Atari Fun Continues

The Atari fun continues...

This time...Super Breakout:

I really love playing Super Breakout on doubles. Trying to keep up with both balls is both entertaining and very challenging. And I'm playing it on the computer with a controller. With the joystick on the 2600, I'm sure it's got more nostalgia value. I do really like this game though, I always have.

The first time I can remember actually playing Super Breakout, or any kind of breakout for that matter, was playing the MIDWAY Arcade's Greatest hits. And it was great then...and great now.

Difficult though...but you'd like these games to be a little difficult.

Atari 2600 Centipede

Just play centipede on the Atari 2600. Centipede on this is similar to the arcade game. The graphics are good it's a good clone. I would say this is a pretty good arcade representation of this original game. The first time I played centipede was on the Super Nintendo on a collection of arcade classics. I would say the Atari 2600 version of centipede is pretty good I would recommend it.

Atari Asteroids

Today I played the Atari 2600 version of Asteroids again...just to see how well it played to the arcade version. I know a lot of people don't like the port to the 2600, but I think it is pretty decent. Asteroids is one of my favorite classic video games...and while the home version on the 2600 isn't as hard or as "arcade perfect"...it's pretty good for the time. If I had been a kid at the time, I feel like the Asteroids version for the 2600 would have been great. It's definitely way better than the abomination that is the PAC-MAN port for the 2600. It's a good solid game and I like the fact that the asteroids are different colors as opposed to the original arcade vector graphics. Though...the vector graphics are pretty exquisite if you manage to find a solid original cabinet.

Also, congrats to one of my favorite podcasts...Retro Gaming Roundup, on their 10 year anniversary.