sandmountainslim Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 Good to see the hacks and homebrew games up there!! For this week add for the 2600 Fall Down 75 minutes My little girl is two and a half and just LOVES to watch me play Fall Down, she calls it "Red, Blue" Wp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickeycolumbus Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 Pressure Gauge (2600) - 20 minutes Sound X (2600) - 5 minutes Edtris (2600) - 5 minutes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ransom Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 Adventure (2600): 30 minutes (Why am I totally obsessive compulsive with this game? Why must I always kill all three dragons, put the bridge in place in the white castle, open all three castles, and go see Warren's credits every time I play? I did all that three times last night. Totally bizarre, when two of those times I could have won the game within a couple of minutes.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pis Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 thrust 100+ min (love it!) demon attack 60min Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickeycolumbus Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 Sorcerer's Apprentice (2600) - 30 minutes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VectorGamer Posted April 10, 2009 Share Posted April 10, 2009 Ms. Pac-Man (7800) 5 mins Stargate (2600) 5 mins Food Fight (7800) 15 mins Galaxian Arcade (2600) 5 mins Pole Position II (7800) 5 mins Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadow460 Posted April 10, 2009 Share Posted April 10, 2009 mmm, let's see... Blue Print, Solar Fox, and a little Commie Mutants. Also I played a couple of Parker games, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+cvga Posted April 10, 2009 Author Share Posted April 10, 2009 mmm, let's see...Blue Print, Solar Fox, and a little Commie Mutants. Also I played a couple of Parker games, too. How long? Your estimate is better than my blind guess (which BTW is typically 10 minutes per game unless you include something that makes me feel differently). Of course, without knowing which Parker Brother games, I can't log time for any of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
midnight magicman Posted April 10, 2009 Share Posted April 10, 2009 Sky Diver - 20 min Outlaw - 15 min Dragster - 5 min Asteroids Deluxe 7800 - 20 min Space Duel 7800 - 10 min Pitfall II 5200 - 90 min Peace Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickeycolumbus Posted April 10, 2009 Share Posted April 10, 2009 Go Fish! (2600) - 120 minutes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VectorGamer Posted April 11, 2009 Share Posted April 11, 2009 Ms. Pac-Man (7800) 10 mins Food Fight (7800) 15 mins Frogger [Official] (2600) 15 mins Atlantis (2600) 5 mins Donkey Kong (2600) 5 mins Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickeycolumbus Posted April 11, 2009 Share Posted April 11, 2009 Bugs Bunny (2600) - 15 minutes Rabbit Transit (2600) - 2 minutes Wabbit (2600) - 1 minute Of all the Easter themed 2600 games, Bugs Bunny takes the cake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ransom Posted April 11, 2009 Share Posted April 11, 2009 Based on the discussion here on the subject of Pac-Man, I decided to pop the game for the Atari 8-bit and the 5200 so I could compare them side to side (well, actually the systems and their TVs are on opposite walls, but close enough). So: Pac-Man (800XL): 15 minutes Pac-Man (5200): 30 minutes I was surprised to see that there are indeed significant differences between them, aside from the intermissions. The 5200 version is smoother (particularly noticeable when the ghosts are blue) and also faster. After all these years, I'd assumed they were exactly the same, except for the intermissions. So I only ended up with the 5200 version because it came with the console. But now I know that my memories from 1982 and 1983 were wrong -- when I "upgraded" from the 5200 to the Atari 400, I actually ended up with a weaker version of Pac-Man! (That also explains why I was able to pick up the 8-bit version and play for a good long time even after not playing it for years at a time. It's slow and easy.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickeycolumbus Posted April 11, 2009 Share Posted April 11, 2009 Bugs Bunny (2600) - 20 minutes Dumbo's Flying Circus (2600) - 15 minutes Donald Duck's Speed Boat (2600) - 5 minutes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandmountainslim Posted April 11, 2009 Share Posted April 11, 2009 Add for 2600 Pole Position 30 Minutes Pac Man Arcade 25 Minutes Hack 'Em 30 Minutes Evil Magician Returns 35 Minutes MissAdventure Revised 30 Minutes I play some of the VCS games on my Vader and some on Stella (the new unreleased ones obviously) but I never specify which way I play games. Does it matter real hardware or emulator in this survey? I see the two as basically the same thing which is why I never point out which one I am using. Wp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VectorGamer Posted April 12, 2009 Share Posted April 12, 2009 COLECOVISION Galaxian 15 mins Centipede 10 mins Donkey Kong Jr 10 mins Donkey Kong 20 mins Pepper II 60 mins Defender 45 mins Venture 10 mins Q*Bert 5 mins Frenzy 5 mins Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickeycolumbus Posted April 12, 2009 Share Posted April 12, 2009 Go Fish! (2600) - 30 minutes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+cvga Posted April 12, 2009 Author Share Posted April 12, 2009 I play some of the VCS games on my Vader and some on Stella (the new unreleased ones obviously) but I never specify which way I play games. Does it matter real hardware or emulator in this survey? I see the two as basically the same thing which is why I never point out which one I am using. Wp Either is fine although the general consensus of the group is that you ought to try and play on real hardware when possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ransom Posted April 12, 2009 Share Posted April 12, 2009 Super Breakout (5200): 10 minutes Gremlins (5200): 20 minutes Star Raiders (5200): 15 minutes Qix (5200): 30 minutes Pitfall! (2600): 10 minutes (I keep trying, and it keeps boring me.) Berzerk (2600): 30 minutes (My favorite version of this game.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atarian7 Posted April 12, 2009 Share Posted April 12, 2009 154 minutes of 2600 Kaboom! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurt_Woloch Posted April 12, 2009 Share Posted April 12, 2009 OK, here are my times for this week... Go Fish SP (2600) 292 minutes in 5 sessions (this is the current 2600 HSC game, a game I like very much) Food fight (Arcade) 62 minutes (this was the Arcade/MAME HSC game) Joust (7800) 40 minutes (this was the 7800 HSC game) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandmountainslim Posted April 12, 2009 Share Posted April 12, 2009 My final report for the week. Add: Atari 2600 Adventure 30 minutes Evil Wizard Returns 45 minutes MissAdventure Revised 45 minutes River Raid Returns (Neo Version) 70 minutes Gameboy Castlevania II 30 minutes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickeycolumbus Posted April 13, 2009 Share Posted April 13, 2009 Bugs Bunny (2600) - 10 minutes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VectorGamer Posted April 13, 2009 Share Posted April 13, 2009 Colecovision Carnival 15 mins Mouse Trap 30 mins Space Fury 5 mins Defender 10 mins Pepper II 45 mins Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herbarius Posted April 13, 2009 Share Posted April 13, 2009 Only listing 2600 games, played on the real hardware, for the last week. Centipede: ~75 min Enduro: ~120 min I really like this one! Starts out easy but gets damn hard very quickly. Also nice day/night transitions. Pac-Man: ~160 min Yeah, what shall I say... if I had Ms.Pac-Man I'd propably play rather that, but I don't own it and also I don't think the 2600 Pac-Man is unplayable. It's disappointing because it's not like the Arcade, but if you take it as what it is, its some nice game on the 2600, good timekiller. However, I like to play that in B/W mode, I don't like the colors. I normally play in game mode 5, switching the difficulty to either Novice or Expert depending on mood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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