salstadt Posted September 24, 2004 Share Posted September 24, 2004 Which space shooter gae on the 2600 was the most complex in terms of movement, etc. I'm looking for a model for an idea I have, but nothing with duplicated, spaced ships like Space Invaders, something more along the lines of Asteroids but more of a scrolling shooter if possible. To give me an idea of how far the platform can be pushed in sprite regard. Anyone have a game they can reccomend I check out? - Adam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kisrael Posted September 24, 2004 Share Posted September 24, 2004 Which space shooter gae on the 2600 was the most complex in terms of movement, etc. I'm looking for a model for an idea I have, but nothing with duplicated, spaced ships like Space Invaders, something more along the lines of Asteroids but more of a scrolling shooter if possible. To give me an idea of how far the platform can be pushed in sprite regard. Anyone have a game they can reccomend I check out? River Raid almost seems like a candidate, though it's not really that complex sprite-wise...Megamania? Spider Fighter? Chopper Command? (Huh my brain seems stuck on Activision) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeybastard Posted September 24, 2004 Share Posted September 24, 2004 Vanguard maybe? Lots of stuff onscreen, constant scroll. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Slocum Posted September 24, 2004 Share Posted September 24, 2004 Here's a ROM of something I started working on a while back... space.zip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xot Posted September 25, 2004 Share Posted September 25, 2004 Threshold? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kisrael Posted September 25, 2004 Share Posted September 25, 2004 Vanguard maybe? Lots of stuff onscreen, constant scroll. Oh, yeah, Vanguard is an excellent call. (and a darn decent game) Especially the horizontal scrolling section...playfield-wise, horizontal scrolling is infamously tougher on the atari than vertical, but it can be done, and then it's easier to "cluster" enemies in interesting ways, unlike River Raid which really only shoves one thing at a time at the player, despite its brilliance with the terrain. Paul, I don't remember seeing that one. I love the parallax effect. Was it you who also posted this other demo with a lot of enemies and an idea for some almost-Raiden like powered-up weapon FX? I don't know what salstadt's idea will end up being, but it's been a nice conversation starter... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kisrael Posted September 25, 2004 Share Posted September 25, 2004 Paul, I don't remember seeing that one. I love the parallax effect. Was it you who also posted this other demo with a lot of enemies and an idea for some almost-Raiden like powered-up weapon FX? I'm thinking of Eric Mooney's River Rampage demo: bin available at http://www.biglist.com/lists/stella/archiv...4/msg00219.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian M Posted September 27, 2004 Share Posted September 27, 2004 Everyone always forgets LASER GATES. That game is the most impressive 2600 shooter I've ever played. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nukey Shay Posted September 27, 2004 Share Posted September 27, 2004 Stargate (DefenderII) pushed the envelope pretty good. And Starpath games were really complex. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retrofan Posted September 30, 2004 Share Posted September 30, 2004 Here's a ROM of something I started working on a while back... could be a very cool game like Uridium, Xenon, Goldrunner, Xevious, Alley Cat, Alpha Mission, Twin Cobra or Terra Cresta (arcade, ST, C64). First seen parallax scrolling shooter on 2600. Please continue the development !!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cybergoth Posted September 30, 2004 Share Posted September 30, 2004 Hi there! Alley Cat Uhm... I bet you rather meant Alleykat here Greetings, Manuel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
128bytes Posted September 30, 2004 Share Posted September 30, 2004 Cosmic Commuter had lots of sprites in a scrolling space (semi)shooter. Also, Astroblast is a very frentic, "scrolling" version of Asteroids. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassGuitari Posted October 1, 2004 Share Posted October 1, 2004 Does Solaris count? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjk7382 Posted October 1, 2004 Share Posted October 1, 2004 Thrust 8 Huge levels, reverse gravity, smooth scrolling, and.... the deadly something and don't forget about the great music Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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