The weird thing is that it’s a fun title to play even now and despite its simplicity.
The original looks a lot less polished it’s hard to believe this was a game at all looking at the screenshot below! Some of you might have played the remake of Haunted House on the Wii in recent years. The castles are well thought out and differ enough to keep the game fresh. If an enemy eats a gem, then you can’t get that all-important bonus at the end of the level, so make sure you collect them before any filthy henchmen get their mouths around them.Ĭrystal Castles has a couple of neat little easter eggs hidden away for the player to find (no clues from us as to what these are – that would spoil the fun!) and is a fun little title to play through.
Some of the bad guys that you will encounter as you play through the game are dancing skeletons, nasty trees, and gem eaters. It features Bently Bear, arguably the bravest bear in Video Games apart from that ninja lad from the new Pokemon Sword & Shield upgrade.īentley must make his way through 37 different castles, collecting gems and avoiding bad guys. They took their name from the next title in our list of the best Atari 2600 games, though sadly none of the band members were bears.Ĭrystal Castles was one of the very first arcade games that actually had an ending that you could work towards. No, Atari didn’t make a game about that electronic band from Canada that were big in the late ’00s. The original arcade unit sold over 70’000 units over the course of its life, and Asteroids went on to become one of the most played and best Atari 2600 games on the home console circuit. The spaceship needs the player to engage thrusters to move and can drift in a single direction for a while, leaving you to shoot everything in sight. Well, it would be simple if the bloomin’ asteroids didn’t shoot off into loads of tiny asteroids or drop below the screen to appear at the top a second later! If you hit a galactic rock or get blasted by an alien, you die. It’s time for a multidirectional space shooter! Ok, So it’s hardly Lylat Wars and looks a little like marshmallow hunting in space, but this was cutting edge stuff back in 1979!Įveryone wanted to be Han Solo after the success of the first two Star Wars Movie, and this gave young space fans the chance to head out on Asteroid-smashing adventures.Īs the player, you must fly a spaceship around blasting Asteroids and avoid flying saucers. There are times when you’ll feel like you’re playing Flappy Bird and want to break your joystick into millions of pieces.Īnd with 5 different difficulties to have a bash at, there’s plenty to be keeping you occupied! 23. That last one sounds most epic, but it’s also a tough cookie to crack.įlying through the gravitational pulls in this game is no easy task either. Firstly, you can kill off the enemies on each planet, or do a kind of ‘Death Star run’ on the alien base at the centre of the problem and make it out before you die in the explosion. Take back your homeland (sorry, I’ve just watched the Hobbit)… I mean take back the solar systems he has captured, but watch out for the explosive reactors he’s left behind after blowing up planets.
So, Gravitar is trying to cause havoc in the universe, and it’s up to you to bring him to heel. Gravitar takes the 23rd spot in our best Atari 2600 games list, bringing all the classic arcade action to your sofa. …though it’s mostly because they’re my favourite games and they’re awesome! I’ve listed my favourite titles for this iconic console below along with a few facts about why they’ve made this list of the best Atari 2600 games of all time… So, in a rare turn of events, I’m going to stop my waffling here and crack straight on with the article. It’s considered to be one of the founding fathers of the golden age of gaming, and many of the titles in this list have influenced other games, spawned impressive sequels, boosted careers, and shaped the way we game today. In 1980, this console made a whopping $2-billion in sales, and by the end of 1982, Atari had sole 10-million units. This iconic console put the magic of gaming cabinets in players palms from the moment that they woke up until sleep forced them to put down their joystick for a couple of hours. If you’re looking to bring the spirit of the arcade into your living room, then finding out what the best Atari 2600 games of all time are is a great start.
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