datafreq Posted September 9, 2004 Share Posted September 9, 2004 Apologies if this has already been discussed... Any info on whether these 2600 classics will make it to GBA SP ? Short of buying a vcsp, that's the only way i can imagine these games could come out on a portable..unless the "atari classics" for DS is 2600 classics and not "arcade" classics... I love Activision Anthology for my SP, and was hoping that some sort of 2600 Anthology would be next... Thoughts ? Cheers, Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregory DG Posted September 9, 2004 Share Posted September 9, 2004 I love Activision Anthology for my SP,and was hoping that some sort of 2600 Anthology would be next... I'm with you on that. I'd really like a 2600 Anthology... Although, I'll bet most (if not all) the licensed arcade games (Galaxian, Defender, Stargate, Space Invaders, Joust, Ms. Pac-Man, Jr. Pac, Jungle Hunt, Berzerk, Moon Patrol, Phoenix, etc.) wouldn't make it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SS Posted September 10, 2004 Share Posted September 10, 2004 I'll cross my fingers for a DS port. Hopefully the more powerful system could handle the 2600 emulation w/o any slowdowns. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxglove9 Posted September 10, 2004 Share Posted September 10, 2004 The GBA should be able to handle the emulation without slowdown. Activision Anthology is a good example of that. I'm hoping we get a port of Atari Anthology, which is very possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SS Posted September 10, 2004 Share Posted September 10, 2004 The GBA should be able to handle the emulation without slowdown. Activision Anthology is a good example of that. Have you tried "HERO" on the GBA port? It's almost unplayable, it's so slow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxglove9 Posted September 10, 2004 Share Posted September 10, 2004 Have you tried "HERO" on the GBA port? It's almost unplayable, it's so slow Yes, I play it very often, I really don't find the slowdown that bad. But I mean 1 game out of the bunch isn't a bad ratio. Even if 5 games had slowdown or framerate problems I'd still enjoy that cart. But I see what you are saying, on the DS it pretty much should be fullspeed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keilbaca Posted September 10, 2004 Share Posted September 10, 2004 River Raid is extremely slow, let alone river raid 2... i'm waiting for this to become more developed... http://ique.netfirms.com/gba12600.shtml Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Andrew Davie Posted September 10, 2004 Share Posted September 10, 2004 River Raid is extremely slow, let alone river raid 2... i'm waiting for this to become more developed...http://ique.netfirms.com/gba12600.shtml Dagnabit, there I was going to that link, all excited like, only to find it's a link to a VERY old effort of yours truly. That emulator is not 'currently in development', nor will it be completed or released. I guess I better kill the binaries sometime, too, so people don't get too excited. Cheers A Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keilbaca Posted September 10, 2004 Share Posted September 10, 2004 its yours? why aint you working on it still? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPUWIZ Posted September 10, 2004 Share Posted September 10, 2004 its yours? why aint you working on it still? Because he is a lazy Australian SOB. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Andrew Davie Posted September 10, 2004 Share Posted September 10, 2004 its yours? why aint you working on it still? Because he is a lazy Australian SOB. Busted! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Andrew Davie Posted September 10, 2004 Share Posted September 10, 2004 its yours? why aint you working on it still? Beneath the thin facade of civility in our hobby, there lies an undercurrent of big business 'screw you' ethics and tactics. All is not always as it seems, and the 'good guys' may not be who you really think they are. I'm not working on it still, because of the thinly veiled reasons contained in the previous paragraph. Cheers A Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djmips Posted September 19, 2004 Share Posted September 19, 2004 I'll cross my fingers for a DS port. Hopefully the more powerful system could handle the 2600 emulation w/o any slowdowns. You can be assured that the DS will have more than enough power to handle a 2600 emulation w/o any slowdowns. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/03/11/le...s_specs_reveal/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keilbaca Posted September 19, 2004 Share Posted September 19, 2004 its yours? why aint you working on it still? Beneath the thin facade of civility in our hobby, there lies an undercurrent of big business 'screw you' ethics and tactics. All is not always as it seems, and the 'good guys' may not be who you really think they are. I'm not working on it still, because of the thinly veiled reasons contained in the previous paragraph. Cheers A Why can't companies leave us alone so we can do our own damn things with the systems? anyways, the GBA is more than enough in power to run the 2600 games as is, its just that activision fucked up. Just look at the NES conversions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starman Posted September 28, 2004 Share Posted September 28, 2004 To be honest, I'd rather see it on the PSP with the analog controller. I never could get used to using a D-Pad for gaming with my thumb. I never felt I was controlling anything properly. Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vic George 2K3 Posted September 28, 2004 Share Posted September 28, 2004 I love Activision Anthology for my SP,and was hoping that some sort of 2600 Anthology would be next... I'm with you on that. I'd really like a 2600 Anthology... Although, I'll bet most (if not all) the licensed arcade games (Galaxian, Defender, Stargate, Space Invaders, Joust, Ms. Pac-Man, Jr. Pac, Jungle Hunt, Berzerk, Moon Patrol, Phoenix, etc.) wouldn't make it. And besides, some of the games Gregory listed were already converted to GBA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beer Monkey Posted September 28, 2004 Share Posted September 28, 2004 I've been trying to find details for the Atari Classics for the DS, but no such luck. It looks like it may even be a launch title, hopefully we get some news soon. At first I wasn't willing to pay $150 for the DS but the system is intriguing. I've got more than enough old Gameboy hardware to cover the trade-in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregory DG Posted September 28, 2004 Share Posted September 28, 2004 And besides, some of the games Gregory listed were already converted to GBA. Not the 2600 versions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vic George 2K3 Posted September 29, 2004 Share Posted September 29, 2004 And besides, some of the games Gregory listed were already converted to GBA. Not the 2600 versions. Yeah, I'm sure some folks would *love* to have the 2600 version of Defender converted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubersaurus Posted September 29, 2004 Share Posted September 29, 2004 its yours? why aint you working on it still? Beneath the thin facade of civility in our hobby, there lies an undercurrent of big business 'screw you' ethics and tactics. All is not always as it seems, and the 'good guys' may not be who you really think they are. I'm not working on it still, because of the thinly veiled reasons contained in the previous paragraph. Cheers A Why can't companies leave us alone so we can do our own damn things with the systems? anyways, the GBA is more than enough in power to run the 2600 games as is, its just that activision fucked up. Just look at the NES conversions. Actually, to do a full emulation of the 2600, the GBA isn't powerful enough..they had to basically write a specific emulator for each one of those games. As to why the NES games run better, I couldn't tell you. Maybe it's because there's only one NES game per cart, I don't know, but that's the reason Activision gave. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beer Monkey Posted September 29, 2004 Share Posted September 29, 2004 As to why the NES games run better, I couldn't tell you. Maybe it's because there's only one NES game per cart, I don't know, but that's the reason Activision gave. Somebody at Activision doesn't know what they are talking about. Nintendo could have put 16 of those games on a typical GBA cart and they would play exactly the way they do right now. Hell, somebody with a flash cart probably has put 16 of those games on one cart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregory DG Posted September 29, 2004 Share Posted September 29, 2004 Yeah, I'm sure some folks would *love* to have the 2600 version of Defender converted. There are lots of "completeists" out there. Many of them on this board. I myself would love to see a collection of those 2600 arcade conversions on the GBA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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