Mister-VCS Posted January 7, 2016 Author Share Posted January 7, 2016 I forgot: Road Runner! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+save2600 Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 I forgot: Road Runner! Fotos-1389.jpg Great game and the 2600 version is excellent! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inky Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 Also needed: - Tinkle Pit The 7800 needs more tinker balls. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+slx Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 Time Pilot would be great - afaik it's not available on any Atari system. Gesendet von meinem iPhone mit Tapatalk 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trebor Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 Time Pilot would be great - afaik it's not available on any Atari system. http://atariage.com/software_page.php?SoftwareLabelID=559 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+slx Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 Thanks for the hint, will check out, although it doesn't look as faithful as to make a 7800 version obsolete 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynxpro Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 (edited) I really need to hear the Spyhunter theme song through a 7800 before I die.... You want to hear that playing through the TIA??? The only sounds the TIA could probably do close to the arcade original would be the slipping noise effect and the crash/explosion. For a 7800 version to replicate the arcade sound experience, I guess you could go POKEY+TIA, support XBOARD and use Dual POKEY, use a DPC+, or go the XM route with its POKEY/TIA/YM2151 option. The A8 version looks decent it sounds like it takes advantage of the POKEY far better what was done with the SID on the C64 version [that was apparently a lazy port]. Now I'm watching a video of the alleged A8 port to the 5200 and the graphics appear to be tweaked to better match the arcade original which if true is an amazing feat. Supposedly it's the version sold by Good Deal Games. No word on whether a Paddle Modded Controller would work well on it. I'm imagining that could be pulled off well if the [top] Left fire button was for the guns, the [top] Right fire button used for Gas, and you had a Toggle Switch for the Shifter [which most people add to the Paddle Mods to be used with Pole Position]. Unfortunately, unless you could somehow get the bottom fire buttons to work independently, you'd have to go to the Keypad for Brake and Oil Slick. A game pad with shoulder buttons would definitely work for a lot of those but it would have to be programmed especially for a hypothetical 5200 hack or a 7800 version. Or…someone could get a set of peddles, slap a DB9 - or DB15 for the 5200 - on it and plug it into the second controller port and map the functions to either the fire buttons, to the Paddle lines, or the directional movements of the joystick... Edited January 8, 2016 by Lynxpro Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+GoldenWheels Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 You want to hear that playing through the TIA??? The only sounds the TIA could probably do close to the arcade original would be the slipping noise effect and the crash/explosion. For a 7800 version to replicate the arcade sound experience, I guess you could go POKEY+TIA, support XBOARD and use Dual POKEY, use a DPC+, or go the XM route with its POKEY/TIA/YM2151 option. I know it Lynx, I know it, and Jinks already pointed out if I wanted that I could just pop the 2600 version in--same dif. I really just want more good 7800 games period, and when I think Spy Hunter, I think Peter Gunn (who doesn't?). Frankly with the talk about Mad Planets, I was already thinking about how I could tie together (in the most basic sense, mount them cleanly in/on a single piece) a driving controller and a joystick. Mostly because I like silly projects, I'm probably going to do it even though there'll likely never be anything to use it on. I've always got spare wood and controllers to sacrifice. It could also work on Spyhunter. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FibroFreak78 Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 BUBBLES! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaynz Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 You want to hear that playing through the TIA??? The only sounds the TIA could probably do close to the arcade original would be the slipping noise effect and the crash/explosion. The TIA is actually capable of doing quite a lot. The problem with it is that getting it to do anything requires extra coding since it only understands very raw commands. POKEY, and other chips, have more complicated instruction sets that take a lot of processes off the main processor. In other words, to tell POKEY to play a little tune, you just send along the notes and the voice you're using. In TIA, your program has to tell it what notes and voices are in the first place. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dauber Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 You want proof that the TIA can do some amazing sound? Get the Frenzy/Berzerk homebrew. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8th lutz Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 (edited) Bubble Gyruss Gaplus Qix Rush'n Attack Bombjack Bosconian Gradius Trog Snow Brothers Super Off Road Bubble Bobble Crystal Castles Dragon Spirit Elevator Action Rolling Thunder Mappy Mr. Do Shao Lin's road Roc'n Rope Pac-Land Circus Charlie Time Pilot Twin Bee Congo Bongo Pepper 2 Bump'n Jump Road Fighter Star Castle - Yes, I know the 2600 a homebrew version. I wanted this for years as a 7800 game Edited January 8, 2016 by 8th lutz 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JungleJet Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 (edited) Black Widow Frogger Lunar Lander Major Havoc Mr. Do Moon Patrol Quantum Reactor Rush'N Attack Satan's Hollow Sinistar Tac/Scan Tempest Time Pilot 84 Zookeeper Edited January 8, 2016 by JungleJet 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jinks Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 Bump n jump!! That would be cool! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynxpro Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 I know it Lynx, I know it, and Jinks already pointed out if I wanted that I could just pop the 2600 version in--same dif. I really just want more good 7800 games period, and when I think Spy Hunter, I think Peter Gunn (who doesn't?). Frankly with the talk about Mad Planets, I was already thinking about how I could tie together (in the most basic sense, mount them cleanly in/on a single piece) a driving controller and a joystick. Mostly because I like silly projects, I'm probably going to do it even though there'll likely never be anything to use it on. I've always got spare wood and controllers to sacrifice. It could also work on Spyhunter. Atari/GCC Nightmare also uses that controller arrangement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynxpro Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 You want proof that the TIA can do some amazing sound? Get the Frenzy/Berzerk homebrew. True. But it can't do better than POKEY. And if you really want to hear amazing, and quite a programming feat at that, is to listen to SID-ish music created using the GTIA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister-VCS Posted January 9, 2016 Author Share Posted January 9, 2016 Doesn't Pole Position 2 negate the need for Pole Position, seeing as PP2 has the original Fuji track? Just want to play a more arcade-perfect version of Pole Position on my 7800 (with POKEY-sound) - and a good version of Defender and Defender II/Stargate. UK-RetroGamer magazine recommended the Colecovison (Atarisoft) version of Defender - but forget it! Looks like Defender, but it is impossible to control the spaceship. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxdrive Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 What about some of the tengen games like Tetris fantasy zone after burner the arcade games Atari made for the nes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synthpopalooza Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 10 Yard Fight and RBI baseball were both arcade games first. Plus, didn't Tengen do RBI Baseball for NES? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxdrive Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 I think it did Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxdrive Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 Would love to see cloak and dagger on 7800 or 5200 love that game 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Usotsuki Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 Tengen just localized RBI Baseball, that was a Namco game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyle Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 It's an NES game but Wrecking Crew would be fun on the 7800. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyle Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 Gyruss for sure 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trebor Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 Emphasis on "missing", there are some often underrated Arcade titles that could really shine on the 7800 and have never been released on any other console: Monster Bash 1982 Sega* Zoo Keeper 1982 Taito Pandora's Palace 1984 Konami / Interlogic Do! Run Run 1984 Universal** Jumping Jack 1984 Universal *Sega Master System's 1986 Ghost House is an unofficial sequel. **Amiga, Atari ST, and MSX computers have ports, but nothing for consoles. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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