Favorite 2600 Hidden Gems?

[Favorite 2600 Hidden Gems?]

I really really like Beany Bopper. I guess it is a hidden gem, isn't it? I even had the cartridge, as a kid...

 

[Why is the importance of ColecoVision almost never brought up historically?]

First: the Colecovision was and IS a milestone of a system. I hate to break it to the kids that weren't around at the time, but simply put, you actually did have to be there. You can look at it retrospectively all you want, but if all you're basing things on is wikipedia or forum posts from people who largely weren't there, you are missing the point of how huge the CV was. The fact that arcade games were it's forte is the main reason, and that's enough. Why? Because EVERYBODY was trying to replicate the arcade back then. That was the whole damn reason of owning a CV, so you didn't have to go to the sketchy arcades (I loved sketchy arcades, but that's another thread). The fact it didn't have many of its own games outside of ports (which is also kinda misleading, when you look at the entire library of games) does nothing to detract from this.

 

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It was commonplace at the time to try to replicate the arcade, but i don't think everybody had the same focus. The 2600 was a machine with many original titles that didn't resemble typical arcade games, created by Atari and its third parties with the home experience in mind (something its rival consoles usually missed). By that time the arcade game scene was huge, so it was great to be able to play them at home, but the 2600 proved successful and remarkable with its original games and in the end helped to establish game consoles as something of its own, not just something meant to try to recreate the arcade.

 

​And answering the thread's title question, i think that's why the Colecovision doesn't got more historic recognition. It's library didn't offer something new or different, essentially made of arcade ports that, though competent, weren't as good as the originals.

[I wanna make an Adventure color hack]

Thank you, nice people. I'll check this tools out and, yep, all i want is to change the game's colors.

 

 

One question, though: can i open the original Adventure rom file with some of these tools, and modify the game with them, or will i have to recreate the entire game in order to get what i want?

[I wanna make an Adventure color hack]

Hi

 

Adventure has always been a personal favorite of mine, i think it's an almost perfect game. Only thing about it that i think could be better is it's set of colors. So, i 've been developing the idea of trying to creat an Adventure hack with alternate colors, leaving the rest of the game just like it is. I must notify you people that i'm a newbe in the hacking world, but i'm really willing to develop some skills, so i started this tread, basically, because i'd like to know from you:

What is the right way to start this kind of project? What are the best programs for a newbe like me? Are there good tutorials around that may help me in my task?

 

Any tips will be very welcome.

 

I'm also posting here an image showing the way i'd like this hack to look: