6,557 reviews · showing 5,881–5,900
Reader Atari 2600
The first time I played Word Zapper, I thought it was some sort of an educational game that was meant to help kids learn how to spell out words. The more I played it, the more I learned that not only is it not educational, it's not even…
retro · October 31, 2003
Reader Atari 2600
I grew up on the Atari 2600 and Video Pinball has always been one of my favorites. I started playing video games real early (I was about 3 or 4, if that old), so I don't remember what the first video game I ever played was, but Video…
retro · October 31, 2003
Reader Atari 2600
Pong fans rejoice! Pong was the first video game that millions of people instantly got hooked on and one of the first games to ever hit the arcades, if not the first. Video Olympics/Pong Sports (same game; some cartridges are named Video…
retro · October 31, 2003
Reader Atari 2600
When a fire starts, it can turn into a deadly situation in a flash, especially when it's a towering skyscraper that has caught aflame. In a matter of minutes, the whole building can come tumbling down. Unfortunately, the same holds true…
retro · October 31, 2003
Reader Atari 2600
When you first turn on the game of Surround and begin playing it, you might wonder how it could possibly be a worthwhile game. All you see is solid, ancient looking blocks that are all the same boring old color. But like the saying goes…
retro · October 31, 2003
Reader Atari 2600
When I was young, there was no real clear line between religion and video games. All I ever did was play video games. The younger years of my life were made up of nothing but the Atari 2600. One of my older brothers is almost seven years…
retro · October 31, 2003
Reader Atari 2600
Humans are among the greediest of creatures. When a burglar breaks into a home or a robber decides to steal from a bank, they fail to believe that they're going to be caught by the police and thrown into jail. Greed completely takes over…
retro · October 31, 2003
Reader Atari 2600
When I was a kid, just about all I ever bought with my own money was video games. Whether it was with the aid of my almost microscopic allowance, my huge bundles of Christmas money, or just finding a dollar on the side of the street, video…
retro · October 31, 2003
Reader Atari 2600
Very few people know and even fewer seem to care that Pitfall! is considered to be the first true 2D platforming adventure and one of the most revolutionary video games of all time; some even say it's the most revolutionary game ever made…
retro · October 31, 2003
Reader Atari 2600
That was the question that most people had to ask after they saw and played this Atari 2600 rendition of the arcade classic for the first time. Pac-Man for the Atari 2600 is the same when it comes to how the game is played, but just about…
retro · October 31, 2003
Reader Atari 2600
Outlaw is one of the many prototype-looking early titles for the Atari 2600. It has graphics that look like something a 5-year-old would draw for an art class, but underneath the troubling looks is a game that can provide a great deal of…
retro · October 31, 2003
Reader Atari 2600
The 80's were just beginning to come into focus and video games had been in existence for only a few years, but they were becoming all the more popular with each passing calendar. The video game industry was like a rock rolling from the…
retro · October 31, 2003
Reader Atari 2600
The Atari 2600's Ms. Pac-Man isn't a perfect clone of the Ms. Pac-Man that everybody knows from the arcades, but it's damn close. Ms. Pac-Man is the sequel to the blockbuster arcade hit, Pac-Man. In Ms. Pac-Man, you get to control a round…
retro · October 31, 2003
Reader Atari 2600
A sneaky little mouse and three furry cats are all hungry. All the mouse wants are a few pieces of cheese, but the cats would rather have a living creature for lunch, such as a mouse! Each of the three felines are extremely greedy; they…
retro · October 31, 2003
Reader Atari 2600
There are some things that I'm automatically drawn to simply by their name and look. When I first read the title of a book called ''The Ultimate History of Video Games'' and saw its cover, it shot straight to the top of my must-get list…
retro · October 31, 2003
Reader Atari 2600
In Missile Command, you control a sort of spaceship that resembles a flashing, horizontal line, or cursor. Your job is to control the various missiles and other spaceships by moving your cursor of a spaceship around the screen and using it…
retro · October 31, 2003
Reader Atari 2600
When we think of things that make a video game different from most others, we typically think of something to do with its gameplay. There are always exceptions, however, and Megamania proves that. Space shooters were a dime a dozen back in…
retro · October 31, 2003
Reader Atari 2600
Unless you know your video game history, you probably thought that Super Mario Bros. for the NES was the first game that featured the unstoppable duo of Mario and Luigi. However, Mario Bros. for the arcade was actually the first title that…
retro · October 31, 2003
Reader Atari 2600
There are not many video games in the history of the industry that have had more clones to come after it than Pac-Man has. None of them seemed to have the worldwide success that Sir Chomps-A-Lot, I mean Pac-Man had, but tons of clones…
retro · October 31, 2003
Reader Atari 2600
When a child gets taken away from its mother, about 99% of moms would just cry all week and call the police, but not kangaroo mothers! Hell no. The bad ass Mother Kangaroo puts on a pair of boxing gloves and sets out on her short-lived…
retro · October 31, 2003
