What are some well known atari Characters?
The Adventure Square
R. Hero
Pitfall Harry
Yar
Who else?
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Famous Atari Characters
Started by Rocko, Jan 4 2004 9:15 AM
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Posted Sun Jan 4, 2004 9:15 AM
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Posted Sun Jan 4, 2004 9:17 AM
They can be on any atari system. Prefferably
2600 | 5200 | 7800 | Lynx | Jaguar.
2600 | 5200 | 7800 | Lynx | Jaguar.
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Posted Sun Jan 4, 2004 10:05 AM
Pitfall Harry. End of the list.
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Posted Sun Jan 4, 2004 10:09 AM
Even if atarians only know...
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Posted Sun Jan 4, 2004 12:48 PM
Anyone?
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Posted Sun Jan 4, 2004 2:56 PM
There aren't really any famous characters, Atari in their prime was all
about arcade games and the early ones weren't really character stuff.
They were mainly space shooters with no characters.
Pac-man is often connected to Atari but its Namco's baby. Those two were
so close I was surprised to learn as a collector that so many games I
thought were Atari were licensed from Namco.
A lot of non-gamers associate Donkey Kong with Atari.
There's that Monetzuma guy but thats getting a bit more obscure. I think
its Panama Joe? And again its another Atari didn't make themselves.
Atari wasn't very good at building franchises. Even if good it seems all
their sequels were poorly recieved - Asteroids Deluxe, Millipede, etc.
Swordquest got worse as it went on. And they dropped the ball on a Yar's
sequel. But then again it seems that until Nintendo took over that game
sequels were very anticipated.
about arcade games and the early ones weren't really character stuff.
They were mainly space shooters with no characters.
Pac-man is often connected to Atari but its Namco's baby. Those two were
so close I was surprised to learn as a collector that so many games I
thought were Atari were licensed from Namco.
A lot of non-gamers associate Donkey Kong with Atari.
There's that Monetzuma guy but thats getting a bit more obscure. I think
its Panama Joe? And again its another Atari didn't make themselves.
Atari wasn't very good at building franchises. Even if good it seems all
their sequels were poorly recieved - Asteroids Deluxe, Millipede, etc.
Swordquest got worse as it went on. And they dropped the ball on a Yar's
sequel. But then again it seems that until Nintendo took over that game
sequels were very anticipated.
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Posted Sun Jan 4, 2004 2:59 PM
bentley bear.
major havoc.(they were gonna make him a real character so to speak)
probably some more.
brad
major havoc.(they were gonna make him a real character so to speak)
probably some more.
brad
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Posted Sun Jan 4, 2004 4:14 PM
MS Pacman and the aliens from space invaiders
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Posted Sun Jan 4, 2004 4:21 PM
Why ET of course!
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Posted Sun Jan 4, 2004 8:31 PM
Lynx: Dirty Larry, Chip, the guy from Scrapyard Dog, the guy from Xybots (I forget his name).
Jaguar: Trevor McFur, Skylar, and the Iron Soldier mech come to mind.
As for Pitfall Harry, he's an Activision character... he just happens to appear on an Atari system (He's on the Jaguar too)
--Zero
Jaguar: Trevor McFur, Skylar, and the Iron Soldier mech come to mind.
As for Pitfall Harry, he's an Activision character... he just happens to appear on an Atari system (He's on the Jaguar too)
--Zero
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Posted Sun Jan 4, 2004 8:48 PM
Ok, so the game can be third party as well.
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