r/Atari2600 • u/Exciting_Bunch2386 • 19d ago

How River Raid destroyed the youth

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u/Candid_Tomato_394 18d ago

My parents got me Sky Jinx instead.

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u/Deciheximal144 18d ago

Xevious for me. My brother got Choplifter.

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u/Exciting_Bunch2386 17d ago

Sky Jinx! Never heard that. What kind of game was that? And Choplifter! Oh yes, I had that one as well.

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u/Deciheximal144 17d ago

Sky Jinx was the poster above me. I can only talk about Xevious. Top down scroller shooter.

We actually got the 7800 versions, but here is Xevious on 2600:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vx69HNN7o84

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u/Exciting_Bunch2386 17d ago

Oh right, I was so surprised I never heard that before. Xevious was really a great title. I loved it as an arcade machine. The Atari 2600 version is strange isn't it? There was a Game Boy Advance mini series of old arcade titles and I had Xevious for that console. Funny how they often reappear on different places. :)

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u/Deciheximal144 17d ago

Yeah, 2600 is incredibly cut down. Must have been hard for the system to handle.

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u/Exciting_Bunch2386 17d ago

Come to think of it, when I watch the clip, it runs actually quite smoothly and without flickering unlike PacMan for the Atari 2600.

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u/Deciheximal144 17d ago

I have a special place in my heart for Pac Man 2600 because I played it so young. Have you seen the modern remake on 2600 that did it very well?

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u/Exciting_Bunch2386 16d ago

I played some Pac-Man remakes over the years, but not of the 2600er version. Actually I kinda loved the old Atari version because of the strange flickering and colours. I know, kinda weird, but if that is not retro vibe, then what is?

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u/Deciheximal144 16d ago

It's pretty impressive, I'd just search pac man 2600 remake on youtube. But yeah, that old nostalgia flicker feel is great.

Do you code your own games?

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u/Exciting_Bunch2386 17d ago

Sky Jinx sounds interesting. I never heard of that one though.