I have fond memories of my old Atari 2600 system, as a child, but once the Nintendo came out, there was no turning back. Beyond better graphics, the NES offered the level of challenge that I could not pass up. Many of those games where brutally unfair to gamers, and had problems that forced the players to think outside the box. Years later (around the mid-90s) I replayed them, but the NES made me so skilled and spoiled, that it became more of a novelty, then anything else.
This is the site for the Atari 2600 Label Maker, and these are what I made with it:





The only thing missing are fake screen shots for this imaginary game, but this is still good.
I like to thank James Maliszewski (from Grognardia) for showing me the link for Adventure! I have never played it until recently.
In my Atari years, I would have eventually flipped the game, but now, I had that game beat when I discovered the patterns, and flipped it (playing all difficulties, with both handicaps on and off) within a few hours. Its so funny killing the dragons with the bat, while its carrying the lance. In my mind's eye, I picture the hero (a blip on the screen) holding the bat by the wing-tip, while it flaps its other wing profusely, as it aimless waves the lance (the pointy stick) around. LOL
Those labels are crazy great.
ReplyDeleteI would've KILLED to play that game as a wee one.