bjk7382 Posted March 7, 2004 Share Posted March 7, 2004 My first activision game was Hero. I love that game. I have the coleco and atari computer version also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad Panda Bear Posted March 7, 2004 Share Posted March 7, 2004 Let me think, I remember Parker Brothers games, and Imagic games, and 20th Century Fox games, but no Activision. No wait! I remember we had a white label Space Shuttle! I thought that game was the coolest thing. Allthough I never actually successfully completed a mission. This would have been sometime before 1985, because we still lived in Seattle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Blindside Kid Posted March 7, 2004 Share Posted March 7, 2004 Hey , everyone I'm new here ... my first activision game was Skiing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuddy Posted March 7, 2004 Share Posted March 7, 2004 Holy crap... I must have been like four years old when I first used our Atari, and we had quite a few Activision titles, so I'd be hard pressed to remember the exact game. I'll just take a wild guess and say Keystone Kapers... I recall that getting the most playtime out of all the titles I played back in the day. Once we got the NES hooked up in 1990, the Atari went in a box and wouldn't be used again for eight years... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixellated Ghost Posted March 7, 2004 Share Posted March 7, 2004 I think Laser Blast was my first. I remember after not too long of playing it I mastered the hardest game, got to about 300000 or so, set the joystick on the floor and let the game end, then took a picture of the score for a patch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Room 34 Posted March 7, 2004 Share Posted March 7, 2004 I distinctly remember that my first Activision game was Grand Prix. I was amazed because I had not even known there were other companies besides Atari making games for the VCS. In my little hometown, none of the third parties had distribution. One weekend we went to the nearby bigger (but still not that big) city's mall, and at Musicland I saw the display of Activision games and was floored. Grand Prix was their most impressive title at the time (it was before Pitfall!), so I convinced my dad to get it for me. "Back in the day" I only ever owned 4 Activision games... Grand Prix, Tennis, Pitfall! and River Raid. I played them all a lot. Of course, now I own the majority of the games Activision made for the 2600. H.E.R.O. and Keystone Kapers are my favorites. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Outlaw X Posted March 7, 2004 Share Posted March 7, 2004 Spider Fighter..I remember being like eight or nine and begging my mom for it at Wal-Mart (you all remember that old routine!). Anyways, I played it every day that summer I think. Another good one was Activision Boxing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atariboy Posted March 7, 2004 Share Posted March 7, 2004 River Raid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Mitchell Posted March 7, 2004 Share Posted March 7, 2004 I cannot remember if it was Laser Blast or Boxing .. Probably Laser Blast. Rob Mitchell, Atlanta, GA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osmeroid Posted March 7, 2004 Share Posted March 7, 2004 Even though I've had my VCS for 23 years now (doesn't time fly? ) I didn't actually own an Activision game until I got back into Atari a few years back. As I remember, I only had Atari and Parker Bros. games for many, many years. The first Activision cart that I owned was a loose copy of Keystone Kapers, started out well indeed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Player Posted March 7, 2004 Share Posted March 7, 2004 Christmas of 1981 I got Freeway at a day after sale. I believe it was $15 or $19. They also had Kaboom at the same price. Wish I had picked up that one too, since I didn't own it until sometime in the middle 90's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dino from Bula Posted March 7, 2004 Share Posted March 7, 2004 Laser Blast. Saw lines in my sleep all night long. I loved that game...especially after I picked up "the pattern." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The MilkMan Posted March 9, 2004 Share Posted March 9, 2004 Hey , everyone I'm new here ... my first activision game was Skiing Same here! I remember thinking "cool" whenever I pressed the button. Made the skier jump/hop over moguls with that halarious sound effect. And I would always see how long it take me to get to the bottom by going downhill at a wide angle. I thought for sure there had to be an "edge" somewhere. Nope, it just keeps scrolling along. I think Pitfall and Starmaster where next. Good 'ol Activision games! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian M Posted March 9, 2004 Share Posted March 9, 2004 Mine was Ice Hockey. I believe it was purchased by my dad sometime in late 1982...it was going to be "his" game but I ended up playing it more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goochman Posted March 9, 2004 Share Posted March 9, 2004 I really cant remember which game was first but I bought and played Skiing, Chopper COmmand, Tennis, Barnstorming and Laser Blast. Neighbors had Pitfall, Freeway, Starmaster and Fishing Derby. Skiing was my first game I believe but Laser Blast I got the patch for The rainbow colors in Barn Storming always amazed me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NE146 Posted March 9, 2004 Share Posted March 9, 2004 I THINK my first Activision game was Freeway.... which is what caused me to have a bad taste for Activision ever since Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
candiru Posted March 9, 2004 Share Posted March 9, 2004 I think the first Activision game I played was Freeway while visiting a cousin who had an Atari before we did. Recalling that made me think of probably the first ever mention of video games in my young life. I'd have been about 4 at the time and my parents came home after having dinner with my aunt and uncle talking about games they played on the TV screen. They talked especially about what must have been Centipede which they described as a game where you shot bugs that broke into pieces, and then you had to shoot the pieces too. The only Activision game my family had when I was a kid was Sky Jinks, which I'm pretty sure my dad bought because he was a student pilot at the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danno Posted March 9, 2004 Share Posted March 9, 2004 And some think that "Nintendo Seal Of Quality" is ludicrous It is. I was the only kid who had a Sega Master System, and my friends all had Nintendo. After a few months, all of them had their Nintendo's in the shop because they wouldn't boot games. They'd all get the dreaded "flashing LED" and blank grey screen on the TV. Nintendo was the first console that required a "Cleaning Kit" even if you took good care of your system. What a piece of crap. My Sega Master System still works to this day, and I never had to get it fixed once. And the Graphics blew Nintendo's "Flickery Crapics" away. Anyway...My first Activision game - Barnstorming. I loved that game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maximebeauvais Posted March 9, 2004 Share Posted March 9, 2004 pitfall and I still have it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrizzLee Posted March 9, 2004 Share Posted March 9, 2004 I got the first games they released at the same time. Dragster and Fishing Derby. I still have them and they still have the foam inserts in the cart. Dragster was phenomenal at the time. Fishing Derby had great graphics, but was a little slow for me. -Lee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
curtishart Posted March 9, 2004 Share Posted March 9, 2004 I think my first Activision game was Laser Blast. I was mesmorized by that 'rainbow' colored laser and loved that game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colwyn Posted March 9, 2004 Share Posted March 9, 2004 My first Activision game was Enduro. I was unable to afford any games until then and we were very poor so I had my 2600 and Combat until I was able to buy games with money from doing chores. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
privateers69 Posted March 9, 2004 Share Posted March 9, 2004 My first was in the back seat of.. (oh wait a minute..opps sorry.) My first Activision carts was Freeway, Skiing and Fishing Derby (Christmas presents) but if I recall right the first I played was Freeway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Nathan Strum Posted March 10, 2004 Share Posted March 10, 2004 Laser Blast. I remember thinking that the laser effect was the coolest thing I ever saw. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thaumaturge Posted March 10, 2004 Share Posted March 10, 2004 Back in 1989 my cousin came up to stay with us and he brought his atari along, which was a gift for me and my sis, among the games we had (and still have today) were the activision titles, Pitfall, Laser Blast, Pressure Cooker, Barnstorming and Freeway. Although I cannot remember exactly which one we played first, it probably would have been Freeway, being the only one sis and I could play at the same time. By far my best memories would have to be with Pitfall and Barnstorming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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