israelg Posted December 27, 2003 Share Posted December 27, 2003 Well, 1. Demon Attack. 2. Asteroids 3. Phoenix. 4. Space Invaders 5. Galaxian Israel Geron T. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Slocum Posted December 28, 2003 Share Posted December 28, 2003 River Raid, Megamania, Communist Mutants from Space, Space Invaders, Millipede Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neotokeo2001 Posted December 28, 2003 Share Posted December 28, 2003 1.Demon Attack 2.Phoenix 3.Communist Mutants 4.Space Invaders 5.Missle Command Just Missed: Suicide Mission Megamania Carnival Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjk7382 Posted December 28, 2003 Share Posted December 28, 2003 I would have to say that Spider Fighter is one of the faster ones, that most others only let you shoot one bullet at a time. I am also a big fan of Seaquest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buck Posted December 28, 2003 Share Posted December 28, 2003 I would have to say that Spider Fighter is one of the faster ones, that most others only let you shoot one bullet at a time. I am also a big fan of Seaquest. I LOVE Seaquest!! Spider Fighter is pretty cool. Megamania is another fave of mine. Buck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrizzLee Posted December 28, 2003 Share Posted December 28, 2003 Rescue Terra I and its sequel ... Laser Gates. -Lee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+cvga Posted December 28, 2003 Share Posted December 28, 2003 I'll make my obligatory Beamrider post here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atariboy Posted December 28, 2003 Share Posted December 28, 2003 River Raid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hanglyman Posted December 28, 2003 Share Posted December 28, 2003 1 - Seaquest 2 - River Raid 3 - Fantastic Voyage (cool underrated game, just don't shoot the good cells, they look kinda like asteroids) 4 - Carnival 5 - Galaxian / Phoenix Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregory DG Posted December 28, 2003 Share Posted December 28, 2003 I'll make my obligatory Beamrider post here Ditto that. I've been playing it a lot on the GBA Activision Anthology and it's excellent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiw Posted December 28, 2003 Share Posted December 28, 2003 And the old guy likes Phaser patrol, Star Master,Stargate, and Battlezone, well lately that's the list! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Csonicgo Posted December 28, 2003 Share Posted December 28, 2003 I'll make my obligatory Beamrider post here Ditto that. I've been playing it a lot on the GBA Activision Anthology and it's excellent. ditto! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxglove9 Posted December 28, 2003 Share Posted December 28, 2003 Hmmm, my favorite has to be Megamania. It depends what you consider a shooter. I can pretty much play these anytime: Spacemaster X-7, Beamrider, Spider Fighter, Fantastic Voyage, Worm War I, Flash Gordon, Turmoil, Suicide Mission, and a bunch others I'm probabling leaving out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Weis Posted December 28, 2003 Share Posted December 28, 2003 my top 3 Vangaurd Space invaders Allia Quest Rick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubersaurus Posted December 28, 2003 Share Posted December 28, 2003 1. Turmoil 2. Beamrider 3. River Raid 4. Space Invaders 5. Vanguard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATARIPITBULL Posted December 28, 2003 Share Posted December 28, 2003 1) Megamania. 2) Super Cobra. 3) Space Invaders. 4) Phoenix. 5) Centipede. 6) Millipede. And a few others I can think of. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NovaXpress Posted December 28, 2003 Share Posted December 28, 2003 Megamania is my personal favorite game with a shoot feature (999,999 every time baby) but if you wanna go for a pure crazy shooting fun you can do better. I think the most underappreciated 2600 game is Turmoil, the classic from 20th Century Fox. This is a totally original shooter that is pure adrenaline. It even has a pause feature which is much needed. Turmoil just might be the most exciting game of all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poached Roach Posted December 28, 2003 Share Posted December 28, 2003 Missile Command, if that counts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMika Posted December 29, 2003 Share Posted December 29, 2003 1. Spider Fighter. Its reward schedule is like a page out of the Skinner experiments with rats. It keeps you coming back for more. 2. Turmoil. Mark Turmell *defines* shooters, and while this game pre-dates his opus, Smash TV Arcade, it was a sign of what was to come. 3. MegaMania. Everyone had a name for the objects you were shooting, and since most people avoid manuals, it is always interesting to hear what people call them. For me, it was BowTies, Popcorn, Hamburgers, Irons and so forth. 4. Demon Attack. Ah the goodness. Informal survey over the years reveals a strange pattern, when people played this game when they were under the age of ten (When it was released), they preferred non-guided missiles. Those OVER the age of then preferred guided missiles. Weird. Rob Fulop deserves HUGE kudos for this one. My childhood was enhanced by this well balanced gem of a design. 5. Space Jockey. Why? For some reason, the weird cartesian graph-like packaging of US Games, the five dollar price tag, and the relentless shooting - SOMETHING made myself and my friends rush home from elementary school for our 45 minute lunch to forego sustenance of the food kind for pure low-res (Even by Atari standards) goodness. Stop reading here, but if you want my "runners up", well here ya go: Space Invaders - Pure shooter. Phoenix - I NEEDED a port of the arcade game I loved. Atlantis - Where did that little UFO go? See you in... ... Cosmic Ark - Take that, Space Zap. I loved the arcade game, and my friend had the Astrocade port, but this was relatively blissful. Chopper Command - Say it Keanu, "Whoa!" It's Zen-like. Star Master - 3D of the first kind. I group this with Robot Tank. ADDENDUM: DEFENDER!! I might want to push this to the #1 spot. Its follow-up, Stargate/Defender II, deserves a lot of credit too. Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NovaXpress Posted December 29, 2003 Share Posted December 29, 2003 Electronic Games, in their Megamania review, called the last enemy "popcorn" so that's what I called it too. Then I saw it was supposed to be dice. It took years before I could see dice in that yellow blob. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted December 29, 2003 Share Posted December 29, 2003 Don't forget about Allia Quest from Ebivision. It's another fun shooter. ..Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SS Posted December 29, 2003 Share Posted December 29, 2003 Don't forget about Allia Quest from Ebivision. It's another fun shooter. ..Al Yeah, yeah. Rub it in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxglove9 Posted December 29, 2003 Share Posted December 29, 2003 Everyone had a name for the objects you were shooting So true. I remember playing it with my sister and neighbor all the time and we always made up names on what the enemies were. Dice, Tires, Irons, Bowties, Diamonds, and of course the one that always made us giggle, Poo (the falling asteroid thingys). What do you expect we were 6 years old. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeybastard Posted December 29, 2003 Share Posted December 29, 2003 So many good ones, it's tough to choose. Turmoil Sea Quest Demon Attack Centipede GI Joe(well, I like it) Laser Gates I like 'em all but those are my favorites. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Megamaniac Posted December 31, 2003 Share Posted December 31, 2003 1. River Raid 2. River Raid 3. River Raid 4. River Raid 5. Megamania! (Hey, gotta stick by my namesake) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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