Dumb idea: simulate GameLine with VOIP lines and a Starpath Supercharger

[Flojomojo]

It occurs to me it would be pretty easy to recreate the GameLine distribution system with free VOIP service and WAV files of popular games.

 

1. Set up a bank of free Google Voice numbers

2. Load the WAV audio of different Atari 2600 games as greetings

3. Dial in with a regular phone, output the audio to your line in jack on a StarPath Supercharger

4. Load the audio into your Atari 2600

5. Play games!

 

I assume the GameLine loaded actual binaries instead of audio files, but seems like that could be reverse engineered, too.

 

Pros: cheap, easy, no computer needed

Cons: completely stupid way to transfer kilobytes of data via needlessly complex delivery mechanism, but hey, people are buying the Retron77, which isn't so different.

[godslabrat]

Better than my idea about making a flashcart that works off a QR reader...

[+Gemintronic]

I guess the first test would be to play back a .wav file to your landline phone and attach that to a StarPath

[Flojomojo]

I guess the first test would be to play back a .wav file to your landline phone and attach that to a StarPath

Or a mobile phone, because I'm not an ANIMAL

 

Oh wait, it doesn't have a headphone jack ...

 

[+Gemintronic]

Or a mobile phone, because I'm not an ANIMAL

 

Oh wait, it doesn't have a headphone jack ...

 

 

Those dingle dangles that receive bluetooth and output to a headphone jack are pretty cheap nowadays.