Dusk2600 Posted June 25, 2006 Share Posted June 25, 2006 (edited) well many, many companies can struggle out this title. activision imagic parkerbros tigervision wizard video konami sega 20th century fox (worm war 1) wooo wooo Telesystem spectra vision xenox any others id have to say activision i love imagic n all but the activision library is so big i can not pick any others some greats of my own thought (no order) worm whomper (Intv) Sea Quest plaque attack fishing derby oink kaboom crackpots pitfall spider fighter pressure cooker frostbite aw what the hell, i love em all...... quote of trhe day... (its locked, lets go play space invaders)-easy money Edited June 25, 2006 by Dusk2600 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophero Sly Posted June 25, 2006 Share Posted June 25, 2006 Activision, followed by Parker Bros. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NovaXpress Posted June 25, 2006 Share Posted June 25, 2006 No love for Froggo? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusk2600 Posted June 25, 2006 Author Share Posted June 25, 2006 who could forget...., oh all of us it is a 3rd party company, even tho all their games r re-releases still like seahunt 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NovaXpress Posted June 25, 2006 Share Posted June 25, 2006 How about some respect for Data Age, who gave us hours of enjoyment with cutting-edge games like Bugs and Warplock? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HP Atari King of Michigan Posted June 25, 2006 Share Posted June 25, 2006 Four companies come to mind: Activision, Parker Bros., Imagic, and Starpath. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bedouin Posted June 25, 2006 Share Posted June 25, 2006 I think Activision is my favorite. River Raid and Enduro are two of my favorite 2600 titles. I might even like Enduro more than River Raid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NovaXpress Posted June 25, 2006 Share Posted June 25, 2006 Hmm, I'm now thinking that Mythicon should take the crown. If only for the incredible variety found in their library. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atari_wizard Posted June 25, 2006 Share Posted June 25, 2006 1. Activision no doubt is my top pick. Brought us classics like Pitfall II & River Raid 2. Parker Bros 3. Imagic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATARIPITBULL Posted June 25, 2006 Share Posted June 25, 2006 Just 3, Activision, Parker Bros & Imagic. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rik Posted June 26, 2006 Share Posted June 26, 2006 For me,there's two top ones,1...ACTIVISION,2...IMAGIC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Student Driver Posted June 26, 2006 Share Posted June 26, 2006 I never got into Imagic games that much... my top third-parties would probably be the ubiquitous Activision, CBS, M Network, Parker Brothers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Postman Posted June 26, 2006 Share Posted June 26, 2006 Tron! Seriously though, I love Activision for the most part and can't thank Centuri enough for allowing a Phoenix port. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NovaXpress Posted June 26, 2006 Share Posted June 26, 2006 (edited) can't thank Centuri enough for allowing a Phoenix port. What does Phoenix have to do with third-party games? And shouldn't it be "can't thank Centuri enough for accepting a big check?" Not exactly an act of goodwill on their part. It should have been a third-party game, but Atari stole the license out from underneath Coleco after ads had already been run in the magazines (Atari would later be screwed twice as much by Nintendo on the Tetris deal). Therefore we were denied the joy of a Colecovision Phoenix as well as the amusing horror of an Intellivision Phoenix. Same goes for Vanguard. And Coleco might have actually made the excellent Challenger instead of just licensing it like Atari did. Edited June 26, 2006 by NovaXpress Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jboypacman Posted June 26, 2006 Share Posted June 26, 2006 Activision and Imagic are my favorites but i do like Sega as well. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+atari2600land Posted June 26, 2006 Share Posted June 26, 2006 I'd have to say Activision for Freeway and Stampede. I only have 51 games in my collection. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G.Whiz Posted June 26, 2006 Share Posted June 26, 2006 Activision, hands down, is the best overall software creater including Atari. ~G Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Wonder007 Posted June 26, 2006 Share Posted June 26, 2006 I like Absolute, mostly for Pete Rose Baseball (I think the best baseball game on the Atari 2600)......... Also, the usual three are great......Activision, Parker Bros and Imagic.... Midway Sega games, especially Tapper, are also great. However, overall, I love the Starpath games, especially Frogger, it's pretty much like the arcade version. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Climber Posted June 26, 2006 Share Posted June 26, 2006 No love for Froggo? I would have to say Froggo totally sucks balls My favorite is Answer Software, it's too bad we never got to see what these guys could really do. Malagai and Gauntlet are awesome games that I totally have in my weekly rotation of games I play. I still have to get a repro of Confrontation one of these days, I bet that game kicks ass also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Helmet Posted June 26, 2006 Share Posted June 26, 2006 Imagic CBS (Only because 2 of my favorites are Wizard of Wor and Omega Race) Activision Coleco Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BydoEmpire Posted June 26, 2006 Share Posted June 26, 2006 1. Activision 2. Imagic I actually like a lot of Imagic games better, but Activision just has so many great games, it's hard to argue with their portfolio. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianC Posted June 27, 2006 Share Posted June 27, 2006 (edited) No love for Epyx? They only made a handful of 2600 games (unless you count the Starpath games as Epyx, though Starpath wasn't part of Epyx when they made 2600 games), but the games they made are all excellent. Starpath also made some excellent games for the 2600. My favorite third parties for the 2600 are Epyx, Starpath, Activision, Imagic, Parker Bros, and M Network. Edited June 27, 2006 by BrianC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirin jensen Posted June 27, 2006 Share Posted June 27, 2006 While Activision has more games - and even has a few more good games - than Imagic, it also has way more crap in its stable than Imagic. Therefore I'd go with Imagic. Andd, yes, I know many of you are saying "What crap? They were all good." No. No, they weren't. The sheer awfulness of fishing derby alone negates most of their catalog all by itself as far as I'm concerned. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G.Whiz Posted June 27, 2006 Share Posted June 27, 2006 While Activision has more games - and even has a few more good games - than Imagic, it also has way more crap in its stable than Imagic. Therefore I'd go with Imagic. Andd, yes, I know many of you are saying "What crap? They were all good." No. No, they weren't. The sheer awfulness of fishing derby alone negates most of their catalog all by itself as far as I'm concerned. Yes, but it was well-made crap... Of course, this question is purely subjective, but the criteria that I would use is: number of good games, percentage of good games, number of innovations, and overall impact. Imagic had some good games (Demon Attack, Atlantis) but they were not all that innovative -- certainly their box design left much to be desired. Activision gave us Kaboom!, Pitfall series, River Raid series, Chopper Command, H.E.R.O., and Starmaster (off the top of my head) that were all fresh and innovative. The graphics were incredible for their time (the famous sunset), Dolphin was the first game to incorporate sound as a major gameplay component, the inventiveness with many of their games easily outstripped the competition at the time, and I believe they were also one of the few third-party to use the paddle controls. Even the "crap" games, you could tell that the programmers really cared about what they were doing instead of "getting product to market" as with the Big A. Not only that, but I think Activision laid the groundwork for third-party software makers to come. And, of course, they were the first company to treat their programmers like rock stars, the gods and idols that they were. ~G 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Laird Posted June 27, 2006 Share Posted June 27, 2006 Activision for me are the clear winners of this one. Many of the others are about equal; Fox, Imagic, Parker Bros, Epyx and Telesys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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