+atari2600land Posted October 15, 2006 Share Posted October 15, 2006 Does anybody know of any good (or not-so-good) racing games for the Atari 2600 besides the following that I already have: Dragster Enduro Grand Prix Night Driver Pole Position Street Racer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diggs130 Posted October 15, 2006 Share Posted October 15, 2006 Indy 500 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inky Posted October 15, 2006 Share Posted October 15, 2006 Indy 500 is about the best racing game on the 2600, IMHO. NOt to say the others are bad by a longshot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+atari2600land Posted October 15, 2006 Author Share Posted October 15, 2006 Indy 500 I don't have a driving controller. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lauren Tyler Posted October 15, 2006 Share Posted October 15, 2006 Sprintmaster Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
godzillajoe Posted October 15, 2006 Share Posted October 15, 2006 Sprintmaster Motocross Racer I would even add Steeplechase though you race horses and not cars Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supercat Posted October 15, 2006 Share Posted October 15, 2006 Indy 500 is about the best racing game on the 2600, IMHO. NOt to say the others are bad by a longshot. Too bad there's not enough demand to make production of new controllers worthwhile. A 4-player homebrew version of Indy 500 would rock even if it just used flicker to get four cars on screen; the 2600 has enough I/O to allow two Indy-style controllers per joyport, but of course the existing controllers aren't wired that way. Incidentally, another style of controller that would be nice for racing games would be a spring-centered pot, preferable with a mid-scale RC timeout period of about 2 scan lines. With such controls... ldx #120 lp: cpx INPT0 rol val0 cpx INPT1 rol val1 cpx INPT2 rol val2 cpx INPT3 rol val3 inx bpl lp would allow readings of nine positions per input, all in four scan lines (or 17 positions each for two inputs). Not fine enough for games like PONG requiring absolute positioning, but could be very nice for a variety of games like Indy 500, or even for something like Space Invaders (allow the player ship to move more quickly from side to side while retaining fine control). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted October 15, 2006 Share Posted October 15, 2006 Rush Hour Fatal Run Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atariboy Posted October 15, 2006 Share Posted October 15, 2006 Not exactly a racing game, but I'd add Bump 'n' Jump. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+atari2600land Posted October 15, 2006 Author Share Posted October 15, 2006 Rush Hour Fatal Run Rush Hour is apparently a prototype, and Fatal Run wasn't in the AtariAge database so I had to download a ROM from another site (gasp! ) - I just thought of another one: Up & Down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diggs130 Posted October 15, 2006 Share Posted October 15, 2006 Fatal Run wasn't in the AtariAge database so I had to download a ROM from another site (gasp! ) for shame http://www.atariage.com/software_page.html?SoftwareID=2217 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+atari2600land Posted October 16, 2006 Author Share Posted October 16, 2006 Fatal Run wasn't in the AtariAge database so I had to download a ROM from another site (gasp! ) for shame http://www.atariage.com/software_page.html?SoftwareID=2217 That's weird. When I type in "Fatal Run" in the rarity guide I get "no records found." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diggs130 Posted October 16, 2006 Share Posted October 16, 2006 Fatal Run wasn't in the AtariAge database so I had to download a ROM from another site (gasp! ) for shame http://www.atariage.com/software_page.html?SoftwareID=2217 That's weird. When I type in "Fatal Run" in the rarity guide I get "no records found." change the region to all and you'll find it!Its a pal game which has been coverted to ntsc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Materion Posted March 18, 2021 Share Posted March 18, 2021 (edited) I'll revive this topic - anyone knows good homebrew racing games? Edited March 18, 2021 by Materion Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
high voltage Posted March 18, 2021 Share Posted March 18, 2021 I was gonna say Spy Hunter, but it is awkward with two joysticks 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
insertclevernamehere Posted March 18, 2021 Share Posted March 18, 2021 Rally Racer from More Work Games. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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