Least Favorite Atari 7800 games

[kourt]

Hello All,

 

Name your 5 least favorite Atari 7800 games.

 

Mine are as follows

 

1. Pete Rose Baseball

2. F-18 Hornet

3. Fight Night

4. Touchdown Football

5. Crack'ed

[Lauren Tyler]

In no particular order:

 

1. Ace of Aces - Trying to take a complex flight simulation game and compress it into a two-button joystick just doesn't work, sorry.

 

2. Fight Night - It requires little to no effort to win most of the time. It's like the programmers were lazy with this.

 

3. Hat Trick - Just, no.

 

4. Karateka - It had potential, but they fouled up the controls.

 

5. Mat Mania Challenge - The controls are so poor you keep doing the same move over and over.

[+save2600]

Tower Toppler (do not understand the attraction here, besides the neato scrolling - this game sucks IMO!)

Real Sports Baseball

F-18 Hornet

Super Huey

Tomcat: F14

 

...the last three really never should have been attempted on such hardware. Flight sim genre: Three strikes and you're out!

[kourt]

Tower Toppler (do not understand the attraction here, besides the neato scrolling - this game sucks IMO!)

Real Sports Baseball

F-18 Hornet

Super Huey

Tomcat: F14

 

...the last three really never should have been attempted on such hardware. Flight sim genre: Three strikes and you're out!

lmao ya I agree some very awful games they made I would say 88-92% of the games for the Atari 7800 are garbage

[Armonigann]

 

I would say 88-92% of the games for the Atari 7800 are garbage

Whoa buddy, totally not true..

 

anyways my 5 worst

 

TD Football - worst sport game of all time

Super Huey - not enough time to explain why this one sucks

Impossible Mission - mission is really impossible/ robot noises extremely annoying

F 18 Hornet - NEXT

Ace of Aces - not even a Duece of an Ace

 

All are'nt even in my collection anymore, sold 'em to weave out the baddies..

[DracIsBack]

I would say 88-92% of the games for the Atari 7800 are garbage

 

That would suggest there are only 5 games on the system that are any fun. You may think that way, but I definitely don't!

 

My least favorite?

 

Karateka

Fight Night

Crack'ed

Title Match Pro Wrestling

Tomcat: The F-14 Fight Simulator

[The_Laird]

There are quite a few poor 7800 games but certainly not the majority of them at all. Here are my 5 worst anyway:

 

Fight Night

Karateka

Hat Trick

Ace Of Aces

Realsports Baseball

[jerseystyle]

There are quite a few poor 7800 games but certainly not the majority of them at all. Here are my 5 worst anyway:

 

Fight Night

Karateka

Hat Trick

Ace Of Aces

Realsports Baseball

 

 

Fight Night

Jinxed

Hat Trick

Karateka

Realsports Baseball

[bcprs1]

Jinx

RS Baseball

Title Match Pro Wrestling

F18 hornet

Ace of Aces

[Ransom]

Tower Toppler (do not understand the attraction here, besides the neato scrolling - this game sucks IMO!)

Real Sports Baseball

F-18 Hornet

Super Huey

Tomcat: F14

 

...the last three really never should have been attempted on such hardware. Flight sim genre: Three strikes and you're out!

lmao ya I agree some very awful games they made I would say 88-92% of the games for the Atari 7800 are garbage

 

I agree with both of you. And is there any platform where Ace of Aces doesn't suck? It seems to have transcended platforms in its total and complete devotion to suckiness.

[+save2600]

I agree with both of you. And is there any platform where Ace of Aces doesn't suck? It seems to have transcended platforms in its total and complete devotion to suckiness.

 

I'd like to update my list please. lol Totally forgot about Ace of Aces... see, ALL of their flight sim games just sucked. Totally not the platform to be attempting that level of genre. Tower Toppler *IS* at least more interesting to play than RS Baseball or Ace of Aces. Hat Trick gets props (although it truly does suck) for simply being a Hockey Game. lol

[Chickybaby]

I kill Hat Trick Carts for fun and redemption.

 

Considering I've been spoilt by PacManPlus and will be working on several 7800 projects I disagree they are mostly crap. Thankfully none of you guys listed games I like.

[roadrunner]

Karateka

Realsports Baseball

Pete Rose Baseball

Title Match Pro Wrestling

Touchdown Football

 

I like Crack'ed, i even started a thread about this game last year.

I also like Super Huey. I think me and Atarifever are the only two people here at AtariAge that like this game.

[VectorGamer]

I kill Hat Trick Carts for fun and redemption.

 

Considering I've been spoilt by PacManPlus and will be working on several 7800 projects I disagree they are mostly crap. Thankfully none of you guys listed games I like.

 

I sold you my copy of Hat Trick - I couldn't believe how terrible that friggin' game was...

[+Mitch]

I kill Hat Trick Carts for fun and redemption.

 

Considering I've been spoilt by PacManPlus and will be working on several 7800 projects I disagree they are mostly crap. Thankfully none of you guys listed games I like.

 

I sold you my copy of Hat Trick - I couldn't believe how terrible that friggin' game was...

 

Obviously you never played the arcade version.

 

Mitch

[VectorGamer]

I kill Hat Trick Carts for fun and redemption.

 

Considering I've been spoilt by PacManPlus and will be working on several 7800 projects I disagree they are mostly crap. Thankfully none of you guys listed games I like.

 

I sold you my copy of Hat Trick - I couldn't believe how terrible that friggin' game was...

 

Obviously you never played the arcade version.

 

Mitch

 

Actually, I think I did play it once...it looked familiar and if I am correct it didn't last long in the bowling alley arcade.

[roadrunner]

I kill Hat Trick Carts for fun and redemption.

 

Considering I've been spoilt by PacManPlus and will be working on several 7800 projects I disagree they are mostly crap. Thankfully none of you guys listed games I like.

 

I sold you my copy of Hat Trick - I couldn't believe how terrible that friggin' game was...

 

Obviously you never played the arcade version.

 

Mitch

The best version of Hat Trick is the C64 version.

[HammR25]

The only games I had that I truly didn't like were:

 

Fight Night

Pete Rose Baseball

Touchdown Football

Robotron: 2084

 

I had Karateka, Hat Trick, Ace of Aces, and F-18. None of them bothered me.

[DracIsBack]

I had Karateka, Hat Trick, Ace of Aces, and F-18. None of them bothered me.

 

I liked F-18 on a technical level. Just couldn't get into it as a game.

[8th lutz]

Any order:

• 
   
  
• Karateka
  
• Real Sports Baseball
  
• Hat Trick
  
• Super Huey
  
• F-18 Hornet
  

[+Mitch]

It's interesting to note that most of the titles listed are either Flight Sims or Sports games. Probably the two genres that age the worst for videogames in general.

 

Mitch

[Underball]

I would say 88-92% of the games for the Atari 7800 are garbage

I dunno about that. pretty harsh statement to be throwing around in here, considering this is a forum dedicated to fans of this particular console.

 

It'd say more like 88% of the games are decent, if unremarkable, and probably didn't even use 1/2 of the system's real potential, but the other 12% are garbage.

 

Here's how I'd break it down:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

32 in 1 - not really a 7800 title, doesn't count.

 

3D Asteroids - Best home console version of Asteroids on any system, not including emulation or arcade rom collections.

 

Ace of Aces - utter Garbage (on every platform)

 

Alien Brigade - Great Graphics, decent shoot-em-up

 

Asteroids Deluxe - Homebrew awesomeness

 

b*nQ - Arcade Perfect (except for the name)

 

Ballblazer - great port. better than most other Home computer versions

 

Barnyard Blaster - Atari's Duck Hunt boring but decent.

 

Basketbrawl - nice idea, awful controls, meh

 

Beef Drop - again, arcade perfect.

 

Centipede - plays great, 2 player mode is awesome.

 

Choplifter! - better than 5200, not as good as SMS needs more levels. mediocre.

 

Combat 1990 - terrible idea, even worse execution. Early 7800 Homebrew dud.

 

Commando - Atari did a great Job with this one. Best console version available at the time.

 

Crack'ed - weird. stupid. I don't get it.

 

Crossbow - Great Arcade Port. Need the gun to be really good.

 

Dark Chambers - ok enough, wish it were Gauntlet.

 

Desert Falcon - great original shooter.

 

Dig Dug - Great Arcade port arguably the best home version at the time.

 

Donkey Kong - Good try. Best graphics, needs Pie Factory and Pokey sound.

 

Donkey Kong Junior - Good home version. Never really liked the arcade game that much.

 

Double Dragon - Nice attempt. Terrible graphics. not a good game to port to this system.

 

F-18 Hornet - A for Effort. f- for failing to see that Flight sims dont' work on a system with a 1.77Mhz processor and a digital joystick.

 

Fatal Run - best racing game on the system. decent enough. not worht the money it demands in the wild.

 

Fight Night - terrible.

 

Food Fight - Arcade Perfect.

 

Galaga - I liked it. I know most people argue that the NES version is better, but I think this one feels better than the NES version.

 

 

Hat Trick - Awful.

 

 

Ikari Warriors - Meh. Okish. kinda boring game to begin with.

 

Impossible Mission - great port, it it weren't for the Bug. Teh fixed version is fantastic.

 

Jinks - This game Sucks.

 

Joust - AWESOME. Best home version on any system, hands down.

 

Karateka - Controls sucked, but the graphics were decent. I liked it.

KLAX - Great puzzle game.

 

Kung-Fu Master - Decent port. Controls are a bit hard.

 

Mario Bros. - AWESOME version of this game.

 

Mat Mania Challenge - crap, but fun to laugh at.

 

Mean 18 Ultimate Golf - completely underestimated Golf sim on a slow weak system.

 

Meltdown - never understood this game.

 

Midnight Mutants - Cool Zelda type adventure. Strange plot though.

 

Missing in Action - Could have been the system's crowning jewel had it been finished.

 

Motor Psycho - Road Rash Wannabe. fun to chuckle at.

 

Ms. Pac-Man - AWESOME.

 

Ninja Golf - AWESOME. Weird, but AWESOME.

 

One-on-One Basketball - Decent port of a mediocre game.

 

Pac-Man Collection - Best home Pac-Man game ever.

 

Pete Rose Baseball - Decent graphics. Baseball is kind of hard on these older consoles.

 

Planet Smashers - decent shooter.

 

Plutos - Fantastic Graphics. Screw You Tramiel.

 

Pole Position II - I loved this game.

 

Rampage - Decent Port. Needs pokey sound.

 

Realsports Baseball - Bad.

 

 

Robotron: 2084 - Dude. AWESOME.

 

Scrapyard Dog - Nice Idea. good graphics. never got really into it.

 

Sentinel - Decent shooter.

 

Sirius - again, fantastic graphics. Screw You Tramiel.

 

Space Duel - Bob D. is a God.

 

Space Invaders - See Above.

 

Summer Games - Good port. I like this version.

 

Super Huey - flight sims donn'a work ona me, only money.

 

Super Skateboardin' - I liked it.cute. too short.

 

Tank Command - FailSafe is better. Absolutely not worth the money it fetches in the wild.

 

Title Match Pro Wrestling - Mat Mania's pretty much the same game, no?

 

Tomcat: - As if F-18 wasn't a bad enough idea.

 

Touchdown Football - heh. c'mon.

 

Tower Toppler - kind cool in a "F*ck the game is HARD!!!" kinda way.

 

Water Ski - Ok. Not great. Not terrible.

 

Winter Games - Needs more events. Ski Jump is awesome.

 

Xenophobe - Decent enough Port.

 

Xevious - Awesome. I lived this game.

Edited January 15, 2010 by Underball

[VectorGamer]

I would say 88-92% of the games for the Atari 7800 are garbage

I dunno about that. pretty harsh statement to be throwing around in here, considering this is a forum dedicated to fans of this particular console.

 

It'd say more like 88% of the games are decent, if unremarkable, and probably didn't even use 1/2 of the system's real potential, but the other 12% are garbage.

 

Here's how I'd break it down:

 

 

 

 

Pac-Man Collection - Best home Pac-Man game ever.

 

 

 

Ach! The glaring omission of the greatest 7800 game to date: Jr. Pac-Man!

 

Pac-Man Collection is better on the ColecoVision. Don't get me wrong, I love the 7800 PMC (I put it at #2 on my list) with all the different variations. But, CV PMC graphics and game play are close to arcade perfect.

[kourt]

I would say 88-92% of the games for the Atari 7800 are garbage

I dunno about that. pretty harsh statement to be throwing around in here, considering this is a forum dedicated to fans of this particular console.

 

It'd say more like 88% of the games are decent, if unremarkable, and probably didn't even use 1/2 of the system's real potential, but the other 12% are garbage.

 

Here's how I'd break it down:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

32 in 1 - not really a 7800 title, doesn't count.

 

3D Asteroids - Best home console version of Asteroids on any system, not including emulation or arcade rom collections.

 

Ace of Aces - utter Garbage (on every platform)

 

Alien Brigade - Great Graphics, decent shoot-em-up

 

Asteroids Deluxe - Homebrew awesomeness

 

b*nQ - Arcade Perfect (except for the name)

 

Ballblazer - great port. better than most other Home computer versions

 

Barnyard Blaster - Atari's Duck Hunt boring but decent.

 

Basketbrawl - nice idea, awful controls, meh

 

Beef Drop - again, arcade perfect.

 

Centipede - plays great, 2 player mode is awesome.

 

Choplifter! - better than 5200, not as good as SMS needs more levels. mediocre.

 

Combat 1990 - terrible idea, even worse execution. Early 7800 Homebrew dud.

 

Commando - Atari did a great Job with this one. Best console version available at the time.

 

Crack'ed - weird. stupid. I don't get it.

 

Crossbow - Great Arcade Port. Need the gun to be really good.

 

Dark Chambers - ok enough, wish it were Gauntlet.

 

Desert Falcon - great original shooter.

 

Dig Dug - Great Arcade port arguably the best home version at the time.

 

Donkey Kong - Good try. Best graphics, needs Pie Factory and Pokey sound.

 

Donkey Kong Junior - Good home version. Never really liked the arcade game that much.

 

Double Dragon - Nice attempt. Terrible graphics. not a good game to port to this system.

 

F-18 Hornet - A for Effort. f- for failing to see that Flight sims dont' work on a system with a 1.77Mhz processor and a digital joystick.

 

Fatal Run - best racing game on the system. decent enough. not worht the money it demands in the wild.

 

Fight Night - terrible.

 

Food Fight - Arcade Perfect.

 

Galaga - I liked it. I know most people argue that the NES version is better, but I think this one feels better than the NES version.

 

 

Hat Trick - Awful.

 

 

Ikari Warriors - Meh. Okish. kinda boring game to begin with.

 

Impossible Mission - great port, it it weren't for the Bug. Teh fixed version is fantastic.

 

Jinks - This game Sucks.

 

Joust - AWESOME. Best home version on any system, hands down.

 

Karateka - Controls sucked, but the graphics were decent. I liked it.

KLAX - Great puzzle game.

 

Kung-Fu Master - Decent port. Controls are a bit hard.

 

Mario Bros. - AWESOME version of this game.

 

Mat Mania Challenge - crap, but fun to laugh at.

 

Mean 18 Ultimate Golf - completely underestimated Golf sim on a slow weak system.

 

Meltdown - never understood this game.

 

Midnight Mutants - Cool Zelda type adventure. Strange plot though.

 

Missing in Action - Could have been the system's crowning jewel had it been finished.

 

Motor Psycho - Road Rash Wannabe. fun to chuckle at.

 

Ms. Pac-Man - AWESOME.

 

Ninja Golf - AWESOME. Weird, but AWESOME.

 

One-on-One Basketball - Decent port of a mediocre game.

 

Pac-Man Collection - Best home Pac-Man game ever.

 

Pete Rose Baseball - Decent graphics. Baseball is kind of hard on these older consoles.

 

Planet Smashers - decent shooter.

 

Plutos - Fantastic Graphics. Screw You Tramiel.

 

Pole Position II - I loved this game.

 

Rampage - Decent Port. Needs pokey sound.

 

Realsports Baseball - Bad.

 

 

Robotron: 2084 - Dude. AWESOME.

 

Scrapyard Dog - Nice Idea. good graphics. never got really into it.

 

Sentinel - Decent shooter.

 

Sirius - again, fantastic graphics. Screw You Tramiel.

 

Space Duel - Bob D. is a God.

 

Space Invaders - See Above.

 

Summer Games - Good port. I like this version.

 

Super Huey - flight sims donn'a work ona me, only money.

 

Super Skateboardin' - I liked it.cute. too short.

 

Tank Command - FailSafe is better. Absolutely not worth the money it fetches in the wild.

 

Title Match Pro Wrestling - Mat Mania's pretty much the same game, no?

 

Tomcat: - As if F-18 wasn't a bad enough idea.

 

Touchdown Football - heh. c'mon.

 

Tower Toppler - kind cool in a "F*ck the game is HARD!!!" kinda way.

 

Water Ski - Ok. Not great. Not terrible.

 

Winter Games - Needs more events. Ski Jump is awesome.

 

Xenophobe - Decent enough Port.

 

Xevious - Awesome. I lived this game.

well I dont like how they play thats why I said that statement about 7800, I love the 2600 system and always will just very dissapointed in how they did the 7800 so wrong when it had so much promise with graphics and play ability only if **Tramiel** had any brains plus I'm just giving my opinion about it I'm not bashing anyone on here if they do like a lot of the 7800 games, so sorry to anyone if me not liking 88-92% of the 7800 games offended them.

[Underball]

I would say 88-92% of the games for the Atari 7800 are garbage

I dunno about that. pretty harsh statement to be throwing around in here, considering this is a forum dedicated to fans of this particular console.

 

It'd say more like 88% of the games are decent, if unremarkable, and probably didn't even use 1/2 of the system's real potential, but the other 12% are garbage.

 

Here's how I'd break it down:

 

 

 

 

Pac-Man Collection - Best home Pac-Man game ever.

 

 

 

Ach! The glaring omission of the greatest 7800 game to date: Jr. Pac-Man!

 

Pac-Man Collection is better on the ColecoVision. Don't get me wrong, I love the 7800 PMC (I put it at #2 on my list) with all the different variations. But, CV PMC graphics and game play are close to arcade perfect.

Except that it's on the ColecoVision which has arguably worse controllers than the 7800 Pro-Lines, doesn't have all the variations of 7800 Pac-Man collection, Isn't available in downloadable ROM format to play on emulators, and costs way too much.