GrandviewCoin Posted December 8, 2004 Share Posted December 8, 2004 I don't want this to be "Whats the 5 best Atari", just what games brings you back to a computer discontinued 2 decades or so ago?? Here's my five: Alternate Reality -The City- Electrician Boulderdash Bruce Lee And a game I can play for hours.. Rainbow Walker! Daniel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+davidcalgary29 Posted December 8, 2004 Share Posted December 8, 2004 I hope that someone from the "new" Atari is reading this thread. My XE "top five": 1. Crystal Castles 2. Millipede 3. Commando 4. Alley Cat 5. Defender I think that there would by copyright problems with some great old titles such as "Boulderdash", "Trailblazer" (always a fave), "Bristles", etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Eidolon Posted December 8, 2004 Share Posted December 8, 2004 1) AR: City 2) Jumpman 3) Bruce Lee 4) Spelunker 5) Boulderdash (subject to change without notice...) --The Eidolon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goochman Posted December 8, 2004 Share Posted December 8, 2004 Just check out the HSC selections! Berzerk Drol Alley Cat Rainbow Walker Jumpman Donkey Kong Mr. Do! Summer Games AR:Dungeon AR:City Ultima II, III, IV Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miker Posted December 8, 2004 Share Posted December 8, 2004 Just some random titles: Gateway to Apshai Preliminary Monty Twilight World Jumpman Conan Bruce Lee Mercenary DynaBlaster Tekblast . . . (sorry - the night is too short to count all of them) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miker Posted December 8, 2004 Share Posted December 8, 2004 sorry - i didn't read that only 5 well - never mind... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heaven/TQA Posted December 8, 2004 Share Posted December 8, 2004 hmm.... - centipede 5200 - international karate - ultima 4 - ixion - spelunker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tickled_Pink Posted December 9, 2004 Share Posted December 9, 2004 1. Dropzone 2. Rescue on Fractalus 3. AR - The City That's pretty much it, really. Whenever I do pull out one of the A8s it's usually to tinker with (with either MAC/65 or PL65). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oesii Posted December 9, 2004 Share Posted December 9, 2004 Ballblazer Star League Baseball Hardball Summer Games A bunch of Infocom games like Planetfall and HTGG which I grew up with and I like to discover ones I never got around to. I know you can play them on a million other systems but the 8bits are how I originally played them and it just feels right Anyways, the games I grew up with are the ones that make me come back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjk7382 Posted December 9, 2004 Share Posted December 9, 2004 1. Mr. Do 2. Ixion 3. Millipede 4. Jumpman 5. Castle Crisis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Fandal_ Posted December 9, 2004 Share Posted December 9, 2004 My top five: Zybex!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The Dreadnaught Factor (I don't know why but I love this game) Joust World Karate Championship Mr. Do My brother's top five: Feud Joust Pitfall II River Raid Zybex F. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDiskBaron Posted December 11, 2004 Share Posted December 11, 2004 It's always: Buried Bucks But I can't forget these: Choplifter Fort Apocalypse Lode Runner Archon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goochman Posted December 11, 2004 Share Posted December 11, 2004 Cosmic Tunnels Fort Apocolypse Buried Bucks Getaway Floyd of the Jungle (I liked this in a strange way ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrathchild Posted December 11, 2004 Share Posted December 11, 2004 Primarily: Alley Cat Rainbow Walker International Karate Hardball Then I'm split between Ghostbusters & Leaderboard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artlover Posted December 11, 2004 Share Posted December 11, 2004 Megablast Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari Smeghead Posted December 11, 2004 Share Posted December 11, 2004 I enjoy threads like this. It's not a simple "what is your fav" type of thing so much. It's the idea of... let's say you've been busy with, oh I dunno, the real world. Then, you find a Saturday where everyone's left you the smeg alone. The day's truly yours, and you want to play a game or five. Here's my list of the first games I always play when it's "been awhile" : Dreadnought Factor Galactic Chase Archon Aztec Buried Bucks Apple Panic Krazy Shootout And sure, there are several others that I love playing, but these are the ones that will be first. If I have time and my thumb's not too sore, I'll go after Crossfire or BallBlazer or Choplifter or Oils Well... but those are always the first ones. Great thread, Daniel! Smeg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrathchild Posted December 11, 2004 Share Posted December 11, 2004 Alien Swarm deserves a mention too! It has the right level of getting progressive frantic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chiss Posted December 11, 2004 Share Posted December 11, 2004 for me , (french) : 1 : archon 2 : bruce lee 3 : road race racer 4 : summer games 5 : rescue on fractalus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deathtrappomegranate Posted December 16, 2004 Share Posted December 16, 2004 Mario Bros Galaxian Bounty Bob Strikes Back Scram MULE Although I excluded adventures...there are plenty of good text-only or text+graphics games for the A8. Hitch-Hiker's Guide, Oo-Topos, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Havoc 2049 Posted December 16, 2004 Share Posted December 16, 2004 1. Star Raiders 2. Miner 2049er 3. Rescue on Fractalus 4. Beach Head I/II 5. NAM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atari-passion Posted December 16, 2004 Share Posted December 16, 2004 Hello, my favorite games : arkanoid starkaque deflecktor tagalon boulder dash A+ Arnaud Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+CharlieChaplin Posted December 16, 2004 Share Posted December 16, 2004 Well, in the last couple of days I played: - Fort Apocalypse - Bruce Lee - Conan - Zybex - Montezumas Revenge (and its polish counterpart Deimos) Maybe instead of a Top 5 / Top 10 we should also do a kind of Flop 5 / Flop 10 (the 5 or 10 worst A8 games)... My vote for the Flop 5 would be: - Amauroute by Mastertronic (what a bad gameplay!) - Frenesis by Mastertronic (is it really a game?!?) - Colony by Mastertronic (oh how boring!) - Nightmares by Mastertronic (ouch!) - that Alien... game by Mastertronic (a really bad Who Dares Wins or Commando clone) Nough said - Andreas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATARIeric Posted December 16, 2004 Share Posted December 16, 2004 thats a tough question, i dont have a top 5, i never owned the A8 when i was younger, just the 2600, i bought my first A8 2 years ago, so most of the games are new to me alley cat is fun, i like the way the cat hisses when the dog is all over it, very funny sounds and i like the zork games, i did get a commando from sunmark when it came out, thats a fun game that brings me back to the old arcade days :wink: i have quite a few but never really played them yet, mostly sampling :wink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emkay Posted March 25, 2008 Share Posted March 25, 2008 Hard to say "best 5" ... the "best 5" to bring back were not done back in the main "Atari age" Actually, the hope of having the best games at least "Today", keeps me having the A8 "alive". But if someone asks about the best memorys given...: Boulder Dash The last Starfighter Encounter International Karate The Eidolon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+David_P Posted March 26, 2008 Share Posted March 26, 2008 MULE Blue Max Star Raiders BallBlazer Hardball Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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