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[2600dude]

Out of all the 2600 games you remember playing, what game was your favorite and why?

[bomberpunk]

man, i've NEVER seen a thread like THIS before!!  

Warlords.

[Mxyzptlk]

Adventure - best 2600 game ever. And I have played just about all of them. A close second would be Dragonstomper. And third would have to go to Wizard of Wor.

[SlowCoder]

Right now my short-term favorite(s) are Missile Command and Space Invaders (with the 2 bullet bug ).  Next week my favorites might be something different.

[Itchy Koala]

Finally someone asked this, I've been waiting forever to share.


Dodge 'em

[Chuck D. Head]

Mountain King!! Its got it all; fun,challenging gameplay, cool music and the best easter egg / hidden world ever!

[Jr. Pac]

Jr. Pac-Man.

[Schizophretard]

Breakout because it introduced me to the paddle controller. The paddle controller is so awesome that I don't understand why every system doesn't have one.

[Random Terrain]

2600dude, on Sun Jul 17, 2011 9:02 PM, said:

Out of all the 2600 games you remember playing, what game was your favorite and why?

Although I have various favorites, E.T. is usually at the top of the list (depending on my mood) and this is why:

www.randomterrain.com/atari-2600-memories-et.html

[Keatah]

Slot Racers. It was complex..

[Schizophretard]

Random Terrain, on Mon Jul 18, 2011 1:50 AM, said:

2600dude, on Sun Jul 17, 2011 9:02 PM, said:

Out of all the 2600 games you remember playing, what game was your favorite and why?

Although I have various favorites, E.T. is usually at the top of the list (depending on my mood) and this is why:

www.randomterrain.com/atari-2600-memories-et.html

If you are so random then how did I know you were going to say E.T.?

[retrorussell]

Pitfall II.  Great (if repetitive) music and a definitive ending!  I love it.
Not far behind:
Asteroids, Video Pinball, Keystone Kapers, Megamania, Adventure, Space Invaders, Demon Attack, Bowling, Tennis, HERO

[Deja-Q]

I always play Phoenix and H.E.R.O. when plugging in the 2600er  

[rmaerz]

Circus Atari

[save2600]

Midnight Magic always seems to find its way into the cartridge slot whenever I play Atari, so I'll go with that one.  

[Fr0st]

Solar Fox, Joust, Crystal Castle, Breakout, loved Ghostbusters and Superman way back when.

Homebrew - Thrust+, Ladybug.

[Mark T]

I'd say Moon Patrol!

Runners up are:
Pitfall!, Frogger, Space Invaders, River Raid

[Chris++]

These.

(Yeah, cheap link-insertion excuse, but I've never claimed to be tactful.)

EDIT: Oops -- also, Superman, hellish flicker notwithstanding.

Edited by Chris++, Mon Jul 18, 2011 9:51 AM.

[Christophero Sly]

Asteroids.

Superman and Dragster are very close, but it will always be Asteroids.

[zylon]

Kaboom!

[Miss 2600]

If I can only pick one, it would be Dig Dug.  I remember laughing so much while playing it when I'd get a bunch of baddies to following me up a tunnel and then drop a boulder on them.  

[Ranthulfr]

2600dude, on Sun Jul 17, 2011 9:02 PM, said:

Out of all the 2600 games you remember playing, what game was your favorite and why?

There were quite a few games that I liked back in the day, and there are some great ones that I've discovered more recently, but I doubt any game will ever push Adventure out of my top spot. The feeling of exploration and discovery were unmatched. It was a different story every time you played. It could be both relaxing and panic-inducing. And it had lots of replay value even though there was no scoring system.

[Cebus Capucinis]

Space Invaders! Blasting those bad to the bone alien freakazoids!

[accousticguitar]

Mxyzptlk, on Sun Jul 17, 2011 9:19 PM, said:

Adventure - best 2600 game ever.

[keilbaca]

Kaboom!

It still is, after all these years. So simple, yet so much fun, and extremely fast. Several times I showed off this game, when I was told that the Atari doesn't have difficult games.

So simple, yet so amazing.