Ranking the 9 Atari VCS Release Games from 1977 | Nostalgia Galore!

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  @adm712 · 3 years ago

  Younger generations will never know the joy of walking at that pick up counter at Toys R US, picking up these games and holding the box in anticipation in that station wagon ride home.

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• AG

  @AGBTNG_8268 · 9 months ago

  I was born in 1999 and when I wanted a game console I was given my moms 2600 and I played the hell out of it. I actually love the 2600

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  @Atari2600_Dude · 3 years ago

  Solid rankings. I played a ton of air sea battle, surround and indy 500 back in the day as a kid. Younger generations will never know that just being able to control a dot on a TV was mind blowing back then.

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  @snuf23 · 3 years ago

  Surround has a special place in my heart because it had the "video graffiti" mode, which allowed you to use the Atari as a rudimentary drawing program. A little over ten years later, I'd be using Photoshop as a professional graphic designer but it all started with the 2600.

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  @DavpaCoX · 3 years ago

  While I don't disagree with Basic Math at the bottom of a gaming list, I do have to say that I "played" it a lot.  That cart was my flash cards, learning my times tables and just getting faster at doing basic math in my head without having to stop and think about it.  It wasn't fun but it was such a helpful tool for me at 5 years old in 1977.

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• IU

  @IuriFiedoruk · 3 years ago

  I have to agree with Air Sea Battle as #1. That was a really fun game to play with friends.

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• SE

  @seeulatergaming385 · 3 years ago (edited)

  For me, these games were magical as a kid. I would stare at the box art for hours and use my imagination while playing the game. We had to as 70s kids. I laugh when I hear comments like "ET is the worst game ever!". It tells me the persons age, and just reminds me how good I had it as a kid. Thanks for mentioning Street Racer! We played that game for hours at a time! See you at SFGE in a few weeks!

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  @10MARC · 3 years ago

  Pretty accurate ratings, really. I would personally do Combat as #1, mainly because I played about a Zillion hours of it back in the day.

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• KA

  @kalvinravn8431 · 3 years ago

  We at the time in the late seventies and very early eighties didn’t know what we were supposedly missing because this was all we had. We also played with sticks and liked it….

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  @stephens4175 · 3 years ago

  I grew up during the beginnings of the Atari 2600 and I love Air Sea battle and Indy 500 and Combat, those 3 alone were a great time for 2 people and a great video game time.  loved this, keep up the great work, younger generations today don't know what it was like back then when this was a new idea and a big change from playing board games.

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• MA

  @markracer3281 · 3 years ago

  Air-Sea Battle was and still is awesome and my number one pick as well...  And yes, I'm a Gen-Boomer who lived and experienced the Atari 2600 from the beginning.   I still own my CIB "Promotional Use Only - Not For Resale" 2600 from Sunnyvale, CA.  Apparently, my father was on the west coast back in the Atari era heydays and decided to purchase a new Ford Mustang...  As part of the purchase price, a free Atari 2600 came with the package and I still own it to this day...  And yes, it still operational in all its glory...  Thank you, Jon for the memories...🙂

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  @gardengreatness1457 · 3 years ago

  I remember what a treat it was to play an arcade game. Then the Atari came out and kids were in line at stores to play the demos. We got ours a few years after the release of the system and we had the best Christmas ever.<br><br>The whole family could play and it was awesome as new games came out seeing the improved graphics. We broke so many controllers that I lost count.<br><br>This was just a magical time and you had to be there to appreciate it.

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