Skippy B. Coyote Posted October 29, 2016 Share Posted October 29, 2016 (edited) The Atari 7800 has seen a ton of really outstanding ports of arcade games by talented homebrew developers over the last decade, so I thought it might be fun to have a thread where everyone could espouse their hopes and dreams for future additions to the Atari 7800 library. Please bear in mind that this is not a request thread, so don't go badgering any homebrew developers to make games here. This is just a thread for contemplating what arcade games you would love to see ported to the 7800 someday. That said, here's my personal Top 5: 1. Yie Ar Kung-Fu I went with Yie Ar Kung-Fu for my #1 pick, mainly because I think it would fill a genre gap in the Atari 7800 library of quality one on one fighting games. Sure, there is Karateka, but I think everyone can agree that's not exactly a "quality" fighting game. Yie Ar Kung-Fu is also the one popular arcade fighting game I can think of that would suit the hardware limitations of the Atari 7800 nicely. The Sega Master System did prove that it was possible to make a decent rendition of Mortal Kombat for an 8-bit system with two buttons, but I think Yie Ar Kung-Fu is probably more realistic (if not somewhat less cool) to imagine running on the Atari 7800. 2. Millipede As a big fan of the original arcade version and the Atari 2600 port, Millipede is a no-brainer for me. Add CX-22/CX-80 trackball support for extra bug blasting awesomeness. 3. Venture While the Atari 2600 port is quite good, this is one game that I sure wish the Atari 7800 had a nice version of like the ColecoVision does. It's just a personal favorite game of mine. 4. Shao-lin's Road There's not a whole lot of beat 'em up arcade games that I can imagine the Atari 7800 handling well, but this is certainly one of them. I've always liked the arcade original and I think it would make a unique addition to the Atari 7800 catalog, especially considering that it never saw a home console release on an 80's system. 5. The House of the Dead I'm going way off the deep end into pure fantasy zone with my last pick, but after many play throughs of Alien Brigade I can actually imagine it being possible to make a hack of it using the same layout and game mechanics but with a horror theme. Replace the backgrounds and enemies with 8-bit renditions of the ones from The House of the Dead, stick HotD bosses at the end of each level, and replace the between level mission briefings with HotD character portraits and some really cheesy dialog in classic HotD fashion. It's a total pipe dream, making a House of the Dead hack of Alien Brigade, but it is by far my favorite pipe dream when it comes to Atari 7800 games. Edited October 29, 2016 by Jin 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trebor Posted October 29, 2016 Share Posted October 29, 2016 Mister-VCS beat you to it ~10 months ago: http://atariage.com/forums/topic/247579-missing-arcade-classics-on-the-7800/ 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dauber Posted October 29, 2016 Share Posted October 29, 2016 Tinkle Pit 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sramirez2008 Posted October 29, 2016 Share Posted October 29, 2016 Space Dungeon. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NIKON Posted October 29, 2016 Share Posted October 29, 2016 Space Dungeon. I second third and fourth that!!!!!! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+GoldLeader Posted October 29, 2016 Share Posted October 29, 2016 Ultimate Qix (AKA Volfied or Qix Neo) Tron the Arcade game I admit I have no idea how the controls would work... Omega Race Stratovox New York, New York Pulsar Crater Raider Meteors (It's not exactly the same as Asteroids And any video pinball game... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Usotsuki Posted October 29, 2016 Share Posted October 29, 2016 Bosconian. RoadBlasters. Gaplus. Pac-Mania. Mappy. Arkanoid 1 and 2. Qix. Tower of Druaga. Warp Warp. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sramirez2008 Posted October 29, 2016 Share Posted October 29, 2016 And any video pinball game... Yeees! The 7800 needs a pinball game. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jinks Posted October 29, 2016 Share Posted October 29, 2016 A road rash game, a better venture than coleco etc., moon patrol, space fury, a cool fighting game aome sort of karate dealio.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariLeaf Posted October 29, 2016 Share Posted October 29, 2016 Yeees! The 7800 needs a pinball game. Thirded 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edladdin Posted October 30, 2016 Share Posted October 30, 2016 Bagman Bosconian Elevator Action Mr. Do Rolling Thunder Space Dungeon 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trebor Posted October 30, 2016 Share Posted October 30, 2016 Mr. Do! series...Really like all those game a lot. With Mr. Do! and Mr. Do's Castle seeing plenty of porting (Even the SNES has Mr. Do!), and Mr. Do's Wild Ride making an appearance on the ColecoVision, there has never been any love though, for Do! Run Run, on any console (Or any platform period, AFAIK): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBAETNU03Zc It would be great to see all four Mr. Do! games on the 7800, although Do! Run Run would be my first pick in the series due to the aforementioned. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariLeaf Posted October 30, 2016 Share Posted October 30, 2016 I've heard of Do Run Run before but this is the first time I've seen any gameplay of it. Very interesting looking game thanks for posting this video Trebor. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+GoldLeader Posted October 30, 2016 Share Posted October 30, 2016 I remember Do! Run Run (barely) because an ice cream shop here in town had it as their lone arcade game back in the day... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VectorGamer Posted October 31, 2016 Share Posted October 31, 2016 Tron the Arcade game I admit I have no idea how the controls would work... A special controller would have to be built. You would have to have a contoller with trigger and a spinner just like the arcade game. One controller port would operate the joystick/trigger and the other controller port the spinner. How much are you willing to pay? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dauber Posted October 31, 2016 Share Posted October 31, 2016 Mr. Do! series...Really like all those game a lot. With Mr. Do! and Mr. Do's Castle seeing plenty of porting (Even the SNES has Mr. Do!), and Mr. Do's Wild Ride making an appearance on the ColecoVision, there has never been any love though, for Do! Run Run, on any console (Or any platform period, AFAIK): Do! Run Run was ported to Amiga. It was the only Mr. Do! game that made it to the Amiga, actually, and from what I remember from a recent Amigos Podcast, Do! Run Run holds the distinction of having the longest interval between arcade release and debut release on home console: arcade version was 1984, Amiga version was 1990. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inky Posted October 31, 2016 Share Posted October 31, 2016 (edited) Sinistar Moon Patrol Gyruss (with Pokey support) Bubbles Gravitar Tapper Zaxxon Crystal Castles Star Wars / Empire Strikes Back(Atari) Tempest Space Dungeon Zookeeper Reactor Krull (arcade) Mad Planets Pac Land I'd like to see someone attempt Raiden as well Edited October 31, 2016 by Inky 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JungleJet Posted October 31, 2016 Share Posted October 31, 2016 In the spirit of Donkey Kong XM Donkey Kong 2 D2K Donkey Kong Remix 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goochman Posted October 31, 2016 Share Posted October 31, 2016 Ill 2nd Zoo Keeper add Venture Gorf Space Harrier Wizard of Wor Bubble Bobble 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jinks Posted October 31, 2016 Share Posted October 31, 2016 A special controller would have to be built. You would have to have a contoller with trigger and a spinner just like the arcade game. One controller port would operate the joystick/trigger and the other controller port the spinner. How much are you willing to pay? How about Knight Rider?? That needs controller too. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+GoldLeader Posted October 31, 2016 Share Posted October 31, 2016 A special controller would have to be built. You would have to have a contoller with trigger and a spinner just like the arcade game. One controller port would operate the joystick/trigger and the other controller port the spinner. How much are you willing to pay? I'd probably pay a lot! Haha... But in my mind, I was picturing more of a "home version" where maybe it could just be controlled with a joystick... Bosconian. RoadBlasters. Gaplus. Pac-Mania. Mappy. Arkanoid 1 and 2. Qix. Tower of Druaga. Warp Warp. I'd have to agree Any Arkanoid game would be Great as a paddle game! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toiletunes Posted October 31, 2016 Share Posted October 31, 2016 I'd love a decent Double Dragon. We have a great Frogger, Burgertime, Super PacMan, PacMan Jr, but only a meh DD. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Loguidice Posted October 31, 2016 Share Posted October 31, 2016 As usual, I'll add in Zookeeper as well. Amazing that still has not been tackled as a homebrew with the relative demand and the fact that it hasn't been done before! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+GoldLeader Posted October 31, 2016 Share Posted October 31, 2016 I was just thinking on the idea of a TRON Game again... If a Talented programmer (say someone like PacManPlus, if I won the Lotto and paid him lots of money) made the game...And if an Awesome joystick builder (say someone like Edladdin, if I won the Lotto and paid him lots of money) made the special controller, That would be Amazing! And I should start buying Lotto tickets haha... As long as we're just imagining; I envision a menu at the start of the game allowing for many control schemes... For example: 1). Joystick controls movement and firing/aiming like in Berzerk or Tron Deadly Discs 2). Fire button shoots, Hold down fire button to aim 3). A 2 button game, One button shoots, the other button aims 4). Special controller Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trebor Posted October 31, 2016 Share Posted October 31, 2016 I'd love a decent Double Dragon. Something like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGzBkRvZCgU Thanks to KevinMos3. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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