Atari 800 and C64 games that should be ported to the 7800

[Stechmann]

Now with the 2600+ out which has 7800 compatibility, it would be great to see some more classic games ported to the 7800 platform!

 

Games I would love to see:

 

Boulder Dash

Montezuma's Revenge

Fort Apocalypse

O'Rileys Mine

Mancopter

Pooyan

Goonies

Bruce Lee

Jumpman

 

 

Edited December 9, 2023 by Stechmann

[mimo]

Get coding 😁

[+mksmith]

C64 multi-color backgrounds and sprites convert very well to the 7800. For example Millie & Molly very much uses all the original c64 images except for some color differences and the backgrounds which were single-color (320 instead of 160) so an approximation was done for those.

[Stechmann]

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2 hours ago, mimo said:

Get coding 😁

I am not that great a coder unfortunately.

 

An alternative would be if Atari were to make a new console that plays XEGS/A800 cartridges. Or add that to a future iteration of the 2600+

 

In that case the list would boil down to just Mancopter, which is a really sweet Datasoft game that for some reason was never ported to any of the Ataris.

 

Edited December 9, 2023 by Stechmann

[Trebor]

1 minute ago, Stechmann said:

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I am not that great a coder unfortunately.

An alternative would be if Atari were to make a console with a slot for XEGS/A800 cartridges, and emulator.

In that case the list would boil down to just Mancopter, which is a really sweet Datasoft game which for some reason was never ported for any of the Ataris.

2 minutes ago, Stechmann said:

An alternative would be if Atari were to make a console with a slot for XEGS/A800 cartridges...

TA-

7 minutes ago, Stechmann said:

...and emulator.

DA!

https://www.virtualdub.org/altirra.html

12 minutes ago, Stechmann said:

In that case the list would boil down to just Mancopter, which is a really sweet Datasoft game which for some reason was never ported for any of the Ataris.

An alternative response can be found here.

[Stechmann]

1 minute ago, Trebor said:

 

https://www.virtualdub.org/altirra.html

 

emulation is great for experts, but not kids friendly. the authentic Atari experience is about popping in a cartridge and start playing on the television -- no tech skills required

 

[Eagle]

7 hours ago, Stechmann said:

Boulder Dash

I did this for fun a while ago. 
A800 version, but not finished. 
 

I don’t think that A2600+ will support homebrew, specially carts with extra features (special mappers, sound chips)

[JagChris]

Movie Monsters and Raid on Bungling Bay. Almost bought NES version of ROBB but watched a video of it and it looks like they screwed up the port. It didn't even seem to have the radar.

[+slx]

Shamus

Spelunker

 

Although it's more about "can do" or alternate history ("it could have been done") these days as most stuff not ported to the various Ataris is just a few clicks away using emulation. 

[Stechmann]

Pharao's Curse

 

i realise there are too many great A8 games and it probably is too much effort to port them all.

 

so we need an XEGS equivalent of the 2600+ 

 

an we need it NOW because my kids will not be kids forever! are you listening Atari??

[Trebor]

43 minutes ago, Stechmann said:

Pharao's Curse

 

i realise there are too many great A8 games and it probably is too much effort to port them all.

 

so we need an XEGS equivalent of the 2600+ 

 

an we need it NOW because my kids will not be kids forever! are you listening Atari??

Wonderful... they should have a place for: "Send us your ideas, questions, and favorite Atari memories."

[Defender_2600]

Or maybe something like this:

 

https://revive-machines.com/index-en.html

 

 

[Stechmann]

It occurred to me that Atari could perhaps add the Altirra emulator to the 2600+ firmware. Shouldnt be all that difficult.

 

From there on, it would be only a question of how to load the actual games.

 

Maybe a cartridge port adapter is feasible?

 

Maybe an updated Dragonfly cartridge that sideloads XEGS/A8 ROMs?

Edited December 13, 2023 by Stechmann

[+Muddyfunster]

8 hours ago, Stechmann said:

It occurred to me that Atari could perhaps add the Altirra emulator to the 2600+ firmware. Shouldnt be all that difficult.

 

From there on, it would be only a question of how to load the actual games.

 

Maybe a cartridge port adapter is feasible?

 

Maybe an updated Dragonfly cartridge that sideloads XEGS/A8 ROMs?

I don't think they should stop there, maybe add a transputer core and emulate a TT emulating an ST so we can play Oids? (:D) (Joking of course!)

[zzip]

8 hours ago, Stechmann said:

It occurred to me that Atari could perhaps add the Altirra emulator to the 2600+ firmware. Shouldnt be all that difficult.

Altirra is not open-source, it has a mouse-driven user interface that is not a good match for a console system like the 2600+.  it's also Windows-only, and since the 2600+ has an ARM CPU, not even WINE would be enough to get it running there.   The developer would have to get involved creating special builds for Atari/Plaion

 

atari800 would be a better choice of emulator here,  but since Atari doesn't even support that on the VCS where they could sell Atari 8-bit games in the online store,  I don't know why they'd do that for the 2600+ where loading the games is more difficult.

[Lord Thag]

Star Raiders. Pretty please.

 

But I second the 8-bit line cart adapter for the 2600+. That would be amazing.

 

 

[Stechmann]

On 12/13/2023 at 3:30 PM, Muddyfunster said:

I don't think they should stop there, maybe add a transputer core and emulate a TT emulating an ST so we can play Oids? (:D) (Joking of course!)

jokes aside, i looked at the hardware specs of the ARM system that is inside the 2600+ and i looks pretty powerful. it could perhaps emulate a Jaguar

[Stechmann]

On 12/13/2023 at 3:50 PM, zzip said:

Altirra is not open-source, it has a mouse-driven user interface that is not a good match for a console system like the 2600+.  it's also Windows-only, and since the 2600+ has an ARM CPU, not even WINE would be enough to get it running there.   The developer would have to get involved creating special builds for Atari/Plaion

 

atari800 would be a better choice of emulator here,  but since Atari doesn't even support that on the VCS where they could sell Atari 8-bit games in the online store,  I don't know why they'd do that for the 2600+ where loading the games is more difficult.

thanks for the info. a800 emulator sounds fine. maybe Atari will add it if they see consumer demand. thats what this thread is about i guess. getting those sweet A8 games on modern hardware, one way or another

Edited December 17, 2023 by Stechmann

[KrunchyTC]

On 12/9/2023 at 4:58 AM, mimo said:

Get coding 😁

Can you teach me? 

Edited December 18, 2023 by KrunchyTC

[mimo]

5 hours ago, KrunchyTC said:

Can you teach me? 

Nope, can't code.

But not asking anyone to do it for me either 

[KrunchyTC]

1 hour ago, mimo said:

Nope, can't code.

But not asking anyone to do it for me either 

If one is willing to pay someone else to do it, then asking is fine lol

[eightbit]

I think everything should be ported to everything else.

 

You port, I'll play!

[KrunchyTC]

If I knew how to code, and do graphic work, half the NES library would be in the process of getting ported to the 7800

Edited December 19, 2023 by KrunchyTC

[Paul Westphal]

Rainbow Walker by Synapse for the 8 bit would look amazing on the 7800

[RevEng]

On 12/13/2023 at 9:50 AM, zzip said:

Altirra is not open-source,

Correction... Altirra is licensed under the GNU General Public License (GPL), version 2.