concerning atari

[2600problems]

what if Atari had dealt entirely in sports games? would it have made a difference? Atari only fell flat because they tried to take on Pac man and ET.

 

I don't have an original 2600 but I know a guy who does.

 

from what I played, the sports games are okay.

 

what if they had kept it that way?

[Jinks]

Wow are you for real? The sports games were the worst. Nintendo called they want their boy back. Great troll thread tho.

[+Random Terrain]

I don't have an Atari 2600, but I know a guy who has a cousin that is an Atari expert and he says if Atari would have stuck with variations of Combat, they'd still be in business today.

[Nutsy Doodleheimer]

[+save2600]

Reminds me of when you'd talk Atari with someone in the 90's, they always knew somebody that had *every* Atari game ever made. Usually a cousin, or a friend of a friend. You'd ask them, well how many is "all"? ...and they'd typically reply with 40-50.

 

But yeah, maybe the OP is mixing his systems up. We all know sports games are best served ala the Intellivision.

[VectorGamer]

In on roll bread

[Nukey Shay]

Is Space Invaders a sport? That's the one that pretty much made them a household name in the beginning without people associating them with "Pong".

[high voltage]

All games derived from PONG, so all games are sports games.

[Nebulon]

I don't think it would have made any difference. E.T. and Pac-Man didn't kill Atari. Things were already starting to change (budgets getting bigger, timelines getting shorter, etc...). Couple that with an oil-recession (and massively rising interest rates) and you're bound to have a shift, regardless. In short, bigger and more systemic issues were afoot in North America at the time.

[BassGuitari]

I don't think it would have made any difference. E.T. and Pac-Man didn't kill Atari. Things were already starting to change (budgets getting bigger, timelines getting shorter, etc...). Couple that with an oil-recession (and massively rising interest rates) and you're bound to have a shift, regardless. In short, bigger and more systemic issues were afoot in North America at the time.

Don't take the bait, man.

[Keatah]

I suppose at one time there was a thing called video sports. Where playing any videogame was a sport in and of itself.

 

To answer the OP directly, staying with one genre wouldn't make any sense.

[+save2600]

How many player missiles can a missile player play? If they're allowed so many balls and paddles that is?

[+Random Terrain]

Facts:

VCS stands for Virtual Combat Station.

The Intellivision was actually created by Atari. They traded it to Mattel Electronics for a bag of pot.

The number 2600 was an inside joke. That's the number of people who had mysteriously disappeared in Nolan Bushnell's hot tub. The number is much higher now.

'Frying' games made by Atari creates a sound frequency (inaudible to humans) that causes most household pets to read minds. It works best on dogs.

[Nutsy Doodleheimer]

Facts:

 

VCS stands for Virtual Combat Station.

The Intellivision was actually created by Atari. They traded it to Mattel Electronics for a bag of pot.

The number 2600 was an inside joke. That's the number of people who had mysteriously disappeared in Nolan Bushnell's hot tub. The number is much higher now.

Wasn't there a total of 7800 that mysteriously disappeared, got electrocuted, drowned, or unfortunately died of lethal and poisonous gas from his farts in his hot tub?

[Lynxpro]

Reminds me of when you'd talk Atari with someone in the 90's, they always knew somebody that had *every* Atari game ever made. Usually a cousin, or a friend of a friend. You'd ask them, well how many is "all"? ...and they'd typically reply with 40-50.

 

But yeah, maybe the OP is mixing his systems up. We all know sports games are best served ala the Intellivision.

 

Considering the Intellivision's stupendous controller, I'd say those sports are of the Special Olympics variety.

 

Wait, that's unfair to the Special Olympics.

 

I'll have to come up with a more politically-correct response.

[Keatah]

Intellvision sports games = Special Olympics aaaahhhhahahhahaha!!

[24Fanatic365]

Pretty sure the world would be a sadder place if Atari would've done only sports titles. All of their sports titles were AWFUL!! And where would we all be without Yars' Revenge or Missile Command?

 

Seems the OP may be a

 

Made a profile, then one post, and then apparently fell off the face of the interwebs planet.

 

Oh, and way to regurgitate the whole "Pac-Man and E.T. caused the crash" tripe...Do you even play, bro? Lol!

 

 

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[SSG]

Sheesh.

[Philflound]

A Troll in a Roll. Sorry, don't have time to make a pic. Someone else can do the honors.

[Philflound]

I don't think it would have made any difference. E.T. and Pac-Man didn't kill Atari. Things were already starting to change (budgets getting bigger, timelines getting shorter, etc...). Couple that with an oil-recession (and massively rising interest rates) and you're bound to have a shift, regardless. In short, bigger and more systemic issues were afoot in North America at the time.

[Zonie]

Facts:

VCS stands for Virtual Combat Station.

The Intellivision was actually created by Atari. They traded it to Mattel Electronics for a bag of pot.

The number 2600 was an inside joke. That's the number of people who had mysteriously disappeared in Nolan Bushnell's hot tub. The number is much higher now.

'Frying' games made by Atari creates a sound frequency (inaudible to humans) that causes most household pets to read minds. It works best on dogs.

Ummm...NO!!!

 

It was TWO bags of pot.

 

Get it right dude, Jeez.

[Raticon]

Everyone knows that baseball game "Home run" is THE game on the 2600 and everything after it deserves nothing else but the garbage incinerator.

 

Thred can be locked now that this wisdom has been spread to all.

[bellview17]

No troll, troller don't troll!

[toiletunes]

 

[+frankodragon]

Go away, troll. Go somewhere else like Newgrounds and troll there.