Stun Runner 87 Posted April 7, 2013 Share Posted April 7, 2013 Someone please make a decent racing game for the 7800. Something like R.C Pro Am for the NES. Or even a simple racing game like Sprint Masters. I'm not trolling, just think the 7800 is missing decent racing games. Pole position is kind of boring and only has 4 levels that don't play in any kind of leveled order. Fatal Run really just sucks. Motor Pycho is a decent game, but has the same problem pole position has level wise................. I'm not trolling, but just throwing a suggestion out there for all of you programmers. BOB? Thoughts people?............................................................................................................................................................................................... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+save2600 Posted April 7, 2013 Share Posted April 7, 2013 (edited) Always loved Iron Man Stewart's Off Road for the 8-bits. Be cool to see that translated for the 7800 someday. Commenting down below, yeah... Fatal Run was a pretty poor Road Blasters attempt I think. Pretty sure the 7800 could pull off a decent version of S.T.U.N. Runner if one wanted and could probably pull off something along the likes of Jaguar's Tube. Speaking of the Jag, how about an 8-bit version of Checkered Flag with better controls? Edited April 7, 2013 by save2600 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bennybingo Posted April 7, 2013 Share Posted April 7, 2013 Road blasters would be a nice fit... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cebus Capucinis Posted April 7, 2013 Share Posted April 7, 2013 http://atariage.com/forums/topic/82555-to-all-non-programmer-idea-peddlers/ 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Usotsuki Posted April 8, 2013 Share Posted April 8, 2013 RoadBlasters worked pretty well on the NES - it might work decently on the 7800. And being a Tengen game it's prolly a good fit for the 7800 library. =P Of course being that the original hardware was about Genesis-tier it might be a challenge even for PacManPlus, but... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stun Runner 87 Posted April 8, 2013 Author Share Posted April 8, 2013 (edited) http://atariage.com/...-idea-peddlers/ http://thegeekydream.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/i_see_what_you_did_there_super.jpg Edited April 8, 2013 by Stun Runner 87 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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KevinMos3 Posted April 8, 2013 Share Posted April 8, 2013 (edited) I've also been hoping for a good racing game (edit: not that I don't enjoy the existing ones) and have been thinking about it a lot recently. Roadblasters certainly fits need. Fatal Run coulda/shoulda been that, but it lacks the feel. There are some others that would be good too. Monster Trucks or whatever it was on the NES by INTV aka Stadium Mud Buggies for the Intv, only with better controls would be fun. I always loved Buggy Boy on the ST. The Master System had a pretty good version of Road Rash as far as 8-bit versions go. A game like Buggy Run for the Master System (an RC Pro Am type game) would also be great. One of my favorites is SCI, the sequel to Chase HQ. When it comes to racing/driving on the 8-bit systems, there's definitely a lot of great games from which to draw inspiration. Edited April 8, 2013 by KevinMos3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jinks Posted April 9, 2013 Share Posted April 9, 2013 (edited) Look at utube shows a vid somewhere of that off road racing game that they didnt release.. Edited April 9, 2013 by Jinks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stun Runner 87 Posted April 9, 2013 Author Share Posted April 9, 2013 How about an 8 bit "Pac Man Plus Cart Racing" game????? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaynz Posted April 9, 2013 Share Posted April 9, 2013 The natural games to do would be ... Turbo, Spy Hunter, Up and Down, Bump and Jump Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VectorGamer Posted April 9, 2013 Share Posted April 9, 2013 Monaco GP! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaynz Posted April 9, 2013 Share Posted April 9, 2013 Oh... Forgot that one. ( http://www.arcade-museum.com/game_detail.php?game_id=8733 ) A good starter choice too, as you can build games like Bump and Jump and Spy Hunter from it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Cafeman Posted April 9, 2013 Share Posted April 9, 2013 well, since we're dreaming, I'd like either a "Turbo Enhanced" .. perhaps a combination of Turbo with Activision's Enduro gameplay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Future Primitive Posted April 9, 2013 Share Posted April 9, 2013 How about Sprint 2? Championship Sprint? Or you could be demented and try making a sweet conversion of Death Race! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stun Runner 87 Posted April 9, 2013 Author Share Posted April 9, 2013 How about Sprint 2? Championship Sprint? Or you could be demented and try making a sweet conversion of Death Race! I like the game in your avatar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+save2600 Posted April 9, 2013 Share Posted April 9, 2013 I like the game in your avatar. In the meantime, we've had this for years... 2600 cart, but plays on 7800's of course! http://atariage.com/...wareLabelID=871 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stun Runner 87 Posted April 9, 2013 Author Share Posted April 9, 2013 (edited) In the meantime, we've had this for years... 2600 cart, but plays on 7800's of course! http://atariage.com/...wareLabelID=871 Lunar Rescue is one of my favorite oldschool arcade games, however, I love the 2600s new name for it, "this planet sucks"...LoL Edited April 9, 2013 by Stun Runner 87 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Future Primitive Posted April 9, 2013 Share Posted April 9, 2013 I like the game in your avatar. Shhhh!!! I was actually planning on developing Lunar Rescue for a video game console as a college project.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toptenmaterial Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 To the OP: Why not start the building blocks of a racer yourself? It ain't easy, but folks like GroovyBee are happy to help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toptenmaterial Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 Also, it's a damn shame that Enduro never got an upgrade. That game blows Pole Position out of the water. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Gemintronic Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 I'll counter the idea peddle with my own: bring on batari BASIC for the 7800 and RC Pro Am is in the bag 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atarifever Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 This is actually one of the few areas where I would argue we're doing better than alright. Between racing options on the 2600, and the aforementioned 7800 ones, and even Water Ski in a way, I think we're good for racing on the 7800. Certainly better than for most genres. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YANDMAN Posted May 12, 2013 Share Posted May 12, 2013 I actually think that a far better game to port over would be the arcade title ' Crazy Rally ' its fast and fun it requires two button control one for high and low gear its graphically fairly basic and is in a similar vein to both turbo and monaco gp but much better than both, its a top down old school arcade racer at its best, i still enjoy playing it to this day on my home arcade. A port of spy hunter would also be great as everybody loves spy hunter, Or i think an XM revised version of pole position would be also excellent and surely the easiest route to take, if the graphics were cleaned up and the engine note made arcade accurate it would totally transform the game, The illusion of speed is totally lost due to the poor engine sound, Ive always been fond of the game and would definitely buy an improved version. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stun Runner 87 Posted May 15, 2013 Author Share Posted May 15, 2013 To the OP: Why not start the building blocks of a racer yourself? It ain't easy, but folks like GroovyBee are happy to help. I wish I knew how.But unfortunatly I'm not a game maker, I'm a game player, LoL.I am a good idea peddler though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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