King Atari Posted February 2, 2002 Share Posted February 2, 2002 I mentioned this in a review for Atarinvader, but I'll say it here as well. As you may know, Desert Falcon has the isometric view that 2600 Zaxxon should have had. So, why doesn't someone hack Desert Falcon into some kind of Zaxxon? Obviously it wouldn't be very authentic gameplay wise, but hey, the graphics would be dead on! I would do this, but I can't even make my OSAMA?!?! hack go, so can anyone pull this off? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nukey Shay Posted February 3, 2002 Share Posted February 3, 2002 Completely different gameplay. The only thing that's similar between the two is diagonal scrolling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted February 3, 2002 Share Posted February 3, 2002 Yeah, it would take considerably more effort to "hack" Desert Falcon into a better Zaxxon. Nont only would you have to change the graphics, but you'd really need to change a lot of the underlying code to turn it into a Zaxxon gameplay wise. It would probably be easier to just write a new version of Zaxxon from scratch. And if I had that kind of 2600 programming talent, I'd probably spend it writing an original game, rather than a rehash of a game that would be difficult to pull off well anyway. Not trying to be negative here, just realistic. ..Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Atari Posted February 3, 2002 Author Share Posted February 3, 2002 Yeah, BUT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE ZAXXON!!! Okay, I give up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NE146 Posted February 3, 2002 Share Posted February 3, 2002 Don't worry King Atari, I get what you're saying Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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