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SpiceWare, on Wed May 9, 2012 1:31 PM, said:

Wow - didn't know that - and I own this on cartridge!! Never noticed it...Is there an option you DIDN'T cover?? Excellent stuff.

In terms of time some of the recommended games may put you over -

Warlords and Medieval Mayhem would - though you can set the number of wins in Medieval Mayhem which would sort that out. You could of course just pick first to get 1 win in Warlords too (it keeps going until someone gets 5 wins before a game over which could last some time. These games would be better with 4 players though. (havign said that I think the original Warlords has an option to control 2 castles with one set of paddles)

Combat lasts just over 2 mins. Think the likes of Air Sea Battle and Freeway are the same. Space War games are first to 10 or highest score after 10 minutes.

Surround is first to 10 which should be OK - but if I remember right Video Olympics is first to 21 so games could go on a bit.

Maze Craze is really short - first to 3 wins maybe (the 2600 won't keep score though).

I suppose at the end of the day you can make up your own rules and ignore the 2600's rules re target scores..

I think Fishing Derby and Sky Diver are great 2 player games if you are looking for something quirky.

I can remember Apollo's Skeet Shoot getting really bad reviews back in the day - has to be a contender.

The 2600 version of Missile Command is more chilling than the arcade version despite the cooky backstory - the 2600 version has mushroom cloud explosions when the cities are hit - the arcade doesn't have that. The stylised look of the them makes it look even scarier for some reason.

I'd go for Warlords if you have 2 sets of paddles - failing that Kaboom and Combat are hard to look past...Tank Pong is a really fun game...


....isn't it funny that paddle games are getting a load of votes?

I think you should also bring an example if one of the better later games - Berzerk, Pitfall, Megamania, Demon Attack and Atlantis all look pretty good - Yars Revenge would be another nice example. Bringing a surround cart in would show that snake didn't first appear on mobile phones....