A nice port of the original Intellivision game.
Same as 400?
Compared to 2600, similar visual but nicer audio.
Game starts easy but pretty soon everything is coming for you. It's fun. Recommended! |
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. I've yet to find a playable 400 version. The MSX version has beautiful colors.
On the 5200 version, the enemies disappear amongst the black and white background.
Disappointing ?? |
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An obscure unreleased prototype. Looking at pictures of the arcade version, you can see nice sprites. Due to memory restraints, you get outlines of robots coming at you in 3d.
Yes, it's an obscure Robotron sequel. I actually quite enjoyed this shooter with appropriate "blast" sounds.
Recommended, if you find it! |
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An amazing arcade classic that looks and plays so wonderfully well. It's much prettier and more challenging than the 2600 version we all know and love. The 4-way movement is something you'll either love or hate. |
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I don't care what anybody says, this is a fantastic conversion of the arcade classic. It's easily the best looking of all the 5200 Pac-Man games, with a nice title screen, intermissions, and multicolored sprites. Looks and sounds terrific, plays like a dream. This found its way onto 8-bit floppy disks, which is where I discovered it. |
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A decent translation of Ms Pac-Man, but choppy and slightly sluggish and not as smoothly polished as Pac. Identical to the 8-bit version, a little extra 5200 tweaking would have been nice. |
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One of my go-to games for Atari 5200. A timeless classic, only slightly slower and blockier than the arcade, but a more rewarding experience than any of the rival platforms of the day. Again, why would Atari put Defender on C64, Intellivision and ColecoVision? Whatever. |
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One of the Atari 5200's signature titles, an excellent arcade conversion that is notably better than its 8-bit home computer cousin, as well as later home console releases like NES, Gameboy and Lynx. If you're building a 5200 library, then make Qix one of your first collectables. |
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I get the impression that the Atari 5200, and especially its infamous controller, was designed around Missile Command, Centipede and Star Raiders. This is one of the essential showpiece titles for the system, and with the trackball controller, is nearly identical to the arcade. |
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I loved this game and played it to death. I became so good, in fact, that the levels took forever to load, always adding in more monsters to kill and Mogwais to save. It's a great variant on Robotron with little character touches like the TV set. |
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