Mad Hatter Posted December 15, 2010 Share Posted December 15, 2010 Hello. Recently acquired a 7800 but I currently have ZERO games for it. When it comes to the 7800, I will be a gamer and not a collector. So I am looking for opinions on some of the best and funnest games available for it. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Laird Posted December 15, 2010 Share Posted December 15, 2010 You can't really go wrong with any of the arcade conversions (apart from Shat Trick) and all the homebrews I have played are excellent. My favourite game for the system is the legendary Ninja Golf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rex Dart Posted December 15, 2010 Share Posted December 15, 2010 Yeah, Ninja Golf is cool. Too bad it's more of a collector's item -- good luck finding a copy for under thirty bucks. Check out these two topics; answers likely haven't changed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad Hatter Posted December 15, 2010 Author Share Posted December 15, 2010 Cool, thanks guys. Looks like there's some pretty good games. If anyone has dupes they are looking to get rid of I'm up for purchasing or trading (I mainly just have TI-99 stuff and some 2600 commons to offer). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raskar42 Posted December 15, 2010 Share Posted December 15, 2010 dark chambers - plays like gauntlet lite. lots of fun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZylonBane Posted December 15, 2010 Share Posted December 15, 2010 (edited) Ninja Golf is an amusing concept wrapped around a terrible game. Dark Chamber isn't awful, but it is fairly pathetic compared to any version of Gauntlet (there's only one actual monster type in the entire game). I'd consider the following titles to be worth your time: Asteroids Alien Brigade b*nQ (homebrew Q*bert) Ballblazer Beef Drop (homebrew Burger Time) Centipede Commando Dig Dug Donkey Kong (if you can stand the sound effects) Donkey Kong Jr (ditto) Food Fight Galaga Ikari Warriors Impossible Mission (unfortunately actually impossible unless you get the fixed version) Joust KLAX Mario Bros. Midnight Mutants Motor Psycho Ms. Pac-Man Pole Position II Space Invaders (homebrew) Tower Toppler Xenophobe Xevious Edited December 15, 2010 by ZylonBane Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HammR25 Posted December 15, 2010 Share Posted December 15, 2010 Any of the homebrew games sold here at Atari Age are worth the money except Wasp!. Of those games I'd start with Pac-Man Collection. http://atariage.com/store/index.php?l=product_list&c=23 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the.golden.ax Posted December 15, 2010 Share Posted December 15, 2010 The best game to play is Water Ski AX Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tz101 Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 How does Donkey Kong 7800 compare to other systems? Does it have the arcade pie factory level missing in all the other home versions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the.golden.ax Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 How does Donkey Kong 7800 compare to other systems? Does it have the arcade pie factory level missing in all the other home versions? I love 7800, I do. DK on 7800 is horrible (as they go on other systems). AX Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fiddlepaddle Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 I like Beef Drop, Centipede, Joust, AND even Donkey Kong on the 7800. Also, of course, all the great 2600 games like Kaboom, Enduro, River Raid... I generally use a Genesis joystick, not the Prosystem sticks, unless the game requires two buttons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jd_1138 Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 also, don't forget that you can also play 2600 games on it -- classics like Combat that you can buy for a couple of bucks here on the marketplace. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atarifever Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 I now officially like every game on the system (since I have learned to play RealSports Baseball with a chance at winning). However, if you're going for a cheap, easy to get, good stack of games you should enjoy, I'd go with: Food Fight Xevious Centipede Joust Mario Bros. Dig Dug Asteroids Tower Toppler DK DK Jr. Crossbow If you're willing to spend a little more, I'd also go with: Alien Brigade Midnight Mutants The homebrews Commando If you want to work to love a game that will grow on you, I'd also go with Pete Rose Baseball and Double Dragon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Underball Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 (edited) How does Donkey Kong 7800 compare to other systems? Does it have the arcade pie factory level missing in all the other home versions? I love 7800, I do. DK on 7800 is horrible (as they go on other systems). AX Dk on 7800 is decent. The sound is weak, but the graphics and gameplay are pretty much dead on. Edited December 16, 2010 by Underball Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad Hatter Posted December 16, 2010 Author Share Posted December 16, 2010 Cool, thanks for the replies. I plan to spend some Christmas money on 7800 titles! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DracIsBack Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 I love 7800, I do. DK on 7800 is horrible (as they go on other systems). I didn't think it was that bad. Sound was irritating but that can be turned down. :-) Didn't make me enraged like Karateka on the 7800 did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the.golden.ax Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 Perhaps it was the stock controllers, or the fact that I'd been playing it on CV prior to my getting them. When I got back into 7800 in 2008, those were the first titles I ordered from Trade N Games. Honestly they were so bad in my mind that I have not tried to play them on 7800 since. I should give it a go with some d-pad controllers and report back. AX Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cynicaster Posted December 17, 2010 Share Posted December 17, 2010 To this day, I still prefer the 7800 versions of Xevious and Food Fight to the arcade originals. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the.golden.ax Posted December 17, 2010 Share Posted December 17, 2010 To this day, I still prefer the 7800 versions of Xevious and Food Fight to the arcade originals. Yeah, those two and PMC get the most play out of my 7800. AX 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Propane13 Posted December 17, 2010 Share Posted December 17, 2010 I personally have a thing for Scrapyard Dog. Of course, that's because there are maps loaded with hints available: http://www.atari7800.org/scrapyarddogmap.htm -John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carey85 Posted December 18, 2010 Share Posted December 18, 2010 I have to give a +1 to Food Fight as well. There are plenty of solid titles for 7800, most of which are cheap. Like others have stated, Alien Brigade, Commando, and Ninja Golf are your best bets as far as uncommon titles go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DracIsBack Posted December 18, 2010 Share Posted December 18, 2010 I personally have a thing for Scrapyard Dog. Of course, that's because there are maps loaded with hints available: http://www.atari7800...pyarddogmap.htm -John I also quite like it, though it's darn hard in spots. Some of those jumps ... whew! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VectorGamer Posted December 18, 2010 Share Posted December 18, 2010 Any of the homebrew games sold here at Atari Age are worth the money except Wasp!. Of those games I'd start with Pac-Man Collection. http://atariage.com/store/index.php?l=product_list&c=23 Jr. Pac-Man is the best game available for the 7800. PMC comes in a close second. Centipede, Joust, Asteroids, Food Fight and Pole Position II are also my favorites. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PAC MAN FEVER Posted December 18, 2010 Share Posted December 18, 2010 dkjr. dig dug ballblazer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+swlovinist Posted December 19, 2010 Share Posted December 19, 2010 Robotron 2084 is my favorite. It is also fun to play with a friend(one moving the character, one controlling the firing). Fast Frantic Fun and relatively cheap Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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