Large 2600 character models

[+bcombee]

So, I recently made one of these for my window on the laser cutter at TechShop. It's a little over a foot wide.

 

 

I'd love to do some other ones based on beloved 2600 game characters. Any suggestions?

 

They need to be one color and somewhat contiguous (you can shift around pixels a little for connections, like I did here). Having some sort of natural base to stand on is also good.

 

I was thinking the dragons from Adventure would be good candidates, as would be the Yar from Yar's Revenge. A Berzerk robot would also be pretty easy, but the guy from the game wouldn't work due to the detached head. Outlaw has some good outlines with the cowboys and the stage coach, so I could see some sort of recreated scene from that. Maybe one of the cows from Stampede?

[+Gemintronic]

You know there's a gynourmous thread of hand-made sprites here:

http://atariage.com/forums/topic/169238-free-sprites-for-the-taking/

[+bcombee]

Oooh, I'd not see that. There's some really neat designs there, but most of them are multi-color, so not really suitable for mono-color material lasering.

[JadeETC]

Dave Otto from Berzerk.

[Serious]

 

I'd love to do some other ones based on beloved 2600 game characters. Any suggestions?

 

I was thinking the dragons from Adventure would be good candidates, as would be the Yar from Yar's Revenge. A Berzerk robot would also be pretty easy, but the guy from the game wouldn't work due to the detached head. Outlaw has some good outlines with the cowboys and the stage coach, so I could see some sort of recreated scene from that. Maybe one of the cows from Stampede?

This is awesome.

 

I agree a Yar and a Dragon would be good.

 

No 2600 character is more iconic to me that the Atari 2600 Space Invaders (especially the one that looks like a monkey). They really epitomize so much about the console. (Licensed arcade conversions that barely resemble the original.. Used to drive me nuts when I was a kid, but it one of those things I love most about the console, now).

 

 

 

[Gregory DG]

How about Dig Dug and the enemy characters? Or how about Pitfall Harry, the Demon Attack birds, the Mad Bomber from Kaboom, Combat Tanks, Empire Strikes Back AT-AT, River Raid jet, Indiana Jones, Mommy Kangaroo, or Bentley Bear?

[+bcombee]

Evil Otto could work in a filled in version... actually, Winky from Venture would be similar, but with more interesting detail.

 

The Combat tanks aren't bad... Pitfall Harry is tough due to the multiple colors needed, same goes for the Mad Bomber and Demon Attack birds. The AT-AT is doable, but I'd need the right color of acrylic to make it work. An orange translucent Pooka from Dig Dug would be interesting.

[JamesL]

How about the hero from Adventure? Just kidding. Seriously, though how about hungry pipe wrench Pac-Man? Not sure if he's a "beloved" 2600 character, but definitely unique to the system.

[WolfAmongWolves]

I think the main character from HERO would work well. I know he's multi-colored, but you could make him one color and he would still be instantly recognizable.

[Keatah]

 

I'd love to do some other ones based on beloved 2600 game characters. Any suggestions?

 

The paddle from pong.

 

If you want to try color, how about the club from miniature golf?

Edited October 1, 2013 by Keatah

[nanochess]

E.T. the Extraterrestrial, I'm wondering if it could be recognized by people without previous warning

 

Also the Decathlon runner or the Jungle Hunt explorer.

[+bcombee]

E.T. I like. Good one.