7800Lover

Hands down, it has to be Stun Runner and Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. I had fun with the Indy game; I played it back at the North Carolina State Fair in 1993. While all the kids were crowded around Street Fighter and Mortal Kombat, I spent the afternoon playing the Indiana Jones game...which for some reason had 20+ credits on it. Of course, it was hard to play with the live turkey shoot that was going on close by.

Fascinating list of Atari 7800 prototypes...now only if someone could locate these and put together a homebrew.

Pengo is a game I ran across in Italy. Played it a few times...nothing special. I remember Pac-Land. A local arcade in Eden, NC had it.

As a Sam and Max fan (I adored their "Hit the Road" PC game), I had a blast conquering Sam and Max Save the World (season 1). The second season, Sam and Max Adventures in Time and Space, was fun too. I originally heard that a Wii release was cancelled...only to find out only in late August that it had been released back in March of 2010! Any other fellow Sam and Max fans here for the Wii? I honestly hope to see the third season, the Devil's Playhouse, on the Wii. The new mechanics for the PC version look cool like the Toys of Power and Max's new abilities.

I've got to get a copy of this game! Thanks for telling me!

Lords of Thunder - it's a great shoot'em-up!

I'm all in favor of more original fare for the Atari 7800. But arcade ports are desirable too. I've suggested in past threads some possible attempts like Kickman, Legendary Wings, Popeye, etc.

Yep, I own a copy of the game too. Beef Drop is every bit as good a port as the original Burgertime.

Getting back to the subject at hand, I'd like to see a few more beat'em ups on the 7800. Renegade could have been tried. I do recall a prototype being developed once of the game, Pit Fighter. What else might be possible on the 7800?

All the more reason why a good beat'em up in addition to Double Dragon is needed.

I remember the Chuck Yeager flying games released on the computer. Due to the different demographics between console and computer game players as well as controls (keyboards vs. joysticks and gamepads), I wonder how it would have done had it been released. Some computer games did okay when put on consoles like King's Quest V for the NES (a fairly decent conversion IMHO). Some did not - I remember reviewers trashing Eye of the Beholder for SNES and Sega CD. Why? Wandering around aimlessly in a dungeon is for computer nerds and not for console gamers...at least according to them. So how does this Chuck Yeager game stack up against its computer counterparts?

You can't go wrong with Kaboom...and neither can I.

I own the Activision port of Double Dragon for the 7800 and it's a solid effort. Sure, the graphics and sound are inferior to the NES port, but it plays more like the arcade game than the NES title does. It's good for a system meant to play simple arcade ports like Donkey Kong and Pacman. The boxing, wrestling, and two martial arts titles (Karateka and Kung Fu Master) notwithstanding, could a Double Dragon style beat'em up game be executed on the Atari 7800? Like Renegade or Yie Ar Kung Fu?

Ah, Mappy. I remember that being at a flea market in Eden, North Carolina back in the late 1980s/early 1990s. It was quite fun.

Does anyone here remember the classic, side-scrolling beat'em-up Renegade? Released in 1986 worldwide by Taito, it was a localization of the Japanese game from the Kunio-Kun series, Nekketsu Kouha Kunio-Kun. Renegade is similar to Double Dragon - you fight against thugs to rescue your kidnapped girl (dontcha just hate when that happens?) while their leader sits by watching. When you take out all but two or three guys, the leader will join in the fight and pound out your brains (or a reasonable fascimile thereof). I remember playing this in an arcade in Italy...one that was owned by my late uncle! It was quite a good game, but hard. I could never clear the second stage. Most people here in the US will probably recognized it more by the NES port of it. But from what I remember, that took some liberties with the arcade version. Check out this link from StrategyWiki for a comparison between this and the original Japanese version. Anyone else play this game? How far did you make it?

I played a computer port of Time Pilot. It was a cool shooter.

When are we going to solve the real mystery of Montezuma's Revenge? What I'm talking about are all those booby traps set up in the ancient locale. Why is it that all those traps still work perfectly after centuries of non-use and exposure to the elements?

You can't go wrong with Mechwarrior. Don't forget the Tomb Raider series. While there is shooting involved, you mainly have to rely on your reflexes and brains to solve the puzzles and beat the obstacles.

I hated it on how the NES Ice Hockey, that the referee always called the penalty on your players and ever on the other team, even if they started the brawl. Someone must have bribed the AI on that cartridge.

The 7800 homebrew (Beef Drop) is the best one out there. I hated the NES version. Why'd Data East have to make it so hard?

I don't think SMB 3 is feasible for the good old 7800. Now, if someone wants to try Super Mario Bros. for the 7800, that I think could be done.

That's an incredibly subjective question. But... 1. Pitfall II 2. Pitfall! 3. Combat 4. Asteroids 5. Missile Command 6. Space Invaders 7. Jr. Pacman 8. Breakout 9. Circus Atari 10. Fishing Derby

I'd like to buy...that is, if I had working links.