adams_ale Posted December 21, 2004 Share Posted December 21, 2004 I just checked and the Night Driver Arcade was in black & white with no oncoming cars. Amazingly the 2600 version of Night Driver would appear to be better than the arcade version with both color, nice allusion of speed, and oncoming cars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adams_ale Posted December 21, 2004 Share Posted December 21, 2004 that is "illusion" of speed. Is this the only 2600 game to look better than it's Arcade counterpart? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+FujiSkunk Posted December 21, 2004 Share Posted December 21, 2004 that is "illusion" of speed. Is this the only 2600 game to look better than it's Arcade counterpart? Indy 500 arguably looks better, and Video Olympics gives Pong a color boost. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davepesc Posted December 23, 2004 Share Posted December 23, 2004 Gotta mention another of my least favorites: Cosmic Creeps Lord is that pointless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inky Posted December 23, 2004 Share Posted December 23, 2004 I can't really think of 50, but I can think of a few here... Pooyan. THe poor framerate makes it unplayable. Basic Math. Bor-ring! Math Gran Prix Bor-ring! Pac Kong. Yep, totally unplayable. I almost wish one of our resident hax0rz around here would look at the code of that one to see if there's a good game hidden inside. Burgertime. Worst. Arcade Translation EVA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flojomojo Posted December 23, 2004 Share Posted December 23, 2004 Games with a grade of F: Desert Falcon ET Reactor Realsports Baseball Super Cobra Word Zapper I gotta take issue with these games from your list. They're all games I've gotten some pleasure from, and IMHO don't deserve a grade of F. DF, Reactor, and SC in particular were better than average for me. Unlike the film, E.T. is not very accessible, but it's kinda sorta charming in its own way, moreso than Raiders of the Lost Ark for me. Play some more Froggo-released games, early sports games, or the Atari Flashback and try again. Seriously. Try Football sometime; it's as shite as Home Run ever was. What a mess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Mitchell Posted December 23, 2004 Share Posted December 23, 2004 Games with a grade of F:Brain Games Flag Capture Homerun Squeeze Box Stellar Track I would not rate these games as that bad. I actually enjoy Brain Games to this day! Rob Mitchell, Atlanta, GA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimefighter Posted December 24, 2004 Share Posted December 24, 2004 BTW, I pulled this list off the Video Game Critic website. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattG/Snyper2099 Posted December 24, 2004 Share Posted December 24, 2004 Games with a grade of F: 3d Tic Tac Toe Airlock Basic Programming Brain Games China Syndrome Condor Attack Cruise Missile Custer's Revenge Dancing Plates Desert Falcon Double Dragon ET Final Approach Fire Fly Flag Capture Homerun Journey Escape Karate Laser Blast Marauder Oink! Pigs In Space Porky's Quadrun Quick Step Rampage Reactor Realsports Baseball Skeet Shoot Slot Machine Slot Racers Space Jockey Spikes Peak Squeeze Box Star Ship Stellar Track Super Baseball Super Cobra Sub Scan Survival Island Sword of Saros Swordquest Earthworld Swordquest Fireworld Task Force Texas Chainsaw Massacre Video Checkers Word Zapper You're crazy. Quadrun is a great game. As is sword of saros, survival island, and oink! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattG/Snyper2099 Posted December 24, 2004 Share Posted December 24, 2004 Oh yeah, and why is this in the contest forum. Do I win something? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+KaeruYojimbo Posted December 30, 2004 Share Posted December 30, 2004 Custer's Revenge is by far the worst game ever. After that, Zaxxon, Coconuts, Condor Attack, Knight on the Town, Pac Kong, Yars Revenge and Airlock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kemsted Posted December 31, 2004 Share Posted December 31, 2004 Custer's Revenge is by far the worst game ever. After that, Zaxxon, Coconuts, Condor Attack, Knight on the Town, Pac Kong, Yars Revenge and Airlock. Yar's Revenge?!?! -kemsted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacob Rose Posted January 4, 2005 Share Posted January 4, 2005 I'm not sure why people don't like Reactor. The controls are difficult to master, and the motion's a lot more subtle than, say, Asteroids, because the game is all about fighting with your momentum. You might not see much happen on the screen even though you're busy slamming the joystick to smash those particles against the walls. A lot of the action is about staying still! And it has groovin, bassy theme music to boot. =) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keilbaca Posted January 8, 2005 Share Posted January 8, 2005 I'm not sure why people don't like Reactor. The controls are difficult to master, and the motion's a lot more subtle than, say, Asteroids, because the game is all about fighting with your momentum. You might not see much happen on the screen even though you're busy slamming the joystick to smash those particles against the walls. A lot of the action is about staying still! And it has groovin, bassy theme music to boot. =) The Trackball gives the game a whole new experience. MUCH better control, and it feels like the arcade. A very well done port, if used by the trackball. Now for the worst games IMO. All "Adult" games All Mythicon games Air Raid Laser Blast (Boring and repetitive, very easy) Glib Atari Video Cube Math Grand Prix Fun with Numbers Hangman Artillery Duel Chuck Norris's Superkicks Swordquest Series Burgertime Basic Programming Sneak'n Peek Chase the Chuckwagon Any Froggo game That's it for now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awsomo3000 Posted February 27, 2005 Share Posted February 27, 2005 did anybody say indana jones and the raiders of the lost ark, it sucked pretty good too. thats my opinoin of corse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homerwannabee Posted February 27, 2005 Share Posted February 27, 2005 Games that I think suck Donkey Kong Jr. E.T. Any basketbal, baseball, or football game Activision Boxing Spaceshuttle(still dont understand the game) Raiders of the Lost Ark(still dont undersant the game) cops and robbers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Needles Kane Posted April 8, 2005 Share Posted April 8, 2005 Which what my earlier comment was about Moycon Sssssnake? The Mythicon titles? Laser Blast? Just a few examples there... Laser Blast? I love that game! Sacrilege! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gambler172 Posted April 9, 2005 Share Posted April 9, 2005 Hi my favorite worst games are: Pac Kong Aquattack RS Football Freeway greetings Gambler172 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supercat Posted June 25, 2005 Share Posted June 25, 2005 Now for the worst games IMO. Burgertime Basic Programming Burgertime didn't seem all that bad. To be sure, it used missles and the Ball to represent three of the enemies, but that allows the enemies to appear on the same scan line without flicker. The appearance might have been less annoying if the code moved those objects as it changed the width so as to make them spin about their center rather than the edge, but I would say the programmers did a reasonable job of trying to deal with the 2600's limitations. As for Basic Programming, I think it unfortunate that Atari didn't bundle a keyboard with it. Extending the normal keypad scanning techniques to a device that plugged into both controller ports would have allowed for 48 buttons. Not great, but it would have avoided the need for four different shift states. Be that as it may, the Basic Programming cart would seem like a pretty amazing accomplishment. Managing to get such a cart working while leaving half of the 2600's memory available is pretty amazing and I have no idea how Mr. Robinett accomplished it. My guess is that he must have re-used a lot of memory locations on-the-fly, but I still find it hard to believe. BTW, I wonder if would be adaptable to the SuperCharger? That'd allow enough user RAM to make things almost worthwhile. Also, BTW, I just tried Stellar Track. Pretty faithful adaptation of the classic 'mainframe' game, though I do find some things a bit puzzling. Although I remembered the directions 1-8, I have no clue why this game would use those instead of arrows. I also found irksome the fact that impulse engines won't allow the ship to leave a sector (in the classic versions, they would go to the edge of the next sector). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radio F Software Posted June 25, 2005 Author Share Posted June 25, 2005 Wow... this came back and kinda scared me. I don't exactly know why this was in this forum unless it got moved here or the forum name was changed. The person whom I work with to put together these lists quit... and he was good at it . I guess if you guys want we can move this to the 2600 forum and just talk about the worst games ever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supercat Posted June 25, 2005 Share Posted June 25, 2005 Games with a grade of F: China Syndrome 762591[/snapback] Am I the only guy who'll stand up for this game? To be sure, a couple of slight hacks would improve it considerably [change the background color between 'zones' to make the boundaries clearer, and erase the sprite data for the obstacles] but despite its limitations I do find the gameplay compelling. Perhaps I'll code my own version with a few more improvements and see how that plays. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trip_Cannon Posted June 28, 2005 Share Posted June 28, 2005 I've seen ET, Raiders of the Lost Ark, and even Yar's Revenge. That's a Howard Scott Warshaw hat trick!! Does anybody want to vote for Saboteur / A-Team and make it complete? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.J. Franzman Posted June 28, 2005 Share Posted June 28, 2005 Ok i vote for Raider of the Lost Ark on teh merit that I cant get out of the bloody title screen the fire key, reset , anything , no matter what i do i cant get out of the damn screen and ive tried different carts. i think this makes it the worse game. totally blows when you can not get out of the 1982 © atari inc 708357[/snapback] Jeez, have you tried reading the manual? Online walkthroughs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.J. Franzman Posted June 28, 2005 Share Posted June 28, 2005 Ok i vote for Raider of the Lost Ark on teh merit that I cant get out of the bloody title screen the fire key, reset , anything , no matter what i do i cant get out of the damn screen and ive tried different carts. i think this makes it the worse game. totally blows when you can not get out of the 1982 © atari incDid you try using the right joystick? I don't remember offhand but I think ROTLA uses the right one...I had that same issue last time I tried to play it. 708438[/snapback] You're almost there - you need to use BOTH joysticks to play Raiders! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Thag Posted July 1, 2005 Share Posted July 1, 2005 Am I the only guy who'll stand up for this game? To be sure, a couple of slight hacks would improve it considerably [change the background color between 'zones' to make the boundaries clearer, and erase the sprite data for the obstacles] but despite its limitations I do find the gameplay compelling. Perhaps I'll code my own version with a few more improvements and see how that plays. Bravo! I like this one too. Graphics are so-so, but the gameplay is original and fun. My worst games are: Ssnake Bugs Firefly That strawberry shortcake game Warplock There are plenty more, but those are some undeniable stinkers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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