Is there an Atari 2600 game like this?

[Mr.FoodMonster]

Hey, this has been one of my favorite online games for quite some time, and I figured that it was seemingly a simple program, and wondering if anyone has made a game like it, or if there already is one. The game is called 'Fill It' and heres the link http://ww3.freearcade.com/Fillit.jav/Fillit_body.html

anyone feel free to tackle this project :wink:

[CPUWIZ]

There is on the 5200, it's called Qix.

 

http://www.atariage.com/screenshot_page.ht...wareLabelID=652

[Mr.FoodMonster]

Aww, that figures. Oh well, looks like im sticking with the java version

[bjk7382]

qix is also on the 400/800 system and I own it a play it often. Althought they probly look the same graphic wise, because the 5200 is just a 400 without the keyboard. I think the 5200 is better off without that crappy membrane keyboard anyway. I have tried typing on it and it is not fun.

 

-Brad Karston

[bjk7382]

I just played it and the other version has a thing going around the outside edge so you can't just sit on the edge and wait for a good time to go. I think the java one is pretty choppy, at least on my computer (pretty old)

 

-Brad Karston

[Nukey Shay]

How about Miss World, Gal's Panic, Fantasia, etc...for Mame?

 

Anyway, this question has come up before for the 2600. It really can't be done for the 2600 and remain even halfway faithful to Qix. But there is Amidar for the 2600...and that game is sort of Qix-ish.

[Nukey Shay]

I just played it and the other version has a thing going around the outside edge so you can't just sit on the edge and wait for a good time to go.

 

Aren't Sparx in both versions of Qix for the 8-bits?

[bjk7382]

yeah they use weird shapes, if that is what you mean by sparx? the java version is very playable though. I like it

 

-Brad Karston

[NE146]

yeah they use weird shapes, if that is what you mean by sparx?

 

Play the original arcade version of Qix in Mame... then watch the attract mode. That will explain what the sparx are

[Room 34]

But there is Amidar for the 2600...and that game is sort of Qix-ish.

 

Ugh... Amidar is a piece of crap! (Of course, I think the ARCADE version sucks too!)

 

Qix is great though. Reason enough to own a 5200!

 

If you are using a Mac, there is a great Qix-like game from Ambrosia called Barrack -- but I don't think they've "Carbonized" it for OS X yet so you need to be running Classic. (Hence, I have not played this game in a long time. But back in college I would stay up half the night playing it!)

[Nukey Shay]

But there is Amidar for the 2600...and that game is sort of Qix-ish.

 

Ugh... Amidar is a piece of crap! (Of course, I think the ARCADE version sucks too!)

 

^^ topic

[Room 34]

 

I'm not saying Amidar isn't vaguely Qix-like. I'm just saying that it sucks!

[Keir]

Amidar does indeed suck. Play Demolition Herby instead!

[Inky]

I finally figured out why the 8-bit Qix sucks...

 

Playfield fills in TOOO slow, and the sound FX suck.

 

If it wasn't for that, I could tolerate it.

[NovaXpress]

The 400/800 versions seems like a totally different program from the superior 5200 edition. Anyone know the story on this conversion?

[Mendon]

Just curious if anyone thinks Painter could be done for the 2600?

 

Mendon

[NovaXpress]

Even Intellivision couldn't pull this style of game off. In Thin ice (a weird translation from the far weirder Qix-clone Disco #1 - play it on MAME) they had to restrict the player to precut panels rather than allow free movement.

[Godzilla]

bah! I bet the 2600 could do qix with a talented coder at the helm. sure it might have to use something just to 'represent' a filled area instead of actually filling the whole area, but i bet it could do the gameplay exactly, in the hands of a talented enough coder. I mean, can't adavies chronocolor thing basically plot a bitmap (ergo 2600 sized 'pixels' (term used loosely,) anywhere?)

[NovaXpress]

Remember all those Qix-style games which revealed pictures of naked girls when the screen was filled in? Now there's a project for Mr. Davies.

[ZylonBane]

A ColorView-style display ("Chronocolor(TM!)"? Feh.) would be overkill. You really only need 4 colors for Qix-- black, white, blue, and orange. But then, you only need blue and orange for the two different fill speeds, and the 2600 stick only has one button, so in deference to controller and RAM limitations it would be reasonable to limit fills to one speed. So you'd just need black, white, and blue. This could easily be done with an interleaved white/blue playfield... and an extra K or two of RAM.

[NovaXpress]

Let's say that when the button is pressed the player moves slow, and when depressed moves quickly. That would allow for the blue and yellow fills. Perhaps still use just one color, but allow for the bonus score for a slow-drawn box. The variant speeds and scoring is a big part of Qix.

[Inky]

Let's say that when the button is pressed the player moves slow, and when depressed moves quickly.  That would allow for the blue and yellow fills.  Perhaps still use just one color, but allow for the bonus score for a slow-drawn box.  The variant speeds and scoring is a big part of Qix.

 

That's how the 8-bit Qix works

 

EDIT: Oops. Nope. Without the button it goes slow, with the button it goes fast.

 

Remind me to read the message again.

[ZylonBane]

And it sucks. You have to be really careful going around corners or you just spontaneously start drawing. Gets you killed real quick if the Qix is around.

[NovaXpress]

For some reason I thought I hit a space bar to move slow on Qix. Either long-term memory loss or some other weird variant I played.

 

I have the 5200 edition, which is near-perfect.

[Godzilla]

Just use the booster grip :-) or do the simple 'double click to start fast, single click to start slow'

 

zylon: really? dont even need chronoview? then why does everyone say the 2600 cant do it? zylon knows more than them?