moycon Posted July 21, 2003 Share Posted July 21, 2003 For this reason, I say that Circus Atari was indeed, the very first home game worthy of being deemed mature Lets not forget Human Cannonball *SPLAT!* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scanzilla Posted July 21, 2003 Share Posted July 21, 2003 I could play Circus Atari for hours & hours without ever getting bored. It's one of my favorite Atari 2600 games. Even more addictive than heroin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pitfallaimee Posted July 21, 2003 Author Share Posted July 21, 2003 Last night I went nuts on Circus Atari again. I'm playing game 2 (with the barrier) now, and I got over half way to rolling it, as well. It's amazing how simply fun this game is. I could play it all day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JB Posted July 21, 2003 Share Posted July 21, 2003 For this reason, I say that Circus Atari was indeed, the very first home game worthy of being deemed mature Lets not forget Human Cannonball *SPLAT!* OU . CH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hepcat Posted July 21, 2003 Share Posted July 21, 2003 Circus Atari rocks! Definitely one of my favorites for the 2600. --Jason Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulEMoz Posted July 21, 2003 Share Posted July 21, 2003 Here's a link to our review of the game, in case you can't be bothered to go through the entire site: http://www.geocities.com/paulemoz2/AtariRe...ews/Circus.html I've played this game since it came out, however many years ago that was, and it's STILL as much fun as it was then. It truly has stood the test of time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Room 34 Posted July 22, 2003 Share Posted July 22, 2003 Great game!! This and Kaboom are my 2 favorite paddle games. I agree! I definitely think these 2 are the best paddle games... and I think they're great games to show newbies. The paddle games on the 2600 are something totally unique... has ANY other home console had paddles? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nukey Shay Posted July 22, 2003 Share Posted July 22, 2003 The Apple, Atari, and Commodore computers had paddles. The Bally Astrocade had "dials". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shannon Posted July 22, 2003 Share Posted July 22, 2003 A little off topic, but there is a game called "clowns & balloons" which came out for the 8-bit computers that is alot of fun as well, and it has great music too boot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Room 34 Posted July 22, 2003 Share Posted July 22, 2003 The Apple, Atari, and Commodore computers had paddles. The Bally Astrocade had "dials". OK... well, I said "consoles." But I guess my point was that these kinds of paddle games are one thing that is completely absent from more modern consoles (i.e. NES forward). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NE146 Posted July 22, 2003 Share Posted July 22, 2003 But I guess my point was that these kinds of paddle games are one thing that is completely absent from more modern consoles (i.e. NES forward). Well.. not completely.. as Arkanoid for the NES came with paddle controllers But yeah I know what you're sayin' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nukey Shay Posted July 22, 2003 Share Posted July 22, 2003 The Atari and Commodore computers released game consoles compatable with the same equipment used with the 8-bit computers The Nes had it's analog controller packaged with Arkanoid. More modern (current) consoles have one or two analog thumb sticks on their controllers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JB Posted July 22, 2003 Share Posted July 22, 2003 The Atari and Commodore computers released game consoles compatable with the same equipment used with the 8-bit computers The Nes had it's analog controller packaged with Arkanoid. More modern (current) consoles have one or two analog thumb sticks on their controllers. The PS1 had pseudo-paddles in the form of the NegCon(the controller twisted) and JogCon(had a big wheel thing in the middle) controllers. ... Alas, they were only supported by racing games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liveinabin Posted July 23, 2003 Share Posted July 23, 2003 (god I love the JogCon) While we're off-topic () the PS1 also has a true paddle controller that came packaged with Puchi Carat. Hmm, bringing it back to topic (kind of) did anyone else play the version of Circus Atari on the PS1? it came on an official playstation magazine disc (some home user had written it on the Yaroze), not sure if it had an NTSC version - fun game though - and worked surprisingly well on the PS1's d-pad (this is before dual shock) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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