Dino from Bula Posted February 15, 2004 Share Posted February 15, 2004 Not everyone had Stella in the house...some other had an O2, Intellivision, a Vectrex, a Microvision, VIC-20, whatever... What games did they have that you wish your 2600 could run? For me, it was KC Munchkin (O2) or Parsec (TI-99/4a). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoahsMyBro Posted February 15, 2004 Share Posted February 15, 2004 All Intellivison - Baseball Football Sea Battle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassidy Nolen Posted February 15, 2004 Share Posted February 15, 2004 The neighbors and I always played 2600, but there was a friend behind us that had an ADAM. We played Buck Rogers all the time there. I had a Vic-20 but nobody ever played that with me.... Good thread idea Cassidy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SS Posted February 15, 2004 Share Posted February 15, 2004 Put in another vote for KC Munchkin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATARIPITBULL Posted February 15, 2004 Share Posted February 15, 2004 All my little friends growing up had Atari 2600, but then one of them bought the Coleco Vision and I wished that the 2600s Donkey Kong looked as good as Coleco. But I still loved my Atari more!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elviticus Posted February 16, 2004 Share Posted February 16, 2004 Most people, who I knew, had Ataris. But, ONE of my friends had an Intellivision. I didn't care about all the sports games, but B-17 bomber made me very jealous!!! What a great game. When I started rebuilding my Atari collection, I got an Intellivision too - primarily to play this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+cvga Posted February 16, 2004 Share Posted February 16, 2004 I had an Atari and my best friend had an Intellivision. We played one of them every single day. Our favorite Intellivision games were... Major League Baseball Dungeons and Dragons - Cloudy Mountain Swords and Serpents Astrosmash and Beamrider! I was so pleased when Beamrider came out for the 2600. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christianscott27 Posted February 16, 2004 Share Posted February 16, 2004 of course it seemed like everybody had a VCS before me, i remember we used to have sleep over parties at eric's and we would stay up all night playing "chopper command". when i finally got my own VCS it was the sears video arcade II (the one that looks like an all black 7800 with paddle/joysticks). i remember the other kids poo-pah'd it for not being a real atari, ha, screw them, now its more collectible. then my spoiled friend brian got a coleco and we did envy it, he even had the super action controllers but for some reason we mostly played smurfs. eventually he even got the VCS expansion and then we really hated him, he could play it all! funny thing was that years later when i was 17 and playing 7800 when all the other kids had NES he took pity on me and gave me his old colecovision Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vic George 2K3 Posted February 16, 2004 Share Posted February 16, 2004 What friends I had in St. Vincent's Home in Fall River, MA owned mostly handheld games, though some owned systems like the Atari 2600, the Coleco Vision, and even the Vectrex...and right on grounds, too, they had these systems! The game units I personally owned at St. Vincent's was a Tomytronic Tron handheld, an Intellivision II, a Coleco Gemini, a second-hand Atari 2600 that barely worked, and a Coleco Adam Family Computer System. At home I just had an Atari 2600, and then later on a Coleco Vision with Expansion Module #1 which I almost ruined by spilling a drink on it. Eep! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sku_u Posted February 16, 2004 Share Posted February 16, 2004 A friend of mine had a colecovision, vectrex and Nintendo before I did. I remember wanting to see Pepper II and Ladybug on the Atari, and every Nintendo launch title. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcostin Posted February 17, 2004 Share Posted February 17, 2004 I spent a lot of time at my grandmother's, and the neighbors there had an Odyssey 2 about the same time I had a VCS. KC Munchkin was cool, and the splashy presentation of Quest For The Rings awed me, even though I never quite understood how to play it. The kids next door (younger than me) had an Atari 400. Star Raiders, Moon Shuttle, and Shamus all looked great to me. My best friends who lived across the street had an Atari 800 when I had VIC-20, darn them. But then they took a wrong turn and bought a Coleco Adam, when I had a C64. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oesii Posted February 17, 2004 Share Posted February 17, 2004 Put in another vote for KC Munchkin. I third that. I had the 2600 and Atari 800, my pal had the O2 and KC is about the only game I remember playing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NovaXpress Posted February 17, 2004 Share Posted February 17, 2004 In my neighborhood we beat up the Intellivision kids. The only one around with non-2600 systems was me. I had the Colecovision and 800 as well. Zaxxon and Donkey Kong didn't impress my friends nearly as much as the Apshai series on the 800 did. I had one friend with a Coleco Gemini and a Timex-Sinclair 1000. He was a strange guy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moycon Posted February 17, 2004 Share Posted February 17, 2004 I had friends that owned almost all the other systems. I dont recall specifically ever wishing a particular game was on the Atrai that they had.... But looking back Two games I remember playing at friends that I wish they had made for Atari, Shamus (Vic 20) and maybe The Heist (Colecovision) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voch Posted February 17, 2004 Share Posted February 17, 2004 My friends had ColecoVisions and I had a Commodore 64 at my Dad's (the Atari 2600 was really my uncle's and lived at my Mom's/Grandma's house). Now I have all their systems! Nothing will stop me! Hahahaha! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tantone56 Posted February 17, 2004 Share Posted February 17, 2004 My uncle had a genny and I still had a nes and he would make fun of it. Well that christmas he kept making fun of me then al of the sudden I saw that him and my grandma bought me a genny for christmas. The most exciting thing I ever got for christmas though was an N64 with goldeneye a few years ago. The feeling inside me when I opened the wrapping paper was magical. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjk7382 Posted February 17, 2004 Share Posted February 17, 2004 I remember when I was pretty young and we had had the Atari 400 for a long time and never got any more games than the main commons (asteroids, pacman.....) Then in about 1986 my friend across the street got this new system called the Nintendo Entertainment System, and I was blown away by mario when I went over there. I remember he was spoiled rotten and had it almost the first day it came out. Of course I think about a year later I got an nes myself, but I remember running over to my friends house to play the ol' nes mario. (and loved it) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian M Posted February 17, 2004 Share Posted February 17, 2004 Tunnels of Doom...originally on the TI-89 (or was it 99?) computer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CincYnoTi Posted February 17, 2004 Share Posted February 17, 2004 I never had a system when I was young. I think I was in college when a friend's little brother got an atari. I was thrilled to find out they had pacman...until I played it . I lost any desire to have my own atari right there. Later I played donkey kong on a colecovision at someone else's place. Now THAT would have saved some quarters! But I never bought a coleco until many years later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goochman Posted February 17, 2004 Share Posted February 17, 2004 I had a pretty good setup: First Wave - I had a 2600, brothers friend had an Intellivision. Someone else in our neighborhood got a Colecovision Second Wave - Friend of mine got an Apple II, after 'hearing' about Ultima II I convinced my parents to get me a computer which was an Atari 800, then my next door neighbor got a C64 I was able to play pretty much everything I know own: Atari 800/XL/130XE/XEGS Apple II (given to me!) C64 Vic20 CV Inty II 2600/Jr 7800 5200 I dont think I need anymore neighbors or friends Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dino from Bula Posted February 17, 2004 Author Share Posted February 17, 2004 after getting my 64 (that's the Commodore to the younger folks)...the Atari got the brown logo cover on for a good while. After getting that neat "software" that made us feel "piratey," I played lots of Lode Runner and Karateka...still favorites. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chairmonkey4406 Posted February 18, 2004 Share Posted February 18, 2004 My brother had an NES since before I was born and he would never let me into his room even to watch him and his friends play mario. My aunt had an Atari but I never played that either. We had an intellivision but since I was four when we moved we lost the switchbox along with some NES games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tantone56 Posted February 18, 2004 Share Posted February 18, 2004 I hate the kids who get everything they want when it first comes out and end up being ungratful Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gulag picture radio Posted February 18, 2004 Share Posted February 18, 2004 Yeah, I knew a couple kids who were pretty spoiled. I knew two kids who had the Big Three (Atari, Intellivision, Coleco) at the same time! That's when I first learned that systems that come out around the same time have pretty equivalent hardware and capabilities - it's all about the gameplay. That's really true today with CUbe, Ps2 and Xbox being really similar inside, but the software being the thing that draws you to one over another Anyway, I had Atari and my best friend had Intellivision. I really like Microsurgeon and Beauty and the Beast. I always wished those games were on Atari as well. Now I don't have to worry since I have multple systems! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tantone56 Posted February 18, 2004 Share Posted February 18, 2004 I have Xbox and ps2 ut Iought the ps2 and the xox was a gift from my parents they said it was for me and my sister but considering how he hates games it's really all for me and ended up in my room Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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