phuzaxeman Posted October 2, 2008 Share Posted October 2, 2008 mine are here...what would your list look like? 1) alternate reality - best 8bit rpg game ever.....check out my review ---> http://www.ataritimes.com/article.php?showarticle=248 having a cart would be awesome and fast 2) tron - how kck a$$ would it be to have this game on the 5200 using the dual stick? the soundtrack is one of the best 3) summer games was one of the best sports game ever on the 8bit. it would have been awesome on the 5200. 3) cloak and dagger - i'd want the real thing on a real cart! movie was cool too... 4) star castle - my 1st video game i played as a little kid..vector graphics rocked on this game. 5) karate champ - the father of all fighting games .... imagine two dual joysticks to use for the 4 port system Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
midnight8 Posted October 3, 2008 Share Posted October 3, 2008 mine are here...what would your list look like? 1) alternate reality - best 8bit rpg game ever.....check out my review ---> http://www.ataritimes.com/article.php?showarticle=248 having a cart would be awesome and fast 2) tron - how kck a$$ would it be to have this game on the 5200 using the dual stick? the soundtrack is one of the best 3) summer games was one of the best sports game ever on the 8bit. it would have been awesome on the 5200. 3) cloak and dagger - i'd want the real thing on a real cart! movie was cool too... 4) star castle - my 1st video game i played as a little kid..vector graphics rocked on this game. 5) karate champ - the father of all fighting games .... imagine two dual joysticks to use for the 4 port system I agree on summer games and I also would have liked galaga and I wished atari would have had Turbo. It was the only game on coleco I really liked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bohoki Posted October 3, 2008 Share Posted October 3, 2008 bump n jump asteroids yea cloak and dagger would have been keen to have the movie tie in but there is better games xevious hoccer i,robot could have been their killer app Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Allan Posted October 3, 2008 Share Posted October 3, 2008 1)Cloak & Dagger 2)Tempest 3)Crystal Castles w/trackball support. 4)Galaga 5)Black Belt Of course there are more but the list was for five. Allan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Helmet Posted October 3, 2008 Share Posted October 3, 2008 asteroids Asteroids actually exists in prototype form. Its basically the 400/800 version but with the crappy 5200 controller. http://www.atariage.com/software_page.html...wareLabelID=796 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Cafeman Posted October 3, 2008 Share Posted October 3, 2008 5200 versions of Enduro, Robot Tank, and Phoenix would have rocked back in the day. Enduro could have had improved visuals, bg music, and more depth -- rivals, money prizes, gear shifting, different types of cars, etc. Robot Tank could have had more depth as well. Imagine actually seeing snow flakes and rain drops. I'd have loved to have had Turbo ... that game was so awesome in the arcades. At least we got Pole Position which I though was a good version. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CV Gus Posted October 3, 2008 Share Posted October 3, 2008 1) TEMPEST. 2) Any RPG, like Lord of the Dungeon. 3) Space Duel. 4) B-17 Bomber. 5) Crazy Climber. Esp. since voice synthesis was quite possible for a 5200 game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
midnight magicman Posted October 3, 2008 Share Posted October 3, 2008 Tempest Cloak & Dagger Crystal Castles Frenzy Mad Planets Peace Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vic George 2K3 Posted October 3, 2008 Share Posted October 3, 2008 Smurf Rescue In Gargamel's Castle. (Too bad there wasn't a ColecoSoft division!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari2008 Posted October 3, 2008 Share Posted October 3, 2008 Smurf Rescue In Gargamel's Castle. (Too bad there wasn't a ColecoSoft division!) I will second that! Smurf is one of my favorite Colecovision games and I enjoy the 2600 version very much as well. A 5200 version would've rocked, and added a much needed adventure game to the 5200 library. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Allan Posted October 3, 2008 Share Posted October 3, 2008 Smurf Rescue In Gargamel's Castle. (Too bad there wasn't a ColecoSoft division!) There was but they never followed through. There is a Tarzan prototype on the Web for the 8-bits that Coleco did but never sold. Allan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ninermaniac Posted October 4, 2008 Share Posted October 4, 2008 Hmmmmmmmmmm......... 1) Double Dragon 2) Galaga 3) Rampage 4) Ghostbusters 5) Custers Revenge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg2600 Posted October 4, 2008 Share Posted October 4, 2008 Rampage and Double Dragon weren't created until 1986/7, well after the 5200 went out of commission. I also don't think you can pick many of the XE games, because they were probably too big for the 5200. I realize these have been converted/repro'd recently, but Donkey Kong, Donkey Kong Jr., the Imagic games Atlantis and Demon Attack, and the E.T. Phone Home! Atari 800 game. An actually good looking E.T. game. Honorable mention to the Atari 5200 kids controller and games. The 2600 versions were great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Allan Posted October 4, 2008 Share Posted October 4, 2008 Rampage and Double Dragon weren't created until 1986/7, well after the 5200 went out of commission. I also don't think you can pick many of the XE games, because they were probably too big for the 5200. I realize these have been converted/repro'd recently, but Donkey Kong, Donkey Kong Jr., the Imagic games Atlantis and Demon Attack, and the E.T. Phone Home! Atari 800 game. An actually good looking E.T. game. Honorable mention to the Atari 5200 kids controller and games. The 2600 versions were great. I don't think E.T. was ever converted to the 5200. Allan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted October 4, 2008 Share Posted October 4, 2008 I don't think E.T. was ever converted to the 5200. Not the 2600 version anyway... Programmed by John Seghers for Atari. This version of E.T. was to be (thankfully) completely different than the 2600 version. Gameplay would have included E.T. running away from FBI agents in the woods, among other things. John remembers saving his work for this game on some development disks, but to date has be unable to locate them. http://www.atariprotos.com/rumormill/5200/5200rumor.htm#E Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg2600 Posted October 4, 2008 Share Posted October 4, 2008 I don't think E.T. was ever converted to the 5200. Allan Oops I meant to say "some." I'm surprised it hasn't been. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warriorisabouttodie Posted October 4, 2008 Share Posted October 4, 2008 Galaga Sinistar (I know there is an 8bit proto, wonder if a 5200 version was planned) Phoenix I loved this game on the 2600 would of liked to have seen a version for the 5200 A sequel to Adventure (I know there is one out now, but I mean back in the day) Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kripto Posted October 4, 2008 Share Posted October 4, 2008 Major Havoc Advanced D&D Treasure of Tarmin Ice Trek Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ninermaniac Posted October 4, 2008 Share Posted October 4, 2008 Rampage and Double Dragon weren't created until 1986/7, well after the 5200 went out of commission. I know this. This is just a wish that it was. Remember this is just a thread too have wished what would have been released for the system. 1984 decommisioned 5200. Rampage released 1986. Double Dragon released 1989 all after Coin-ops I know I know. Some can't ever give anybody a want or wish without thinking they know everything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
midnight8 Posted October 4, 2008 Share Posted October 4, 2008 5200 versions of Enduro, Robot Tank, and Phoenix would have rocked back in the day. Enduro could have had improved visuals, bg music, and more depth -- rivals, money prizes, gear shifting, different types of cars, etc. Robot Tank could have had more depth as well. Imagine actually seeing snow flakes and rain drops. I'd have loved to have had Turbo ... that game was so awesome in the arcades. At least we got Pole Position which I though was a good version. Enduro is mu favorite 2600 racing games. would have been awesome with the analog controller worked in and some more color. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg2600 Posted October 4, 2008 Share Posted October 4, 2008 Rampage and Double Dragon weren't created until 1986/7, well after the 5200 went out of commission. I know this. This is just a wish that it was. Remember this is just a thread too have wished what would have been released for the system. 1984 decommissioned 5200. Rampage released 1986. Double Dragon released 1989 all after Coin-ops I know I know. Some can't ever give anybody a want or wish without thinking they know everything. My point was that you couldn't expect Double Dragon or even Rampage to look anywhere near the arcade on a 5200? But then I remembered they made them for the 2600. Ha ha ha. I stand corrected. Those 2600 games looked pretty bad, good for the 2600, but bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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