The Top 10 Atari 7800 Games of All Time

[Cousin Vinnie]

On 10/16/2020 at 5:19 PM, aaron1677 said:

Hello all!

 

I'm building a TOP 10 7800 GAMES OF ALL TIME list, (including homebrews).

 

They are ranked with the following considerations in mind:

 

GRAPHIC ACHIEVEMENT

SOUND ACHIEVEMENT

GAME CONTROL

GAME DEPTH

FUN FACTOR

REPLAY FACTOR

 

Please let me know if there are any candidates that I've missed that you feel belong in the Top 10!

 

The candidates are below. 31 flavors to start, so to speak. (Little Food Fight reference there)

 

So far I have (in no particular order): 

 

1. Rikki & Vikki
2. Bentley Bear's Crystal Quest
3. Pac-Man Collection
4. Commando
5. Ikari Warriors
6. Impossible Mission (the solvable one)
7. Alien Brigade
8. Joust
9. Ninja Golf
10. Midnight Mutants
11. Xevious
12. Mario Bros.
13. Robotron 2084 
14. Food Fight
15. Ballblazer
16. B*nq
17. Beef Drop
18. Plutos
19. Pole Position II
20. Centipede
21. One-on-One Basketball
22. Donkey Kong PK
23. Donkey Kong Jr.
24. Desert Falcon
25. Galaga
26. Froggie
27. Dark Chambers
28. KLAX
29. Tower Toppler
30. Mean 18 Ultimate Golf
31. Xenophobe

 

I currently have over 100 7800 games reviewed on Atari 7800 Forever for reference. Check it out and see what you think. Here's the score ranking URL

www.Atari7800Forever.com/scorereviews.html

And you are crazy wrong about Tower Toppler
 

 

 

 

 

Edited August 7, 2021 by Cousin Vinnie

[Jaden (JRH)]

He's wrong about Tower Toppler alright. That one deserves to be put in the ten WORST 7800 games!

 

[gambler172]

I miss my favourite game....

Moon Cresta ?

[gambler172]

3 hours ago, Jaden (JRH) said:

He's wrong about Tower Toppler alright. That one deserves to be put in the ten WORST 7800 games!

 

Why???Only because it is damn heavy?

[Trebor]

Different strokes for different folks.

 

EGM May 1989:

 

EGM Nov 1989:

 

 

 

While not necessarily making the Top 10 for me, it's definitely a part of the runners-up:

 

 

[+davidcalgary29]

7800 Scrapyard Dog is the mediocre trudge Lynx haters claim that platform's version to be. Lynx Scrapyard Dog is excellent.

 

I particularly hate the controls on 7800 port.

[toiletunes]

The 7800 library has enough variety that no two top ten lists would be the same. My original run favorites, in no order:

 

Rampage

Fatal Run

Super Skateboardin 

Ninja Golf 

Commando

Midnight Mutants 

Ms Pac Man

Robotron 2084

Food Fight

Dark Chambers

Honestly it would be a lot easier to just list the ten I don't like, this could easily become a 30 way tie for the best games.

 

Homebrews:

Pac Man Collection 

Baby Pac Man

Jr Pac Man

Bonq

Beef Drop

Dungeon Stalker

Super Pac Man

Failsafe

Super Circus Atariage 

Donkey Kong PK/XM

 

[+Pac-Lander]

Let's start with this -

 

Does anyone disagree that Crystal Quest and Rikki & Vikki belong in the Top 10? 

 

Again, this is a list that includes homebrews!

[Jaden (JRH)]

Rikki & Vikki is an absolute top ten title. Crystal Quest I'm not too sure about. It's impressive for a 7800 game and it's nice to have another platformer on the system. However, I don't know if I would consider it my favorite PacManPlus work. I think I would probably prefer Super Pac-Man or Baby Pac-Man.

[+jeremiahjt]

On 8/12/2021 at 12:05 PM, aaron1677 said:

Let's start with this -

 

Does anyone disagree that Crystal Quest and Rikki & Vikki belong in the Top 10? 

 

Again, this is a list that includes homebrews!

I have never played Crystal Quest, but I do have Rikki & Vikki. It would not make my top 10 list. It might once I spend some more time with it, but as of now it would not.

[BydoEmpire]

On 8/8/2021 at 12:34 PM, Trebor said:

Different strokes for different folks.

 

EGM May 1989:

 

EGM Nov 1989:

 

 

 

While not necessarily making the Top 10 for me, it's definitely a part of the runners-up:

 

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I have the May 89 issue (or, at least I did until recently, I sold a bunch of old EGMs a year or so ago, I don't recall which ones I kept). I always liked their miss/hit/direct hit rating system.  Much better than 92.568% ... I still hate Tower Toppler, though, it's not the least bit fun.  Different strokes for different folks as always.

[Cousin Vinnie]

1 hour ago, BydoEmpire said:

I have the May 89 issue (or, at least I did until recently, I sold a bunch of old EGMs a year or so ago, I don't recall which ones I kept). I always liked their miss/hit/direct hit rating system.  Much better than 92.568% ... I still hate Tower Toppler, though, it's not the least bit fun.  Different strokes for different folks as always.

Grrrl, you just jelly 

 

https://www.youtube.com/embed/VhROjEIFWd0

 

Edited August 14, 2021 by Cousin Vinnie

[Giles N]

Top 10 Atari 7800 Games:

 

(DISCLAIMER: The list is as of today, having still many games to play through, and when I for many reasons just haven’t gotten really into playing something, I’ll put it of for later updated lists)

 

 

1. COMMANDO

 

GRAPHIC ACHIEVEMENT: 9/10

SOUND ACHIEVEMENT: 9,5/10

GAME CONTROL: 9/10

GAME DEPTH: 6,5/10

FUN FACTOR: 9/10

REPLAY FACTOR: 9/10

 

1. NINJA GOLF

 

GRAPHIC ACHIEVEMENT: 8,5/10

SOUND ACHIEVEMENT: 5,5/10

GAME CONTROL: 9/10

GAME DEPTH: 7/10

FUN FACTOR: 9/10

REPLAY FACTOR: 8/10

 

1. SCRAPYARD DOG

 

GRAPHIC ACHIEVEMENT: 7/10

SOUND ACHIEVEMENT: 8/10

GAME CONTROL: 8/10

GAME DEPTH: 7,5/10

FUN FACTOR: 8,5/10

REPLAY FACTOR: 9/10

 

1. BENTLEY BEARs CRYSTAL QUEST

 

GRAPHIC ACHIEVEMENT: 9,5/10

SOUND ACHIEVEMENT: 9/10

GAME CONTROL: 9/10

GAME DEPTH: 6,5/10

FUN FACTOR: 8/10

REPLAY FACTOR: 8/10

 

1. SIRIUS

 

GRAPHIC ACHIEVEMENT: 8,5/10

SOUND ACHIEVEMENT: 6,5/10

GAME CONTROL: 8,5/10

GAME DEPTH: 5/10

FUN FACTOR: 8,5/10

REPLAY FACTOR: 8,5/10

 

1. MIDNIGHT MUTANTS

 

GRAPHIC ACHIEVEMENT: 8,5/10

SOUND ACHIEVEMENT: 8/10

GAME CONTROL: 8/10

GAME DEPTH: 9,5/10

FUN FACTOR: 8/10

REPLAY FACTOR: 7/10

 

1. POLE POSITION 2

 

GRAPHIC ACHIEVEMENT: 7/10

SOUND ACHIEVEMENT: 6/10

GAME CONTROL: 8,5/10

GAME DEPTH: 6,5/10

FUN FACTOR: 8/10

REPLAY FACTOR: 8,5/10

 

1. FOOD FIGHT

 

GRAPHIC ACHIEVEMENT: 8/10

SOUND ACHIEVEMENT: 7/10

GAME CONTROL: 9,5/10

GAME DEPTH: 4,5/10

FUN FACTOR: 8/10

REPLAY FACTOR: 9/10

 

1. PAC MAN COLLCTION

 

GRAPHIC ACHIEVEMENT: 8,5/10

SOUND ACHIEVEMENT: 8,5/10

GAME CONTROL: 9/10

GAME DEPTH: 5/10

FUN FACTOR: 8/10

REPLAY FACTOR: 8,5/10

 

  10. ALIEN BRIGADE

 

GRAPHIC ACHIEVEMENT: 9/10

SOUND ACHIEVEMENT: 6,5/10

GAME CONTROL: 9/10

GAME DEPTH: 7,5/10

FUN FACTOR: 8/10

REPLAY FACTOR: 7/10

Edited August 15, 2021 by Giles N

[Silver Back]

I was going to make a topic like this but decided to dig a little as something had to of been posted before. I don’t like combining homebrew and retail, so here’s my retail top 10 based on the most important factor: fun.  I know that’s not what OP said but idk I don’t want to think about best graphics etc. 

 

1.Asteroids has spent more time in my console than any other. 
2.Galaga is another game I’ve had forever and this along with Asteroids are the two games I play if I don’t know what else to play. 
3.Ikari Warriors is just so much fun to me and I’ve played it a ton. 
4.Midnight Mutants I never had growing up but since I got it I’ve beaten it a few times. Every few months I play through it again and I love it!

5. Food Fight was another game I had early one and I fell in love with it. 
6.Tower Toppler is the perfect blend of puzzle and platforming for me. Anybody who hates it is clearly crazy ?

7.Robotron 2084 but you have to play it with 2 sticks. Any other way is blasphemy. 
8. Ninja Golf is equal parts silly and fun. I love that you fight a dragon instead of putting. 
9.Ms Pac Man is an excellent game on the 7800 and another I grew up with. 
10.Donkey Kong Junior is yet another game I loved playing as a kid. I heard that people hate the sound, I say mute the tv and enjoy. 
 

Ask Albert I’ve bought mountains of homebrews recently and I don’t feel I’ve spent long enough to rank them.  Of the ones I bought and played I really like baby pac man, pac man collection, T:me Salvo, B*NQ, alpha race, Failsafe was awesome as I always wanted a port of countermeasure as a kid, putt18 from video61 is addictive, frenzy, dragons cache looks beautiful and is a great match 3 game, scramble is awesome and I enjoy most of franko dragons stuff.

 

[Lons S]

01) Ninja Golf

02) Commando

03) Ikari Warriors

04) Galaga

05) Rampage

06) Pac Man Collection*

07) Space Invaders*

08) Donkey Kong

09) Xevious

10) Pole Position 2

11) Asteroids 

12) Robotron

13) 2600 Games like Video Olympics (Pong) - Isn't the 7800 the first major backwards compatibe system besides Mark III and previous SG1000?