Favourite Games!

[Atari74user]

Let me see here, this will be Bitmap Brothers heavy I am sure, so let me get them out of the way, in no particular order:

1. Speedball I and II
2. Xenon I and II
3. Gods
4. The Chaos Engine
5. Turrican I and II
6. Kult
7. Blood Money
8. R-Type
9. St. Dragon
10. Nebulus

OK, I have cheated a little, and I could keep going with a few more, Sensible Soccer, Rainbow Islands, Bomb Jack, Prince of Persia and IK+ should get a mention....damn it, Top 10 is too hard!

[yerzmyey]

For Atari ST it would be

- "GODS"
- the DOOM-like game... what was it. Ah, "Destruction imminent". Although later it gets stupidly hard.
- I should add "Wolfenstein 3D" although it works only on emulator which sucks. Annoingly, it also works very well on Atari Falcon (too fast, obviously).

[pnr8uk]

1. The Secret Of Monkey Island
2. ESP Football Masters
3. st.UMPED - STOS game written by R.Hill
4. SkyStrike Plus
5. GODS
6. F-29 Retaliator
7. PowerMonger
8. Grandad and the Search For The Sandwiches
9. PaperBoy
10. Double Dragon

[Eero Tamminen]

I should add "Wolfenstein 3D" although it works only on emulator which sucks. Annoingly, it also works very well on Atari Falcon (too fast, obviously).

I haven't heard that it doesn't work on real ST/STE. What is the problem?

(If it doesn't work on real HW, it shouldn't work on emulator either, otherwise emulator is inaccurate.)

[yerzmyey]

I haven't heard that it doesn't work on real ST/STE. What is the problem?
(If it doesn't work on real HW, it shouldn't work on emulator either, otherwise emulator is inaccurate.)

Oh no, I only meant - it doesn't work on my particular machines.

The only thing I can think of is HDD. Or satandisk, to be exact.
It might be too slow - I dunno - or it could be the veeeeeeeeeeery typical problem of the logical cluster's size.
Ah well.

[Retrogamer_ST]

For top 10 i would choose

1.Damocles
2.Mercenary III
3.Mercenary Compendium
4.Carrier Command
5.Vroom
6.Lombard RAC Rally
7.Lotus Turbo III
8.Microprose Golf
9.Stunt Car Racer
10.Hunter

[AtariZoll]

For top 10 i would choose

1.Damocles
2.Mercenary III
3.Mercenary Compendium
4.Carrier Command
5.Vroom
6.Lombard RAC Rally
7.Lotus Turbo III
8.Microprose Golf
9.Stunt Car Racer
10.Hunter

3D only satisfies you

[Retrogamer_ST]

That's not so much because of the 3D, every one of them was truly awesome games that recived top scores in just about every review. I would have add another 3D game at the 11th place, Simulcra and another 3D game at the 12th place, F16 Falcon.

But you're right, i enjoyed 3D games very much back then (and today too off course).

[StanZ]

Not a top 10 but my favourite:

Goldrunner 1
Zac Mc Kraken
Speedball 1
Xenon 1
Nebulus
Deflektor
Super Sprint
Eliminator
Stunt Car Racer
Rockford!
Super Hang On
Mouse Trap
Buggy boy
Captain Blood
Krypton Egg
Night Hunter
Pool (Microdeal)
Impact (teh cool)

[siriushardware]

Top 10:

1. F-19 Stealth Fighter (without a doubt truly great, I just dusted down my old ST today and booted this up )
....

8. Flight of the Intruder

Nice to see some flight sims in this list, including a serious / heavyweight one (Flight Of The Intruder) - I would always include 'Falcon' (Spectrum Holobyte) and 'Gunship'. F19 was a good, often tense game... I used to fly into a huff if just one enemy radar managed to paint me at any point during the mission, and it was a point of honour never to have to use any ordnance or countermeasures except what was required to hit the primary target.

...Although the ST suffered badly from the lack of an analogue stick when it came to flying sims. Landing was always a particular nightmare without being able to make the smooth, small tweaks and adjustments required on approach.

Once I'd played Falcon 3 with an analogue stick on a reasonably good PC, I found I just couldn't 'fly' sims on the Atari any more. I own original copies of 'Flight Of The Intruder' for both ST and PC. On the ST, I loved the game but hated the poor control from a switched stick, so I bought it again for the PC.

[Askja]

if I must bring only 10 games with my Atari on a desert island for the rest of my life...

1. Dungeon master / CSB
2. Carrier command
3. Millenium 2.2
4. Elite 2
5. Captive
6. Railroad tycoon
7. sensible soccer
8. Mega-lo-mania
9. Midwinter
10. Advanced destroyer simulator (ADS)

[Goodolddays]

Barbarian was so under rated

[Dan1975]

Wow reading thru this brings back some memories! My top ten based mostly on how much I played them but not in any particular order are:-

1. Championship Manager
2. Sensible Soccer
3. Sim City
4. Panza Kick Boxing
5. Microprose Grand Prix
6. Jimmy White's Snooker
7. Flames of Freedom
8. Rock Star Ate My Hamster
9. Monkey Island
10. Xenon 2

Could go on and on though!

[TheDoodler]

Encounter!

One of the first ever First-Person Shooter games made!
(Made in 1983 for the Atari 800, similar to Battlezone for the Arcade)

How do you think it stacks up next to later FPS games from the early nineties (Wolfenstein 3D, Doom, or Heretic,) the late 90's (Goldeneye, Shadows of the Empire, Perfect Dark), or the modern era (Battlefront, Battlefield, Call of Duty, Halo, Destiny)?

Here's a Let's Play my buddy and I did of Encounter! www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8mCY24UgBk

[LaceySnr]

Here's a Let's Play my buddy and I did of Encounter! www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8mCY24UgBk

That was genuinely hilarious Going to try this out this weekend!

[boyflea]

Hi,
came here to see about 'Dungoen Master' and glad that it features in most people's top-ten, so, for the record, here is mine too:
1/ Dungoen Master
2/ Captive
3/ Lords of Chaos
4/ Carrier Command
5/ Sensible Soccer
6/ Zak McKraken and the Alien Mindbenders
7/ Xenon
8/ Hard Drivin'
9/ F-19 Falcon
10/ Captain Blood

Zo Kath Ra!

[AtariZoll]

Hi,
..
9/ F-19 Falcon
,,

No such game. You need to choose between F-16 Falcon (official name is Falcon only) and F-19 Stealth Fighter

[stormy]

1. F-19 Stealth Fighter
2. Loom
3. Monkey Island
4. Flood
5. Magic pockets
6. Lemmings
7. Cannon Fodder
8. Sim City
9. Civilization
10. Elite 2 Frontier

[Murugan]

Has to be Hunter and Xenon 1 for me...

[sadsack5000]

1. Dungeon Master
2. Captive
3. Verminator
4. Ranarama
5. Strider
6. Switchblade
7. Sensible world of soccer
8. Speedball II
9. Spindizzy worlds
10. Chubby Gristle (Daft but the first ST game i ever played so it had to make the list)

[Jondi]

1. Dungeon Master / Chaos strikes back
2. Monkey Island
3. Dragons Breath
4. Midwinter 2 (Flames of freedom)
5. Turrican 2
6. Colonel´s Bequest
7. Kick off 2
8. Zak McKracken
9. Stunt Car Racer
10. Nitro

[msamiullah]

1- Super mario Bros.
2- Contra
3- Batman The Video game
4- Super mario Galaxy 1 & 2
5- Sonic for Genesis
6- Aladdin for Genesis

[WizzBit]

Going to add mine, for the record, as a new member:

1. Dungeon Master
2. Carrier Command
3. Captive
4. Virus
5. Oids
6. Supersprint
7. Buggy Boy
8. Speedball 1
9. Cadaver
10. Gauntlet

[Hazzardus]

Going to add mine, for the record, as a new member:

1. Dungeon Master
2. Carrier Command
3. Captive
4. Virus
5. Oids
6. Supersprint
7. Buggy Boy
8. Speedball 1
9. Cadaver
10. Gauntlet

Surprised you didn't say Wizzball in that one, or Wizzkid .

Could never get Buggy Boy to work on my 520STFM with 2MB ram, but It worked fine on my mates 2MB STE and the 1040 STFM?

Cadaver was amazing also, so was SB 1, amazing what they could do with a 16 colour pallete.

[SteveC]

Hi all,

What A nice little game! And Cpu opponents ( 3/4 of! ) better than Air 2 air combat!

http://www.atarilegend.com/games/games_ ... me_id=3881

Regards

Ashley

Thanks Ashley, glad you liked it

While I'm here.. my top 10:

1. Kick Off 2
2. Speedball 1
3. Oids
4. Stunt Car Racer
5. Lemmings
6. Ultima IV
7. Defender of the Crown
8. IK+
9. ATF II
10. Millenium 2.2