+Random Terrain Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 The Atari 2600 has everything from bowling to hot-air balloons, but there have to be some human activities that haven't been simulated yet. Can you think of any? Update: I'm talking about things that would make fun games. If companies like Atari, Imagic, and Activision were still looking for Atari 2600 game ideas (the promise), what would they come up with? I made an Atari 2600 game: Buy Seaweed Assault with box or buy it without a box and save 20 bucks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
godzillajoe Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 what is the criteria? otherwise the list is endless grocery shopping, getting a hair cut, shaving, vacuuming, mowing the lawn, watching TV..... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Army Of 2600 Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 Having sexual relations. Oh wait...there's X-Man. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Random Terrain Posted October 26, 2014 Author Share Posted October 26, 2014 what is the criteria? Things that would make fun games. If companies like Atari, Imagic, and Activision were still looking for Atari 2600 game ideas (the promise), what would they come up with? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Army Of 2600 Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 How about eating! Wait, what? Mangia? Damn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregory DG Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 grocery shopping, Haha, I actually had an idea for a game sorta like that called, "Super Bagboy." Gonna make it one of these days! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+save2600 Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 A game like Super Bag Boy sounds cool... Reminds me of something unique like Lost Luggage. Thinking along the lines of something I've never seen, a Burgertime variant BITD could have been Flapjack or Pancake Flipper. With fruit, ham, sausage, whipped cream and chocolate chips as baddies. Or how about a gas pumping game... see how many cars you can get back on the road before they crash into each other at the station. Could have been a Tapper clone of sorts. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
godzillajoe Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 A game like Super Bag Boy sounds cool... Reminds me of something unique like Lost Luggage. Thinking along the lines of something I've never seen, a Burgertime variant BITD could have been Pancake or Pancake Flipper. With fruit, ham, sausage, whipped cream and chocolate chips as baddies. Or how about a gas pumping game... see how many cars you can get back on the road before they crash into each other at the station. Could have been a Tapper clone of sorts. Someone should hack the 7800 Beef Drop to Pancake Stacker or Flackjack! Instead of fries as a bonus you have syrup and instead of pepper it's powdered sugar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister-VCS Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 Mast.. - OK there was Decathllon.... *censored* 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+save2600 Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 @GodzillaJoe... went to edit my post as I thought of Flapjack Phil, but see you beat me to it! lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WolfAmongWolves Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 Things that would make fun games. If companies like Atari, Imagic, and Activision were still looking for Atari 2600 game ideas (the promise), what would they come up with? If you program it right, you can make almost any human activity fun as a videogame, even the chores. Wasn't there a member here who made a homebrew about snow shoveling? Heck, you made a fun game about seaweed removal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atarian7 Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 cheerleading (the gymnastic kind), short track speed skating, track cycling, roller derby, gymnastics, swimming Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister-VCS Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 cheerleading (the gymnastic kind), short track speed skating, track cycling, roller derby, gymnastics, swimming Summer Games? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Random Terrain Posted October 26, 2014 Author Share Posted October 26, 2014 If you program it right, you can make almost any human activity fun as a videogame, even the chores. Many human activities were already done in the 1980s on the Atari 2600, so I was hoping this thread would build a list of what hasn't been done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigO Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 Safely negotiating Black Friday sales? Not anything I participate in, but somebody might like it as a (US-centric?) holiday themed game. A different holiday theme, "Punkin Chunkin". A variation on Human Cannonball, I suppose. Trick or Treat? You have to collect treats of certain types. (Avoid rocks). Inflating balloons? We have games about popping them. Rock climbing and rappelling? Watching movies? Okay, I just threw that in to say that, speaking of climbing, there are some elements of the movie The Princess Bride that could translate to a video game (Three Terrors of the Fire Swamp, sword fighting, climbing the Cliffs of Insanity, storming the castle, sailing the Dread Pirate Roberts' ship Revenge, etc.) And speaking of Columbo . . . a detective themed game? I'm thinking along the lines of Adventure or Superman (games I don't like, btw), but with increased randomness. Or something something else like the game of Clue. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
godzillajoe Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 Rock climbing and rappelling? Well there is Spike's Peak, kinda, sorta. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nukey Shay Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 But the activity is not what makes the game enjoyable. You are limiting yourself by having the criteria of "what activity hasn't been done", since many games use the same one but are very different (i.e. eating in Pac-Man vs. Fast Food), and really limiting yourself by using only human activities...or so it seems, since nobody is listing other ones based on something more abstract. BTW the "promise" was just marketing doing what they do...nobody expected the 2600 to last longer than a couple of years. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPUWIZ Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 Pogo-Stick 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bennybingo Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 I have yet to see a game in which you play out the job of a peep show janitor…A.K.A….The Jizz Mopper. Now there is a title which Mystique missed their chance on! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WolfAmongWolves Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 Many human activities were already done in the 1980s on the Atari 2600, so I was hoping this thread would build a list of what hasn't been done. I thought you were looking for new activities in terms of concepts for interesting new games. What I was getting at (and what Nukey expressed more clearly above) is that the activity shouldn't really matter if you build an interesting game concept around it. For example, car racing and plane flying are two totally different activities, yet Grand Prix and Barnstorming are very similar games. A simple hack could turn Skiing or Sky Jinks into a rollerblading game. I don't think rollerblading has been done on the Atari, but if it's just an obstacle course on rollerblades it would be kind of boring. On the other hand, compare Burgertime to Pressure Cooker. Both involve the exact same rather mundane human activity of building hamburgers, but they are two totally different and interesting games. If the concept is new, you could build a great game around lawn mowing, hair cutting, beer drinking, whatever. Maybe a new human activity that didn't exist in the 80's to really bring the 2600 library into the new millenium. How about fracking? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atarilovesyou Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 How 'bout takin' a shit? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toiletunes Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 I envision a two-part game... Part One: Collecting as much money as possible before they realize it's a scam Part Two: Trying to get away from the mob, while riding a Hello Kitty bicycle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neotokeo2001 Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 How 'bout takin' a shit? Done... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bennybingo Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 How 'bout takin' a shit? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
godzillajoe Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 (edited) Shit? Jizz? Some of you weirdos have psychological issues. Or are just morons. Edited October 27, 2014 by godzillajoe 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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