sudoboy Posted September 1, 2018 Share Posted September 1, 2018 I used to play Yars Revenge and Centipede all the time when I was a kid. I love those games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CobraMJD Posted September 25, 2018 Share Posted September 25, 2018 1. H.E.R.O. 2. River Raid3. Megamania4. Enduro5. Worm War I6. Frogger7. Freeway8. Adventure9. Bobby is Going Home0. ET The Extra-Ter.. 10. Pitfall! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RetroRob Posted December 3, 2018 Share Posted December 3, 2018 1. Frogger 2. Video Pinball 3. Vanguard 4. Gas Hog 5. Demon Attack 6. Popeye 7. Star Wars TESB 8. Riddle of the Sphinx 9. Pole Position 10. Spider Man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stlouisrod Posted December 4, 2018 Share Posted December 4, 2018 1) frostbite 2) keystone kapers 3) kaboom! 4) river raid 5) stampede 6) sky diver 7) megamania raiders of the lost ark 9) h.e.r.o. 10) circus atari Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agb Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 I love using this list to decide what games I should start playing and what games I should start buying. Any chance this list could be updated. Thank you. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeatWithGravy Posted February 2, 2019 Share Posted February 2, 2019 I'm a dope. So, I could be viewing this thread all wrong. But it seems to me that the "official" tally of votes--the Top 100 master list--is post #1. And post #1 hasn't been updated in over ten years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrogoober Posted February 2, 2019 Share Posted February 2, 2019 (edited) I'm a dope. So, I could be viewing this thread all wrong. But it seems to me that the "official" tally of votes--the Top 100 master list--is post #1. And post #1 hasn't been updated in over ten years. Nope, page 29 has the most up to date, plus a nice adjustment for rarity of carts, dont underestimate the AtariAge community:) http://atariage.com/forums/topic/62626-top-100-2600-games-of-all-time/page-29 Edited February 2, 2019 by retrogoober 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeatWithGravy Posted February 2, 2019 Share Posted February 2, 2019 (edited) Nope, page 29 has the most up to date, plus a nice adjustment for rarity of carts, dont underestimate the AtariAge community:) http://atariage.com/forums/topic/62626-top-100-2600-games-of-all-time/page-29 Ah ha! See? I was right. I'm a dope. April 2016 is the latest update then, correct? Thank you, retrogoober, for clearing this up. Edited February 2, 2019 by MeatWithGravy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+davidcalgary29 Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 Wow, I don’t know how Defender got so many votes — the 2600 port makes me sad. And Defender Arcade is stunning! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck D. Head Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 13 hours ago, davidcalgary29 said: Wow, I don’t know how Defender got so many votes — the 2600 port makes me sad. And Defender Arcade is stunning! A polarizing title, but to me it was a work of genius. If you were someone who was able to "get good" at the arcade version, I see why you would dislike it. If you were like me, there weren't enough quarters in the budget to overcome the wall of buttons, no matter how much I loved it in theory. I bought the 2600 version immediately after playing the demo and put a zillion hours into it. It's a top ten for me. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+davidcalgary29 Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 I can see why you'd like it. The first port of Defender I played was on the A8, though, and I'll just say that my expectations were not met with the 2600 port. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+wongojack Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 Wow - the rankings have not gotten an update since 2016. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agb Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 According to my spreadsheet, the Top 100 would look like this but formatted much better. Total Total Total Points Votes 1st Place 1 PITFALL 897 143 20 2 RIVER RAID 743 124 9 3 PITFALL 2 733 100 26 4 ADVENTURE 722 108 27 5 MISSILE COMMAND 662 111 7 6 HERO 648 100 19 7 SPACE INVADERS 643 110 15 8 YARS REVENGE 633 101 12 9 ASTEROIDS 575 96 13 10 KABOOM 551 89 16 11 MS PACMAN 530 93 9 12 BERZERK 428 71 11 13 WARLORDS 424 65 10 14 DEMON ATTACK 384 69 8 15 ENDURO 364 63 4 16 KEYSTONE KAPERS 349 53 6 17 FROGGER 317 64 3 18 PHOENIX 281 50 6 19 SUPER BREAKOUT 265 46 4 19 SOLARIS 265 39 13 21 FROSTBITE 248 37 7 22 SEAQUEST 245 40 6 23 MEGAMANIA 223 39 4 24 DIG DUG 217 44 2 25 CENTIPEDE 215 39 4 26 CIRCUS ATARI 205 38 3 27 GALAXIAN 194 39 3 28 COMBAT 192 39 1 29 Q-BERT 186 35 2 29 DEFENDER 186 37 0 29 MILLIPEDE 186 32 5 32 PAC-MAN JUNIOR 180 31 3 33 PAC-MAN 178 32 2 34 BEAMRIDER 170 22 5 35 JOUST 167 32 2 36 MONTEZUMAS REVENGE 162 24 6 37 RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK 161 31 1 38 DEFENDER 2 155 25 2 38 COSMIC ARK 155 27 5 40 PRESSURE COOKER 151 26 5 41 JUNGLE HUNT 143 28 2 41 TAPPER 143 24 2 43 MOON PATROL 135 27 2 44 POLE POSITION 131 27 1 45 STAMPEDE 129 23 0 46 CALIFORNIA GAMES 123 21 1 47 MARIO BROS 122 22 2 48 ATLANTIS 116 24 1 49 DONKEY KONG 112 22 1 49 BATTLEZONE 112 25 0 51 HAUNTED HOUSE 111 18 1 52 DRAGONFIRE 110 20 0 52 ROBOT TANK 110 20 2 54 CRYSTAL CASTLES 104 21 3 55 STAR WARS EMPIRE STRIKES BACK 103 26 0 56 STAR MASTER 102 20 1 57 INDY 500 97 19 0 58 MIDNIGHT MAGIC 96 15 3 59 BREAKOUT 85 17 1 59 VANGUARD 85 19 0 61 CHOPPER COMMAND 84 20 0 62 SUPERMAN 81 21 0 63 ICE HOCKEY 74 15 0 64 VIDEO PINBALL 71 16 1 65 MOUNTAIN KING 70 12 1 65 SOLAR FOX 70 12 3 67 TURMOIL 69 14 1 68 SPIDER FIGHTER 66 17 1 69 BMX AIRMASTER 62 13 0 70 E.T. 57 16 1 71 SUBTERRANEA 56 10 0 72 DECATHALON 55 10 0 73 MAZE CRAZE 52 10 1 74 STAR WARS ARCADE 50 9 1 75 DARK CAVERN 49 10 0 75 BOWLING 49 11 1 75 TUTANKHAN 49 8 2 78 TRON DEADLY DISC 48 9 1 78 TUNNEL RUNNER 48 9 2 78 FREEWAY 48 12 0 81 BUMP JUMP 47 8 1 81 DODGE EM 47 9 0 83 TENNIS 46 7 0 83 FAST FOOD 46 8 1 85 DRAGSTER 44 8 2 85 VIDEO OLYMPICS 44 13 0 87 ADVENTURE OF TRON 40 5 1 88 BARNSTORMING 38 8 0 88 FRANKENSTEINS MONSTER 38 10 0 90 BOXING 36 11 0 90 STAR RAIDERS 36 8 0 92 VENTURE 35 8 1 92 POPEYE 35 8 0 94 GRAVITAR 34 7 0 94 PRIVATE EYE 34 5 2 94 NIGHT DRIVER 34 6 1 97 SPACE SHUTTLE 33 8 0 98 FATHOM 32 8 0 98 KUNG-FU MASTER 32 6 0 98 REACTOR 32 7 0 98 SPACE MASTER X-7 32 6 1 98 GHOSTBUSTERS 32 7 0 103 DOUBLE DRAGON 31 5 1 103 KANGAROO 31 5 0 105 ASTROBLAST 30 7 0 105 LASER GATES 30 9 0 105 TOMCAT F-14 30 5 1 105 WIZARD OF WOR 30 7 0 105 FANTASTIC VOYAGE 30 6 0 110 DARK CHAMBERS 29 5 0 110 MOONSWEEPER 29 6 1 110 MR DO 29 6 1 110 SMURF GARGAMELS 29 8 1 114 OUTLAW 28 5 1 114 RAMPAGE 28 5 2 114 STAR WARS DEATH STAR 28 6 0 114 HALLOWEEN 28 5 0 118 KLAX 27 5 1 118 RIVER RAID 2 27 4 0 118 FROGS AND FLIES 27 5 0 121 PLACQUE ATTACK 26 6 0 121 LOCK AND CHASE 26 8 0 123 RIDDLE OF SPHINX 25 7 0 124 PENGO 24 3 1 124 SPY HUNTER 24 3 0 124 SECRET QUEST 24 7 0 127 COMMANDO 23 4 0 127 DOLPHIN 23 4 1 127 TRACK FIELD 23 4 0 130 DESERT FALCON 22 4 0 130 NO ESCAPE 22 4 0 130 SUPER BASEBALL 22 4 0 133 FAST EDDIE 21 3 0 133 FISHING DERBY 21 4 1 133 MINATURE GOLF 21 3 0 133 SNOOPY RED BARON 21 4 0 133 SUPER COBRA 21 3 1 133 TAZ 21 5 0 133 TOWERING INFERNO 21 5 0 140 MINER 49ER 20 5 0 140 MOUSETRAP 20 5 0 142 CRAZY CLIMBER 19 3 1 142 JAWBREAKER 19 6 0 142 LASER BLAST 19 3 0 145 GORF 18 3 0 145 QUADRON 18 2 1 145 SKIING 18 4 0 145 SPIDERMAN 18 4 0 145 AIR RAIDERS 18 5 0 145 BERMUDA TRIANGLE 18 3 0 151 DONKEY KONG JR. 17 4 0 151 FRONTLINE 17 3 0 151 SPACE ATTACK 17 4 0 151 WINTER GAMES 17 4 0 151 STAR TREK 17 4 0 151 KRULL 17 3 1 157 GHOST MANOR 16 4 0 157 PLANET PATROL 16 4 0 157 RS TENNIS 16 3 0 160 RS VOLLEYBALL 15 3 0 160 AIR SEA BATTLE 15 5 0 160 SKY DIVER 15 4 0 160 GYRUSS 15 3 0 164 AMIDAR 14 2 0 164 ARMOUR AMBUSH 14 3 1 164 CARNIVAL 14 2 0 164 BOBBY IS GOING HOME 14 3 0 168 UP 'N DOWN 13 2 0 169 GREMLINS 12 2 0 169 PELE SOCCER 12 3 0 169 SLOT RACERS 12 3 0 169 SPACE JOCKEY 12 3 0 169 SURROUND 12 3 0 169 CHUCK NORRIS 12 3 0 169 COCONUTS 12 2 0 176 CRACKPOT 11 4 0 176 KOOL AID MAN 11 2 0 176 SOLAR STORM 11 3 0 176 ZAXXON 11 4 0 180 ROAD RUNNER 10 5 0 180 ASTROWAR 10 1 1 180 BURGERTIME 10 2 0 180 DEMONS TO DIAMONDS 10 1 1 180 SEAHUNT 10 1 1 180 SIR LANCELOT 10 1 1 180 PIGS IN SPACE 10 2 0 187 BUCK ROGERS PLANET 9 1 0 187 GI JOE COBRA 9 1 0 187 GOPHER 9 2 0 187 INFILTRATE 9 1 0 187 JOURNEY ESCAPE 9 2 0 187 OINK 9 3 0 187 OMEGA RACE 9 1 0 187 WING WAR 9 1 0 195 CHALLENGE OF NEXAR 8 2 0 195 DEMOLITION HERBY 8 1 0 195 FOOTBALL 8 1 0 195 KABOBBER 8 2 0 195 MASTERS OF UNIVERSE 8 1 0 195 MR. DO's CASTLE 8 2 0 195 OBELIX 8 1 0 195 PETE ROSE BASEBALL 8 2 0 195 POLARIS 8 3 0 195 QUICK STEP 8 2 0 195 SAVE MARY 8 2 0 195 SUMMER GAMES 8 2 0 195 EGGOMANIA 8 1 0 208 BASKETBALL 7 2 0 208 ENTOMBED 7 3 0 208 RS BOXING 7 2 0 208 RS FOOTBALL 7 1 0 208 SHOOTING ARCADE 7 1 0 208 STELLA TRACK 7 1 0 208 BRAIN GAMES 7 2 0 208 GAS HOG 7 1 0 216 BIG BIRD EGG CATCH 6 1 0 216 FIRE FIGHTER 6 1 0 216 GRAN PRIX 6 3 0 216 MASH 6 3 0 216 MR POSTMAN 6 1 0 216 OFF THE WALL 6 1 0 216 OTHELLO 6 3 0 216 RADAR LOCK 6 1 0 216 RAM IT 6 2 0 216 SPACE WAR 6 2 0 216 TOOTH PROTECTORS 6 1 0 216 XENOPHOBE 6 3 0 216 CONGO BONGO 6 1 0 216 WORM WAR 6 1 230 AIR RAID 5 1 0 230 ALIEN 5 1 0 230 COMMANDO RAID 5 1 0 230 PORKY'S 5 1 0 230 RESCUE TERRA 5 1 0 230 SQUEEZEBOX 5 1 0 230 SWORDQUEST EARTHWORLD 5 1 0 230 TAC SCAN 5 2 0 230 THRESHOLD 5 2 0 230 VIDEO CHESS 5 2 0 230 COOKIE ONSTER MUNCH 5 1 0 241 AIRLOCK 4 1 0 241 CANYON BOMBER 4 1 0 241 CASINO 4 1 0 241 FATAL RUN 4 1 0 241 FROGGER 2 4 2 0 241 SHARK ATTACK 4 1 0 241 SHUTTLE ORBITER 4 1 0 241 STREET RACER 4 1 0 241 TAPE WORM 4 2 0 241 X-MAN 4 1 0 241 ENCOUNTER AT L5 4 2 0 241 DEADLY DUCK 4 1 0 253 ACID DROP 3 1 0 253 ARTILLERY DUEL 3 1 0 253 BANK HEIST 3 2 0 253 BLUEPRINT 3 1 0 253 CONDOR ATTACK 3 1 0 253 CROSSBOW 3 1 0 253 FLASH GORDON 3 1 0 253 HUMAN CANNONBALL 3 2 0 253 IXION 3 1 0 253 LADY IN WADING 3 1 0 253 LONDON BLITZ 3 1 0 253 MARINE WARS 3 1 0 253 NAME THIS GAME 3 1 0 253 SWORDQUEST WATERWORLD 3 1 0 253 TIME PILOT 3 1 0 253 UNKNOWN ACTIVISION GAME 3 1 0 269 BOING 2 1 0 269 CUSTER'S REVENGE 2 2 0 269 HOMERUN 2 2 0 269 HUNT AND SCORE 2 1 0 269 ROOM OF DOOM 2 1 0 269 RUBIK'S CUBE 2 1 0 269 SKY JINKS 2 2 0 269 SKY SKIPPER 2 1 0 269 SPACE CAVERN 2 1 0 269 SPRINTMASTER 2 1 0 269 TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE 2 1 0 269 TITLE MATCH WRESTLING 2 1 0 269 STAR SHIP 2 1 0 282 ASSAULT 1 1 0 282 BUMPER BASH 1 1 0 282 CRASH DRIVE 1 1 0 282 CRYPTS OF CHAOS 1 1 0 282 FLAG CAPTURE 1 1 0 282 HANGMAN 1 1 0 282 MOTORCROSS RACER 1 1 0 282 MOTORODEO 1 1 0 282 STAR WARS EWOK ADVENTURE 1 1 0 282 THUNDERGROUND 1 1 0 282 STARGATE 1 1 0 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rom Hunter Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 Top 100 hits since 2003: http://www.atarimania.com/top-atari-game-atari-2600-vcs-_G_2_H.html 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzip Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 On 1/24/2020 at 12:50 AM, davidcalgary29 said: Wow, I don’t know how Defender got so many votes — the 2600 port makes me sad. And Defender Arcade is stunning! The 2600 version was somewhat disappointing for sure. Not Pacman levels of disappointing though, it we still played the hell out of it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+wongojack Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 I pulled the top 10 games from the list that use an alternate controller. I was looking for the "Top Paddle Games", but left the other 2 in there. Rank Title Points Total Votes First Place Votes Alt Controller 10 KABOOM 551 89 16 P 13 WARLORDS 424 65 10 P 19 SUPERBREAKOUT 265 46 4 P 26 CIRCUS_ATARI 205 38 3 P 57 INDY_500 97 19 0 D 59 BREAKOUT 85 17 1 P 85 VIDEO_OLYMPICS 44 13 0 P 90 STAR_RAIDERS 36 8 0 K 94 NIGHT_DRIVER 34 6 1 P 105 ASTROBLAST 30 7 0 P 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agb Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 A lot of good paddle games back then. I’m surprised that Eggomania , one of my favorites the last few years, only received one vote all these years. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaden (JRH) Posted February 26, 2020 Share Posted February 26, 2020 Not totally satisfied with this list, but it will do. 1. Ms. Pac-Man 2. Dig Dug 3. Centipede 4. Gyruss 5. Frogger 6. Space Invaders 7. Keystone Kapers 8. Galaxian 9. Defender 10. Video Pinball I haven't played many homebrew titles, but I'll try my best to come up with five really good ones. 1. Draconian 2. Galagon 3. Mappy 4. Zoo Keeper (Even though it's not finished) 5. Choplifter (Unreleased, but still really cool) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeatWithGravy Posted February 26, 2020 Share Posted February 26, 2020 (edited) On 1/24/2020 at 12:50 AM, davidcalgary29 said: Wow, I don’t know how Defender got so many votes — the 2600 port makes me sad. And Defender Arcade is stunning! I concur on Defender. Stargate is miles better. I have not yet got my mitts on a Defender Arcade. I'd sure like to though. Stargate sitting pretty at 282! Edited February 26, 2020 by MeatWithGravy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the British IBM Posted May 21, 2020 Share Posted May 21, 2020 Retrogaming Roundup's latest video features their Top Ten Atari 2600 games that they debated back in 2010 with Mike Kennedy: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starshipscavenger Posted May 24, 2020 Share Posted May 24, 2020 1. Circus Atari 2. Planet Patrol 3. Jungle Hunt 4. Cosmic Ark 5. Atlantis 6. Demon Attack 7. Venture 8. Phoenix 9. Star Voyager 10. Super Breakout 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tundrorock Posted August 25, 2020 Share Posted August 25, 2020 Hi, new member here. What a great thread ?. I'd vote, but I'm just learning about how to use roms and so forth, so I'm excited to get up to speed and play more games. Probably buy an AFBX soon and give the Draxxon/Brad firmware hacks a go. The games I played the most as a kid are as follows, keep in mind I could only afford a few cartridges at the time (late 70's): Space Invaders, Outlaw, Breakout, Adventure, and Miniature Golf. Enjoyed reading everyone's game lists. ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toiletunes Posted September 16, 2020 Share Posted September 16, 2020 On 1/25/2020 at 3:09 PM, agb said: According to my spreadsheet, the Top 100 would look like this but formatted much better. Total Total Total Points Votes 1st Place 1 PITFALL 897 143 20 2 RIVER RAID 743 124 9 3 PITFALL 2 733 100 26 4 ADVENTURE 722 108 27 5 MISSILE COMMAND 662 111 7 6 HERO 648 100 19 7 SPACE INVADERS 643 110 15 8 YARS REVENGE 633 101 12 9 ASTEROIDS 575 96 13 10 KABOOM 551 89 16 Interesting, for the top ten, half are Activision. The rest are Atari, with three being arcade ports. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AW127 Posted November 29, 2020 Share Posted November 29, 2020 (edited) I was suprised a little bit, that "Pitfall" is in front of "Pitfall 2". Both games are good, no question, but when i think back in my childhood, no one from all my friends, including me, would have had the first game of the series in front here. We were all big fans of "Pitfall 2" and i still am, while the first part we didn't really give that much attention. But, tastes are different, as you can see. Edited November 29, 2020 by AW127 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzip Posted November 30, 2020 Share Posted November 30, 2020 18 hours ago, AW127 said: I was suprised a little bit, that "Pitfall" is in front of "Pitfall 2". Both games are good, no question, but when i think back in my childhood, no one from all my friends, including me, would have had the first game of the series in front here. We were all big fans of "Pitfall 2" and i still am, while the first part we didn't really give that much attention. But, tastes are different, as you can see. Same here. The original Pitfall was amazing to see when it came out, but it was extremely repetitive to play and got dull very quickly. Pitfall II shook things up more by making you feel like you were exploring an actual place, not just visiting the same screen over and over with different options checked (vine on/off, crocs on/off, etc.) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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