Why I like my 2600 the best and its arcade ports

[lucifershalo]

Why I like my 2600 the best and its arcade ports

First that was the machine I had when I was a kid (I am 38)

I was going when possible to Italy cos there you could buy THE new games for it before France or Belgium

like Yars Revenge and Defender

so there is definitely a nostalgic aspect

but overall I like to see how programmers (then and now) can port arcade games and games from other machines to the 2600

with the incredible limitation of the hardware and memory

I am not interested in arcade perfect adaptation;

nowadays with mame emulation and all the more powerful consoles, what is the point...you can play the real thing

the "trick" is to be faithful to the arcade engine but not perfect...

Now we have to be conscious of what is possible or not

TEMPEST: no way (I think)

PAC MAN: was a failure and still is horrible

but between those 2 extremes

there are asteroids, ms pacman and recently Lady Bug to name just a few

arcade ports that are still recognizable , are not copies of their arcade versions

but OVERALL are fun to play...

also some of those are "transformed" for the 2600 : different commands because of the joystick with only one button, space invaders and its 100 variations,....

Thats why I am crazy when I see new hacks, new arcade ports and whole new homebrews

to see, notice and enjoy the works done by those programmers with the old lady limitations

Congratulations to you......

 

7800? no way, we are too close to perfect arcade adaptation and the sound...my god the sound....forget about it , I might as well go mame or NES

 

5200? mmmm, difficult case to defend here, as living in Europe I discovered that console last year and I love it, why? difficult question