Underrated Atari 2600 Games

[Su Mcdowall]

ET. The Extra-Terrestrial for the Atari 2600 should be rememberednot as an unceremoniously buried embarrassment, but rather as an underrated,ambitiously designed game that took an ill-advised swan dive into the rapidlydraining game industry pool.

Jason is a retro gaming enthusiast that cut his teeth in 80's arcades before graduating to home consoles with the NES during the magical Christmas of 1987. He enjoys collecting and playing consoles and games from all eras but the 80's and 90's are his bread and butter. After more than 30 years of buying and collecting video game consoles and games he has chosen to document his extensive collection while providing personal retro gaming experiences on his Cartridge Corner blog. Jason is also the Author and Chief Games Writer at VHS Revival. He is an avid concert goer, a 70's/80's horror movie buff, Prince super-fan and an 80's music fan in general. Jason is from Wisconsin and now lives in St. Louis, Missouri with his wife Mary and daughters Grace and Clara.

Nice article on an underrated console. Ninja Golf is one of my favorite games on the system, as is Centipede TB, a homebrew trak ball compatible version of Centipede. Once composite modified, the 7800 is the best way to experience 2600 games.

All things said are true, the RF Adapter, would get interference more than a Sega or a NES. The controller was awful and hurt your hand with prolonged use, the only advantage of the controller was for left handed players, still was hated by all.

Games, if u bought 7800 for only 7800 games, then you either got the best of the arcade from the 2600 days, which if you have asteroids 2600 do you really want a newer version, or some of the weirdest games you have ever seen, scrapyard dog was their answer to super Mario bros.

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