Wanted: Feedback For Summer Games & Super Huey UH-IX

[nosweargamer]

Thanks for all the feedback on the last two games!

I'm looking for feedback for the next episode of the Atari 7800 Game By Game Podcast (you can find it on iTunes, Stitcher, YouTube or use this feed: http://feeds.feedburner.com/78gbg )

What are your memories and/or thoughts on Summer Games & Super Huey on the 7800?

Also, how would you rate them? I use a system of 4 choices (From Best to Worst):

Hall of Fame Game (Top 5 game on the system)

Solid Game

"Meh" Game

Trash Game (Bottom 5 game on the system)

These games will be covered on Episode 13.

You can also e-mail text or audio to atari7800podcast@aol.com

Just keep it family friendly

You can also send feedback on previously covered games or the system itself. Thanks!

[DracIsBack]

Summer Games - Solid. I liked it. Wish it had more events but hey.

 

Super Huey - Trash. Found it so boring and useless. I got that the 7800 hardware was pretty suited to flight simulators but the fact that there were so many in such a small library drove me nuts

[Nutsy Doodleheimer]

Summer Games: Solid Game. Good amount of events, good animation, plays smoothly. Only negative is there are no closing ceremonies.

 

Super Huey: Trash. Horrible controls, complicating to play, and no fun and replay value. If you want a good flying game, get F-18 Hornet.

[gambler172]

Hi

Summer games is solid

Super Huey is Trash

greetings Walter

[rockman_x_2002]

I've started listening to your podcast, and I've yet to catch up to date, but I like the feedback segment. It's pretty awesome to hear what other Atari 7800 owners have to say about these games.

 

Summer Games (Solid): I hesitate to place this in "Hall of Fame" territory because there are other, much better ports of this game available out there. However, this one is a solid port, and more elements are present in the 7800 version. There's a good variety of events, and the graphics are well drawn. I think the simple controls lend themselves to the 7800's joystick, so that's pretty decent as well. As Retrogamer81081 pointed out, the only major drawback is the fact that this game lacks the closing ceremony, and it would've been nice to have had the skeet shooting event in here as well. Still, it's quite a nice port and one of my go-to games on the 7800.

 

Super Huey UH-IX (Meh): This one is a difficult one for me because I look at it through rose-tinted glasses. I got this game as a surprise Christmas gift one year, and had never heard of it at the time. As a kid, I really enjoyed this game and played a lot of it. There is a certain degree of challenge to the game in the simulation mode, and the arcade mode is fun in short bursts, although it grows to be repetitive quite quickly. The major drawback for this one, though, is that there is exactly one simulation mission to do, and once you've mastered that one, there's really no more substance at all to this game, which is very unfortunate. The graphics certainly look great, and while the controls lag a bit, they're serviceable. I honestly feel like the game would've been much better had there been more missions to fly, and if those missions would have occurred over varying terrain (not just grassy fields, but over water, in the desert, etc.). The lack of variety, the very limited scope of one single simulation mission and a very repetitive arcade mode, and somewhat laggy controls are what really hold back what would otherwise be a fairly decent title on the 7800. I would dearly love to give this game a Solid because I enjoyed it so much growing up, but objectively I can't do that in good faith. I hate to give it a "Meh" as well because I believe the game deserves to be somewhere in between those two ratings with an "it's okay". But, of the choices, "Meh" fits this one best, I'm afraid.

[nosweargamer]

I've started listening to your podcast, and I've yet to catch up to date, but I like the feedback segment. It's pretty awesome to hear what other Atari 7800 owners have to say about these games.

 

 

Thanks for listening! I'll read your feedback off of the thread, but feel free to e-mail a text or audio feedback for any of the games already covered!

(and that goes for anyone else of course)

[Trebor]

Summer Games: Solo play = "Meh". Two or more players = "Solid". It's not incredibly fun when playing alone, despite the well done graphics and animation. However, the more people the better. This title, across multiple platforms, is really best played as a 'party' or 'group' experience.

Super Huey UH-IX: "Trash". No matter how much or often I tried to like it, even remotely, through the years, it's just too poor of a game to enjoy in the least bit.

[SoulBlazer]

For anyone wondering why I didn't weigh in on this, I did a audio submission this time around as I loved Super Huey as a kid on the computer and wanted to stick up for the poor little game.

[Jinks]

10 print "SG meh";

20 print "SH trash";

30 goto 10

RUN