Pleasantly surprised by Chopper Command, I will definitely putting in some time on that one.
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i never played a atari game but i always wanted to get into the console a bit, any recommendations?
Can't go wrong with Activision titles, otherwise enjoy the oddness. There's a lot to enjoy ๐
Warlords!
Star Raiders and Berserk are pretty good. Star Raiders was way ahead of it's time.
As a kid i enjoyed Phoenix a lot
River raid for sure
Cosmic Ark. Blasting the asteroids tests your reaction speed, then you reach a planet where you carefully beam animals up into your shuttlecraft and race back to the saucer. Repeat to populate your Ark with a high score.
Super Brakeout. But only if you can get the paddle controllers.