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  4. Posted

    Hmm so any 16 bit fighter that would be ported to 7800 would turn out bad

     

    I think any game ported from 16 bit to 8 bit is going to have severe issues. Not just with graphics, but with speed and game play as well.

     

    Half the reason Sega brought out the Genesis was that the tech in their arcade motherboards finally became cheap enough to make the jump to a home version of them. Thus, you had the first machine that brought true 16 bit arcade power to the home television screen. This is VERY evident in some early Genesis arcade conversion like Strider, Forgotten Worlds, Golden Axe, etc...

     

    However, tech is tech and eventually arcade machines made the jump to 32 bits and we were back to square one with limited home versions of popular arcade games.

     

    -Ray

  5. Posted

    Durring the BOOm years when Atari was on top of the world, what do you think most contributed to that success? Was it Arcade conversions or Homegrown titles?

     

    We all the know the story of how the 2600 kind of limped along at first, until Space Invaders came out and people bought 2600s just to get that particular arcade conversion, but after Space Invaders we saw a great variety of games and unique evolution in quality of titles as programmers figured ouut how unbelievably versatile the VCS truly was.

     

    From Activision we even saw a number of titles that were not actually Arcade conversions , but were mimics of such, like Chopper Command and Crackpot.

     

    So which do you think was most important in making the 2600 a big hit, Arcade Conversions or Homegrown games?

     

    -Ray

  7. Posted

    Welcome to the cult, er, club.

    What games did ya get?

     

    I went for a cross section of the most playable stuff the system offered. Choplifter, becasue its an old favorite of mine from my * bit computer days. Robotron, because I love it and will play just about any version of it.

     

    Scrapyard Dog which is the "Super Mario" of the 7800.

     

    Mario Bros, because of all the Mario games its my favorite.

     

    Dig Dug, because the 7800 version is a REALLY good port.

     

    and of course Pole Position 2 came with the thing. :D

     

    -Ray

  10. Posted

    I know that Atari never released this in 1984, but later the Tramiels did in 86. I have read elsehwere on this forum that the expansion port is only in some models. What is the deal with that? Is it on the backstock ones from 84 and not on the later stuff actually produced by the tramiels themselves?

     

    What was it originlly intended for?

     

    Thanks

     

    -Ray

     

    The deal was the system with the expansion port was not produced by the tramiels. There was models made before the Tramiels. The Tramiels didn't want the 7800 to be released when the 7800 was ready to be released in 84. To my understanding, it was for a laser disc add-on with laser disc games like dragon's lair and space ace in mind.

     

     

    Wow, that would have been pretty ass kickin'.

     

    Had they released that peripheral in 1986 or 87 it would have SERIOUSLY haleped the 7800's success, I think. Even, the NES and SMS couldn't do FMV.

     

    -Ray

  11. Posted

    Got a boxed 7800 at a flea market today. Been wanting one, because I like the idea of it having its own games and playing the 2600 stuff too.

     

    Ironically the uncomfortable proline sticks work really well for the A-VCS-Tec Challenge homebrew.

     

    I do have a couple of questions though...

     

    I know that Atari never released this in 1984, but later the Tramiels did in 86. I have read elsehwere on this forum that the expansion port is only in some models. What is the deal with that? Is it on the backstock ones from 84 and not on the later stuff actually produced by the tramiels themselves?

     

    What was it originlly intended for?

     

    Also, besides Pac-Man plus where might I get some of the other Hacks and omebrews on Cart, such as Beefdrop and Bon-Q?

     

    Thanks

     

    -Ray

  12. Posted

    Hi Curt

    please subsribe me for all your products about the 7800.How about making a preorder list?So you would know,how many keyboards and cartridges you can sell.I think everybody,who wants one,should have the possibility to get one.

    greetings Walter

     

    1. I would like anyone who is interested in purchasing a computer module and carts to email me please:

     

    [email protected] and just put the subject line as 7800 Computer keyboard.

     

    2. I am not taking pre-orders or down payments, I don't like to have to hold people's money and then have them emailing me wanting to know the status, so when I've built enough units to start the first batch I'm going to setup a simple storefront or perhaps ask Albert here to setup a storefront page and have them sold direct to everyone.

     

    Didn't we do this back in Dec? :)

     

    I wasn't here then. So Ijust sent him my E-Mail today. I still want this if it is going to happen.

     

    -Ray

  18. Posted

    According to an old issue of 2600 Connection (pre-Backiel and Perry), there WAS a version of Scramble planned for the Atari 2600. Parker Bros. handled the conversion of Super Cobra, but Konami itself was supposed to release Scramble on its own.

    Konami was planning to release Super Scramble, a 3-D version of the game.

     

    Milton Bradley, however, announced a conversion of the classic game:

     

    post-6203-1157009333_thumb.jpg

     

    8)

     

    How could anything on the 2600 be 3-D? Are we talking glasses here?

     

    -Ray

    No, that's Vortex from Spectravideo (using special Spectra-Vision 3-D glasses).

     

    I think MB's Scramble was supposed to be 3-D in an Atari 2600 Zaxxon kind of way.

     

    8)

     

    Egads!

     

    I can see why they scrapped it then.

     

    -Ray

  20. Posted

    Actually many of 20th Century Fox games were movies from the past:

     

    Alien, Porky's, Crash Dive, Earth Dies Screaming, Fantastic Voyage, Flash Gordon, Mash, Mega Force, ROTBT (maybe based on Attack of the Killer Tomatoes?).

     

    Maybe anyone can enlighten us about Crypts of Chaos, Turmoil, Bank Heist?

     

    Obviously I knew most of these were fil's, or at least film titles. Its clear that for some of the more obscure films they used only the titles for the games. I mean obviously earth Dies Screaming has nothing to do with aliens re-animating the dead. But, it made a cool title for a video game and that is probably all they cared about. Especially when the film hadn't probably been seen to much since it was released in 1965 in the UK. I also agree that Beff Steak Tomatoes is based on AOKT.

     

    -Ray

  22. Posted

    I've always wondered why they never made the Star wars games for the VCS, given that they produced the films.

     

    -Ray

     

    Parker Bros. had the rights to the console and computer Star Wars games. They even ported Atari's Star Wars arcade game.

     

    Spacemaster X-7 is actually a movie lincense. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052228/ I liked what I tried of it, though. Quite fun. The's also some 8-bit computer versions under the name of Alpha Shield.

     

    I had no idea this was a movie.

     

    >>>clip

     

    Plot Summary for

    Space Master X-7 (1958)

    A space probe returns to Earth covered with a strange fungus. The fungus is accidentally tinged with human blood and is transformed into an ever-growing pile of space rust, dubbed "Blood Rust". It is up to John Hand and Joe Rattigan to find the one woman who can stop the rust from spreading and taking over the world.

     

    Summary written by Paul White {[email protected]}

     

    Laura Greeling arrives at her ex-husband's home to discuss the custody of their son, a meeting which proves to be very confrontational. While she is returning to her home in Honolulu, she sees a newspaper headline stating that she is wanted in connection with her ex-husband's death! She goes into hiding, thinking that she is wanted on a charge of murder. She doesn't know that she is really being sought because she is the carrier of an extremely deadly virus, which is what actually killed her ex-husband.

     

    >>>clip

     

     

    Wow, just like the GAME!!!

     

    :D

     

    LOL

     

    -Ray

  23. Posted · Edited by pocketmego

    According to an old issue of 2600 Connection (pre-Backiel and Perry), there WAS a version of Scramble planned for the Atari 2600. Parker Bros. handled the conversion of Super Cobra, but Konami itself was supposed to release Scramble on its own.

    Konami was planning to release Super Scramble, a 3-D version of the game.

     

    Milton Bradley, however, announced a conversion of the classic game:

     

    post-6203-1157009333_thumb.jpg

     

    8)

     

    How could anything on the 2600 be 3-D? Are we talking glasses here?

     

    -Ray

  24. Posted

    Here's a better build of what I'm trying to do here. The Fonz can go after either girl (I'd have only one to go after if I knew how) and once he gets her, he goes back to the starting place and another one pops up on the screen. And you have 3 lives, and you lose one if you run into those big boxes. Note in this build there is no game over screen. Just want to know if I should work on this some more.

     

    Ok, time to step in here. I am not a programmer, but i have been involved in film and video stuff in the past and some of the same elements apply. Now, this is by no means to take away from the work you have done so far. In fact, its evolution so far has been pretty neat.

     

    But, first things first. if you insist on making this a Fonz game, for reasons I cannot fathom, and currently not having it based on that ancient arcade game, then you need to do some research. You have two potential Tv shows to work with. One is Happy days which I think still airs on TV Land and has in some form or another pretty much aired since it was on.

     

    Watch a few episodes from a few seasons and learn the character and concepts. The girls as the prize is a good start though. But, you need to determine enemies and locals.

     

    The more fun idea for a VIDEO GAME, though would be to use the Fonz Cartoon show as the source material...

     

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_nv9F2j1XQ

     

    Henry Winkler provided the voice of the character as Fonz, Ritchie, and Ralph Mouth...I shit you not...TRAVEL THROUGH TIME, trying to get back to 1957.

     

    If anything begs for a 2600 game, this is it!

     

    -Ray

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