Syzygy1 Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 When you were a kid and played the 2600, what games looked convincing? The point of the 2600 was to use your imagination as all the graphics were blocky blobs. (Except for Solaris. Solaris was awesome.) I can say that all the Star Wars games are convincing (look at the commercial for the port of the arcade game), and also that I'm uneasy when I play Adventure and Haunted House as I hate bats (although the point is to use your imagination - maybe I can see them as the not-scary-at-all bat enemies from the Mega Man games). The prototypes are extremely fun to let your imagination run wild - the McDonalds game has ONE screen and yet I imagine a Japanese Ronald McDonald flinging hamburgers everywhere while screaming "RAN RAN RUU!" For short: Atari 2600 games are a wonder exercise in imagination. What games are convincing to you and have the most potential for using your imagination? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctorclu Posted August 11, 2016 Share Posted August 11, 2016 Well if we were talking Atari 800 easily Star Raiders sucks you in. As for the 2600 if we are saying box art to game possibly Defender or Berzerk. Most immersive looking back oddly, Swordquest. Two reasons, the opening screen, and the whole running down a hallway and opening a door sequence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+wongojack Posted August 11, 2016 Share Posted August 11, 2016 Someone will probably say Space Shuttle, but I'm goin with Porky's 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdwardK Posted August 11, 2016 Share Posted August 11, 2016 I'd go with Megaforce. Probably my favorite game that's based on a movie. Unlike alot of other movie games on the VCS, the gameplay is somewhat representative of the movie instead of a pac man or frogger type game. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+nanochess Posted August 11, 2016 Share Posted August 11, 2016 Cosmic Ark and Earth Dies Screaming are darn impressive games and certainly feed the imagination. Edit: Robot Tank is a game that makes you to imaginate you're behind the controls of a tank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papa Posted August 11, 2016 Share Posted August 11, 2016 Porky's pulled me in. It yanked me really. You don't mind having to repeat a certain screen over and over and over and over again. It's Hi def. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syzygy1 Posted January 4, 2017 Author Share Posted January 4, 2017 Encounter at L-5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari_afternoon Posted January 4, 2017 Share Posted January 4, 2017 Convincing? I adored Jungle Hunt. But my first game, Midnite Magic, caught me 100%. I second Cosmic Arc. And Crossbow was "real" to me, too. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariLeaf Posted January 4, 2017 Share Posted January 4, 2017 (edited) I found Chopper Command very impressive BITD although I find it too repetitive to enjoy today. In my young mind it was the best visuals we'd ever get in a video game. EDIT - Nanochess mentioned it but Robot Tank blew me away too. Edited January 4, 2017 by AtariLeaf 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flojomojo Posted January 4, 2017 Share Posted January 4, 2017 Convincing? Well, they're just old video games, but solid, fast, flicker-free graphics go a long way. ACTIVISION! Enduro River Raid Grand Prix Pitfall HERO Starmaster Dragster Frostbite Kaboom Mega Mania Spider Fighter Tennis Also Demon Attack Star Trek SOS Buck Rogers POZ Battlezone Berzerk Probably more but these came to mind Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keatah Posted January 4, 2017 Share Posted January 4, 2017 Basic Math. I get blown right back into grade school when I play this. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0078265317 Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 space invaders Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+cvga Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 Beamrider and Enduro I also thought Night Driver was pretty convincing with just the dark winding road Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 Sky Jinks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enthusi Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 H.E.R.O. It feels like flying though deep caves instead of colored squares. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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jointfilms.com Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 (edited) I'd go with Megaforce. Probably my favorite game that's based on a movie. Unlike alot of other movie games on the VCS, the gameplay is somewhat representative of the movie instead of a pac man or frogger type game. That was an awesome game. I'd never seen the movie (still haven't) but I picked it up back then during one of those trips to Kay Bee in the mall and their giant tub of Atari games all marked down to like $5. Got my money's worth on that one. Edited January 5, 2017 by jointfilms.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tangentg Posted January 7, 2017 Share Posted January 7, 2017 Battlezone and Tunnel Runner, I'd say. I always wished I was more able to dodge the enemy fire and ended up moving my physical self, and the latter used to be a bit scary for me. Still wish the 2600 had scarier ghost games. I imagine they could pull off a cool death scene by having the entire screen black and having a flashing ghost that teleports closer and closer to you as a game over sequence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nutsy Doodleheimer Posted January 7, 2017 Share Posted January 7, 2017 Math Gran Prix!! How cool is it to win a race solving 1st grade math problems! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+bfstats Posted January 8, 2017 Share Posted January 8, 2017 Escape from the Mindmaster and Montezuma's Revenge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
high voltage Posted January 8, 2017 Share Posted January 8, 2017 X Man, increased my libido, especially with blond women. 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FifthPlayer Posted January 14, 2017 Share Posted January 14, 2017 Activision Skiing had really convincing trees and scrolling mountain. In fact, the visuals were superior to Intellivision Skiing, and it's not often a 2600 sports game outshines the Intellivision. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbievgb Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 Definitely Enduro. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+LS650 Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 Activision Skiing had really convincing trees and scrolling mountain. In fact, the visuals were superior to Intellivision Skiing, and it's not often a 2600 sports game outshines the Intellivision. I actually thought of Skiing as well. It's not that it's a deep or difficult game, but for what it is, it does a good job of portraying the swooshing action of a skier going downhill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turbo-Torch Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 Phaser Patrol. Flipping switches on the console itself to control functions, such as shields, was awesome. The radar, all the monitors and even text warning messages drew me into that game like no other. Escape From The Mindmaster. 3D environment, aliens, having to solve puzzles, deadly sliding walls, mini games and multiple levels over several load sequences. Night Driver. First game I bought. Loved the random trees and houses. I always thought the blue oncoming car was a Ford Pinto. Haunted House. Simple but a very good atmosphere to it. With the volume turned up, it has full blown jump scare going on when you take a surprise hit. Pitfall. It just makes you feel like you're going places. Sneak 'n Peek. That was a $2 bargain bin game and I always thought there was something very off and creepy about it. Being able to hide under the sidewalk, the carpet and in walls? The different tunes that eventually stop and you're left roaming around in what seems like an abandoned farm house in dead silence. Then it had detailed qualities such as the animated intro, smoke from the chimney and even the moon slowly moved across the night sky. For such a bizarre game that was probably never meant to sell for more than $10 bucks, someone had to put a lot of time into creating it. I'm also impressed they did it in 4K. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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