List of ALL arcade ports?

[amidarman]

Here's another list

https://www.ataricompendium.com/game_library/arcade_ports/arcade_ports_vcs.html

[timdu]

On 12/8/2023 at 3:56 PM, Living Room Arcade said:

@godzillajoe @Nathan Strum @timdu  @Gregory DG  Are any of you guys still around?  I might have a few Q's about some of these home arcade versions.  

I'm still active, but stopped publishing the printed 2600 Connection newsletter many years ago. I am still very interested in the hobby and I frequent the forums here very often.

 

-Tim

[Living Room Arcade]

@amidarman and @timdu Glad you guys are still around!  Your linked references are amazing!  

 

I just added Bombs Away! (home version of Drop Zone 4) to my arcade list.  My arcade list is now up to 154 games!  Thanks guys!  

 

Edited December 11, 2023 by Living Room Arcade

[Living Room Arcade]

If anyone is interested, from the Atari Compendium page, I added a few more games to my home arcade list.  

 

I added Championship Soccer (AKA Pele's Soccer) which I think is the home version of Atari Soccer.  

I split up Combat into three separate arcade games, Tank, BiPlane and Jet Fighter.  

I added Bowling as being the home version of shall we say "the bowling group" consisting of "Meadows Lanes (Meadows Games 1977); Robot Bowl (Exidy 1977); 3-D Bowling (Meadows Games 1978); Top Bowler (Taito 1978); 4 Player Bowling Alley (Midway 1979)."

I added The End homebrew of the arcade game called The End.  

I added Boxing as being the home version of Boxer.

I added both Frog Pond and Frogs and Flies as being home versions of Frogs.  

And I added Outlaw and Gunfight for shall we say "the Gun Fight group" consisting of "Western Gun (Taito 1975); Gun Fight (Midway 1975); Outlaw! (Atari 1976); Boot Hill (Midway 1977), Gun Man (Taito 1977); Mr. Gun Man (Universal 1980)"

 

2023-12-11 2600 Arcade List.xls

 

What do you guys think of my choices? 

Does anyone know where I can download the ROM for Cosmic Avenger (2016 homebrew)?  

Edited December 12, 2023 by Living Room Arcade

[+Nathan Strum]

18 hours ago, Living Room Arcade said:

If anyone is interested, from the Atari Compendium page, I added a few more games to my home arcade list.  

Nice update - thanks for doing that!

18 hours ago, Living Room Arcade said:

Does anyone know where I can download the ROM for Cosmic Avenger (2016 homebrew)?  

Cosmic Avenger never made it past the early proof-of-concept stage, as the project turned into the Champ Games ports of Scramble and Super Cobra. I don't think a ROM was ever publicly released - there was little more than a scrolling background.

[Thomas Jentzsch]

Wasn't Star Castle released before Star Castle Arcade?

[Living Room Arcade]

1 hour ago, Nathan Strum said:

Nice update - thanks for doing that!

My pleasure @Nathan Strum.  I really appreciate the list you shared at 2600 Connection.  

https://web.archive.org/web/20141011061747/http://www.2600connection.com/faq/faq_arcade_ports.html

1 hour ago, Nathan Strum said:

Cosmic Avenger never made it past the early proof-of-concept stage, as the project turned into the Champ Games ports of Scramble and Super Cobra. I don't think a ROM was ever publicly released - there was little more than a scrolling background.

Thanks for letting me know.  Well, we, the Atari community, already have Champ Games demo roms of Scramble and Super Cobra, so I guess that's finished.  We can cross that item off our to do list.  Yes?  

[+Nathan Strum]

1 hour ago, Thomas Jentzsch said:

Wasn't Star Castle released before Star Castle Arcade?

Yep. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/698159145/atari-2600-star-castle

30 minutes ago, Living Room Arcade said:

Well, we, the Atari community, already have Champ Games demo roms of Scramble and Super Cobra, so I guess that's finished.  We can cross that item off our to do list.  Yes?  

Yep. https://champ.games/downloads

[Living Room Arcade]

1 hour ago, Thomas Jentzsch said:

Wasn't Star Castle released before Star Castle Arcade?

@Thomas Jentzsch  @Nathan Strum  Hey, I see you guys were developers on the team that made Star Castle Arcade.  How 'bout that!

 

@Nathan Strum  Haha, I found your review of the two versions in 2018.  

 

Star Castle 2600 (D. Scott Williamson)  -  D. Scott Williamson posts on AA in 2011 about his game.  

Star Castle Arcade (Team Antonym, aka: Chris Walton, Thomas Jentzsch, Ivan Machado, Richard Armijo, Nathan Strum)

And @Thomas Jentzsch posted on AA in 2013 regarding a beta release of Star Castle Arcade.  

 

And here is the mention of both games in the Atari Compendium.

@Thomas Jentzsch I think I see what you mean.  In the Atari Compendium, it looks like the dates are switched.

SC2600 (the one on the bottom) should be dated 2011 and your SCA (the one on the top) should be dated 2013.

Correct?  

 

[Living Room Arcade]

20 minutes ago, Nathan Strum said:

Yep. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/698159145/atari-2600-star-castle

Yep. https://champ.games/downloads

@Nathan Strum  Haha, I was still typing when you posted that. 

 

@Thomas Jentzsch @Nathan Strum  Guys, is the person who maintains (or maintained) the Atari Compendium, Scott Stilphen, here at AA?  Can we contact him to make this small correction?  

Edited December 12, 2023 by Living Room Arcade

[Thomas Jentzsch]

8 hours ago, Living Room Arcade said:

@Thomas Jentzsch  @Nathan Strum  Hey, I see you guys were developers on the team that made Star Castle Arcade.  How 'bout that!

 

@Nathan Strum  Haha, I found your review of the two versions in 2018.  

 

Star Castle 2600 (D. Scott Williamson)  -  D. Scott Williamson posts on AA in 2011 about his game.  

Star Castle Arcade (Team Antonym, aka: Chris Walton, Thomas Jentzsch, Ivan Machado, Richard Armijo, Nathan Strum)

And @Thomas Jentzsch posted on AA in 2013 regarding a beta release of Star Castle Arcade.  

 

And here is the mention of both games in the Atari Compendium.

@Thomas Jentzsch I think I see what you mean.  In the Atari Compendium, it looks like the dates are switched.

SC2600 (the one on the bottom) should be dated 2011 and your SCA (the one on the top) should be dated 2013.

Correct?  

I don't remember the exact dates, only the order.

[Living Room Arcade]

 

More updates (if anyone is interested) to my home arcade list.

 

Added :

Super Baseball (Atari 1988) - Baseball Group
Miniature Golf - Atari Mini Golf (prototype)
Video Poker - Draw Poker Group
Midnight Magic - Video Pinball (Atari 1978 arcade machine)
Mission 3,000 A.D. (Bit Corp. 1983) - Bosconian
Skeet Shoot - Skeet Shooting Group
Stacker 
Star Strike 1983 - Space Encounters 1980
Street Racer - Street Racing Group

 

About 174 home versions of arcade games so far.  

 

2023-12-13 2600 Arcade List.xls

 

The list of sources I have so far (thanks to members for sharing them!) include:

 

2600 Connection VCS arcade ports (or arcade influences) By Scott Stilphen shared by @timdu

@godzillajoe's list in the opening post

@Nathan Strum's list in the third post

Atari Compendium also by By Scott Stilphen shared by @amidarman

The Atari Time list by Gregory D. George and shared by @SpiceWare

And the list of Atari 2600 games at hozervideo.com ("My Personal List")

Edited December 13, 2023 by Living Room Arcade

[Living Room Arcade]

FYI My updated list of Atari 2600 home versions of arcade games.  

 

2023-12-26 2600 Arcade List.xls

 

Does anybody see anything that you think should be changed on it?  

Edited December 27, 2023 by Living Room Arcade

[Warboss Gegguz]

15 hours ago, Living Room Arcade said:

FYI My updated list of Atari 2600 home versions of arcade games.  

 

2023-12-26 2600 Arcade List.xls 43 kB · 1 download

 

Does anybody see anything that you think should be changed on it?  

Just grazing it, you forgot the official Elevator Action prototype. http://www.atariprotos.com/2600/software/elevator/elevator.htm

Also Pac-Man 4/8k, and I recall there being a proper port of the NES Punch-Out! to the 2600 in monochrome. https://mathangames.itch.io/punch-out-2600

 

These are just ones I'm aware of though, I'm far from an exhaustive source.

Also, I know it basically is, but should Radar Lock really be listed as a port of After-Burner? Because then at that point Robot-Tank needs to be listed as a port of Battlezone among a ton of other clones.

[Living Room Arcade]

@Warboss Gegguz  Done.  Good stuff.  Thanks!  

 

Changes:

Elevator Action (prototype) added

Pac-Man 4k/8k (homebrews) added

Punch Out!! 2600 (homebrew) added

Radar Lock was moved to "Not Arcade But Similar" list on tab 2.

 

2023-12-28 AtariAge 2600 Arcade List.xls

[Warboss Gegguz]

13 minutes ago, Living Room Arcade said:

@Warboss Gegguz  Done.  Good stuff.  Thanks!  

 

Changes:

Elevator Action (prototype) added

Pac-Man 4k/8k (homebrews) added

Punch Out!! 2600 (homebrew) added

Radar Lock was moved to "Not Arcade But Similar" list on tab 2.

 

2023-12-28 AtariAge 2600 Arcade List.xls 43.5 kB · 0 downloads

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[Gregory DG]

On 12/8/2023 at 3:56 PM, Living Room Arcade said:

@godzillajoe @Nathan Strum @timdu  @Gregory DG  Are any of you guys still around?  I might have a few Q's about some of these home arcade versions.  

Rarely. Too busy with my Youtube channel these days.

 

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKCxS1l8YkzMQqSyiR2G9bQ

[Living Room Arcade]

To anyone interested,  FYI I put my list of Atari 2600 home versions of arcade games in an online spreadsheet and from now on, I'll update it there and I'll stop uploading spreadsheet docs here, if anyone wants to see updated version, pls follow the link.