Choplifter on 2600

[atari70s]

since it was suppose to be out in spring of 84 was there ever a copy made? the screen shot they got makes it look like it was in development. (aa mag) anyone find a copy around yet?

[bjk7382]

I know there is a mexican pirate of Chopper Command that is called Choplifter

[Godzilla]

Ain't that a shame, my tears feel like rain. Cause I'd love to see a real 2600 choplifter. AS LONG as you can decapitate the prisoners with your chopper blades like in vic choplifter.

[DEBRO]

since it was suppose to be out in spring of 84 was there ever a copy made? the screen shot they got makes it look like it was in development. (aa mag) anyone find a copy around yet?

I must have missed this. Which magazine had the screenshot?

[atari70s]

i think it was in atari age vol 2 issue 4 or 5

had a cool screen shot. not bad i think it would have made a great game for the 2600

[ZylonBane]

Only IF they seriously cut down the number of hostages. The original Choplifter could easily have over a dozen little hostages running around on the same horizontal level-- flicker hell for any 2600 kernel.

[Thomas Jentzsch]

Only IF they seriously cut down the number of hostages. The original Choplifter could easily have over a dozen little hostages running around on the same horizontal level-- flicker hell for any 2600 kernel.

Maybe by using missiles (and multiple copies of them) the flicker could be just acceptable.

[Cybergoth]

Hi there!

 

Only IF they seriously cut down the number of hostages. The original Choplifter could easily have over a dozen little hostages running around on the same horizontal level-- flicker hell for any 2600 kernel.

Maybe by using missiles (and multiple copies of them) the flicker could be just acceptable.

 

Multiple missiles would also mean multiple sprites, so when reserving a whole horizontal stripe for hostages only, you can do up to 12 hostages there or even 24 at 30Hz...

 

I think Rob had a cool layout idea for doing Choplifter on [stella] a while ago.

 

Greetings,

Manuel

[SS]

i think it was in atari age vol 2 issue 4 or 5  

had a cool screen shot. not bad i think it would have made a great game for the 2600

 

Volume 2 number 4, page 13.

 

I don't think that the screen would have been possible on a 2600, though.

[Mindfield]

That looks a hell of a lot like the Apple ][ version...

[Lauren Tyler]

Either that or just a composite drawing. The odds of a 2600 game looking like that are mighty slim. Although I do remember having a dream about playing a Choplifter! type game for the 2600 once. It was called something like 'Atari Matari.' (why such a weird name? Because dreams are handled by one side of the brain, while processing text is done on the other side. This is why when we're dreaming, text can look really weird!)

[ApolloBoy]

That looks a hell of a lot like the Apple ][ version...

 

Actually, it looks more like the Atari 8-bit/5200 version.

[atari70s]

i was thinking 8 bit. but i can see it being remotely possible. wont look like that but little dots running for their lives. maybe. we will never know i wonder if ken love would know anything about this