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Atari 2600 top ten

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Shared on Mon, 01/15/2007 - 09:20

Hey hey, y'all... I decided to blog again.  Only on 2old2play (not at my normal blog)!!!

My ten favorite Atari 2600 games growing up (criteria: games I actually owned and I enjoyed):

10. Asteroids (my friends and I would take turns playing a single game, getting extra lives until late at night... maybe as late as 11 pm!!!  Hey, it's late for a 10-year old)

9. Kangaroo

8. Chuck Norris Karate Kicks (part of a Xonox Double-Ender with Artillery Duel, an angle/velocity-based strategy "shooter" game)

7. Crystal Castles (I was a complete brat when I begged my mom for this game until she gave in at the mall)

6. Astroblast (like Space Invaders on steroids)

5. Pole Position (I always thought the other cars looked like fences)

4. Missile Command

3. Tutankham (Tomb Raider precursor... except not a platformer)

2. Ms. Pac-Man

1. Dodge 'Em (simple, addictive arcade fun)

Honorable mention: Q-Bert, Space Attack, plus all the games I didn't own that were also good

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Submitted by Robbway on Thu, 01/25/2007 - 16:23
Your list is yours, I won't mess with it. But you reminded me of the Ghost Hunt and Mountain Climber double-ender. Both were sort of bad, but they had some original gameplay and a difficulty that made it hard to beat. I mean Mountain Climber had you dodging rocks, avoiding a killer-bird, and dealing with ice. Your only defense was ducking into caves--the ones without the shining eyes in them, because that was the bear and he was hungry. Due to the graphic limitations of the Atari, the flashing ghost, which bore a curious resemblance to one of the characters in the worst game ever, was called him a "Rainbow Ghost" playing "Ghost Tag." Hey color cycling was the big thing then!

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