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    Default Everyone's Favorite Activision Game for Atari 2600

    Most everyone you will probably ask (other than hardcore game fans) will probably say that Pitfall! is their favorite Activision game because it is the most well-known and successful of their games.

    Personally, it doesn't even rank in my Top 5 of favorite Activision games even though its a really memorable game and very fun.

    What's everyone's favorite Activision game for the Atari VCS?

    Mine is, of course, Pressure Cooker (which is very underrated)
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    Keystone Kapers comes in at a close second.
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    Probably a tie between Chopper Command and River Raid for me.
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    This thread was just done about a month ago, I don't know how to link to it or I would point you there. Anyway, I think I would have to say Frostbite, but there are so many great games from them.

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    H.E.R.O.

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    I wouldn't say Pitfall!

    Its a great game but its not as great as it was then. many platofrm games have come along since then.

    Kaboom is the best.
    To this day, it has not been surpassed. Only thing ever closely related would be arkanoid and thats more along the lines of Pong.

    Why haven't paddle games been developed since?

    There are very few that I can thing of but each one I do think of has done very well. You'd think they would make more of this type of game.

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    H.E.R.O.
    then Pitfall!
    then Frostbite

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    Pressure Cooker is my fav also.

    Then Starmaster, H.E.R.O., Beamrider, Stampede.

    Also love Pitfall and Pitfall II, River Raid, and Keystone Kapers.

    Activision was simply amazing back then...
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    #1: H.E.R.O.

    Kaboom is a close 2nd
    Frostibte a close 3rd
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    Keystone Kapers

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    River Raid!!!

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    So far NO ONE has said Pitfall!

    Although personally I think Pitfall 2 was better anyway.

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    Oh man, this is a really tough one. It would be easier to list the games that aren't fun from Activision.

    I would have to say Kaboom! is the best game. I can't name any other game where you can be put into a trance-like state as with Kaboom(well, MAYBE Tempest 2000, but that's more of a bombardment on your senses than anything). Pitfall would not make it on my top 5 list of Activision games either.

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    Surprisingly.. I've never really dug Activision games too much. I guess it was that onslaught of "timed" games in the beginning that turned me off and I never looked back. On the other hand, IMAGIC games wowed me from day 1. ('course later Activision snagged those games too) :P

    My favorite game? I guess.. hmm.. Enduro and Kaboom

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    Megamania

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    just kidding:

    H.E.R.O.
    Beamrider
    Space Shuttle
    Enduro
    Fishing ( 2players)
    Freeway (2players)
    Barnstorming (2players)

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    I'm torn between Megamania or Pressure Cooker. HERO's all right but you get a lot more detail in the ColecoVision version.
    Oddly, I didn't care for Pitfall! 2... it just seemed too long and involved for a 2600 game. Then again, I loved Solaris (which is at least and long and drawn out) and tolerated Secret Quest (essentially the 2600's answer to Zelda) so you can feel free to take my opinion with a grain of salt.

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    I've always liked freeway. River raid is good too
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    Pitfall 2 is my absolute favorite, but after you beat it, it's not replayable (the fatal flaw of most modern games). For me the most replayable game is DOLPHIN.

    Time for a confession: I don't really like Activision games (the horror!). My mom bought games like Fishing Derby and Freeway for me, but I never really enjoyed them. They looked gorgeous, but as everyone knows from modern gaming... looks don't equal fun.
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    I'd have to say Kaboom! is Number 1.

    Second would be Starmaster.

    Third - Ice Hockey or Tennis

    THEN, as much as I'm embarrassed to say it, I always liked Laser Blast. Yes, it was a memorization drill to a degree, and yes it was dead simple once you got the rhythm down, but it could put me in a trance very quickly & easily and I just zoned out.

    If 5200 games are considered in this, I liked Dreadnought Factor a lot also.

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    My favorite expected answer would be Pitfall II. Just a great adventure platformer. However, my favorite unexpected would be Ghostbusters. I loved the C64 version and I was stunned by how closely the 2600 version matched it. Great fun. Great, great fun.
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