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    Default 10 of my favorite Atari 2600 Games - Name yours!

    Re: Top 10 Atari 2600 Games - WAIT here me out, YES lists are stupid and pointless but I am just curious to see how everyone's compares and which titles seem to repeat or not Anyone "old" and grew up with Atari 2600 like me? Of course even if you didn't grow up with it or came to discover it much later in life you are welcome to list your top 10 favs! Off the top of my head I will go with -

    1. Space Invaders.
    2. Vanguard.
    3. River Raid.
    4. Pitfall.
    5. Asteroids.
    6. Kaboom !
    7. Keystone Kapers.
    8. Demon Attack.
    9. Super Breakout.
    10. Missile Command.

    Good times, feel like I grew up through the history of gaming and still love it!
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    1. Warlords
    2. Frogger
    3. Pitfall
    4. Solar Fox
    5. Asteroids
    6. Space Invaders
    7. Space Cavern
    8. Combat
    9. Maze Craze
    10. Air Sea Battle

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    Oh boy....it's been awhile since I thought of the 2600.

    1. Solaris
    2. Cosmic Ark
    3. Spider Fighter
    4. Warlords
    5. Keystone Kapers
    6. Starmaster
    7. Spy Hunter
    8. Haunted House
    9. Circus Atari
    10. Vanguard

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    Thanks guys! Damn you reminded me of some greats lol!
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    In no particular order...

    Escape from the Mindmaster - The first game I bought for the Supercharger, and it was amazing. Its impressive 3D viewpoint blew me away.
    Adventure - What needs to be said?
    Dark Cavern - What's better than a good maze game? Being able to shoot your pursuers! Can't even tell you how many hours I spent on this.
    Ixion - An unreleased port of an unreleased Sega arcade game, played it at a gaming convention a decade ago and had to own it.
    Juno First - A suprisingly strong homebrew port of the arcade game, kind of a third-person perspective version of Defender. If I had a copy back in the day I would have played it until my eyes bled.
    Lock N’ Chase - A great Pac-Man substitute with the option of creating barricades behind yourself. I got this one free from Mattel, and played it constantly.
    Pitfall II - Again, what's there to say? It's brilliant.
    Riddle of the Sphinx - A nice attempt at creating a game with depth on the 2600.
    Secret Quest - A great little adventure game with a slightly high difficulty level. I got it after it came out (after seeing it in the Atarian Magazine) but never managed to get past the fourth station.
    Phaser Patrol - Another Supercharger game, it put all the other 3D space shooters on the system to shame. And when you "fry" it, enemy ships become invisible until they're on top of you.

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    Here are mine:

    Dodge 'Em
    Lock n Chase
    NightDriver
    Battlezone
    Pole Position
    Ms. Pac-Man
    Phaser Patrol
    Missile Command
    Solar Fox
    Mountain King
    Last edited by ave1; 09-07-2017 at 03:23 PM. Reason: Missed one.

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