+davidcalgary29 Posted January 11, 2003 Share Posted January 11, 2003 My vote: "Food Fight" Yech. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goochman Posted January 11, 2003 Share Posted January 11, 2003 Food Fight is great - esp compared to the arcade! Atari didnt put it out but Congo Bongo has got to be the worst - It is the worst Arcade Port I can tell you that. As for worst Atari cart - I would vote for Kangaroo - blah graphics and gameplay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
t.skid Posted January 11, 2003 Share Posted January 11, 2003 As for worst Atari cart - I would vote for Kangaroo - blah graphics and gameplay. Really? mhh, I need to play it again, I remember Kangaroo as a good game Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capnarrr Posted January 11, 2003 Share Posted January 11, 2003 I actually didn't hate the 8-bit food fight or congo bongo. Id have to vote for flight simulator or GATO - probably my least played carts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goochman Posted January 11, 2003 Share Posted January 11, 2003 Kangaroo was 'ok' playability wise, but the graphics and movement were just not up to par Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callipygous Posted January 11, 2003 Share Posted January 11, 2003 Flight Sim II was a good program for someone into that kind of thing, but completely missed the other 95% of the market. A disastrous choice as a pack-in for the XEGS. Food Fight is pretty bad and Fight Night is another one. Kangaroo was never released as a cart. B&C sells the prototype, but its not fair to criticize Atari for that one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goochman Posted January 11, 2003 Share Posted January 11, 2003 Kangaroo for the 8bit is the same as the released one for the 5200 so its fair to compare As for Food Fight, whats everyones beef with that one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jetboot Jack Posted January 11, 2003 Share Posted January 11, 2003 Just by Atari, and not the 3rd party idiots - well its a hard one. I'd vote for: Videoeasel - why? Bug Hunt - erk! Gato - waste of space (SS was SO much better!) sTeVE P.S. If you're gonna go 3rd Party - Monster Maze by EPYX! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+davidcalgary29 Posted January 11, 2003 Author Share Posted January 11, 2003 My primary beef about "Food Fight" is that it does not get progressively harder (after a certain point) and offers NO variety. I can remember playing the stupid cart for hours after I first got it in '88, thinking "what IS the point of this game? Perhaps if I play another level, I'll get to a better level..." And then I'd sit in front of the screen, in a hypnotic state...dazed... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goochman Posted January 11, 2003 Share Posted January 11, 2003 hmmmmmm, Have to double check - the default game is easy but there should be some difficulty there to make things harder - Its gameplay was true to the arcade which is why I give it an A+ - look at some of the other arcade conversions and how crappy they look compared to the real deal! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DracIsBack Posted January 12, 2003 Share Posted January 12, 2003 Flight Sim II was a good program for someone into that kind of thing, but completely missed the other 95% of the market. A disastrous choice as a pack-in for the XEGS. Food Fight is pretty bad and Fight Night is another one. Kangaroo was never released as a cart. B&C sells the prototype, but its not fair to criticize Atari for that one. Heh ... I could never understand why Atari would ever release FLIGHT SIMULATOR II as a packin! The ads of the little boy getting all excited playing the ultra complicated and slow-paced FLIGHT SIMULATOR II seemed almost comical. I suppose they were trying to show that the XEGS could play "sophisticated" computer games. Come to think of it, packins were never Atari's strong suit. On the 8-bit, I don't actually mind GATO ... though I have the concur on BUG HUNT. Just the bad gun accuracy alone did this in. Visit Mark's Classic Gaming Page Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey Kay Posted January 14, 2003 Share Posted January 14, 2003 Is there anywhere online a guy can view the XEGS tv ads. I had the luck of catching a few on TV in 1988 (actually, one was an ad for the XEGS, 2600, and 7800, the other was an ad for the 2600 and 7800) but I want to see the excited kid! Cheers! Joey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agent57 Posted January 15, 2003 Share Posted January 15, 2003 I thought that the Asteroids cart for the 8-bit was laughable. Yeah, it looked decent but the gameplay was awful. I still remember paying $50 for that dog... The worst 8-bit cart I ever owned was "Fortune Hunter", by Romox (I think that was the name, anyway). It was a Venture knock-off but only had 4 rooms! Beat the game in about 3 minutes and never touched it again. Honorable mention should be made for some of those horrid EPYX carts also, like "Monster Maze." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callipygous Posted January 15, 2003 Share Posted January 15, 2003 There is an archive of Atari commercials here http://www.papabyrd.com/atari/ It doesn't have the one you are looking for. You might ask Sean Kelly if his compilation has it. http://home.xnet.com/~skelly/video.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jayson Posted February 1, 2003 Share Posted February 1, 2003 Qix. Achieved none of the charm of the arcade game. The 5200 version was much better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark Posted February 2, 2003 Share Posted February 2, 2003 chess, cause i never win Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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