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I still remember when I was a kid, every body had a 2600... except me. My mom had a drinking buddies' house that we used to go to. They had a 2600, and I used to love Pitfall, Smurfs, and Maze Craze! That was some fun. I always got beat in two player combat, though.
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I have a photo somewhere of me playing Q*bert on a VCS sitting in a walker (back when they were legal) so I guess that was my first gaming console, but the first that I can remeber, and the one that got me hooked was the NES.
 
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Oh yes, Q*Bert! That was another game I used to love. I have it for the NES now, and that is one difficult game. The first system I actually owned was also an NES. I still can't quit playing it! It had the most fun games ever!
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Yep, I have it for NES as well, and like you, the first console I owned was the NES, and I agree fully that it is the most fun.
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I'm not sure how much 2600 you ever played, but I found some really cool games for it. One of them on discovered on Activision Classics and never played the actual cartridge. It was called Hero. It was level by level like an NES game, and was very playable. I also discovered a game called Crossbow, where you had to protect your men who are crossing terrain. What fun!
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I know Hero, a friend of mine collects Atari carts, and if I were estimate I would say he has over 1000 of them, so chances are, I have access to most games you can name :)
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Nice. Why did people not like E.T.? I thought that was a pretty cool game. As was Raiders of the Lost Ark.
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I can tell you from experience, people did not like E.T. (I had a few copies of it) because it was terrible, and there is no way of knowing what you're supposed to do. and why the men come after you... and what's with those little junks you pick up... that whole game just confuses me! :P
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All the items have a purpose. If I remember right, there are three parts of a telephone. You know, to phone home. The people were chasing you because you were and alien. And right now, I'm having a brain fart about the Reese's pieces. But you had to assemble the phone, then find the place where your alien buddies would pick you up. You could also get an item that would make the people leave the screen. I can't remember what that was, though. I thought it was quite fun. I know alot of people hated it.
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ah, I think it's starting to make sense, due to the terrible graphics I didn't know what those pieces were :P
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:D True, it was hard to make the stuff out. Heehehe. I wonder how many other people just didn't understand it? Oh well.
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I think that was reason most people didn't like it, now that it's been explained it seems like it could have been a decent game.
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Atari 2600 ruled! My favorite game was 'Space Invaders' and I used to be so good at it that I could max out the score at least twice. "Pit-fall' and 'Moon Patrol' were great fun also. 'Raiders of the Lost Ark' was probably the system's best adventure game, unfortunately I could never figure out how to finish it. [WARNING Attempt to defend E.T. printed below] As for 'E.T.', I liked it so I guess that pretty much disqualifies me as a writer for EGM. The game wasn't that hard to figure out. Back in those days you needed a booklet to understand what was going on, and believe me E.T. is A LOT easier to figure out than 'Raiders of the Lost Ark'. Your goal: be E.T.- collect the 3 "phone pieces"- find the area where you "phone home" - get to the "landing pad" before time expires- don't get caught while doing it. The changing "symbols" at the top of the screen represent the action that E.T. can perform in that area. The 2 people after you are the government agent (he steals your phone pieces and candy) and the scientist (he abducts you, takes you to his lab and "probes" you)- Luckily the "probing had no effect on E.T.'s wellbeing. The "candy" restores E.T.'s health when you press the button in the right area, or give it to Elliot and he'll trade for a phone piece if you collect 9 reeses pieces. Yes, falling in the wells was irritating and the humans are relentless, but E.T. was certainly playable and beatable, and had the best sound for just about any Atari game. Now it's not such a bad game afterall. Sure beats the hell out of 'Freeway'.
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DUDE!!! Check it out!!! Somebody else who likes E.T.!!!! That's awesome!!! Welcome to NESfiles, d*mn it!
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I think I'll have to see if my friend has an E.T. cart around and give it a shot now that it's been explained a few times. Thanks guys :)
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I still have a working one and play space invaders, centipede and seaquest sometimes, but E.T. and Superman suck i hate those games.
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"SUPERGODZILLA" wrote:I still have a working one and play space invaders, centipede and seaquest sometimes, but E.T. and Superman suck i hate those games. I can't deny that the 2600 had good games, but for the most part the graphics were just too terrible to do a lot of the things they tried to do with it. E.T. for example :P and the whole single button input was just a little too simplistic, it also limited gameplay.
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Yeah, it was limited for sure. The thing about the 2600 was it was a great stepping stone for all gaming to come. It had some fun games (or at least some fun memories :D)!
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it's also more or less responsible for console gaming today. Did you know that Nintendo originally approached Atari to produce the NES?
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"NES-Luke" wrote:it's also more or less responsible for console gaming today.
Did you know that Nintendo originally approached Atari to produce the NES? Now that's a fact I didn't know! Huh. I guess it makes sense, though. Atari was already in the gaming industry, and Nintendo was just trying to get in. Interesting stuff!
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