Arcade Adaption

[farquh]

I was playing Solar Fox this weekend and didn't realize that it was based on an arcade game.

 

We all know the usual suspects that are arcade adaptations like Pac-Man, Frogger, Donkey Kong, Q-Bert, Dig Dug, Defender, Missile Command etc., but I'm wondering if people will share their favorite 'lesser known' Atari arcade adaption game carts.

 

I'm thinking about titles like Time Pilot, Pengo, Gorf, Tapper and such. Games that people (mainly myself!) might not know were based on arcade games.

 

Please discuss - btw, my fav Atari arcade adaption is probably Galaxian. Anyone know why there wasn't a Galaga for 2600?

[VectorGamer]

Anyone know why there wasn't a Galaga for 2600?

 

I think someone best described it as "flickerfest"

[e1will]

Anyone know why there wasn't a Galaga for 2600?

 

I think someone best described it as "flickerfest"

 

Would have been in 1983, no doubt. Or even 2009, given the limitations of the time...

 

On topic, I'd never even heard of Juno First as an arcade game, but now it's my favorite 2600 game.

 

--Will

[Madaracs]

 

On topic, I'd never even heard of Juno First as an arcade game, but now it's my favorite 2600 game.

 

--Will

 

Heheh. Ironically, I have a Solar Fox arcade cabinet with a 48-in-1 in it which has Juno First on it as one of the games. :-)

 

Solar Fox is pretty cool and a very good adaptation of the original arcade though it's missing a couple of things. The main thing is you can't fire at your enemies. In the arcade version, there are 3 fire buttons. One on the stick (which was the same as a Tron joystick) and one on either side of the main joystick. Unlike Donkey Kong, this game was Ambidextrous! The graphics on the cabinet are rad too.

 

Some say that the 2600 port of the game is better than the Arcade game. (Though I'd wager they didn't play the Arcade version much.)

[farquh]

 

Would have been in 1983, no doubt. Or even 2009, given the limitations of the time...

 

On topic, I'd never even heard of Juno First as an arcade game, but now it's my favorite 2600 game.

 

--Will

 

I didn't know Juno First was even ported to Atari 2600! I will have to locate one! I have a 60-in-1 jamma board that has Juno First on it. Kenomi made it, or the company that preceded Kenomi that is. It's a great arcade game

[farquh]

 

I didn't know Juno First was even ported to Atari 2600! I will have to locate one! I have a 60-in-1 jamma board that has Juno First on it. Kenomi made it, or the company that preceded Kenomi that is. It's a great arcade game

 

Wait, WAS Juno First ever ported to Atari 2600?

[e1will]

Wait, WAS Juno First ever ported to Atari 2600?

 

Yep, it's a recent homebrew (and a very good one.)

 

--Will

[farquh]

Wait, WAS Juno First ever ported to Atari 2600?

 

Yep, it's a recent homebrew (and a very good one.)

 

--Will

 

Ah, a home brew. And where would someone, like me, get himself one of these Juno First home brews?

 

Also, I know I keep changing my mind, but I think my fav arcade port for atari 2600 is Berzerk.

[e1will]

Ah, a home brew. And where would someone, like me, get himself one of these Juno First home brews?

 

Also, I know I keep changing my mind, but I think my fav arcade port for atari 2600 is Berzerk.

 

Your timing is perfect...

http://www.atariage.com/forums/topic/166988-cge-releases-and-aa-t-shirts-available-for-purchase/

 

--Will