The stupidest Atari game ever?

[Miles Tails Prower]

What do you think is that absolute stupidest Atari Game of all time? I think its Coconuts.

[Atari freak 1]

I think homerun is stupid. Not that all baseball games are stupid, because pete rose baseball is cool.

[Turnspike]

My vote is for A-Team. You expect some kind of Double Dragon-like action game, but get something completly different with Mr.T's floating head. What a let down for the fans of the TV show.

[MagMax667]

I still think Plaque Attack is has the stupidest concept. Brushing teeth is not fun. I've never played Tooth Protectors, but I'd guess that it would be equally bad.

[Miles Tails Prower]

yeah, those are pretty stupid. But I mean Coconuts... come on!

[Miles Tails Prower]

I still think Plaque Attack is has the stupidest concept. Brushing teeth is not fun. I've never played Tooth Protectors, but I'd guess that it would be equally bad.

 

I think Plaque Attack is fun, but Tooth Protectors is both good and bad. It goes on forever, Its nearly impossible to roll the score, and its a Pong and Super Breakout ripoff.

[StanJr]

Dude, Coconuts is cool. I think of it more like Curious George and the Man in the Yellow Hat game. Its simple, its fun, and I love to see that stupid monkey chirp like he's got a hot poker up his butt when he gets mad!!

 

The obvious "stupidest game" is WORD ZAPPER.

(this excludes things that are clearly not games like Basic Math, Basic Programming, and Math Grand Prix)

[Miles Tails Prower]

Dude, Coconuts is cool.  I think of it more like Curious George and the Man in the Yellow Hat game.  Its simple, its fun, and I love to see that stupid monkey chirp like he's got a hot poker up his butt when he gets mad!!        

 

The obvious "stupidest game" is WORD ZAPPER.  

(this excludes things that are clearly not games like Basic Math, Basic Programming, and Math Grand Prix)

 

I like Basic Programming fine thank you!

[liquid_sky]

Human cannonball is pretty bad... i mean would ypu rather blow the hell out of aliens with lazers, or calculate trajectories with wind resistance?

[Miles Tails Prower]

Human cannonball is pretty bad... i mean would ypu rather blow the hell out of aliens with lazers, or calculate trajectories with wind resistance?

 

Yeah, Human Cannonball is bad.

[Turnspike]

Human cannonball is pretty bad... i mean would ypu rather blow the hell out of aliens with lazers, or calculate trajectories with wind resistance?

 

Human Cannonball is cool because you are playing God with Human life.

"Hmmm, the net is awfully far away, but lets point the cannon straight up and shoot it as hard as we can."

[ATARIPITBULL]

I think Chase the Chuck Wagon sucks a lot. except for the fact that you had to send in money for it, I don't know how this piece of crap rates so high?

 

[StanJr]

[quote="Miles Tails Prower

I like Basic Programming fine thank you!

 

I have no quarrel with Basic Programming, but its not a GAME its a utility program and the question clearly asks for "stupidest game." Same with Basic Math, etc.

If you asked stupidest program, THEN Basic Math would win or lose, whatever.

[Tempest]

Basic Math, 3D Tic Tac Toe, or Hangman. All games you could easily do on paper, but they put on the Atari for no reason other than to pad the library. Dumb...

 

Tempest

[Miles Tails Prower]

Basic Math, 3D Tic Tac Toe, or Hangman.  All games you could easily do on paper, but they put on the Atari for no reason other than to pad the library.  Dumb...

 

Tempest

 

quite right. quite right.

[Heavy Sixer]

Hey, Word Zapper rules! I'm not just saying that because it was one of my earlier carts and I had nothing else to play back then... If anyone dares mention Sneek 'N Peek, I swear I'll hunt you down and smack you repeatedly with a text-label Combat! (Ever been cartridge-whipped? It hurts, let me tell ya!) Also, Plaque Attack happens to be another personal favorite of mine.

 

The aforementioned game are quite creative, IMO. However, I agree that Human Cannonball is rather dull. Flag Capture is another game in the "Why the hell should I waste my time with this crap?" category that is utterly inane and devoid of any worthwhile play value. Sure, I'm glad to have my uncommon 1986 picture-label FC in my collection, but that doesn't mean I have to pull it out and play it...

 

HEAVY***6***er

Just one more Corona can't hurt...

[RCorcoran]

Stupidest Atari game... hmmm...

 

I would have to say Human Cannonball.

[Stella'sGhost]

If it serves my memory correct, I've never actually met any one who bought a Basic Math cart back in the day??? I got one last year for the first time, just to add to the collection, and I must say, that on a scale of 1 to 10, where 1 is horrible and 10 is the most boring and worst game of all time including before the universe was created, Basic Math is an 11.

 

Even if you like math, after playing this "game" you will most certainly feel ill.

 

Human cannonball is extremely pointless as well, but it is fun for the first 15 seconds.

 

Talk about padding the library....

 

Coconuts is pretty stupid, I agree there. The graphics alone are so blocky I can't tell what the hell I'm doing.

[NE146]

Coconuts always made me think of this old Bandai watch I used to have. Of course in that one you were trying to CATCH the coconuts rather than avoid.. but oh well.

 

oh.. here it is: http://users2.ev1.net/~rik1138/Bandai/Monk...keyBusiness.htm

[Atarian7]

"padding the library"? Is that a euphemism for trying to squeeze out more profits?

[Big Player]

And to think they used to charge $40 for Basic Math and Human Cannonball. Oh, I can only imagine the kids face after playing those games for a minute.

[Nukey Shay]

Actually, I think that the pre-Space Invaders games sold for $19.95 (except Indy500). SI was the first game around here to be priced at $29.95...and none were priced at $39.95 until Pac Man was announced (by then the original catalog of games had dropped to $9.95, except Indy).

Kinda funny...an old Montgomery Ward catalog from '81 lists Fairchild games at higher prices than the early Atari games (!).

[Big Player]

That's seems right. I didn't get my 2600 until Christmas of 1981, so I didn't really pay attention to the game prices before that. Does anyone know for sure what Atari charged for games from 77-80?

 

But I swear the prices of the old games were not much less than the new ones in the earlier 80's. (Unless my memory is wrong, which it very well could be.) I know at least one store back then that charged the same price for all Atari games. Of course, now that I think about, they did go out of business.

[Osmeroid]

Supidest game? There's a few hot favourites for this title....

 

Sorcerer , Sea Monster & Yars' Revenge - 3 examples of Atari expletives.

 

 

Dumbest (strangest?) idea for a 2600 game must be Fishing Derby.

[krisjohn]

Surely it's Custer's Revenge.

 

Barely half the gameplay of the Game and Watch game "Octopus" and with worse graphics.