macgoo Posted June 6, 2012 Share Posted June 6, 2012 Been away from Atari computers for a very long time but I am trying to do some top 100s for computers and obviously there are 1000s of games for these 8bit machines. The only stipulation is the games must be joystick controlled (no strategy or adventure games then)and also have a 1 player facility (so no 2 player only games please) Also please if you are going to quote another post put your game nominations at the top and your quotes and comments underneath. So if people could post their top 25 games so I could tally up a top 100 total that would be great thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorsten Günther Posted June 6, 2012 Share Posted June 6, 2012 Do mainly joystick controlled games count? My 25 titles then would be - in no particular order: Star Raiders Rescue on Fractalus Defender Yoomp! Bandits Encounter! Boulder Dash Animal Party Fort Apocalypse Unicum Archon II: Adept M.U.L.E. Cytron Masters Cavelord Spelunker Gyruss Drol Flip and Flop Stealth The Last Starfighter Spy vs. Spy Kennedy Approach Necromancer River Raid Wizard of Wor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mclaneinc Posted June 6, 2012 Share Posted June 6, 2012 So we do your research for you? I presume by the wording you are doing top 100's for other machine so I also presume there are similar posts on other 8 bit sites? Sorry, feeling grumpy.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roydea6 Posted June 6, 2012 Share Posted June 6, 2012 My 25 titles then would be - Alphbetic order: Animal Party Bandits Boulder Dash Cavelord Defender Diamondz[Fandal] Drol Encounter! Flip and Flop Fort Apocalypse Kennedy Approach Montezuma's Revenge[utopia] M.U.L.E. Nibbly Rescue on Fractalus River Raid Soduko[isaac's] Spelunker Spy vs. Spy Star Raiders Stealth The Last Starfighter Unicum Wizard of Wor Yoomp! Newer Games are also much fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhod Posted June 6, 2012 Share Posted June 6, 2012 Bruce Lee Boulder Dash Rally Speedway Rescue on Fractalus! Eidolon Pitfall II Star Raiders IK Great American Cross-country Road Race D.R.O.L Spy Vs Spy H.E.R.O Zaxxon Karateka Ballblazer Spelunker Summer Games Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marius Posted June 6, 2012 Share Posted June 6, 2012 When you go to atarimania you can see a top ?? of games there. My favorite games are: Drelbs Oils Well Ocean Detox M.U.L.E. Mission Millipede Star Raiders II Missile Command Flip and Flop (especially the levels with the monkey) Spy's Demise Wavy Navy Johny's Trouble Qix Crossfire Tapper Mouse Trap Elektra glide Frogger Joust Bug off (this is great!) Blue Max Dropzone The goonies Flowers Mania Ghostbusters There are so many many many cool other titles, but I wanted to stick with 25. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian R. Posted June 6, 2012 Share Posted June 6, 2012 (edited) My favs include: PacMan Galaxian Space Invaders Lode Runner Star Wars Arcade Frogger A lot of these games are also available on the 5200 game system, and are exactly or mostly the same. (PacMan has the intermission animations on the 5200, but not on the A8 cart.) And the Activision games... River Raid, Pitfall and Kaboom are the ones I have... yes, they are good, but they're marginal upgrades from their original graphics on the 2600. Edited June 6, 2012 by Brian R. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macgoo Posted June 6, 2012 Author Share Posted June 6, 2012 So we do your research for you? I presume by the wording you are doing top 100's for other machine so I also presume there are similar posts on other 8 bit sites? Sorry, feeling grumpy.. I am doing a website with covers/downloads/magazine reviews/gameplay vids etc, I could play 400 or so and pick 100 but I may miss some obvious good titles Yes other 8 bit computers will be included in time, like MSX, CPC, ZX Spectrum,TI-99, COCO/Dragon, Thomson M05, Oric, Vic20, C64. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+davidcalgary29 Posted June 6, 2012 Share Posted June 6, 2012 My top A8 games would need to include almost all games released by Infocom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caco Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 Hi - this is my top 10: Drop Zpne Bruce Lee Defender Boulder Dash Tapper Spy vs Spy Missile Command robbo, joust, zybex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oracle_jedi Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 Alley Cat Ballblazer Bandits Black Lamp Boulderdash II David's Midnight Magic II Deluxe Invaders Donkey Kong Junior Dropzone Elektraglide Fort Apocalypse Gridrunner (2011) Gyruss Jet Boot Jack Mercenary Mr. Do Pac-Man (2012) Rainbow Walker Rally Speedway Rescue on Fractalus Robotron 2084 Star Raiders The Last Starfighter Yoomp Zaxxon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adam242 Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 Geez... a quick top 10? River Raid Miner 2049er Bounty Bob Strikes Back Great American Cross Country Road Race Starquake Yoomp! Dr. Mario Swapz Star Raiders Lode Runner Bruce Lee DROL Dimension X Sorry, I might have exceeded the 10 item limit! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macgoo Posted June 7, 2012 Author Share Posted June 7, 2012 Thanks to everyone, please keep them coming though. The more the merrier I think Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrathchild Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 http://www.atarimania.com/top-atari-game-atari-400-800-xl-xe-_G_8_H.html The top 100 lists at AtariMania aren't a bad guide too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AHA Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 my top 10 (at the moment) whistlers brother koronis rift hero spare change alley cat sperlunker bcs quest for tyres donkey kong jnr quasimodo bristles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rybags Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 I'll put mine in order. Rescue on Fractalus, Alternate Reality, Alternate Reality: The Dungeon, MULE, Spelunker, The Eidelon, 7 Cities of Gold, Yoomp, Koronis Rift. Boulder Dash, Star Raiders, Encounter, Archon 2, Drop Zone, Montezuma's Revenge *, Alley Cat, International Karate, Ballblazer, Bruce Lee. Nautlilus, Bounty Bob Strikes Back, Shamus, Slime, The Last Starfighter / SR 2, Donkey Kong, Necromancer, Mercenary. Note there's probably a good 4-5 post-2000 games that I should insert but TBH they don't pop into memory and aren't in the Atarimania Top 100 which I used to grab my picks. * Monty's - would have rated higher but the technical superior preview version is incomplete and the released version was cut down and just feels like a ripoff. Looking at that Top 100 from Atarimania. IMO it is a bit of a popularity thing and there's plenty of games rated way higher than they deserve and plenty more that should be in there. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+davidcalgary29 Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 Note there's probably a good 4-5 post-2000 games that I should insert but TBH they don't pop into memory and aren't in the Atarimania Top 100 which I used to grab my picks. I think that Diamondz, Tempest Xtreem, and Castle Crisis would have to be on that list. They're truly excellent games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mimo Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 In no particular order. preppie! Donkey Kong Pac-man blue Max Bruce Lee Joust asteroids Space invaders. (The rob fullop ONE) Bounty Bob strikes back Missile command Tail of beta lyra H.E.R.O goonies Slinkey Flip and flop Frogger 3deep Bristles Up up and away pole position Defender Wavy navy sea dragon boulder dash Rally speedway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mimo Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 Oh, and oils well, captain stickys gold,dig dug, Mr do......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snicklin Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 Head over Heels Ninja Commando Yoomp! Rescue on Fractalus The Eidolon Draconus Crownland Football Fantasies (PD - and yes, I wrote it so I am biased) Surfs Up Crack Up Bruce Lee The Goonies BCs Quest for Tyres Gyruss Pacman (the new version!) Tail of Beta Lyrae Centipede Black Lamp Joe Blade Missile Command Spy vs Spy (1) Henrys House Spindizzy Grand Prix Simulator Panther BMX Simulator all in no order.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snicklin Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 The problem with any one person answering here is that nobody knows all Atari's 8 bit games. They will then give you their best ever games in their mind which is only a subset of the whole game set. Personally I generally know the latter games that came out for the Atari. It's a bit like asking an 18 year old who the best pop star is. They'll never mention someone from the 50s. I think that the suggestion that you look at Atarimania's list is probably a wise idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rybags Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 The problem with the Atarimania list - I see 5 in the Top 20 that don't deserve that status, and probably another dozen post-2000 releases that aren't in the list, some of which would be pretty high up the list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrathchild Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 (edited) I found the 'by rating' one to be the best guide Edited June 8, 2012 by Wrathchild Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macgoo Posted June 9, 2012 Author Share Posted June 9, 2012 (edited) It's all just a guide really, I will be sifting through about 3000 games on 10 different machine brands/formats before I decide a list of 100 for each machine. Just thought it would be nice to hear other people's suggestions and tally them up. Once I have a shortlist of 100 games I will indeed check out Atarimania ratings at that point to see what people rate highest on my list and work from there. Edited June 9, 2012 by macgoo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenjennings Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 A few I didn't see mentioned that are near the top of my list: Shamus Star Trek: Strategic Operations Simulator Mountain King Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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