MrMaddog Posted January 4, 2020 Share Posted January 4, 2020 On 1/2/2020 at 1:05 PM, zzip said: Bentley Bear? That seems like the most logical one to me that could have gone up against Mario/Sonic. But first he would have needed to be used in more games Very much this, Atari even had him in Atari Karts for the Jag... Personally, I think Yar would haven been cooler for hardcore gamers. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snicklin Posted January 4, 2020 Share Posted January 4, 2020 (edited) My vote agrees with a couple of people before me, Frognum from Draconus. Oh, him and the Escape character anyway. I've never seen an escape character with it's own graphical representation before, though I am willing to be surprised. Edited January 4, 2020 by snicklin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Philsan Posted January 4, 2020 Share Posted January 4, 2020 Not the most iconic Atari or A8 character, but he deserves to be mentioned. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClausB Posted January 4, 2020 Share Posted January 4, 2020 The Star Raider's ship, visible in the long range scan. It looks a lot like Atari's logo! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mclaneinc Posted January 4, 2020 Share Posted January 4, 2020 4 hours ago, Philsan said: Not the most iconic Atari or A8 character, but he deserves to be mentioned. I'm sure he works in the local Asda (cheap shopping) 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Preppie Posted January 4, 2020 Share Posted January 4, 2020 42 minutes ago, Mclaneinc said: I'm sure he works in the local Asda (cheap shopping) Check out the rich dude! I dream of shopping in Asda, my shopping is done in Aldi 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mclaneinc Posted January 4, 2020 Share Posted January 4, 2020 29 minutes ago, Preppie said: Check out the rich dude! I dream of shopping in Asda, my shopping is done in Aldi I'm sorry, I can't talk to your sort ....... Lol...Rich my backside...Was in Lidl the other day and Aldi but only buy certain things from them, when beans are 9p a tin you just know its going to be watery sauce and tasteless beans...Some of the thursday specials are ok.. As it happens we shop at Tesco but there is a very good reason to do with my daughters diet that we use them. I'm like yourself, a ticket goes on the lottery so that maybe one day I can buy good stuff Some nice Atari gear would be spot on I almost live int shoe box int middle oh road... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
high voltage Posted January 4, 2020 Share Posted January 4, 2020 On 1/2/2020 at 10:08 AM, ilmenit said: Nintendo has Mario, Sega has Sonic. Who would be for you the most iconic Atari character? Rockford from "Boulder Dash" is very multiplatform, the same with Panama Joe from "Montezuma's Revenge" (this character is even trademarked). Pitfall Harry? Robbo? Anonymous guy from Zybex? ? Mario is very multi platform, IBM, C64, Atari, Philips, Intellivision etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+save2600 Posted January 4, 2020 Share Posted January 4, 2020 The car from Pole Position: Bentley Bear: The elf from Centipede: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenjennings Posted January 4, 2020 Share Posted January 4, 2020 (edited) I like the player from Mountain King, wearing the crown. But, I'm like one of five people left alive who like that game. Edited January 4, 2020 by kenjennings added picture 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flojomojo Posted January 4, 2020 Share Posted January 4, 2020 32 minutes ago, kenjennings said: I like the player from Mountain King, wearing the crown. But, I'm like one of five people left alive who like that game. Me too! So that's two of us. Too bad it's a CBS game, not from Atari itself. Lil crown dude looks better than the fella in the magazine advertisement: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenjennings Posted January 4, 2020 Share Posted January 4, 2020 There's also the duck-boy in Escape From Epsilon... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenjennings Posted January 4, 2020 Share Posted January 4, 2020 And I'd entertain MrRobot, too... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenjennings Posted January 4, 2020 Share Posted January 4, 2020 2 hours ago, Preppie said: Check out the rich dude! I dream of shopping in Asda, my shopping is done in Aldi 0 I love Aldi's. That's the only place in South Florida that carries awesome groceries from Germany. (My kid had to explain family heritage for a school project, and we spent days looking for a place to buy spaetzle.) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenjennings Posted January 4, 2020 Share Posted January 4, 2020 The ship from the Asteroids arcade game screams Atari. (Not necessarily Atari 8-bit) 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxl Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 robot from Berzerk? ? http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-400-800-xl-xe-berzerk_596.html 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mclaneinc Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 This just really proves what myself and Rybags were saying, Atari did a great job (some of the time) EXCEPT never having an iconic character to be recognised for... Apart from the Fuji symbol which is most Atari to Atarians that's it really and as its not really about Atari then its sort of fake. Shame but it does not detract from the fun of the games... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rybags Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 Berzerk is a licenced game though and not very high profile. "Shame" ... that sparks the memory. If not for Star Raiders being the killer app then it probably would have been Shamus. The Shamus character is pretty cool, albeit a bit simple. But probably not high profile enough (to the point where I had to edit and enlarge to get this image as I couldn't find him on his own). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toddtmw Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 Definitely the main character from Adventure! https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4060400 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toddtmw Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 21 hours ago, Preppie said: Check out the rich dude! I dream of shopping in Asda, my shopping is done in Aldi Oh, we used to DREAM of shopping at Aldi! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toddtmw Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 3 hours ago, Mclaneinc said: This just really proves what myself and Rybags were saying, Atari did a great job (some of the time) EXCEPT never having an iconic character to be recognised for... Apart from the Fuji symbol which is most Atari to Atarians that's it really and as its not really about Atari then its sort of fake. Shame but it does not detract from the fun of the games... I think part of the problem is there just weren't enough pixels to create something iconic. Pitfall Harry was one of the earliest games to try to make a humanoid character we could all relate to. It wasn't until the NES came out, that home systems had enough pixels and colors to make something that people could really relate to. I mean, can you think of anything as iconic for other systems prior to NES? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunstar Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 An Atari icon character, to be an Atari icon, must be a character invented by Atari themselves, IMHO. Mr. Robot, Shamus, etc. are not Atari made characters. The best possible Atari icon must be Bentley Bear, there is no other as there is no more recognizable character made by Atari, even if Bentley isn't much of an iconic character, it's the best Atari had. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mclaneinc Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 49 minutes ago, toddtmw said: I think part of the problem is there just weren't enough pixels to create something iconic. Pitfall Harry was one of the earliest games to try to make a humanoid character we could all relate to. It wasn't until the NES came out, that home systems had enough pixels and colors to make something that people could really relate to. I mean, can you think of anything as iconic for other systems prior to NES? I get where you are coming from but Pacman is as instantly recognisable even with fewer pixels and the asteroid ship again is just 'it'...I think its a case of game depth and other stuff and that would put Alternate reality right up as a perfect Atari thing. But there's the thing, there's all of us with loads of memories between us and we can't seem to find an agreeable definite thing... Perhaps we should just remember Atari as a brand back then as iconic and not try and narrow it down..Back then we had arcade Atari, home entertainment (Pong) Atari and consoles and computers Atari, there's so much to love from those choices. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 On 1/3/2020 at 3:23 PM, Cafeman said: Atari could have several potential iconic mascot characters. - A spaceship shooting an asteroid, with pew-pew-pew sounds. - the Centipede. - Bentley Bear. picking up gems. - the Adventure square holding his “arrow sword” against the duck dragon. - pong or breakout paddles hitting the ball. How about the mushroom from Centipede The answer is Gwobby of course! Star of four games and maybe another one one day! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluejay Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 (edited) If this is Atari in general, I'd say the square from Adventure. Atari 8 bit? Hmm... Maybe Pitfall Harry? But wait... Harry is from Activision... I think it *might* be... I honestly have no idea. No Atari 8 bit stuff specifically reminds me of Atari. Edited January 7, 2020 by bluejay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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