[net.games.video] Video Games Survey

kdh (12/10/82)

Just a reminder to all you folks in netland:

I'm running a survey of the best home video game cartridges.  Only
about 9 people have responded so far.  Where are all you
gamesmen/women/other???  Send your entries in soon....

Afraid I've been forgotten
Kevin Hunter
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kdh (01/03/83)

Well, responses have died down (they were sparse to begin with) so here
are the results of my video games survey.

With 14 people voting, this is the list of "best" cartridges: (by
number of votes, then alphabetically)

Votes	Game			for			by
-----	----			---			--
7	Defender		Atari			Atari
4	Demon Attack		Atari			IMAGIC
4	Donkey Kong		Atari			Coleco
4	Missile Command		Atari			Atari
3	Asteroids		Atari			Atari
3	Baseball		Intellivision		Intellivision
3	Kaboom			Atari			Activision
3	Space Invaders		Atari			Atari
3	Star Master		Atari			Activision
2	Beserk			Atari			Atari
2	Donkey Kong		Colecovision		Coleco
2	Pitfall			Atari			Activision
2	Quest for the Rings	Odyssey II		Odyssey
1	Adv. Dungeons & Dragons	Intellivision		Intellivision
1	Atlantis		Atari			?
1	Attack of the Timelord	Odyssey II		N.A.P.
1	Beanie Bopper		Atari			20th Century Fox
1	Breakout		Atari			Atari
1	Chopper Command		Atari			Activision
1	Frogger			Atari			Parker Brothers
1	K.C.Munchkins		Odyssey II		N.A.P.
1	Ladybug			Colecovision		Coleco
1	Mega-bug		R. S. Color Computer	Radio Shack
1	Planet Patrol		Atari			Spectravision
1	Polaris			R. S. Color Computer	Radio Shack
1	Super Breakout		Atari			Atari
1	Sword Quest		Atari			Atari
1	Venture			Colecovision		Coleco
1	Volleyball		Atari			Atari
1	Worm War I		Atari			20th Century Fox

Believe it or not, no two people could agree on a "worst" game. Sixteen
games were mentioned (many people didn't submit suggestions), about
half of which also appear on the above list (!).  Thus, for reasons
of brevity, I haven't bothered to include them here.

					Kevin Hunter