+save2600 Posted March 13, 2019 Share Posted March 13, 2019 ...and wow, nobody's mentioned E.T. yet!? Fairly deep game and I'm not just talking about the pits. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hizzy Posted March 13, 2019 Share Posted March 13, 2019 I second E.T! If we can include homebrews/hacks, then I would also add: Evil Magician Returns Evil Magician Returns II Ature I also love: Anguna Cave In (No one talks about how great this game is) Epic Adventure Adventure & Adventure II Another Adventure Adventure Plus Pitfall II I will also add Mountain King, Tunnel Runner & Solar Fox! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr SQL Posted March 13, 2019 Share Posted March 13, 2019 Video Cube, Enduro, BASIC Programming, Magic Cart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AkashicRecord Posted March 13, 2019 Author Share Posted March 13, 2019 ...and wow, nobody's mentioned E.T. yet!? Fairly deep game and I'm not just talking about the pits. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Bn192kSsMw An infinite amount of frustration packed into just 6 screens! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rom Hunter Posted March 13, 2019 Share Posted March 13, 2019 (edited) For me, Raiders, SwordQuest and Riddle of the Sphinx were the 'deep' games back then.And Escape from the Mindmaster fascinated me, but unfortunately I didn't own a Supercharger.Space Shuttle seemed the most complex game for me back then.Played it a lot. Edited March 13, 2019 by Rom Hunter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heaven/TQA Posted March 13, 2019 Share Posted March 13, 2019 Mines: Haunted House (very immersive)... pitfall 2 Star Master enduro Space shuttle Raiders of the lost arc (the deepest Action Adventure imho for the 2600 - ok not knowing Adventure or Quest series) Ok... as more as I think of... Raiders of the lost arc is it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AkashicRecord Posted March 14, 2019 Author Share Posted March 14, 2019 Ah yes, Enduro! Glad to see that at the top for driving games. We'd need something like a Cannonball Run game to do better... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian O Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 For me, Raiders, SwordQuest and Riddle of the Sphinx were the 'deep' games back then. And Escape from the Mindmaster fascinated me, but unfortunately I didn't own a Supercharger. Space Shuttle seemed the most complex game for me back then. Played it a lot. I just watched a playthrough of Riddle of the Sphinx on YouTube the other day. I could never pass it as a kid. Not sure why I even bothered. Man, what a boring game. And absolutely no payoff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddhell Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 Ah yes, Enduro! Glad to see that at the top for driving games. We'd need something like a Cannonball Run game to do better... there was only one game i knew that satisfied that 'cannonball' urge....Great American Cross-Country Road Race for c64......i wish they had made some version for Atari, could have been same basic engine as Enduro but with route selection and more diverse traffic layout (more congestion near cities, rush hour traffic, cops....etc)...could make interesting Homebrew! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marlowe221 Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 What about Gravitar? That game had quite a bit going on for a space game on the 2600. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syzygy1 Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 (edited) What about Gravitar? That game had quite a bit going on for a space game on the 2600. I love the backstory for that game. They make Gravitar into a villain. Even though the game came out in 1988, I can see Gravitar being a villain in an early 80s The New Teen Titans issue. Edited March 14, 2019 by Syzygy1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Thag Posted March 19, 2019 Share Posted March 19, 2019 I'm very surprised that atwong's Haunted Adventure 2 / Haunted Adventure games have not been mentioned. The second one is by far the biggest, most complex game on the 2600 to date. It's a completely overhauled hack of Nukey's 8k adventure rom, that totally converts it to a Haunted House sequel. There are outdoors areas with animated objects, crypts, graveyards, caves, basements, portals to the underworld, and other areas, as well as the titular haunted house proper. Tons of items, enemies and secrets too, some of which are REALLY hard to find. For original 'back in the day' games, the supercharger-only Dragonstomper and Survival Island are pretty massive. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt2d2 Posted March 20, 2019 Share Posted March 20, 2019 wow, no one mentioned the original Adventure cartridge yet? It was never one of my favorites, but looking back now, it was quite a large map for the amount of space on those old chips... for an early game, Superman had a rather large city layout, once again not my favorite game, but you could fly around in what seemed to be an endless wrap around map I did however think Krull was pretty interesting with several different screens each with different gameplay.... I was totally enamored with Adventure! That game was so fun, and my friends and I would see how fast you could beat it. On the easy level, I think our best times were around 1 min flat. The first easter egg that many gamers (including myself) ever heard about in a game. Also created the graphic adventure videogame genre. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AkashicRecord Posted March 20, 2019 Author Share Posted March 20, 2019 I fired up Dragonstomper under Stella and was immediately impressed to see an RPG on the 2600, and that was less than 5 minutes into the game. I would have gone apeshit over that game back in the day! Adventure certainly qualifies, and might have been one of the earliest of the "deep" games on the VCS. That said, Adventure went over very well just last weekend, even. I brought my light-sixer and 37 games to a family / friends out-of-town trip and set up a TV in the hotel lobby on a table. Within minutes, there was a sizeable crowd flocking around the TV and more than one person asked if I had Adventure, and the answer was an obvious, "of course!" The parents all seemed to enjoy re-living a little bit of their childhood... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sramirez2008 Posted November 5, 2019 Share Posted November 5, 2019 On 3/12/2019 at 10:50 AM, AkashicRecord said: Wow, I've never even seen the Starpath Supercharger. Looks like something worth keeping an eye out for. Every now and then I play the Supercharger games on actual hardware. For me the 'deep' games consist of both 'Shuttle' games and Raiders of the Lost Ark. @AkashicRecord nice thread 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keithbk Posted November 5, 2019 Share Posted November 5, 2019 I was just thinking about this thread again, and I think the rarest find I have in my collection is Steeplechase and maybe Private Eye a close 2nd. I think I have seen multiple copies of every game I own "in the wild" except for these two. Steeplechase is an odd duck; it was a Sears-only cartridge and I cannot imagine it sold well for them. It's a good game and can play 4 players. Private Eye, for an Activision game, is incredibly rare to find in the wild and the instruction booklet is a must. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasperAK Posted November 6, 2019 Share Posted November 6, 2019 I second Solaris. I am currently playing through it and mapping as I go. Man is it long. Shit, I even hacked it to have unlimited lives to try and get through it. I suck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sramirez2008 Posted November 6, 2019 Share Posted November 6, 2019 2 hours ago, keithbk said: Steeplechase is an odd duck; it was a Sears-only cartridge and I cannot imagine it sold well for them. It's a good game and can play 4 players Steeplechase would be excellent on game night and you can never have too many paddle games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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