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[boxpressed]

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?

[RodLightning]

Clowns and Balloons by Datasoft?

[adam242]

Hey, let's not forget Castle Crisis! An excellent port of 2600 Warlords.

[a8isa1]

boxpressed, on Thu May 24, 2012 8:55 PM, said:

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)

[mimo]

another vote for Castle Crisis

[boxpressed]

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.

[Irgendwer]

boxpressed, on Thu May 24, 2012 8:55 PM, said:

What are your favorite paddle games for 8-bit?

There are not so many. You may check them all:

http://atari.fandal....utt_details_x=x

("Night Driver" is also a good one!)

[therealbountybob]

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 by therealbountybob, Sun May 27, 2012 3:20 PM.

[fernando marrin]

Wow!

Never knew the A8 had so many!

[CharlieChaplin]

Well,

many A8 paddle games can be downloaded here:
http://atari.panpras...tion=hry-paddle

One can also find many lightgun, pinball and other games there...
-Andreas Koch.

[boxpressed]

Great resources, everyone. Thanks for the links to sites outside of the U.S. -- I'd never know to go there!

[phonedork]

MULE works with a paddle? How does that work? Just curious

[therealbountybob]

phonedork, on Wed May 30, 2012 9:32 PM, said:

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!)