Poll: What's your favorite Mario Kart?

[Poll: What's your favorite Mario Kart?]

Yes! - Mario Kart 64 is leading the way. Imagine if that game used the RAM expansion pack. I really liked Mario Kart 7 also but, there's something about the N64 controller and the location of the Z trigger and shoulder buttons that made that game a joy. Mario Kart 8 was also good, some tracks were a little lacking but it needed audio chat - it would have made that game so much more compelling and pushed the rivalry to the next level.

[Atari ST Hidden Gems]

Hewson's Onslaught is great - crazy mix of platforming, shmupping and a little bit of strategy and puzzling.

 

Silmarils' Metal Mutant - which had the most amazing sound and graphics at the time.

 

Conqueror - a superb slightly strategic WWII based tank shooter using David Braben's amazing game engine from Zarch (Virus).

 

Was going to suggest Infogrames' excellent TBS/RTS/platformer North and South as well but I think it might be quite well known. I don't see it crop up in conversation very often though.

 

Ah yes - Metal Mutant, arguably one of the prettiest games on the Atari ST in, and you are right, the sound really was sharp. I must admit I would always get hampered by the quicksand.

[Atari ST Hidden Gems]

Thanks for all of the suggestions guys. I shall give a number of them a play. A number of these made my shortlist when creating the Top 10 i.e. Xenon 2.

 

 

Oh - there is a hidden gem that I must mention. Silkworm That was an incredible shooter game.

[Atari ST Hidden Gems]

Archer Maclean’s Pool (sister title to Jimmy White’s Snooker) - Unsurpassed Pool game to this day

Archipelagos - Remember me playing this a lot back in the day. Sort of Virus crossed with The Sentinel.. Or something…

Cybernetix - Defender clone

Millenium 2.2/Deuteros - One of the best resource management games out there and it’s sequel

Eliminator - 3Dish shooter

Flood - Absolute classic. You’re a strange amphibian thing (frogish) with hand grenades. Love this game

Mad Show - Now I expect people won’t get me on this very French game. But the Sawblade discs of tron knock-off game in there I used to play the hell out of

Shuffle Puck Cafe - Air hokey made even more awesome

Typhoon Thompson - Bizzare shoot/collect-em-up. Strangely addictive…

Vroom - One of the greatest racing games of all time

Simulcra - Another blast from the past that I remember playing the hell out of.

Oids - Bought my first ST to play this, Dungeon Master and Carrier Command

Super Sprint - Not exactly unknown! But the best version of the game on any platform

Metal Masters - (aka Metal Bastards in our neck of the woods) Big robot fighting game, tremendously satisfying and addictive.

 

So I've played Super Sprint (amazing), Vroom (very good, surprised me the sense of speed achieved in that game, had some great handling) and Archer Maclean's pool was good also, interestingly enough Shufflepuck Cafe made my Top 10 list. There might be a few in there which may surprise https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5A-uAxba1U&t=3s remember Star Goose?

[Atari ST Hidden Gems]

Hey Everyone,

 

I was wondering if the ST community could point me towards some hidden gems on the Atari ST, of games that perhaps fly under the radar that doesn't get the recognition that they deserve.

 

I guess an example would be PushOver or Rolling Ronnie.

 

Any suggestions?

 

All the best,

Katie