+cvga Posted October 19, 2008 Share Posted October 19, 2008 I received my OSU: The Streak cart this week (thanks AtariDogs) and plugged it in for a few minutes to enjoy. As I was finishing up, my 9 year old stopped by and wanted to play some Atari. She specifically wanted to play SeaWolf since she considers herself to be the world record holder (that's another thread) from years ago but tired of it after about 10 minutes. I had a few homebrews by the atari so we mostly played Berzerk: Voice Enhanced and Ladybug instead. As she was playing, I was thinking that accumulating the total minutes played on a game would be a better way to calculate a periodic Top 10. Here's our tally... LadyBug 35 minutes Berzerk 25 minutes OSU (TS) 18 minutes SeaWolf 9 minutes Reply with what you actually play this week (along with the time) and I'll sum up the times and produce a Top 10 each Sunday night (starting on the 26th). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IHATETHEBEARS Posted October 19, 2008 Share Posted October 19, 2008 I plugged in my Atari this week for the first time in about 11 years. Out of my 152 games, I played (most of them briefly) all but one of them. Carnival simply won't work. But... for games that I actually spent considerable time playing, they are listed below - with a total estimate of actual time played. ADVENTURE - 2 HOURS HAUNTED HOUSE - 1.5 HOURS PRESSURE COOKER - 1 HOUR PITFALL - 1 HOUR SNEAK 'N PEEK - 1 HOUR (MY FIVE-YEAR-OLD & THREE-YEAR-OLD LOVE IT!) BOXING - 45 MINUTES SEAQUEST - 45 MINUTES INDY 500 - 30 MINUTES REAL SPORTS FOOTBALL - 30 MINUTES RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK - 30 MINUTES Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fmh Posted October 19, 2008 Share Posted October 19, 2008 Well this week was first time in a about 4 years I hooked up a real 2600. I didn't play all that much though. Just tried out games I came across to see how they were or if they worked. In no special order and none I played more than 10 minutes. I made room in my office to have an old TV to be setup that I am planning to use to test out old equipment on and to play of course. KLAX Submarine Commander Super Ferrari Motocross Skeet Shoot Dumbo Snoopy and the Red Baron Air Raid Pigs in Space Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mongy Posted October 19, 2008 Share Posted October 19, 2008 Good thread..... I must have played Riddle of the Sphinx for a couple hours, then Pitfall for a bit, but, my biggest passions right now are Star Raiders (with keypad) Solaris Super Football River Raid The best thing about it is my 12 y/o son gets off the PS3 or WII to come watch and join in!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurt_Woloch Posted October 19, 2008 Share Posted October 19, 2008 Do only Atari 2600 games count or any type of game? In the case that any type of game counts, here's mine... Gate-Empire (game revolving around Stargate) 13 1/2 hours Dino Run (Online Flash Game) 3 hours Dino eggs (Apple II version, emulated in MESS) 125 minutes Pitfall! (for HSC competition, emuated on Stella) 80 minutes Buck Rogers - Planet of zoom (2600 version, emulated in Stella) 68 minutes Stargate Role playing game (in a forum, in German) 53 minutes Elevator action (Arcade version, emulated in MAME) 42 minutes Popeye (emulated in Stella) 40 minutes Berzerk (Open GL version) 10 minutes Prince of Persia demo (emulated in Stella) 4 minutes Ballblazer demo (emulated in Stella) 1 minute Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oesii Posted October 19, 2008 Share Posted October 19, 2008 Only is spurts and when I should be working. Dragster - 5 minutes Thrust Platinum - 15 minutes BMX Airmaster - 15 minutes An Adventure hack (forgot which one) - 20 minutes 35 minutes this week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris-in-NJ Posted October 19, 2008 Share Posted October 19, 2008 Not much, but the 2600 games that have been in my 7800 this past week include: Jr. Pac-Man Pac-Man (playing the hardest game on difficulty 'a') Go Fish and a bit of Squish 'Em Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eegad Posted October 19, 2008 Share Posted October 19, 2008 Chopper Command (30 minutes) Enduro (20 minutes) Atlantis (15 minutes) Adventure (15 minutes) Battlezone (5 minutes) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littleman jack Posted October 19, 2008 Share Posted October 19, 2008 (edited) Defender (15 min) Defender II (45 min) Crossbow (30 min) Solar Fox (15 min) Edited October 21, 2008 by littleman jack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandmountainslim Posted October 19, 2008 Share Posted October 19, 2008 This week I have played Pac Man Jr. Hack 'Em Conquest of Mars Colony 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+cvga Posted October 19, 2008 Author Share Posted October 19, 2008 Don't forget to list the amount of time you played (even if it's approximate). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ninermaniac Posted October 19, 2008 Share Posted October 19, 2008 Mine was: Cabbage Patch Kids (2600 repro)-Thursday & Friday approx. 2 hours total I'd say Smurfs Rescue in Gargamel's Castle-Saturday approx 1 hour. Pitfall II- Saturday 1 hour Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Random Terrain Posted October 19, 2008 Share Posted October 19, 2008 Who keeps track of how long they play a game? Who even looks at a clock before playing? Seems like it would kill the mood. If I would look at a clock, it would remind me of all of the other more important things I haven't done yet and I'd end up never playing a game for the rest of my life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+cvga Posted October 19, 2008 Author Share Posted October 19, 2008 Who keeps track of how long they play a game? Who even looks at a clock before playing? Seems like it would kill the mood. If I would look at a clock, it would remind me of all of the other more important things I haven't done yet and I'd end up never playing a game for the rest of my life. Estimates are fine. In our case, we played until my daughter's bedtime. Not replying is fine also. I certainly don't want to kill the mood for you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariLeaf Posted October 19, 2008 Share Posted October 19, 2008 (edited) I played a couple of hours yesterday, a good chunk of that was divided by Ladybug, Seaquest, and Ice Hockey with some time going to Spider Fighter, Phoenix, Circus Atari, Stampede, Asteroids, Stargate, Keystone Kapers, and 7800 Asteroids, Centipede, Dig Dug, Food Fight (a lot of time went to food fight actually), Donkey Kong, and Ms Pacman Edited October 19, 2008 by AtariLeaf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.robb. Posted October 20, 2008 Share Posted October 20, 2008 A couple hours each of Blackjack and Space Jockey. Maybe a half hour or so of Haunted House. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omegamatrix Posted October 20, 2008 Share Posted October 20, 2008 Jr. Pac-Man, about 10 minutes. Euchere, about an hour. Bridge, about 10 minutes (still trying to figure out what the hell is going on). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadow460 Posted October 20, 2008 Share Posted October 20, 2008 I played Street Racer for about half an hour. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarthCalvin Posted October 20, 2008 Share Posted October 20, 2008 Pitfall, probably about 10 hours or at least it seems that way Outlaw 20 minutes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atari_envy Posted October 20, 2008 Share Posted October 20, 2008 (edited) Funny you should ask, I played a lot this week. But I enjoy playing a large variety quick games, so I am only listing those that I played for 15 minutes or more tho to keep the list shorter. Millipede - 45 Star Fire (The best home brew for 2600 IMHO) - 45 Yars Revenge (new high score, yeah! 246,757)- 30 Quickstep (I played it with my 10 year old daughter, she loves it, gives me a headache) - 30 Beamrider - 30 Pitfall! - 20 Smurf - 20 Missle Command - 20 Tapper - 15 HERO - 15 I do love the 2600..... Edited October 20, 2008 by atari_envy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mirage Posted October 20, 2008 Share Posted October 20, 2008 Lead for about an hour. Which is a LOT of games, because I'm apparently not very good at it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Helmet Posted October 20, 2008 Share Posted October 20, 2008 I played some Lady Bug and Yars' Revenge over the weekend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keilbaca Posted October 20, 2008 Share Posted October 20, 2008 Berzerk - Voiced Enhanced: approx. 30 min Oystron: Approx 30 min. That's about it really. Was busy the rest of the weekend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atarian7 Posted October 20, 2008 Share Posted October 20, 2008 (edited) I played Kaboom! this past week. I don't know how long. Edited October 20, 2008 by Atarian7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hornpipe2 Posted October 20, 2008 Share Posted October 20, 2008 This is way skewed thanks to the HSC! I put three hours on Pitfall! last week, and before that I played an hour of Star Fire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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