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I love reading people's top tens; this is my goto post when I'm looking for something new to play :thumbsup:

 

One thing that shows is up in the list is that common games rise to the top, since most people are voting based on their childhood collections or their current collections. Not many people have the carts or time to try out every game, and so a lot of rarer and less played gems get unfairly low places. We end up with a "favourite" list - but if we accounted for voters' playing experience we'd get closer to a "best" list.

 

Points received by a rarer game are worth more since a smaller proportion of people has played it, and vice versa for very common games. We can use rarity as a proxy for the likelihood that the average voter has played a game. So a simple way to adjust the list is to multiply a game's score by its rarity - the resulting score should be a better marker of quality than popularity.

 

I decided to see what this adjusted list would look like, so here goes (in a smaller font so no-one mistakes it for the official list):

 

The 100 Best Atari 2600 games according to AtariAge users (adjusted for rarity)

 

Adjusted Position // (Unadjusted Position) // Title // Unadjusted Points // Rarity // Adjusted Points

 

1. (7) H.E.R.O. 570 5 2850

2. (2) Pitfall II 707 4 2828

3. (1) Pitfall 835 2 1670

4. (3) River Raid 694 2 1388

5. (4) Adventure 673 2 1346

6. (8 ) Yars' Revenge 531 2 1062

7. (9) Kaboom! 527 2 1054

8. (11) Ms. Pac-Man 472 2 944

9. (21) Frostbite 232 4 928

10. (36) Tapper 143 6 858

 

11. (36) Beamrider 143 5 715

12. (38) Montezuma's Revenge 142 5 710

13. (14) Demon Attack 332 2 664

14. (15) Enduro 330 2 660

15. (16) Keystone Kapers 326 2 652

16. (5) Missile Command 606 1 606

17. (6) Space Invaders 585 1 585

18. (38) Defender II 142 4 568

19. (40) Pressure Cooker 141 4 564

20. (18) Super Breakout 257 2 514

 

21. (10) Asteroids 503 1 503

22. (45) California Games 123 4 492

23. (46) Mario Bros. 122 4 488

24. (19) Solaris 240 2 480

25. (20) Phoenix 236 2 472

26. (22) Seaquest 230 2 460

27. (34) Millipede 151 3 453

28. (23) Dig Dug 201 2 402

29. (24) Centipede 200 2 400

30. (12) Warlords 399 1 399

 

31. (25) Circus Atari 198 2 396

32. (13) Berzerk! 395 1 395

33. (26) Megamania 190 2 380

34. (27) Galaxian 184 2 368

35. (28) Q*Bert 176 2 352

36. (47) Donkey Kong 112 3 336

37. (31) Joust 165 2 330

38. (33) Jr. Pac-Man 156 2 312

39. (35) Raiders of the Lost Ark 149 2 298

40. (17) Frogger 296 1 296

 

41. (53) Midnight Magic 96 3 288

42. (41) Cosmic Ark 135 2 270

42. (41) Jungle Hunt 135 2 270

42 (41) Moon Patrol 135 2 270

45. (44) Pole Position 129 2 258

46. (65) Mountain King 64 4 256

47. (66) BMX Airmaster 60 4 240

47. (78) Subterranea 40 6 240

49. (48) Stampede 108 2 216

50. (61) Solar Fox 70 3 210

 

50. (61) Robot Tank 70 3 210

52. (49) Crystal Castles 104 2 208

53. (64) Turmoil 69 3 207

54. (50) Dragonfire 103 2 206

55. (51) Haunted House 102 2 204

56. (52) Battlezone 101 2 202

57. (78) Star Wars: Arcade 40 5 200

58. (54) Star Wars: TESB 90 2 180

59. (55) Indy 500 89 2 178

59. (55) Starmaster 89 2 178

 

61. (57) Atlantis 87 2 176

62. (29) Defender 172 1 172

62. (73) Bump 'n' Jump 43 4 172

64. (75) Tunnel Runner 42 4 168

65. (30) Combat 167 1 167

66. (58) Superman 81 2 162

66. (110) River Raid II 27 6 162

66. (110) Spacemaster X-7 27 6 162

66. (142) Quadrun 18 9 162

70. (32) Pac-Man 160 1 160

 

70. (89) Private Eye 32 5 160

72. (59) Breakout 79 2 158

72. (59) Chopper Command 79 2 158

74. (69) Decathlon 52 3 156

75. (93) Double Dragon 31 5 155

75. (93) Frankenstein's Monster 31 5 155

77. (139) Crazy Climber 19 8 152

78. (99) Mr. Do! 29 5 145

79. (116) Pengo 24 6 144

79. (116) Spy Hunter 24 6 144

 

81. (61) Vanguard 70 2 140

81. (104) Rampage 28 5 140

81. (136) Halloween 20 7 140

84. (120) Track & Field 23 6 138

85. (89) Kung Fu Master 32 4 128

86. (75) Tron: Deadly Discs 42 3 126

87. (97) Tomcat: F14 30 4 120

87. (116) Laser Gates 24 5 120

89. (67) Ice Hockey 59 2 118

90. (99) Dark Chambers 29 4 116

 

90. (99) Moonsweeper 29 4 116

92. (104) Smurfs: Rescue 28 4 112

92. (104) Star Wars: Death Star 28 4 112

92. (104) Fathom 28 4 112

95. (85) Fast Food 37 3 111

96. (110) Ghostbusters 27 4 108

96. (110) Klax 27 4 108

98. (129) Snoopy 21 5 105

99. (114) Fantastic Voyage 26 4 104

99. (114) Space Shuttle 26 4 104

 

Some interesting points:

  • Superior sequels now rank higher than their more common prequels: Pitfall II, Defender II, Jr. Pac-Man and Millipede overtake their predecessors (this seems right to me).
  • Star Wars Arcade now just pips The Empire Strikes Back as the best SW game (they are hard to split, as a recent poll showed).
  • Quadrun, Crazy Climber and Halloween burst into the top 100 because of rarity (and I haven't played any of them, so now I will).
  • H.E.R.O. and Pitfall II battle closely for top spot, with clear air beneath them.
  • Mostly Atari and Activision games fall out of the top 100, and more 3rd party publishers enter it.
  • Frostbite, Tapper, Beamrider, and Montezuma's Revenge all race forward to the edges of the top 10 (well justified!).
  • E.T. falls in to the pit and waits to be dug up again (slipping from 70 to 143). No amount of Reese's Pieces will fix it...
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I love reading people's top tens; this is my goto post when I'm looking for something new to play :thumbsup:

 

One thing that shows is up in the list is that common games rise to the top, since most people are voting based on their childhood collections or their current collections. Not many people have the carts or time to try out every game, and so a lot of rarer and less played gems get unfairly low places. We end up with a "favourite" list - but if we accounted for voters' playing experience we'd get closer to a "best" list.

 

Points received by a rarer game are worth more since a smaller proportion of people has played it, and vice versa for very common games. We can use rarity as a proxy for the likelihood that the average voter has played a game. So a simple way to adjust the list is to multiply a game's score by its rarity - the resulting score should be a better marker of quality than popularity.

 

 

 

That was very interesting, dark-aleph. Thanks for doing this. I think your list is definitely more accurate in determining the best games. One thing I've noticed compiling the lists is that many who post their lists have very few comments in this forum which leads me to believe a lot of the participants are casual fans of Atari and are only familiar with a few of the more popular games.

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I love reading people's top tens; this is my goto post when I'm looking for something new to play :thumbsup:

 

One thing that shows is up in the list is that common games rise to the top, since most people are voting based on their childhood collections or their current collections. Not many people have the carts or time to try out every game, and so a lot of rarer and less played gems get unfairly low places. We end up with a "favourite" list - but if we accounted for voters' playing experience we'd get closer to a "best" list.

 

Points received by a rarer game are worth more since a smaller proportion of people has played it, and vice versa for very common games. We can use rarity as a proxy for the likelihood that the average voter has played a game. So a simple way to adjust the list is to multiply a game's score by its rarity - the resulting score should be a better marker of quality than popularity.

 

I decided to see what this adjusted list would look like, so here goes (in a smaller font so no-one mistakes it for the official list):

 

The 100 Best Atari 2600 games according to AtariAge users (adjusted for rarity)

 

Adjusted Position // (Unadjusted Position) // Title // Unadjusted Points // Rarity // Adjusted Points

 

1. (7) H.E.R.O. 570 5 2850

2. (2) Pitfall II 707 4 2828

3. (1) Pitfall 835 2 1670

4. (3) River Raid 694 2 1388

5. (4) Adventure 673 2 1346

6. (8 ) Yars' Revenge 531 2 1062

7. (9) Kaboom! 527 2 1054

8. (11) Ms. Pac-Man 472 2 944

9. (21) Frostbite 232 4 928

10. (36) Tapper 143 6 858

 

11. (36) Beamrider 143 5 715

12. (38) Montezuma's Revenge 142 5 710

13. (14) Demon Attack 332 2 664

14. (15) Enduro 330 2 660

15. (16) Keystone Kapers 326 2 652

16. (5) Missile Command 606 1 606

17. (6) Space Invaders 585 1 585

18. (38) Defender II 142 4 568

19. (40) Pressure Cooker 141 4 564

20. (18) Super Breakout 257 2 514

 

21. (10) Asteroids 503 1 503

22. (45) California Games 123 4 492

23. (46) Mario Bros. 122 4 488

24. (19) Solaris 240 2 480

25. (20) Phoenix 236 2 472

26. (22) Seaquest 230 2 460

27. (34) Millipede 151 3 453

28. (23) Dig Dug 201 2 402

29. (24) Centipede 200 2 400

30. (12) Warlords 399 1 399

 

31. (25) Circus Atari 198 2 396

32. (13) Berzerk! 395 1 395

33. (26) Megamania 190 2 380

 

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Some interesting points:

  • Superior sequels now rank higher than their more common prequels: Pitfall II, Defender II, Jr. Pac-Man and Millipede overtake their predecessors (this seems right to me).
  • Star Wars Arcade now just pips The Empire Strikes Back as the best SW game (they are hard to split, as a recent poll showed).
  • Quadrun, Crazy Climber and Halloween burst into the top 100 because of rarity (and I haven't played any of them, so now I will).
  • H.E.R.O. and Pitfall II battle closely for top spot, with clear air beneath them.
  • Mostly Atari and Activision games fall out of the top 100, and more 3rd party publishers enter it.
  • Frostbite, Tapper, Beamrider, and Montezuma's Revenge all race forward to the edges of the top 10 (well justified!).
  • E.T. falls in to the pit and waits to be dug up again (slipping from 70 to 143). No amount of Reese's Pieces will fix it...

 

 

Cool, I generally agree with the adjusted rankings - very interesting.

 

It would be interesting to see a ranking of only the rarity 1 games to see a sort of opposite list. Of those most common games, how do people rank them.

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I love reading people's top tens; this is my goto post when I'm looking for something new to play :thumbsup:

 

One thing that shows is up in the list is that common games rise to the top, since most people are voting based on their childhood collections or their current collections. Not many people have the carts or time to try out every game, and so a lot of rarer and less played gems get unfairly low places. We end up with a "favourite" list - but if we accounted for voters' playing experience we'd get closer to a "best" list.

 

Points received by a rarer game are worth more since a smaller proportion of people has played it, and vice versa for very common games. We can use rarity as a proxy for the likelihood that the average voter has played a game. So a simple way to adjust the list is to multiply a game's score by its rarity - the resulting score should be a better marker of quality than popularity.

 

I decided to see what this adjusted list would look like, so here goes (in a smaller font so no-one mistakes it for the official list):

 

The 100 Best Atari 2600 games according to AtariAge users (adjusted for rarity)

 

Adjusted Position // (Unadjusted Position) // Title // Unadjusted Points // Rarity // Adjusted Points

 

1. (7) H.E.R.O. 570 5 2850

2. (2) Pitfall II 707 4 2828

3. (1) Pitfall 835 2 1670

4. (3) River Raid 694 2 1388

5. (4) Adventure 673 2 1346

6. (8 ) Yars' Revenge 531 2 1062

7. (9) Kaboom! 527 2 1054

8. (11) Ms. Pac-Man 472 2 944

9. (21) Frostbite 232 4 928

10. (36) Tapper 143 6 858

 

Wow, great list! This really feels more like a "best games" list rather than a "most popular games" list. Frostbite and Tapper are definitely deserving of their spots in the top 10.

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The adjusted rankings are an interesting idea and the current list definitely is a good start, but I see room for improvement.

 

Multiplying the points with the AA rarity is too simple. If the AA rarity scale would e.g. be from 1..20 or 1..5, the results would be different. So the factor should be based on something less random.

 

One idea would be the sales, I know the AA rarity is somehow aligned to it. But are those really relevant? What determines the votes? The availability back then or today? For the latter, the original sales (and the AA rarity) are irrelevant, I suppose the original points could be taken 1:1 then.

 

If it is the former, then we have to calculate the chances of someone owning a cart back then. The rarities are an indicator for sure here. But then we need the absolute sales numbers. E.g. for a game selling 100,000 copies, the chances of owning it back then are 10 times higher than for a game selling 10,000 copies. Should we multiply the points with 10 then? And how do we know the sales?

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That's a good point about the arbitrariness of the rarity scale. The upper limit of 10 as a multiplier produces results that seem intuitively right to me, with very rare games like Crazy Climber finding positions that seem pretty accurate, and excellent moderately rare games like Montezuma's Revenge getting justly rewarded. But it's a hot mess for the lower rarities, with the difference between a 1, 2, or 3 having a huge effect on rankings that doesn't seem to have any real world meaning. The rarity system is far too discrete at that level and needs greater granularity.

 

Sales figures would be a great way to fix that problem. The complete lack of any reliable sales figures is yet again an annoying feature of VCS history. Pac-Man and Video Pinball are both rarity 1, but Wikipedia says Pac-Man sold ~7m copies while Video Pinball didn't make 1m (I'd doubt it got half way there!): yet both receive the same multiplier penalty in my system. In the other direction, Pitfall! sold ~4m and is the 2nd bestseller, but is rarity 2: it receives a massive advantage. Surely the availability back then and the availability now don't vary as much as these two examples suggest?

 

Ultimately, the data set I would want is top 10 lists by people who also share their collection list. The rarity multiplier could then be directly derived from the voting pool. Though even then, mega-collectors, Harmony-carters, and emulator-completists would have to reveal which games they've actually played properly and not just what they've got!

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:) Well, I dont know. I think what's below, is the premise of the voting.

 

Here, everyone can vote their 10 favourite games to rank them on a big list. The first game on the list will receive 10 points, the second one 9, and so on. Every 5 or 6 votes I´ll do an update of the list.

You could make whatever receive 10 points, 9 points and so forth. That "whatever" being an old time classic, a more exotic or unknown game. ;)

 

Changing the results to get more in line with some slightly different point is ... Well, statistics are statistics. ;)

 

A few weeks ago I assigned the release year to each of the games, and made a Top10 for each year. I wanted to see how well "my games" did. My active years was 1979 to 1983, and I think only Atari releases were available at the bookstore (big mall (100+ stores)). Only late (1983) I picked up SpectraVision's Planet Patrol at another store.

 

I also "just" counted the number of releases per year and was somewhat surprised. The "popularity" of the system was concentrated on a very few years. The system may have continued to be "successful" for years to come, with price cuts and games bundled.

 

:)

 

ref.: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Atari_2600_games

 

1977	9
1978	17
1979	11
1980	14
1981	18
1982	143
1983	203
1984	23
1985	1
1986	3
1987	11
1988	12
1989	9
1990	8
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I also "just" counted the number of releases per year and was somewhat surprised. The "popularity" of the system was concentrated on a very few years. The system may have continued to be "successful" for years to come, with price cuts and games bundled.

Why stop at 1990? You should continue your list. :)

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Here's my top 10. I listed only titles i own and what i play most to least and by how much fun each is to me.

My votes:
1- Juno First
2- Beamrider
3- Subterranea
4- Montezuma's Revenge
5-
Laser Gates
6- Demon Attack
7- Communist Mutants from Space
8- HERO
9- Spider Fighter
10- Seaquest

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Your #1 and #7 won't be counted as 1 is a homebrew and 7 is Supercharger cassette game. (I wish at least Supercharger games counted as they are Atari 2600 games I bought before the crash in 1984. )

Here's my top 10. I listed only titles i own and what i play most to least and by how much fun each is to me.

My votes:

1- Juno First

2- Beamrider

3- Subterranea

4- Montezuma's Revenge

5- Laser Gates

6- Demon Attack

7- Communist Mutants from Space

8- HERO

9- Spider Fighter

10- Seaquest

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Your #1 and #7 won't be counted as 1 is a homebrew and 7 is Supercharger cassette game. (I wish at least Supercharger games counted as they are Atari 2600 games I bought before the crash in 1984.

Not sure why they wouldn't be, according to the op as follows:

 

As I said on the other topic, I think it would be interesting to make a top 100 games for the system. It´s been done on other sites, but they have dissapeared or were done by few people.

 

Here, everyone can vote their 10 favourite games to rank them on a big list. The first game on the list will receive 10 points, the second one 9, and so on. Every 5 or 6 votes I´ll do an update of the list.

 

I hope that people like the idea and starts voting. This could be an important reference to know wich games are must haves!

 

 

You can:

-Vote for up to 10 original cartridge games and/or

-Vote for up to 5 Super Charger games and/or

-Vote for up to 5 homebrews.

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Not sure why they wouldn't be, according to the op as follows:

 

 

 

 

That was posted 12 years ago when they were first brainstorming the list. A few posts down, they decided to include separate lists for homebrews and superchargers. Later, I think they stopped doing that. When I took over the compiling, I decided to not count them at all as most did not include them and, when it comes to homebrews, older ones would get more votes than later ones which weren't around at the time of voting and skew the totals.

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I'll admit that my collection is rather small, so this "top ten" is effectively half of my total library...nevertheless, I posit:

 

  1. Asteroids
  2. Robot Tank
  3. Yar's Revenge
  4. Berserk
  5. Space Invaders
  6. Missile Command
  7. Solaris
  8. Megamania
  9. Joust
  10. Dark Cavern
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Update: Adventure jumps to the 3rd spot over River Raid. Fathom and Spaceshuttle make the top 100. Bermuda Triangle and Stellar Track get votes for the first time. Dragonstomper (Super Charger game) was removed from the list.

 

1. Pitfall (867 points, 136 votes, 20 first place votes)
2. Pitfall II (711 points, 97 votes, 26 first place votes)

3. Adventure (706 points, 105 votes, 27 first place votes)

4. River Raid (694 points, 117 votes, 8 first place votes)

5. Missile Command (623 points, 105 votes, 6 first place votes)

6. Space Invaders (605 points, 104 votes, 13 first place votes)

7. H.E.R.O. (581 points, 89 votes, 16 first place votes)

8. Yars' Revenge (557 points, 90 votes, 10 first place votes)

9. Kaboom! (535 points, 86 votes, 16 first place votes)
10. Asteroids (531 points, 89 votes, 12 first place votes)

11. Ms. Pac-Man (485 points, 85 votes, 8 first place votes)

12. Berzerk (417 points, 69 votes, 10 first place votes)

13. Warlords (409 points, 63 votes, 10 first place votes)

14. Demon Attack (349 points, 62 votes, 8 first place votes)

15. Keystone Kapers (331, 51 votes, 6 first place votes)

16. Enduro (330 points, 57 votes, 4 first place votes)

17. Frogger (301 points, 61 votes, 2 first place vote)

18. Super Breakout (257 points, 45 votes, 4 first place votes)
19. Solaris (244 points, 36 votes, 12 first place votes)

20. Phoenix (236 points, 44 votes, 4 first place votes)

 

21. Frostbite (232 points, 35 votes, 6 first place votes)

22. Seaquest (231 points, 37 votes, 5 first place votes)

23. Dig Dug (208 points, 42 votes, 2 first place votes)

23. Centipede (208 points, 37 votes, 4 first place votes)

25. Circus Atari (201 points, 36 votes, 3 first place votes)

26. Megamania (193 points, 34 votes, 4 first place votes)

27. Galaxian (187 points, 35 votes, 3 first place votes)

28. Q*Bert (176 points, 34 votes, 1 first place vote)

29. Defender (174 points, 35 votes)

30. Millipede (171 points, 30 votes, 4 first place votes)

 

31. Combat (167 points, 35 votes, 1 first place vote)

31. Joust (167 points, 32 votes, 2 first place votes)

33. Pac-Man (160 points, 29 votes, 2 first place votes)

34. Jr. Pac-Man (158 points, 28 votes, 2 first place vote)

35. Beamrider (152 points, 20 votes, 5 first place votes)

35. Montezuma's Revenge (152 points, 23 votes, 5 first place votes)

37. Pressure Cooker (151 points, 26 votes, 5 first place vote)

38. Raiders of the Lost Ark (149 points, 29 votes, 1 first place vote)

39. Jungle Hunt (143 points, 28 votes, 2 first place votes)

39. Tapper (143 points, 24 votes, 2 first place votes)

 

41. Defender II (142 points, 23 votes, 2 first place votes)

42. Cosmic Ark (135 points, 24 votes, 5 first place votes)

42. Moon Patrol (135 points, 27 votes, 2 first place votes)

44. Pole Position (129 points, 26 votes, 1 first place vote)

45. California Games (123 points, 21 votes, 1 first place vote)

46. Mario Bros. (122 points, 22 votes, 2 first place votes)

47. Donkey Kong (112 points, 22 votes, 1 first place vote)

48. Haunted House (111 points, 18 votes, 1 first place vote)

49. Stampede (108 points, 19 votes)

50. Crystal Castles (104 points, 21 votes, 3 first place votes)

 

51. Dragonfire (103 points, 19 votes)

52. Starmaster (102 points, 20 votes, 1 first place vote)

53. Battlezone (101 points, 23 votes)

54. Midnight Magic (96 points, 15 votes, 3 first place votes)

55. Atlantis (90 points, 19 votes, 1 first place vote)

56. Star Wars: Empire Strikes Back (90 points, 22 votes)

57. Indy 500 (89 points, 18 votes)

57. Robot Tank (89 points, 17 votes, 2 first place votes)

59. Superman (81 points, 21 votes)

60. Breakout (79 points, 16 votes, 1 first place vote)

 

60. Chopper Command (79 points, 19 votes)

62. Mountain King (70 points, 12 votes, 1 first place vote)
62. Solar Fox (70 points, 12 votes, 3 first place votes)

62. Vanguard (70 points, 17 votes)

65. Turmoil (69 points, 14 votes, 1 first place vote)

66. Ice Hockey (65 points, 14 votes)

67. BMX Airmaster (60 points, 12 votes)

68. Video Pinball (58 points, 14 votes, 1 first place vote)

69. Decathlon (52 points, 9 votes)

69. Maze Craze (52 points, 10 votes, 1 first place vote)

 

71. E.T. (51 points, 13 votes, 1 first place vote)

71. Subterranea (51 points, 9 votes)

73. Dark Cavern (48 points, 9 votes)

74. Bump N Jump (47 points, 8 votes, 1 first place vote)

74. Dodge 'Em (47 points, 9 votes)

76. Spider Fighter (46 points, 13 votes)

77. Dragster (44 points, 8 votes, 2 first place votes)

78. Tron: Deadly Discs (42 points, 8 votes, 1 first place vote)

78. Tunnel Runner (42 points, 8 votes, 2 first place votes)

80. Freeway (41 points, 9 votes)

 

81. Bowling (40 points, 9 votes, 1 first place vote)

81. Star Wars: Arcade (40 points, 8 votes)
81. Tennis (40 points, 6 votes, 1 first place vote)

84. Tutankham (39 points, 7 votes, 1 first place vote)

85. Barnstorming (38 points, 8 votes)

85. Frankenstein's Monster (38 points, 10 votes)

87. Video Olympics (37 points, 12 votes)
87. Fast Food (37 points, 7 votes, 1 first place vote)
89. Venture (35 votes, 8 votes, 1 first place vote)

90. Gravitar (34 points, 7 votes)

 

90. Private Eye (34 points, 5 votes, 2 first place votes)

92. Space Shuttle (33 points, 8 votes)

93. Adventures of Tron (32 points, 4 votes, 1 first place vote)

93. Fathom (32 points, 8 votes)

93. Kung Fu Master (32 points, 6 votes)

93. Reactor (32 points, 7 votes)

93. Spacemaster X-7 (32 points, 6 votes, 1 first place vote)

98. Boxing (31 points, 10 votes)

98. Double Dragon (31 points, 5 votes, 1 first place vote)

98. Kangaroo (31 points, 5 votes)

 

101. Astroblast (30 points, 7 votes)

101. Laser Gates (30 points, 9 votes)

101. Tomcat: The F-14 Fighter Simulator (30 points, 5 votes, 1 first place)

104. Dark Chambers (29 points, 5 votes)

104. Moonsweeper (29 points, 6 votes, 1 first place vote)
104. Mr. Do (29 points, 6 votes, 1 first place vote)

104. Smurfs: Rescue in Gargamel's Castle (29 points, 8 votes, 1 first place vote)

104. Wizard of Wor (29 points, 6 votes)
109. Star Wars: Death Star Battle (28 points, 6 votes)

109. Outlaw (28 points, 5 votes, 1 first place vote)

 

109. Rampage (28 points, 5 votes, 2 first place votes)

109. Star Raiders (28 points, 7 votes)

113. Ghostbusters (27 points, 6 votes)

113. Klax (27 points, 5 votes, 1 first place vote)

113. River Raid II (27 points, 4 votes)

116. Fantastic Voyage (26 points, 5 votes)

116. Plaque Attack (26 points, 6 votes)
118. Pengo (24 points, 3 votes, 1 first place vote)

118. Popeye (24 points, 6 votes)

118. Spy Hunter (24 points, 3 votes)

 

121. Commando (23 points, 4 votes)
121. Dolphin (23 points, 4 votes, 1 first place vote)

121. Frogs & Flies (23 points, 4 votes)

121. Lock N Chase (23 points, 7 votes)

121. Secret Quest (23 points, 6 votes)
121. Track & Field (23 points, 4 votes)

127. Desert Falcon (22 points, 4 votes)

127. No Escape (22 points, 4 votes)

127. Super Challenge Baseball (22 points, 4 votes)
130. Fast Eddie (21 points, 3 votes)

 

130. Fishing Derby (21 points, 4 votes, 1 first place vote)

130. Miniature Golf (21 points, 3 votes)

130. Riddle of the Sphinx (21 points, 5 votes)
130. Snoopy & the Red Baron (21 points, 4 votes)

130. Super Cobra (21 points, 3 votes, 1 first place vote)

130. Taz (21 points, 5 votes)

130. Towering Inferno (21 points, 5 votes)

138. Halloween (20 points, 4 votes)
138. Miner 2049er (20 points, 5 votes)

138. Night Driver (20 points, 4 votes, 1 first place vote)

 

141. Crazy Climber (19 points, 3 votes, 1 first place vote)
141. Jawbreaker (19 points, 6 votes)

141. Laser Blast (19 points, 3 votes)

144. Air Raiders (18 points, 5 votes)

144. Gorf (18 points, 3 votes, 1 first place vote)

144. Quadron (18 points, 2 votes, 1 first place vote)

144. Skiing (18 points, 4 votes)

144. Spiderman (18 points, 4 votes)
149. Donkey Kong Jr. (17 points, 4 votes)
149. Frontline (17 points, 3 votes)

 

149. Space Attack (17 points, 4 votes)

149. Winter Games (17 votes, 4 votes)
153. Ghost Manor (16 points, 4 votes)

153. Mousetrap (16 points, 4 votes)
153. Realsports Tennis (16 points, 3 votes)

153. Planet Patrol (16 points, 4 votes)
157. Realsports Volleyball (15 points, 3 votes)
158. Amidar (14 points, 2 votes)
158. Armour Ambush (14 points, 3 votes, 1 first place vote)

158. Carnival (14 points, 2 votes)

 

158. Star Trek (14 points, 3 votes)

162. Krull (13 points, 2 votes, 1 first place vote)
163. Air Sea Battle (12 points, 4 votes)

163. Bobby Is Going Home (12 points, 2 votes)
163. Gremlins (12 points, 2 votes)
163. Pele's Soccer (12 points, 3 votes)

163. Slot Racers (12 points, 3 votes)
163. Space Jockey (12 points, 3 votes)

163. Surround (12 points, 3 votes)
170. Chuck Norris Superkicks (11 points, 2 votes)

 

170. Crackpots (11 points, 4 votes)
170. Kool Aid Man (11 points, 2 votes)

170. Road Runner (11 points, 5 votes)

170. Solar Storm (11 points, 3 votes)
175. Astrowar (10 points, 1 vote, 1 first place vote)

175. Burgertime (10 points, 2 votes)
175. Demons To Diamonds (10 points, 1 vote, 1 first place vote)

175. Sea Hunt (10 points, 1 vote, 1 first place vote)
175. Sir Lancelot (10 points, 1 vote, 1 first place vote)
175. Sky Diver (10 points, 3 votes)

 

181. Buck Rogers: Planet of Zoom (9 points, 1 vote)

181. G.I. Joe Cobra Strike (9 points, 1 vote)
181. Gopher (9 points, 2 votes)

181. Infiltrate (9 points, 1 vote)

181. Journey Escape (9 points, 2 votes)

181. Oink! (9 points, 3 votes)

181. Omega Race (9 points, 1 vote)

181. Wing War (9 points, 1 vote)

189. Bermuda Triangle (8 points, 1 vote)
189. Challenge of Nexar (8 points, 2 votes)

 

189. Demolition Herby (8 points, 1 vote)
189. Football (8 points, 1 vote)

189. Gyruss (8 points, 2 votes)

189. Kabobber (8 points, 2 votes)

189. Masters of the Universe: He-Man (8 points, 1 vote)
189. Obelix (8 points, 1 vote)
189. Pete Rose Baseball (8 points, 2 votes)

189. Polaris (8 points, 3 votes)
189. Quick Step! (8 points, 2 votes)
189. Save Mary (8 points, 2 votes)

 

189. Summer Games (8 points, 2 votes)
189. Mr. Do's Castle (8 points, 2 votes)

203. Basketball (7 points, 2 votes)

203. Entombed (7 points, 3 votes)
203. Realsports Boxing (7 points, 2 votes)
203. Realsports Football (7 points, 1 vote)

203. Shooting Arcade (7 points, 1 vote)

203. Stellar Track (7 points, 1 vote)
203. Zaxxon (7 points, 2 votes)
210. Big Bird's Egg Catch (6 points, 1 vote)

210. Coconuts (6 points, 1 vote)

210. Fire Fighter (6 points, 1 vote)
210. Grand Prix (6 points, 3 votes)
210. M*A*S*H (6 points, 3 votes)
210. Mr. Postman (6 points, 1 vote)

210. Off the Wall (6 points, 1 vote)
210. Othello (6 points, 3 votes)

210. Pigs In Space (6 points, 1 vote)
210. Radar Lock (6 points, 1 vote)

210. Ram It (6 points, 2 votes)

210. Space Wars (6 points, 2 votes)
210. Tooth Protectors (6 points, 1 vote)

210. Up ‘N Down (6 points, 1 vote)
210. Xenophobe (6 points, 3 votes)
225. Air Raid (5 points, 1 vote)
225. Alien (5 points, 1 vote)
225. Commando Raid (5 points, 1 vote)
225. Porky's (5 points, 1 vote)

225. Rescue Terra I (5 points, 1 vote)
225. Squeeze Box (5 points, 1 vote)

 

225. Swordquest: Earthworld (5 points, 1 vote)

225. Tac Scan (5 points, 2 votes)

225. Threshold (5 points, 2 votes)
234. Airlock (4 points, 1 vote)
234. Canyon Bomber (4 points, 1 vote)

234. Casino (4 points, 1 vote)
234. Fatal Run (4 points, 1 vote)

234. Frogger II (4 points, 2 votes)
234. Shark Attack (4 points, 1 vote)
234. Shuttle Orbiter (4 points, 1 vote)

 

234. Street Racer (4 points, 1 vote)
234. Tapeworm (4 points, 2 votes)
234. X-Man (4 points, 1 vote)
244. Acid Drop (3 points, 1 vote)

244. Artillery Duel (3 points, 1 vote)

244. Bank Heist (3 points, 2 votes)

244. Blueprint (3 points, 1 vote)

244. Condor Attack (3 points, 1 vote)
244. Crossbow (3 points, 1 vote)
244. Flash Gordon (3 points, 1 vote)

 

244. Human Cannonball (3 points, 2 votes)

244. Ixion (3 points, 1 vote)
244. Lady In Wading (3 points, 1 vote)
244. London Blitz (3 points, 1 vote)
244. Marine Wars (3 points, 1 vote)
244. Name This Game (3 points, 1 vote)

244. Swordquest: Waterworld (3 points, 1 vote)

244. Time Pilot (3 points, 1 vote)
244. Unknown Activision Game #2 (3 points, 1 vote)
260. Boing! (2 points, 1 vote)

 

260. Custer's Revenge (2 points, 2 votes)
260. Home Run (2 points, 2 votes)
260. Hunt & Score (2 points, 1 vote)
260. Room of Doom (2 points, 1 vote)
260. Rubik's Cube (2 points, 1 vote)

260. Sky Jinks (2 points, 2 votes)
260. Sky Skipper (2 points, 1 vote)
260. Space Cavern (2 points, 1 vote)
260. Sprintmaster (2 points, 1 vote)
260. Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2 points, 1 vote)

 

260. Title Match Wrestling (2 points, 1 vote)

260. Video Chess (2 points, 1 vote)
273. Assault (1 point, 1 vote)
273. Brain Games (1 point, 1 vote)
273. Bumper Bash (1 point, 1 vote)

273. Crash Dive (1 point, 1 vote)
273. Crypts Of Chaos (1 point, 1 vote)
273. Encounter At L-5 (1 point, 1 vote)
273. Flag Capture (1 point, 1 vote)

273. Hangman (1 point, 1 vote)

 

273. Motorcross Racer (1 point, 1 vote)

273. MotoRodeo (1 point, 1 vote)

273. Star Wars: Ewok Adventure (1 point, 1 vote)
273. Thunderground (1 point, 1 vote)

 

 

284 Total Cartridges

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1) Yar's Revenge

2) Night Driver

3) Cosmic Ark

4) Dragonfire

5) Fantastic Voyage

6) H.E.R.O.

7) Encounter at L5

8)Demon Attack

9) Secret Quest

10) Moonsweeper

 

I can't believe how low (138) Night Driver is!

 

.. The rarity-weighted ranking is interesting, but I really disagree with the method, (and see no possibility for a really good method either). Particularly in this venue, the famously rare ones are arguably more "popular" as a result of their known "rarity". In other words these games HAVE ACHIEVED CULT STATUS and I do not see how that would classify as a disadvantage in polling. Emulators and flash carts make all of this software accessible to anyone.

 

I would say that H.E.R.O. really very solidly qualifies as a COMMON game in this respect.

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1) Yar's Revenge

2) Night Driver

3) Cosmic Ark

4) Dragonfire

5) Fantastic Voyage

6) H.E.R.O.

7) Encounter at L5

8)Demon Attack

9) Secret Quest

10) Moonsweeper

 

I had not played or even heard of Subterranea until after I listed my 10. Been playing it all weekend and I'm confident it belongs in my list:

 

1)Yars' Revenge

2)Night Driver

3)Cosmic Ark

4)Dragonfire

5)H.E.R.O.

6)Subterranea

7)Fantastic Voyage

8)Encounter at L5

9)Demon Attack

10)Secret Quest

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