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[Chuck D. Head]

OK, it's taken me a while to get around to this:

• Mountain King
  
• Pitfall II
  
• Demon Attack
  
• Yar's Revenge
  
• Fathom
  
• Pressure Cooker
  
• Towering Inferno
  
• Venture
  
• Mousetrap
  
• Tac-scan

To be fair, there are still a lot I havent played.......

[Lucky Man]

Miss 2600, on Thu Feb 9, 2012 2:01 PM, said:

It's time for another update! Six new games were added to the list!

So I'm sure you have everyone's Supercharger and Homebrew choices written up on your index cards. Have you considered tallying those up, too?

[Miss 2600]

Lucky Man, on Thu Feb 9, 2012 5:02 PM, said:

Miss 2600, on Thu Feb 9, 2012 2:01 PM, said:

It's time for another update! Six new games were added to the list!

So I'm sure you have everyone's Supercharger and Homebrew choices written up on your index cards. Have you considered tallying those up, too?

No, I ignored those. The reason being, very few people voted for them and some had them mixed in with the other games. As far as homebrews go, many have come out since this thread was started years ago so some great homebrews might have missed out on some votes as a result. If Boulderdash is considered a homebrew, its release will have a major impact on such a list. I'd like to see a new thread just for people's Top 5 or 10 homebrews.

[JacobZu7zu7]

oh yea that a better idea, a new poll... for favorite hombrews or anything made after atari 2600 was discontinued.

[JacobZu7zu7]

Miss 2600, on Thu Feb 9, 2012 1:59 PM, said:

Thanks for the list, JacbZu7zu. I was looking forward to your list because you've played so many games. I've always thought E.T. was a unique game that gets a bad rap, but the agent and doctor always frustrated me.

Yeah, played nearly all of them... some homebrews left to go. A couple oddball titles too like Spacemaster D7??,Threshold or Laser Gates etc. I chose games that I have most nostalgia, I like personaly, or pencil erases on my high scores... it's tough to pick only 10!

Cool! The agent doc, are tough, til you memorize where the wells are. Then it's a fun ride, E.T.'s my favorite Atari charecter to move around, even his head "extends" like in the movie.

E.T., was one of the first Atari 2600 games I ever played... before I ever got an Atari.

In the 80's I played some 2600 games at my cousins (198? well the 80's), she had E.T., Asteroids, and a few others. I also got to be in awe of Pitfall, (loved the activision artwork) I was actually pretty jealous my cousin got that... but I totally didn't lead on. I was smiling anyway, I told her.. THAT'S A GOOD ONE! ... she nodded. (I remember it had buzz somehow??) I did play my brothers "borrowed" Pitfall once, when I was a 4-5 yrs old in early 80's... it was amazing, and the alligators creeped me out! I was a little kid/thing in 80's, (youngest of 2 bros)... but I remember E.T. impressed me for some reason, years later I got my cousins copy LOL she finally got rid of it, when she moved... and I bought the manual and got to really enjoy the different quests and finding easter egg/s. The better I got, more I liked it...it's my Adventure, so to say...

My first Atari 2600, I got from the newspaper... $15. I still remember how much hahah. It was the all black Vader 2600 console. I guess you can say that's my favorite model of all. I also like the 6'er woodgrain a lot. I got interested again with Atari because of the article in one of the first Gamepro magazines 1989, in the back it was called "Atari Advantage".

I also ALMOST bought an Atari jacket from, "2600 Connection newsletter"? My mother said, "its kinda cool you could get that, if you want." but the silver remined me of futuristic attempts in the early 80's, and it was nearing 1990!? I was too embaressed/shy to pull it off.. lol. I sorta wanted it though, possibly my first gulity pleasure... I passed on, ah well.

I could go on for days about gaming memories, my mind works like a computer...
I don't forget much.

Here's a video of the "Silver Future" look of the early 80's...
www.youtube.com/embed/LQoUtmL5hUo
I'm sure Kim Carnes could pull the look off better then I could!

Sorry if video didn't show up front... I can't remember how to do it
or maybe videos are blocked now?? ...

Edited by JacobZu7zu7, Thu Feb 9, 2012 7:18 PM.

[Miss 2600]

E.T. was one of the first games I played, too. A friend of mine had it along with Haunted House, Circus Atari, and a handful of other games. She had one of those little binders that held 8 games. When I finally got an Atari of my own (well, a Sears Telegames model), probably in 1983 or 84, I had to have Haunted House and Circus Atari. They were two of the first games I got. E.T. I acquired either by borrowing from or trading with my friend. I ended up with her E.T. and Kangaroo. She got my Time Pilot and Plaque Attack (I would end up replacing them via eBay). She got the better end of that deal, but I doubt she still has them. She is actually a Facebook friend of mine, but I've never asked her if she remembers the Atari. Anyway, I only played E.T. on the easy level because I couldn't deal with the agent and doctor. I didn't utilize the graphics at the top and would just try and run away from them all the time, falling in wells frequently. I guess she explained to me how to play it as I never had the manual.

I have one of those silver Atari jackets. It's a Kids jacket, but XL so it fits me. I like that futuristic '80s look. I like Kim Carnes, too. Great raspy voice. "Bette Davis Eyes" is one of my favorite songs.

[JacobZu7zu7]

Miss 2600, on Thu Feb 9, 2012 9:43 PM, said:

E.T. I acquired either by borrowing from or trading with my friend. I ended up with her E.T. and Kangaroo. She got my Time Pilot and Plaque Attack (I would end up replacing them via eBay). She got the better end of that deal, but I doubt she still has them. Anyway, I only played E.T. on the easy level because I couldn't deal with the agent and doctor. I didn't utilize the graphics at the top and would just try and run away from them all the time, falling in wells frequently. I guess she explained to me how to play it as I never had the manual.

I have one of those silver Atari jackets. It's a Kids jacket, but XL so it fits me. I like that futuristic '80s look. I like Kim Carnes, too. Great raspy voice. "Bette Davis Eyes" is one of my favorite songs.

Oh yeah you took a picture of that silver jacket in the Tapper contest, We both got E.T.'s from another. Your friend got the more rare deal with Pilot and Plaque, but I really like E.T. and Kangaroo (obviously). Heh, I played Kangaroo a lot when I first got it.

I remember you did very well 2nd place for Time Pilot in 2600 HSC. That UFO level is HARD!
I also remember I got 1st place in Plaque Attack. I was very pleased with that showing...

Miss Carnes... yeah the rasp, kinda like a female Bryan Adams. I like his stuff too... !
Kim Carnes, is my favorite right now... for a long time I only knew of her #1 hit Bette Davis (2nd biggest song of all 80s')... but I heard a different song, on Flashdance soundtrack, "Here where the heart is", that one did it for me... and I remembered to check more of her songs, "Voyeur" is a very dramatic song, love that one!, good video for it too.
That song was supposed to follow up Bettes success, but I think the subject and music was too dark for it's time, it did chart though only peaked in billboard 20's. Um, there's some touching love songs or break-up songs Kim wrote too...
Hanging on by a Thread and Breaking away from Sanity. It really puts new female singers to shame... you don't hear maturity, class and style like this anymore.

Sorry Adele, I'm not diggin' ya! That "Coulda' had it all" song annoys me... and the words aren't
anything I haven't heard before and better, IMO. Plus she's not very interesting in interview, and
a Glee fan ugh... :\

I think since 80's she's sorta been forgotten in radio... but she still performs live, age mid-60's now, I found a website, dating new performaces and plenty of South American shows.

Edited by JacobZu7zu7, Fri Feb 10, 2012 8:30 AM.

[Miss 2600]

I'll have to check out more Kim Carnes stuff on Spotify. I only had the album Mistaken Identity and the only songs I liked were "Bette Davis Eyes" and "Draw of the Cards." I also got the 45 for "Crazy in the Night" when it came out and fell in love with the B-Side "Oliver (Voice on the Radio)." I've played that song a lot. It isn't on YouTube, otherwise I'd post it. That "Voyeur" song was good but the video/audio was messing up. I'll see if Spotify has the album. I love '80s music! I'm always looking for stuff I haven't heard before. There's just so much of it! There's always something new-to-me to listen to.

I remember getting the patch-winning score for Plaque Attack the first time I played it. I couldn't believe it! It took me two tries to get that score during HSC, but I'm getting old . The Time Pilot score I got was on my first try and I never got there again. It was frustrating. I don't know what happened on that first play. I guess I had yet to realize how tough the UFOs were and wasn't intimidated by them.

[JacobZu7zu7]

Miss 2600, on Fri Feb 10, 2012 9:04 AM, said:

I'll have to check out more Kim Carnes stuff on Spotify. I only had the album Mistaken Identity and the only songs I liked were "Bette Davis Eyes" and "Draw of the Cards." I love '80s music! I'm always looking for stuff I haven't heard before. There's just so much of it! There's always something new-to-me to listen to.

I remember getting the patch-winning score for Plaque Attack the first time I played it. I couldn't believe it! It took me two tries to get that score during HSC, but I'm getting old . The Time Pilot score I got was on my first try and I never got there again. It was frustrating. I don't know what happened on that first play. I guess I had yet to realize how tough the UFOs were and wasn't intimidated by them.

Oh I'm 80's "obsessed"... if you want I can suggest a good 12,000 songs lol! Yeah Kim's Mistaken album, I never heard all through, but I liked those two songs... Cards and Bette... but wow, her next two albums... "Voyeur" "Cafe Racers"... those two are my favorites of her, lots of good 80's songs, only "one" song on both albums I don't really like.

Check Youtube for the Carnes videos... "You make my heart beat faster", she goes on a date? Go carts?.. romantic video and "Invisible Hands" is like an Atari commercial, pure 80's video and funny.

Just like video games, I like my music early 80's. Like 70% of my entire mp3s tags say "1982"

Right now I'm listening to British 80's bands, Glass Museum and The Passage. Creativity through the roof...
sounds like David Bowie meets Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Kate Bush.

[Miss 2600]

JacobZu7zu7, on Fri Feb 10, 2012 9:34 AM, said:

Just like video games, I like my music early 80's. Like 70% of my entire mp3s tags say "1982"

That's great! Early '80s was awesome. Definitely my favorite music era. I put together my favorite 50 albums list, and 1981 was the key year for me, but i had a lot from the 1980-1984 period represented.

[Turbogfx]

Here's my list:

1) Robot Tank
2) Missile Command
3) Ms. Pacman
4) Yar's Revenge
5) Q*Bert
6) Frogger
7) Mario Bros.
Dig Dug
9) Warlords
10) Kaboom!

[Vocelli]

I love this list of 100 best games!
This is something I would have done if I would have had the time.
So, hats off to you Miss 2600. You are the best!
Finally, my Top 10
1) Crazy Climber
2) HERO
3) Missile Command
4) Dragon Fire
5) Crystal Castles
6) Decathalon
7) Frostbite
No Escapre
9) Oink
10) Battlezone

That's it.
So close:
Millipede
Jr Pac man
Adventure
Kaboom
Cosmic Ark
Pitfall
Pitfall 2
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Atlantis
Subterranea
River raid
Warlords
Demon Attack

Now time to find out which games I am missing in my collection to complete the top 100!

[Miss 2600]

I need to play Crazy Climber. I have it on my Harmony. It is on my bucket list.

[Liduario]

My list:
1) HERO
2) Keystone Kapers
3) Jungle Hunt
4) Pitfall
5) Enduro
6) River Raid
7) Kangaroo
Montezuma's Revenge
9) Frostbite
10) Smurf

[walter_J64bit]

Is there an "Official Top 100 2600 games" listed by what was the most sold games?

[Cortat G]

Remember, on this thread, the 8's are cool!

[Hoessi666]

My List:

01. Millipede
02. Beamrider
03. Asteroids
04. Subterranea
05. Jungle Hunt
06. Chopper Command
07. Spider Fighter
08. Condor Attack
09. Moon Patrol
10. Assault

So many great games more that could be added...<sigh>

[trevDesigns]

My List:
1. Asteroids
2. Missle Command
3. Kaboom
4. Pitfall
5. Frogger
6. Raiders Of The Lost Ark
7. Atlantis
8. Space Invaders
9. Warlords
10. Pressure Cooker

Just a bit outside...
Robot Tank
Super Breakout
Yar's Revenge
Cosmic Ark
Star Raiders
Stampede
Adventure
River Raid
Donkey Kong
Bowling

[Fygar13]

Here's my Top 10:

1) Pitfall
2) Missile Command
3) Frogger
4) Space Invaders
5) Dig Dug
6) Asteroids
7) Yar's Revenge
) Mario Bros.
9) Adventure
10) Q*bert

Fygar13

[DeusVult]

I so surprised that Galaxian didn't even make it into the top 25 let alone top 100.

1: Galaxian
2: Circus Atari
3. Dark Chambers (Me and my bro teaming up on the hardest setting)
4. Missle Command
5. Crystal Castles
6. River Raid
7. Pole Position
8. Centipede
9. PitFall
10. Pac-Man

Edited by DeusVult, Thu May 3, 2012 9:38 AM.

[Jinks]

1. Tapper
2. Yars revenge
3. River Raid
4. Dig Dug
5. Missle Command
6. Battlezone
7. Megamania
8. Jungle Hunt
9. Moon Patrol
10. Desert Falcon

Just some of my favorites growing up
also liked vanguard, space attack, armour ambush, moonsweeper..

[Audity]

Does anyone remember the name of the game where if you get game over (or die), the screen begins to be taken over line by line (colored lines), accelerating until the entire screen is overtaken?! It was scary. I must see it again.

Edited by Audity, Thu May 10, 2012 6:35 PM.

[tjlock77]

Seen this and had to register.

My top 10. Hard choices. Based off of my experience.

1. Frostbite
2. River Raid
3. Yar's Revenge
4. SeaQuest
5. PitFall
6. Oink
7. Fast Food
8. Cosmic Creeps
9. Crystal Castles
10 Jungle Hunt.