From the forum issue 124 - Favourite Activision game

[deadpan666]

I've always liked Crackpots! Even those annoying green spider bits that eventually finish me off!

[paranoid marvin]

Frostbite (2600)

How could I have missed that one.

me too! I had discovered it on the PSP collection and basically it was the only game I was playing. Simple and addictive.

Frostbite is pure quality. When you get to the later levels (100k+) you can leap literally half way across the screen. It's that fast that it becomes hypnotic.

[the_hawk]

Wow, how'd I miss this thread for so long.

LOVE the Activision games on the 2600 & I'm really looking forward to the article.

I love River Raid & HERO, but there's a special place in my heart for KABOOM! I love how fast & furious it gets & the paddle is so responsive you feel like a Jedi master on later levels.

[the_hawk]

Oh and Skylanders. *runs & hides*

[samhain81]

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[Doddsy]

Enduro Racer for the ZX Spectrum. Bags of playability + large sprites that moved with speed = one of the few conversions that got it right.

[paranoid marvin]

Enduro Racer for the ZX Spectrum. Bags of playability + large sprites that moved with speed = one of the few conversions that got it right.

And let us all laugh at the C64 version!

[craigy132]

spider fighter 2600 - brilliant, fast shoot em up

[GarryG]

It has to be Pitfall, a 2600 remnant that I remember still plaing on my 800XL, and it stood head-and-shoulders above a lot of the newer games...

[Lost Dragon]

Right now it's a toss up between Little Computer People and Hacker. I had so much fun playing these innovative games! I'll go for Hacker. I return to that game more frequently and because I've still never completed it! Is it even possible to complete it??

It is, but if your playing A8 version, best have a printer connected to your computer......

I'm going to go for Pastfinder (though Hacker and H.E.R.O came close).Did'nt look like anything special and controls took a while to get used to, but once mastered it became clear that practice paid off.One of the most rewarding games of it's time, yet sadly also the most ignored.

[sidney]

On the 2600 it has to be Pitfall 1,2 and Enduro, Enduro is a superb little racer!