MeneerJansen Posted December 5, 2015 Share Posted December 5, 2015 (edited) I know there are more topics about this, but they are a few years old and I think some great ones came out since then. The homebrew I like the most is Donkey Kong for the Atari: D.K. VCS. Figure 1. D.K. VCS has all 4 levels of Donkey Kong and they look like the real thing too. Compare this to Coleco's version on the right. Others that you must have played in my opinion are the following homebrews. Juno First for instance has very original game play. You can fly back too instead of just going forwards, which is quite unlike most other shooters. You have to play it to "feel" it. Figure 2. Juno First. It may not look like something very special in the screenshot, but the perspective and the game play is very good! The VCS version of Ladybug is brilliant too. Space Rocks is extremely addictive. That's because it's like a port of Asteroids Deluxe to the Atari. And Asteroids for the Atari is already extremely addictive (never really liked the arcade version). Pack-Man 4k proves that it can be done: a perfect port of Pac-Man to the Atari. But my favorite must be D.K. VCS. Just like Pitfall II defined, way back then, what the Atari can do and Donkey Kong Country was almost like looking at a next gen. console instead of an SNES game, D.K. VCS to me is sort of a holy grail for the Atari. Remember: arcade games were the thing way back then and porting them to a home console was not necessarily an easy choice but more like an obligatory challenge. People really demanded ports, no matter ho brilliant originals like Yar's Revenge were. It's like making a game of a movie now-a-days. Other 2600 posts of D. Kong look very bad and the game play is completely off. The manner in which Mario (or must I say "Jump Man"?) jumps alone is so much better like the other ports. After doing only one jump I was already completely fed up w/ D. Kong clones on the Atari in the 80's. Note that D.K. VCS scrolls from side to side to achieve it's accuracy. Edited December 5, 2015 by MeneerJansen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Random Terrain Posted December 5, 2015 Share Posted December 5, 2015 The best homebrew is Pet Rock 2: Electric Boogaloo. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Gemintronic Posted December 5, 2015 Share Posted December 5, 2015 Why does everyone forget the classics like Drunken Pooper? http://atariage.com/forums/topic/165286-conversion-of-drunken-pooper/ 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nutsy Doodleheimer Posted December 5, 2015 Share Posted December 5, 2015 There are too many! My favorites are Juno First, Princess Rescue, Ninja Wall Jump, Fall Down, and Space Rocks come into my mind as the ones I enjoy. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sramirez2008 Posted December 5, 2015 Share Posted December 5, 2015 There are too many...but I'll list my current Top 5 for the 2600: Thrust+ Platinum Juno First Space Rocks Star Castle Arcade Toyshop Trouble *Honorable mention goes to Scramble 2600! For the 7800: Dungeon Stalker Anything by PacManPlus...anything! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omegamatrix Posted December 5, 2015 Share Posted December 5, 2015 Space Rocks is awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toiletunes Posted December 5, 2015 Share Posted December 5, 2015 The best homebrew is Pet Rock 2: Electric Boogaloo. Feh! You have obviously never heard of "head kick" (that's what it's called on my Harmony, don't know if that's the real name). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikey.shake Posted December 6, 2015 Share Posted December 6, 2015 I appreciate all the hard work so many programmers put in to design all these new games for our shared hobby. That said, Pac-Man 8K for me. Almost hands-down. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Byte Knight Posted December 6, 2015 Share Posted December 6, 2015 Medieval Mayhem is the best homebrew party game for the 2600. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andromeda Stardust Posted December 6, 2015 Share Posted December 6, 2015 I gotta go with Pacman 8k as well. But there's tons of homebrew and I love 'em all... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikey.shake Posted December 6, 2015 Share Posted December 6, 2015 Medieval Mayhem is the best homebrew party game for the 2600. MUCHO love from the whole Shake household for Medieval Mayhem. Mrs S complains the AI is too tough, but is always demanding another game! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sramirez2008 Posted December 6, 2015 Share Posted December 6, 2015 Our family favorites are: Medieval Mayhem Four-Play Fall Down Gunfight Gunfight allows you to shoot the hat off of your opponent. Kids love that and I must admit, so do I. Cool feature! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marco Miccoli Posted December 6, 2015 Share Posted December 6, 2015 For me is FROSTY 2 ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Place Logo Here Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 Another vote for Stay Frosty 2. Even as great as the ones listed (and many others not yet listed) are, I can't believe more people have not put that one in the pole position so far. Right now, I am playing almost nothing other than Zippy, which surprises me as I never liked a certain Sega game all that much. Go fig. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VectorGamer Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 Others that you must have played in my opinion are the following homebrews. Juno First for instance has very original game play. Not too original since it's a translation of the arcade game. I have to give a shoutout to Medieval Mayhem because it was the first home brew I ever bought and my son loves that game. It's not often that he asks me to play a 2600 game with him but he loves that game. Right now I can't decide between Scramble and Pac-Man 8K as to which gets the honor of greatest 2600 home brew of all time. I also need to mention Lady Bug and Space Rocks which are excellent games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+save2600 Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 Could rave on and on about all the great 2600 & 7800 home-brews, but suffice it to say, LOVE most all of them! Some honorable 2600 mentions: Space Rocks Medieval Mayhem Princess Rescue Lady Bug Scramble Chetiry Gunfight Sea Wolf Juno First K.O. Cruiser DK Arcade (not finished yet, but wow!) Dintar816's Pac-Man's Star Castle Arcade Stay Frosty Strat-O-Gems ...and all of the mini-game and Christmas carts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyChris Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 This Planet Sucks! Buy it Now!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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