Delta for 2600

[Tsukasa]

Has anyone every attempted to port Delta from the C64 to the 2600?

I know that Thomas is good at doing ports from looking at his work on Thrust+.

Is anyone up to it?

[Thomas Jentzsch]

Has anyone every attempted to port Delta from the C64 to the 2600?

Delta is a great game, but I don't think you can make a good 2600 conversion. There are far too many sprites on the screen, so the result would probably become a horrible flicker festival.

[+Nathan Strum]

so the result would probably become a horrible flicker festival.

 

Actually, "Horrible Flicker Festival" sounds like a cool name for a game.

[Tsukasa]

Oh......

 

Well, it was a thought.

 

I was just trying to think of good games that aren't on the 2600 that have music by Rob Hubbard....

[Tsukasa]

Hey Thomas, did you see my post on using the ball sprite to smooth out the diagonals on tempest?

[Tsukasa]

Has anyone every attempted to port Delta from the C64 to the 2600?

Delta is a great game, but I don't think you can make a good 2600 conversion. There are far too many sprites on the screen, so the result would probably become a horrible flicker festival.

 

What if you used the venetian blinds technique? The enemy sprites could be part of the background graphics.

[AtariLeaf]

so the result would probably become a horrible flicker festival.

 

Actually, "Horrible Flicker Festival" sounds like a cool name for a game.