boxpressed Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 I just got my Atarimax Maxflash USB Programmer and am having a good time playing some new games. I'm largely unfamiliar with the 8-bit catalog, except for the major releases. I know about the ports of Kaboom! and Super Breakout, and Chicken is pretty fun, too. What are your favorite paddle games for 8-bit? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RodLightning Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 Clowns and Balloons by Datasoft? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adam242 Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 Hey, let's not forget Castle Crisis! An excellent port of 2600 Warlords. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a8isa1 Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 I just got my Atarimax Maxflash USB Programmer and am having a good time playing some new games. I'm largely unfamiliar with the 8-bit catalog, except for the major releases. I know about the ports of Kaboom! and Super Breakout, and Chicken is pretty fun, too. What are your favorite paddle games for 8-bit? We played some interesting paddle games in HSC last season. Juggler was unique. I wouldn't call it a favorite. Wavy Navy has been one of my favorites, one I had forgotten about for many years. Arkanoid (both 1 and 2) are pretty good ports, though probably too easy (on default settings) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mimo Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 another vote for Castle Crisis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boxpressed Posted May 26, 2012 Author Share Posted May 26, 2012 Thanks for all the suggestions. I just discovered that Space Eggs (a Phoenix-type game) allows for joystick, paddle, or keyboard control. Kind of fun with the paddle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irgendwer Posted May 26, 2012 Share Posted May 26, 2012 What are your favorite paddle games for 8-bit? There are not so many. You may check them all: http://atari.fandal.cz/search.php?search=paddles&butt_details_x=x ("Night Driver" is also a good one!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted May 26, 2012 Share Posted May 26, 2012 (edited) We played a bunch of paddles games in last season's Up the Creek round in the High Score Club (there are a couple of ATRs to download here too). I'd like to do another paddles round later this season if there's enough interest Castle Crisis probably is the most fun especially 4 player, and the new PAD game (still in development? [v1. 8] is pretty darn good. Prison Ball is really good for head to head play. Others worth an honorable mention are Super Breakout, Wavy Navy (full ATR version), Live Wire I/II, Space Eggs, Arkanoid, Clowns & Balloons, Chicken (one with the digitised cluck at the start!), Kaboom! Wild West, Spy's Demise, Super Ball IV, Chiseler... Here's my list of all the games supporting paddles: Anleit (Bridman) demo Arkanoid Arkanoid II Arkanoid III Asteraxis 2k Block Buster Breakwall Burgers Bust Out Cascade Castle Crisis Chess 7.0 Chicken Chiseler Clowns and Balloons David's Midnight Magic (Pinball) Diamond Drop Downhill Dragonriders of Pern Flickin' Footballs (2 player head to head) Frogs and Flies Horse 2.0 Juggler Junkyard Racing Kaboom! Laser Gate (BASIC) Live Wire Live Wire II Lunar Lander Lunar Landing Midnight Strip M.U.L.E. Night Driver Nine Ball One on One (BASIC) Pad 1.8 Padland Paratroop Perfected Pong Platter Mania Pong (Analog) Pong (Antic) Pong (Other) Pool 1.5 [T] Popcorn Prison Ball (head to head play) Safe Cracker Space Arena Space Bombs Space Eggs Spy's Demise StarShot Super Ball Super Ball II Super Ball III Super Ball IV Super Breakout Super Clown Super-Ski Tilter Warlord Wavy Navy Wavy Navy (Full ver) Wildwest Worms? Edited May 27, 2012 by therealbountybob 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fernando marrin Posted May 27, 2012 Share Posted May 27, 2012 Wow! Never knew the A8 had so many! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+CharlieChaplin Posted May 27, 2012 Share Posted May 27, 2012 Well, many A8 paddle games can be downloaded here: http://atari.panprase.cz/?action=hry-paddle One can also find many lightgun, pinball and other games there... -Andreas Koch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boxpressed Posted May 27, 2012 Author Share Posted May 27, 2012 Great resources, everyone. Thanks for the links to sites outside of the U.S. -- I'd never know to go there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phonedork Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 MULE works with a paddle? How does that work? Just curious Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 MULE works with a paddle? How does that work? Just curious You still need 1 Joystick (passed around for installing MULE) but this would allow 3 players on an XL/XE (if you haven't a multijoy for 4 players!) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gilsaluki Posted November 5, 2014 Share Posted November 5, 2014 My copy of Clowns and Balloons is controlled by Joystick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted November 5, 2014 Share Posted November 5, 2014 My copy of Clowns and Balloons is controlled by Joystick. Press P to toggle Joystick / Paddles 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Level42 Posted November 5, 2014 Share Posted November 5, 2014 (edited) Incidentally I just picked up a set of paddles. Totally hooked to Kaboom! now Thanks for that list of paddle games, just what I was looking for ! I hope the home-brew "scene " will consider making some games for "alternative" controllers like paddles, trackball in true trackball mode, light gun or even maybe the Indy 500 driving controller (which is a spinner to speak in arcade terms). Tempest Extreem should support that last controller IMHO. These alternative controllers can add a lot of fun if used correctly. It's great that they can all be hooked up to the A8 ! Edited November 5, 2014 by Level42 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gilsaluki Posted November 5, 2014 Share Posted November 5, 2014 Clowns and Balloons, Press P for Paddles. Thanks, my cassette did not come w/ instructions. Will give it a go tonight. Also did not know Kaboom! worked with paddles. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gilsaluki Posted November 6, 2014 Share Posted November 6, 2014 Tried Clowns and Balloons with my paddles, disastrous. The guys with the tarp, trampoline, jerk from side to side. Most of the time I missed the jumping clown. My paddles are old and jittery. I cleaned them and they work fine with Super Breakout and Kaboom! Don't know how I played Kaboom! without paddles before, but this is better. I guess I will have to break down and buy some of Best Electronics new Potentiometers. $6.5 just for one pot is really expensive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Level42 Posted November 6, 2014 Share Posted November 6, 2014 Pretty sure you can get cheaper replacements elsewhere, I don't think the pots are really that special. Are you telling me Kaboom can be played with Joystick too ? I actually never knew _that_ and it sounds like impossible to me.... I also tried Clowns and Balloons yesterday and I really like the paddles better. It is how that game is supposed to be, just like Circus Atari or the Circus arcade games. Yes my Paddles are a bit jittery in Clowns & Balloons and Super Breakout too. However in Kaboom there is no trace of jittering. I think Kaboom! has some algorythm that filters out the jittering. However, clean pots are the way to go Cleaning them with contact spray might help for a while but if they have been used a lot the pots may actually have worn out, contact spray won't help there much. On my arcade machines I replace pots, I want perfect controls.Nothing more irritating than failing at a game and you can blame the controls instead of yourself 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted November 6, 2014 Share Posted November 6, 2014 There is some discussion of jittery paddles on the HSC paddles thread; I would conclude that It seems that they somehow magically "warm up" after a few goes and significantly improve - you need to play and not just wait!. The initial jitteryness was much worse on my 130XE than my 800XL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zap! Posted April 11, 2018 Share Posted April 11, 2018 We played a bunch of paddles games in last season's Up the Creek round in the High Score Club (there are a couple of ATRs to download here too). I'd like to do another paddles round later this season if there's enough interest Castle Crisis probably is the most fun especially 4 player, and the new PAD game (still in development? [v1. 8] is pretty darn good. Prison Ball is really good for head to head play. Others worth an honorable mention are Super Breakout, Wavy Navy (full ATR version), Live Wire I/II, Space Eggs, Arkanoid, Clowns & Balloons, Chicken (one with the digitised cluck at the start!), Kaboom! Wild West, Spy's Demise, Super Ball IV, Chiseler... Here's my list of all the games supporting paddles: Anleit (Bridman) demo Arkanoid Arkanoid II Arkanoid III Asteraxis 2k Block Buster Breakwall Burgers Bust Out Cascade Castle Crisis Chess 7.0 Chicken Chiseler Clowns and Balloons David's Midnight Magic (Pinball) Diamond Drop Downhill Dragonriders of Pern Flickin' Footballs (2 player head to head) Frogs and Flies Horse 2.0 Juggler Junkyard Racing Kaboom! Laser Gate (BASIC) Live Wire Live Wire II Lunar Lander Lunar Landing Midnight Strip M.U.L.E. Night Driver Nine Ball One on One (BASIC) Pad 1.8 Padland Paratroop Perfected Pong Platter Mania Pong (Analog) Pong (Antic) Pong (Other) Pool 1.5 [T] Popcorn Prison Ball (head to head play) Safe Cracker Space Arena Space Bombs Space Eggs Spy's Demise StarShot Super Ball Super Ball II Super Ball III Super Ball IV Super Breakout Super Clown Super-Ski Tilter Warlord Wavy Navy Wavy Navy (Full ver) Wildwest Worms? This list should be pinned, great work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanny Posted April 11, 2018 Share Posted April 11, 2018 Rain of Terror http://atariage.com/forums/topic/258275-rain-of-terror-atr/ 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stefan Both Posted April 11, 2018 Share Posted April 11, 2018 (edited) Its an old thread, but there is another game -made by Mr. Atari- not mentioned above. Lost in Space. http://www.mr-atari.com/lost_in_space/ Veerryy funny when played vith 3 or 4 persons ( and a barrel of beer) Stefan Edited April 11, 2018 by Stefan Both 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zap! Posted April 14, 2018 Share Posted April 14, 2018 Clowns and Balloons is my favorite so far. No surprise, as I absolutely loved Circus Atari as a kid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted April 15, 2018 Share Posted April 15, 2018 We had a 2nd paddles round in the HSC "S12 R17: PAD & Turn the Paddles" if anyone wants to see what we thought of this bunch of games (there is an updated 'Flop Super Ball' and the previous "Up the creek" round had 'Acrobat' OS fixed) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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