Heaven/TQA Posted December 27, 2001 Share Posted December 27, 2001 yes... bruce lee was cool... -pitfall 2 -ultima 4 -buck rogers -hardball -dallas quest -strip poker ... well...it becomes harder now to remember every pearl... ;=) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heaven/TQA Posted December 27, 2001 Share Posted December 27, 2001 oh jeah... the game is called "BLUE MAX" by Synapse... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atari70s Posted December 27, 2001 Share Posted December 27, 2001 my favorite game EASY its BLUE MAX no game comes close to it maybe pole position but its a long long wyas back . no doubt in my mind BLUE MAX is # 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanBoris Posted December 27, 2001 Share Posted December 27, 2001 Since we are talking about Synapse games how about Protector (I and II), Fort Apocalypse, Shaums and Zepplin, all great games! Dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eric_ruck Posted December 28, 2001 Share Posted December 28, 2001 quote: Originally posted by Heaven/TQA: oh jeah... the game is called "BLUE MAX" by Synapse... Oh yeah, Blue Max, I love that game. I should've remembered that. I have 15 month old triplets, and "Max" always gets the blue clothes, bottles, etc. Eric Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goochman Posted December 31, 2001 Share Posted December 31, 2001 There are to omany to list. These games took away alot of my time: Ultima IV Alternate Reality The City and Dungeon Getaway Ultima III Ultima II MULE Miner 2049'er Star Raiders Ball Blazer Rescue on Fractulus and the list could go on forever Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Lange Posted December 31, 2001 Author Share Posted December 31, 2001 I haven't even heard of some of these games! Albert - I remember when I was a senior in grade school - better known as 8th grade, I brought my shiny new Atari 400 over to a friend from schools house. He or should I say his father had an Apple II(something). I hook my 400 up and he was playing Star Raiders on it. He showed me Ultima I on the Apple. I couldn't wait for Ultima I to come out for the Atari ... of couse I had to buy a disk drive to play it. I also remember playing Track & Field for hours trying to beat my brothers. Of couse we broke a couple of joysticks on that one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fretwobbler Posted January 1, 2002 Share Posted January 1, 2002 My favourite was Blue Max. also Kickstart when you were riding your dirt bike over jumps and stuff. At the time it made the BMX on California Games SMS look crude. Adam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Destructo Posted January 1, 2002 Share Posted January 1, 2002 Twenty replies and no one mentioned BOULDER DASH??? All the games you guys have mentioned are great, here are some more: Mr. Do (best arcade translation ever) Encounter! Xagon (shareware) Journey To The Planets JTTP is a visual puzzle game: you land on several planets and solve moving/shooting puzzles on each one to gain a treasure. The graphics are really crude and the colors are weird, but that's what makes it great: you really feel like you're in an eerie, hostile alien land with its own rules. Agent USA Sure, it's an educational title for kids, but you can still have a great time scooting all over the USA out-fuzzing the FuzzBomb. Who knew learning about states, capital cities, and time zones could be so much fun? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cybergoth Posted February 9, 2003 Share Posted February 9, 2003 Hi there! With so many people in this thread mentioning "Blue Max" as their favourite game on the Atari 8-Bit computers, I must say that I was somewhat disappointed when I tried playing this version. I think the C64 version was much better. Anyone agreeing here? Greetings, Manuel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nukey Shay Posted February 9, 2003 Share Posted February 9, 2003 Journey To The Planets would have been a great game...if it wasn't for that blasted "Anchors Aweigh!" tune that repeats endlessly (Arrrgh!). But yeah, Roklan games are pretty good. I recommend Diamond Mine, Wizard Of Wor, Gorf, and Deluxe Invaders. Let's do the Time Warp agaiiin! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+davidcalgary29 Posted February 9, 2003 Share Posted February 9, 2003 ...and, since no one's mentioned it so far, "Trailblazer". It's still incredibly addicting after all these years. Honourable mention: "Alley Cat". Who could forget this amongst all those great Synapse games? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inky Posted February 9, 2003 Share Posted February 9, 2003 Out of the games I own, Missle command. Out of the ones I've played on EMU thus far, tie between Caverns of MArs and Canyon Climber. Anyone have a Caverns of MArs cart for sale? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liquid_sky Posted February 10, 2003 Share Posted February 10, 2003 I am a fan of wargames, so Eastern Front, and Vietcong are my favorite.. Vietcong is a really fun abstract war game Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Sauron Posted February 10, 2003 Share Posted February 10, 2003 Man, what's the deal with people digging up ancient threads lately? I, of course, have to add a few of my favorites. Since I didn't have a disk drive during most of the time that I had my 130XE, I missed out on quite a few games during the day. However, I had plenty of cartridges for my 130XE, so naturally most of my favorites are cartridge games. Having said that, probably my favorite 8bit game back in the day was Defender. No matter how much I played it, I always had to go back for more. That was one of the first games that I was literally addicted to. A few more of my favorites: Alternate Reality:The City (never played The Dungeon much) Eastern Front Hardball Basketball (don't ask me why) Rescue on Fractalus Almost all of the Ultimas Qix Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Jefferson Posted February 10, 2003 Share Posted February 10, 2003 Wow, I forget how many great games there are on the 8-bit. My list goes like this: Ultima IV AR: Dungeon Realm of Impossibility MULE Ballblazer Lode Runner (and all the other ones mentioned really...) One of my favorite games was David's Midnight Magic. Of course the game didn't really come alive until we broke my TAC2 joystick playing Decathalon and I decided to wire up the two buttons to play David's Midnight Magic. I've had some insane scores on that game over the years using that joystick. I think my lifetime high is around 750,000... haven't seen a dumped game from the net with a higher score yet. Anyone play this much? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Sauron Posted February 10, 2003 Share Posted February 10, 2003 One of my favorite games was David's Midnight Magic. Of course the game didn't really come alive until we broke my TAC2 joystick playing Decathalon and I decided to wire up the two buttons to play David's Midnight Magic. I've had some insane scores on that game over the years using that joystick. I think my lifetime high is around 750,000... haven't seen a dumped game from the net with a higher score yet. Anyone play this much? Yes, I forgot to add it to my list! That and Track & Field (complete with separate two button controller) were also favorites of mine. Unfortunately, I can't remember what my high score was around on that game, as I haven't played it in over a decade. I'm sure you have mine beat, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godzilla Posted February 10, 2003 Share Posted February 10, 2003 I'd have to agree with just about everything listed here, especialy the lucas games. Nautilus Boulders & Bombs immediately come to mind :-) and didn't they make Bandits for the a8bit? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+davidcalgary29 Posted February 11, 2003 Share Posted February 11, 2003 One of my favorite games was David's Midnight Magic That was a great game! Did you like it better than "Night Mission Pinball", though? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Lange Posted February 11, 2003 Author Share Posted February 11, 2003 Out of the games I own, Missle command. Out of the ones I've played on EMU thus far, tie between Caverns of MArs and Canyon Climber. Anyone have a Caverns of MArs cart for sale? Inky - I think BEST still has this title new in the box. Send them an email. WRL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Jefferson Posted February 11, 2003 Share Posted February 11, 2003 One of my favorite games was David's Midnight Magic That was a great game! Did you like it better than "Night Mission Pinball", though? Yes, I could never get into Night Mission Pinball. I guess I preferred the simplicity of DMM and the ball action seemed better to me. All this is going by memory though.... I also owned a legit copy of DMM and only had a pirated copy of Night Mission Pinball. The key to DMM is to fill the ball hopper and then start racking up the multipliers. I think I've played that game thousands of times since I bought it, and my highest score ever was attained just recently after fixing my old modified TAC2 joystick to make better contacts on the buttons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheddy Posted February 11, 2003 Share Posted February 11, 2003 Mr Do Encounter I'd have to go for these too. Don't forget Joust though - Surely one of the most fun 2 player games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emkay Posted February 11, 2003 Share Posted February 11, 2003 (alphabetical order) All Games are great: Archon Bounty Bob strikes back Boulder Dash Bruce Lee Encounter Henry's House International Karate Karateka Master of the lamps Masters of time M.U.L.E Rescue on Fractalus Spelunker The great american cross country road race The last V8 Warhawk Zybex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunstar Posted February 11, 2003 Share Posted February 11, 2003 Hi there! With so many people in this thread mentioning "Blue Max" as their favourite game on the Atari 8-Bit computers, I must say that I was somewhat disappointed when I tried playing this version. I think the C64 version was much better. Anyone agreeing here? Greetings, Manuel I used to own a C64 for a while (I sold it after deciding that it wasn't any better overall than my Atari XE that I've had for years and have had a love affair with, also I couldn't get used too, or develop the patience for the PITIFULLY SLOW 1541 disk drives! ), and I honestly don't remember if I had Blue Max for it, but, I do remember comparing Blue Max 2001 on both and was shocked at how much better the Atari version was over the C64 version (like all the on-ground animation and much smoother scrolling and control)! Other than that, most games for the two systems, as far as I'm concerned, were about 50-50 as to which were better and when one was better than the other, it wasn't enough of an improvement to make any difference which one I played, so I just stuck to the Atari version I was used too. I will have to look up the C64 version and find an emulator to see it's version of Blue Max though... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godzilla Posted February 11, 2003 Share Posted February 11, 2003 There was a point at which atari 8 bit development stopped, and the c64 eventually trounced the 8 bit. Which really pisses me off, cause the atari 8 bit had better gfx & sound hardware. It just didn't have anywhere near the software development of the c64. If atari had been a little more agressive with their pricing and marketing, who knows, we might be using atari 13000xe's right now :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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