Atari Tournament

[skeptix]

Hey, I don't post here much, I'm sort of an amateurish collector (I don't buy games unless I find them in the wild). I mostly just use the site as a resource. I did however, want to tell you guys about something I'm setting up and get some ideas.

 

I make a whole shit ton of money playing poker, which is nice, as I have money to do what I'd like and time to do the same. I like to spend my money creatively, and something I've decided to do is set up an Atari 2600 tournament, and seed it with $600 or so.

 

It'll be a once weekly thing (likely Sunday afternoon/evening) and probably take a month or two to complete.

 

I'm currently talking with friends and have 4 people lined up already (including myself). Considering it's free money, I doubt I'll have trouble picking up 4 more from the group of college kids I hang out with. The goal is to have 8 players.

 

Most of the games included in the tournament will be played as single elimination tournaments, but a few will be double elimination. Those games that are strictly one player are played for high score. Points and small cash prizes are given for placing in the top spots or having one of the top scores/times for each game/single elimination tournament. None of the games will be played too heavily (with the possible exception of Combat and Video Olympics), so that we have time to cover a lot of ground.

 

When all is said and done, points will be added up, and larger cash prizes will be paid out to the top 3. As far as structure is concerned for the single-elimination tournies, most of them will be played on the simplest mode 1st round, and then switch to more complicated/harder modes in later rounds. For games that have a lot of different games included (Video Olympics, Combat, Indy 500), there will be multiple single-elimination tournies.

 

I live in Bellingham, Washington, USA. If any of you live real close, I'd consider involving you, but I wouldn't want anyone who would completely own the rest of us. Most likely I'll have plenty of people lined up within a week or two, but you never know (and it's pretty key to have exactly 8 people).

 

What I'd really like to hear about is your thoughts on my game selection. A lot of these games I've only played once or twice (I only have so much video game time, and I've got consoles and emulators for just about every system up to XBox/PS2).

 

Definite Games -

 

Air-Sea Battle

Donkey Kong

Grand Prix

River Raid

Tennis

Pole Position

Frogger

Space Invaders

Pac-Man

Night Driver

Combat

Asteroids

Bowling

Indy 500

Video Olympics

Pitfall

Kaboom!

 

Maybe Games -

 

Video Pinball

Canyon Bomber

Speedway II

Barnstorming

Spider Fighters

Stampede

Laser Blast

Freeway

Joust

Phoenix

Galaxian

Battlezone

RealSports Football

Breakout

RealSports Boxing

Slot Racers

Dodge 'Em

Air Raiders

Bump 'n' Jump

Trick Shot

Popeye

Home Run

Football

 

Games not being played that I own -

 

Flag Capture

Mario Bros

Desert Falcon

Gyruss

Video Chess

Gorf

Star Ship

Q*Bert

Tutankham

Missile Command

Basic Math

E.T.

Raiders Of The Lost Ark

Casino

Brain Games

Star Raiders

Demons To Diamonds

Warlords

Berzerk

Yars' Revenge

3D Tic-Tac-Toe

Hangman

Defender

Adventures Of Tron

Kool Aid Man

Demon Attack

Star Wars : The Empire Strikes Back

Blackjack

Codebreaker

 

 

Yea, that's all the games I own. Like I said, I'm somewhat of an amateur. Let me know what you think should be added, dropped, etc. If there's a few must include games that I don't own, I might be willing to Ebay em or somethin.

 

If my roomate ever wakes up, I'll use his digital camera to post the score I had yesterday. I was gleeful. At a Value Village I found a couple 3 and 4 games for $2 a piece. But the pure gold was finding a Sears picture Canyon Bomber for $2! Then I went a block away to a Pawn Xchange and found some more 3 and 4 games for $2 a piece. But the pure gold there was finding a wooden box designed to hold 24 Atari games (unfortunately, only standard carts fit well).

Edited February 28, 2007 by skeptix

[homerwannabee]

Too bad I don't live in Washington. Also there is a video game contest that we have here at Atariage as well. The winner though gets nothing though. You might want to try that out.

[skeptix]

Too bad I don't live in Washington. Also there is a video game contest that we have here at Atariage as well. The winner though gets nothing though. You might want to try that out.

 

I'm assuming this involves playing on Emulators, saving screen shots of high scores, and me not having any chance in hell against you all.

 

A large part of this is trying to create a genuine Atari experience, including the intense/drunken competition/people factor.

[homerwannabee]

Too bad I don't live in Washington. Also there is a video game contest that we have here at Atariage as well. The winner though gets nothing though. You might want to try that out.

 

I'm assuming this involves playing on Emulators, saving screen shots of high scores, and me not having any chance in hell against you all.

 

A large part of this is trying to create a genuine Atari experience, including the intense/drunken competition/people factor.

Bingo! I am pretty good and when I competed I got my joystick handed to me.

[Dan Iacovelli]

AVC also has a video game competition but we are using Football games

check out AVC website for more information.

[plaidbrad3141]

Reconsider Warlords. That is a great competition game.

[PressureCooker2600]

Berzerk is a must!!!!

 

I can play that game till I pass out.....longest session was prob about 2 hours.

[plaidbrad3141]

Berzerk is a must!!!!

 

I can play that game till I pass out.....longest session was prob about 2 hours.

2 hrs is a long time to pass out.

[skeptix]

Reconsider Warlords. That is a great competition game.

 

Berzerk is a must!!!!

 

Thanks for the suggestions guys. I've never actually played Warlords, and when I looked at the screen shots, it just looked kind of ridiculous. But I'll be sure to test it out now with my roomate. As for Berzerk, I might include it, but my thinking was that any decent player could just go on forever. So it's a time issue.

[+Wonder007]

Warlords is a great game or if you want to go up a notch try Medieval Mayhem...that is one heck of a game!!!!!! I play it with my buds on Saturday afternoons.