AtariChild840 Posted April 1, 2004 Share Posted April 1, 2004 Who else thinks David Crane made some of the best games for the 2600 (and beyond)? (yes, i suppose the whole activision crew was pretty damn visionary, but I think Crane was the best) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shortly Posted April 1, 2004 Share Posted April 1, 2004 HSW Baby! (and not just because he posts here from time to time!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian M Posted April 1, 2004 Share Posted April 1, 2004 Thomas Jentzsch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MegaManFan Posted April 1, 2004 Share Posted April 1, 2004 Old school coder would definitely have to be Mr. Warshaw, hands down. New school must at least, but not be limited to, Paul Slocum, Thomas Jentzsch, Manuel Polik, Eduardo Mello, Daniel Bienvenu, and Andrew Davie among others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeepnut24 Posted April 1, 2004 Share Posted April 1, 2004 Im sticking with the Activision Devs. There games seem to be my favorite. Of course there are others... This isn't easy to answer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted April 1, 2004 Share Posted April 1, 2004 Peter Niday. His games were amazing. Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MegaManFan Posted April 1, 2004 Share Posted April 1, 2004 Gotta give Eugene Jarvis some love for that 800/5200 Blaster. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjk7382 Posted April 1, 2004 Share Posted April 1, 2004 I am going with HSW as old school programmer. Mainly because I am playing a lot of saboteur lately, and all his other games are great also. And Thomas Jentzsch as new school programmer. I chose him because I still regard Thrust to be the greatest game on the system. And I am playing a lot of Battlezone TC also. These will probly change over time, but that is how I feel right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cootster Posted April 1, 2004 Share Posted April 1, 2004 The guy who did Solaris/Radar Lock (Neubauer?) on the old-school end, followed closely by Garry Kitchen . . . And on the new-school end, I'd have to go with Eckhard Stolberg, because Z26, Cubis, and his demos rock . . . (I know his voice demo code is being used in Homestar RPG, but did the text routine come from his ASCII character set demo also?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NovaXpress Posted April 1, 2004 Share Posted April 1, 2004 I want to recognize Bob Smith, who never made a bad game and put the 2600 to some innovative uses. Video Pinball, Star Voyager, Riddle of the Sphinx, Dragonfire, Moonsweeper, Star Wars: The Arcade Game. That's quite a list of achievements. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liquid_sky Posted April 1, 2004 Share Posted April 1, 2004 Ive always been partial to Steve Cartwright's games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
black dog Posted April 2, 2004 Share Posted April 2, 2004 The genius that programmed those Mythicon classics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATARIPITBULL Posted April 2, 2004 Share Posted April 2, 2004 I don't just like one, I like all these guy's 1) David Crane. 2) HSW. 3) Bob Polaro. 4) Thomas Jentzsch. 5) Andrew Davie. 6) Eric Ball. 7) Tim "Sniderman" Snider. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregory DG Posted April 2, 2004 Share Posted April 2, 2004 I'll give some props to the ladies: Carla Meninsky for Warlords and Carol Shaw for River Raid. :wink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
128bytes Posted April 2, 2004 Share Posted April 2, 2004 Warren Robinett, who blew the doors off the Atari VCS in 1978 and opened game designers' eyes to so many new possibilities with Adventure. http://www.warrenrobinett.com/adventure/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intvgene Posted April 2, 2004 Share Posted April 2, 2004 To name a few: John Van Ryzin (H.E.R.O & Cosmic Commuter) Ed Salvo (Mountain King & Halloween) Bob Whitehead (Private Eye) Stephen Landrum (Official Frogger & Dragonstomper) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kisrael Posted April 2, 2004 Share Posted April 2, 2004 The anonymous programmer who made Battlezone. To me, that is THE technical and artistic achievement on the 2600. Warren Robinnett gets a nod too :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saikyo Posted April 2, 2004 Share Posted April 2, 2004 All of them including HSW! what would we play without them? And the mystery ones deserve extra recognition even though we dont know their names! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vespertillio Posted April 2, 2004 Share Posted April 2, 2004 Mr. Warshaw. Warren Robinnett Although off topic my favorite game designer bar none is: Sid Meier Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cybergoth Posted April 2, 2004 Share Posted April 2, 2004 Hi there! Sid Meier You mean Sid "Randomize" Meier? My 2600 hero is Doug Neubauer. And also the mystical guy/gal who did Battlezone. And Peter Engelbrite for the 2600 "Games" games Greetings, Manuel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted April 2, 2004 Share Posted April 2, 2004 My 2600 hero is Doug Neubauer. Yup, plus David Crane. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khryssun Posted April 2, 2004 Share Posted April 2, 2004 My top 5 : - Howard Scott Warshaw : Yar's revenge, E.T. and Raiders of the lost ark are my favorites games. - John Van Ryzin for the amazing H.E.R.O. - Rex Bradford for the wonderful SW: The Empire Strikes Back - Carla Meninsky for the Great Star Raiders - David Crane for all the good games he programmed too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy_Dude Posted April 2, 2004 Share Posted April 2, 2004 Larry Kaplan and David Crane becuase Kaboom is my fave game I wouldn't even try to pick a new-skool programmer. They're all so damn good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariChild840 Posted April 4, 2004 Author Share Posted April 4, 2004 yeah, of the these 2nd gen. programmers, i think the xype team has created some really cool stuff, (i want gun fight!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kisrael Posted April 4, 2004 Share Posted April 4, 2004 Why...I must be my own favorite Atari Programmer... because... I believe the children are our future teach them well and let them lead the way. Show them all the beauty they possess inside. [...] So I learned to depend on me. I decided long ago never to walk in anyone's shadow If I fail if I succeed, at least I lived as I believed no matter what they take from me they can't take away my dignity Because the greatest love of all is happening to me I found the greatest love of all inside of me the greatest love of all is easy to acheive learning to love yourself it is the greatest love of all. (Follow this link if you have no idea what I'm talking about) That said, I'm probably one of the worst 6502-coders to release an actual 2600 game :-) JoustPong is a pretty nifty concept though, IMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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