+Random Terrain Posted October 27, 2014 Author Share Posted October 27, 2014 I thought you were looking for new activities in terms of concepts for interesting new games. New or old. Anything that hasn't been done. We can come up with weird things, like being a taxi driver who has to pick and eat as many zits off his face as he can before the passenger sees him, but I just wanted to know in general if there are any activities the big companies missed or never got a chance to do or any activities invented after they stopped making Atari 2600 games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyle22 Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 How about a Beavis & Butthead game? Huh huh huh..yeah, yeah, yeah dillhole 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bennybingo Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 Shit? Jizz? Some of you weirdos have psychological issues. Or are just morons. Or, perhaps, some of us just have an abstract sense of humor which you fail to recognize, enjoy or just plain old comprehend. Either way, there's no need for name calling. This is an internet forum in which we are discussing video games from 30 years ago…we aren't exactly curing cancer here dude. Lighten up. (or did I strike a nerve…perhaps, I was describing an occupation you are familiar with?) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Gemintronic Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 No one has really done the RPG thing. I'm still hoping someone (including myself) will figure out how to get Treasures of Tarmin-like gameplay on the VCS. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+frankodragon Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 A train simulator maybe? With derailments and other hazards like bad drivers and deer at random? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JrPac Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 Playing the 2600 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atarilovesyou Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 Shit? Jizz? Some of you weirdos have psychological issues. Or are just morons. ...I'd say it's a mixture of booth, plus a smattering of plain ol' MOXY! ...now where'd I leave that toilet paper...OH YES, here it is! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rex Dart Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 I'm actually kind of surprised that nobody made Tiddlywinks back in the day. Or cheapo pasttimes still hanging on by a thread in the 70s, like Hula Hoops or Pet Rocks (virtual pet!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Gemintronic Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 ...I'd say it's a mixture of booth, plus a smattering of plain ol' MOXY! ...now where'd I leave that toilet paper...OH YES, here it is! Drunken Pooper, anyone? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atarilovesyou Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 ...who thought that shitting was so adequately covered in the extensive library of the 2600?....is there any bodily function it HASN'T covered with 98% scientific realism?!?!....I think not! But we had to wait many years before the ubiquitous pastime of nose-picking would become a reality, via Warioware. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr SQL Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 Playing the 2600 This has been done in Scrollout - Follow the Ball! The simulation entails a tiny pong player in the middle of the screen who is also playing Scrollout! on a tiny screen that animates with a tiny breakout game, whenever you follow the ball with the camera 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Atari_Warlord Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 1. Skipping rocks 2. Hoola Hoop (this could be a joystick breaker) 3. Telemarking - call people while they're eating and keep them on the phone till you make a sale 4. Snaking out a clogged sewer pipe 5. Lifeguard (keep the kids from running by the pool, drowning, eating before swimming, and the dreaded floating Baby Ruth) Plenty of movies/TV that should have had a game. 1. Every James Bond movie 2. The Wizard of Oz (flying monkeys) 3. Three's Company (a Mystique game?) 4. Doctor Who 5. The Flintstones (you've been locked out by the cat and you have to find a way back into the house) 6. The Love Boat (you have 1 hour to successfully get all the passengers to hook up (maybe a Mystique game) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Random Terrain Posted October 27, 2014 Author Share Posted October 27, 2014 But the activity is not what makes the game enjoyable. You are limiting yourself by having the criteria of "what activity hasn't been done", since many games use the same one but are very different (i.e. eating in Pac-Man vs. Fast Food), and really limiting yourself by using only human activities...or so it seems, since nobody is listing other ones based on something more abstract. This thread is asking about activities similar to the ones already made back in the 1980s such as blackjack, bowling, skydiving, car racing, golf, and so on. Seemed like it was important to them back then to simulate every activity they could think of. If dog sh*t juggling is a thing that people participate in these days, we can add it to the list of things that haven't been done on the Atari 2600. Feel free to create a new thread where people can list abstract game ideas that haven't been done. BTW the "promise" was just marketing doing what they do...nobody expected the 2600 to last longer than a couple of years. It doesn't matter if Atari secretly believed that the Atari 2600 would only last a month after that ad from 1982 stopped appearing in magazines. It was an Atari-approved ad and it should be used among the other things I mention on this page to show that using added RAM and other goodies in a cartridge is not cheating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zylon Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 Drunk driving? We already have regular driving/racing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andre81 Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 (edited) Walk the dog. Make him shit into your neighbours garden without getting caught. Gameplay could be a mix of Hover Bovver and Paper Boy. Edited October 27, 2014 by Andre81 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
20ohm20 Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 Has shuffleboard been done on the 2600 yet? I played it for the first time on a cruise I was on earlier this year and it was more enjoyable than I thought it would be. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danwinslow Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 I have it. The activity would be : programming a 2600 game. Think about it, it'd be cool, you'd have to gather bits and defeat the raster, and then the utimate BOSS fight with the 6507 or whatever it is. IT"D BE SOOOOO META. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Gemintronic Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 Walk the dog. Make him shit into your neighbours garden without getting caught. Gameplay could be a mix of Hover Bovver and Paper Boy. I *am* actually thinking of making a game called "Howel Bowel" 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andre81 Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 I *am* actually thinking of making a game called "Howel Bowel" Please contact our legal department if you want to license my idea. Thanks 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigO Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 Skee-ball? Lacrosse? Knitting? Is there anything having to do with construction or home improvement? (Save Mary, is sorta construction) Prison escape? (Breakout doesn't really count). Grammar lessons? Lumberjack? Bonsai? Chair rocking? Storm chasing? Escape from deserted island? (Gilligan's Island?) Cigar rolling? Auto repair? Book publishing? Demolition derby? Ventriloquism? Workplace recruiting? Learning a foreign language? Camel or ostrich racing? Frog jumping contest? Frog gigging? Operating a nuclear power plant? (Simpsons tie-in?) Hairdressing? Wildlife conservation?Lineman (telephone, high voltage)? Homebrewing (beer, root beer, not games)? Changing light bulbs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Random Terrain Posted October 27, 2014 Author Share Posted October 27, 2014 Thanks for the ideas posted so far. There are some pretty good ones in this thread. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigO Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 Cow tipping? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Stella Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 suicide. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Stella Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 easting insects. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Stella Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 adopting babies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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