Atari: For those of you old enough to remember

[figgie]

Atari (yes they are still alive) has brough brought back some of their classic arcade games online...

for FREE

http://www.atari.com/arcade

Asteriods, Battle Zone, Crystal Castle, Lunar Lander and then from the Atai 2600, Yars revenge and adventure....


don't burn to much time playing these games

 

[adampecush]

no sky jinks?? that was easily my favorite game on that system...

it sucks that all of those games stopped working on my system sometime in the early 90s.

 

[ForcedTorque]

Still hard to get precise movement and continuous firing on Asteroids. I didn't even try to maneuver, not going to spend that kind of time.

 

[cartel1_950]

i wonder how rare those systems are. i have one from when i was a kid with a box of games. only shitty part is the controllers crapped out on me so i can't play.

 

[DreamerTheresa]

Frogger?!?!

 

[Drake69]

Sky Jinks was by Activision. Frogger was Parker Bros.

http://www.atariage.com/

Many of the ROMs for these old carts are here, along with links to emulators like Stella for the PC to play 'erm on. I have all of 'em and still play those old games now and then. All the ROMs excpet for those by Activision are considered freeware now.

 

[Kangae]

Hmm...I've still got a 2600 with a bunch of games too, last I checked everything worked too. I don't think I'll be digging it out quite yet though.

 

[adampecush]

holy shit, my forearm is sore from hiting the space bar playing asteroids...

 

[Drake69]

Hmm...I've still got a 2600 with a bunch of games too, last I checked everything worked too. I don't think I'll be digging it out quite yet though.

Why would you have to? The AtariAge link is perfectly legal, not like other ROM sites because all the old Atari stuff is now public domain, meaning free to whomever wants it (except for Activision). So, a good emulator, a special USB adapter, an old Atari joystick and paddle (or a PC gaming pad and your mouse/trackball), and you have a perfectly emulated game system.

 

[figgie]

holy shit, my forearm is sore from hiting the space bar playing asteroids...

Wonder what other games are coming down the pipe from Atari

Tempest
I, robot
Missle Command
and we can't ever forget the never ending

GAUNTLET!

Full list

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Atari_arcade_games

 

[Mk3runner]

missile command and tempest was my fav.

battlezone was lol, I always thought you could make it to the mountains when I was little

 

[SupraOfDoom]

Pitfal was my fav. I wish I still had my Atari.

 

[upgradedsupra]

lol, no way! Frogger and Pitfall were my games. AND, it wasn't THAT long ago Fig.

Duane

 

[SupraOfDoom]

**Watches Angry Video Game Nerds review or Retro systems like 5200 **

 

[Murd]

Why would you have to? The AtariAge link is perfectly legal, not like other ROM sites because all the old Atari stuff is now public domain, meaning free to whomever wants it (except for Activision). So, a good emulator, a special USB adapter, an old Atari joystick and paddle (or a PC gaming pad and your mouse/trackball), and you have a perfectly emulated game system.

Because there's something about playing the original system on a TV. Think of it this way, people want an original A/C Cobra even though there are kit car and remake cobra's with better brakes, etc.. It's the original.

That being said, I LOVED Yar's Revenge.

 

[gtsfirefighter]

Loved Missile Command and Asteroids, but ColecoVision was my game console of choice.

 

[Drake69]

Meh. I keep my old Atari stuff in storage for when I have my "retro room" all set up in my house.

And MAME FTW.