Halo24013
1994
Drive a car in a person's house while collecting balls/orbs and thats it,not that much to do, if this is supposed to be a tech demo then fine, but considering this has a damn timer and score shows me they legit sold this and said "yes this is a game alrighty, it's about a car, and you Drive it"
Club Drive has awful music and gameplay that just involves a good handling car where you have to constantly drive... and then grab a stupid orb. It's just stupid don't recommend
Played on Atari 50.
Club Drive has awful music and gameplay that just involves a good handling car where you have to constantly drive... and then grab a stupid orb. It's just stupid don't recommend
Played on Atari 50.
1995
Fine enough Kart racer from Atari, not Mario Kart, but going into it expecting Mario Kart is pretty dumb, but gameplay wise it does a good job emulating it and being it's own thing. Biggest criticism i have is the lack of items not being clear as to wtf to do with that, that and the lack the dumb accidental reversing that happens if you break/turn too much.
Still though it's a fine Kart racer.
Still though it's a fine Kart racer.
1982
800:
Just plays like the 2600 game though flows better, still overall the stupid floaty jump just causes it to be unfun to play, I want to have security that my jump won't kill me because I went too forward and died due to the janky controls.
Don't really recommend playing either version of this game, stick with Donkey
Played on Atari 50.
Just plays like the 2600 game though flows better, still overall the stupid floaty jump just causes it to be unfun to play, I want to have security that my jump won't kill me because I went too forward and died due to the janky controls.
Don't really recommend playing either version of this game, stick with Donkey
Played on Atari 50.
1983
800:
Looks worse and plays worse than the arcade version, why would you want to play a worse version. Just stick with the arcade version as this one just is crap.
Looks worse and plays worse than the arcade version, why would you want to play a worse version. Just stick with the arcade version as this one just is crap.
1983
Fun and simple game where you try to eat ice cream before chefs try to kill you. It's cool that you can protect yourself via throwing fruit, but you need to be careful as the chefs will do the same. It's a very fun and enjoyable Atari Arcade game.
Played on Atari 50
Played on Atari 50
1981
Its a fine experience in terms of being a top down shooter where you try to get your ship to get down to the lowest point of the carverns to activate the bombs and then quickly escape said cavern. While you are fighting against the terrain and maintaining your fuel, I just find it repetitive in a non fun way, just feels like a game where it won't really leave an impact like Asteroids, Star Raider, Solaris, Breakout, etc.
Played on Atari 50.
Played on Atari 50.
Atari 800:
This literally is just a port of the 5200 game, just faster, and yet still with an awful jump, both versions suck all around
Played on Atari 50.
This literally is just a port of the 5200 game, just faster, and yet still with an awful jump, both versions suck all around
Played on Atari 50.
1991
Feels like a first person Afterburner with the cool addition of being in the air or going underwater and attacking enemies above and below, it's a really impressive idea and concept for a game that many future games would improve upon what was shown in Turbo. I have to say it was an enjoyable time to play.
Played on Atari 50.
Played on Atari 50.
1990
7800:
Looks graphically better, but is just so much more tedious with the other cars ramming into you.
I will say that the amount of swerving is pretty stupid, that and the amount of cars that decide to crash into you. I do find it funny for all the people you kill, the game punishes you by making you see who you murdered and what their occupation was, while giving you points for not killing people who were just driving their cars not like a lunatic.
Honestly even though it's a better version of Fatal Run just stick with Sega's Outrun
Looks graphically better, but is just so much more tedious with the other cars ramming into you.
I will say that the amount of swerving is pretty stupid, that and the amount of cars that decide to crash into you. I do find it funny for all the people you kill, the game punishes you by making you see who you murdered and what their occupation was, while giving you points for not killing people who were just driving their cars not like a lunatic.
Honestly even though it's a better version of Fatal Run just stick with Sega's Outrun
1990
Atari Lynx:
While it is an improvement over the 7800 version, the only positive I can give it is that combat and style is better than whatever the hell the 7800 version was trying to be. But this game has the issue of everything on the screen trying to kill you and giving you this stupid Arc attack that causes you to have to reposition yourself when having to take out enemies that usually can take 1 hit to kill, or 2 hits sometimes. The worst thing is the crane claws as they halt your progress and if you so much as barely graze the claw, you're dead. I got to the second level, and I know this game isn't that hard, but honestly the music doesn't make me want to play this. It's a better version of the 7800, but it's meh.
Played on Atari 50
While it is an improvement over the 7800 version, the only positive I can give it is that combat and style is better than whatever the hell the 7800 version was trying to be. But this game has the issue of everything on the screen trying to kill you and giving you this stupid Arc attack that causes you to have to reposition yourself when having to take out enemies that usually can take 1 hit to kill, or 2 hits sometimes. The worst thing is the crane claws as they halt your progress and if you so much as barely graze the claw, you're dead. I got to the second level, and I know this game isn't that hard, but honestly the music doesn't make me want to play this. It's a better version of the 7800, but it's meh.
Played on Atari 50
I won by doing nothing as the CPU is complete crap. The cpu will always fail to hit the ball back at you if you're serving and considering the rule of Volley ball is as you get points you get to serve, you're essentially going to be constantly serving. Real Sports Volleyball is way better then is, also the game is false advertising as you play as dudes, the girl in the Bikini is the referee.
Played on Atari 50
Played on Atari 50
1990
7800:
This game is a load shit that's attempting to be like a 2D sidescroller like Mario but it's just tedious with it's amount bs enemies, and also stupid puzzles. Also the music is awful, not CRAZY BUS bad, but bad in the sense that it just sounds annoying to hear. The game just feels like an awful response to that of Mario and Sonic.
This game is a load shit that's attempting to be like a 2D sidescroller like Mario but it's just tedious with it's amount bs enemies, and also stupid puzzles. Also the music is awful, not CRAZY BUS bad, but bad in the sense that it just sounds annoying to hear. The game just feels like an awful response to that of Mario and Sonic.
1990
Lynx:
The Atari Lynx Version of this game is wayyy better than the 7800 version as it's more a 1v1 with the referees essentially being an extra force to attack you along with your opponent. The game is fun in terms of both playing basket ball and absolutely wrecking your opponent by beating them up. The game features a new knockout system where you punch until a specific point to where you knock out your opponent cold which gives you an advantage to score. The game is a lot more fair and fun as a result. I recommend the Lynx Version of BasketBrawl, but not the 7800 version.
I played this on Atari 50.
The Atari Lynx Version of this game is wayyy better than the 7800 version as it's more a 1v1 with the referees essentially being an extra force to attack you along with your opponent. The game is fun in terms of both playing basket ball and absolutely wrecking your opponent by beating them up. The game features a new knockout system where you punch until a specific point to where you knock out your opponent cold which gives you an advantage to score. The game is a lot more fair and fun as a result. I recommend the Lynx Version of BasketBrawl, but not the 7800 version.
I played this on Atari 50.
1990
Ridiculous Concept game, but it's very fun. You shoot your Golf shot towards the hole, and as you shoot as close as you can, you run towards your ball while fighting other ninjas, frogs, sharks, etc. You have a standard kick, and ninja stars however the stars are limited in the amount you have, and kill enemies upon immediate impact. The game is fun in terms of mixing 2 things that wouldn't make sense to fuse: A sports game with a 2d Side scroller. At the end of every level after you get to the hole, you fight a giant dragon by throwing ninja starts while avoiding breaths of fire, making sure to hit the dragon in the head, with a 3rd person over the shoulder camera angle. It's fun ridiculous game that fuses 2 different concepts for a unique and fun experience.
Play this on Atari 50.
Play this on Atari 50.
1989
7800:
A graphically improved and extended version of the 2600 game as the screen moves along with the player instead of going to different screens like original Zelda, here the game plays more so on 1 huge screen with the objective being find the keys and go down to the next level via ladder, so essentially the same as it's 2600 counter part. However the game throws a lot of enemies and gives you a lot of health which is nice. I enjoyed my time with it, but honestly had more fun with the 2600 version.
A graphically improved and extended version of the 2600 game as the screen moves along with the player instead of going to different screens like original Zelda, here the game plays more so on 1 huge screen with the objective being find the keys and go down to the next level via ladder, so essentially the same as it's 2600 counter part. However the game throws a lot of enemies and gives you a lot of health which is nice. I enjoyed my time with it, but honestly had more fun with the 2600 version.