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2600 Games that creeped you out

Sat Dec 31, 2011 12:58 PM

Apologies in advance if this thread has been done but I've always wanted to do a thread like this, and a General thread gave me the idea.

Are there any games for the 2600 that scared you as a child? Aside from the games that are SUPPOSED to scare you, are there any games that unintentionally still give you the creeps?

As a kid, I was scared of the progressive game mode of Super breakout. i always had a fear of impending doom, and falling blocks at a steady pace really scared me more than anything. now I find it a great challenge.

Games that still creep me out. Ski Run by Ariola. Where do I even start? The creepy egyptian-sounding music, the creepy looking death dance, the ever-changing colors of the mountains... It's like a really bad LSD trip.

Who here plays the "intellectual" (board, card) games?

Sat Dec 31, 2011 11:39 AM

Not to start a tempest in a teapot but... :D

Who here actually plays or has played the more intellectually stimulating 2600 Titles? I mean such games like Backgammon, Casino, Euchre, Bridge, Checkers, Chess, etc.

Which ones are your favorites and were these games actually helpful in practising your skills?

I really would like to get into these games (espeically Video chess and Activision Bridge) but to be honest, to a person who rarely plays games like these (especially Bridge) the games can be almost cryptic. If you have any pointers on playing some of these games (especially Bridge, since the manual had nothing on how to play, and Euchre's manual was kind of confusing)

Thanks!

ANY newer DOS/Win95 compatible 2600 Emulators out there?

Wed Dec 28, 2011 11:50 AM

I have been using Z26 for some time, but since the bump in versions, I haven't been able to run the newer versions of z26 (they simply crash quietly, is this a bug? I don't know)

So I've been looking tirelessly for an Emulator out there that runs in DOS/Win95 that can run the newer bankswitching methods (like Boulderdash uses) and So far I've turned up nothing.

Any ideas, or am i barking up the wrong tree?

For the curious, I am running a P200 w/ MMX Tech and for the most part, every 8-bit emulator I have has been pretty good on here. It's mostly for fun ( and because it has TV out, it's perfect for emulators of old stuff)

My Atari Flashback 3 Crashes a lot on certain Games

Mon Dec 26, 2011 11:04 AM

Mum and Dad bought me an Atari Flashback 3 as a Christmas/graduation present. I know that it was primarily bought as a way of making amends with Dad. He loves playing 2 player asteroids and Air-Sea Battle, and since I have the consoles at my house, this was a way for me to quickly bond with him after all these college years. Thing is, it's being a bit finicky. Video Checkers is a nightmare to get working, and I still haven't figured it out. Is it really that more complex than Activision Checkers?

The major problem so far is that some games tend to "hang" and crash the system. Video Pinball and the monster variations of starship will crash the system upon starting, the latter a little less predictably. The only remedy I've found is to simply restart the system, or to start Video Pinball before attractive mode starts to cycle into the dark brown and greys. If I don't, half the screen turns into vertical lines of garble.


Has anyone else seen this? I can't seem to "fix" this. Do I have a defective console?