BuckleBoy
Gold Member
First, some that did NOT make my "TOP 5 ATARI GAMES FOR DETECTORISTS"
Space Invaders:
This game really had NOTHING to do with detectin'. A bunch of dudes you don't know comin' to get you--and they will always get you eventually! The ONLY way this MIGHT have anything to do with DETECTIN' is if you typically hunt sites WITHOUT permission.
Asteroids:
This game won't help your detectin' skills. Think about it...you sit there and blast your way out....ENDLESSLY! Maybe this game is for you if you enjoy recovering targets that are UNDER sidewalks and basketball courts!
Fort Apocalypse:
This one is one of the worst. It sounds like it's gonna be a RELIC HUNTIN' Atari game...but it turns out to be a helicopter shoot-em-up. Dang! Too bad you already spent 25 bucks on it back in 1982! If you had that money now--adjusted for inflation--you'd have, like, enough cash for a new searchcoil for your MXT
Centipede:
OK...now the creepy crawleys on this one KINDA relate to diggin... But if they'd called the game "YELLOW JACKETS" it coulda been a HUGE seller. "Centpede"? What a drag.
E.T. :
Allright Eliot...phone home. Go ahead. But you've gotta plug that cell phone into the hip mount and carry its 10 pound box in your other hand! Might relate to two-box detectin'...or NOT! OK so the only way this relates to metal detectin is if you like to eat Reeces Pieces and drink Mountain Dew while you hunt.
Haunted House:
Hmmm...Channel your Psychic Powers! Strike a match and wave a pendulum in the dark! Say a few hocus pocus words and you'll find the key to the door... I WON'T say which area of Tnet this reminds me of...
Donkey Kong:
Rescue a maiden while a giant gorilla throws barrels at you...MAYBE IF YOU LIKE TO MD IN THE TROPICAL JUNGLES OF CAMAROON!
Frogger:
My first MDing buddy and I used to see how many animals we could squish on the road while we rode to CW sites in his
Bad A$$ Gas Hog MONSTER TRUCK! So this game did bring back a few fond memories...
Pac Man/Ms. Pac Man:
Now this one has NOTHING to do with MDing. You run around on your belly eating everything in sight...NO WAY!
Oh, and Ms. Pac Man was a JOKE! When I paid some HUGE amount for it back in the 80's I thought it would be DIFFERENT from Pac Man...(they do show Ms. Pac Man as having LEGS!) I thought it would be cool. The result?
Same game but with a BOW.
P.S.-- MS. PAC MAN--You don't return my phone calls or e-mails!!! I want my PINPOINTER BACK! I KNOW YOU HAVE IT! IT WAS IN THE PAIR OF JEANS I LEFT BESIDE YOUR BED!!!
#5: INDIANA JONES
You avoid booby traps and go underground into the mines to recover valuable, HISTORICAL STUFF. Way cool! If you play this one, your research skills will DEFINITELY improve! (well...or at least your ability to use a whip.)
#4: PITFALL
Now we're getting somewhere! The main character, Montana Harry, goes below ground and and explores new and exotic places picking up gold bars, silver bars, diamond rings, and EAGLE BUTTONS along the way.
ROCK ON! Every THer and MDist could have sweet dreams after 14 hours of continuously playing PITFALL!
#3: PHAROAH'S CURSE
This one had a pirate, a mummy, and keys to a treasure! Awesome! I started to wonder after a while how the mummy and the pirate got in the same place...but I figured they met in Montana at a KGC meeting
If you play this game and stare at the screen REALLY hard, your ability to accurately tell the difference between a MUMMY and a PIRATE will GREATLY INCREASE.
#2: MINER 2049er
Dude is panning for way cool radioactive gold or somethin...while pickin' up objects left behind by previous miners (otherwise known as "relics"). Whether you are a Uranium Prospector, Gold Dredger, Nugget Shooter, or Relic Hunter THIS GAME IS FOR YOU!
#1: DIG DUG
This INCREDIBLE Atari game represents MY PERSONAL METAL DETECTING GOAL: TO DIG HOLES IN THE DIRT NON-STOP FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE.
(I'll skip the being eaten or burned by monsters part. I would also like to skip the shriveling away to a tiny speck part as well...well heck... I don't really like the night-vision goggles and space-suit-thingy (it should have at least come in five or six awesome CAMO colors to choose from)...
But I will say this...dude's diggin tool never broke once.
Regards,
Buckleboy
Space Invaders:
This game really had NOTHING to do with detectin'. A bunch of dudes you don't know comin' to get you--and they will always get you eventually! The ONLY way this MIGHT have anything to do with DETECTIN' is if you typically hunt sites WITHOUT permission.
Asteroids:
This game won't help your detectin' skills. Think about it...you sit there and blast your way out....ENDLESSLY! Maybe this game is for you if you enjoy recovering targets that are UNDER sidewalks and basketball courts!
Fort Apocalypse:
This one is one of the worst. It sounds like it's gonna be a RELIC HUNTIN' Atari game...but it turns out to be a helicopter shoot-em-up. Dang! Too bad you already spent 25 bucks on it back in 1982! If you had that money now--adjusted for inflation--you'd have, like, enough cash for a new searchcoil for your MXT
Centipede:
OK...now the creepy crawleys on this one KINDA relate to diggin... But if they'd called the game "YELLOW JACKETS" it coulda been a HUGE seller. "Centpede"? What a drag.
E.T. :
Allright Eliot...phone home. Go ahead. But you've gotta plug that cell phone into the hip mount and carry its 10 pound box in your other hand! Might relate to two-box detectin'...or NOT! OK so the only way this relates to metal detectin is if you like to eat Reeces Pieces and drink Mountain Dew while you hunt.
Haunted House:
Hmmm...Channel your Psychic Powers! Strike a match and wave a pendulum in the dark! Say a few hocus pocus words and you'll find the key to the door... I WON'T say which area of Tnet this reminds me of...
Donkey Kong:
Rescue a maiden while a giant gorilla throws barrels at you...MAYBE IF YOU LIKE TO MD IN THE TROPICAL JUNGLES OF CAMAROON!
Frogger:
My first MDing buddy and I used to see how many animals we could squish on the road while we rode to CW sites in his
Bad A$$ Gas Hog MONSTER TRUCK! So this game did bring back a few fond memories...
Pac Man/Ms. Pac Man:
Now this one has NOTHING to do with MDing. You run around on your belly eating everything in sight...NO WAY!
Oh, and Ms. Pac Man was a JOKE! When I paid some HUGE amount for it back in the 80's I thought it would be DIFFERENT from Pac Man...(they do show Ms. Pac Man as having LEGS!) I thought it would be cool. The result?
Same game but with a BOW.
P.S.-- MS. PAC MAN--You don't return my phone calls or e-mails!!! I want my PINPOINTER BACK! I KNOW YOU HAVE IT! IT WAS IN THE PAIR OF JEANS I LEFT BESIDE YOUR BED!!!
Now for the moment you've ALL been waiting for:
BUCKLEBOY'S TOP 5 ATARI GAMES FOR DETECTORISTS!
BUCKLEBOY'S TOP 5 ATARI GAMES FOR DETECTORISTS!
#5: INDIANA JONES
You avoid booby traps and go underground into the mines to recover valuable, HISTORICAL STUFF. Way cool! If you play this one, your research skills will DEFINITELY improve! (well...or at least your ability to use a whip.)
#4: PITFALL
Now we're getting somewhere! The main character, Montana Harry, goes below ground and and explores new and exotic places picking up gold bars, silver bars, diamond rings, and EAGLE BUTTONS along the way.
ROCK ON! Every THer and MDist could have sweet dreams after 14 hours of continuously playing PITFALL!#3: PHAROAH'S CURSE
This one had a pirate, a mummy, and keys to a treasure! Awesome! I started to wonder after a while how the mummy and the pirate got in the same place...but I figured they met in Montana at a KGC meeting
If you play this game and stare at the screen REALLY hard, your ability to accurately tell the difference between a MUMMY and a PIRATE will GREATLY INCREASE. #2: MINER 2049er
Dude is panning for way cool radioactive gold or somethin...while pickin' up objects left behind by previous miners (otherwise known as "relics"). Whether you are a Uranium Prospector, Gold Dredger, Nugget Shooter, or Relic Hunter THIS GAME IS FOR YOU!
#1: DIG DUG
This INCREDIBLE Atari game represents MY PERSONAL METAL DETECTING GOAL: TO DIG HOLES IN THE DIRT NON-STOP FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE.
(I'll skip the being eaten or burned by monsters part. I would also like to skip the shriveling away to a tiny speck part as well...well heck... I don't really like the night-vision goggles and space-suit-thingy (it should have at least come in five or six awesome CAMO colors to choose from)...
But I will say this...dude's diggin tool never broke once.
Regards,
Buckleboy
Woah. Cooool. 8)
