carmel_andrews Posted September 13, 2008 Share Posted September 13, 2008 Mine.....Arcade Classics (Pacman, Dig Dug, Mr Do and Pole Position) by USG/Datasoft...and Action Biker (mastertronic) Anyone with anymore Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spookt Posted September 13, 2008 Share Posted September 13, 2008 The first game I ever played on Atari was Pole Position on ROM. I got it with my 600XL for Christmas along with a CX40 and a 1010. It absolutely blew me away and I can still see the whole scene in my head. Before the 600XL I'd had a ZX81 - black and white and no sound. The 600XL was a revolution. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomSW Posted September 13, 2008 Share Posted September 13, 2008 Writing a book eh? Or u wanna earn another thousand of posts here, heheheheh... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artlover Posted September 13, 2008 Share Posted September 13, 2008 I can't answer this. I've never actually "bought" anything for my 800XL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miker Posted September 13, 2008 Share Posted September 13, 2008 Robbo Konstruktor & Lasermania (disk) followed by Fred/Misja (disk too). Don't remember the rest. @ThomSW: yeah, stupid topic but who cares. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olavese@online.no Posted September 13, 2008 Share Posted September 13, 2008 Mine.....Arcade Classics (Pacman, Dig Dug, Mr Do and Pole Position) by USG/Datasoft...and Action Biker (mastertronic) Anyone with anymore I saw Atari 800 running Star Raiders ... Next day ... I go back to store and buy the system (800, 810, 410, 850, some games) So, the first games for me, if I remember ... Star Raiders, Kingdom, Hangman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted September 13, 2008 Share Posted September 13, 2008 Sincce I got mine when I was only three I honestly don't remember, but the earliest games I remember owning are: Music Composer (not a game I know) Miner 2049er Donkey Kong Pac-Man Space Invaders Jumpman Jr. Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwhyte Posted September 13, 2008 Share Posted September 13, 2008 Aztec Challenge (v2) and Slinky by Cosmi... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
advfan Posted September 13, 2008 Share Posted September 13, 2008 Eastern Front Bruce Lee One-on-One Beach-Head Karateka Those were the first five, and what a great time they provided...well, they still do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrathchild Posted September 13, 2008 Share Posted September 13, 2008 English Software's "Diamonds" - £9.99 of paper-round money well spent! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacobus Posted September 13, 2008 Share Posted September 13, 2008 (edited) Alien Swarm (cassette) from Inhome Software - $35.95 August 30, 1982 (yes, not only do I still have the game, but I still have the receipt!) It was followed shortly by Star Raiders... Edited September 13, 2008 by jacobus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iratanam Posted September 13, 2008 Share Posted September 13, 2008 Been a long time....I do however remember actually buying the following within the first couple months I got my A 8-bit: Disks ---------- Mr. Do! Zorro Bruce Lee Carts ---------- E.T. Eastern Front Pac-Man Basketball Space Invaders Star Raiders Donkey Kong Might have been more, but these I know were my first. Kenny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forrest Posted September 13, 2008 Share Posted September 13, 2008 Star Raiders for my 16K Atari 800 circa 1982 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Philsan Posted September 13, 2008 Share Posted September 13, 2008 My first games, I think I bought them in this order: Snokie (tape) Solo Flight (tape) NATO Commander (tape) Bruce Lee (tape) Conan (disk) Ghostbusters (disk) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marius Posted September 13, 2008 Share Posted September 13, 2008 The very first game I (in fact my dad) bought was Crossfire on cartridge. A fantastic game, which i still like. Unfortunately I do not own that cartridge anymore, but i have the game as a binary. Next to that I started buying Public Domain tapes from the Stichting Atari Gebruikers (Atari Foundation) (someting like a dutch abbuc). My first commercial title was "The Extirpator" I guess... or Mr. Dig... (Oh man I really LOVED Mr. Dig when I was a kid!) Other tapes I bought in those days were: Universal Hero, 4 great games, Periscope Up, The Great American Cross Country Road Race, Ninja Master and I remember I bought I still have very fond memories of those tape-days. Later I bought myself a Moon Patrol cartridge. My first original 1050 game was Drop It I think... bought at Pokey Foundation. Later I bought also Wloczykij. Still one of my favorites, but it is hard to control. Yes. I have bunches of original software. It is a sport to collect the real ones. My absolute favorite collectors items are Tapes. I love the design of the booklets. Marius Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nonner242 Posted September 13, 2008 Share Posted September 13, 2008 Eastern Front Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WizWor Posted September 13, 2008 Share Posted September 13, 2008 I think it was galaxian. I bought my 400 in the summer of '83, I think. It was on sale at Zayre's Department Store for $149.99 and there was a $50 rebate -- a 'real' computer for under a hundred bucks! They had the computers on an end of an aisle and the peripherals were in an aisle, but the games were behind a counter. You had to get someone to come hand you the box if you wanted a look. There was never anyone behind the counter and if you asked for help, it took forever for someone to come. I soon discovered that walking behind the counter caused someone to come very quickly, so that's what I did. I was there so much they got used to it. They had all the arcade hits there on cart, and, eventually, I bought them all -- except pac man. Pac man was *so* bad on the 2600, I couldn't bring myself to buy it. Once I had bought all the carts (except PM), I turned my attention to the games on cassette -- war of the worlds, nuke war, and energy czar. These required a cassette player and BASIC, so I got The Programmer. Finally, I bought pac man and it didn't suck. We made drinking games out of most of these games. Star Raiders, Blue Max, and Jungle Hunt were the best drinking games Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+bf2k+ Posted September 14, 2008 Share Posted September 14, 2008 Star Raiders came with my 800 (circa 1981?). Galaxian was the first one I bought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
classics Posted September 14, 2008 Share Posted September 14, 2008 My first game was Pinball Construction Set. After that I started collecting all the Infocom games. Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Sauron Posted September 14, 2008 Share Posted September 14, 2008 My first games were purchased in a group. I had my 130XE for a while before I had anything for it. No carts, disk drive, or tape deck. My parents ended up buying me a group of game direct from Atari which included Basketball, Defender, Qix, and Galaxians. I got a bunch of the XEGS carts later on, and even got a 1050 a little while before I traded in my 130XE for an ST. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trooper Posted September 14, 2008 Share Posted September 14, 2008 The Last V8......crappy crap of a crap game Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heaven/TQA Posted September 14, 2008 Share Posted September 14, 2008 Alternate Realtiy: The City I guess...or was it International Karate (the dual format disc, a-side c64/b-side atari)? Oh, no... I had Kennedy Approach, too... really not sure which game I bought first...I had Goonies on tape, too... got my 1050 later... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tickled_Pink Posted September 14, 2008 Share Posted September 14, 2008 Parents bought me four cassette games when they got me the XL ... Dropzone was the first one I played to death. The others were Ghost Chaser, Bruce Lee and Activision Decathlon. As I was also given a 1050 I also played The Pay Off that Christmas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kr0tki Posted September 14, 2008 Share Posted September 14, 2008 (edited) The first cassette we've bought for our Atari was a collection of pirated games, of which Clowns & Balloons was played first. But if we'd only counted the originals, then the first would be Mózgprocesor back in 1991. Edited September 14, 2008 by Kr0tki Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snorlaxnut Posted September 15, 2008 Share Posted September 15, 2008 Spider City Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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