MrRetroGamer Posted April 25, 2001 Share Posted April 25, 2001 Let's hear your opinions. My favorite is Kung Fu Master, because it was so hard to get! My least favorite is ALSO Kung Fu Master, becasue the controls are so whacked out, it makes this fine game almost unplayable! [ 04-25-2001: Message edited by: MrRetroGamer ] 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+-^CrossBow^- Posted April 25, 2001 Share Posted April 25, 2001 Hmmm... Tough call there Retro... I would have to say that my favorite 7800 game that I have is probably Double Dragon because it took me like 3 weeks before I was able to beat it. However, now that I have...I haven't touched it in ages. My current favorite 7800 title...is most definitly Xenophobe!!! Least favorite...hmmm...was probably Super Skateboarin...I mean...What the hell were they thinking? Great graphics...and sound...but boardin in a factory and turning things off...Nope...that just plain sucks for a game...reminds me of Keystone Kapers...only now I actually hit the obstacles and not jump over them. BTW..Keystone Kapers is a really cool game in my opinion...hehe.. [ 04-25-2001: Message edited by: -^Cro§Bow^- ] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trebor Posted April 26, 2001 Share Posted April 26, 2001 No doubt...Karateka. Although my first experience was on the Apple IIe, I LOVED this game when it came out for the 7800. I remember purchasing it at Child World. The first time I turned it on, I was in awe. The flashing "karateka", the music, the scrolling opening story, I was amazed. Never did beat it through... -Trebor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted April 27, 2001 Share Posted April 27, 2001 My favorite 7800 games: Xevious - This was the only Atari system that it actually got released for. Tower Toppler - Great Puzzle game Midnight Mutants - Really complex for the 7800 Meltdown - I like this lightgun game. Now if only the lightgun was actually accurate! Food Fight - Finally, a decent home port. It's a little too easy though. Least Favorites Karateka - Looks good, sounds good, but WTF is up with those controls? I have a prototype of this game. Crack'ed - Lame shooter, really should have use the lightgun and should have cleaned up the graphics a bit. Motorpsycho - The controls really kill this game! Ace of Aces - Way too complicated for the 7800. Needs a keyboard! Jinks - The title screen rocks! And the voices sound like they're from Gauntlet. But the game itself is a very lame breakout clone that's frustratingly difficult and the sounds are aweful. Theres no ending either! ARRGGHH! Other Things That Bug Me Galaga - Looks like Galaga, sounds like Galaga, it even plays like Galaga, but once you get past the 10th board everything goes to hell. You get slow down, flicker, and poor controls. Something is wrong with this game. Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariDevRiot Posted April 28, 2001 Share Posted April 28, 2001 Hmmm.... my favorite games.. One of my favorite game is Mario Bros (lame, right) It was fun as hell! I would play that game for hours. Any you guys like Mario Bros? Pole Position 2 is another favorite of mine. I played it recently and racked up major points! I did better than I did in the 80s, hehe. I wish I could of played the first Pole Position. My least favorite is a toughy. I have no least favorite. The closest to be being my least favorite was Donkey Kong JR. I used to get so pissed off at the game!! : : I used to really get angry when I continuously died in that game. I think I remember myself throwing the actual cart across the room! I believe I'm exaggerating there . Oh yea, I wanna add something to what Tempest was saying about Galaga: The controls are messed up in Galaga. You're absolutely right about that. I remember it did have pretty sloppy controls. I haven't played it in a long time but I'll play it in my free time or whatever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Mackey Posted April 29, 2001 Share Posted April 29, 2001 Keeping in mind I only own 9 7800 games, of the games I own my favorite would be Food Fight, and my least favorite would be Pole Position 2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cousin Vinnie Posted May 7, 2001 Share Posted May 7, 2001 Best 7800 Games 1. Tower Toppler 2. Midnight Mutants 3. Basket Brawl 4. Commando 5. Alien Brigade Worst 7800 Games 1. (the worst) Jinks 2. Title Match Pro Wrestling 3. Realsports Baseball 4. Impossible Mission (C'mon, test your games before you embarrass yourself) 5. Mat Mania Challenge (however better than WCW Nitro) visit: www.bigfishusa.com Soon to be home to Cousin Vinnie's Atari 7800 Panaramic Foo-Foo (Current home of White Man's Funk/ Black Man's Metal band Big Fish, Cousin Vinnie's Rock-N-Roll Boo-Ya! Radio, Flaming Pig Wrsetling, and Cousin Vinnie's King's X Universe of Love) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kondre Posted June 8, 2001 Share Posted June 8, 2001 I am late to this string but here goes.... Best 7800 game- multiplayer- Water Ski : this game is so cool in that it will allow two players to control just as it would be in real life, one drives the boat the other skis- thats fabulous. single player- xevious : this game is fun and looks very close to the real arcade version. runner up is commando. Worst 7800 game- Karateka : I played this game on the old Apple IIe as well and liked it a lot. but the 7800 port is way off. first the delay in controlling makes it virtually impossible to get past the first bird attack. runner up is pole position. again cotrol issues make it difficult to enjoy. Kevin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ugclone Posted June 8, 2001 Share Posted June 8, 2001 hmmm..well i'd have to say that Dark Chambers is my favorite 7800 game. and for the worst game i'd say it's a tie between Karateka and Jinx...i can't stand either one of these games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liquid_sky Posted June 9, 2001 Share Posted June 9, 2001 Best 7800 game; tie between Ballblazer and Xevious. Worst 7800 game; tie between Galaga and Choplifter. I enjoyed the games, but as previousy mentioned, Galaga goes to crap after level 10, and Choplifer always has a screwed pallette shift on my system Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GauntletOnTheBrain Posted June 9, 2001 Share Posted June 9, 2001 Anyone ever try hacking the 7800 version of Dark Chambers to be more like GAuntlet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inky Posted June 12, 2001 Share Posted June 12, 2001 I think all of the original slew... Xevious, Robotron, Dig-Dug, Galaga, Food Fight, Asteroids and Centipede were excellent. I would have to give the nod to Xevious. I actually prefer it ot the emulated versions I've played. As far as worst.. Scrapyard Dog is pretty poor... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JagDiesel Posted June 12, 2001 Share Posted June 12, 2001 I would say that Crossbow and Water Ski are equally great games, definitely my fav 7800 games As far as least favorite, Karateka and Xevious, neither are really that bad, just neither are that great Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
utamav91 Posted June 12, 2001 Share Posted June 12, 2001 Everyone is missing the obvious. Larry Bird/Dr. J One-on-One basketball is the one of the best games ever done. For any system. Even though it plays a little slow, the sheer satisfaction of doing a creative dunk is beyond words. Good animation, espcially for the time. Especially when it's IN YOUR FACE after your opponent has done his best to play defense. I mean, dribble...spin...reverse...dribble...spin...step...fake, OVER YOU FOR TWO. The rim's still shaking. The cool exploding glass after a thunderous dunk and the angry janitor sweeping it all up still cracks me up. Then, a replay just rubs it in a little further. The two worst games are the Super Huey simulator game and Ace of Aces. Way too complicated. Nice graphics, but as many times as I've read the instructions, I never can tell what I'm supposed to be doing. Karateka is sorta in the middle--horrible control makes it virtually unplayable. The graphics are nice, but who can play it? For me, I get in one decent kick or punch if I'm lucky then game over. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TunnelRunner Posted June 15, 2001 Share Posted June 15, 2001 Come on, folks. The very worst 7800 game is that horrible Realsports Baseball, even worse than the 2600 version. You all just put that out of your minds because it's so bad, right? My Favorite: Xevious or Tank Command. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Secombe Posted July 16, 2001 Share Posted July 16, 2001 Ive only just started digging my Atari 7800 stuff out from the loft so I havent really played it since about 1992, but my favourite then was 2 player Hat Trick, Alien Brigade, and Xevious, I didnt like Donkey Kong a great deal. Im still finding stuff up there so who knows what games I will find next. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunstar Posted July 16, 2001 Share Posted July 16, 2001 my favorite games, in order are: 1)Commando 2)Ikari Warriors 3)Tower Toppler 4)Ballblazer 5)Xenophobe My least favorite are: 1)Titlematch Westling 2)Karateka(I loved this game on the 8-bit, but they "frelled" the controls on the 7800 version. I can never hit that *amn bird!!!) 3)Mario Bros. (just too old, by the time the 7800 came out, this was one game that had been done too much already;2600, 8-bit, 5200, not to mention every other system on the planet) 4) DonkeyKong (same as above) 5) DonkeyKong jr. (I want new games already!!! my GOD! I've played these for years on all the older systems!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhindle The Red Posted July 17, 2001 Share Posted July 17, 2001 Least favorite: 1. Hat Trick 2. Karateka (controls, it looked good.) 3. Baryard Blaster 4. Jinks 5. Crack'ed Favorites 5. Donkey Kong 4. Donkey Kong Jr. 3. Ballbalser 2. Mario Bros. 1. Ninja Golf (Ninjas! Golf! Bwa Ha Ha Ha!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skatepunk60 Posted July 23, 2001 Share Posted July 23, 2001 i think Mario bros was great and least favorite is ace of aces WTF? is up with this game cant figure nothing out VERY compicated Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted July 23, 2001 Share Posted July 23, 2001 There were a few of those overly complicated games for the 7800. Problem was they just ported alot of games straight from the computer and they didn't work with a two button controller. Games like Ace of Aces, F-14 Tomcat, and F-18 Hornet were just too complicated. Maybe if the 7800 keyboard had been released they might have worked better. Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skatepunk60 Posted July 23, 2001 Share Posted July 23, 2001 i agree they are too complicated but isnt there a proto for that keyboard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Zeptari Posted August 28, 2001 Share Posted August 28, 2001 My favorite 7800: Mrs Pac Man My worst 7800: Touchdown Football Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darklord1977 Posted April 18, 2006 Share Posted April 18, 2006 hmmm i have many..but my favorite 7800 game would have to be galaga though. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpfalcon2003 Posted April 19, 2006 Share Posted April 19, 2006 7800 favs: Alien Brigade Commando Klax 7800 least favs: Touchdown Football Realsports Baseball Karateka Fight Night 2600 favs: Road Runner Double Dragon Klax Sentinel Rampage 2600 least favs: Texas Chainsaw Massacre ALL FROGGO GAMES Reactor Football Basketball Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DracIsBack Posted April 19, 2006 Share Posted April 19, 2006 As far as worst.. Scrapyard Dog is pretty poor... You're entitled to your opinion and all, but cmon!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Scrapyard Dog has no business on any "worst" list, especially when there's crap like Karateka, Super Huey and Fight Night on the 7800! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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