New to the 7800 scene

[Doc4]

Hey, King Asmo is sending me my first ever 7800 console. I have Impossible Mission and Galaga. But what games should I look for? Besides 2600 games. I have a massive heap of those now. I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions as to what might be a good next purchase?

[zanza]

I've done the same....

Bought a boxed 7800 with 6 games

Asteroids, Karateka...loose carts

and

Donkey Kong, Planet Smashers, Crack'ed, Mario Bros all with box and manuals.

 

Same question: what are the top games for this console ?

 

and the crappiest too ?

[Cousin Vinnie]

Well, I have about 40 in-depth reviews over at my site, plus the Best and Worst Lists and an interactive Game Ranking Machine. Between those three, I'm sure you will find the games you will be looking for...

 

Cousin Vinnie's Atari 7800 Panoramic Froo-Froo http://www.bigfishusa.com/7800

[Doc4]

Great site, thanks

[kyle]

Well i dont have what look to me to be some awsome 7800 games like basket brawl,Fatal run, Midnight mutants and a few others. So from the 13 7800 carts i do have i would tell you to get Mario bros DOUBLE DRAGON MS pac man and xevious. They get alot of playing time from me along with galaga

[liquid_sky]

food fight is a great title. Make sure to get ballblazer too.. that ones a jawdropper.

[CosmicJoke]

Midnight Mutants

BallBlazer

Xenophobe

[Inky]

I play Asteroids the most, followed by Xevious, Xenophobe, Robotron and Ms. PAc

[Lemmi]

I would check out vinnys page and then go here to see if they have it

 

only get the ones that are $3.50 and under

http://www.gooddealgames.com/ForSale.html

 

 

and the ones he dont have this place might have for $5

http://www.oshealtd.com/

 

 

I like these

 

Double Dragon

Fatal Run

Food fight

Midnight Mutants

Motor Psyhco

Ms. Pac-Man

Ninja Golf

Pole Position 2

Xevious

Xenophobe

Joust

Desert Falcon

Ace of Aces

Alien Brigade

BallBlazer

[Doc4]

So what I'm seeing is the definite games to get so far are:

• Ballblazer

Xevious

Double Dragon

There seems to be a group love for these three at least. I will check it out. So, as far as Galaga and Impossible Mission go I'm screwed, since no one mentioned Galaga and I won't even be able to beat Impossible Mission.

[Lemmi]

No Galaga is a good title but since ya already had it you could judge for yourself

[Joey Kay]

For the most part, the strongest 7800 titles are the ones that Atari completed in '84 (CX7801 - CX7811 by model number).

 

That's just my two bits!

[Doc4]

Which games fall into that category? I still haven't received my 7800 yet? (tap tap)

[Lemmi]

Centipede -7801

Asteroids -7802

Dig Dug -7803

Food Fight -7804

Galaga -7805

Joust -7806

Ms Pac Man -7807

Pole Position 2 -7808

Robotron 2084 -7809

Xevious -7810

Desert Falcon -7811

 

but there are better games that were made after as well these are just remakes of classics anyway

 

[ 03-16-2002: Message edited by: Lemmi ]

[rolenta]

My personal favorites are Tower Toppler and Impossible Mission, even though it's impossible to complete.

[Doc4]

Well, Lemmi probably knows this from another message line, but I bought Food Fight, for the 7800 but still don't have the damn system. AHHHHHH I'm going insane waiting on it. I'm buying Ms Pac Man tomorrow morning!

[Doc4]

Ok never bought Ms. Pac Man but tomorrow I will. I now officially am the proud owner of a 7800 system. It's beautiful.

[Lemmi]

quote:

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Originally posted by Monster greifen an:

Ok never bought Ms. Pac Man but tomorrow I will. I now officially am the proud owner of a 7800 system. It's beautiful.

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Sweet, you wont be dissapointed

[Markimus of K.]

quote:

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Originally posted by Monster greifen an:

Ok never bought Ms. Pac Man but tomorrow I will. I now officially am the proud owner of a 7800 system. It's beautiful.

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I agree, physically, the 7800 is beautiful to behold, very sleek and sexy, with almost a 'smoky', 'brooding' personality.

 

As always,

Markimus of K.

PS: the above line should be added to the "the top ten list for collectors"! 'brooding'??? hey Mark, you gotta get out more!

[ubersaurus]

Yeah the 7800 is a console that I can't wait to see what people do with in the next few years. It looks like its capable of so much.

[Ginjiroku7800]

I am new to the 7800 myself but I thought I could help out, here are some games that I think are worth playing

 

Ballblazer

Desert Falcon

Hat Trick

One-on-One Basketball

Dig Dug

Joust

 

Here are some games not worth playing

 

F-18 Hornet

Crossbow (this game is worth playing but only if you have the light gun)