It is a fantastic game to be sure. The sound of that gun. I think I might played it too much :P

Oh nice you saved another one. :D You can do even better than 27 I'm not sure how it works I think if you change lanes less but with device as simple as this one I wouldn't be super surprised if room temperature might have an effect.:P

it's love hate for me he brings the chaos that makes the game fun.

Mine doesn't.

@@markrotondella4689 Good. Mine doesn't either.

yeah it is much the same as the red cart with no dust cover and cut outs hidden by the sticker

Haha I know I loved both of those games but I was limiting myself to game were the Atari version was the best or equal best version. I think I could still argue Asteroids but that is just because I sucked at the arcade version. :P

Yeah I played the hell out of Defender and Missile Command but to make life a little easier I limited myself to games where the 2600 version was the best version. Defender and Missile Command are amazing conversions (even more so with Stargate) but there are better versions of those games. But with your gaming pedigree I might have to default to you. :P I went 2600 - Amiga - PS1/PC - XBox/PC - Wii/PC - XBoxOne/PC. Looks like I might skip this generation. :P

@markrotondella4689 I've stayed with console games. I've never felt I had to play on PC. I even bought a dang 3DO for like 600 dollars in 94. I went from 1) atari 2600 2) atari 7800 3) NES/ sega/Sega CD/SEGA 32X 4) SUPER NES) N64 5) Sega Saturn 6) ps1 7)ps2/ xbox 8) xbox360/Wii 9) xbox 1 10) xbox one s/ nintendo switch 11) xbox series x. So yea never played on PC. Console has always been my thing. I really wish I had kept all my consoles over the years but sadly I only kept my PS2, Wii, xbox series x and Nintendo switch. I should have kept my genesis/sega cd/32x monstrosity. It took me a while to get all of it, at the time I was 17/18 years old so I was broke and 300 dollars each piece was expensive. I remember going to toys r us and blowing my entire paycheck on the sega CD.

@@TheProdigalSon325 You should look into getting a Mister they are fantastic it will bring back pretty much every console you had but didn't keep.

@@markrotondella4689 I'll look into it, thanks!!

I missed out on Haunted House back in the day - played it since obviously. I'm still playing Adventure :P

Yeah that would be on a lot of peoples top 20 I think. I could have done with another fixed shooter or two.

@markrotondella4689 yes being able to move the missiles, when you move your ship was awesome. I always called it popcorn level not dice.

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scariest giant duck in history :P

Battlezone is incredible - released in 1983 so still pretty early in the Atari's life. It uses every graphical trick in the book to draw the screen - the huge detailed Tank graphic has no business being in an Atari game.

and runs with 128 bites of RAM :P

@@markrotondella4689 my goodness ! the dragon art was pretty good back then

@@katieb777 they are very cool but even back in the day they were made fun of for looking like ducks

@@markrotondella4689 gosh is that 1 / 10th of a megabyte ?

@@katieb777 1/8192th

The home brew Qbert for the Atari is pretty sweet too.

I just went through all the paddle games and came back to Night Driver I played it so much back in the day but didn't think I would enjoy it now but I was pleasantly surprised I still liked the game and the driving skills were still there from all the reps in my childhood.

@@markrotondella4689 Here's a fun thing to do to a noob. Night Driver has those double paddles. If someone else wants to play, hand them the wrong paddle. Then you control it instead and every now and then purposely ram the car into oncoming traffic. They automatically assume their skills aren't up to snuff. And they get really mad.

Someone who hasn't played Night Rider back in the day is going to have a hell of a time understanding what is going on and controlling the car.

Yeah Activision's batting average was phenomenal on the Atari - I was tempted to cheat like I did with Pitfall 1 & 2 and put Demon Attack with Pheonix but I decided to pick a team. ;)

Stampede (Activision)

Great games I had a few realsports games including soccer they were really a jump above the initial sports releases on the Atari. Ms Pac Man really was a huge achievement the Pac Man the Atari deserved.

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Haha fair enough it's not for everyone. I honestly can't play most of the games on they system anymore the sound in particular is hard to go back to.

It totally was I still enjoy it today now and again. Having rewind on emulators was great as well because I always back in the day felt it cheated a little but it doesn't if you get killed it is always on you and you could have avoided it if you played better. The graphic tricks they pulled off the create it are absolutely incredible if you understand how basic the graphics hardware is.

Millipede ;)

I was just looking at Tron's Deadly Disc on the Intellivision it has the big search Recognizers as a boss

I lot of people love Raiders I missed that one back in the day.

Nice - these are great a great starting point. A lot of Atari games are a little rough to go back to now but these are still fun. You can also emulate to try them out first.

Oh nice - glad you liked it.:D :D

Couple of Bit Corp games in there in my head cannon they went on to become TSMC. Casey's gold looks wicked I'm going to have to check that out.

Those all are great recommendations. I haven't played Off the Wall and haven't played much Private Eye it's is certainly unique. Pressure Cooker really does deserve to be on the list being the first proper time management game - you could argue Tapper but Pressure Cooker is more complete. Platforming games have to be one of the biggest asks for the Atari it really wasn't something it was meant to do so any decent ones are a huge achievement and Montezuma is a very nice port to the Atari.

@@markrotondella4689 You should check out Off the Wall sometime! It's a late-release Atari 2600 game that's got shades of Arkanoid to it, but gives it its own spin that I dare say I prefer over Arkanoid. Very addictive block-breaker indeed!

It is iconic so fair. :D

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Thanks :D

Yeah biggest selling game on the system shame as they got it right later with Ms Pacman and Pacman Jr for the masochists (great game but super hard).

That's a nice haul. I got quite a collection on the tail end of the system although I also remember paying some crazy high price for H.E.R.O. which fortunately turned out to be worth it

Thanks I love the enthusiasm. To make it easier I was sticking to games where the Atari is (in my opinion the best or equal best version of the game). Frogger on the Atari was fantastic both the Parker brothers version and the Starparth one but there are stronger versions of it on other platforms. I played the hell out of Defender but same is true there. I was tempted to put Asteroids in because although the arcade version is beautiful it was too hard for my liking. I wouldn't argue with anyone putting Super Breakout on their list. You should give Frostbite a go it's pretty awesome.

You might be thinking of Tomcat F-14 you start during the day and land at night.

Everyone has there own list on this sort of thing :P - what did I miss?

yes the sneaky invisible dot in the walled in room :D

Randomly I have two copies of Artillery duel :P It's good type of game for the Atari although the sound is a bit much. Indian Jones is one I am ashamed to say I haven't played it comes up a lot as a favourite.

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Thanks :D That's correct the large birds are both sprites joined together. They all stay at their own level so there is only two sprites per line. There is flicker when they dive to the player level because then there are then too many sprites.

Yeah we found the dot it back in the day. The flickering with less objects clued us into the fact it was there.

I haven't played Krull I'll give it a go.

Yeah I think Megamania would make a lot of peoples top list and the 2600 ports of Missle Command, Defender and Q Bert are excellent although I didn't have q-bert back in the day.

Thanks. Laser Gates is one I have only recently become aware of it looks awesome. Dragonfire and Megamania make a lot of peoples top list they are great games. Pressure Cooker is one I think more people should know about it was the first proper time management game as far as I can tell. I think Tapper beat it but it's a little simple Pressure Cooker really was the archetype for the whole genre.

@markrotondella4689 Laser Gates is great, people don't know it, but it has just 4 stages. I have written a guide for it (and Dragonfire too), you can check at gamefaqs. Atari is really curious, some games become impossible too fast, some we can finish (like Adventure and Megamania - yeah, I beat it), and some we can even play forever, lol. I can play Asteroids and Mouse Trap, for example, as long as I want, and will never lose, I need to give up. Oh, another cool games I have not seen been mentioned reading the comments, but If you don't know, you could try: Commando Raid and Megaforce. I'm also happy to see how you interact with all comments. Congratulations.

I loved Cosmic Ark; I played it all the time!

@@indiana2096 Yeah a lot of people love that game I have only really had a quick go at it.

It is the start tune from Frogger the actual tune is from a Japanese nursery rhyme Inu no Omawarisan.

Yeah that Atari Moonpatrol is fantastic I really like the animation of the tracks. I like the clean look of the Atari version but anyway you play it is a great choice.

Kaboom is one of those games that you need to go into a zen mental state to do well at I think.

True facts. :D

I make it easier I was picking games where the VCS had the best version of that game so while Missile Command is an amazing conversion on the Atari there are better versions. You could argue for Asteroids because it is so different to the arcade game it is kind of it's own thing and I do actually think it is more playable than the arcade version. But if I was just talking best games for the Atari they would definitely have to be be there.

Great games on the Atari - I played the hell out of Joust.