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[madbaker]

Something Positive totally nailed it.
On both sides, says the guy who spent hours playing on his Atari 2600. And who now has Adventure on the phone as a free app.

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[ppfuf.livejournal.com]

What makes me feel really old is that I looked at the tiny screen and knew exactly which game he's trying to show. I loved that game and played it for hours.
Can I remember the name? Took a few minutes but I'm pretty sure it was PitFall. ::sigh::

[madbaker.livejournal.com]

Yes it was. Made by ActiVision, and far superior to most of the Atari games. [/nerd]

[klwilliams.livejournal.com]

Then there's the classic "Die in a Pit".

[aimeric.livejournal.com]

Many of the Atari 2600 games don't hold up today (Pitfall doesn't; Pitfall II's a bit better), but there are a few that do - HERO, Enduro, Demon Attack, Dragonfire, and Cosmic Ark come to mind: ones that will kill you quickly and get you thinking, "I *almost got* past that level. Just one more attempt and I'll have it. Then I'll stop."

The closest analogues to these are a certain breed of mobile games, designed to play in a short amount of time, with a noticeable ramp-up in difficulty, and usually with a bunch of achievements. It's the last one that keeps people coming back, which gives a similar feel to reaching level X of some of the old games. (Bit.Trip series, Squareball, Super Hexagon)

(And of course, the arcade games that still hold up: Robotron, Joust, Tempest, etc)

Naturally, though, the comic's clearly aimed squarely at me :)

[klwilliams.livejournal.com]

On his iPhone or Droid? I'd love to have Adventure for my iPhone, but I didn't see it in the App store (and the navigation in the store is the suck). In fact, I'd love to get any of the old Infocom games for my iPad or iMac as well, if you know where to get them.

[madbaker.livejournal.com]

Free on the iPhone. It's there somewhere.