Dreadnaught Factor for Atari 2600

[+Random Terrain]

Looks like Lou Hudson (game reviewer) was able to play the Atari 2600 version of Dreadnaught Factor back in 1984.

 

https://www.newspapers.com/article/124945551/

 

Did reviewers get to keep the games they played? If so, does that mean the game is sitting around somewhere?

[Thomas Jentzsch]

Maybe someone should write an Uridium demake for the 2600? DF came first, but IMO Uridium is much more intense. However the (mostly) vertical scrolling of DF fits the 2600 much better.

 

 

[Tempest]

1 hour ago, Random Terrain said:

Looks like Lou Hudson (game reviewer) was able to play the Atari 2600 version of Dreadnaught Factor back in 1984.

 

https://www.newspapers.com/article/124945551/

 

Did reviewers get to keep the games they played? If so, does that mean the game is sitting around somewhere?

That's the first I've ever heard of Dreadnaught Factor being planned for the 2600 (much less completed).  Maybe he was confusing the Atari 5200 with the Atari 2600?  That's the only thing that makes sense.

[+Random Terrain]

40 minutes ago, Tempest said:

That's the first I've ever heard of Dreadnaught Factor being planned for the 2600 (much less completed).  Maybe he was confusing the Atari 5200 with the Atari 2600?  That's the only thing that makes sense.

 

It's in this list:

 

 

[Supergun]

My first instinct here was also simply a mere typo of 2600 versus 5200 for the article. Not every Activision game was made, nor intended to be made, for every single console Activision released games for. Some of their titles were specifically designed for one console or another. A little bit of console exclusivity was fairly common for almost all the software companies back then.

 

Yes, given todays technology and the active home brew scene, creating a 2600 version of this game is quite plausible. But even attempting a 2600 Dreadnaught Factor in 1984 would have been seen as masochism.

[Tempest]

55 minutes ago, Random Terrain said:

 

It's in this list:

 

 

 

Interesting.  Where did that info come from?   I've honestly never heard that it was planned for the 2600.

[+Random Terrain]

3 minutes ago, Tempest said:

 

Interesting.  Where did that info come from?   I've honestly never heard that it was planned for the 2600.

 

Maybe Rom Hunter would know?

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1 hour ago, Supergun said:

Yes, given todays technology and the active home brew scene, creating a 2600 version of this game is quite plausible. But even attempting a 2600 Dreadnaught Factor in 1984 would have been seen as masochism.

True, but cutting down game features when creating a 2600 version wasn't uncommon, either.

[Rom Hunter]

I only know this one as a rumored title.

AFAIK it was never done.

[DeafAtariFromKansas]

More likely they made their decide to do on Atari 8bit system instead of Atari 2600 VCS..