+johnnywc #1 Posted December 8, 2003 Hello all, With all the excitement created by kenfused and his DK/DK Jr/etc. 8-bit to 5200 conversions, it got me thinking about how to get a decent basketball game onto the 5200... The game I'm thinking about is Atari's Basketball (4 player). It was 2-on-2, very similar to gameplay as the 2600 version, except you could pass. The passing was awkward, however, due to the one-button limitation of the Atari joystick, so to do it the second player had to hold down their button while the person with the ball pressed their button to pass. It took a little getting used to, but in college my roomate and I had it down to a science and had some great games against the computer. Anyway, here's my thought: 1) convert the 8-bit version to the 5200 2) modify the code so that the person with the ball can pass with button 2 (replace the logic of "if player 2 button 1 and player 1 button 1, pass" with "if player 1 button 2" Personally, I would think this would be a great addition to the 5200 library and would make for an awesome game. Let's face it - the Realsports Basketball proto floating around is unplayable at best... What does everybody think of this? I'm not sure how popular the basketball game for the 800 was/is... Thanks, Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
oesii #2 Posted December 8, 2003 I would wager that Atari Basketball was not a popular title for the 8bits. Now EA's One on One is another story Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+johnnywc #3 Posted December 8, 2003 I agree - One on One was the other basketball game we played the heck out of. Is this one a possible 8-bit to 5200 conversion??? We did play the other basketball game a lot too - it's a different style (full court) and getting to both be on one team was really great fun. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dutchman2000 #4 Posted December 10, 2003 Yes, One on One would be nice but it needs more then 16k of memory to run. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Goochman #5 Posted December 10, 2003 The 8bit version of basketball would be a waste of time and money to port/buy. One on One is excellent though if it would work. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+johnnywc #6 Posted December 10, 2003 The 8bit version of basketball would be a waste of time and money to port/buy. Ouch!! Goochman - you stepped all over one of my fond memories with that one!! Seriously though - I played the game last night on my 800xl and must admit it hasn't aged well. Maybe I should just let the memories be just that... With all that said, I think the one thing we can all agree on is that One on One would be awesome!! Let's hope it happens someday... kenfused - thank you for all you've done with these ports. It is very much appreciated!!! Thanks, Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Goochman #7 Posted December 10, 2003 Sorry Johnny, that got about 35 seconds of play when I got it on my 800 - Reminded my of 2600 Basketball too much This is all IMHO of course Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tempest #8 Posted December 10, 2003 Keep in mind that One on One was released in 1984 while 400/800 Basketball was released in 1978. Of course Basketball is going to pale in comparison. I still think it's pretty cool though. Tempest Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
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