Atari 2600 Shmups?

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Atari 2600 Shmups?

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I've been playing Demon Attack recently, but I haven't played much of Atari to know what shmups are out there for it.

Does anyone have a list? And hopefully one of decent games.
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Chopper Command kinda rules.
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I'm not sure but I think I remember playing River Raid on the old 2600. And a kind of shmup I use to play alot was Seaquest. Also Yars Revenge might be one.
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Spider Fighter!!!! One of my all time favorites for the 2600. Also, Pheonix, and a legitimate side scroller...Vanguard..both top and side scrolling for that matter.
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Astroblast
Laser Blast
Chopper Command
Defender
Stargate
Galaxian
Space Invaders
Asteroids
River Raid
River Raid II
Gorf
Centepede
Millipede
Moon Patrol
Phoenix
Solaris
Time Pilot
Vanguard
Zaxxon
The Empire Strikes Back
Star Wars: The Arcade Game
Stargunner
Starmaster

Those are the shmups and boarderline shmups that came to mind.
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Post by Edge »

Megamania is my personal favorite on the old Atari 2600.
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Solar Storm by Imagic. My personal favorite. Totally awesome box cover! Wish I could find it again.

You played with a paddle. The ship fire was like a lightning bolt - not a bullet, but a ZAP!!!. Problem was: most of the enemies had the SAME attack! And they moved really fast. It really kept you on your toes. One of these days I'm getting an Atari Flashback 2 and hacking it! I still have a ton of dandies including SS, Beamrider, Gorf and Turmoil.

Side note: I wish w/ all of the new games being developed over at Atariage.com they'd create some new crazy dark maze game like Alien or Mattell's Night Stalker.
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The Coop wrote:Those are the shmups and boarderline shmups that came to mind.
You forgot one of the best: Beamrider
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The Millipede on that system is really something!
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Spider Fighter has always been my favourite.
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Spider Fighter, for a 2600 game it's so damned intense.
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Two of my personal favorites are:

Yar´s Revenge (utterly brillant)
Snoopy and the Red baron (Defender variant with some of the best visuals on the system).
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And another vote for Spider Fighter, discovered this gem thanks to the Activision Anthology. :)
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Post by Edge »

Never played Spider Fighter, but reading all those positive responses, maybe I should try this one out on emu.
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Post by al138 »

Don't forget Activision's Megamania! It is an absolute classic, and if you ever get a chance to see the US television spot for it, do so! The Sammy Hagar reject featured on the commercial is no end of funny!
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Re: Atari 2600 Shmups?

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We talked about this last year. My favoraite system is the 2600 and I've got two hooked up in my house. Here is the previous thread:

http://shmups.system11.org/viewtopic.php?t=7454
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I've never played Beamrider or Spider Fighter, but after reading that old thread, I think I might have to...
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Post by dave4shmups »

The 2600 has more high-quality shmups then most people probably think it does.

The 2600 ports of Phoenix, Pleiades, and Galaxian (in particular) are all superior to the arcade originals, so grab those. Subterranea is a great Defender clone, and Laser Gates is fantastic as well. Good stuff! :D
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Post by bay »

river raid made me what i am today...
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