Atari 2600 Games That Don't Suck

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Atari 2600 Games That Don't Suck
Tweet Topic Started: Jun 29 2011, 06:39 PM (1,510 Views)
MetalJesus	Jun 29 2011, 06:39 PM Post #1
Level 6 Posts: 805 Group: Members Member #2,658 Joined: Aug 25, 2010	Sometimes when you rediscover your childhood treasures, they aren't quite as polished when you are an adult. Have no fear! I take it upon myself this week to compile the Atari 2600 games that are still a lot of fun even today. In an age of 3D HD graphics, surround sound and multi-core processors, there is still a lot of fun to be had in many old Atari games from 30 years ago.
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JohntheGameCollector	Jan 13 2012, 09:21 PM Post #2
Level 4 Posts: 384 Group: Members Member #4,650 Joined: Jan 11, 2012	I love playing atari 2600 games, it's just annoying how people today say "if it's not current gen, then it sucks." That statement really pisses me off.
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Baconbits274	Jan 13 2012, 10:50 PM Post #3
Level 3 Posts: 241 Group: Members Member #2,280 Joined: Jun 30, 2010	Well many Atari games do "suck" because the games could be produced in the matter of weeks. Many companies would make game just for the profit and not for the motive. Also, anyone could make a video game, even Quaker Oats. Anyone could make a game for the Atari, even if Atari didn't give them permission. Video games in the 70's and early 80's was a time of anarchy; there had yet to be any regulations as there is now.
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MetalJesus	Jan 18 2012, 05:47 PM Post #4
Level 6 Posts: 805 Group: Members Member #2,658 Joined: Aug 25, 2010	Baconbits274 Jan 13 2012, 10:50 PM Well many Atari games do "suck" because the games could be produced in the matter of weeks. Many companies would make game just for the profit and not for the motive. It's because of the Atari 2600 and sheer number of crappy games, that Nintendo promoted their Seal of Quality on the NES. Nintendo wanted to make sure their new console didn't fall into the same problem of companies pushing out massive amounts of shovelware... by limiting the number of games they could put out as well.
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TheVideoNasty	Jan 22 2012, 05:45 PM Post #5
New User Posts: 10 Group: Members Member #3,295 Joined: Jan 15, 2011	my favourites as a kid were Keystone capers,Missile Command,Pitfall,Astrosmash/blast what ever it was called on the 2600(I liked the intellevison version better tho,Bezerk,Adventure,Yars revenge,Amidar,Mr Do,Laser Blast,Plaque attack,Pressure cooker,Seaquest,Demon attack,Space invaders,Venture,Vanguard,Moon patrol,Defendar 1 and 2,Asteroids,Haunted House



debian4life	Mar 10 2012, 09:27 PM Post #6
Level 3 Posts: 168 Group: Members Member #1,647 Joined: Mar 2, 2010	Pretty much any Activision game was great. My favorites though would be Adventure, Haunted House, Keystone Kapers.



zeonfromhell	Mar 13 2012, 08:22 PM Post #7
Level 1 Posts: 37 Group: Members Member #4,372 Joined: Oct 24, 2011	Empire Strikes Back is the best Star Wars game ever. I'd rather play that than Star Wars: Old Republic.



notyoursavior78	May 14 2012, 10:32 PM Post #8
Level 3 Posts: 144 Group: Members Member #2,153 Joined: Jun 7, 2010	hehe I'd rather play Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (before it became a mmo, because those are popular, I guess now) than the Empire Strikes Back game, but I get your point. Yeah there were some terrible games, but there are a lot of good ones too. Also the creativity back then (and in the NES/SNES/Genesis etc era too) really was something to behold. I play some current games today, but a lot of videogames don't really capture my imagination or hold my attention like they used to. Maybe that's just growing up or being depressed at times ha I still play a fair amount of newer games though and at the very least know something about most new games even if I hadn't played them.
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