King Atari Posted May 16, 2004 Share Posted May 16, 2004 I just picked up Crossbow for $5 today. It's been at this shop forever, and I'm addicted to it on MESS, so it made sense to finally pick up a real copy. The thing is, the cart feels heavier than my other othert 7800 carts. Is this because of some sort of extra chip used or something? It doesn't look like a fake, and I don't know why someone would make a fake to sell to this place anyways (they give you almost nothing for anything). Does anyone else have a copy of Crossbow that feels heavy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mayhem Posted May 16, 2004 Share Posted May 16, 2004 Might be due to it being the largest 7800 game out there (144k)... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Mitch Posted May 16, 2004 Share Posted May 16, 2004 Crossbow does have an extra 16K ROM in it so it would be slightly heavier than a lot of others. Mitch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atari_wizard Posted May 16, 2004 Share Posted May 16, 2004 i got a crossbow and i can't really tell the difference in weight. it maybe a little heavier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Atari Posted May 17, 2004 Author Share Posted May 17, 2004 Crossbow does have an extra 16K ROM in it so it would be slightly heavier than a lot of others. Mitch That's probably it, then. It doesn't weigh a ton, it's just noticeably heavier. Next question, what was the extra chip used for? The character sprites are needlessly blocky, that's for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Tomlin Posted May 17, 2004 Share Posted May 17, 2004 Just more ROM space. That's it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogueleader Posted May 17, 2004 Share Posted May 17, 2004 Crossbow for the 7800 was one of the few 7800 games that you could use the lightgun with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DracIsBack Posted May 17, 2004 Share Posted May 17, 2004 I always wondered where that extra rom and that extra RAM in CROSSBOW was used. The graphics were ok, but kind of blocky and there were only eight or nine individual screens in the game. There were 128K 7800 games that seemed to be much more in-depth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris-in-NJ Posted May 20, 2004 Share Posted May 20, 2004 Perhaps the extra ROM is needed to support both the light gun and a joystick? Out of curiosity, if the 7800 version has 144K, how big is the 2600 version? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oesii Posted May 20, 2004 Share Posted May 20, 2004 Perhaps the extra ROM is needed to support both the light gun and a joystick? Out of curiosity, if the 7800 version has 144K, how big is the 2600 version? Looks to be 16k from its file size: http://www.atariage.com/software_page.html...wareLabelID=115 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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