5200 and the arcade experience
Last Saturday I took a walk to Barcade in my neighborhood (its a bar with dozens of 70's, 80's, 90's arcade machines). I played Pac Man, Defender, Moon Patrol, Dig Dug, Galaxian, Centipede, Jungle Hunt, Joust and Pole Position.
The next day, Sunday, I played these exact same games on my 5200 at home.
In some instances the 5200 port of the games were exact arcade clones or near perfect.
What amazes me is how overlooked the 5200 was, at the time, of literally
What technical challenges are you aware of? Recent games don't use new "tricks", everything was already documented in the 7800 Software Guide. The only difference in the 320 mode is that there are fewer colors than the 160 mode, which is normal.
About gameplay, I think the official version of Ms. Pac-Man for 7800 is the best 8-bit version of its time, far better than both NES versions. The original graphics in 160 mode look nice on CRT and I prefer them to the awful NES version wit
