Synthead Posted October 8, 2004 Share Posted October 8, 2004 You know those games like Raptor and Tyrian? Those overhead games where you fly a ship and blast approachine enemies? Those kinda of games are my personal favorite. I love em! Are there any good games like that for the 2600? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cybergoth Posted October 8, 2004 Share Posted October 8, 2004 Hi there! After reading some of your postings, I started wondering how old you are? Greetings, Manuel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synthead Posted October 8, 2004 Author Share Posted October 8, 2004 I'm 17 Do I sound older or younger? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cybergoth Posted October 8, 2004 Share Posted October 8, 2004 Hi there! I'm 17 Do I sound older or younger? Hehe, actually that was precisely what I expected Greetings, Manuel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdement Posted October 8, 2004 Share Posted October 8, 2004 There's a 2600 version of Xevious. I've only played it in emulation, I have no idea how common the carts are. It's an amazing stretch that they even tried to port it to the 2600. The result is about as good as you can expect I suppose. I think the non-scrolling shooting-gallery type games work better on this system. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cybergoth Posted October 8, 2004 Share Posted October 8, 2004 Hi there! There's also Espial. And River Raid certainly. Greetings, Manuel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeybastard Posted October 8, 2004 Share Posted October 8, 2004 Megamania has some elements of that in the patterns that the enemies descend. It's a great shooter. Planet Patrol is a side scroller but has the same elements. Planet Patrol is one of my favs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanJr Posted October 8, 2004 Share Posted October 8, 2004 Zaxxon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted October 8, 2004 Share Posted October 8, 2004 Zaxxon He asked for good games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sku_u Posted October 8, 2004 Share Posted October 8, 2004 River Raid II Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JB Posted October 8, 2004 Share Posted October 8, 2004 Zaxxon He asked for good games. I used to love VCS Zaxxon. Perhaps because I'd never played the original at the time. Not an overhead view, but Defender 2/Stargate is a scrolling shooter, which seems to be the goal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donald_Ferren Posted October 8, 2004 Share Posted October 8, 2004 Don't forget Tac-Scan by Sega. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lost Monkey Posted October 8, 2004 Share Posted October 8, 2004 Desert Falcon.. can't get more "birdseye" than that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godzilla Posted October 9, 2004 Share Posted October 9, 2004 sadly, espial wears out pretty quick. Tho not strictly like scrolling overhead shooters, I love 2600 threshold and spider fighter. and turmoil is a really unique variant. 2600 vanguard has some good overhead shooting elements. Strategy X by konami is a fun scrolling overhead shooter, but you control a tank. It has a pretty large amount of level area for a 2600 game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synthead Posted October 29, 2004 Author Share Posted October 29, 2004 I bought a River Raid cart off ebay from your suggestion and I got it in the mail today. I LOVE this game! It's so ... GREAT! The visual and audio experience is incredible - I was really amazed that my 2600 could pull this off. I emulated it and still didn't know if it'd run well on my 2600 (I even soldered together a working parallel port interface for my TAC-2). What a great game! I'm gonna have to pick some other games you guys mentioned off ebay too - I have lot of faith in the taste of you guys' games! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMila75 Posted October 29, 2004 Share Posted October 29, 2004 I used to play Tac-Scan for hours. The speed of the advanced levels blew me away (20 years ago..not as impressive today ) River Raid 2 is also a winner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Helmet Posted October 29, 2004 Share Posted October 29, 2004 Zaxxon He asked for good games. I used to love VCS Zaxxon. Perhaps because I'd never played the original at the time. Not an overhead view, but Defender 2/Stargate is a scrolling shooter, which seems to be the goal. Zaxxon is supposed to be a 3-D shooter, but on the 2600 it comes off as more of a birds-eye shooter...piss poor port... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZylonBane Posted October 29, 2004 Share Posted October 29, 2004 Zaxxon is supposed to be an isometric shooter. The 2600 version is actually more "3D" than the arcade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Helmet Posted October 29, 2004 Share Posted October 29, 2004 Zaxxon is supposed to be an isometric shooter. The 2600 version is actually more "3D" than the arcade. Ah...I stand corrected Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godzilla Posted October 29, 2004 Share Posted October 29, 2004 for as fugly as it was, i am still impressed with 2600 zaxxon. tho it is its own unique game, that is entirely unlike the arcade game, it's still damn good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kisrael Posted October 29, 2004 Share Posted October 29, 2004 Galaxian, kind of. Oops...well, there's SUPPOSED to be a scrolling star background there River Raid is the probably the most amazing instance, though. What's impressive about it is how well it's crafted, I played it for a long time before realizing how well it deal with the 2600's limitations, like there's only ever 2 objects per scan line, your plane and something else. And then, the brilliance of it generating a huge amount of "content" yet still being a tiny little cartridge...really brilliant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kencrisis Posted October 30, 2004 Share Posted October 30, 2004 I bought a River Raid cart off ebay from your suggestion and I got it in the mail today. I LOVE this game! You know, since you're new to all this, I thought I'd also suggest Chopper Command and Defender. Although they're side scrollers, both those games are played in my house when we're in a "River Raid mood" after we're done with River Raid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubersaurus Posted October 30, 2004 Share Posted October 30, 2004 There's a 2600 version of Xevious. I've only played it in emulation, I have no idea how common the carts are. It's an amazing stretch that they even tried to port it to the 2600. The result is about as good as you can expect I suppose. I think the non-scrolling shooting-gallery type games work better on this system. Xevious on 2600 is just a prototype. Communist Mutants is a good one, and Beamrider is too, although that one, I think, isn't the camera perspective you're looking for, it plays like a vertical shooter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gospeedde Posted October 30, 2004 Share Posted October 30, 2004 Does Radar Lock count? I really like that game, except when it wont let me dock for some reason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synthead Posted October 31, 2004 Author Share Posted October 31, 2004 I bought a River Raid cart off ebay from your suggestion and I got it in the mail today. I LOVE this game! You know, since you're new to all this, I thought I'd also suggest Chopper Command and Defender. Although they're side scrollers, both those games are played in my house when we're in a "River Raid mood" after we're done with River Raid. Already got it! Still in the mail though http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...me=STRK:MEWN:IT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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