There were some real gems on the Atari 2600

[Pike]

For example: Yar's Revenge. Good lord Yar's Revenge. It is the year of our lord 2013 and I can sit down and spend three straight hours playing this game.

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What are some of your favorite Atari 2600 games?

[Madame Adequate]

Yar's Revenge!
Super Breakout!
Joust!
Missile Command!
Dig Dug!
Pitfall!

[Shauna]

Centipede was pretty great, as was Battlezone.

[KentaRawr!]

Adventure was pretty great. One of the only games I can think of where you literally carry a tunnel around with you!

[Dr Unne]

What I remember about Yar's Revenge is it came with a comic book or some kind of really in-depth manual that gave it a story and stuff, right? And then you play the game and you're a bug that shoots beams. It didn't make a lot of sense to 6-year-old me.

Best game: Barnstorming (video game) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barnstorming_(video_game))

[Scotty_ffgamer]

I honestly can't remember if I've played any Atari 2600 games. My family had an Atari 7800, but it stopped working/we lost the rf cable for it when I was pretty young. I've always wanted to play Yar's Revenge, though.

I will add that I know I've played updated iterations of Atari 2600 games, I just don't know if I've ever played the actual Atari 2600 versions.

[Ayen]

Asteroids, Black Widow, Pong and Tempest. I told Asteroids it couldn't beat me because I'm an American and the game's speed increased.

[Botchmun]

Custer's revenge.