Yautja Posted September 24, 2021 Author Share Posted September 24, 2021 This is another good game; but that I couldn't point as "popular"... as it doesn't even show in Atarimania's top 500: http://www.atarimania.com/top-atari-game-atari-400-800-xl-xe-_G_8_V_500.html 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Westphal Posted September 24, 2021 Share Posted September 24, 2021 This game had destructable terrain and great AI : 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Stephen Posted September 25, 2021 Share Posted September 25, 2021 1 hour ago, Paul Westphal said: This game had destructable terrain and great AI : Fantastic game, and don't forget. The author showed up here, and released the full version along with IIRC some development materials. Gauntletak I think it was changed to for obvious reasons. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brentarian Posted September 25, 2021 Share Posted September 25, 2021 18 minutes ago, Stephen said: Fantastic game, and don't forget. The author showed up here, and released the full version along with IIRC some development materials. Gauntletak I think it was changed to for obvious reasons. I love that game! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HolmesA8 Posted September 25, 2021 Share Posted September 25, 2021 I always loved Master of the Lamps by Activision, very rarely hear it mentioned. Would actually make a cool pick up and play game on the Lynx TBH. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_The Doctor__ Posted September 25, 2021 Share Posted September 25, 2021 Played endlessly these two.... 50 minutes ago, HolmesA8 said: I always loved Master of the Lamps by Activision, very rarely hear it mentioned. Would actually make a cool pick up and play game on the Lynx TBH. 5 hours ago, Yautja said: This is another good game; but that I couldn't point as "popular"... as it doesn't even show in Atarimania's top 500: http://www.atarimania.com/top-atari-game-atari-400-800-xl-xe-_G_8_V_500.html 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kconan Posted September 25, 2021 Share Posted September 25, 2021 I believe the most underrated Atari 8-bit game is The Eternal Dagger. I loved the story and, super meticulous and deep for its time, turn-based combat. Its one of the few RPGs I've ever played through twice. Underrated honorable mentions to Racing Destruction Set, which would have been more popular had the graphics been better, along with Mail Order Monsters and the Spy Versus Spy games. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heaven/TQA Posted September 26, 2021 Share Posted September 26, 2021 11 hours ago, kconan said: I believe the most underrated Atari 8-bit game is The Eternal Dagger. I loved the story and, super meticulous and deep for its time, turn-based combat. Its one of the few RPGs I've ever played through twice. Underrated honorable mentions to Racing Destruction Set, which would have been more popular had the graphics been better, along with Mail Order Monsters and the Spy Versus Spy games. Eternal Dagger rules… played it for months with AR:Dungeon and U3 and 4…. But Wizard’s Crown wasn’t bad either. RDS and MOM were underrated on A8 because weak maybe same like I would say Rampage… always found the technical conversion bad… but Spy vs Spy 1-3 weren’t underrated as they were hit games? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzip Posted September 27, 2021 Share Posted September 27, 2021 On 9/24/2021 at 9:58 PM, HolmesA8 said: I always loved Master of the Lamps by Activision, very rarely hear it mentioned. I like this game too. Nice music On 9/25/2021 at 2:10 PM, kconan said: I believe the most underrated Atari 8-bit game is The Eternal Dagger. I loved the story and, super meticulous and deep for its time, turn-based combat. Its one of the few RPGs I've ever played through twice. I played a lot of Wizard's Crown. I don't think I played Eternal Dagger much, possibly I was burnt out on the formula at the time. On 9/25/2021 at 2:10 PM, kconan said: Underrated honorable mentions to Racing Destruction Set, which would have been more popular had the graphics been better. I'm not sure it was a graphics problem or the way the game performed with weird physics that kind of took the fun out of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kogden Posted September 27, 2021 Share Posted September 27, 2021 Retrofire! Call me weird but I actually love it. Uses artifacting for color. Neat 3D lunar lander clone with wireframe terrain that gets more detailed in steps as you land. Having to worry about radiation exposure is a weird twist too. I play this game a lot still. It was a machine language type-in in a magazine I believe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irgendwer Posted September 27, 2021 Share Posted September 27, 2021 Crossfire 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Thag Posted September 28, 2021 Share Posted September 28, 2021 18 hours ago, Irgendwer said: Crossfire Yeah this one is in my 'most played' cart stack. Another version of this, Ozzy's Orchard is equally good and equally obscure. The other two 'criminally underrated' games off the top of my head would be Spare Change and Dreadnaught Factor 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irgendwer Posted September 28, 2021 Share Posted September 28, 2021 3 hours ago, Lord Thag said: Dreadnaught Factor QFT "Spare Change" is not bad but I like "Gumball" more: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goochman Posted September 28, 2021 Share Posted September 28, 2021 I spent alot of hours on Gumball - really fun game. Id throw out Buried Bucks as another underrated game. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adam1977 Posted September 28, 2021 Share Posted September 28, 2021 On 9/24/2021 at 10:25 PM, Yautja said: This is another good game; but that I couldn't point as "popular"... as it doesn't even show in Atarimania's top 500: http://www.atarimania.com/top-atari-game-atari-400-800-xl-xe-_G_8_V_500.html I had Sun Star as a kid, I remember my Auntie bought it me for Christmas back in the day ? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adam242 Posted September 29, 2021 Share Posted September 29, 2021 I've always loved Xagon! A colorful Q*Bert-ish action game. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Stephen Posted September 29, 2021 Share Posted September 29, 2021 49 minutes ago, adam242 said: I've always loved Xagon! A colorful Q*Bert-ish action game. Probably the single favourite BBS download of my 300 baud era (1987-89)! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adam242 Posted September 29, 2021 Share Posted September 29, 2021 3 hours ago, Stephen said: Probably the single favourite BBS download of my 300 baud era (1987-89)! That sounds about right.. Downloaded this one over my 1030 in 1987 or so. Good times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heaven/TQA Posted September 29, 2021 Share Posted September 29, 2021 6 hours ago, adam242 said: I've always loved Xagon! A colorful Q*Bert-ish action game. Great game thx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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zzip Posted September 29, 2021 Share Posted September 29, 2021 13 hours ago, adam242 said: I've always loved Xagon! A colorful Q*Bert-ish action game. Yes this was really well done, I played it alot. Another Q*bert type game I enjoyed was Slinky. I got it super-cheap on cassette. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Thag Posted September 29, 2021 Share Posted September 29, 2021 1 hour ago, zzip said: Yes this was really well done, I played it alot. Another Q*bert type game I enjoyed was Slinky. I got it super-cheap on cassette. My personal favorite of the 'Q-Bert' style games is Flip and Flop. Very rare on cart, I lucked into a copy a few years back at a con. It's very fun: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heaven/TQA Posted September 29, 2021 Share Posted September 29, 2021 1 hour ago, Lord Thag said: My personal favorite of the 'Q-Bert' style games is Flip and Flop. Very rare on cart, I lucked into a copy a few years back at a con. It's very fun: ha... just wanted to post the youtube video Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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