maibock Posted February 14, 2005 Share Posted February 14, 2005 Which football do you prefer? I liked the M-network back then, but it seems that the original football has a following now. (create your own team name!!) I had Football and RS Football, but all of them are fun to play in their own way(I now have Super Challenge Football) I do have a soft spot for Atari Football, since I've played a lot of it as a kid.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+davidcalgary29 Posted February 14, 2005 Share Posted February 14, 2005 It's ridiculous to expect kids to play the same old videogames we did. You might as well expect them to watch magic lantern shows and dance the Lindy hop. This stuff is old and crude. If a kid wants to get into his history and enjoy it then great, but you shouldn't expect it any more than you expect a kid to turn off Comedy Central to watch old Uncle Miltie tapes. Air-Sea Battle rocks, I wish it had been updated at some point. True, but some classic games will always have a simple presentation that would become hampered by flashy graphics or digitized sound samples. "Tetris", "Solitaire", and "Sokoban" have been ported to nearly everything under the sun, and yet gameplay remains essentially the same whether you're playing "EdTris" on the 2600 or some "Tetris" clone on a WinTel machine. They're all tremendously popular today, and I'm sure some variant of them will still be played decades from now. This probably holds true for "Pong", as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nukey Shay Posted February 14, 2005 Share Posted February 14, 2005 Ooooh, watch out talking about Yar's like that... you're likely to get a bunch of rotten tomatos thrown your way! Although I will say I never entirely got the cult status that game has. It's fun enough in small doses but I couldn't imagine myself playing it for over 10-15 minutes at a pop. Maybe I'm just not good enough at it... The problem for me was not knowing how that blasted easter egg worked (so every game would end up getting froze). And now that I know, the enthusiasm for playing it is still dead based on that experience. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stingray Posted February 14, 2005 Share Posted February 14, 2005 Although I will say I never entirely got the cult status that game has. It's fun enough in small doses but I couldn't imagine myself playing it for over 10-15 minutes at a pop. I played it for hours on end when I was a kid. I thnk like most "vintage" games, a big part of the appeal lies in whether or not you were into it when it was current. -S Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandmountainslim Posted February 14, 2005 Share Posted February 14, 2005 I have to stick up for Home Run as it is a pretty fun game when played on variation 3 , I also enjoy Bowling I suppose my least favourite of the early Atari games would have to be Golf which is not alot of fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjk7382 Posted February 14, 2005 Share Posted February 14, 2005 Atari's arcade X's and O's is tops Or vectrex football Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recycled Posted February 14, 2005 Author Share Posted February 14, 2005 Ok, any fans of Basic Programing or Miniature Golf? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elviticus Posted February 14, 2005 Share Posted February 14, 2005 Basic Programming I really loved when I was a kid.... Pretty hard to program anything in 9 lines, but I loved trying.. Miniature Golf is ok - I actually really like the original Golf. After you get the control down, it's pretty fun. Also, it's so damn ugly it's almost good looking! Definitely give Skydiver another try.. though much better 2 player. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godzilla Posted February 15, 2005 Share Posted February 15, 2005 Yea I love mini golf, great game. The new courses hack that was here on AA is also awesome. I remembering seeing something on the news about bunches of little kidlets 'discovering' old music artists on their own and really getting into it, being big fans, and feeling like that discovery and liking that old music instead of the modern stuff was 'subversive' and 'cool' to them. Just like there are plenty of young people today 'discovering' the atari 2600 and other early consoles. It's not JUST nostalgia. I used to manage a video game store, and on many days I'd bring in my 7800 to play some classics to keep myself sane during the dolrums of modern software and you would be amazed how MANY kids, pre-teens, tweeners and teenagers, had no interest in playing the latest playstation or saturn game and wanted to try Solaris or Stargate or Dragonfire or Demon Attack or etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lauren Tyler Posted February 15, 2005 Share Posted February 15, 2005 Football competition? That's something I could go for. We need an Atari 2600 emulator with the ability to play head-to-head online! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BydoEmpire Posted February 15, 2005 Share Posted February 15, 2005 I like 2600 Bowling as well. But I will probably never play Slot Racers again, or the 2600 version of Donkey Kong. Or Airlock... well, I pop that one in every now and then just to remind myself that yes, it really is that bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralph3 Posted February 15, 2005 Share Posted February 15, 2005 Atari's arcade X's and O's is tops If you like having blisters on your hands. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nukey Shay Posted February 15, 2005 Share Posted February 15, 2005 That's pretty much any game Have another beer, and don't be a sissy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recycled Posted February 15, 2005 Author Share Posted February 15, 2005 or the 2600 version of Donkey Kong. Or Airlock... well' date=' I pop that one in every now and then just to remind myself that yes, it really is that bad.[/quote'] HEY, I was just going to ask about the 2600 Donkey Kong, since we were bringing up maligned games. I was playing it tonight, and I don't know, I think it retains some flavor of the arcade. I liked it at the time it was released, and I still think it's fun. Anybody else dig this version? You know many board games are still popular today....I think there's a good chance that the classic video games may live on like Yahtzee or Monopoly. (Hopefully they'll release a new Colecovision) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awsomo3000 Posted February 15, 2005 Share Posted February 15, 2005 personly i love the 2600 donky kong AND IM FROM THE PS2 GENEREATION!!!!!! I might just suck but i think its harder then some newer versions ive played Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nukey Shay Posted February 15, 2005 Share Posted February 15, 2005 2600 DK was a success story. Doesn't offer the exact same strategy as the game it is based on, but neither did a lot of others. And at least they got the board layout correct. Same as the arcade? Nope. Is it fun? Of course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inky Posted February 15, 2005 Share Posted February 15, 2005 Bowling should be enshrined as one of the 2600 all-time greats. I STILL play it to this day, and my little 'uns love it as well! I'm also a huge fan of HUman Cannonball, Sky Diver, Air Sea Battle, Outlaw, Hangman, Dodge 'em, and BLACKJACK! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Player Posted February 15, 2005 Share Posted February 15, 2005 Blackjack is great with the paddle controllers. You can whip through the hands in no time once you get the hang of it. Great game, though I play the version on the more advanced Casino cart. There isn't too much difference and the basic gameplay is the same. And yes, Atari arcade football is tops. X's and O's never go out of style. The best part of the game was that I could spin the trac-ball faster than my brother, so I had quite an advantage when I got into the open field. The original 2600 football and Home Run are fun games in their own right. Played a ton of both before M-Network came out with their Super Challenge games. Think of them as video versions of backyard football and whiffleball, not the actual sports. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Morbis Posted February 15, 2005 Share Posted February 15, 2005 I remembering seeing something on the news about bunches of little kidlets 'discovering' old music artists on their own and really getting into it, being big fans, and feeling like that discovery and liking that old music instead of the modern stuff was 'subversive' and 'cool' to them. Just like there are plenty of young people today 'discovering' the atari 2600 and other early consoles. It's not JUST nostalgia. I used to manage a video game store, and on many days I'd bring in my 7800 to play some classics to keep myself sane during the dolrums of modern software and you would be amazed how MANY kids, pre-teens, tweeners and teenagers, had no interest in playing the latest playstation or saturn game and wanted to try Solaris or Stargate or Dragonfire or Demon Attack or etc. I agree. I grew up in the NES generation, but I really enjoy VCS games and actively seek them out. The one thing keeping Atari games from being timeless (atleast in the public consciousness) is the proprietary nature of the hardware. Do you have any idea how difficult it is nowadays for a teenager to stumble across a working 2600 and some decent games? The young 'uns pretty much have to seek this stuff out on their own. Monopoly (the board game) is just as popular now as I'm sure it was when it came out during the depression. Why? It's universally available at every toy store in the world. You don't need an archaic gameboard from 1935 in order to play it. Why is Wizard of Oz still in the public conciousness? Being ported to every new movie medium (DVD) helps a lot. I think that if video games had had a universal medium from the get-go, games like Kaboom and Warlords might still be sitting on a vast majority of living room bookshelves today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATARImarcus Posted February 15, 2005 Share Posted February 15, 2005 like to play Air sea battle many times, also like bowling, played it on emulator, last week got the original cart from ebay I enjoyed it many times the last days. Bu t I never played home run. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osmeroid Posted February 15, 2005 Share Posted February 15, 2005 Wow! Another Human Cannonball fan!! It's an awful game but I just can't help playing it.... in small doses. I also think that Flag Capture is still a darn good title too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NovaXpress Posted February 15, 2005 Share Posted February 15, 2005 I can't be the only one who'd spend ten hour stretches playing Basic Math, can I? Can I? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inky Posted February 15, 2005 Share Posted February 15, 2005 I can't be the only one who'd spend ten hour stretches playing Basic Math, can I? Can I? When I was growing up, my parents FORCED me to play Basic Math... I much prefer the sequel though: Basic Math 3: A Taste of Blood: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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