Top 100 2600 games of all time

[jls403]

Anyone able to do an update? I'd be interested to see how the list looks now.

[+Nathan Strum]

-I'm a huge fan of Colony 7 (the arcade game this was based off of), and this is almost as good.

Have you checked out the homebrew version of Colony 7? It's excellent.

[Atari_Falcon]

My votes:

 

1.) Rampage

2.) California Games

3.) Jr. Pacman

4.) Tomcat F-14 (Fighter Pilot)

5.) Pressure Cooker

6.) Chuck Norris Superkicks

7.) Fatal Run

8.) Xenophobe

9.) Double Dragon

10.) River Raid

[peedenmark7]

1] keystone kapers

2] asteroids

3] breakout

4] pitfall

5] freeway

6] battle zone

7] seaquest

8] river raid

9] jungle hunt

10]space invaders

[Damon Plus]

I'd like to update, but I don't have the latest updated archive. I think I asked the person who did the updates, but never answered. So, until he shows up, no updates will be made for now.

[Frostbite76]

1. Montezuma's Revenge

2. H.E.R.o

3. River Raid

4. Keystone Kapers

5. Frostbite

[JacobZu7zu7]

Original Carts:

1. Pitfall! (496 points, 74 votes, 10 first place votes)

2. Pitfall II (488 points, 65 votes, 18 first place votes)

3. Adventure (465 points, 67 votes, 21 first place votes)

4. Kaboom! (373 points, 60 votes, 12 first place votes)

5. River Raid (356 points, 60 votes, 6 first place votes)

6. H.E.R.O. (324 points, 53 votes, 8 first place votes)

7. Space Invaders (318 points, 55 votes, 8 first place votes)

8. Yar's Revenge (278 points, 49 votes, 5 first place votes)

9. Warlords (275 points, 41 votes, 8 first place votes)

10. Asteroids (268 points, 48 votes, 8 first place votes)

 

 

**snyp**

 

 

Great, thanx for the update.

 

Damn - never DID understand the attraction to Pitfall!

 

Redundant as hell.

 

Neither Pitfalls made my list, however I like the first one a lot better then the second...

 

I don't even like part 2. EXTREMELY redundant, a zillion birds and ladders later, you win. sometimes I don't see how Pitfall II is even fun. It's a respectable sequel, but the gameplay does nothing for me.

 

It bothers me, that Pitfall II is the number 1 cart. Boggles my mind, only thing worse would be Video Pinball.. that game is not bad for the year but imagine a primitive pinball game scoring the best!

[R.O.T.S]

I am surprised the 2600 was able to do a pinball game at all but it pulled it of quite well i thought,i knew PFII would be up there but not quite as high as 2nd and Kaboom and H.E.R.O are a pleasent surprise.

[Frostbite76]

Since I've played alot more games since I've been a member.

 

1. Montezuma's Revenge

2. H.E.R.O

3. Dragon Fire

4. Pressure Cooker

5. Joust

6. Laser Gates

7. Frostbite

8. Ms. Pacman

9. Fathom

10. Frogger 2

11. Up N' Down

12. Keystone Kapers

13. Phoenix

14. Sky Jinks

15. Gorf

16. Revenge of the Beefsteak Tomatoes

17. Strategy X

18. Galaxian

19. Demon Attack

20. Millipede

21. Cross Force

22. River Raid

23. Frogger

24. Moon Patrol

25. Sky Skipper

[Damon Plus]

Anyone able to do an update? I'd be interested to see how the list looks now.

 

I'll try to update myself, but it will take some days, as I will start from the beginning.

 

I guess you're the same one that updates some of the Top 100 lists on Gamefaqs, right?

[mike99mccarthy]

I always loved keystone kapers and pitfall!!

[Torr]

I've obviously not played ALL the games religiously, but of the games I played growing up and found love for through emulation in recent years I'd have to say my votes go to:

 

1. Adventure

2. Berzerk

3. Yar's Revenge

4. Joust

5. H.E.R.O.

6. Dark Chambers

7. Raiders of The Lost Ark

8. SwordQuest: WaterWorld

9. Star Wars - The Empire Strikes Back

10. Burgertime

 

It was hard to narrow it down to just 10.

Honorable mentions go to (in alphabetical order)

 

Asteroids

Centipede

Commando

Crossbow

Dark Cavern

Dig Dug

Double Dragon

Enduro

ET

Haunted House

Ice Hockey

Keystone Kapers

Millipede

Missile Command

Ms Pac-Man

PitFall!

Presure Cooker

Q*Bert

River Raid

SeaQuest

Sky Jinks

Solaris

Star Wars - Jedi Arena

Super Challenge Baseball

Venture

[eseles]

1. Double Dragon

2. Pitfall

3. Missile Command

4. Asteroids

5. River Raid

6. Frogger

7 Space Invaders

8. Rampage

9. Dig Dug

10. Combat

 

I'll probably think of something crucial I've missed...

[Jr. Pac]

Pac-Man is #42?!? YUCK!

[2d gamer]

My current top 10:

 

1. Pengo (title screen, music, great graphics and not too blocky, text between stages, lots of mazes, sophisticated action/puzzle gameplay)

 

2. Stargate (title screen, great graphics and animation and not too blocky), text between stages, strategic gameplay)

 

3. Galaxian (title screen, great graphics not too blocky, excellent scoring system, tight gameplay, numbered stages)

 

4. Moon Patrol (title screen, great graphics, music, lots of animated enemies, not too blocky, side-scrollers age well, 3 skill levels, in-game text)

 

5. California games (3 complex music tracks, mind-blowing graphics, title screen, 4 complex games, lots in-game text)

 

6. missile command (no title screen but tons of options, excellent multi-tasking gameplay)

 

7. asteroids (no title but lots options, excellent multitasking gameplay, choice of defensive weaponry before gradius)

 

8. Crossbow (title/text, excellent graphics, lots stages, awesome dragon in the castle, tight level design, lots of enemies)

 

9. ms pac man (I never loved pac-man's run/maze gameplay in general, but this one has nice graphics and works well on atari and has title screen, music, and 4 mazes and is better than JR. in my opinion)

 

10. solaris (awesome but far too hard to beat I got close once or twice but never found solaris)

[jls403]

Anyone able to do an update? I'd be interested to see how the list looks now.

 

I'll try to update myself, but it will take some days, as I will start from the beginning.

 

I guess you're the same one that updates some of the Top 100 lists on Gamefaqs, right?

 

 

I am indeed.

[Damon Plus]

I have some important exams this month, but as I've said, I'll update the list. Probably by the end of the month we will have an updated list.

[Epyx_Fail]

1. Breakout

2. Circus Atari

3. Asteroids

4. Dig-dug

5. RealSports Volleyball

6. Berzerk

7. Warlords

8. Lock 'n' Chase

9. Space Cavern

10. Sky Diver

[ozma wars]

the best is

to sell yr. Atari stuff and finally buy a Colecovision

I beg yr. pardon, I was joking ... sorry AtariAge.

JUNO FIRST the best Atari 2600 conversion ever !

[Mingy Jongo]

Time for me to update my list:

 

1. Joust (Atari)

2. Stargate/Defender II (Atari)

3. Cosmic Ark (Imagic)

4. Atlantis (Imagic)

5. Battlezone (Atari)

6. Phoenix (Atari)

7. Missile Command (Atari)

8. Adventure (Atari)

9. Yars' Revenge (Atari)

10. Kaboom! (Activision)

[Shroo-man]

1. Dolphin

2. Space Invaders

3. Enduro

4. Sea Quest

5. Centipede

6. Quickstep

7. Laser Gates

8. Cosmic Ark

9. Mario Bros

10. Space Shuttle

[irata0062]

Even with homebrew software my Top 10 is like follows:

 

01 - Montezuma's Revenge

02 - H.E.R.O

03 - Pitfall 2

04 - Mr. Do's Castle

05 - A VCS-tec Challenge

06 - HALO 2600

07 - Stella's Stocking

08 - Mountain King

09 - Another Adventure

10 - Spider Fighter

[Vaughan]

I could change but these are what come to mind:

 

1. Space Invaders

2. Missile Command

3. Adventure

4. Superman

5. Pengo

6. Dodge Em

7. Centipede

8. Circus Atari

9. Video Pinball

10. Mr Do

 

These are not strictly in order - except the top 2. By far my favorite game is Space Invaders - it just IS, you know? I can't think of a home version I prefer, and even Atari screwed up when they made a version for the Atari 400/800. I also like Missile Command a lot. That one got better for the 400/800, but I have a soft spot for the VCS version.

 

The others are just terrific. Dodge Em is a lot of fun if you crank the difficulty levels (the easier levels are easily beatable due to the patterns). Circus Atari drives me crazy - in a good way.

 

Video Pinball has all kinds of things wrong with it, not least because most of the time it seems to play itself. But at the time it was something else and I loved it.

 

Pengo and Mr Do are simply good arcade conversions. Adventure and Superman were played endlessly.

[Andrew Davie]

Historically, this post was the first reference to Boulder Dash® in the top 100 list.

[Smoogy]

1. Pitfall II

2. River Raid

3. Combat

4. Galaxian

5. Centipede

6. Warlords

7. Robot Tank

8. Moon Patrol

9. Video Olympics

10. Ice Hockey