5200 Star Raiders ported to 8-bit?

[doctorclu]

Has the 5200 version of Star Raiders been ported to the Atari 8-bit computers yet? I know what some are saying "What's the difference?" Well, there were a few differences... like the long range scan identifying the objects with little captions. Beyond that, not sure of what else.

 

But would be nice.

 

Thanks!

[+Stephen]

Has the 5200 version of Star Raiders been ported to the Atari 8-bit computers yet?  I know what some are saying "What's the difference?"  Well, there were a few differences... like the long range scan identifying the objects with little captions.  Beyond that, not sure of what else.

 

    But would be nice. 

 

    Thanks!

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Well, the best thing in the 5200 version is analog control. Unfortunately, I've not seen the 5200 version ported to the computer line.

 

Stephen Anderson

[mos6507]

Is the control _really_ analog or just interpolated back to 8 directions? When you push the joystick farther, do you turn faster?

 

You know, in theory it should be possible to hack a 5200 stick to be used with the Atari 8-bits since it's just two paddles stuck together.

[JB]

Is the control _really_ analog or just interpolated back to 8 directions?  When you push the joystick farther, do you turn faster?

Yes. There's 4 degrees of sensitivity in all 4 directions.

 

You know, in theory it should be possible to hack a 5200 stick to be used with the Atari 8-bits since it's just two paddles stuck together.

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Indeed it should be.... though I've heard the second fire button is mapped to the keyboard inputs, not the second paddle trigger.

 

The REALLY messy part is the keypad.