DANNY ALEXANDER'S TOP TEN ATARI CONSOLE AND COMPUTER GAMES frogpond@north.nsis.com I was and still am a fanatic about video games. They are a great source of relaxation for me and seeing your site was like a dream come true. I spend a lot of time thinking about the past, and I hope you'll print my top ten as a tribute to a machine I spent hours of my childhood with. 10. Pac-Man (2600/Atari) I used to sit up night after night trying to get over 1000 points. I was pretty sure that it made me Pac champion of the world. 9. Boxing (2600/Activision) Activision's simulator was a breakthrough at the time because it showed similar movement around a boxing ring and essentially it was more of a contest with the clock -- try to knowck the computer out before the time ran out. A real adrenaline surger. 8. Asteroids (2600/Atari) An A1 version of the arcade game, far superior in graphic quality. It used to trip me out when my aunt would make the ship disappear. 7. Air-Sea Battle (2600/Atari) This was to me basically a hockey game with guns; how many hits we could get before each "period" was over. 6. Ice Hockey (2600/Activision) Although primitive by today's standards, this was another game we could sit up for hours beating each other up. We were battling for the Stanley Cup!! 5. Swordquest Series (2600/Atari) Was my first taste of real role playing, it was cool how it had all the little games underneath the big game. I never understood its purpose -- it was just a little man running around. 4. E.T. (2600/Atari) I never understood this one as well, but when E.T. used to fall into what looked like a toilet, it gave me a lot of laughs because he would magically lift himself out of the toilet. 3. Donkey Kong Jr. (2600/Coleco) This game was my first taste of the company known as Nintendo. I thought all the little snapjaws were cool. 2. Keystone Kapers (2600/Activision) Hands down the greatest cops & robbers game in history. It was cool to take the escalators and catch the bad guy right at the top floor of the building. 1. Combat (2600/Atari) This game was alot of fun. My brother and I used to pretend to be in the army trying to see who would rule the world.