The Video Game Critic

What do you think is the best Adventure game on the Atari 2600? I don't count the unreleased AD&D prototypes.

I think the old reliale ADVENTURE was never really topped myself. The random game #3 made it forever replayable. I didn't really like the homebrew Adventure 2, too difficult. I guess second place would go to PITFALL 2, if you consider that adventure. And believe it or not #3 is E.T! Yes, E.T! Live with it!

BTW, has anyone ever attempted to make an RPG for the 2600? That would certainly be a challenge!

For Adventure 2, do you mean Adventure Plus??

The thing that destroys Adventure Plus for me is that the dragons are too difficult. If you see a dragon, BAM, you're dead, no questions asked. I really wanted to like this game, but making the dragons unescapable ruins it.

Anyway, my vote goes to "Ghost Manor". A childhood favorite, still plays well today.

[QUOTE] BTW, has anyone ever attempted to make an RPG for the 2600? That would certainly be a challenge![/QUOTE]

Dragon Stomper is a full-fledged RPG.

i would have to say 'adventure'.  it used to scare the crap out of me when i'd move from one screen to another and have a dragon waiting for me with its jaws chomping (i scared easily as a kid...i used to draw the shades when the dreaded snail-moving sleestacks attacked in 'Land of the Lost'...if i'm not mistaken, sleestack's main weapon was shooting rubber bands).

i also liked 'raiders of the lost ark'. i loved 'treasure of tarmin' on the INTV; it's too bad it was never released for the 2600.

http://www.atariprotos.com/2600/software/treasureoftarmin/treasureoftarmin.htm 

I was a Land of the Lost fan too. Got all 3 DVD seasons (I recommend!). My pre-teen kids also enjoy the show so I know it isn't just nostalgia.

Coincidentally (in the Adventure themed thread) I had an idea to use the 5200 AdvII engine for a Land of the Lost game. If anyone is interested in hearing the idea, reply and I'll post some of it. If not, I won't pollute the thread any more.

I normally hate it when threads go off on a tangent, but I too, as a Dinosaur lover all my life LOVED the old LAND OF THE LOST TV show.."Marshall Will and Holly, on a routine expedition...!" Who can forget that song? While the stop motion dinosaurs look silly by todays standards, "Grumpy" was AWESOME back then and the show was actually GREAT Sci-Fi! Remember the show when Will found notes from one of Geroge Washingtons men who fell through the portal first and named the SLEESTAK?! That was so cool! The plot twists and turns kept us glued to the end. Too bad the "new" LOTL sucked so bad. I think a great adventure game,based on the old series, could be made! This was the best Kroft show ever made, though I liked H.R. Puffnstuff, the Bugaboos and ESPECIALLY THE LOST SAUCER, that was hilarious-ah,Saturday morning in the 70's!
You kids today will never know the simple pleasures!

Sorry, bumping this thread. I miss Alienblue.

Suicide Adventure. That game is crazy hard. You can be as fast as you can be and that will help, but you need a lot of luck in this thing. I bought it from AA years ago. I still haven't beaten the damn thing.