Army Of 2600 Posted September 19, 2014 Share Posted September 19, 2014 Which do you think? Warlords? Solar Storm? Kaboom? General Mike wants to know... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JadeETC Posted September 19, 2014 Share Posted September 19, 2014 Kaboom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigO Posted September 19, 2014 Share Posted September 19, 2014 Paddle games are my favorite. If I had to give up every paddle game but one, I'd keep Circus. Though Kaboom is a close second. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rex Dart Posted September 19, 2014 Share Posted September 19, 2014 Circus Atari & Astroblast/smash. Warlords & Medieval Mayhem are great... if you can round up three other players. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Army Of 2600 Posted September 19, 2014 Author Share Posted September 19, 2014 Yes, forgot about Circus Atari. Classic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freewheel Posted September 19, 2014 Share Posted September 19, 2014 Warlords. It was pretty rare for a long, long time to be able to play 4 player games. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coppertj Posted September 19, 2014 Share Posted September 19, 2014 definietly kaboom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyle22 Posted September 19, 2014 Share Posted September 19, 2014 I always liked Kaboom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrogoober Posted September 19, 2014 Share Posted September 19, 2014 Not listed, but for me its Super Breakout It doesnt get more elemental awesome than breaking colored bricks to choreographed Atari sound effects 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+wongojack Posted September 19, 2014 Share Posted September 19, 2014 Video Olympics gets overlooked. It is pretty great. Especially if you have someone(s) to play it with. TacScan can be fun in bursts There is a Starpath (Supercharger) paddle game - Fireball. It's not bad, but I'd rather play Super Breakout Encounter at L5 hasn't been mentioned of all the paddles games out there - it is one Nightdriver uses the paddles - right? I'd say my top paddle games have been mentioned. I find myself playing Circus and Super Breakout even though I think Warlords and Kaboom might be better games. Also, Astroblast might be the most underrated 2600 game of all time. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lentzquest Posted September 20, 2014 Share Posted September 20, 2014 With the paddles I always find myself going back to Super Breakout. It really captures the essence of all a video game needs to be. Honorable mention goes to Bumper Bash. While one of the coolest games played with the paddles, I suppose it really shouldn't count since it only uses the buttons and not the dial. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fiddlepaddle Posted September 20, 2014 Share Posted September 20, 2014 Kaboom and Astroblast jockey with each other for first position. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freewheel Posted September 20, 2014 Share Posted September 20, 2014 Digging the Astroblast love. It's probably the game I've played the most with a paddle, both back in the day and since. So much better than using the joystick on the INTV. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torr Posted September 20, 2014 Share Posted September 20, 2014 (edited) I'll probably be the only one to say so, but, Star Wars: Jedi Arena. It was the only Paddle game I had growing up, and I love Star Wars (I should say LOVED, but that's another story). Mostly, I think, It's because unlike a lot of paddle games where I'm just zipping left and right to catch/rebound something, you use the paddle to move your sword AND aim the Seeker's laser blasts. Some people claim this works against each other but I think that's where strategy comes in, you wanna be on the offense, aiming shots at where your opponent is undefended, but this will usually leave you undefended. You need to balance offense with defense, and a key strategy is catching that laser blast and then for a second or two you can go all out on your opponent since he can't shoot again until his first shot has cleared the screen. Edited September 20, 2014 by Torr 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+SpiceWare Posted September 20, 2014 Share Posted September 20, 2014 While I am, of course, partial to Medieval Mayhem The under development Circus AtariAge gets my vote. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigO Posted September 20, 2014 Share Posted September 20, 2014 The under development Circus AtariAge gets my vote. Still looking forward to that one, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
famicommander Posted September 20, 2014 Share Posted September 20, 2014 Warlords, as long as you can get enough dudes together to play it right. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BalloonFighter Posted September 20, 2014 Share Posted September 20, 2014 Circus Atari was my favorite paddle game until I learned about Omegamatrix's Circus AtariAge. Night Driver's a close second. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gurner Posted September 21, 2014 Share Posted September 21, 2014 Circus AtariAge rocks – more speed and excitement that the original. Was just playing it yesterday! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariLeaf Posted September 21, 2014 Share Posted September 21, 2014 (edited) Still looking forward to that one, too. Me too, huge fan of the original. Also a huge fan of Spiceware games (Just thought I'd add that since I'm here) Edited September 21, 2014 by AtariLeaf 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mangia-Boy Posted September 21, 2014 Share Posted September 21, 2014 Circus is my favourite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
high voltage Posted September 21, 2014 Share Posted September 21, 2014 Yeah, I get a lot of stick for this, but I like Beat 'em & eat 'em, it's a sort of Kaboom only slower Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyperboy Posted September 21, 2014 Share Posted September 21, 2014 Yeah, I get a lot of stick for this, but I like Beat 'em & eat 'em, it's a sort of Kaboom only slowerCum on...Are you serious Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torr Posted September 21, 2014 Share Posted September 21, 2014 I'll agree with that. Granted I'd be embarrassed as hell if someone seen me play it. I've said before that if KaBoom is heralded as one of the GREATEST games for the VCS then Beat-em & Eat-em should be among the Top 10, cause it's the same game with different graphics and (thankfully) a more reasonable difficulty. When the bomber starts zipping around like the Road Runner on cocaine I do just as well playing blindfolded... all you do is spin that dial left and right quick as you can hoping to catch a bomb... doesn't seem that fun to me... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omegamatrix Posted September 21, 2014 Share Posted September 21, 2014 Just wanted to say thank y'all for the kind words on Circus AtariAge. Development has been extremely slow... i.e. I've only worked on the game twice this month, and it's been about like that for every month over the last year. But hearing people are even enjoying the WIP rom gives me more energy. Thank you. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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