NEW conversions for the 5200

[Wrathchild]

In what way, some games (typically those 16k and less) will work by a direct reassembly with the chip registers altered, but others can be done by relocating whole swathes of code once disassembled? Even when this requires moving read-only and writable data segments it still is ok to port an A8 title than re-implement.

[kensu]

Does the A8 version require more than 16K RAM? In that case it'd have to be rewritten with an eye towards lesser memory consumption.

Edited April 28, 2013 by kensu

[Wrathchild]

16K titles refered to the A8 code and read-only data. E.g. a cart is held in upper memory giving all lower memory (16k on stock 400 or 600xl) so these make easy porting, consider this a re-map. Other games tend to need a re-location which isn't the same as a re-write in my mind, maybe just semantics? There is a level of work upfront to determine in these cases whether a game requires more than 16K RAM, e.g. I looked at Zybex before but that needs more RAM whereas Rampage could be shuffled around to squeeze onto the 5200.

[Greg2600]

Wrathchild has done some fantastic work on 5200 conversions, hopefully he can return to the scene soon.

[thegamezmaster]

Just wanted to say I appreciate everyone's work on conversions. And would love to see Mr. Do!

Edited May 8, 2013 by thegamezmaster