THE BIG CHRISTMAS 2600+ GIVEAWAY COMPETITION!

[Thomas Jentzsch]

55 minutes ago, ls650 said:

Good idea, although I suspect that most of us reading this already have a large number of Activision carts!

...which may not work (anymore).

[Cracker]

I would love to see Indy 500 with working steering wheels :)

[Jimz]

I would love to see the 2600 Gyruss redone. This version only had the soundtrack, which is awesome btw, and no other sound effects. Gotta love that they were able to include Bach’s masterpiece tho. Maybe with a reissue they could add the laser blasts and explosions. 

[mr jones]

I'm one of those weird people that is fascinated with the Atari way after its heyday.

 

I see the magic that indie devs are pulling off, and I want to try them out for myself.

 

I'd be interested in a re-release of Tetris for the 2600, or Rikki & Vikki for the 7800.

[+Living Room Arcade]

On 12/10/2023 at 8:17 AM, Emehr said:

@Ben from Plaion @Emehr @Warboss Gegguz No worries! Honestly I read your post as good-natured ribbing.

@Ben from Plaion @Warboss Gegguz I apologized and @Emehr I think accepted my apology.  

 

Sorry to disturb you.  I see you guys are busy planning new games.  Now that I have offered my apology, I think there is one last thing that I should do.  To show my sincerity, I should withdraw myself from the contest.  If there are no hard feelings, then perhaps I can participate in the contest next time.  Thanks and sorry about the disturbance that I caused.   

[Warboss Gegguz]

13 minutes ago, Living Room Arcade said:

@Ben from Plaion @Warboss Gegguz I apologized and @Emehr I think accepted my apology.  

 

Sorry to disturb you.  I see you guys are busy planning new games.  Now that I have offered my apology, I think there is one last thing that I should do.  To show my sincerity, I should withdraw myself from the contest.  If there are no hard feelings, then perhaps I can participate in the contest next time.  Thanks and sorry about the disturbance that I caused.   

LOL, dude, it's cool. You're fine. It's just bants.

[scifidude79]

One word: Rampage.

 

Rampage came out for both the 2600 and the 7800, and on both it's one of those rare carts that go for a lot of money. I know there's some licensing, but it's an IP that gets licensed a lot, so it should be feasible. It also just happens to be one of my favorite games.

[Warboss Gegguz]

1 hour ago, scifidude79 said:

One word: Rampage.

 

Rampage came out for both the 2600 and the 7800, and on both it's one of those rare carts that go for a lot of money. I know there's some licensing, but it's an IP that gets licensed a lot, so it should be feasible. It also just happens to be one of my favorite games.

I guess you could MAYBE convince WB it would be good publicity for it, since they're apparently planning on making a sequel to that dogshit Rock movie "based" on rampage.

The one where they're just big animals and it takes itself super seriously, as the Rampage games are known to do.

Played the "reboot" game at D&B and the 2600 version is actually closer to Rampage than it is.

 

... Can you tell I'm bitter about how WB handles its Midway IPs/Titles?

[scifidude79]

1 hour ago, Warboss Gegguz said:

I guess you could MAYBE convince WB it would be good publicity for it, since they're apparently planning on making a sequel to that dogshit Rock movie "based" on rampage.

The one where they're just big animals and it takes itself super seriously, as the Rampage games are known to do.

Played the "reboot" game at D&B and the 2600 version is actually closer to Rampage than it is.

 

... Can you tell I'm bitter about how WB handles its Midway IPs/Titles?

To be fair, a lot of my earlier thoughts, like a new reissue Centipede 7800 cartridge were already said, along with a lot of other great ideas, so I went for something a little more "out there." Though, I have a Mortal Kombat II Arcade1Up machine with 12 games on it, including Rampage. So, it's not outside of the realm of possibility that they'll do a license. After all, WB probably needs the money.

 

I never saw that movie starring Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson. Once I saw that it was about animals that become big and not mutated scientists, I knew they'd missed the point entirely and I had no interest.

[Snogpitch]

I would love to see a 7800 version of Frantic Freddie with beautiful pokey tunes. 

[Magpieboy]

An Imagic Enhanced collection would be awesome.

[john_q_atari]

I would like to see Pitfall III released for the 2600+ with graphics and game play similar to the original Activision 2600 Pitfall II release. 

[MysticSword]

I'd love to see an enhanced version of either Galaxian or Midnight Magic pinball (or both) as they're a couple of my fav 2600 games.

It would also be great to see some new 'casual / relaxed' type of games (think along the lines of Othello, Chess, etc...).

[DEANJIMMY]

2 hours ago, john_q_atari said:

I would like to see Pitfall III released for the 2600+ with graphics and game play similar to the original Activision 2600 Pitfall II release. 

Maybe a 7800 Version of Pitfall 2?

[protomank]

4 hours ago, john_q_atari said:

I would like to see Pitfall III released for the 2600+ with graphics and game play similar to the original Activision 2600 Pitfall II release. 

I would love that. I did not vote on it, just because Pitfall is now owned by Microsoft, so that makes things more difficult to license from.

[LornaJ2016]

I'd like to see Warlords  or Wizard of War reissued and maybe updated. Thanks for bringing the 2600+ to market!

[glazball]

SwordQuest: AirWorld gets my vote!

[ChrisKewl]

December 16th is my 45th birthday, so maybe I'll get lucky and win!

 

What I would like to see re-released: More paddle controller love - Circus Atari, Super Breakout and Warlords!

Edited December 12, 2023 by ChrisKewl
Forgot Super Breakout

[Warboss Gegguz]

28 minutes ago, glazball said:

SwordQuest: AirWorld gets my vote!

And buy back the prizes from the Tramiels. Not even to give them away, just out of principle.

Edited December 12, 2023 by Warboss Gegguz

[DEBRO]

I vote for Rikki & Vikki. It would appeal to old and new gamers. Great puzzle game play, great graphics, and cut scenes.

[eightbit]

Just one game. Yars Revenge II!

[Jason Lee]

I caught myself off of work today relaxing with a book of nonograms, and it hit me that THIS would be such a perfect and fun 2600 title.

 

Many gamers know nonograms best from Nintendo’s use of them in Picross (and other publishers have done the same, such as SNK).

 

They’re just simple logic puzzles that produce pixel art. Some of the bigger puzzles might be a challenge, but I think the bigger puzzles could be split up into smaller sections that produce one BIG piece of art. I’m no programmer. 🤣 But it’s the kind of simple fun that I could see myself being hooked on the big screen with on a 2600.

 

Here are some shots from SNK’s Picture Puzzle for the Neo Geo Pocket.

[eCockpit89]

1 hour ago, Jason Lee said:

I caught myself off of work today relaxing with a book of nonograms, and it hit me that THIS would be such a perfect and fun 2600 title.

 

Many gamers know nonograms best from Nintendo’s use of them in Picross (and other publishers have done the same, such as SNK).

 

They’re just simple logic puzzles that produce pixel art. Some of the bigger puzzles might be a challenge, but I think the bigger puzzles could be split up into smaller sections that produce one BIG piece of art. I’m no programmer. 🤣 But it’s the kind of simple fun that I could see myself being hooked on the big screen with on a 2600.

 

Here are some shots from SNK’s Picture Puzzle for the Neo Geo Pocket.

[macdlsa]

14 hours ago, john_q_atari said:

I would like to see Pitfall III released for the 2600+ with graphics and game play similar to the original Activision 2600 Pitfall II release. 

 

[scifidude79]

I think someone already mentioned it, but I'd love to see a 10-in-1 multicart of 7800 games, like the great cart we got with the 2600+. It could include the 7 first party 7800 games from the Atari 50 collection, plus Food Fight, RealSports Baseball and Robotron: 2084. That would be one heck of a multi cart. 😁

Edited December 13, 2023 by scifidude79