Androman/Atariman

[+SpiceWare]

Atari 2600 Controls A Robot

After my Atari 2600 sent hordes of blocky robots after me in countless games, I shouldn't be so surprised that Atari was working on a real robot that could be the henchman of the humble brains of the VCS. The image above is a Polaroid of a mini Androman (later renamed Atariman) that would interact with a 2600 game.

More info here

[Godzilla]

iirc digital press released a rom and interview related to this, didn't they?

[Impaler_26]

iirc digital press released a rom and interview related to this, didn't they?

http://www.digitpress.com/library/intervie...d_springer.html

[+SpiceWare]

Interesting interview, thanks for the link!

[yuppicide]

I wanted to do exactly that and make Gryomite for the 2600 by modifying R.O.B.

[+RandomPerson]

I wanted to do exactly that and make Gryomite for the 2600 by modifying R.O.B.

 

Thats been a project idea I've also had sitting on the back burner for a few years.