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I wanted to list everything but what I played and liked within Atari 50 filled up enough space for a blog, so here 'tis. 

Aquaventure - This was a prototype that was never released until now. It's a good game. Take a look:

I like the deep dives, avoiding attacking fish, and bringing the treasure back to the surface. You go deeper and deeper and the fish get more aggressive as you go along. Take care to watch your air as well. 

Breakout, Super Breakout and Circus Atari: I keep trying these block breakers. This time I discovered that the d-pad works much better than the analog sticks to control the paddle. It's not perfect though. 

Dark Chambers: The precursor to gauntlet. It's basically the same but less brutally difficult, which makes me like it better than Gauntlet. Take a look and you'll think it is Gauntlet:

Minature Golf: For some reason, I never quite understood how this game worked until now. The other Atari Golf has a player and golf club but this just a dot. What the heck to you do with it? Well I figured out the farther you put the dot from the ball the bigger the swing. This presents some problems when you don't have the space to move farther away but you can bounce the ball off of any surface, something you can't do in Atari Golf. Once I groked the mechanics, it became as fun as Atari Golf. Limited fun, I'll admit, but fun. 

Save Mary: Another long lost prototype. It's a simple game but I really enjoy it. Move the bridge pieces into the pit before the water rises and drowns Mary. Each level increases the difficulty with smaller bridge pieces. I still don't know what the objects do that appear on the top ledges. You can pick them up, but what to do with them? Here 'tis:

Yars Revenge Enhanced: I like the look, better handling and slightly easier gameplay of this version of Yar's Revenge. Take a look:

That was one of a half dozen of collections I dug into this week. I'll blog about the others as the weeks of this month of February and my Gen 2 adventure continues.