zzip Posted May 30, 2017 Share Posted May 30, 2017 It's a sin that I hate almost everything about Atari's Pac-Man. •Every sound is bad, from the start tune, to the twang eating, the pop-wop of the power pellet, to the death of your player. •The colors!? Couldn't get a static blue maze on black right. Ghost monsters have color, but they all appear to be the same color. •The sprites. Pac-Man is double line square blocky, and does not face up or down. Hard to see ghost monsters on a blue colored background. (Berzerk is double line, and the robots and player have DOZENS of animation images. Pac gets 3? Right closed, open, open more... mirror bit for left) •Since Pac is not round with a triangle "mouth", add an ?EYEBALL? that the arcade game left out. That'll make the graphics spectacular. •Gameplay. Barely any, and it isn't smooth and easy, but frustrating, too slow, and clunky. •No fruit / item levels, or indication of mazes cleared. What Atari got right: Pac is yellow. There's an escape tunnel from one side to the other. Four ghost enemies (kinda wish it was 3 so they would show up better). It adds up a score. Complete agreement here. For people like me who fell in love with the arcade version, everything about this port was an unnecessary slap in the face. We knew we weren't going to get perfection from the 2600 port, but dammit, we knew it could do better than this! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzip Posted May 30, 2017 Share Posted May 30, 2017 My sins: * The majority of Activision games are not fun. Yes they took VCS graphics to the next level, but the gameplay is simple and repetitive. Was just playing Barnstorming.. Through the barn, miss the windmill, through the barn, miss the windmill. That's the game! Many are just as simple. * Pitfall was a technical marvel, but gets boring after about 5 screens. Pitfall II was much better. * I played the hell out of River Raid when I got it, but now I don't really care for it. * Don't care much for Asteroids or Breakout * I actually like ET and can finish it. * I prefer emulation to real hardware. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
briwayjones Posted May 30, 2017 Share Posted May 30, 2017 I like Pac-man I sold 3 or 4 2600s one of which was a promotional model, about 80 games for dirt cheap when I were a kid. (about $20) I threw away all of the game boxes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarQ Massacres Posted May 30, 2017 Share Posted May 30, 2017 although I love to play and collect atari games. I prefer playing on emulation to the real console. (maybe because my controller sucks?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SignGuy81 Posted May 31, 2017 Share Posted May 31, 2017 I let Swampfox "repair" one of my heavy sixers, which is now more dead than it was when I sent it to him. From what I've read on the forums, I'd be glad you got it back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Professor Gull Posted June 1, 2017 Share Posted June 1, 2017 I just bought 8 Atari 2600 carts without labels just so I can get excited when I figure out what games they are. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cambouis de l'Atari Posted June 1, 2017 Share Posted June 1, 2017 I just bought 8 Atari 2600 carts without labels just so I can get excited when I figure out what games they are. Aaand... there was 5 Pacman and 3 Combat ? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Professor Gull Posted June 1, 2017 Share Posted June 1, 2017 Aaand... there was 5 Pacman and 3 Combat ? Probably but I can tell 2 are Activision and one is Parker Brothers from the shapes so who knows what those might be? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cambouis de l'Atari Posted June 1, 2017 Share Posted June 1, 2017 That's good, let us know ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+FujiSkunk Posted June 1, 2017 Share Posted June 1, 2017 Probably but I can tell 2 are Activision and one is Parker Brothers from the shapes so who knows what those might be? Two Laser Blasts and a Frogger. Although I did have an unlabeled Activision cart turn out to be Decathlon once. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sramirez2008 Posted June 23, 2017 Share Posted June 23, 2017 I plan on buying the Atari Flashback 8 Gold Activision Edition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBeefy Posted June 23, 2017 Share Posted June 23, 2017 I plan on buying the Atari Flashback 8 Gold Activision Edition. Same here first one since FB2+ and I think I'm going to get the new portable too.I like Pac-Man and think it gets too much grief. I understand in terms of arcade authenticity, but in term of being a version of Pac-Man it does the job. I also like to try and think of ways to make Atari games into drinking games. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDTAY Posted June 23, 2017 Share Posted June 23, 2017 My biggest Atari sin is probably just that the only Atari I've actually had is my dad's 2600. No 8-bit, no 7800, no Jaguar nor Lynx. I feel like such a poser on here. That said, I also enjoyed 2600 Pac-Man, and even once programmed a demo recreation of it for Sega Genesis using Devster's BasiEgaXorz tool. Okay, yeah, that might be the bigger sin... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tdp Posted June 23, 2017 Share Posted June 23, 2017 That is what I would call a virtue. I threw away all the boxes I had in the 80s and 90s. I throw away boxes now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jumpman1981 Posted June 24, 2017 Share Posted June 24, 2017 (edited) A recent one. I saw a black T-handle game in a jumble pile at a game store but never bought it. a missed opportunity. Edited June 24, 2017 by Jumpman1981 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DrVenkman Posted June 24, 2017 Share Posted June 24, 2017 Two of my biggest: 1. I have never completed Pitfall! I can't jump the gods-be-damned crocodiles consistently. 2. Three years ago I passed on a CIB Heavy Sixer in a local shop because I thought "$75 but open to talk about it" was too much. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2600problems Posted June 25, 2017 Share Posted June 25, 2017 actually like E.T and consider pac man decent if flawed 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariWarlord Posted June 26, 2017 Share Posted June 26, 2017 Apparently its a sin to have an Atari VCS under my telly according to my friends, when I should have a PS 4 or an Xbox One. Hell, im damn proud to have my Atari under my telly, and yes I still play it most days. And its still the one system I would pick from all of them to have under my telly. BTW the Harmony cart is amazing! I love super breakout thats my confession. And now I will say my Hail Marys.... You need new friends. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djour Posted June 26, 2017 Share Posted June 26, 2017 I only own the 2600 and haven't tried very hard to get any other Atari systems or computers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+FujiSkunk Posted June 30, 2017 Share Posted June 30, 2017 I plan on buying the Atari Flashback 8 Gold Activision Edition. Actually if it's as good as the game list is suggesting it will be, I just might buy a Gold 8 as well, or ask Santa for one. I said before I thought the 7 (or was it the 6?) was this close to having an ideal cross-section of first-party and third-party 2600 games. Now, with third-party support from Activision in addition to existing Taito and Konami licenses, and with a strong possibility for at least one Namco game (assuming the Pac-Man license for the portable carries over to the 8 ), we just might get that ideal cross-section. About the only thing still missing would be a Midway/Williams license for Defender, Stargate and Joust. So yeah, I suppose i'm interested in the 8 too, even when I usually sniff at these things. Is that another sin for me? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unbeliever Posted July 6, 2017 Share Posted July 6, 2017 Here's two that you should find amusing: I love Pacman on my 2600. I took my Atari 2600 and put it away. Now I emulate all the games on my Raspberry Pi. For shame. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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