King Atari Posted February 11, 2002 Share Posted February 11, 2002 Does anything bring back more nostalgia then the very early Atari games (77-80)? I remember back when games like Bowling could keep me entertained for hours (still does, in fact). This was way before Xenophobe, of course. Anyways, my vote for the best 1st generation game is Superman (1979). Man, I can't count how many times I've played that game, and my excitement when I figured out you didn't have to actually assemble the bridge, you just brought the pieces to the screen and it would go back together, that was great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted February 11, 2002 Share Posted February 11, 2002 For two players it's Air-Sea Battle, but for one player I would say Breakout or Adventure. Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemmi Posted February 11, 2002 Share Posted February 11, 2002 Combat for 2 players and I have to go with Tempests vote as well, Breakout & Adventure for one player Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d8thstar Posted February 11, 2002 Share Posted February 11, 2002 always a fan of indy 500 for two players... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattyXB Posted February 11, 2002 Share Posted February 11, 2002 For 1 Player Dragonfire, Asterix and Peter Penguin. For 2 Players Indy 500. And for more Players Decathlon (The Joystick Killer) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moycon Posted February 11, 2002 Share Posted February 11, 2002 One player...Without a doubt Adventure. That game just plain was awesome back then and now. Two Player...At that time Breakout. Now....Probably Combat or Outlaw. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NE146 Posted February 11, 2002 Share Posted February 11, 2002 I used to play SpaceWars but the green background used to piss me off. I mean it looked like ships were on a football field! So to get rid of it I'd turn the tv brightness all the way down and turn the color high up. This caused a pitch black "space" background suitable for the spaceships to do battle in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lost Monkey Posted February 11, 2002 Share Posted February 11, 2002 1 player: Adventure (no contest!) 2 player: Air-Sea Battle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osmeroid Posted February 11, 2002 Share Posted February 11, 2002 For a true single-player game, it has to be Berzerk. My fave multi-player game is Warlords (4 players with 'sticky' ball!). I think that Othello & Video Checkers deserve honourable mentions in both categories. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Atari Posted February 11, 2002 Author Share Posted February 11, 2002 quote: I used to play SpaceWars but the green background used to piss me off. I mean it looked like ships were on a football field! So to get rid of it I'd turn the tv brightness all the way down and turn the color high up. This caused a pitch black "space" background suitable for the spaceships to do battle in Hey, that's a pretty good idea! Although I was never very fond of that game (I saw it as Combat in space, and I didn't like Combat in the first place), that green background did kinda bug me. And to stay on topic, another 1st gen. game I still love is Basketball. It's simplicity is what made it so great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubersaurus Posted February 11, 2002 Share Posted February 11, 2002 If only Space War was truer to the arcade! And I liked both it and Combat alot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liveinabin Posted February 11, 2002 Share Posted February 11, 2002 I never thought Air-sea battle would be so popular here, i always felt it a poor cousin to combat. I love Video Olympics - as a UK resident, not having been able to buy actual Atari pong units, VO is as authentic as it gets here. So simple - so perfect. After that, probably combat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+johnnywc Posted February 11, 2002 Share Posted February 11, 2002 I've always been partial to Dodge'em - a true classic... Bowling is another, along with Adventure. Gotta love the first-gen games! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATARIPITBULL Posted February 11, 2002 Share Posted February 11, 2002 I love Adventure, it was one of the first two games my mother bought for me when I was 10 and I have loved playing it ever since. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian M Posted February 11, 2002 Share Posted February 11, 2002 I'd have to say Breakout. After that, I guess it was Pac-Man. As bad as it was, I was just thrilled to have some kind of Pac-Man variant of my own to play whenever I wanted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horax Posted February 11, 2002 Share Posted February 11, 2002 The best Game for 2 Players is Air-Sea Battle! The best 1 Player Game is Adventure in my opinion! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattG/Snyper2099 Posted February 11, 2002 Share Posted February 11, 2002 Space Invaders gets my vote! kudos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mos6507 Posted February 12, 2002 Share Posted February 12, 2002 Most of these games are not 1st generation games. 1st generation games are the original launch titles. I don't have the list off the top of my head but they are CX2601 through 13 or so. This does not include stuff like Superman or Adventure or Space Invaders. With this in mind, I'd have to say Indy 500 is my fav. I didn't get it as a kid because of the extra cost of the extra controllers, but it's a pretty fun and unique game to play because of them, and definitely an inpspiration in making Death Derby. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lost Monkey Posted February 12, 2002 Share Posted February 12, 2002 quote: Originally posted by Glenn Saunders: Most of these games are not 1st generation games. 1st generation games are the original launch titles. I don't have the list off the top of my head but they are CX2601 through 13 or so. This does not include stuff like Superman or Adventure or Space Invaders. All right then.... I'll switch from Adventure (2613) to Defender (2609). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted February 12, 2002 Share Posted February 12, 2002 Actually the launch titles are usually refered to as "The Original Nine", I think 1st generation means pre-picture labels (at least to me). The original nine were not limited to the CX2601 - CX2613 range, they were all over the map because Atari was going to have certain numbers be part of certain series (sort of like Intellivision did). The original nine were: Action? Series -------------- Combat (CX-2601) Air-Sea Battle (CX-2602) Star Ship (CX-2603) Racing (speedway)? Series ------------------------- Indy 500 (CX-2611) Street Racer (CX-2612) Sports? Series -------------- Video Olympics (CX-2621) Strategy? Series ---------------- Surround (CX-2641) Gambling? Series ---------------- Blackjack (CX-2651) Learning? Series ---------------- Basic Math (CX-2661) If you look at the games around these launch titles, you'll see that the genres usually line up (i.e. most sports games are in the 20's). Atari abandonded this idea fairly early on and stuck new titles in where the holes were (this is why RS Baseball is in the middle of Othello and Surround). Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Atari Posted February 12, 2002 Author Share Posted February 12, 2002 quote Actually the launch titles are usually refered to as "The Original Nine", I think 1st generation means pre-picture labels (at least to me). That's what I think. The picture label era began the more modern era, because the games became so much better graphically. So, Superman, Adventure, and Space Invaders do count. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liveinabin Posted February 12, 2002 Share Posted February 12, 2002 Ah Basic Math then, that ROCKS!! I can get as far as the 3x2 level but thats my limit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mos6507 Posted February 12, 2002 Share Posted February 12, 2002 quote: Originally posted by King Atari: That's what I think. The picture label era began the more modern era, because the games became so much better graphically. So, Superman, Adventure, and Space Invaders do count. I don't think you can really include any 4K titles as "1st generation". Not only that, but some 2K titles are clearly 2nd or 3rd generation titles. The early Activision games were 2K titles, like Kaboom or Dragster, but were better looking and better playing than most 1st generation 2K titles. There really are more than two generations with the 2600. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Atari Posted February 12, 2002 Author Share Posted February 12, 2002 quote There really are more than two generations with the 2600. The way I see it is: 1st gen.- Text labels 2nd gen.- Picture labels 3rd gen.- Silver labels 4th gen.- Red labels I see it like that because each period had different characteristics. #1/#2 both had quality (although simple) games, with fairly bad graphics but fun gameplay, #3 is the port area, since most Silver label games were ports of arcade games, plus the graphics started to get better, #4 is the best, the graphics were finally passable, and the games were a tossup between ports, re-releases, and originals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stella'sGhost Posted February 13, 2002 Share Posted February 13, 2002 One player: Adventure Two player: Combat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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