+davidcalgary29 Posted August 11, 2004 Share Posted August 11, 2004 ...and "Choplifter", too, for that matter. http://www.atariage.com/software_page.html...wareLabelID=614 Allan I knew that I was going to get dinged for that one as soon as it was posted. Ah, I long for the days of the "edit" feature... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Allan Posted August 11, 2004 Share Posted August 11, 2004 ...and "Choplifter", too, for that matter. http://www.atariage.com/software_page.html...wareLabelID=614 Allan I knew that I was going to get dinged for that one as soon as it was posted. Ah, I long for the days of the "edit" feature... Not only do I long for the edit feature here at AA, I also wish we had one for real life. "Life 2.0, now with Edit and Rewind!" Allan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsukasa Posted August 11, 2004 Author Share Posted August 11, 2004 Alright, here is a list of games that I think need to be ported to the 2600, I'm not sure which ones are possible, though. Galaga Lode Runner Altered Beast Space Harrier Bubble Bobble Delta Boulder Dash Dr. Mario Wario's Woods Bomberman Gemeni Wing R-Type Lemmings Cloak & Dagger Street Fighter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nukey Shay Posted August 11, 2004 Share Posted August 11, 2004 It's also possible that Broderbund simply wasn't interested in porting games to the home console market. Atari did license "A.E." for the 5200, though, and it's puzzling to think that "Lode Runner" was passed up for that one. According to the Digital Press guide, Lode Runner was planned by Broderbund for the 5200 and by Atari for the 7800. The Atari 8-bit computer version could possible be converted to the 5200. The only thing that might make it impossible is the size. I know at least one version for the 8-bit requires 64K so that's out. I'm not sure how much the different screens take up in memory. If my memory is correct though, each screen was read in one at a time from disk so it might rule Lode Runner out as a possible XL conversion to the 5200. I'm not sure how the XE cart version works. Allan The original game used a grid of 28x14...with 1 screen tile in each "nybble" (14x16=224 bytes). How many screens exist in the XE cart? The original count of 150 could fit in just over 32k with no compression methods being used. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nukey Shay Posted August 11, 2004 Share Posted August 11, 2004 EDIT: grid of 28x16 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrgameandwatch Posted August 11, 2004 Share Posted August 11, 2004 Alright, here is a list of games that I think need to be ported to the 2600, I'm not sure which ones are possible, though. Galaga Lode Runner Altered Beast Space Harrier Bubble Bobble Delta Boulder Dash Dr. Mario Wario's Woods Bomberman Gemeni Wing R-Type Lemmings Cloak & Dagger Street Fighter I I think all of those could be possible, but they could/ would be crude looking & such, and stripped of some features. Then again, Someone ported KLAX over to the 2600, why not Dr. Mario? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsukasa Posted August 11, 2004 Author Share Posted August 11, 2004 The games that need more than one button could require sms or colecovision pads. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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