Room 34 Posted May 21, 2002 Share Posted May 21, 2002 Here's another in my series of efforts to start threads... This question arises from my personal experience, as a die-hard Atari 2600-loving youth in the early '80s, to a passive collector throughout the '90s, to a more serious collector only in the past few months. I am a player/collector, that is, while I am mainly collecting to get a complete collection, I also still like playing the games, and I am having fun playing games I never had as a kid. Therefore, the question: What is your favorite Atari 2600 game to play NOW that you never owned and had never played back THEN? Mine is a bit of a surprise... to me as well as probably to most of you... Circus Atari! It's the same kind of insanely addictive paddle game as Kaboom! and I just can't get enough of either of them! Another recent favorite that I never had before is Stargate. I was very excited about it when I read about it in Atari Age magazine, but I never saw it for sale anywhere in the '80s. OK... let's hear yours! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaliColts Posted May 21, 2002 Share Posted May 21, 2002 Gyruss Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horax Posted May 21, 2002 Share Posted May 21, 2002 My favourite games i never had as a kid are Xenophobe, Ms.Pac-Man and Millipede. I always wanted Ms.Pac-Man as a kid but somehow never got it. Last Summer i found it on a Flea-market and i was really impressed how much better it is than Pac-man. A must have, no doubt! Same goes for Millipede which i also found on a Flea-market last Summer... I never cared much about it as a kid coz i liked Centipede but it was never my favourite Game... So i just thought it wouldn´t be much better than Centipede! But i was very wrong... while Centipede is just a good game Millipede is a rush!!! Bigger, better, faster, more!! I never thought it would be that good!!!!! Well, i´ve never heard of Xenophobe as a kid. I got it from Ebay and to my delight it turned out to be one of the best and most fun Games i ever played on my 2600! Xenophobe rocks!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atarian75 Posted May 22, 2002 Share Posted May 22, 2002 My favorites are Pressure Cooker and Kaboom. I never had either as a kid and boy did I miss out. Both games are pure genius. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liquid_sky Posted May 22, 2002 Share Posted May 22, 2002 probally Dragonfire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisr Posted May 22, 2002 Share Posted May 22, 2002 Millipede, SC frogger and dodge'em Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Player Posted May 22, 2002 Share Posted May 22, 2002 HERO and Pitfall II. Always wanted to play those games, but my parents refused to buy any more Atari games after the crash. Which of course added to it. So blame them for it. I agree about Stargate--it really surprised me. What a great port of the game. It really makes Defender look weak. There are a ton more games I never played as a kid and always wanted. It's what makes collecting them now so great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwh Posted May 22, 2002 Share Posted May 22, 2002 Seems like everytime I plug in the 2600 I play Jr. Pac-Man and Star Trek S.O.S...After that, there is the other 100 games I never had as a kid, and of course the homebrew games that did not even exist then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KAZ Posted May 22, 2002 Share Posted May 22, 2002 Phoenix, far and above any others. I love this game now, and never ever saw it as a kid. I like Cosmic Ark and Gravitar also, those are really fun on my emulator, and I'll get those soon enough Artillery Duel, how could I forget that?? Dang it is fun (I have the Chuck Norris/Art Duel double ender). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCroniger Posted May 22, 2002 Share Posted May 22, 2002 My favorite is Frostbite. Great game and a lot of fun!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanJr Posted May 22, 2002 Share Posted May 22, 2002 Pressure Cooker, Midnight Magic, Escape from Mindmaster, Mountain King, Circus Atari. I missed out on so much as a kid... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DuckandCover Posted May 22, 2002 Share Posted May 22, 2002 Wow! Almost too many to count! Amongst my favorites would be Phoenix, Frogger, F-14 Tomcat, and Defender II. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ze_ro Posted May 22, 2002 Share Posted May 22, 2002 Well, I grew up in a ColecoVision household, so I guess I could say pretty much any game here... but I'll choose either Dark Chambers or Secret Quest. Both are incredibly well done, and I don't think I'd have appreciated them nearly as much as I do now. I also probably wouldn't have had the patience to get much farther than the first level. --Zero Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbfinley2 Posted May 22, 2002 Share Posted May 22, 2002 Radar Lock !!!!!!! Wow what a great game, been playing it alot. web page Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATARIPITBULL Posted May 22, 2002 Share Posted May 22, 2002 I have two of them: 1) Montezumas Revenge. 2) Crazy Climber. For some reason I can't get enough of that Crazy Climber. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atarinvader Posted May 22, 2002 Share Posted May 22, 2002 BMX Airmaster Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rasty Posted May 22, 2002 Share Posted May 22, 2002 Game I used to want badly but never got as a kid: Vanguard. But I don't like it anymore! Instead most of the games I overlooked as a kid are now among my top favorites! Too many to count.. Rasty.- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viso Posted May 22, 2002 Share Posted May 22, 2002 I would have to say Ninja Golf, even though it was for the 7800. A couple of friends that were over recently tried it out for the first time and proclaimed it to be insane. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malix Posted May 22, 2002 Share Posted May 22, 2002 I did not have many games as a kid but I am making up for that now. I would have to say my two favorite that I never had as a kid are: Fishing derby Dodge em. I know kind of weird choices. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris++ Posted May 22, 2002 Share Posted May 22, 2002 I'm more of a player than a collector -- I have hundreds and hundreds of VCS games (and ColecoVision and etc. etc.), and buy them wherever I see them, but if I didn't have fun playing, it wouldn't do me much good. I understand the fetishing of tangible objects that look neat (and fascinated me as a kid), but I resist that purely collectible impulse and concentrate on the games I love to play. For instance, I'll often trade 2 rare games that I never play for a more common game that I like. That sort of thing. My favorite games NOW that I never played THEN are Stampede (believe it or not, I never had it back in the day, and when I first played it a couple years ago, I was pleasantly surprised by how addictive it is), Pressure Cooker, Frostbite, Spacemaster X-7, Revenge of the Beefsteak Tomatoes, Millipede (far superior to the prequel) and Jr. Pac-Man. And probably a lot more, but this message is long enough already. CF Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ranthulfr Posted May 23, 2002 Share Posted May 23, 2002 quote: Originally posted by room34: Therefore, the question: What is your favorite Atari 2600 game to play NOW that you never owned and had never played back THEN? If I had to choose just one it would be Mountain King. It's a unique game and the extensive "secret area" is strangely fascinating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Room 34 Posted May 23, 2002 Author Share Posted May 23, 2002 quote: Originally posted by Chris Federico: Stampede Good one! I never wanted it when I was a kid. I hated anything cowboy-related. I guess it's the effect of growing up in a small town that is just big enough that there's a city-kid/country-kid division and I wanted nothing to do with anything rural. Since growing up I've only lived in very large metro areas, and now I have a lot more appreciation for the rural, especially the West! Anyway... I digress. I just got Stampede recently and I was nothing less than shocked at how fun and addictive it is! (And frustrating, too!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krytol Posted May 23, 2002 Share Posted May 23, 2002 Pitfall II. Saw it being played once as a kid and never forgot it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opa Opa Posted May 24, 2002 Share Posted May 24, 2002 I really, REALLY wanted Midnight Magic! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ugclone Posted May 25, 2002 Share Posted May 25, 2002 I'd have to go with Dark Chambers and Cosmic Ark. I wanted them so bad as a kid and now i play them all the time. Both are great Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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