2600 Racquetball game

[JacobZu7zu7]

I decided to play this game, and hadn't in a long while.

Well, I didn't start out so great, I kept knocking the ball into the ground,

which made it disappear. That led me to a 2-16 deficit.

Suddenly I picked up my game, and won 21-19.

Very satisfying, I did play again, won that time easy.

The game has lots of potential, but its either too tough at first or too easy later on.

It's still fun and easy to get into. Like almost all Atari games.

I would say its 'fair'.

 

What do others think, let me know if you like this game or not.

[Scumdogg]

I just picked up this game recently, but i haven't gotten to play it due to my console dying...some of the switches seem to have gone bad and i don't want to kill it any further.

 

I'm excited to play it though, i know of a few other Apollo games i like, and the concept of video game racquetball amuses me.

Edited September 30, 2006 by Scumdogg

[BassGuitari]

It's a nice-looking game, but I find it difficult to play. Might help if I understood the game better. Beyond that, I think Raquetball is one of Apollo's better-looking titles...they'd come a long way from Skeet Shoot.

[Foxsolo2000]

Raquetball was arguably Apollo's best title. It looked good for its time although ball dynamics could have been tweaked a little bit but this aside a good game.

[shadow460]

Racquetball is decent. It gets ragged on a bit, but if you wanna play racquetball on any console, you just don't have many choices.

It fills a niche, and it does that very well.

As for best game, well, that's a toos up between Racquetball and Spacechase.

Most of Apollo's titles are quite mediocre. They're novel ideas but they get old fast.

[Rom Hunter]

I love the no ball label variation:

http://www.atarimania.com/detail_soft.php?...VERSION_ID=8306

 

[JacobZu7zu7]

It's a nice-looking game, but I find it difficult to play. Might help if I understood the game better. Beyond that, I think Raquetball is one of Apollo's better-looking titles...they'd come a long way from Skeet Shoot.

 

 

Yeah, I find it very helpfull that there's a blue color for the Computer Player,

and orange for Yourself. So its much easier to know who's turn it is,

because the action is quick. This game captures the Racquetball feel, very well.

Now that I think about it, a sport game is not Atari's strength, (IMO)

but this one is pretty decent!

 

I've never played skeet shoot, it sounds like most here think its awful.

[supercat]

I've never played skeet shoot, it sounds like most here think its awful.

 

The problem with Skeet Shoot is that there's no challenging difficulty setting. The difficulty is either pathetically easy (hit 25/25 every time) or impossibly hard (only way to hit a target is to correctly guess it before it appears).

[jpfalcon2003]

Screenshots look great, but I never played it. i heard it was difficult though

[shadow460]

Racquetball is difficult at first. It does beat getting hit by the ball in real life, though.

[BrianC]

I've never played skeet shoot, it sounds like most here think its awful.

 

The problem with Skeet Shoot is that there's no challenging difficulty setting. The difficulty is either pathetically easy (hit 25/25 every time) or impossibly hard (only way to hit a target is to correctly guess it before it appears).

 

The aiming is very limited on Skeet Shoot too. For real skeet shooting on the 2600, I highly recommend picking up Summer Games. The other events in it are quite nifty too.

[TheHoboInYourRoom]

Eh, Racquetball's okay. It just takes getting into a nice rhythm, though I wish the ball wouldn't project shadows on the walls and ceiling.

[+HatNJ]

After reading this thread I went into my boxes of carts and saw I did have Racquetball Orange-pic label, I dont remember if I ever played it or not but Guess Ill give a try tonight

[JacobZu7zu7]

After reading this thread I went into my boxes of carts and saw I did have Racquetball Orange-pic label, I dont remember if I ever played it or not but Guess Ill give a try tonight

 

 

let us know what you think.. HatNJ.

[+HatNJ]

Will do got called in to work last night and now I took phone off hook for my 4 day weekend

 

Its Atari time here and wifes away 3 days of it so will try out Racquetball and others (and do some productive home stuff too)