homebrew recommendation

[boxes of sawdust]

I'm really glad I found this site, I've been browsing around the store and I'm very eager to play some of the homebrews and hacks that are for sale. I think I'm going to get the haunted adventure trilogy hack first because I love Adventure so I know I'll enjoy it. As far as homebrews go, the only one I've played is "A VCS-tec Challenge" cause I managed to find a rom file of it a while back. What homebrews would you atari maniacs most recommend to someone like me who's just starting to get into this exciting concept? Thanks in advance everyone!

[cd-w]

My top five favourite homebrews:

1. Thrust+
   
2. Ladybug
   
3. Seawolf
   
4. Strat-O-Gems
   
5. Toyshop Trouble
   

Chris

[+LS650]

I like CD-W's list. I own Ladybug and Seawolf, and have tried out the others. I recently bought Gunfight! and that is also a great game.

[panamajoe]

i`d recommend:

 

- Thrust

- Ladybug

- Strat-O-Gems

- Juno First

- Conquest of Mars

- Oystron

 

simply fantastic games!

[toymailman]

Here are the homebrews that get lots of play time for me.

 

1. Toyshop Trouble

2. Lady Bug

3. Juno First

4. Fall Down

[Lord Helmet]

There are sooo many great homebrews...

 

I play these a bunch:

 

Juno first

Star Fire

Seawolf

Gunfight

Thrust (HARD!!)

Toyshop trouble

Lady Bug

Haunted Adventure Trilogy (not a true homebrew...but a damn fine hack)

Colony 7

Conquest of Mars

Crazy Balloon

Medieval Mayhem

KO Cruiser

Vault Assalt

[+Nathan Strum]

A lot of it depends on what type of game you like to play. There's something for just about everyone...

 

For a short list, I'd suggest:

 

Lady Bug

Juno First

Medieval Mayhem

Fall Down

Strat-O-Gems Deluxe

 

Bang-for-your-buck wise, it's hard to go wrong with multi-carts:

 

Sync

Stella's Stocking

2005 MiniGame MultiCart

 

For a long list, here's a link to all of the reviews I've written so far. It covers most of the homebrews currently available.

[e1will]

For a short list, I'd suggest:

 

Lady Bug

Juno First

Medieval Mayhem

Fall Down

Strat-O-Gems Deluxe

 

I second all of these. Great games. I've spent way too much time playing Strat-O-Gems lately.

 

Other great games (as mentioned above) are Thrust and Conquest of Mars.

 

--Will

[Buck]

Star Fire. My favorite without a doubt.

[Cebus Capucinis]

Juno First! :lust:

 

and Ladybug! :lust:

 

Easily neck-and-neck for "bet homebrews ever made" in my opinion. Very solid games with amazing graphics that just blow you away. I play them a ton and each time I turn on the VCS I am stunned. "You mean the 2600 is capable of THIS? Wow!"

[DickNixonArisen]

I heartily endorse Go Fish! and Crazy Balloon. Return to castle wolfenstein was fun.

 

As far as the negative, I don't really like skeleton(+). That's more of a game type issue though, just not my thing. And the abysmal abyss is worth it, but of course only if you really like venture, which I do.

[+atari2600land]

I agree with Cebus. Juno First and Ladybug. I also put up Strat-O-Gems Deluxe, a fun Columns-type game.

[littleman jack]

These three are amazing:

Seawolf

Oystron

Gunfight

 

and in the hacks, Wolfenstein VCS (so hacked that it seems like an entirely new game) is great fun.

 

Also Flap Ping is a lot of fun with two players.