+Intellivision Master Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 1 hour ago, Atari2600PAL said: I'm ready for Monday... That is quite the collection there. 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/358034-collecting-for-the-2600/page/7/#findComment-5372501 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Intellivision Master Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 (edited) 17 minutes ago, Atari2600PAL said: The first game I ever played (and still my favourite - I’m easily pleased) Space Invaders! You can't go wrong with Space Invaders. I like that game too. It'd be nice to see a newer version of it on the 2600+ Edited December 23, 2023 by Intellivision Master 2 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/358034-collecting-for-the-2600/page/7/#findComment-5372504 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari2600PAL Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 4 minutes ago, Intellivision Master said: That is quite the collection there. Mainly PAL, so based on what I’ve read on here I’ll be looking forward to the first software update Have got a few NTSC in the collection (so Space Invaders Arcade will get a run out) but also have a box of spare carts which includes a fair few NTSC I can use for comparison 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/358034-collecting-for-the-2600/page/7/#findComment-5372507 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Intellivision Master Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 Here are some options other than eBay. https://www.estarland.com/platforms/Atari2600/47?category=GM https://gameovervideogames.com/collections/atari-2600-used-games https://levelupvideogames.com/atari-2600/ https://www.tradengames.com/store/pc/Loose-Atari-2600-Games-c32.htm 2 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/358034-collecting-for-the-2600/page/7/#findComment-5372522 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Karnov Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 Okay gang, am I missing any good single screen maze shooters? 2 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/358034-collecting-for-the-2600/page/7/#findComment-5372774 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetmanUK Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 (edited) 6 minutes ago, Dr Karnov said: Okay gang, am I missing any good single screen maze shooters? I have also been collecting single screen maze shooters, and I have all of these, apart from Room of Doom... You are missing Night Stalker/Dark Cavern. EDIT Although it's more like Pac-Man, you can actually shoot in Alien. Edited December 23, 2023 by JetmanUK 4 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/358034-collecting-for-the-2600/page/7/#findComment-5372778 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Karnov Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 6 minutes ago, JetmanUK said: I have also been collecting single screen maze shooters, and I have all of these, apart from Room of Doom... You are missing Night Stalker/Dark Cavern. EDIT Although it's more like Pac-Man, you can actually shoot in Alien. Cheers for the tip! Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/358034-collecting-for-the-2600/page/7/#findComment-5372783 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetmanUK Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 Just now, Dr Karnov said: Cheers for the tip! No problem. How would you rank the games? Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/358034-collecting-for-the-2600/page/7/#findComment-5372784 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Karnov Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 2 minutes ago, JetmanUK said: No problem. How would you rank the games? Marauder is definitely #1. I love that game. Wizard of Wor probably #2. I think I'm going to like Room of Doom quite a bit but not given it enough time yet. How about you? Top picks? Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/358034-collecting-for-the-2600/page/7/#findComment-5372786 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetmanUK Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 (edited) 13 minutes ago, Dr Karnov said: Marauder is definitely #1. I love that game. Wizard of Wor probably #2. I think I'm going to like Room of Doom quite a bit but not given it enough time yet. How about you? Top picks? It may change as I play them more and get into them, but right now I'd say: 1 Night Stalker/Dark Cavern (I actually have both versions, one is in the post right now!) 2 Marauder 3 Berzerk and Berzerk Enhanced 4 Wizard of Wor 5 Venture To be fair I need to play the last two some more, but I find it hard not to play Night Stalker and Marauder, they are both so good. I really want to get Room of Doom, but just looked again and the Fleabay prices are insane. Same goes for Alien. Edited December 23, 2023 by JetmanUK 2 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/358034-collecting-for-the-2600/page/7/#findComment-5372787 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Karnov Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 Just now, JetmanUK said: It may change as I play them more and get into them, but right now I'd say: 1 Night Stalker/Dark Cavern (I actually have both versions, one is in the post right now!) 2 Marauder 3 Berzerk and Berzerk Enhanced 4 Wizard of Wor 5 Venture To be fair I need to play the last two some more, but I find it hard not to play Night Stalker and Marauder, they are both so good. I really want to get Room of Doom, but just looked again and the Fleabay prices are insane. Sane goes for Alien. Is there any difference between Night Stalker and Dark Cavern? Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/358034-collecting-for-the-2600/page/7/#findComment-5372788 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetmanUK Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 Just now, Dr Karnov said: Is there any difference between Night Stalker and Dark Cavern? I believe that Night Stalker was it's name on Intellivision, then it was called Dark Cavern on the 2600, then later renamed back to Night Stalker with later copies. I have Night Stalker now, I bought Dark Cavern to check it out really, and also becuase I was buying other games from the seller and shipping was expensive from the USA so it was worth adding more game purchases on. It also should then be the NTSC version. Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/358034-collecting-for-the-2600/page/7/#findComment-5372792 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Karnov Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 1 minute ago, JetmanUK said: I believe that Night Stalker was it's name on Intellivision, then it was called Dark Cavern on the 2600, then later renamed back to Night Stalker with later copies. I have Night Stalker now, I bought Dark Cavern to check it out really, and also becuase I was buying other games from the seller and shipping was expensive from the USA so it was worth adding more game purchases on. It also should then be the NTSC version. Can you keep us posted when you get it? I just looked at a video of the game, and it looks right up my street so I'll be keeping an eye out Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/358034-collecting-for-the-2600/page/7/#findComment-5372793 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetmanUK Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 Just now, Dr Karnov said: Can you keep us posted when you get it? I just looked at a video of the game, and it looks right up my street so I'll be keeping an eye out Of course mate, no probs. It's def worth checking out, maybe try it on Stella first. 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/358034-collecting-for-the-2600/page/7/#findComment-5372795 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Karnov Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 I just remembered that I've played the Intellivision version of Night Stalker on Evercade and I enjoyed it 2 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/358034-collecting-for-the-2600/page/7/#findComment-5372799 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetmanUK Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 44 minutes ago, Dr Karnov said: Okay gang, am I missing any good single screen maze shooters? Looking at Room of Doom again, there's not really a maze included, so if a single screen shooter is what your'e after then perhaps Tron Deadly Discs would be to your liking. I can recommend that one too, it's fun. 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/358034-collecting-for-the-2600/page/7/#findComment-5372801 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Karnov Posted December 24, 2023 Share Posted December 24, 2023 After a few levels on Room of Doom, obstacles start appearing, so it's kinda maze like, but see definitely less so than the other games Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/358034-collecting-for-the-2600/page/7/#findComment-5372805 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetmanUK Posted December 24, 2023 Share Posted December 24, 2023 5 minutes ago, Dr Karnov said: After a few levels on Room of Doom, obstacles start appearing, so it's kinda maze like, but see definitely less so than the other games Gotcha, I still recommend Tron Deadly Discs though. Haha 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/358034-collecting-for-the-2600/page/7/#findComment-5372810 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MysticSword Posted December 24, 2023 Share Posted December 24, 2023 1 hour ago, Dr Karnov said: Okay gang, am I missing any good single screen maze shooters? Nice collection of 'maze shooters' there. I don't yet have Marauder or Room of Doom, so I'll need to keep an eye for them (and if the prices aren't too insane that is). A game I got recently for my growing collection of 2600 games is Dark Chambers and I really like it. It's somewhat like a crude / early version of Gauntlet (which I guess the 7800 version is more closer to Gauntlet, but availability wise it seems quite limited and the couple of options I seen on Ebay, the prices were WAY too high for me). Anyways, I find the 2600 version of Dark Chambers quite enjoyable and somewhat of more relaxed dungeon-crawler / maze-shooter. 4 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/358034-collecting-for-the-2600/page/7/#findComment-5372834 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Karnov Posted December 24, 2023 Share Posted December 24, 2023 2 minutes ago, MysticSword said: Nice collection of 'maze shooters' there. I don't yet have Marauder or Room of Doom, so I'll need to keep an eye for them (and if the prices aren't too insane that is). A game I got recently for my growing collection of 2600 games is Dark Chambers and I really like it. It's somewhat like a crude / early version of Gauntlet (which I guess the 7800 version is more closer to Gauntlet, but availability wise it seems quite limited and the couple of options I seen on Ebay, the prices were WAY too high for me). Anyways, I find the 2600 version of Dark Chambers quite enjoyable and somewhat of more relaxed dungeon-crawler / maze-shooter. Cheers for the tip! 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/358034-collecting-for-the-2600/page/7/#findComment-5372835 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetmanUK Posted December 24, 2023 Share Posted December 24, 2023 23 minutes ago, MysticSword said: Nice collection of 'maze shooters' there. I don't yet have Marauder or Room of Doom, so I'll need to keep an eye for them (and if the prices aren't too insane that is). A game I got recently for my growing collection of 2600 games is Dark Chambers and I really like it. It's somewhat like a crude / early version of Gauntlet (which I guess the 7800 version is more closer to Gauntlet, but availability wise it seems quite limited and the couple of options I seen on Ebay, the prices were WAY too high for me). Anyways, I find the 2600 version of Dark Chambers quite enjoyable and somewhat of more relaxed dungeon-crawler / maze-shooter. I agree on this, one of my favourites. 👍🏻 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/358034-collecting-for-the-2600/page/7/#findComment-5372846 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex_813 Posted December 24, 2023 Share Posted December 24, 2023 I should be getting mine on Monday, so I dug out some old boxes and started pre-testing carts on OG hardware while I wait. I have more carts stashed away as well, just need to get to retrieve them. Sadly, I leave town on Tuesday, so I will not have a lot of time to play on the Plus. 3 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/358034-collecting-for-the-2600/page/7/#findComment-5372865 Share on other sites More sharing options...
scifidude79 Posted December 24, 2023 Share Posted December 24, 2023 2 hours ago, MysticSword said: Anyways, I find the 2600 version of Dark Chambers quite enjoyable and somewhat of more relaxed dungeon-crawler / maze-shooter. I love Dark Chambers. I find it even more enjoyable than Gauntlet, which I also really like. That cartridge looks like it's in really good shape. 2 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/358034-collecting-for-the-2600/page/7/#findComment-5372873 Share on other sites More sharing options...
scifidude79 Posted December 24, 2023 Share Posted December 24, 2023 11 minutes ago, Alex_813 said: I should be getting mine on Monday, so I dug out some old boxes and started pre-testing carts on OG hardware while I wait. I have more carts stashed away as well, just need to get to retrieve them. Sadly, I leave town on Tuesday, so I will not have a lot of time to play on the Plus. That's awesome, I love that setup. Remember to have some isopropyl alcohol and cotton swabs handy, because the 2600+ is finicky about clean cartridges. (most modern consoles that play old cartridges are this way) 2 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/358034-collecting-for-the-2600/page/7/#findComment-5372874 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex_813 Posted December 24, 2023 Share Posted December 24, 2023 14 minutes ago, scifidude79 said: That's awesome, I love that setup. Remember to have some isopropyl alcohol and cotton swabs handy, because the 2600+ is finicky about clean cartridges. (most modern consoles that play old cartridges are this way) I think it's just the old carts in general. I needed to clean all of my NES and Genesis carts when I dug those systems out earlier this year. went through quite a bit of alcohol and swabs, but they all work now. As far as my set up, thank you. Here's a wider view, plus my big boys (and a bunch of stuff in the corner that really needs to be organized): 5 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/358034-collecting-for-the-2600/page/7/#findComment-5372883 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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