Atari 2600 is were it was at.

[JohnnyLingo]

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This game was the bomb. I remember playing it at a friend's house... it was on a tape. Not sure what system it was.

[Commando]

We bought a Coleco back in 1983. I hadn't played an Atari before that. A kid around the corner had one and it was obviously totally ghetto compared to the kick ass Coleco. Coleco had this awesome game called Ladybug. Donkey Kong Jr and Time Pilot were also well done.

We too had the Colecovision! We didn't have Time Pilot, but we did have Ladybug, Donkey Kong, Donkey Kong Jr., Mousetrap, Zaxxon, and Smurfs. It was amazing.

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[falafel]

We too had the Colecovision! We didn't have Time Pilot, but we did have Ladybug, Donkey Kong, Donkey Kong Jr., Mousetrap, Zaxxon, and Smurfs. It was amazing.

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You and I would have been great friends in the 80s. We had all the same games!

[JohnnyLingo]

That Smurf game has got to be on the list of Worst of All Time. Grass kills you? The only moving enemy is a bird/bat thing? And then once you've rescued Smurfette, you're done. They just start you over again.

Wow.

[HuskyFreeNorthwest]

Pitfall should end the discussion, basically the best game ever made.

[beefytee]

Pitfall should end the discussion, basically the best game ever made.

Agreed.

It makes me want to yell "Awesome, Awesome, Awesome!"

[Jarid in Cedar]

Pitfall should end the discussion, basically the best game ever made.

I loved taht you could stand on the alligator's head. Pitfall was the shizz, but I rated Yar's Revenge slightly higher.

[smokymountainrain]

Pitfall should end the discussion, basically the best game ever made.

I tend to agree with this, but Frogger is an underrated classic as well.

[Fiyero]

A couple of years ago I bought an [ame=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_Flashback]Atari Flashback 2[/ame] on clearance for $6 at Radio Shack. I couldn't play it more than a few times because it nearly bored me to tears. Having grown up with NES, SNES, Sega and Xbox, I couldn't stand how poorly controlled the Atari games were. Threw it away when moving.

[Commando]

That Smurf game has got to be on the list of Worst of All Time. Grass kills you? The only moving enemy is a bird/bat thing? And then once you've rescued Smurfette, you're done. They just start you over again.

Wow.

You can't rate the game unless you played it in its era. sorry.

[JohnnyLingo]

You can't rate the game unless you played it in its era. sorry.

What if I have played other games from its era and it clearly sucks in comparison?

[falafel]

What if I have played other games from its era and it clearly sucks in comparison?

How can you know? You've never played it. What's to compare?

[JohnnyLingo]

How can you know? You've never played it. What's to compare?

See that Youtube video up there? That's the entire game.

[falafel]

See that Youtube video up there? That's the entire game.

But you can't put your fingers on the youtube video and know how difficult it was to time the jump over that grass. I'm serious!

[JohnnyLingo]

But you can't put your fingers on the youtube video and know how difficult it was to time the jump over that grass. I'm serious!

True enough. I will buy a ColecoVision and the game off eBay and give it a whirl.