Strange Games

[FireTiger]

Ok, I want your opinions and some facts,

 

What is the list of games that use right vs left controller?

Wizard of War

 

 

The list of ones that use the right controller if both controllers are plugged in.

Seems like some US games do this but I might just be crazy

 

The games that use the switches for something other then difficultly or pause/ black-white.

Space Shuttle

 

The games with infinate lives with the switches.

Revenge of the Beefsteak Tomatoes

 

Games with more then one name. (excluding Sears)

Stargate-Defender II

Lochjaw-Shark Attack

 

And the strangest games for the 2600.

 

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[AtariLeaf]

Another game that uses the switches is Starmaster (I think) and Mnetworks Space Attack. There's probably others.

 

Strangest game for the 2600? God, where does one start

[keilbaca]

I vote X-Man for strangest... but yes, Starmaster also uses the black/white switch to switch from map to playfield.

[BassGuitari]

Off the top of my head, the games that use the right joystick for single-player games are:

 

Air-Sea Battle

Star Ship

Surround

Basketball

Home Run

Slot Machine

[BassGuitari]

I'd also have to vote the Atari's "X-rated" games as the strangest.

 

I think the game with strangest title, though, is Tapeworm.

[Fellow Atari Man]

 

The list of ones that use the right controller if both controllers are plugged in.

Seems like some US games do this but I might just be crazy

 

I think Towering Inferno used the right joystick, but I can't say for sure (been forever since I've played it).

 

 

The games that use the switches for something other then difficultly or pause/ black-white.

Space Shuttle

 

Phaser Patrol uses the color/b/w switch for shields, I think.

 

 

And the strangest games for the 2600.

 

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I thought Raiders of the Lost Ark was kind of weird.

 

And what the heck did repeatedly falling into a swamp (and using gold bricks to get out) have to do with the Porky's movie?!

[Inky]

Mangia! Is pretty strange...

[FireTiger]

Surrond... hat explaines why I get nowhere on that game, just like I didn't know/remember defender (or was it defender II) needed both joysticks.

[Vic George 2K3]

Games with more than one name:

Adventures Of Tron/Adventures On GX-12

[gospeedde]

Ghostbusters uses the difficulty switches for a few different things, which is why I don't really play it.

[Spirantho]

The games that use the switches for something other then difficultly or pause/ black-white.

Space Shuttle

 

I think Riddle of the Sphinx falls into that category....

[Adrian M]

The reason that Wizard of Wor requires the usage of the right controller for player 1 was simply due to the fact that they wanted to mimic the arcade setup as closely as possible.

 

Play the arcade version of WOW and sure enough, player 1 uses the right joystick. When you think about it, this tpe of setup is rather odd.

[128bytes]

To me, the strangest game -- in a good way -- when it came out was Adventure. I won't go into the detail here, but it sure was different than anything else that came before. For the same good reason, Synthcart is the strangest new homebrew IMHO.

[candiru]

The games that use the switches for something other then difficultly or pause/ black-white.  

Tomcat F-14 flight simulator

 

Games with more then one name. (excluding Sears)

I think Pelé's Soccer and Championship soccer are the same.

[BassGuitari]

More games with multiple titles:

 

Basic Math/Fun With Numbers

Hunt & Score/A Game of Concentration

[Xot]

More games with multiple names:

 

GI Joe / Action Force

Challenge / My Way

Cosmic Town / Z-Tack

Combat / Front Line

Defender / Earth Defense

Quick Step / Hoppy

Space Jockey / UFO

Cosmic Swarm / Ant Party

Spacemaster X-7 / Spider

 

Tomcat F-14 has another name in Europe, as well....

 

That's just off the top of my head for now.

[highinfidelity]

The games that use the switches for something other then difficultly or pause/ black-white.

Doesn't Pressure Cooker use one of the difficulty switches to toggle background music on or off?

[Adrian M]

The games that use the switches for something other then difficultly or pause/ black-white.

Doesn't Pressure Cooker use one of the difficulty switches to toggle background music on or off?

 

As does Moon Patrol...

[rasty]

Games with more than one name:

Adventures Of Tron/Adventures On GX-12

Games without a name: http://www.atariage.com/software_page.html...wareLabelID=322

 

Regards!

Rasty.-

[Tsukasa]

The games that use the switches for something other then difficultly or pause/ black-white.

Doesn't Pressure Cooker use one of the difficulty switches to toggle background music on or off?

 

As does Moon Patrol...

 

So does pengo.

 

Riddle of the sphinx uses both joysticks.