Absolute Best Top 10 A8 cartridge based games.

[birdie3]

Hey all. I am sure this has been done before but I thought that I would do again for old time's sake. Here is my list in no particular order:

 

Zone Ranger

Spy Hunter

Ballblazer

H.E.R.O.

Pitfall II

Bounty Bob Strikes Back

Jumpman Junior

Gyruss

Wizard of Wor

Qix

 

[kevin242]

There are so many others but I had to pick the top 10:

 

Star Raiders

Donkey Kong

Ms Pac Man

Jump Man Jr

Krazy Shootout

Archon

Defender

Rescue on Fractalus

Shamus

Gateway to Apshai

Edited September 13, 2007 by kevin242

[Mr.Amiga500]

I've only got a "Top 4"

 

Montezuma's Revenge

Blue Max

Rescue on Fractalus

Ballblazer

[carmel_andrews]

Nice to see 'Defender' there....shame that 'drop zone' wasn't converted to cartridge

[mimo]

Preppie! - ok, not in the day, but Video 61 have released it

Joust - my favorite port over any system

H.E.R.O

Missile Command

Asteroids - 4 Player Combat

Bounty Bob Strikes back

Bezerk

Pac man

Dig Dug

River Raid

 

or get a maxflash cart

[BydoEmpire]

I'd put Star Raiders up there. I playing it a lot last week and it's held up really well. Maybe Necromancer, too.

[Brian R.]

Qix among the best? What? It's terrible compared to the 5200 version. I actually read that opinion here first, then compared them myself and was surprised how bad it is.

 

I've been on a major buying spree lately. I've added to my collection:

 

Space Invaders (I got the one different from the 5200, and I like it!)

Galaxian

Jumpman Jr.

River Raid

Pengo (again, not as good as the 5200)

Dig Dug

 

And I've got coming:

Pole Position

Millipede

Moon Patrol

Food Fight

Kaboom

 

But my one, single, favorite Atari computer game is without question Lode Runner.

[Wrathchild]

Cartridge titles that I'd more regular play over others:

 

Star Raiders

Rescue on Fractalus

Pole Position

Moon Patrol

Miner 2049er

Donkey Kong

Jungle Hunt

Ballblazer

Hardball (better than a 15 minute load from tape!)

 

and not mentioned yet - Embargo

 

Quite fond of Decathlon and Track & Field too.

Synapse titles would have been good but we

tended to get cassette release here in the UK.

 

Others from the 'not in the day' school:

 

Gauntlet

Koronis Rift

The Eidolon

 

(of course those three are a bit biased )

 

Regards,

Mark

[Gregory DG]

Score your favorite 8-bit games here!

 

As for mine...

 

1. Star Raiders

2. Donkey Kong

3. Millipede

4. Popeye

5. Dig Dug

6. DK Jr.

7. Jungle Hunt

8. Centipede

9. Pengo

10. Bounty Bob Strikes Back

Edited September 13, 2007 by Gregory DG

[Christophero Sly]

Donkey Kong

Boulderdash

[stirrell]

1. Star Raiders

2. Pac Man

3. Lode Runner

4. Joust

5. Centipede

6. Missile Command

7. Battlezone

8. Crossbow

9. Archon

10. Blue Max

[Tempest]

Pengo (again, not as good as the 5200)

 

Err... the 8-bit version of Pengo is exactly the same as the 5200 version.

 

Tempest

[jdh]

Top ten fav carts of the moment (when I can grab some gaming time)

 

H.E.R.O

Star Raiders

Missile Command

Beamrider

Joust

Decathlon

Basketball

BCs Quest For Tires

Demon Attack

Worm War I

[Brian R.]

Pengo (again, not as good as the 5200)

 

Err... the 8-bit version of Pengo is exactly the same as the 5200 version.

 

Tempest

 

To me, there seemed to be some sound/music differences. The 5200 version seems more polished.

[Evidious]

My list would be;

 

1 Gateway To Apshai

2 Miner2049

3 Star Raiders

4 Dark Chambers

5 Gyruss

6 Wizard Of Wor

7 Rescue On Fractalus

8 Robotron

9 Q*Bert

10 Loderunner

 

I do wish that Space Dungeon was on Cartridge.I love playing that game.Great 5200 conversion.

Edited September 14, 2007 by Evidious

[Ross PK]

Journey To The Planets should definatley be in there, I love that game.

[lbaeza]

Yep, I second that...JTTP is on my top 4 list too

 

Regards

 

Journey To The Planets should definatley be in there, I love that game.

[Tempest]

Pengo (again, not as good as the 5200)

 

Err... the 8-bit version of Pengo is exactly the same as the 5200 version.

 

Tempest

 

To me, there seemed to be some sound/music differences. The 5200 version seems more polished.

 

Yeah there may be some music differences. I seem to recall that now. I'll have to check that out.

 

Tempest

[MrFish]

In no particular order:

 

Commando

Karateka

Mario Bros

Star raiders

Pac-Man

Jumpman Jr

Gyruss

Q-Bert

Joust

Ballblazer

 

 

Honorable Mention:

 

Crystal Castles

Donkey Kong Jr

Rescue on Fractalus

Summer Games

Archon

[birdie3]

Journey To The Planets should definatley be in there, I love that game.

 

 

Good one. I also agree with Boulderdash and Track and Field. Wicked lists gang!!

[birdie3]

Major oversight just noticed here.

 

#1.) CASTLE CRISIS

[Lord Thag]

Let's see. I'll go with (in no particular order):

 

1. Star Raiders (of course)

2. Defender

3. Donkey Kong

4. Bounty Bob Strikes Back

5. Jumpman Jr

6. Oil's Well

7. Shamus

8. Zone Ranger

9. Beamrider

10. Blue Max

 

Great games all. There definately seems to be a consensus here

 

Also, these should be mentioned:

 

Archon

Asteroids

Journey to the Planets

Wizard of Wor

DK Jr

Gateway to Apshai

Edited September 17, 2007 by Lord Thag

[+bcombee]

One title I'd not seen mentioned, but that has always been near my 8-bit since I got it a few years ago: Zenji, a puzzle/action game from Activision where you have to manipulate a maze to make all of the segments connected while being chased. Love it!

[Marius]

OK for me... (random order too)

 

Ms. Pacman

Crossfire (I've sold this Cart in 1990... why did I do that?!?!?!?!!)

Barnyard Blaster (hehe you've hit Gramps... no bonus...)

Missile Command

Millipede

Star Raiders II

Qix

 

 

But I have to say: I'm not a Cart lover... I have all these games as working file (except for the barnyard blaster... that does not run on my real a8... that's a shame... who has a working file version that runs on REAL equipment?)

 

And about Qix: ok that a8 port is not as good as the 5200, but man... what a cool game.

 

Greetz.

Marius

[Brian R.]

OK, just got three new cart games - Food Fight, Millipede and Moon Patrol.

 

This is weird. Moon Patrol, like some games, seems just like the 5200 version. Yet there are other games that differ, like Qix and Pengo, and are better on the 5200.

 

Then there's Food Fight. Wow, the 7800 version is so much better. Is that common knowledge? I know the XE and 7800 were of the same time, roughly, but the XE is older tech... right?