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You say that a game doesn't get "worst ever" tag for nothing?? Well this is surely an acception. Most did not like the E.T. game, probably because they didn't have "instructions" anymore or tossed them out without reading. I heard stuff like... ~E.T. looked cool,but I didn't know how to play!!~ That was what I thought too at first... I myself often lost the manuals to my games when I was a kid and didn't read them often. So... being Atari games and all... 90% don't require a manual read before playing. E.T. did, and this could have been most of the issue with people, at least it should be... I bet this was what the "original" dissapiontment on E.T. was REALLY about. It wasn't cause the gameplay was so damn hedious like Double Dragon also on 2600 or Back to the Future for the NES. THOSE are disasters... not E.T. Now I'm not saying E.T. has to be awarded the best 2600 game... but fans of Atari should see it for what it is. Realize how the Atari system is " far limited" to later consoles and to rate it according to OTHER 2600 games. Not to NES/SEGA/PLAYSTATION. I can say you can do a lot worse then E.T. especially in the 2600 game library. Try Laser Blast by the great game designer David Crane... anyone anyone?? Now there's some pain for ya. LOL, well I'd rather be told a game is good and have someone tell me valid reasons why, then listen to loads of people complain about how bad a game like e.t.. is... and have it come from a dishonest place. Young people now, they just want to be trendy and funny with nasty sarcasm, (really taking it too far these days) and complain (pretend) to make mistakes in the e.t. game and call it honest frustration... I even saw a video where a guy pretened to get stuck between two screens I never got stuck moving E.T. around?? LOL, only time it happened was when one of the bad guys tried to take E.T. back to their headquarters. The screen took an extra second or two to drag E.T. but that always fixed itself. and doesn't effect the gameplay, score, or anything. This type of thing happened a lot with old computers and video games... their call BUGS.' Right? If you don't like it thats just fine... of a video game that aren't even With the games instructions in front of you, this does not quality as the worst game ever. Yes, some games require a manual before playing them, that doesn't mean a game sucks cause it can't be played without one. As for passing evil, or making people like E.T. I have no intention to change someones mind, you can't really when people follow the crowd, or don't think for themselves. I'm just here stating my own opinions, and I got legit ones. I do hope someone can read what I say about E.T. and agree, or fans of the game Adventure can try E.T. (if they haven't yet) and like it for themselves. PS the remaining carts where tossed in a hole, because Atari made far too many copies of the game to even be sold on the market. they needed to get rid of them somehow, it wasn't a ritual killing of a bad or evil game ok lol.

Very well said ... I agree the Swordquest games were widely distributed like E.T. but unlike E.T. they were really difficult nearly impossible! I have to say I do like the Mini-games on them... but that doesn't do much for the Swordquest series as a whole. As for the Real Sports... I do like Tennis and Volleyball but Football and Baseball were far below average at the time. As for the looney tunes on youtube lol... yeah if they hate E.T. to the "degree" they do, Atari 2600 is NOT for them, sorry... but it's the truth.

Why is it that everywhere I look youtube, web pages or whatnot, I see all kinds of posts that E..T is the worst 2600 game,.. or worst game ever made... I read one comment that the game made this guy wanna put a gun to his head. ok ,first of all people.. this IS Atari 2600... and E. T. doesn't stand out to me to be any worse then the average game for Atari's standard. I actually like it, I don't find the "falling in wells" to be a legit argument for the game "sucking worse then anything.", hell, at least there's something IN the wells.. and you need to go in them to win the game, would be different if the wells were useless and just killed you when u fall in then there's something to REALLY complain about... but wells are easy to deal with, just raise E. T.'s head 1/2 second after you accidentally fall in the well... and boom ur out! who cares!!?? I don't. any gamer who has any talent at all, can move around the wells with practice. everyone in the world...can praise Kaboom!, even if the bombs are flying so fast u can't even think or blink. no one says, god the bombs drop so fast this is the worst game ever made... blah blah... cause that's what kaboom is about fast as hell action, love it or leave it. E. T. is a game which is like no other for Atari 2600. It was ahead of it's time, in terms of game play. The game was Nintendo and Sega like...! just in a smaller/minimal 2600 kinda way. I guess some players would rather have E. T. collect candy in a pac-man clone maze game, with scientists and doctors chasing him around the maze. No thanks that's what pac-man itself is for... no need for another rip-off. right? people just need to jump on the hate-band wagon don't they? I bet many of this Internet people weren't even alive in 1982.. and think they have something to say about a game they might not even have played. I don't think original Atari 2600 gamers had a problem with E. T. well, certainly not to the point of fake suicide jokes... its just, without the manual.. if you didn't read it u were lost... and end up playing missile command instead. lol. I first played E. T. at my cousins house in 1988. I liked it but there was no manual , so I was lost didn't know what to do, luckily 11 years later Internet had Atari sites existed and I found the instructions... and I read them played e.t. and realized, this is a decent game! yeah its got a few flaws... but I know what im doing... whoo hoo.. and then I won it. tired of these random people who claim its the reason Atari went under, or caused the video game crash of 1983... well, I highly doubt it... pitfall was released 2 months earlier then E. T.... and everyone loved that one, why would E. T. end the game market?? because ET was wasn't *the game of gods* well pitfall and other great 2600 games made in '82 shoulda' helped save the game crash of '83.... Urban Champion was awful one of the early NES games, but it didn't stop Nintendo. Why would E.T. kill Atari game sales or the whole video game market of 1983? Now I'm going to ask, the gamers that were around in the year 1982-83 that were aged 8 or older. What do you think made the sales of video games drop dramatic in 1983? Was it the personal computers like Commodore starting to appeal and push aside Atari, Odyssey, etc?

nice to see so many defender fans... "defending" the original defender. so i'm not crazy for liking this game

i am kinda undecided... i think that defender II aka Stargate is much better on the technical stand point. but! i tend to play the original defender more!! sooo hmmm i like both maybe it's a tie here?? i never got why people didn't like the first atari 2600 defender to such a degree... all the elements are there, and its fun to play.. isn't it? yeah the blinking ship makes no sense, but doesn't effect matters. i'm not gonna hate playing a game just cause the ship blinks...if i had to recommend one though, i'd say go with Defender II. PS, i could hate chopper command for not being as fun as either defenders. but i won't put it down too much now, even if the helicopter is an ugly barf yellow... and camoflanges with the ugly background mountains/sky. just to name a thing or two heh heh...

Good that u got it working... I never had a problem with Fox games. **knock on woodgrain** but do you LIKE Turmoil? Of my Fox games I got which is almost all of them, I like Turmoil maybe the very least. I should play it again, to make sure. I just found the game to be... really flat or just somehow void.

3rd score, bigger one 2,902

new second score, 1,718

1st time playing a paddle game on HSC.. and first time to post my score first 1,177

Ahhh. I am very good at this game, I bought it when it was somewhat new , and forced myself to find a way to get good at it. I hit and run... don't stand still or they will be all over you. I think I won this game, or got to final 2 bosses. I'm always good at games people find to be hell, dunno why. All on my own.. no help, internet or tips. D.D. has great ending music. I also like the women enemies in this game, hair of fire. LOL.

60,660 213''81

60,460

oOK STRESS ANYONE?? THIS MAKES PRRESSURE COOKER LOOK LIKE A CAKE WALK! 59,860 217''66

My first score, my first race as well. 43,370

It's my birthday tonight... so nice to obtain my personal best so far, for P.C.

ACTION SHOT! PROBABLY MY FINAL SCORE 146,140

A few tips, 1.Both the tomato and the hamburger bun can be grabbed/taken perfectly everytime by running either all the way to the top first, or down all the way to the bottom. Doesn't look pretty, but you won't have to break these two food items again with this method. 2.To avoid smashing your food items, make sure your head/face clears each food item. If you are head level with the flying food, it will smash you in the face. Also be sure to stand far enough to the left to have room to grab each food item properly. 3.Sometimes if you make an error with matching your food items together you can still complete the order without wasting the hamburger...as long as you added items that are "vital" to the order. For example if the order required 1 lettuce and 1 tomato, but you added 3 tomatoes and 2 lettuce it's just fine as long as it follows what the checks requested from you. 4.If you are unsure of what food item you need to add to your hamburger, you can look left to the conveyer belt and check the colors already on your hamburger to maybe help you decide what you need next. 5.In later rounds the hamburger bun comes at you sometimes when you don't need it although, if it comes to you 2 times in a row that means there's an order all ready to be completed, and you just have missed seeing it on the check system below. Sometimes there's no time to stare at the checks and figure it, just trust that if the bun keeps coming at you, that means it's time to use it! Those are my tips, the last tip I'm not 100% on, so would be good if someone here can confirm it for me. Thanks...

Okay here's a score worth a pic. 130,365 Don't think I can get higher, Pressure Cooker isn't a favorite of mine, haven't played it much either, but it's fun though.

2nd score 66,385

I'm back after a 2-3 year time away. I moved and started new things, but now I'm back at the Atari. Here's my first score so far for P.C. 55,470

these work around 75%, all fire buttons works fine, but the sticks themself could use work as they have a slight delay. might be really great auction if this is an easy problem to fix. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...E:IT&ih=013

More might be on the way, in the next few days. http://my.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?MyeBay...me=STRK:ME:LNLK - http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...E:IT&ih=013 **i posted in marketplace also by accident. but meant to be at the auction area**

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It's in great shape, I am not sure who owned it before me, but works fine and looks better. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...E:IT&ih=013 I take $, money order,check, paypal.

Cancel this request, I will try an eBay one. Thanks.