Reactor is awesome after all!

[kyle]

Hey i said on this board more than once that i hate reactor and the other day saw someone say the same thing. Well i was wrong my problem was i didnt understand the qbject of the game. I put it in last night and figured it out in like 5 secs. Now why i couldnt befor i dont know anyway i love reactor mow! Its a fun little game.

[+-^CrossBow^-]

I need to pick this title up sometime. I see from time to time loose for about 2 bucks but haven't gotten myself to actually grab any of them. I did find one boxed that the guy wanted $5 for...but I told him that was too high. Later when I thought about it more...I finally decided to get it..and of course...it was gone.

[Inky]

The later levels with the vortex and the invisible walls and the faster particles make for a challenge and a half!

[ratfink]

Play it with a trackball! Great game.

[onklsven75]

I have never found the trackball to work well on any of my 2600 games. Finally, maybe I'll get some use out of it!

[+Cafeman]

I used to LOVE 2600 Reactor. The arcade game really caught my attention at the local mall arcade, and the 2600 was a great port. You have to smash the rods by ricocheting the particles into them. Here's a question -- what is the BEST home version of Reactor?

[Tempest]

AFAIK the 2600 version is the ONLY home version of Reactor. Was it released for anything else?

 

Tempest

[DuckandCover]

I think you're right: the 2600 got the only home treatment of Reactor. Supposedly, Parker Brothers was developing a version of the game for the Intellivision, but it was never released.

[NE146]

Yes Reactor for the arcades was kind of 'ehhh' but for the 2600 it was a great game If anything, it is definitely unique.

 

If you like Reactor, a while ago I scanned an interview with Tim Skelly who actually designed the game as well as others for Cinematronic (like Rip-Off and Starhawk). It's a relatively interesting read and shows his thought process behind the game.

 

First page is here: skelly page 1

 

Or actually.. never mind. Just go here and go through the jpg's named "skellyX" in order. There are some other random scans there as well.

 

 

[ 04-11-2002: Message edited by: NE146 ]

[moycon]

I agree Reactor is a totally under appreciated game on the 2600. I used to play the hell outta that game back in the day. I never really played it in the arcade but I loved the huge speakers and the rock music that would come blaring outta the game during the demo. Very cool!!!!

 

I don't recall it ever released on any other systems tho... Not even c64.... But I may be wrong. You'd think it would be a natual on the c64 though as it had great music capabilties for the time.

 

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