Which game idea is the most exciting?

[+Gemintronic]

I've got many game ideas stirring in my head. Dunno which is better. ALL of them are do-able. What sounds more awesome?

[+Gemintronic]

I'm honestly surprised I even got one vote (so far) on a ChromaColor/ChromaDepth 3D game. I didn't actually explain what that means. This gal does it better:

[Matthew]

They all suck. Try harder.

[+Gemintronic]

They all suck. Try harder.

 

Sarcasm is sometimes hard to interpret on the Internet. Please explain your viewpoint so I can better understand it. Also, for bonus points: what ideas don't suck?

[+Gemintronic]

Well, I PM'ed Matthew to make sure I didn't offend him somehow. That post of his came off dismissive, rude and slightly angry. I guess he was just in a mood - which is unfortunate because this topic is all about feedback. If you don't explain such strong language then people might mistake your statement for a waste of air. Do that too many times and people start viewing all your posts like that.

[+Random Terrain]

From what some people have said about certain Rogue-likes, there could be things that suck about them. Instant death if I pick up an item with no warning? No thanks. I just want to play cool adventure games that use controlled randomness. It's also nice when a game has enemies that have some kind of intelligence or at least have the ability to 'see' you like the dragon ducks in Adventure.

[+Gemintronic]

What about taking the good aspects of a Rogue-like and putting into Adventure form - all the while using your principles of controlled randomness?

 

Could you stand wearing chromadepth glasses and being stuck watching a game with this color palette? It'd be 3D with glasses and hopefully tolerable for people without.

[+save2600]

2600 Final Fantasy please!

 

I wouldn't waste time on something as gimmicky as 3D.

[+TrekMD]

I voted for Metroid clone. Metroid is a fun game. It'd be interesting to see what a clone of tha game would be like on the 2600.

[+Gemintronic]

2600 Final Fantasy please!

 

I wouldn't waste time on something as gimmicky as 3D.

 

Looks like Ultima/Final Fantasy Turn Based RPG is in the lead. Would that be okay with:

 

A. No saves

B. Just password

C. Password and SaveKey/Vox support

[Emehr]

Matthew is a troll. Ignore it. I'm still not sure why that account hasn't been banned.

 

My vote goes towards a Solomon's Key-style game. Most games use the play field as window dressing or obstacles and I think the 2600 needs more games where you can interact with it. Plus, the one-button joystick should be easy enough to adapt versus a jump + shoot style game like Metroid.

[accousticguitar]

I like puzzle games myself.

[Gabriel]

I voted Ultima/Final Fantasy clone. As far as I know, there haven't been any of these types of games finished for the 2600. As a close runner up, I'd choose a roguelike, but Dungeon basically fills that role. A third choice would be a Treasures of Tarmin clone, but corridor wandering games as much better represented on the 2600 than either of my first two choices.

 

No saves? That makes it rough. I understand the general limitations, but passwords just kinda suck. Not bashing. Just pointing out the blaringly obvious. I don't think anyone would reasonably expect the 2600 to save, but it does limit the game's practical playability. Well, it does on real hardware anyway. On emulators you can just savestate as a workaround.

[+Gemintronic]

I voted Ultima/Final Fantasy clone. As far as I know, there haven't been any of these types of games finished for the 2600. As a close runner up, I'd choose a roguelike, but Dungeon basically fills that role. A third choice would be a Treasures of Tarmin clone, but corridor wandering games as much better represented on the 2600 than either of my first two choices.

 

No saves? That makes it rough. I understand the general limitations, but passwords just kinda suck. Not bashing. Just pointing out the blaringly obvious. I don't think anyone would reasonably expect the 2600 to save, but it does limit the game's practical playability. Well, it does on real hardware anyway. On emulators you can just savestate as a workaround.

 

Password screen & SaveKey is it

 

[jaybird3rd]

As nice as it would be to see another four-player game of any kind on the 2600, I went with a Turtles clone. Entex had the Turtles license back in the 80s, and they weren't as interested in porting it to the major consoles as they were in experimenting with their own systems (there was a VFD Turtles tabletop, a TV-game prototype, and an Adventure Vision cartridge), but Turtles is an under-appreciated maze game which would work well on the 2600.

 

I don't often play RPG-style games, and the 2600 doesn't seem especially well-suited for them, so those options don't do anything for me.

[+Gemintronic]

I'm pretty sure the.golden.ax would vote for Turtles too.

 

That being said, batari BASIC just got support for 64k games and already has SaveKey/AtariVox support (save games). If the Atari 2600 was ever ready for an RPG it would be now

[roland p]

A 4 player game would be exciting. Something like bomberman. But bomberman is probably too complex. The thing I like is the interaction between all the players, it's controlled chaos

[Impaler_26]

As nice as it would be to see another four-player game of any kind on the 2600, I went with a Turtles clone. Entex had the Turtles license back in the 80s, and they weren't as interested in porting it to the major consoles as they were in experimenting with their own systems (there was a VFD Turtles tabletop, a TV-game prototype, and an Adventure Vision cartridge), but Turtles is an under-appreciated maze game which would work well on the 2600.

 

I would like a Turtles clone (or better yet an 1:1 port if possible) for the 2600 too.

There's a port for the Emmerson Arcadia 2001 which is one of the best games for the system IMO:

 

 

There's also a quite similar 2600 game called Alien's Return so i'm sure the 2600 could handle a 1:1 port of Turtles.

[+Random Terrain]

What about taking the good aspects of a Rogue-like and putting into Adventure form - all the while using your principles of controlled randomness?

 

Could you stand wearing chromadepth glasses and being stuck watching a game with this color palette? It'd be 3D with glasses and hopefully tolerable for people without.

 

I always wanted to try those glasses, I've linked to them from my web site for years, but I probably would end up taking them off after about 5 minutes.

 

 

 

 

Matthew is a troll. Ignore it. I'm still not sure why that account hasn't been banned.

 

My guess is that he's a moderator in disguise.

[mkiker2089]

Chromadepth is nice and would work well. If you make an undersea game especially since the blue works so well with it.. Add that to another vote, like a Pitfall hack for example, and it would be awesome.

 

Here's the thing. I want what works well on the 2600. A Metroid game will just make us sad.

 

I really want to see a hack of Pitfall or Dig Dug to see if we can push those just a little farther. I know many want new and different butt there are certain things the 2600 just does well and those two games exemplify it.

[mkiker2089]

I always wanted to try those glasses, I've linked to them from my web site for years, but I probably would end up taking them off after about 5 minutes.

 

 

My guess is that he's a moderator in disguise.

 

In my experience Chroma Depth doesn't have any of the typical effects of other 3ds. The difference is in speed of color view rather than forcing the eyes to see different images.

[mkiker2089]

I would like a Turtles clone (or better yet an 1:1 port if possible) for the 2600 too.

There's a port for the Emmerson Arcadia 2001 which is one of the best games for the system IMO:

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgyioUT3H2w

 

There's also a quite similar 2600 game called Alien's Return so i'm sure the 2600 could handle a 1:1 port of Turtles.

 

Watch this video with the Chroma glasses on. It's a perfect example of what the game can do.

[+save2600]

Turtles would easily be my second choice.

 

BTW: If someone ever did FF for the 2600, be cool if there was a companion CD to go along with it. FF soundtrack done 2600 chip tune style.

[+Gemintronic]

Turtles seems to be a sleeper hit! As for chiptunes.. this is about as lengthy as I usually get:

music001.bin

[mkiker2089]

On second thought, Chroma does give people headaches. Using that color pallet would be ok though as the game would look fine without the glasses as well.

 

Can you do an underwater Pitfall? What would that be like? Maybe have Harry in an old school diving suit with squid floating around instead of bats? Let him jump really high, have air bubble push him back?