tyranthraxus Posted July 19, 2002 Share Posted July 19, 2002 Probably the weakest thing about the 7800's delayed launch was the large crop of old arcade conversion in its inital game lineup. But today what attracted me to the system were those great conversion of oldies. So what I was wondering is what games do you wish had been ported to the 7800? I myself wish that Frogger and Burgertime had come out, Miner 2049er would have been great as well. And from a more modern standpoint Tetris would have been nice. Updates of Pitfall, Missle Command and Breakout I'd have liked to see but the 2600 versions of those are amongst the most playable today and wouldn't necessarily have been better. Although I'd trade all of those in for a beatable version of Impossible Mission John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+-^CrossBow^- Posted July 19, 2002 Share Posted July 19, 2002 hahah...Yes! I have several games to add to this...and I am sure Tempest will jump in here as well. These are the games that would have ported awesomely to the 7800: Moon Patrol Crystal Castles Tempest Jr. Pac-Man (The did a 2600 version...why not 7800?) Elevator Action Rescue on Fractalus Those are what come to mind right now...oh...if only the 7800 had come out when it should have...and stuck around a tad longer...*sigh* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DamienC Posted July 19, 2002 Share Posted July 19, 2002 Pac-Man and Jr. Pac-Man would have both been nice. I also would have liked Roadblasters and Gauntlet, although Fatal Run and Dark Chambers are pretty much the same as those two. I would have also liked DEFENDER! I bought a 5200 for the sole purpose of playing Defender. If they could make great ports of Joust and Robotron: 2084, imagine what Defender or Stargate would have been like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cschell Posted July 19, 2002 Share Posted July 19, 2002 I wish Qix had come out for it, although now that you mention it Burgertime would be nice as well. Chad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
utamav91 Posted July 19, 2002 Share Posted July 19, 2002 Being a sports fan, anything good sports-wise would have been nice. I can see them not wanting to cannibalize sales of Bird/Dr. J One-on-One (my favorite game for the system) with a full-court 3-on-3 or 5-on-5 hoops game...but the RealSports Baseball and Football games are virtually unplayable. Which is a shame, since we know that good sports games could be done in that era--any of the 5200 series (baseball, soccer, tennis) or even the 2600 and 7800 Pete Rose Baseball games rocked. Even a re-do of the 2600 Super Football (the one where you're going north-south, standing behind the quarterback) would have been better than 7800 Football. And look at what Intellivision did--their baseball, hockey, basketball and football games were incredible and responsible for that system's mammoth popularity. And how many versions of baseball alone did the NES system have? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jetboot Jack Posted July 19, 2002 Share Posted July 19, 2002 Rather than ports of other exisiting 2600/5200 games or computer titles I'd have love to have seen other Atari Arcade Games such as: Gauntlet Roadblasters Cloak and Dagger I Robot Marble Madness Paperboy Return of the Jedi Peter Pack Rat sTeVE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DracIsBack Posted July 20, 2002 Share Posted July 20, 2002 For me, I'd have settled for releases of the 7800 games that were in the pipe but never made it out the door. GAUNTLET ELECTROCOP RESCUE ON FRACTALUS SKYFOX That and a 7800 version of CASTLEVANIA with a POKEY sound chip would have been nice. :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey Kay Posted July 20, 2002 Share Posted July 20, 2002 In full agreement with the above titles, I also would have loved to see PacLand for the 7800. Actually, almost more than different games, I would have loved to see a POKEY onboard for the 7800. I always froth at the mouth when I hear 5200 games. Had the morons at Warner Atari tossed in a POKEY, plus considering the fact it would still need a TIA, the sound would be even better than the 5200... sigh... Cheers! Joey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liquid_sky Posted July 20, 2002 Share Posted July 20, 2002 super sprint.. the tengen nes version is pretty fun... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Atari Posted July 21, 2002 Share Posted July 21, 2002 I would have liked to see Super Mario Bros. on the ol' 7800. I know it wasn't possible, with the crap Nintendo was pulling at the time, but wouldn't it have been cool? Mario Bros. is fun, but you gotta upgrade. Besides that, these would have been cool: Elevator Action (previously mentioned, I'm in total agreement) Ghostbusters Star Wars: The Arcade Game (can you imagine how great that would have come out?) Something Indiana Jones related Kangaroo Congo Bongo Bad Dudes (hopefully better than NES's) Rambo P.O.W.- Prisoners of War Heavy Barrel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slimy007 Posted July 21, 2002 Share Posted July 21, 2002 A bit off topic but I did not want to make a new topic. Is there the ability to save on any 7800 game? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NightSprinter Posted September 20, 2005 Share Posted September 20, 2005 Rather than ports of other exisiting 2600/5200 games or computer titles I'd have love to have seen other Atari Arcade Games such as: Gauntlet Roadblasters Cloak and Dagger I Robot Marble Madness Paperboy Return of the Jedi Peter Pack Rat sTeVE Steve, just hearing "Marble Madness" gave me a warm feeling in my heart. With a Pokey chip and out-of-box dual-trakball capability.. you know that could've been THE best 8-bit port of the game out there. Plus it would be a great way to revive everyone's old CX-22 and CX-80 controllers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Posted September 20, 2005 Share Posted September 20, 2005 Dunt Hunt would be cool (and very possible also). And why not SMB 1 just for old times sake. I bet Duck Hunt would happen long before SMB 1 by a homebrewer though just for sake of time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Laird Posted September 20, 2005 Share Posted September 20, 2005 Dunt Hunt would be cool (and very possible also). And why not SMB 1 just for old times sake. I bet Duck Hunt would happen long before SMB 1 by a homebrewer though just for sake of time. Why??? We have Barnyard Blaster which is better! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadow460 Posted September 20, 2005 Share Posted September 20, 2005 Qix, Reactor, Burai Fighter, Frogger, Burgertime, Pac Man (thanks you to the homebrewers who have programmed some of these), Championship Sprint, Raiden, perhaps 1945: Strikers would have been possible, too. Even more: Arkanoid (if not Breakout), an updated Indy 500 (more like the Sprint style arcade with pit stops, cash and such). Basically, there are tons of games I'd liked to have seen. The ones I wanna see most besides what's been developed are Reactor and Burai Fighter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ninjarabbit Posted September 21, 2005 Share Posted September 21, 2005 7800 sequel to Star Raiders Crystal Castles Tecmo Bowl so the 7800 would have a decent sports game Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaggy the Atarian Posted September 21, 2005 Share Posted September 21, 2005 Archon Electrocop Slime World Adventure 2 Tempest Warlords Space Dungeon Secret Quest Marble Madness Sinistar to name a few Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DominiRican05 Posted September 21, 2005 Share Posted September 21, 2005 I wish the 7800 had more titles that actually could've competed with the NES. On that note, I echo the sentiment that it would've been nice to play Super Mario Bros on the 7800 but being that it was the NES's mascot, I think it would've been nice if Atari had come up with a sidescroller to compete. I know that Scrapyard Dog was to be that answer, and it displayed the graphical capabilities of the 7800 well, but other than that Louie just wasn't as cool a character as Mario or Sonic the Hedgehog. I'd like to see a few more sidescrollers on the 7800. I also would've loved to have seen some big commercial titles on the 7800 like Batman, Rescue Rangers, and Tetris. Also it would've been nice to have seen some classics like Pac Man, Jr Pacman, Spy Hunter, Frogger, and Defender on the 7800. Hopefully the homebrew scene picks up. :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NightDriver Posted September 21, 2005 Share Posted September 21, 2005 (edited) I wish there were: Crazy Climber (More like the 2600 version just updated with higher resolution graphics and things like that) Tempest Rescue on Fractalus (Finished) Edited September 21, 2005 by NightDriver Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ventrra Posted September 23, 2005 Share Posted September 23, 2005 Dunt Hunt would be cool (and very possible also). And why not SMB 1 just for old times sake. I bet Duck Hunt would happen long before SMB 1 by a homebrewer though just for sake of time. Why??? We have Barnyard Blaster which is better! 935186[/snapback] Probably he means the real Duck Hunt, not the broken up game that Nintendo put on the NES. (The same could be said about Super Mario Bros and Excitebike.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
River Raider Posted September 23, 2005 Share Posted September 23, 2005 I would love to see a 7800 version of Blaster Master. I am almost tempted to get an NES just to play that game again. Although, with my previous experience with our NEW NES back in the day, I don't know if I can put up with the Nintendo Voodoo that has to be performed to get a cartridge to work. My 7800 and 2600's are more reliable now than my NES was out of the box.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lauren Tyler Posted September 23, 2005 Share Posted September 23, 2005 How about Polybius? Just kidding! At any rate here are some of my ideas: Road Runner Escape from the Planet of Robot Monsters Peter Packrat Spy Hunter Street Fighter Vigilante Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birdie3 Posted September 24, 2005 Share Posted September 24, 2005 Crystal Castles Marble Madness 720 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadow460 Posted September 24, 2005 Share Posted September 24, 2005 How about video version of the pinball games Twilight Zone and Jurassic Park? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sukotsu9 Posted September 28, 2005 Share Posted September 28, 2005 (edited) I wish Qix had come out for it, although now that you mention it Burgertime would be nice as well. Chad 110716[/snapback] I gotta vote for Qix, too. If the 7800 could handle it, of course. EDIT: Oh, man! I just found a listing that STUN Runner could have been conceived for the 7800! That's my game. I would kill to see a good port of that on the 7800. Edited September 28, 2005 by sukotsu9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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