What Are The Best Arcade Ports on the Atari 2600?

[racketboy]

Of course, there are a ton of arcade ports, but which ones are actually impressive and hold up well?

[Opa Opa]

I always thought Asteroids held up pretty well. Obviously the Atari cannot replicate the vector graphics but the way the ship will drift gives a good feeling of momentum.

[Hobie-wan]

Warlords. Four play action with the gameplay intact.

[BurningDoom]

Atari 2600 and good arcade ports usually don't go together. That's why systems like Commodore 64 and Colecovision started taking away from Atari 2600's sales. Obviously there's gonna be a few exceptions. But for the most part, arcade ports translated poorly to Atari 2600's limited hardware.

[Opa Opa]

Atari 2600 and good arcade ports usually don't go together. That's why systems like Commodore 64 and Colecovision started taking away from Atari 2600's sales. Obviously there's gonna be a few exceptions. But for the most part, arcade ports translated poorly to Atari 2600's limited hardware.

What? You obviously haven't played Joust on the Atari.

[CRTGAMER]

This is better and more informative then the "Let's Name the Top 100 <Insert the next console here> (Original) Games Together" Thread garbage. Everyone posting their favorites with no reviews or reason.

Back on track, here are two:

PACMAN JR
I am still hunting for this one, the unique mazes compared to the arcade.
http://www.atariage.com/software_page.h ... areID=1098



BREAKOUT
Like Warlords, the 2600 even has the paddles simulating the Arcade Spinner!
http://www.atariage.com/software_page.h ... wareID=889

[D.D.D.]

This is better and more informative then the "Let's Name the Top 100 <Insert the next console here> (Original) Games Together" Thread garbage. Everyone posting their favorites with no reviews or reason.

I've found those interesting due to titles appearing that necessarily wouldn't make an "official" top 100 list. A little variation is nice~

And on the OP, best arcade ports on the 2600?? Can't think of one that isn't significantly better on the next gen of hardware after it.

[Gao]

Stargate has a pretty solid port, as does Ms. Pac-Man, particularly when you compare these to the ports of their predecessors.

[BurningDoom]

Stargate has a pretty solid port, as does Ms. Pac-Man, particularly when you compare these to the ports of their predecessors.

Atari 2600 Ms. Pac-Man is a lot better than the port of Pac-Man, but I still wouldn't call it a good port. It's still a longshot from the actual arcade. I own both.

[Limewater]

Atari 2600 Ms. Pac-Man is a lot better than the port of Pac-Man, but I still wouldn't call it a good port. It's still a longshot from the actual arcade. I own both.

With all of the hacks and workarounds required for each game, they're both pretty impressive.