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I work for "Atari" =D
Playing a Classic like Warlords with a joystick makes baby jesus cry.
And why the heck dont they give us the superior arcade versions of the ported games instead? They have not aged as poorly as 2600 games have...
When will these drunkards ever learn that reviving the Atari name has very little do to with regurgitating old shit for the Nth time and much more to do with releasing/producing NEW titles that are worth a damn?
Never, it seems.
I was really happy there for a second..
It has Food Fight. That's reason enough to own it unless you have the real thing.
http://coinop.org/KB/GfxMame/Cabinets/foodf.png
Agreed. Respect for the Food Fight.
GAMESPOT says there will be a whopping 85 games total on this Flashback system, which contradicts what the Atari page proclaims.
It's not like they don't release new stuff. They publish some quality games. It's too bad no one bought Kya: Dark Lineage.Quote:
Originally Posted by haohmaru
Oh, and Agent X, I'm curious as to which game you named yourself after. Atari's Agent X or the Spectrum/C64 series?
It says 20 titles for the flashback and the rest are on the Atari Anthology for the PS2 and Xbox consoles.Quote:
Originally Posted by Super-Eggroll
Ah, so it does. Sometimes it pays to read the whole text instead of skimming through looking for keywords. Good eye there, gamevet.Quote:
Originally Posted by gamevet
Disrespect for the Food Fight:
http://www.arcade-classics.com/gamer...dfight/ff4.jpg
I don't think Planet Smashers is too bad. The graphics aren't anything to write home about (although it does have some big bosses), and the sounds are rather weak even by 7800 standards. Still, the gameplay is solid. It's actually pretty challenging on the hard skill level.Quote:
Originally Posted by NeoZeedeater
I do agree with Scrapyard Dog or Ninja Golf being better choices, as they're generally regarded as being very good games, and represent genres that are otherwise deficient from the game selection on this console. This machine's already got several good shoot-em-ups; we really didn't need another one here. That, and I don't own the 7800 cartridges of Scrapyard Dog or Ninja Golf already. :) (I do have Scrapyard Dog for Lynx, though.)
With regard to the other games, Alien Brigade and Meltdown would've required a light gun, and Jinks isn't an Atari property. If Atari was going to pony up the cash for licensing another game from the 7800's back catalog (that they don't inherently own the rights to), I would've recommended BallBlazer from LucasArts, or maybe Joust from Williams (now Midway). Both of those games would've made good use of this unit's two joysticks for head-to-head fun.
I'm glad they decided to include Saboteur for the 2600 on there. I discussed Saboteur (and The A-Team) in this thread from the Gaming Age message board. It's worth reading if you've got any interest in either classic Atari 2600 games or Mr. T. :D
[thumb]http://www.atariage.com/store/images/2600_Saboteur_box.jpg[/thumb]
It would be Atari's "Agent X", a.k.a. Cloak & Dagger. I liked the Cloak & Dagger movie, which has a truckload of Atari references, but I've never played the video game--I just thought the name sounded cool. :) Also, at the time I started using that name, I was closely following VM Labs' NUON technology, which was known as "Project X" at the time. When a few message boards started popping up that were covering Project X, I wanted to choose a name that sounded like it went along with it.Quote:
Originally Posted by NeoZeedeater