2600: Unported 1983 Arcades Part II (C-H)

[Cybergoth]

Hi there!

 

Since I'm always looking for old Arcades that could make a cool 2600 project, I thought it might be even more fun to discuss such projects in the public forum here. I have now compiled a second batch of interesting looking choices from 1983:

 

Cosmic Chasm		Cinematronics
Dingo			   Jaleco
Discs of Tron	   Bally Midway
Dog Fight		   Thunderbolt
Donkey Kong 3	   Nintendo
Exerion			 Jaleco
Fighting Roller	 Taito
Great Guns		  Stern
Gridlee			 Videa
Guzzler			 Tehkan
Heart Attack		Century Electronics
Hero				Seatongrove
High Way Race	   Taito
Hopper Robo		 Sega
Hunchback		   Century Electronics

 

Which of these look doable, interesting and/or fun enough to make it a worthy addition to the VCS library?

[PacManPlus]

COSMIC CHASM!!!!! (please?)

 

I used to LOVE playing this game on the Vectrex back in the day

 

...but how would you handle the expanding core in the middle of the screen? Is it too big a jump (4 pixels at a time) for playfield graphics?

[Devin]

The "Discs of Tron" is a classic - and doesn't look that hard on the 2600.

[+Nathan Strum]

Cosmic Chasm is a great game. A 2600 port would probably end up looking just like Reactor.

 

Some of these are reviewed at The Games That Time Forgot, with short QuickTime clips.

 

Guzzler

Hopper Robo

Cosmic Chasm

Edited March 3, 2008 by Nathan Strum

[jboypacman]

HERO could be a interesting choice as would DK3 but i always imagined if some one ported DK3 to a Atari it would be the 7800 for some reason still if some one did a 2600 port i would have to try it out.

 

Cosmic Chasm and Disc of Tron are good choices too but i would think it would be neat if you did some of the more less known ones on your list as a 2600 game.

[+atari2600land]

What about Jumpman? I'm looking forward to it.

[Crazy Climber]

DK3

[Cybergoth]

What about Jumpman? I'm looking forward to it.

 

It's still in the works

[Lord Helmet]

I vote for Discs of Tron or DK3

[lucifershalo]

Hopper Robo looks fun

and a real Hunchback (even if I like Hunchy II) could be nice

[Pixelboy]

I can't help but wonder how Discs of Tron could be implemented on the 2600. You'd need both a paddle (to aim) and a joystick (to move the Tron character) if you were to make it faithful to the arcade game. It could be done easely on the ColecoVision with the Roller Controller, but on the 2600? It could work if the Tron character remains stationnary at the bottom of the screen, but with a single fire button, the game would broil down to a simple frisbee shoot-fest.

 

On the other hand, you could possibly move the Tron character left and right with the paddle controller, by turning the rotary dial all the way to the left (or right) and holding down the fire button... That could work...

[P.I.X.L.]

These games were some of my alll time favorites ( I have the arcade games in my collection ) but to see them on the 2600- that would be a blast!

 

 

 

Swimmer!

 

 

Make Trax!

[P.I.X.L.]

I got another one-

PONPOKO!

[TROGDOR]

I can't help but wonder how Discs of Tron could be implemented on the 2600. You'd need both a paddle (to aim) and a joystick (to move the Tron character) if you were to make it faithful to the arcade game. It could be done easely on the ColecoVision with the Roller Controller, but on the 2600? It could work if the Tron character remains stationnary at the bottom of the screen, but with a single fire button, the game would broil down to a simple frisbee shoot-fest.

 

On the other hand, you could possibly move the Tron character left and right with the paddle controller, by turning the rotary dial all the way to the left (or right) and holding down the fire button... That could work...

It could be done on one joystick. When the button is not pressed, the joystick moves the player around on the platforms (forward/backward, left/right). When the button is pressed down, the target crosshairs move (up/down, left/right). When the button is released, a disc is fired. Granted, this would require the user to stand still while aiming, but that would still work with the game play. It just means you have to aim quickly.