Favorite Atari 400/800 games

[treismac]

What games are worth playing on the Atari 400/800? I have a soft spot for ports of Golden Age arcade ports, so I already enjoy playing Missile Command, Jungle Hunt, Donkey Kong, and Ms. Pac-Man, but what else is fun for Atari's old computer?

[Serious]

What games are worth playing on the Atari 400/800? I have a soft spot for ports of Golden Age arcade ports, so I already enjoy playing Missile Command, Jungle Hunt, Donkey Kong, and Ms. Pac-Man, but what else is fun for Atari's old computer?

Anything by Sirius or Synapse..

Squish 'Em
Necromancer
Shamus
Bandits
Repton

Also M.U.L.E. and Dropzone are both great games..

Check this list: Top 100 Atari 400/800 Games on Atarimania

[Neb6]

Been playing a lot of Pac-Man, Dig-Dug, Defender, and Missile Command lately.

Definite replay value going on there.

[wizardofwor1975]

Lately, I've been thinking about buying an Atari 800/800XL or an XEGS. Anyway, some other games for the Atari that you may like are:

Bruce Lee
Archon
Blue Max
Seven Cities of Gold
Eidolon
Castle Wolfenstein
Beyond Castle Wolfenstein
Rescue on Fractalus!
HERO
Conan
Spy Hunter
Into the Eagle's Nest

[Atarileaf]

Other than the ones mentioned:

Gyruss
Jumpman Junior
Krazy Shootout
Kaboom
Lode Runner
Mario Bros. (awesome port)
Miner 2049er
Pengo
Popeye
Qix
Robotron
Zaxxon

[tom]

WOw, so many good games on A8
Infocom, EA, Origin, SSI, Activision, Epyx, Datasoft, Sirius, Datamost, Level 9, Microprose and many more, all these companies made excellent games for A8


Here's some excellent games which should still work on the 800:

Wizards Crown SSI a masterpiece of RPG
Universe from Omnitrend (they're still selling it)
Jupiter Mission 1999 and its sequel The Quest of the Space Beagle (Avalon Hill)
Plundered Hearts (Infocom)

[wizardofwor1975]

WOw, so many good games on A8
Infocom, EA, Origin, SSI, Activision, Epyx, Datasoft, Sirius, Datamost, Level 9, Microprose and many more, all these companies made excellent games for A8


Here's some excellent games which should still work on the 800:

Wizards Crown SSI a masterpiece of RPG
Universe from Omnitrend (they're still selling it)
Jupiter Mission 1999 and its sequel The Quest of the Space Beagle (Avalon Hill)
Plundered Hearts (Infocom)

Jupiter Mission 1999 is a great pick. I remember playing it on the 64 back in the day.

I would also recommend for the A8: Gateway to Apshai, Crush, Crumble and Chomp!, and the Temple of Apshai Trilogy.

Another great game from Epyx is Silicon Warrior. The A8 version is really good but I would give the 64 version a slight edge. Epyx was such a great software company back in the day. My favorite game on the A8 is Realm of Impossibility aka Zombies. Realm of Impossibility is fast paced and incredibly fun especially when playing the 2 player cooperative option.