Have You Played Atari Today?

[IntvGene]

When was the last time you played the good ol' 2600? What was it? What hardware were you using? Was it emulated?

For me, I played Death Star Battle on emulation this morning. My Atari is in storage right now, so I can't get at it. But, what a great game. It's my favorite Star Wars on the 2600. I love the graphics and it's fun... a bit repetitive though...

It just feels like there's been a lot of discussion lately about the newer systems. I want to hear some thoughts on what's been in people's Ataris lately. And, if they've been playing them at all.

[Darth Sensei]

I played the Activision compilation for Playstation, and I wasn't impressed. Does that count?

I haven't played with one of my Ataris for a month or so besides that.

Dave

[AB Positive]

About 5 days ago, playing space invaders and Jr. Pac man, good times, good times.

-AG

[digitalpress]

Just this morning, I played "DP Kong" from the hack that's pinned at the top of this forum. It's binary version 10 to be exact. Cool stuff. Emulated.

I have an Atari 2600 hooked up to the upstairs TV and most recently I was playing "Alien's Return" of all things. Horrid little game but I had forgotten the basic mechanics of it so I gave it a quick run through.

[Oobgarm]

I intend on doing so in the next few days, as I obtained five free common carts yesterday, none of which I have played since I was a kid. My "woodie" is still connected to the TV, while my Jr. hides up on a shelf.
Last time I actually played it on the TV was about 3 months ago, playing Demon Attack.

[chadtower]

A few weeks ago I popped QBert's Qubes into my 2600jr just to see if it as bad as I remember. It's worse. God that game is unplayable.

[Sniderman]

I play Atari literally every other day. Recent games played have been Halloween (thinking about trying to beat my old world record on Oct. 31!) ; Pitfall II; Ghostbusters; River Raid, and Mythicon's Sorcerer (God help me, I love it so.)

[Raccoon Lad]

I almost never play my atari. Hell, the last time I played it was right after CGE, to make sure the new power switch I installed was working, and before that it was about 9 months ago to test my new Quadrun with manual I got for $4

[Kamisama]

It was some time ago since i played atari... but i should play it soon because i still have that new 3rd party joystick around here i got for 1 Euro

[RetroYoungen]

The last time I played ANYTHING Atari, let alone the 2600, was when I was driving home from CGE. Booted up my Lynx for in the car. For the 2600, it was AT CGE, when I was losing HORRIBLY at Warlords. (Don't worry, I'm practicing now, next year you're mine! :P )

[GrandAmChandler]

I play Atari literally every other day. Recent games played have been Halloween (thinking about trying to beat my old world record on Oct. 31!) ; Pitfall II; Ghostbusters; River Raid, and Mythicon's Sorcerer (God help me, I love it so.)

I played DP Kong on my laptop a few days ago, I think it was version 6 or 7?

Ya know, I have Sorcerer, and I have only plugged it in to test it once. I remember it being horrible.. Should I give it another chance Sniderman? Give me reasons why I should if you can.

[NE146]

I say I average an "Atari play" or two once every week or so. Whether it's on the real thing or not depends on where I'm at.

Yesterday I played Flash Gordon on a 2600 on an old tv.

Day before yesterday I played Crystal Castles on the Xbox via emulation.

[omnedon]

Played with my 5200 last night, some sweet sweet Missile Command Goodness.

It's been a couple weeks since the heavy Sixer had some use. My 7800 got used yesterday too.

[oesiii]

I play Atari almost everyday. My main system is the 8bit computer which has a huge library of choices. Been playing Bounty Bob, Miner2049, and Super Pac-Man the last couple of nights. Today I played 2600 Air Raiders and Radar Lock through emulation.

And since NE146 mentioned it over at AtariAge, I also played 5200 Joust on an emulator today (it is as good as advertised )

I usually play any games, any system through emulators that are discussed on the forums here and at AA, like a few days ago there was a discussion about 2600 Air Raiders, Spitfire Attack, and Radar Lock so I had to play those again.

[kai123]

I played my 2600 jr about 2 months ago after installing AV cables to it.

[djbeatmongrel]

i played River Raid last night before i went to bed. i have fallen in love with that game heheh. i love being a VCS newb. :P basically i'm taking time to get really acquainted with my 2600, i've acquired aound 30 games total already and never really played them for hours on end till now, plus i need a break from rpgs, i just beat my 7th one this year

[Kid Fenris]

It's been months since I've played an Atari system, as I don't have one of my own. I should, but the only consoles I've been able to find around here are badly beaten ones priced at $50 in tacky video stores, or dusty ten-dollar decks without any controllers or cables.

[kainemaxwell]

I've been playing AA least once a week alot lately, along with random instances of loading up StellaX to play Atari 2600 roms. Heck also been playing alot of Ms. PacPC at school.

[RoboticParanoia]

Sadly, the last time I played Atari was this summer, when I had my old laptop with StellaX installed on it. I think I played mainly Pitfall! and Keystone Kapers.

[ozyr]

Play at least once a week:

main game are:
Robot Tank
Space Invaders
Solar Fox

Gotta have my fix!