Help remembering games from my childhood.

[Demonofelru]

Hello,

 

Hoping there are some here that may be able to help me identify names for some Atari 2600 games from my childhood. My 2600 broke when I think I was 4 so all memories of games are going to be SUPER fuzzy, with weird descriptions, so if you guys can even identify 1 you are amazing. Some may not even be Atari 2600 games, one I found out on my own is called Shark! Shark! Shark! which there seems to be no 2600 version, so I must have remembered it for the Intellivision. Anyway going to list a few, any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

1. It was basically a racing game, where it scrolled vertically, but you could bounce your car kinda. There might have been ramps, but I could have sworn you could just press a button to kind of jump, so maybe they weren't cars?

 

2. You travelled down mazes, but the mazes were kind of shaped like human body parts, and there were like cells and stuff, unless my childhood mind just thought they looked like that?

 

3. I could have sworn this game was called arachnoid, or arachnophobia, but I might have been thinking about Arkanoid, another game I used to love for Amiga 500. All I really remember is you would be what I interpreted as a spider, shaped like a w and would jump from bottom to top of screen avoiding stuff.

 

4. You were be a car type thing playing kind of like a game of "chicken" with another car in a maze, I believe collecting pellet like things like pacman.

 

5. This one I remember the least probably, you were a nondescript block traveling a maze that was multiple screens collecting an item to advance to the next stage.

 

Any help would be appreciated, I'll probably think of other games I would like names of, and will edit in anything else about the games I can remember.

[CaptainBreakout]

Not sure but my best guesses.

 

1. Bump N' Jump (from your description it would figure)

 

2. Fantastic Voyage, Suicide Mission (Supercharger game) or Microsurgeon (Intellivision)

 

3. Hmmm... Spider Fighter? Sounds like maybe Spiderbot but that was for C64 or Apple II.

 

4. Dodge-Em. Gotta be.

 

5. Adventure.

 

How'd I do?

[Demonofelru]

Not sure but my best guesses.

 

1. Bump N' Jump (from your description it would figure)

 

2. Fantastic Voyage, Suicide Mission (Supercharger game) or Microsurgeon (Intellivision)

 

3. Hmmm... Spider Fighter? Sounds like maybe Spiderbot but that was for C64 or Apple II.

 

4. Dodge-Em. Gotta be.

 

5. Adventure.

 

How'd I do?

 

Wow, you were quick, I'll check those now.

[Demonofelru]

Not sure but my best guesses.

 

1. Bump N' Jump (from your description it would figure)

 

2. Fantastic Voyage, Suicide Mission (Supercharger game) or Microsurgeon (Intellivision)

 

3. Hmmm... Spider Fighter? Sounds like maybe Spiderbot but that was for C64 or Apple II.

 

4. Dodge-Em. Gotta be.

 

5. Adventure.

 

How'd I do?

Holy crud! You are a machine!

 

1. Spot on it is Bump n, jump!

 

2. Wasn't even an Atari 2600, you still got it, looks like it was microsurgeon.

 

3. Was the only one you didn't seem to get, but my memory is so hazy on it, not sure I'd fully recognize it is I saw a screenshot.

 

4. 100% that was it.

 

5. That might have been it I don't remember anything shaped like a key, I thought the things I collected were kind of round/square blocks, and don't remember as much open space, but again, I was 4 I'll try to get a ROM of it and see, then buy a cart if it is.

 

Edit: That's crazy, I didn't even expect 1 to be identified, you sir/lady are amazing!

Edited February 26, 2018 by Demonofelru

[CaptainBreakout]

Hahaha! That was fun. Just how my brain is wired... Wish there was a name that tune show based on classic games, I'd be in the finals. But this is almost as good.

 

Ill love to see what number 3 turns out to be. Or maybe 5 if it's not Adventure.

[Lucky Man]

Could #5 be Maze Craze?

[CaptainBreakout]

A wild guess... Could number 3 be Turmoil?

[Demonofelru]

Hahaha! That was fun. Just how my brain is wired... Wish there was a name that tune show based on classic games, I'd be in the finals. But this is almost as good.

 

Ill love to see what number 3 turns out to be. Or maybe 5 if it's not Adventure.

I definitely will update if I can figure out 3, and will try out adventure. Its weird I could have sworn I played both that micro surgeon game and Shark! Shark! Shark! on the 2600, but I guess I was so young I thought they were the same thing.

 

@lucky man No, not maze craze, although that looks kind of fun, thanks so much for the try.

[Demonofelru]

A wild guess... Could number 3 be Turmoil?

No wasnt that. The more I think about it though, the less I think it was the 2600. I distinctly remember a yellow thing you controlled shaped like a w that stuck to the top and bottom of screen. It kind of sort of looked like the tempest thing, but not hollow in the middle.

 

Feel free to send more guesses, but might be a miracle, Im now thinking it was an Amiga game, which I played a lot of weird public domain type games as a kid.

 

Edit: Then again the fact that 3 or 4 out of 5 were able to be found within 15 minutes is kinda miraculous too.

Edited February 26, 2018 by Demonofelru

[Lucky Man]

It wasn't Spiderdroid, was it?

[Demonofelru]

It wasn't Spiderdroid, was it?

No, doesnt look like it was that either. Thanks for the guess though.

 

Edit: just as an aside its weird how many games have spiders in them or the name.

Edited February 26, 2018 by Demonofelru

[CaptainBreakout]

Ooooo... Amiga is not my strong suit. Anyway I will venture a guess... Could it be Gridrunner? That was everywhere for the C64 and Vic-20 (I think). Also plays a little like Tempest.

[Demonofelru]

Ooooo... Amiga is not my strong suit. Anyway I will venture a guess... Could it be Gridrunner? That was everywhere for the C64 and Vic-20 (I think). Also plays a little like Tempest.

 

No, not that either. I'm going to go through the screenshots on http://hol.abime.netto test my amiga theory.

[Spriggy]

I distinctly remember a yellow thing you controlled shaped like a w that stuck to the top and bottom of screen. It kind of sort of looked like the tempest thing, but not hollow in the middle.

 

 

'Cross Force' ?

 

Your mention of "stuck to the top and bottom of screen" raised this thought.

Edited February 26, 2018 by spriggamortis

[Demonofelru]

Holy crud! I figured 3 out. It would have been IMPOSSIBLE to guess, especially with my crap description. Not only wasn't it an Atari 2600 game, you weren't a "w" or a spider, but a llama, shooting spiders. As far as I can tell you can't even jump to the top, not that I could see from watching a play on youtube. About the only thing I got right was the yellow, and there were spiders. I guess the avoiding things too. It does have in my opinion Atari stylized graphics, but I was WAY off, I think I was so young I didn't even know what a llama was. I remember I could just barely read, so couldn't tell from title. I must have just seen Arachnophobia the movie, saw there were spiders, and somehow mixed it with Arkanoid.

 

Anyway as soon as I saw the screenshot I knew it was this, A public domain gem coverted to play on Amiga based on a c64 game called Metagalactic Llamas: Battle at the Edge of Time. I gotta download it and write it to a floppy and play it on my Amiga 500 right now. lol

 

http://hol.abime.net/3845

 

You guys are the greatest, thanks for all the help! The more I look at it the more sure the last was in fact adventure too, so think you guys got them all.

Edited February 26, 2018 by Demonofelru

[CaptainBreakout]

Impossible? Maybe but ya gotta admit Gridrunner was dang close. Jeff Minter ftw.

 

Also just want to point out that I think most of the folks in this community could've guessed these too, I just happened to have seen it right away. Lucky me cause it made my day. Glad you know your childhood games!

[Demonofelru]

Impossible? Maybe but ya gotta admit Gridrunner was dang close. Jeff Minter ftw.

 

Also just want to point out that I think most of the folks in this community could've guessed these too, I just happened to have seen it right away. Lucky me cause it made my day. Glad you know your childhood games!

 

I guess because I'm not that knowledgeable of Atari era games, it really blew my mind. I was born 1986 so I'm mainly a Late NES, SNES type guy. I guess I might be able to do the same for SNES games, I just thought my description wouldn't be nearly enough especially just off the top of your head. Just searched jess Minster, and had no idea looks like he made both games.

 

Edit: Lol looks like he is the founder of "Llamasoft" you're right gridrunner is scarily close.

Edited February 26, 2018 by Demonofelru