atwwong Posted December 17, 2005 Share Posted December 17, 2005 I haven't seen this mentioned here before, so here is some info about Joe Grand's involvement with Arcade Pong for the FB2: When Arcade Pong was being written for the Flashback 2, it would be a better Pong then the original within Video Olympics and the first time Pong as a stand alone game would be done for the Atari 2600 platform. I knew that what was going to be seen posted from people was comments like "Hey, nice to see Pong, it plays good, but would've played even better with paddles"... So the idea was to do one of the first commercial releases of a game that worked with both joystick and paddle control. For Arcade Pong - we subcontracted out to an engineering firm called Grand Idea Studio's run by a brilliant engineer named Joe Grand... for those not familiar with Joe, he's written several great game console and hardware hacking books. Joe created what we call the "Paddle Sense Routine" and allows the game to know when the player is using a joystick or paddle. It was the perfect finishing touch to a great game and yes, playing with paddles versus the joysticks makes the game an even better experience and allows players to enjoy it in its true gameplay form. Curt __________________ Atari Historian -------------------------------------- The Atari Museum http://www.atarimuseum.com The source is the Atari forums. Cheers, Tony 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveW Posted December 17, 2005 Share Posted December 17, 2005 Didn't M-Network have the same kind of paddle/joystick setup for Astrosmash? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atwwong Posted December 17, 2005 Author Share Posted December 17, 2005 According to the html manual in AA's database for Astroblast, you are correct. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt Vendel Posted December 18, 2005 Share Posted December 18, 2005 Really? I never knew Astrosmash was dual controller... how interesting. Curt According to the html manual in AA's database for Astroblast, you are correct. 984406[/snapback] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted December 18, 2005 Share Posted December 18, 2005 Really? I never knew Astrosmash was dual controller... how interesting. The Krokocart menu is tripple controller! (joystick, paddles, DC) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Posted December 18, 2005 Share Posted December 18, 2005 Didn't M-Network have the same kind of paddle/joystick setup for Astrosmash? 984385[/snapback] OMG!! I have never played astrosmash with my paddles before I thought it was just a joystick game!!! /runs to grab astrosmash and his paddles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atarilovesyou Posted December 22, 2005 Share Posted December 22, 2005 Didn't M-Network have the same kind of paddle/joystick setup for Astrosmash? 984385[/snapback] OMG!! I have never played astrosmash with my paddles before I thought it was just a joystick game!!! /runs to grab astrosmash and his paddles 984785[/snapback] ..so has anybody tried to play Astrosmash with paddles yet, or is this just a rumour? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atwwong Posted December 22, 2005 Author Share Posted December 22, 2005 Didn't M-Network have the same kind of paddle/joystick setup for Astrosmash? 984385[/snapback] OMG!! I have never played astrosmash with my paddles before I thought it was just a joystick game!!! /runs to grab astrosmash and his paddles 984785[/snapback] ..so has anybody tried to play Astrosmash with paddles yet, or is this just a rumour? 987572[/snapback] It's no rumour, and it's ASTROBLAST!, people. (Manual page courtesy of Atari Guide) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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