2600 To 8-Bit Ports?

[Atari Nut]

Has anyone ported any of the following 2600 titles to 8-bit?

 

Adventure II (AT Games Flashback 2 Version)

Maze Craze

Haunted House

Night Driver

Return To Haunted House (AT Games Flashback 2 Version)

Superman

 

 

 

[Lord Thag]

Sort of:

 

Adventure II no to the Flashback version, though the 5200 one is a long time 'in progress' from the original developer. It'll be released "soon" (using the geologic time scale)

 

Night Driver: yes, http://a8.fandal.cz/detail.php?files_id=5916

 

Neither haunted house nor superman have been ported, to my knowledge. I'd love to see Haunted Adventure II ported.

[Rybags]

Night Driver - isn't the initial VBXE concversion from the arcade? Was it ported also to legacy HW?

 

Adventure II - aren't there distinct different versions, the 5200 being a privateer effort with approval to use the name (and since converted to the computer).

 

Maze Craze - that would probably be a good conversion candidate. Likely a case of there being a bitmap retained of the maze which could dynamically be converted to A8 format.

Edited August 7, 2017 by Rybags

[+Adam+]

Night Driver - the gameplay should be identical as on the arcade, as it is a direct port. Unfortunately the game is PAL only.

As far as I remember there are 2 versions, one for a standard machine, one for VBXE card.

 

 

Edited August 7, 2017 by +Adam+

[+Adam+]

This is how Adventure II looks on Atari 5200 (no, it's not an A2600 port):

A similar, but improved version of it for Atari 8-bit should be (hopefully) released soon. There is a playable demo available. More details in this thread.

Edited August 7, 2017 by +Adam+

[Atari Nut]

I have the 5200 Adventure II and I plan on getting the XE version when it gets released. I was curious about the Flashback 2 version which is a 2600 version like Adventure but with a different, more complex layout...

 

That Night Driver is nice. Wish there was an NTSC version. Thanks.

[+Cafeman]

I have the 5200 Adventure II and I plan on getting the XE version when it gets released. I was curious about the Flashback 2 version which is a 2600 version like Adventure but with a different, more complex layout...

 

The Flashback 2 version was designed and programmed by Curt Vendel's team, based on the maps and gameplay of 5200 Adventure II , and it actually came out earlier than 5200 Adventure II embarrassing as it is to admit. 5200 AdvII came out May 2007. Adventure II XE .. hopefully 2017 but I have left it alone for a few months due to "life".

[Atari Nut]

 

The Flashback 2 version was designed and programmed by Curt Vendel's team, based on the maps and gameplay of 5200 Adventure II , and it actually came out earlier than 5200 Adventure II embarrassing as it is to admit. 5200 AdvII came out May 2007. Adventure II XE .. hopefully 2017 but I have left it alone for a few months due to "life".

 

I'm looking forward to Adventure II XE.

[ACML]

Night Driver - the gameplay should be identical as on the arcade, as it is a direct port. Unfortunately the game is PAL only.

As far as I remember there are 2 versions, one for a standard machine, one for VBXE card.

 

 

Can someone please patch this to work on NTSC machines? Please!!

[+CharlieChaplin]

Afaik,

 

Superman was also ported to the A8, but maybe not finished:

 

http://a8.fandal.cz/detail.php?files_id=2868

[Atari Nut]

Thanks for the link but yea, it appears unfinished. Sounds are missing and the game doesn't play correctly. Too bad.