Rocko #1 Posted January 4, 2004 What are some well known atari Characters? The Adventure Square R. Hero Pitfall Harry Yar Who else? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rocko #2 Posted January 4, 2004 They can be on any atari system. Prefferably 2600 | 5200 | 7800 | Lynx | Jaguar. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NovaXpress #3 Posted January 4, 2004 Pitfall Harry. End of the list. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rocko #4 Posted January 4, 2004 Even if atarians only know... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tyranthraxus #6 Posted January 4, 2004 There aren't really any famous characters, Atari in their prime was all about arcade games and the early ones weren't really character stuff. They were mainly space shooters with no characters. Pac-man is often connected to Atari but its Namco's baby. Those two were so close I was surprised to learn as a collector that so many games I thought were Atari were licensed from Namco. A lot of non-gamers associate Donkey Kong with Atari. There's that Monetzuma guy but thats getting a bit more obscure. I think its Panama Joe? And again its another Atari didn't make themselves. Atari wasn't very good at building franchises. Even if good it seems all their sequels were poorly recieved - Asteroids Deluxe, Millipede, etc. Swordquest got worse as it went on. And they dropped the ball on a Yar's sequel. But then again it seems that until Nintendo took over that game sequels were very anticipated. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bradjewell #7 Posted January 4, 2004 bentley bear. major havoc.(they were gonna make him a real character so to speak) probably some more. brad Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tantone56 #8 Posted January 4, 2004 MS Pacman and the aliens from space invaiders Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chairmonkey4406 #9 Posted January 4, 2004 Why ET of course! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ze_ro #10 Posted January 5, 2004 Lynx: Dirty Larry, Chip, the guy from Scrapyard Dog, the guy from Xybots (I forget his name). Jaguar: Trevor McFur, Skylar, and the Iron Soldier mech come to mind. As for Pitfall Harry, he's an Activision character... he just happens to appear on an Atari system (He's on the Jaguar too) --Zero Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rocko #11 Posted January 5, 2004 Ok, so the game can be third party as well. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites