Rob Mitchell Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 Envision yourself as a typical teenager in 1977. It had been raining all about and your family had decided to remain home. You had been fortunate enough to own an Atari VCS/2600 and the 9 launch titles- of those titles, which would you most likely play? I was that teenager in the fall of 1977. My family bought every launch title as they became available through Sears (less Math). I played each single player game to death. And I would have friends over to play the four player games .. Yes we did buy a second set of paddles in 1977. If I have to choose .. It's still Indy 500 (Race) for both the single and the two player games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JadeETC Posted June 18, 2013 Share Posted June 18, 2013 No love for Basic Math, eh? I really like the Driving Controller, I wish more games used it. It's what makes Indy 500 so unique. As far as 2 player games go, Air Sea Battle is the way to go. It's one of my favorite 2600 games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gorfcadet Posted June 18, 2013 Share Posted June 18, 2013 I still love Indy 500. When friends were over it was the go to multiplayer game. It was the Contra of its day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coldheat Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 I would like to resurrect this thread and see some more votes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariTexas Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 Love me some Combat! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mef Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 (edited) Good call, voted. I picked both Indy 500 and Video Olympics - neither has a really good single-player variant, but let's pretend for a moment that Indy 500 counts as one. Starship and Air-Sea Battle would be close runner-ups, Combat just a notch behind. To be honest the choice is extremely hard for me as personally - I think of those five as the games that defined the system at the time and for like next 3-4 years. Simple but informative and clean graphics - almost like icons/tokens, multiple gameplay variations (to the point of being almost different games in one package), color-coded scores, rounds timed to hit the attention-span sweet spot, etc. And all of those are heavily two-player oriented unlike what I think of as Second Wave or Activision domination time. Edited August 4, 2015 by Mef Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassGuitari Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 Still Star Ship for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
high voltage Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 Air Sea Battle, for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 Pong Sports (I hate calling it Video Olympics) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nutsy Doodleheimer Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 Indy 500 is my favorite 1977 launch title. Followed by Combat and Air-Sea Battle. Still the best multi player driving game ever made. Especually "Crash n Score" and "Tag". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toiletunes Posted August 5, 2015 Share Posted August 5, 2015 Street Racer ftw, followed by Video Olympics, Air Sea Battle, Surround, Indy 500, Combat, BlackJack, Star Ship, and Basic Math. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dustfilledhobo Posted December 25, 2015 Share Posted December 25, 2015 I'm surprised someone chose basic math.Combat for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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