Atari Age Votes: Best shooting game on the 2600! (Ranking)

[retrogoober]

1) Beamrider (by far)

2) River Raid

3) Stargate / Defender II

4) Demon Attack

5) Seaquest

 

I SO dont understand why Beamrider isnt higher on the list, could be its rarity though

[boxpressed]

1. Beamrider

2. Astroblast (with paddles)

3. Space Invaders

4. Demon Attack

5. Asteroids

[Rom Hunter]

I SO dont understand why Beamrider isnt higher on the list, could be its rarity though

 

Could very well be.

 

I've played all VCS shooters to the bone and this one got to me the most.

 

There are not that many 2600 games that get you completely into 'the zone', but this one definitely does.

 

It's build-up, variety, fluid gameplay and challenge level beats all the others, IMO.

 

It's an underrated masterpiece, most probably due to its late release date (1984).

 

If it would have been released two years earlier, it would've blown everybody's socks off.

 

Edited October 5, 2018 by Rom Hunter

[BassGuitari]

Are we talking about personal favorites, or the ones we think are objectively the best? Because mine tend not to overlap that much.

Edited October 5, 2018 by BassGuitari

[TigerSuperman]

Are we talking about personal favorites, or the ones we think are objectively the best? Because mine tend not to overlap that much.

It's more about what you yourself enjoy so personal would be best!

[Flojomojo]

[davyK]

Beamrider is a great game - I've just not played it as much it being a late discovery for me.

 

Spider Fighter is a really nice game but it's too easy and too generous with 1ups.

 

I really don't see the appeal of River Raid. It doesn't do anything for me at all - and never did.

Edited October 5, 2018 by davyK

[OldSlabSides]

1. Spider Fighter

2. Asteroids

3. Space Invaders

4. Beamrider

5. Demon Attack

[AW127]

My Top-5 is this:

 

(1) Phoenix

(2) Draconian

(3) Space Rocks

(4) Space Invaders Arcade (graphic-hack of Space Invaders - points can go to Space Invaders)

(5) Super Cobra Arcade

 

But - there are alot of good shooting-games more on the Atari VCS-2600 which i really like, so it was difficult for me, to choose only five.

Edited October 10, 2018 by AW127

[RetroRob]

1. Vanguard

2. Gas Hog

3. Demon Attack

4. Star Wars TESB

5. Atlantis

[roadrunner]

1. Seaquest

2 Beamrider

3. Stargunner

4. Phoenix

5. Cosmic Swarm

[lucifershalo]

1. Demon Attack

2.Phoenix

2.Spider Fighter

3.River Raid

4.Communist Mutants

5.Planet Patrol

[+cvga]

Can't believe I missed this topic. I'm late but here's my top 5.

 

1. Beamrider (by a bunch)

2. Phoenix

3. Super Cobra Arcade

4. Space Attack

5. Demon Attack

 

I see a lot of Juno First accompanied by Beamrider. I need to give it another look.

[AtariLeaf]

This is tougher than I thought, even though I knew my top 2 without a second thought:

 

1 - Draconian

2 - Space Rocks

3 - Galaxian

4 - Phoenix

5 - Millipede

 

It pains me to leave Robot Tank and Beamrider off the list but they'd be a close 6 and 7 for me.

[adamchevy]

1. Millipede TB hack

2. Juno First

3. Gyruss

4. Demon Attack

5. Draconian

Edited December 4, 2018 by adamchevy

[toiletunes]

Demon Attack

Astroblast

Megamania

SpaceMaster X7

Skeleton+

[eddhell]

_{1. Megamania (only Activision title I ever "beat," at score of 999990 it stops game and returns to start screen, original cart is in my avatar pic, and it still works!!)}

_{2. Atlantis}

_{3. River Raid}

_{4. Beamrider}

_{5. Defender}

 

_{Honorable mention: Asteroids (original) - only because of the hours spent playing it...was not my favorite game, most of us were disappointed when it came out (looks nothing like the arcade version!!) BUT it was one of the only "fresh" titles on the 2600 when it came out (it was all we had besides Space Invaders!!!) The one refreshing feature was all the variations like shields, hyperspace, 180 degree flipping -- that was quite amazing in the early 1980's....}

Edited December 4, 2018 by eddhell

[atarifan88]

In no particular order:

 

Beamrider

Defender II

Asteroids

Space Raid

[+Cafeman]

1. River Raid. Aiming and shooting, but also combined with the strategy of controlling velocity and your banking speed, choosing paths and targets, and fuel management. Great game!

2. Megamania. Such variety and challenge. For some reason I've always enjoyed this one.

3. Space Invaders. The original, simple and pure shooting.

4. Phoenix. Mostly due to nostalgia and the mothership battle, but this one was very well done.

5. Juno First. No nostalgia for me, since I never saw it at arcades, but the 2600 port is fantastic.

[+wongojack]

Just FYI, I believe the person that started this thread has deleted their account (or something like that). The first post will likely never receive an update and someone else will need to do the tally.

[Cobra Kai]

1) Astroblast

2) River Raid

3) Vanguard

4) Demon Attack

5) Galaxian

[JBerel]

Just FYI, I believe the person that started this thread has deleted their account (or something like that). The first post will likely never receive an update and someone else will need to do the tally.

Just so you know: The original poster was Biff's Gaming Videos, or Biff Slifker who is a chronic abuser of these forums. That was one of at least 20 fake accounts he's been using to spam these forums with and toy with users. He's still here with at least a few fake accounts that are being closely watched. He's still contributing to this thread as well, so be advised.

[+Atari_Warlord]

Here's a quick tabulation through Nuclear Pacman's votes:

 

Points System:

1. River Raid = 87

2. Demon Attack = 82

3. Beamrider = 59

4. Asteroids = 54

5. Phoenix = 51

 

Number of Votes:

1. Demon Attack = 28

2. River Raid = 25

3. Asteroids = 20

4. Phoenix = 18

4. Space Invaders = 18

5. Beamrider = 16

[+wongojack]

/\/\/\ Wow - something tells me that wasn't quick at all. Nice job!

[oyamafamily]

My votes:

1) Megamania

2) Galaxian

3) River Raid

4) Phoenix

5) Space Invaders