"encounter" port from 800xl to 2600?

[stefan]

the game "encounter" by paul woakes is programmed for the 800xl. is it possible to port this game to 2600? i think, both systems has the 6502 processors, isn't it?

 

by the way: i am not a professional programmer. i learned years ago to programm the 8085 with assembler, but most things i have forgotten...

[Cybergoth]

the game "encounter" by paul woakes is programmed for the 800xl. is it possible to port this game to 2600?

 

Well, both Ataris Battlezone and Activisions Robot Tank have proved that the 2600 can do a tank game within a pseudo 3-D environment.

 

The 2600 can't do any vector grafics of that quality, so you'd have to create all the objects with sprites. The VCS only has 2 sprites, so it's certainly not that easy a task.

 

i think, both systems has the 6502 processors, isn't it?

 

To be more precise, both have 65XX compatible processors. Actually there's a 6507 ticking in the VCS.

 

by the way: i am not a professional programmer. i learned years ago to programm the 8085 with assembler, but most things i have forgotten...

 

Try buying books about programming the C64 in assembly. It's driven by a 6510, which is yet another 65XX compatible processor.

 

Greetings,

Manuel

[kisrael]

Was encounter that cool, kind of fast paced game where you played peekaboo in a big field of blocks, 1 on 1 against this other tank or probe thing? That was a pretty sweet game, anyone got a screenshot?

[stefan]

yes, this is the game. screenshots are here:

 

http://screenmania.retrogames.com/c64/01/c64_0011.html

 

but there from encounter on c64. but its almost the same.