nosweargamer Posted November 13, 2017 Report Share Posted November 13, 2017 (edited) A viewer recently made a comment alluding to the fact that almost all 2600 games have some sort of a scoring system. It got me thinking: What non-homebrew 2600 games have no scoring of any kind? (For this question, I would include timers in games as a way to keep score) So far the only game I can think of is Adventure. Edited November 13, 2017 by nosweargamer The Professor and Justin 2 Quote The No Swear Gamer on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChtJuo040EOCTVziObIgVcg Host of The Atari 7800 Game by Game Podcast on iTunes, Stitcher and YouTube Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadioPoultry Posted November 13, 2017 Report Share Posted November 13, 2017 The 2600 version of Star Strike has no visible score counter or timer, as far as I can tell. That's the only one I can think of right now. Justin, The Professor and nosweargamer 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted November 13, 2017 Report Share Posted November 13, 2017 Riddle of the Sphinx? Maybe Dragonstomper? nosweargamer and Justin 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StormSurge Posted November 13, 2017 Report Share Posted November 13, 2017 Haunted House? Justin and nosweargamer 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nosweargamer Posted November 13, 2017 Author Report Share Posted November 13, 2017 Haunted House? I thought of that one, but you can count how many matches you use, which could be a way to keep score. Justin and StormSurge 2 Quote The No Swear Gamer on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChtJuo040EOCTVziObIgVcg Host of The Atari 7800 Game by Game Podcast on iTunes, Stitcher and YouTube Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starbuck66 Posted November 13, 2017 Report Share Posted November 13, 2017 Maze Craze? Justin 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starbuck66 Posted November 13, 2017 Report Share Posted November 13, 2017 Swordquest games? Justin 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GRay Defender Posted November 14, 2017 Report Share Posted November 14, 2017 The board games like checkers... chas10e and Justin 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slobu Posted January 2, 2018 Report Share Posted January 2, 2018 (edited) Don't think it's as rare as we all may think. I guess my example would be Crypts of Chaos and Strawberry Shortcake: Musical Match-ups. Why no homebrew? Is it too common on the new games us modern developers are making? Edited January 2, 2018 by slobu Arenafoot 1 Quote Please check out my Atari 2600 party favors at https://theloon.itch.io/ Downloadable games include Upp Plus Plus, Stranglehand, Nitebear on Sleepystreet and more! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nosweargamer Posted January 3, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 3, 2018 Don't think it's as rare as we all may think. My best guess is that less than 5% of the library would qualify, so it may depend on your definition of rare, but to me that would be pretty rare when over 95% of yours games have some form of scoring. I guess my example would be Crypts of Chaos and Strawberry Shortcake: Musical Match-ups. Crypts of Chaos does have scoring, but Strawberry Shortcake is a good one, although it target younger children and has a pseudo timer in some variations with the sun. Why no homebrew? Is it too common on the new games us modern developers are making? I was just curious what games went against the grain during the original run of the VCS/2600. So far, what I have is the following: Adventure 3-D Tic-Tac Toe Checkers Dragonstomper Maze Craze Riddle of the Sphinx Strawberry Shortcake: Musical Match-Ups Swordquest Earthworld Swordquest Fireworld Swordquest Waterworld Video Checkers Video Chess Let me know if you can think of any others, or if one of the above games does have a form of scoring. slobu 1 Quote The No Swear Gamer on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChtJuo040EOCTVziObIgVcg Host of The Atari 7800 Game by Game Podcast on iTunes, Stitcher and YouTube Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yinxy Posted January 4, 2018 Report Share Posted January 4, 2018 Basic programming? Superman? HDN 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HDN Posted October 11, 2020 Report Share Posted October 11, 2020 On 1/3/2018 at 8:48 PM, yinxy said: Basic programming? Ah, you stole my answer! On 1/3/2018 at 8:48 PM, yinxy said: Superman? That one's got a timer, sorry. This is a surprisingly hard question. A lot of you stole my answers (though let's be honest this is years before I ever heard of this site). It got me thinking. What about Backgammon or Math Gran Prix? socrates63 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrekMD Posted October 11, 2020 Report Share Posted October 11, 2020 (edited) 3D Tic-Tac-Toe? Alpha Beam with Ernie? CGE Adventures? (Homebrew) Edited October 11, 2020 by TrekMD HDN, socrates63 and Arenafoot 3 Quote 🖖 Going to the final frontier, gaming... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrekMD Posted October 12, 2020 Report Share Posted October 12, 2020 Other games that I think don't have scores: Halo 2600 (homebrew) Escape from the Mindmaster (you get ranked by the Mindmaster but there is no score) HDN 1 Quote 🖖 Going to the final frontier, gaming... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Stilphen Posted October 13, 2020 Report Share Posted October 13, 2020 Riddle of the Sphinx has scores. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EEP! Posted January 29, 2021 Report Share Posted January 29, 2021 These are called games. Games need some sort of win condition. Few games had ending, so scores were needed so you could compare your skills with others. I would love to see more games without score, but even E.T. had scores. Did Secret Quest? Did Haunted Mansion? It's an interesting thing to watch games in the NES era have scores even though no one cared anymore as it was about finishing the game rather than high scores. Relevance was somewhat had by earing lives or continues at certain milestones. For instance, who cares about their score in Super Mario Bros.3? Modern games have scores too, but they seem to be more win/death tallies. However, The Guitar Hero/Rock Band games are beautifully retro in nature both in gameplay and scoring! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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