Atari PAC-MAN Fan Posted March 22, 2017 Share Posted March 22, 2017 We all love the Atari 2600, but with every good console, there is always bad games. I am cutting E.T. and Pac-Man some slack because they have already been bashed enough. Also, the porn games are another story. My list is full of games that truly deserve it. 1. Fire Fly 2. I Want My Mommy 3. Sorcerer 4. Karate 5. Skeet Shoot 6. Sneak n' Peek 7. Glacier Patrol 8. Star Fox 9. Sssnake! 10.Fire Fighter 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flojomojo Posted March 22, 2017 Share Posted March 22, 2017 AKA games I never want to play. It burns my butt that many of these keep coming out on Flashback type collections, simply because Atari has the rights to them. Swordquest 1 Swordquest 2 Raiders of the Lost Ark Riddle of the Sphinx Home Run Basic Math Football ugh, that's enough 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inky Posted March 22, 2017 Share Posted March 22, 2017 (edited) Slot Machine Demons to Diamonds Super Cobra Karate Skeet Shoot Racquetball All 3 Swordquest Basic Math ("Fun" With Numbers) Edited March 22, 2017 by Inky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+save2600 Posted March 22, 2017 Share Posted March 22, 2017 Think it would be more fun to come up with popular games that you don't care for, but most people seem to like. And for every asshat that says Pac-Man or E.T. sucks, could just as well shove their Megamania cart up where the sun don't shine. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flojomojo Posted March 22, 2017 Share Posted March 22, 2017 Yeah, I like Super Cobra. At least it's a game. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhd Posted March 22, 2017 Share Posted March 22, 2017 In about 1982, a friend purchased Air Lock, largely on my recommendation -- presumably based on a careful review of the Data Age catalogue. It was the worst game I had played up to that point. The Swordquest "games" make little sense without the supporting materials, and they should have quietly disappeared after the contest ended. Any love (or hate) for Strawberry Shortcake's Musical Matchups? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+FujiSkunk Posted March 22, 2017 Share Posted March 22, 2017 Swordquest: FireWorld. Worst 2600 game ever, and that's even if you do count Pac-Man and E.T.! Let's see, nine other games I found I could do without are... Karate Fire Fighter RealSports Baseball & Super BaseballAt least with Home Run you can actually tell why a pitch was a ball or a strike! Sky Skipper Amidar Basic Programming James Bond 007 Rubik's Cube I haven't played everything in the catalog, so I'm sure there are some even worse stinkers out there. But these games stick out in my mind not only because of how overall bad they were, but also on how badly they failed to deliver on their promises. Sky Skipper and Amidar are hollowed out shells of their arcade games, Basic Programming isn't even that, and James Bond 007 captures absolutely nothing from the Bond films, and so on. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prOk Posted March 22, 2017 Share Posted March 22, 2017 Why all the hate for pac man? Granted it was ugly compared to what the system could have done, but at the end of the day it played like pac man. At the time, I played the heck out of it. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stewart_Pidd Posted March 22, 2017 Share Posted March 22, 2017 Atari Football Donkey Kong DK Jr. Airlock Mr Do's Castle Atari Golf Star Ship Home Run Combat Sky Jinks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoulBlazer Posted March 23, 2017 Share Posted March 23, 2017 Slot Machine Demons to Diamonds Super Cobra Karate Skeet Shoot Racquetball All 3 Swordquest Basic Math ("Fun" With Numbers) Holy crap, really? Demons to Diamonds is one of my TOP 10 Atari games! Love that game, childhood favorite of mine. I'll agree with all your other choices though. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flojomojo Posted March 23, 2017 Share Posted March 23, 2017 Why all the hate for pac man? Granted it was ugly compared to what the system could have done, but at the end of the day it played like pac man. At the time, I played the heck out of it.BONK BONK BONK BONK BONK BONK BONK BONK BONKDOOOOOOOT PUCK-WHEE PUCK-WHEE BONK BONK BONK BONK BONK BONK BONK BONK BONK BONK BONK BONK BONK BONK BONK BONK BONK BONK BONK BONK BONK BONK BONK BONK BONK 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+save2600 Posted March 23, 2017 Share Posted March 23, 2017 BONK BONK BONK BONK BONK BONK BONK BONK BONK DOOOOOOOT PUCK-WHEE PUCK-WHEE BONK BONK BONK BONK BONK BONK BONK BONK BONK BONK BONK BONK BONK BONK BONK BONK BONK BONK BONK BONK BONK BONK BONK BONK BONK Even in text form, see how famously recognizable the sounds are. How many movies have used those sounds all the decades since? Atari might still be around today if only they had licensed those samples. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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+save2600 Posted March 23, 2017 Share Posted March 23, 2017 The *one* thing Atari freely gave up and didn't enforce by way of litigation. How ironic. And it's not just Superman III… plenty of other movies, TV shows, documentaries, radio spots, etc. use Atari's Pac-Man sounds for various things. Coleco's Donkey Kong sounds too. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari PAC-MAN Fan Posted March 23, 2017 Author Share Posted March 23, 2017 Think it would be more fun to come up with popular games that you don't care for, but most people seem to like. And for every asshat that says Pac-Man or E.T. sucks, could just as well shove their Megamania cart up where the sun don't shine. Oh. well in that chase.... Kaboom! is the only one off the top of my head... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari PAC-MAN Fan Posted March 23, 2017 Author Share Posted March 23, 2017 (edited) BONK BONK BONK BONK BONK BONK BONK BONK BONK DOOOOOOOT PUCK-WHEE PUCK-WHEE BONK BONK BONK BONK BONK BONK BONK BONK BONK BONK BONK BONK BONK BONK BONK BONK BONK BONK BONK BONK BONK BONK BONK BONK BONK PEW PEW PEW PEW PEW PEW PEW PEW PEW PEW Edited March 23, 2017 by Atari PAC-MAN Fan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariWarlord Posted March 23, 2017 Share Posted March 23, 2017 Think it would be more fun to come up with popular games that you don't care for, but most people seem to like. And for every asshat that says Pac-Man or E.T. sucks, could just as well shove their Megamania cart up where the sun don't shine. Well, I like E.T. for one. I also like Hangman and Canyon Bomber. Not a hated game -- just an unpopular opinion -- but I actually prefer Atari's Phoenix port to Demon Attack. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armonigann Posted March 23, 2017 Share Posted March 23, 2017 1.Superman 2.Firefly 3.Any Sword Quest 4.Indiana Jones 5.Laser Blast 6.Mini Golf 7.Sssnake 8.Hide n Seek 9.Haunted House 10.Karate Maybe I should give some of those a little more effort, but out of what I own those never get played. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariWarlord Posted March 23, 2017 Share Posted March 23, 2017 (edited) Some "F"s I've given out on my blog: www.woodgrainwonderland.com -Gauntlet -Basic Math -Congo Bongo -Airlock -Almost all the Mystique games -Final Approach -Double Dragon -Dishaster Not a comprehensive list, but all significantly worse than E.T. (a C+) or Pac-Man (not rated yet -- only up to the Gs alphabetically -- but I'd probably give it a D+). Edited March 23, 2017 by AtariWarlord 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jess Ragan Posted March 23, 2017 Share Posted March 23, 2017 Infiltrate sucks in ways no one ever thought possible. I'm not terribly fond of Star Ship, either (aka "toilet bowls in space.") Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+save2600 Posted March 23, 2017 Share Posted March 23, 2017 Infiltrate sucks in ways no one ever thought possible. Infiltrate must be an acquired taste or something. To me, it's a fun and quick reflex romp once it gets going. About the only game where I can forgive the trippy color palette and seizure inducing explosions too. Grew up playing it though as we ran across it at the local Eagle grocery store one fine day. lol 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Nathan Strum Posted March 23, 2017 Share Posted March 23, 2017 So hard to pick just ten... Miner 2049er (agonizingly slow controls, abysmal collision detection, grating music) Miner 2049er vol. 2 (more?!? really?!?) Karate (aka "Dancing Diaper Stickmen") Racquetball (cool concept, impossibly awful execution) Defender (thanks for ruining one of my favorite arcade games, Atari) Shark Attack/Lochjaw (anytime you think 2600 Pac-Man was terrible, play this and see just how bad a maze game can be) Donkey Kong Jr. (Donkey Kong was merely disappointing, but this is like Shark Attack with apes) Zaxxon (it might have not been quite so awful of a game, if they weren't trying to call this mess "Zaxxon") Quest for Quintana Roo (it's been so long since I've played this festering stinkbomb, I've forgotten the myriad of reasons I hated it - but there were oh-so-many...) Math Gran Prix (I really shouldn't have to justify this one) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+KaeruYojimbo Posted March 23, 2017 Share Posted March 23, 2017 Airlock Donkey Kong Junior Shark Attack Star Fox Pooyan the Swordquests Spider Maze/Inca Gold/Pac-Kong Sssnake Miner 2049er/Miner 2049er 2 Racquetball Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CDS Games Posted March 23, 2017 Share Posted March 23, 2017 Any love (or hate) for Strawberry Shortcake's Musical Matchups? That game always looked terrible to me. Well a couple of months ago, I found it cheap and got it for my daughter. My kids LOVE it. I realize now it's actually a great game for young kids. Firefly and Air Lock I'd definitely consider bad games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
high voltage Posted March 23, 2017 Share Posted March 23, 2017 (edited) The coloured boxes surely were firsts, innovation, experimentation and so forth. Games like Home Run, Football, Basic Math, Flag Capture, Board Games, Card Games etc... Atari programmers were looking for ideas besides space games, and Atari let them experiment. You could do anything, the freedom to create. Artists. Best workplace in the world, surely. That you could play Golf at home was groundbreaking. So I believe there are no bad games in the colour box range. Edited March 23, 2017 by high voltage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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