[DpM]

Right peeps, im looking for recommendations of games to try out.

I am going to try the PSP emulator and have got the games I own and loved most but am looking for suggestions also.

The ones I have already are.
Kung Fu Master
Mr. Do!
Centipede
Seaquest
Ghostbusters

So to help me out list your top 3 games

[ukbootlegs]

Pitfall
Galaxians

[namuk]

Missile Command , Astroids , Space invaders , not sure if that Emulator will support Star Raiders due to controller but worth a try .

[Haggler]

Here's a page of an old home shopping catalogue from 1984, for nostalgia of course and there's a few games on it too, though whether any were any good i don't know or care, maybe some other members can enlighten you

[namuk]

Originally Posted by Haggler

Here's a page of an old home shopping catalogue from 1984, for nostalgia of course and there's a few games on it too, though whether any were any good i don't know or care, maybe some other members can enlighten you

That was the Crap version .. the woody version was the best ..

[Haggler]

Originally Posted by namuk

That was the Crap version .. the woody version was the best ..

I owned none of them as i considered both versions to be crap, i was just trying to brighten someone's day with a bit of nostalgia, look at the prices etc

[namuk]

Originally Posted by Haggler

I owned none of them as i considered both versions to be crap, i was just trying to brighten someone's day with a bit of nostalgia, look at the prices etc

no rated the console at time .. always a classic . the games i no £30 in early 80's , star raiders was £50

[Singe]

Always enjoyed playing Haunted House.

[namuk]

Originally Posted by Singe

Always enjoyed playing Haunted House.

Quality forgot about that one, them lighting effects were class in there time

[DpM]

Originally Posted by namuk

That was the Crap version .. the woody version was the best ..

I had the version in the pic, the woody version was for old men or people with house boats

[DpM]

Originally Posted by Singe

Always enjoyed playing Haunted House.

Ill add that to my list, cheers.

[namuk]

Originally Posted by DpM

I had the version in the pic, the woody version was for old men or people with house boats

2600 did Blend in well at time

[DpM]

It was a travesty that the Wii was chosen over the 2600 on the gadget show the other night for the wall

[namuk]

Originally Posted by DpM

It was a travesty that the Wii was chosen over the 2600 on the gadget show the other night for the wall

Never saw that ..

[Singe]

You can watch that part here (for what its worth )

[namuk]

That is like, not putting the wheel on the Wall of Fame

Thanks for posting though

[Krakin]

I'm suprised this thread has gone as far as it has without mentioning Adventure.

YouTube - Adventure Atari 2600 Review

Make sure to try it on the highest setting so that you get all of the different areas, it's much bigger game on hardest difficulty.

Don't be put off by the extremely blocky graphics, it plays a lot better than it looks.

[davyK]

It really depends on your attitude to old game graphics as to how much enjoyment you get from a 2600. Its all about multi-player too - quite like the Wii in that respect.

Even the very early games can be fun.

Combat : tank and plane vs game. 2 player only!

Breakout and Super Breakout : pretty good versions. Breakout 1 supports 4 players but has a 2 wall limit. Super Breakout has the cavity, double and progressive modes as well as classic mode with no wall limit. 2 players only except for progressive which is 1 player only.

Surround - basic vs mode snake game. Very basic but again good as it is 2 player only except for 1 variation and the CPU is very poor!

Sky Diver is quite good - jump from a plane and land on a target (sometimes moving) taking wind into account. The longer you leave the chute closed the more points you get. Really good fun in a minigame kind of way. It supports 1 and 2 players - again far better in 2 player head to head.

Circus Atari - breakout type game - bounce 2 clowns off a see-saw to burst balloons (square balloons!). Really nice game with good "physics" on the clowns. 2 player alternate turns. This was an old arcade game I'm old enough to remember.

Video Olympics - every pong version imaginable - up to 4 players at once.

Maze Craze - basic maze game but with lots of variations. Excellent 2 player fun.

The 2600 got lots of arcade translations. Most suffered from the limitations of the hardware but these ones are a good job - somehow squeezed into the old console without suffering from flickering etc. (at least not too much!)

Berzerk - move through maze avoiding robots 1-2 players

Ms. Pacman - great version. technically impressive as is the sequel Pacman Jr. (avoid the first Pacman which was a rush job)

Space Invaders - excellent version with loads of options including some good 2 player simultaneous modes.

Defender II aka Stargate - again a pretty good version. Avoid the original Defender - not accurate and flickery as hell.

Phoenix - excellent attempt at this great old shmup. Has all the waves - even the mothership level - albeit scaled down. One player only.

Missile Command - decent effort given the lack of a trak-ball controller.

Warlords - legendary 4 player game. Defend your castle from fireballs. This got an even better homebrew remake called Medieval Mayhem.

Activision and Imagic were companies formed by disgruntled Atari devs who left. They must have been the cream of the crop based on the technical excellence of their titles which all have great graphics for the day.

Pitfall and Pitfall II - early flick screen platformers

Atlantis - good old "defend the city" shooter with a 2 player coop mode

Chopper Command - excellent defender clone with military theme - some prefer this to the Atari official version

Demon Attack - great traditional shmup. Some novel 2 player modes where control changes every few seconds! Shoot "Phoenix" style creatures - atari tried to sue over this one becuase of its similarity.

Fishing Derby - very odd game. 2 player race mode to who lands fish up to 99pts!

Freeway - simplified frogger (back and forth only - no sideways). Again best with 2 players as you race across at the same time.

H.E.R.O. - late title and it shows. technically brilliant. Explore caves and rescue people. Excellent little action puzzle/maze game.

Kaboom! Legendary twitch game. Use paddle controllers to catch bombs in buckets - this really speeds up and is a real "in-the-zone" game.

Megamania - great old shmup. Excellent graphics and lots of different waves. Reminds me of the old Sega arcade shooter "Astro Blaster".

Pressure Cooker - build burgers to order and deliver them down correct shutes. Excellent game - a great mix of action and light puzzling with really nice graphics. A late 2600 game.

River Raid - solid classic shmup.

Space Shuttle - incredible achievement. This is a shuttle mission simulator. Launch the shuttle, dock with satellites, reenter the atmosphere and land - all without running out of fuel.

Solar Storm - odd 2D shmup as it uses the paddle controllers. Nice original ideas and looks and sounds great.

Others

Fantastic Voyage - nice shooter based on the sci-fi story/flick. Fly through a body to reach a blood clot in the brain shooting viruses etc. Nicely done.

Yars Revenge - brilliant original shooting game from Atari. Guide a mutant housefly in an attack against the Quotile behind its shield.

Thrust - superb latter day homebrew version of this classic game.

Scsicide - another brilliant homebrew - move the disc drive read head over tracks on the disc! Sounds odd but its very addictive.

[Nick_H]

I have both versions which will be for sale soon in the classifieds.

My non woody 2600 ( like the one in the pic ) is brand spanking new and mint the box

My Woody 2600 is an early Sunnyvale unit.

They may be considered crap now as an early poster states but the numbers sold speak for themselves.

When I was a kid it was THE unit to have and their was something magical about it and Atari.

I'll be sorry to see mine go....

[davyK]

Originally Posted by Nick_H

My Woody 2600 is an early Sunnyvale unit.

A legendary heavy sixer eh?

Mine's a woody but I wouldn't mind having one of the remakes.

There's something about the colours and art on the original cartridge boxes that is very nostalgic for me - it conjures up hot summer days and the taste of slightly flat Fanta orange for some reason.

[Mark Hodgkinson]

I used to be very keen on a game called Cosmic Arc, the graphics blew me away at the time. It's probably crap but I loved it