THE RETROBATES

WHAT’S YOUR FAVOURITE ATARI GAME?

DARRAN JONES

I, Robot, Missile Command and Tempest, so anything touched by Dave Theurer. What a genius.

Expertise: Juggling a gorgeous wife, two beautiful daughters and an awardwinning magazine, all under one roof!

Currently playing: Cathedral

Favourite game of all time: Strider

ANDY SALTER

One of the earliest games I remember playing in the arcade is Battlezone, it was well ahead of its time.

Expertise: Modding games, no ‘vanilla’ versions for me, thanks!

Currently modding: RTR: Imperium Surrectum

Favourite game of all time: Rome: Total War although I guess it’s the Remastered edition now.

GRAEME MASON

I love the beautiful simplicity of Asteroids, and it still looks super cool even today.

Expertise: Adjusting the tape azimuth with a screwdriver

Currently playing: Bioshock Infinite

Favourite game of all time: Resident Evil 4

TIM EMPEY

Super Sprint was really good fun in the arcades –spinning those massive wheels.

Expertise: Finishing Game Pass games before they go

Currently playing: Return To Monkey Island

Favourite game of all time: God Hand

PAUL DRURY

Being told to pick one Atari game is like being asked to choose a favourite child – I love so many of its coin-ops from the golden age of arcades but if forced, I will have to choose the beautiful and timeless Asteroids.

Expertise: Nolan’s hot tub

Currently playing: Overboard!

Favourite game of all time: Sheep In Space

RORY MILNE

The first game I ever played was Tempest. Even though I was barely tall enough to see the screen it absolutely blew my mind. Decades later it’s still my favourite.

Expertise: The game that I’m writing about at the time of writing

Currently playing: Turrican

Favourite game of all time: Tempest

NICK THORPE

It has to be Warlords. Get four players together and it’s carnage, and I’d happily put it up against any more modern multiplayer game in a heartbeat.

Expertise: Owning five Master Systems and a Mark III

Currently playing: Gears Of War

Favourite game of all time: Sonic The Hedgehog

IAIN LEE

Permission to be vaguely controversial. I had more fun playing the Atari version of Pac-man than I did any other Atari game. I was about nine. I didn’t know it was no good and an awful port. Many, many happy hours.

Expertise: Buying expensive stuff on ebay then never touching it

Currently playing: Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare II

Favourite game of all time: Elite (BBC Model B)

PAUL ROSE

I’m going really old-school and saying Combat, as the first Atari game I remember playing. The noise when you died was brutal!

Expertise: Winging it

Currently playing: The Otherside

Favourite game of all time: Half-life 2