11,287 reviews · showing 10,381–10,400
Reader Atari 2600
I'm sure everybody that is even somewhat familiar with video game history has heard about the classic game of Donkey Kong at one time or another, which was the very first game that featured either Mario or Donkey Kong. You have to control…
retro · October 31, 2003
Reader Atari 2600
It's 11:40 p.m. on a Saturday night and I'm doing a quick update for one of the best arcade to console translations for the Atari 2600, Dig Dug. Having a tough final exam coming up in two days, I've decided not to spend time trying to…
retro · October 31, 2003
Reader Atari 2600
Man, those were the days, weren't they? Way back when, gamers were easily entertained and satisfied with games in which they did nothing more than use a sort of cannon at the bottom of the screen to shoot overhead aliens that just danced…
retro · October 31, 2003
Reader Atari 2600
There's not many space shooters that are as classic as this game right here, Defender. Just like the title of the game, your job is to defend all the humanoids in a large city against the wrath of invading alien spacecraft from who knows…
retro · October 31, 2003
Reader Atari 2600
In Crystal Castles, it's your job to guide Bentley the bear in a journey full of cold, damp castles and terrifying creatures. The object of the game is to collect all the gems scattered around the board (no it's not anything like Pac-Man…
retro · October 31, 2003
Reader Atari 2600
Ever since the year 1969, that blue, overgrown puppet that carries 99% of his weight in sugar has been making sure that no cookies in his sight collect dust on a classic show for children called Sesame Street. After 14 years of devouring…
retro · October 31, 2003
Reader Atari 2600
Just like Super Mario Bros./Duck Hunt was usually the pack-in game for the NES, Combat was the pack-in title for the Atari 2600. There couldn't have been a much better game to use to get the Atari 2600 rolling in the right direction than…
retro · October 31, 2003
Reader Atari 2600
Ahhh Circus Atari, one of my absolute favorite Atari 2600 games. Circus Atari features clowns who are dying to get some major hang time and pop some balloons for a living. The idea of the game is to move a seesaw back and forth in order to…
retro · October 31, 2003
Reader Atari 2600
I've experienced some great video game clones in my day. Lock 'n Chase for the Game Boy takes cloning to another level by being even better than its protégé, Pac-Man. Galaga isn't bad for a Space Invaders clone either, is it? And don't…
retro · October 31, 2003
Reader Atari 2600
The Atari 2600 had more than its share of arcade classics that were made for the system. The majority of them turned out to be almost as great, if not better than the arcade titles themselves. Not to mention that with only a few…
retro · October 31, 2003
Reader Atari 2600
If you're one of the millions of people who have ever enjoyed playing card games such as solitaire, blackjack, or poker; whether in video games or in real life, you will probably like Casino for the Atari 2600. Casino is a collection of…
retro · October 31, 2003
Reader Atari 2600
For as long as I've been playing video games, Canyon Bomber has been one of my favorites for the Atari 2600. It's a very simplistic game that's not deep in the content of its gameplay, but it succeeds in being entertaining and addicting…
retro · October 31, 2003
Reader Atari 2600
The name of the game says it all in the case of Brain Games. Instead of producing the usual arcade blockbuster, a knockoff of a popular television show or movie, or just a game that defined odd (such as Plaque Attack or Custer's Revenge)…
retro · October 31, 2003
Reader Atari 2600
The sport of bowling is a special game. God hasn't made many people who hate losing more than I do, at any game, but especially at those that I like a lot. I hate that side of myself, but I've learned to live with it. I've also learned to…
retro · October 31, 2003
Reader Atari 2600
Like all of the sports games for Atari 2600, Basketball is as basic as it can get. It looks absurd and it's terribly dated, but it can still be a little bit of fun, believe it or not. The graphics in Basketball are nothing to brag about at…
retro · October 31, 2003
Reader Atari 2600
Like most of the popular arcade hits that were ever made for the Atari 2600 console, Asteroids is a pure classic. In Asteroids, you get to take the controls of a triangular shaped ship that is stationed in outer space. Surrounding the ship…
retro · October 31, 2003
Reader Atari 2600
Adventures of Tron is an adventure unlike any you have ever seen before. But then again, this is an Atari 2600 game, and back in those days, anything, no matter how mindless, unique, or out of this world it was, it was easily accepted and…
retro · October 31, 2003
Reader Atari 2600
I'm sure most of you already know how to play tic-tac-toe. If you don't, I feel sorry for you because it's a classic time passer that can get somewhat competitive. By the way, it can also be fun. In tic-tac-toe, you draw a big square and…
retro · October 31, 2003
Staff Game Boy Advance
Scouring the libraries of the original GameBoy, Sega’s Game Gear, Atari’s Lynx and the NeoGeo Pocket yields precious little. Finding a portable shooter has always been akin to a diehard gamer finding a girlfriend. And finding an…
Marc Golding · October 30, 2003
Staff Nintendo 64
This game’s existence will surprise many people, on many levels. One, it’s an N64 shooter available in North America. When I informed a handful of fellow gamers that I was engaged in shoot-em-up action for the big N’s ill-supported…
Marc Golding · October 30, 2003
