My daughter played her first game today

[My daughter played her first game today]

cool story, i have a 2 yr old daughter and just the other day we were at the store (she was sitting in the seat in the shopping cart) and we played a game on the gamecube demo station. well, more like i controlled character movement and she played with the pretty buttons. cant wait to play games at home with her like my dad played with me about 25 years ago. breakout was my dads favorite, i wonder what my daughters wll be.

[Wich is your average score on these games?]

oh boy...heres your ego boost....

 

missle command...about 65000

centepede...about 20000

 

i love both games but as you can tell.. im not great at either.

[Wich is your average score on these games?]

oh boy...heres your ego boost....

 

missle command...about 65000

centepede...about 20000

 

i love both games but as you can tell.. im not great at either.

[Wich game has most different stages?]

i always wondered how many different car and river paterns frogger had....ive only completed about 8. i think gorf just has 3. phoenix and demon attack seem to have alot.

[Wich game has most different stages?]

i always wondered how many different car and river paterns frogger had....ive only completed about 8. i think gorf just has 3. phoenix and demon attack seem to have alot.

[Games you wish had a 1-player option...]

yeah, m network football and combat came to mind first for me too.

[My 1st Atari 2600 game (Man Goes Down)]

wow...i cant wait til this cart is available! this is why it is so great that talented people are still cranking out 2600 titles. its going to be a masterpiece.....addictive game play, solid graphics and an interesting concept. one suggestion for the final version, because the tension builds as the game gets harder, perhaps some "mission impossible" type of background music would be cool. again, great job.

[Which game should be ported to ATARI 2600 ?]

great topic...perhaps fodder for the xypes and such to consider for future development(if no licencing probs)

 

my wish list

 

1. kickman.......somebody was working on this one, but the project appears dead

 

2. lunar lander...parts of gravitar could be used to hack one maybe?

 

3 robotron 2084

 

4. super zaxxon...may be a 2600 graphics toughy

 

[2600 horror]

in the spirit of halloween, i have chosen my spookiest 2600 character...Frankenstiens Monster, edging out the scorpion(pitfall) and the alien (from alien).

 

anybody got any other creepy characters to add?

[2600 game quirks]

I was just playing defender the other day and remembered that when I was a kid I figured out that if you fire rapidly, enemy fire will sometimes go right through your flashing starship. this got me thinking, there are several of these little quirks that add to the charm of the 2600 and its games.

 

My all time favorite is in M-network football. If your opponent breaks free and is running for a touchdown, you can simply run through the left side of the screen, come out on the right, and nail the guy head on. We used to call this play "superman", cause if this happened in real football, your guy would have to run around the world to make this happen.

 

Anybody have any fond memories of quirks like this in other games?

[kickman]

hey...can anyone tell me what happened to the 2600 kickman game that was on the in development page? i cant remember who was working on that one..has it been scrapped?.....i hope not as it was a favorite of mine on the c-64 and it would be a great 2600 cart.

[Which game should be ported to ATARI 2600 ?]

i keep going to the in development section to see if there is any more info on the kickman game. i loved kickman on the commodore as a kid and cant wait to pick up the 2600 version!

[pc controllers]

Thanks Max! ill probably just pick up a cheap one (as i am a cheap person). I'd try the stelladaptor if i thought my old 2600 jr stick would live longer than a day.

 

Ive had my ps1 dual shock controller for over 6 years and never had a problem with it either.

 

Again thanks for the input!

[pc controllers]

this might be a stoopid question, but i know you guys will know this. will pc controllers work with 2600 bin files on stella?

["If they made a (name of a game) 2 ... "]

1. montezumas revenge II

2. Enduro II....with different terrains and jumps

3. Video Pinball II.....improved gameplay...design your own table

 

now heres some that i would reject....

 

1. Airlock II....the reboring

2. Realsports Volleyball II

3. King Kong II...the little kong would run around in a diaper...climbing vines...never mind.

[What Comedies would make cool 2600 games?]

Animal House

 

4 Levels

 

1. Wander around campus and find Delta pledge pin and get to delta house (timed level)

 

2. Inside Delta house...avoid beers being thrown at you...reach the basement bar.

 

3. Toga Party...Get as many passed out babes into your shopping cart and over to Dean Wormers House. (timed level)

 

4. Homecoming Parade...Blow stuff up without being stoped by Neidermeyer or Police.

 

 

If level 3 is too offensive then make level 3 "Road trip"...avoid damage to Flounders brother's car as you head for Emily Dickenson College.

[Favorite 2600 Character?]

here are some darkhorses

 

1. 2nd row from top space invader

2. the minus sign aimer from missle command

3. lancelot from "sir lancelot"

4. ET

5. your guy in congo bongo...after being killed as he floats to heaven

6. the dude in cocconuts

7. the ball in video pinball (played by the same guy who did adventure)

8. the guy in climber 5.

[Activision put out a new 2600 compilation set...]

I got the GBA version a few months ago and its great. My favorit feature is the fact that it saves your hi scores. I used to have to keep track on the last page of my manuals in pencil....like an animal

[Most Complex Game?]

Since part of the charm of the 2600 is the simplicity of the games, this is a cool topic. Heres my 2 cents.

 

 

1. Space Shuttle

2. sq earthworld (i never played the other 2)

3. 3d tic tac toe (am i a moron?.....dont answer that)

4. ET

[Earning the Activision Patches]

Ive recently begun my quest for patches on the GBA "Activision Anthology" which has an awsome feature that gives you a patch (or at least a picture of one). The funny thing about these is that some are very simple to achieve...while others are darn near impossible.

 

EASY...Pitfall, Ice hockey

HARD...Kaboom, Crackpots

[The Long and Short]

Heres a fun one (forgive me if somebody did this already...im new here)

What is the longest time you've spent playing a game..and the shortest.

 

 

Heres mine

 

Longest...Video Pinball...approx 10 hours (with bathroom breaks)

Shortest..Dragster...6.64 seconds (this might be everybody's)

 

Also thanks to those who pointed me in the right direction to find the power cord for my 2600jr.

[What's this 20yrs-late Combat madness?]

hey chris...interacting with other people can be fun......baby steps

[My CBS complete collection!]

Cool! Looks like all the boxes are near mint too. I only had 1 CBS game as a kid...Gorf. I loved that game because it had 4 levels....(that was huge back then).

[Power cord for 2600 jr]

I recently found my old 2600 jr in my brothers basement as i was helping him move. It was in 2 pieces (he had unscrewed it for god knows what reason). But all the insides were intact. The only thing missing is the power cord. Is there somthing that will work in its place, or should i search e bay for an original (but i dont know who would sell just the cord).

 

p.s. my brother sucks.

[TOP FIVE 2-PLAYER GAMES]

1. combat

2. space invaders

3. joust

4. ice hockey

5. joust pong