Cousin Vinnie Posted May 5, 2002 Share Posted May 5, 2002 This is a long way off, but I was thinking of designing a 7800 game that included all of Atari's stars, much like Nintendo does with the Mario characters or Super Smash Bros. If you were the designer of a game like this, who would you pick? Here's my thoughts: 1) Sly from Tower Toppler 2) Bently Bear from Crystal Castles 3) Yar from Yar's Revenge 4) The guy from Hero 5) Rhindle the Red from Adventure 6) Pitfall Harry 7) Scraps from Scrap Yard Dog The Ninja Golfer from Ninja Golf 9) That kid from Midnight Mutants 10) The pilot from Star Raiders/ Solaris? What do you guys think? Cousin Vinnie www.bigfishusa.com [ 05-05-2002: Message edited by: Cousin Vinnie ] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goochman Posted May 6, 2002 Share Posted May 6, 2002 Dont forget the Berzerk guy, Crazy Climber Guy, Pac Man? You'd prob find a ton of them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jetboot Jack Posted May 6, 2002 Share Posted May 6, 2002 Wouldn't it be best to pick original ATARI own characters rather than characters from games made for the Atari?? Only problem being that Atari were not like Sega/Nintendo and into "character brands" in that way... What about: Peter Pack Rat Paperboy Bif and Jet from Toobin' Jake and Duke from Escape from the Planet of the Robot Monsters etc.. Did Atari publish or licence Kangaroo 'cos Kanga would be cool... sTeVE [ 05-06-2002: Message edited by: Jet Boot Jack ] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inky Posted May 7, 2002 Share Posted May 7, 2002 Atari licensed Kangaroo and Arabian from Sun electronics.. I thik the same company as the NES SunSoft Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deadtech Posted May 8, 2002 Share Posted May 8, 2002 Here are some that cvome to mind: (that havn't been mentioned) Adventure - the "square" Breakout- ball and paddle Centipede Circus Atari- Clown Dark Chambers- guy Desert Falcon E.T. Food Fight- Charley Chuck Gauntlet - warrior folks Joust I, Robot- Robot#1984 Jungle Hunt- guy Klax- klax tile Major Havoc Milipede Outlaw- Pete and Billy Swordquest- guy Tempest- "claw" Warlords- warlord? (look at the cover!) -deadtech Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubersaurus Posted May 8, 2002 Share Posted May 8, 2002 Cept ET and Joust aren't atari. Joust is Midway, and ET is, well, movie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyle Posted May 9, 2002 Share Posted May 9, 2002 Well since people are so picky call it 80s all stars. Then you can use pac-man ms pac-man Qbert pitfall harry along with some of the atari owend characters!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inky Posted May 9, 2002 Share Posted May 9, 2002 YOu could use Robot #1984, Major Havoc, The Black Widow, Rhindle the Red, Bentley Bear, The Millipede, the Eyes from Haunted House, and Jack Tramiel and Nolan Bushnell... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jetboot Jack Posted May 9, 2002 Share Posted May 9, 2002 deadtech - you're so right, I totally forgot: Charley Chuck Major Havoc The "Swordquest" Characters Gauntlet But I don't reckon you can count: Joust Jungle Hunt Outlaw KBeXpress - since the idea was to emulate Nintendo's SSB (or even SMK) then I think its dead on to ONLY include genuine Atari Characters Otherwise it just beomes "my favorite characters"... sTeVE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deadtech Posted May 9, 2002 Share Posted May 9, 2002 Yeah, I guess those won't work. I was in a bit of a hurry when I typed that in. -deadtech Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Atari Posted May 10, 2002 Share Posted May 10, 2002 Billy and Jimmy Lee? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inky Posted May 10, 2002 Share Posted May 10, 2002 quote: Originally posted by Jet Boot Jack: deadtech - you're so right, I totally forgot: Charley Chuck Major Havoc The "Swordquest" Characters Gauntlet But I don't reckon you can count: Joust Jungle Hunt Outlaw sTeVE Charley Chuck was licensed also, from GCE, the people that designed the Maria in the 7800, if I'm not mistaken... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liquid_sky Posted May 10, 2002 Share Posted May 10, 2002 who says he cant use ANY atari videogame chgar.? Who cares if its activision cgge.. its a game. forget all these overbearing technalities, and let the guy have fumn making a game.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimtene Posted May 11, 2002 Share Posted May 11, 2002 You're right, Liquid_Sky! I say any Atari Videogame Character is fair game. With that technicality is out of the way. Don't forget to include the Good Ol' Boys from Dukes of Hazzard of your list, Cousin Vinnie! Them Dukes, them Dukes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jetboot Jack Posted May 11, 2002 Share Posted May 11, 2002 GCE & Food Fight - I think that GCE developed and produced the game for Atari - it was an Atari branded coin-op when I saw it... BTW - "designing a 7800 game that included all of Atari's stars, much like Nintendo does with the Mario characters or Super Smash Bros." - I took to mean Atari developed or owned characters... sTeVE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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