First Five 5200 games

[+sramirez2008]

Purchased my first 5200 in 2015 with

 

Countermeasure

Defender

Pac-Man

Qix

Space Invaders

[+sramirez2008]

On 12/26/2020 at 8:58 PM, unoclay said:

RISE UP, SUPER BREAKOUT FANS, NOW IS OUR TIME, WE WILL BE SILENT NO MORE

Hear, hear! 

[unoclay]

Ouch my (december) wording of "rise up" is maybe some inadvertent bad timing what with the insurrection attempt in the past days.  Allow me to refine my statement:

 

"Super Breakout Fans, let our voices be heard in a peaceful and meaningful way, and allow us to engage in civil and respectful debate, even with those whom we strongly disagree"

 

 

[+Allan]

Please, for all that is holy, No Politics! Pretty please.

 

 

Super Breakout is still a fun game and actually works perfectly with the 5200 controller. You can move back and forth really fast with very little hand-movement, making it easier to play (in my opinion) than even the 2600 paddle for the 2600 version of Super Breakout and games like it.

 

Because this was such a simple game, I just wish they had added more variety to it though. They had plenty of room. I think making Pac-Man the pack in game (which they did eventually with the 2-port release) might have been a better choice though and would have helped sell the machine better. I think they were still trying to figure out how to sell a system.

 

People at that time wanted arcade games overall.

 

2600 Combat was a good choice for a pack-in for the VCS partly because it had a lot of variety. Plus back in '77, video games in arcades where just coming out.  By the '82 the pinball machines were getting neglected for Mrs. Pac-Man, Donkey Kong, etc. and people wanted to play these at home.

[phuzaxeman]

13 hours ago, Allan said:

Please, for all that is holy, No Politics! Pretty please.

 

 

Super Breakout is still a fun game and actually works perfectly with the 5200 controller. You can move back and forth really fast with very little hand-movement, making it easier to play (in my opinion) than even the 2600 paddle for the 2600 version of Super Breakout and games like it.

 

Because this was such a simple game, I just wish they had added more variety to it though. They had plenty of room. I think making Pac-Man the pack in game (which they did eventually with the 2-port release) might have been a better choice though and would have helped sell the machine better. I think they were still trying to figure out how to sell a system.

 

People at that time wanted arcade games overall.

 

2600 Combat was a good choice for a pack-in for the VCS partly because it had a lot of variety. Plus back in '77, video games in arcades where just coming out.  By the '82 the pinball machines were getting neglected for Mrs. Pac-Man, Donkey Kong, etc. and people wanted to play these at home.

Funny how in the arcades today, it's the pinball machines getting more love than the arcade cabinets. 

[unoclay]

I've noticed that at our local Barcade, actually.  They started including about 5 pins last year and i see a lot of food traffic at them, perhaps more than the actual video games. 

 

Personally, as a strongly biased video game enthusiast, i suspect that Pins appeal to the casual visitors a bit more, because they "understand" the basic concepts better than perhaps the abstractions of older games. 

 

Though, i personally think learning to be great at pinball is often harder to achieve than relative competency at an old upright....or maybe i just suck at pinball.

 

 

[phuzaxeman]

1 hour ago, unoclay said:

I've noticed that at our local Barcade, actually.  They started including about 5 pins last year and i see a lot of food traffic at them, perhaps more than the actual video games. 

 

Personally, as a strongly biased video game enthusiast, i suspect that Pins appeal to the casual visitors a bit more, because they "understand" the basic concepts better than perhaps the abstractions of older games. 

 

Though, i personally think learning to be great at pinball is often harder to achieve than relative competency at an old upright....or maybe i just suck at pinball.

 

 

I never played a lot of pinball in the 80s.  Today, I play it about the same or more than arcade video games at our local arcade here. I've had a deeper appreciation for pins as I've gotten older. 

[unoclay]

i appreciate it in a big way, artistically and mechanically and everything.  Sadly i have some major pain problems with my wrists, so playing Pins is like an invitation to weeks of aching soreness.  Visted the pin museum in vegas a few years ago and some really cool ones in Japan when i was there, though.  Very amazing on every level.  Here's a handheld video from my visit to the one in Osaka

 

 

 

[Giles N]

On 12/23/2020 at 4:15 AM, phuzaxeman said:

Christmas 1982 was so amazing.  My first games were Super Breakout and Galaxian.  Next was Defender and Centipede.  I think our 5th game was Baseball.  

 

What were your first 5 atari 5200 games?

 

 

I came in rather late... more specifically 2018!!?

 

I ordered used 5200 consoles packed with 40++ games...

 

The first stuff I tried out was:

Pole Position,

Star Wars Arcade,

Pengo,

Mario Bros

Moon Patrol