Best/Worst Game makers for the 2600?

[Megamaniac]

An informal poll...I'd like to hear everyone's take on what are the best and worst game publishers for the 2600. Here's a quick brush from me:

 

Best

Atari (the later years...Phoenix, Vanguard, Ms Pacman)

Activision

Parker Brothers

 

Worst

Coleco (DK, DKJr....blech)

[joeybastard]

BEST

Activision

Atari

Imagic

 

Worst

Mythicon

[StanJr]

Best: Activision

 

Worst: Bomb or just the guy who programmed "Bugs" that game is miserable.

[elviticus]

Some 20th century fox are pretty good - attack killer tomatoes, Alien etc.

 

And don't count out Coleco altogether - Mousetrap, Frontline and Mr Do are all pretty cool.

[Megamaniac]

And don't count out Coleco altogether - Mousetrap, Frontline and Mr Do are all pretty cool.

 

Good point. But still, DK and DKjr pull the average down sooooo low! Guess I should take a Winsorized mean (Oh God, I really need to get a life!)

[Adrian M]

BEST

*Atari

*Activision

*Imagic

*M-Network

*XYPE

 

WORST

*Zimag

*Xonox

*Coleco (though I DID enjoy Donkey Kong as a kid...I guess I was just happy to have some sort of port to play at home. )

[Christophero Sly]

Best

Atari

Parker Bros.

Activision

 

Worst

Data Age

Froggo

Mythicon

[bjk7382]

Best

 

Activision

Starpath (arcadia)

Atari

Imagic

M-network

 

Worst

 

Mythicon

Coleco (for some games)

[Inky]

Best:

 

Atari, Activision, Parker Bros., Imagic, Coleco

 

Worst:

 

Appolo, Data Age, Froggo.

 

Coleco did some great conversions for the 2600, and I will defend them to the core!

 

http://www.atariage.com/forums/viewtopic.p...p=501215#501215

[Gregory DG]

Best: Atari

Worst: Atari

 

[sku_u]

Best:

 

Starpath (Arcadia)

Activision

Imagic

20th Century Fox

Sega

CommaVid

Tigervision

 

Worst:

 

Coleco

Mythicon

US Games

Panda

Froggo

Ultravision

[mos6507]

Nobody has mentioned CBS yet.

 

They did some pretty good coinop ports like Wizard of Wor and Gorf.

 

I'd put them at the bottom of the best list.

[adams_ale]

Best=> Sega, Parker Brothers, Activision, Atari, Tigervision, M-Network

 

Worst=> data age, wizard video(hate to say it ), U.S. Games

[Fellow Atari Man]

In my opinion:

 

BEST

 

Activision

Imagic

Starpath

Telesys

 

WORST

 

Mythicon (only three games, or three versions of the same game?? What the heck?? Oh yeah, to make a buck )

[Susuwatari]

Best: Supercharger, Atari

 

Worst: Mythicon, Atari

 

I mean, Atari made great games like Solaris and Yars Revenge but also released stinklers like SQ: Water World.

[+Nathan Strum]

Based on what I own...

 

Best:

Atari

Activision

Imagic

Parker Bros.

CBS (don't forget Mountain King and Solar Fox!)

 

Worst:

Mythicon

Apollo

Coleco

Sunrise

[Inky]

Pop in 2600 Mouse Trap, THEN Tell me Coleco was the worst!

 

Mouse Trap is a GREAT conversion!

[SS]

WORST

*Zimag

 

 

Have you played "Tanks But No Tanks"? Great friggin game!

[Cootster]

Best companies:

 

Activision

CBS

Imagic

Homevision

 

Worst companies:

 

Mystique/Playaround (Did the 2600 need porn? Especially porn in blocky graphics in not-all-that-good games)

Panda

M-Network (!!!!!)

Ultravision (they, did, after all, make Karate)

[Cybergoth]

Hi there!

 

Worst companies:

M-Network (!!!!!)

 

Huh?!?

 

Greetings,

Manuel

[kyle]

Best

ATARI

Parker Bros

Activision

EPYX

Imagic

US-GAMES (i like them for some reason)

Worst

M-network!! (I'm with coolster on that one!

Apollo

Data-Age

Telesys

[chrisbid]

 

Worst

M-network!! (I'm with coolster on that one!

 

 

man, that is some serious intellivision hate, if it extends to their VCS games too

[SteveW]

I personally love the M-Network games that i've owned. I used to play Astroblast, Dark Caverns, and Lock N' Chase for hours and hours. And I have to agree with the people who said the Supercharger games were the best for the system. Some were just okay, but most totally rocked.

[Cybergoth]

Hi there!

 

I personally love the M-Network games that i've owned. I used to play Astroblast, Dark Caverns, and Lock N' Chase for hours and hours.

 

And Adventures of Tron, Air Raiders, Bump'n'Jump... all excellent titles!

 

Greetings,

Manuel

[+Random Terrain]

It's funny how most people put Activision before Imagic. I place Imagic over Activision and Atari. I like more Imagic games. For my own curiosity, I'll list the best game publishers and the games I actually go out of my way to play, not ones I just like in the back of my head but hardly ever revisit.

 

Imagic

Demon Attack, Subterranea, Laser Gates, Moonsweeper, and Atlantis.

 

Activision

Starmaster, Enduro, River Raid, and Beamrider.

 

Atari

E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial, Yars' Revenge, and Circus Atari.

 

CBS Electronics

Solar Fox

 

M Network

Lock 'N' Chase

 

Coleco

Carnival

 

Tigervision

Marauder

 

20th Century Fox

Fantastic Voyage

 

Parker Brothers

Spider-Man, Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back

 

 

There are many companies that made nothing but horrible games and Mythicon is one of the worst.