Atari 2600 Solaris -- best graphics of any 2600 game!

[grim10fire]

Play Solaris Phase 2, maybe I'll be impress.

[phillipicus]

I was debating for months whether to buy this game when I was kid... I thougt it was a river raid imitation. Geez had I owned this life would have been different for me :(

[The4400FalloutFan20]

80s and 90s and very early 2000s best time of gaming ever

[BennysHomeBrewBeer]

I remember unwrapping this game christmas day 1987/88. I spent all christmas day playing it on a black & white portable tv, so long the sound stop working on the tv!

[The4400FalloutFan20]

@BennysHomeBrewBeer must have been a much nicer time in gaming then present

[BennysHomeBrewBeer]

@The4400FalloutFan20 Yep like some have mentioned here, I too spent way too much time playing Atari. Wearing out joysticks and burning out many power supplies along the way. Their were so many different and original games back then and some quite crazy stuff too.

[fabiorosho]

that is a great game!

[TinyTracey]

I used to be up all night on this game as a kid I was hooked

[blade004]

I bought this for the Atari new off the shelf back in the day not knowing anything about the game at all! I didn't bother with a magazine review, nothing, i just thought "man this looks like my kind of game" from the screen shots on the back of the casing. This was by far the BEST Atari gaming choice i EVER made! Best game on the Atari 2600 bar none!.

[Morahman7vnNo2]

Talk about blast from the past!

[NewChannels]

One thing I liked about the 2600, You can instantly start playing any game without waiting for updates to download.

[EastCoastDude99]

Even though this game came out in the mid to late 80's, the graphics are amazing considering the Atari console itself was designed in the 70's.

[Psygnal]

Solaris was re-worked from a prototype "Last Starfighter" movie tie-in game that was never released, apparently. Definitely among the best of the 2600 games.

[lordoid]

Aaaahhh I remember that well. Thank you Mom for buying that game! Loved it!

[thecomputerwhiz1]

I am a proud owner of this fine game.

[Pestenera78]

wtf this game has amazing graphic, i never expected the good old Atari could run stuff like this

[KevinBusomjack]

Unbelievably good graphics for the Atari 2600. This looks better than many NES games even.

[Spram2]

This is my favorite Atari game ever.

[shairaptor]

Solaris was my last Atari 2600 game and the best technically!!!) before I moved over to Commodore 64 and Sega Master System :)

[Venom011]

I was just little when I had this game. I could not figure out what the hell i was doing but i played it for long periods of time. 

[stufaman]

This and Radar Lock were sheer genius on VCS. I still got 'em and they still play better than similar games made 20 years later.

[MrHabaki]

This game showed what the 1978(!) Atari 2600 can do! This is awsome! 2600 rules!

[Hotrodx199]

Wonderful graphics! This is almost like NES...

[Alevamltd]

The 2600 sure could push it's limits

[vjnctn]

One of the best 2600 games of all time... I played this like crazy when I was a kid.

[bakudandanLL]

Cool graphics! Almost looks like an SG-1000 game.

[seansotheman]

I was roughly 8 or 9 when I played this game. I'm not exaggerating when I say this, but this game haunted me. The atmosphere and the difficulty were so alien to me as an eight year old. I remember putting the game in and immediately just hitting a wall. I was never able to understand what my purpose was. The game certainly doesn't tell you. The game did nothing but confound me but, being a kid with no money, you play what your parents got you.

This game seriously scares me!

[DerPerfekteDeutsche]

I Play`d it every Day! Good Game

[odraconiandevil79]

Hmmm. Never played this one. Looks like fun!

[dave4shmups]

One of the best space shooting games on any console; a must-have for 2600 owners! This game rocks!!

[7LucasCabrera71]

Awesome graphics @_@

[ThrilloVanHouten]

This is proof that no console has ever been pushed as hard as the 2600 was.

Hard to believe that the same system which had Combat also had this!

[EarthquakeMachine]

THE 2600 TOUGHEST MOTHERFUCKER EVR

[edsucksfredrocks]

How do you start the game after pressing "reset?"

Do you press the button?

[vwestlife]

You either press the fire button or move the joystick forward (up) to start the game.

[psychedelicdreamer]

Wow, how did I miss this one back in the day? Funny though, the graphics and sound effects are remarkably similar to Radar Lock....

[vwestlife]

They should be! Atari re-used the main code of Solaris to create Radar Lock.

[johnyringoz]

@psychedelicdreamer

And river raid.

Fucker.

[PunkorPuke]

loved this game when i was younger....still dig out the atari and play this every now & then.

[sinistermoon]

Thank you for using footage from a real Atari instead of just screen capturing an emulator. Very cool.

[neobogard]

@sinistermoon why would it make a diferance?.

[sinistermoon]

@neobogard

Because the real deal is best. Any noob can capture an emulator.

[frigginjoe]

Bought my copy on ebay :)

[senob44]

Yup, it was an amazing game in retrospect, but this baby really pissed me off as a kid. Especially when your planet gets taken over in a sector and the controls are reversed....

[cjym]

Amazing game for the 2600. This really was the 2600jr "Killer Ap."

[CCrossfan]

Wow this game looks amazing for a 2600 game!

[nooblet911]

+1

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[ess1898]

one of my favorite 2600 games of all time. next to pac man JR which was also pretty good.

[vwestlife]

This was one of the best games from the 2600's late '80s / early '90s "rebirth" as the "2600jr.", a budget-priced Nintendo competitor. Unfortunately, it ended up stealing sales away from Atari's own 7800 more than the Nintendo, so instead of having one market-leading game system, Atari ended up with none.

[ioport]

Basically an advanced Moonsweeper?

[effected51]

Solaris was awesome back in the day!