Your favorite "Olympic-2600-game"

[Mister VCS]

You can select one game!

[high voltage]

Mine would be....Video Olympics

 

Whereas California Games is not an 'Olympic' really, then include Party Mix as well

Edited June 8, 2010 by high voltage

[DickNixonArisen]

Man, summer games fo' SHO. I love the Louie Louie theme, the weird ability to select a sponsor, and the footbag aka hackysack event. Plus, pretty much every game is good enough that they would be a worthwhile game one their own.

[iwan-iwanowitsch-goratschin]

Decathlon!!

[Cebus Capucinis]

Decathlon times two!!! Rip that joystick apart!

[DickNixonArisen]

Oops, meant california..

[Fixitguy74]

What?! No Video Olympics? PONG all the way baby!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Since V.O. was not an option I voted for Decathlon. I have fond memories of tag teaming that with a good friend. One of use would make the guy run while the other would control the button for the jumping and throwing events and we took turns on the distance events to prevent hand cramps/fatigue.

[Miss 2600]

California Games edges out Decathlon for me though it can't really be considered an Olympic Game--maybe someday.

[accousticguitar]

Mine would be....Video Olympics

Ditto!

[zylon]

Mine would be....Video Olympics

Ditto!

[macdlsa]

I have all these 5 games, and also the T&F dedicated controller...

But I HAVE TO vote the wonderful Crane's creation !

... rememberin' the good old days ('83) when I used to play it with my friends and also with my bro' and my father !

[BDW]

I am not pleased, Video Olympics even has "Olympics" in the title!

[Pioneer4x4]

For me, Decathlon. I have fond memories of playing with the neighbors. I wrote a program on my TRS-80 to keep track of our high scores! Way cool back in the day!

[yuppicide]

I have fond memories of breaking joysticks in Decathalon. So, I chose that.

[yuppicide]

Fond memories of PLAYING the game that is.. I'm not really fond of breaking joysticks.. figured I'd clear that up since I got so many PM's about it.

 

Just some of the comments in PM's I received, names withheld:

 

"Joystick murderer!"

 

"So that's where you learned to ejaculate two times in 18 seconds"

 

"Wax on, wax off"

 

"You get your kicks on killing innocent little joysticks"

 

Okay, so none of them are real and the second one is kind of a joke on the Farmers Daughter text-adventure for the C64.

[shadow460]

Although I've played Decathlon throughout the years, there's just something about Winter Games that I think lets it edge out a little.

Don't get me wrong, though. A lot of quality work went into Decathlon and it shows. I think what hurts the game though, is the punishing difficulty of the joystick movement. One slip, one out of time movement, and you slow down a lot.

[JacobZu7zu7]

I vote... WINTER GAMES

Edited June 26, 2010 by JacobZu7zu7

[JacobZu7zu7]

WINTER GAMES 1# for me.

 

Surprised how many votes Decathlon gets as most the game is shaking the joystick left right as fast as you can... not much talent involved.

 

CALIFORNIA GAMES 2#

 

SUMMER GAMES 3#

 

Decathlon 4#

 

What is Track & Field??? Atari made one for the 2600?

[A.J. Franzman]

Track & Field is much like Decathlon -- several joystick-jiggling events. But, 2600 T&F came with a special controller, much like the control panel of the arcade game. It even allowed players to perform the same cheat (weaving one's off-hand fingers around a pencil or similar object, one can use just one's favored hand to rapidly press the buttons alternately).

[Pioneer4x4]

Track & Field is much like Decathlon -- several joystick-jiggling events. But, 2600 T&F came with a special controller, much like the control panel of the arcade game. It even allowed players to perform the same cheat (weaving one's off-hand fingers around a pencil or similar object, one can use just one's favored hand to rapidly press the buttons alternately).

Ah, yes, pulling out a hard rubber comb just for that purpose in the arcade, memories...

[Zoyx]

I used a pencil, or thin dowel. Video is of me cheating on an arcade T & F machine.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9D0U13JXnA

[Pioneer4x4]

I used a pencil, or thin dowel. Video is of me cheating on an arcade T & F machine.

 

 

I never considered that cheating... Plus something flatter with a little flex is less painful!

[Zoyx]

I never considered that cheating... Plus something flatter with a little flex is less painful!

I don't consider it cheating either. I had a small fan base back in the day because of my pencil skills. Scores obtained this way aren't allowed in Twin-Galaxies, however.

[SekOner]

I never considered that cheating... Plus something flatter with a little flex is less painful!

I don't consider it cheating either. I had a small fan base back in the day because of my pencil skills. Scores obtained this way aren't allowed in Twin-Galaxies, however.

 

I've seen this done before, but never really caught how exactly your doing it. are you just resting the pencil over the two buttons and just pressing one side down? Can you enlighten me with the way of the pencil?

[Pioneer4x4]

Put the pencil (COMB!) over your left pointer finger with the other 3 fingers holding it down on the left button, then tap away on the right side which will hit the right button and release the left. Perfect back and forth!

 

Your left pointer will act like the fulcrum. I can draw or take a picture if needed.