Convincing Atari games

[davyK]

Immersion is what one looks for to be convincing and that usually means first person games - so Night Driver, Battlezone and their equivalent can be convincing.

 

When it comes to arcade ports, being convincing means to me keeping the feeling of playing the original game. And many of the better ports achieved that. Missile Command, Asteroids and others somehow kept the feel of playing the original even though they were primitive copies. Very impressive job.

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The cars in Activision's Grand Prix were quite impressive at the time:

 

Tunnel Runner- was impressive as a first person game, especially at the faster levels

 

 

The title screens of Swordquest Earthworld with the shining sword and E.T.   I had never seen that level of detail on the 2600 before