ApolloBoy Posted July 13, 2003 Share Posted July 13, 2003 Let's see if you can make mockups of the following games on the 2600! Now, the mockups HAVE to be believable. Keep them within the 2600's limitations. Here are the games: Ballblazer Choplifter Star Raiders II Robotron 2084 Karateka Food Fight Gremlins The Dreadnought Factor Qix Super Pac-Man Galaga Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
privateers69 Posted July 13, 2003 Share Posted July 13, 2003 ok here's my rendition of super pac man if Atari had given anouther programmer the same or less time to do it. just added a cape.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VidGameKing Posted July 13, 2003 Share Posted July 13, 2003 lol! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zloch Posted July 13, 2003 Share Posted July 13, 2003 Here's my take on Qix... Sean Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zloch Posted July 13, 2003 Share Posted July 13, 2003 Here's my take on QIX. Sean Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zloch Posted July 13, 2003 Share Posted July 13, 2003 By the way, how do you even pronounce "Qix"? Is is kicks or quicks? Dunno. Sean Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MegaManFan Posted July 13, 2003 Share Posted July 13, 2003 Kicks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VidGameKing Posted July 13, 2003 Share Posted July 13, 2003 quicks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surfnmadness Posted July 13, 2003 Share Posted July 13, 2003 Kicks in midwest states. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raijin Z Posted July 13, 2003 Share Posted July 13, 2003 There's no U, so it's definitely "KIX". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VidGameKing Posted July 13, 2003 Share Posted July 13, 2003 okay, kix it is, but mind you, I'm a master at corn-flakes, and captain crunch! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Room 34 Posted July 13, 2003 Share Posted July 13, 2003 I distinctly remember seeing Qix on an episode of Starcade and Geoff Edwards unmistakably pronounced it "KICKS." That's definitive enough for me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nukey Shay Posted July 13, 2003 Share Posted July 13, 2003 The letter Q is pronounced kw. Therefore, it's pronounced kwix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MegaManFan Posted July 13, 2003 Share Posted July 13, 2003 No no no. The letter itself is pronounced "keh-yoo" but that doesn't mean it phonetically has a "ke-wuh" sounds UNLESS followed by a U, and not always in that case either. For example, you say "keesh" for the word "quiche," not "kweesh." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPUWIZ Posted July 13, 2003 Share Posted July 13, 2003 Since Qix isn't in there, this will have to do. http://dictionary.reference.com/search?r=2&q=qux Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nukey Shay Posted July 13, 2003 Share Posted July 13, 2003 Aw...let's call the whole thing off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Room 34 Posted July 13, 2003 Share Posted July 13, 2003 No! We must argue to the death! MMF is right... Q by itself sounds like K. There are very few words in English that have a Q by itself but in those cases, it's a K sound. Of course... the makers of Qix (was it Taito?) were just messing with us I am sure... pronounce it either way. I think both ways could be intended as an enticing game title. (Get your "kicks" playing a "quick" game of Qix. Or something. ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SS Posted July 13, 2003 Share Posted July 13, 2003 By the way, how do you even pronounce "Qix"? I’ve come to pronounce it as “KICKS” (partially due to a thread in RGVC a few years ago that addressed the same question). However, in the early 80s, a friend and I simply bypassed English language pronunciation rules altogether and called the game “GIX”. We played a hell of a lot of “GIX” back in the day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nukey Shay Posted July 13, 2003 Share Posted July 13, 2003 The funny thing is that the "kicks" pronounciation didn't even occur to me until seeing it there. As a kid, everyone that I've known called the game "quicks". I guess the mentatility was that since it began with Q and not K, it must have the "kw" sound (as most common words beginning with Q do). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ApolloBoy Posted July 14, 2003 Author Share Posted July 14, 2003 You guys are getting off-topic...>_ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Atari Posted July 14, 2003 Share Posted July 14, 2003 Gremlins Uh, the 2600 has it's own Gremlins. Do you mean the 5200 version? I'll work on a mock Karateka tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JB Posted July 14, 2003 Share Posted July 14, 2003 Of course... the makers of Qix (was it Taito?) were just messing with us I am sure... pronounce it either way. I think both ways could be intended as an enticing game title. (Get your "kicks" playing a "quick" game of Qix. Or something. )Isn't the arcade spec'ed as having a speech synthesis chip?Shame Taito didn't use it. This debate could be put to rest. I've always said it "kwics" or something to that effect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ApolloBoy Posted July 14, 2003 Author Share Posted July 14, 2003 Gremlins Uh, the 2600 has it's own Gremlins. Do you mean the 5200 version? Oops! Wasn't really paying attention there... Let's just say Gremlins will be replaced by Caverns of Mars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Atari Posted July 14, 2003 Share Posted July 14, 2003 I'll work on a mock Karateka tomorrow. Aw screw it, can't get it to look right . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NE146 Posted July 14, 2003 Share Posted July 14, 2003 Since the arcade game came out, I've always pronounced it "kicks" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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