STUPID THING DOWN!"