Kuff Dam Posted July 31 Share Posted July 31 I've got Tower Toppler but haven't played it yet. I'll have a pop at it with the Proline joystick as Shane suggested. Hewson made some great games for the ZX Spectrum years ago. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetmanUK Posted July 31 Share Posted July 31 6 minutes ago, Kuff Dam said: I've got Tower Toppler but haven't played it yet. I'll have a pop at it with the Proline joystick as Shane suggested. Hewson made some great games for the ZX Spectrum years ago. Yes they did. I'd love Uridium 7800, that would be nice. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrChickenz Posted August 1 Share Posted August 1 (edited) 6 hours ago, Kuff Dam said: Just spent an enjoyable hour playing Spider Fighter. I never played this one back in the day, it's relentless 😁 This is another one! Straight missiles or guided? I prefer straight missiles. Edited August 1 by MrChickenz 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maztr_0n Posted August 1 Share Posted August 1 17 hours ago, Maztr_0n said: Street Fight is a game advertised by Atari between 1989-1991, its assumed to just be double dragon but it could be something else like that? There was another game, white water madness, those two games are vaporware and they sound oddly interesting enough to wonder what they were (as games) i say this because stuff like Save Mary was really unique and that was made around the time of Street Fight and White Water Madness, i wonder what exactly those were, or even if modern atari knows what they were, or if evidence of their existence is gone? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maztr_0n Posted August 1 Share Posted August 1 Also i really hope if Atari could do so, please right the wrongs of the past and redo Karateka for the 7800, i think we can all agree thats something worth asking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuff Dam Posted August 1 Share Posted August 1 5 hours ago, MrChickenz said: This is another one! Straight missiles or guided? I prefer straight missiles. Straight missiles for me 👍 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shane857 Posted August 1 Author Share Posted August 1 2 hours ago, Maztr_0n said: Also i really hope if Atari could do so, please right the wrongs of the past and redo Karateka for the 7800, i think we can all agree thats something worth asking. Yeh. Not many fighters on the 7800. I really want to like Fight Night. The cartoon graphics are good and the sound is ok. Not much strategy to the game thou, you just button bash and hope to knock out your opponent. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shane857 Posted August 1 Author Share Posted August 1 Played Mr. Run and Die earlier... Don't get me wrong, it's a great game just tough as nails. Another game where you 'have' to be pixel perfect Swapped the pro-line joystick for the CX78 because my hands were sweating so much in this weather I need to play this one more. 6 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcinJ Posted August 1 Share Posted August 1 I played Scramble today. What a fun game it is. Its difficulty is set just right so you want to play more. I scored reasonably well taking my age. I am not sure if 2600+ has any possibility to store the high scores in its memory, but this would be really cool. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetmanUK Posted August 1 Share Posted August 1 29 minutes ago, shane857 said: Played Mr. Run and Die earlier... Don't get me wrong, it's a great game just tough as nails. Another game where you 'have' to be pixel perfect Swapped the pro-line joystick for the CX78 because my hands were sweating so much in this weather I need to play this one more. Mr Run and Die! 🤣🤣🤣 That's it, that's it's name now, that's it's name now. 🤣 2 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shane857 Posted August 1 Author Share Posted August 1 19 minutes ago, MarcinJ said: I played Scramble today. What a fun game it is. Its difficulty is set just right so you want to play more. I scored reasonably well taking my age. I am not sure if 2600+ has any possibility to store the high scores in its memory, but this would be really cool. My favourite Arcade game back in the day... I remember my parents taking me and my brother swimming at the local sports centre After, we would hit the Arcade machines. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maztr_0n Posted August 1 Share Posted August 1 12 hours ago, shane857 said: Yeh. Not many fighters on the 7800. I really want to like Fight Night. The cartoon graphics are good and the sound is ok. Not much strategy to the game thou, you just button bash and hope to knock out your opponent. yeah, i mean Karateka was like cinematic and all that, i think the 7800 comercials always touted the "smooth animation" the console could do, Karateka was perfect to be that showcase, shame it wasnt. But its the future! We could, we should and theres dinosaurs involved since akuma has a bird. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tradyblix Posted August 1 Share Posted August 1 On 7/29/2024 at 2:33 PM, shane857 said: Tried 'Impossible' Mission 7800 again today... I have never completed this game, and probably never will. The puzzles are just to complex. Rotating/correct colour etc Always come back to this game thou because of the platforming and sense of exploration You could literally play this game over and over, because each new game has a different map and puzzle pieces are placed randomly I usually just reset the console thou after the initial Game Over. If you do this, the game will restart with the exact map and puzzle pieces will be in the same place. Would be cool if Atari re-released this game enhanced with speech. You can't complete impossible mission anyway right ? Because it has a bug? That's why people made possible mission ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maztr_0n Posted August 1 Share Posted August 1 2 hours ago, JetmanUK said: Mr Run and Die! 🤣🤣🤣 That's it, that's it's name now, that's it's name now. 🤣 Celeste but thumb instead of girl Meatboy but more approachable than a slab of meat.... or a depressingly sad dried up block of tofu... iykyk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maztr_0n Posted August 1 Share Posted August 1 8 minutes ago, tradyblix said: You can't complete impossible mission anyway right ? Because it has a bug? That's why people made possible mission ? The PAL version was actually officially fixed by Atari back in the 80's because of the bug, its just the NTSC versions that are impossible, hence possible mission is iirc just an NTSC game. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shane857 Posted August 2 Author Share Posted August 2 9 hours ago, tradyblix said: You can't complete impossible mission anyway right ? Because it has a bug? That's why people made possible mission ? The PAL version is bugfixed so apparently completable. I never have thou.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex_813 Posted August 2 Share Posted August 2 (edited) I played several rounds of Q*bert with the Pro Line controller. It was responding really well. Also put in a few rounds of No Escape. Really like that one. Never played it much since I've had it. Oh, and a few races on Track 3 in Pole Position II 7800. Haven't been able to complete a full race yet. Edited August 2 by Alex_813 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ripweade Posted August 3 Share Posted August 3 A Friday night... "fun" week of work... time to relax and enjoy, so... Yes, I'm playing Atari today! Again! Tonight's choice is Galaxian. I find this to be an absolute fantastic port! I don't like the yellow border but am pretty good at ignoring it. Absolutely a fun shooter! I know I'm in the minority when I say that even in the arcade, I preferred this to Galaga. Don't get me wrong, Galaga is a great game, but I always thought Galaxian was better. Maybe it's the history since it came out in 1979 and was the first full color game, but I also prefer the gameplay. I think the strategy of only firing one shot at a time until it hits a target or leaves the screen made it more enjoyable and challenging. I do swear, though, that since I bought my 2600+ in April, I haven't played Atari as much in 25 years! Well done! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcinJ Posted August 3 Share Posted August 3 (edited) Today we had family over and played two fantastic homebrews. Stay Frosty 2 was an instant highlight- everyone loved the game for its unique twist on platformer game. The highlight of the day was Medieval Mayhem- as we had four paddles and four people to play. This was incredibly fun and a lot of laughs during the gameplay. Both could be issued as official Atari games. Edited August 3 by MarcinJ 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigfriendly Posted August 3 Share Posted August 3 On 8/1/2024 at 3:55 PM, MarcinJ said: I played Scramble today. What a fun game it is. Its difficulty is set just right so you want to play more. I scored reasonably well taking my age. I am not sure if 2600+ has any possibility to store the high scores in its memory, but this would be really cool. Champ Games is so bad ass. If I wasn't in the poor house I'd love to have their entire collection boxed on a shelf. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigfriendly Posted August 3 Share Posted August 3 (edited) 5 hours ago, MarcinJ said: Today we had family over and played two fantastic homebrews. Stay Frosty 2 was an instant highlight- everyone loved the game for its unique twist on platformer game. The highlight of the day was Medieval Mayhem- as we had four paddles and four people to play. This was incredibly fun and a lot of laughs during the gameplay. Both could be issued as official Atari games. I bet that was fun with four players at once and that TV picture looks great. Were you playing with 2600+? Edited August 3 by bigfriendly 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+GoldLeader Posted August 3 Share Posted August 3 21 hours ago, Ripweade said: A Friday night... "fun" week of work... time to relax and enjoy, so... Yes, I'm playing Atari today! Again! Tonight's choice is Galaxian. I find this to be an absolute fantastic port! I don't like the yellow border but am pretty good at ignoring it. Absolutely a fun shooter! I know I'm in the minority when I say that even in the arcade, I preferred this to Galaga. Don't get me wrong, Galaga is a great game, but I always thought Galaxian was better. Maybe it's the history since it came out in 1979 and was the first full color game, but I also prefer the gameplay. I think the strategy of only firing one shot at a time until it hits a target or leaves the screen made it more enjoyable and challenging. I do swear, though, that since I bought my 2600+ in April, I haven't played Atari as much in 25 years! Well done! Not to say I don't also love Galaga, but I usually prefer Galaxian too! I seem to remember it fondly in those old arcade days, so maybe that clouds my judgement! I have and like the Galaxian cart as well, and although I haven't looked in a long time, I seem to recall that there were numerous hacks (good for a Harmony Cart) of Galaxian, some of which take away the border... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Gemintronic Posted August 3 Share Posted August 3 Saw the improvements to the 2600 Doom homage. Made me take another stab at Merlin's Walls. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+GoldLeader Posted August 3 Share Posted August 3 Hmmm...What's all this then? (heh) Spoiler hmmm.. Galaxian Arcade.zip 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Stamos Mullet Posted August 4 Share Posted August 4 On 8/1/2024 at 6:44 PM, tradyblix said: You can't complete impossible mission anyway right ? Because it has a bug? That's why people made possible mission ? The PAL version is solvable. Shane is in the UK. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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