Taito Arcade -> Atari 2600 port III

[Cybergoth]

Hi there!

 

Heya, yet another Taito poll!

 

Of course, after the "Pre Qix" poll, now follows a selection of "Post Qix" titles to choose from.

 

(Ususal Disclaimer: If you think Elk Attack is good enough already, simply don't vote for Electric Yo-Yo! )

 

Greetings,

Manuel

[Cybergoth]

Hm... maybe it's time to try something new, as only few people seem to know these rather obscure games. Instead of just posting KLOV links, I'll try to post a screenshot a day for each of these games, starting today with Marine Date:

[+Nathan Strum]

There are also reviews of some of these (with QuickTime movies) at Cinemarcade:

 

The Electric Yo-Yo

Kram

Space Dungeon

[Tempest]

The Electric Yo-Yo has been done already as Elk Attack (sorta):

 

http://www.atariprotos.com/2600/software/e...k/elkattack.htm

 

Tempest

[Cybergoth]

So and here's the screenshot for Space Cruiser:

[Cybergoth]

Space Seeker:

[yuppicide]

Definately Dock Man, with Kram a close second.

 

Why not pick Birdie King like everyone else? I am not a fan of golf (other than mini golf) and we already have Golf game/s for the 2600.

 

I think I asked this before, but Taito must be your favorite game company?

 

I wonder if Mr. TNT could be done from Sanchez/Telco. That game rocks!

[Cybergoth]

I think I asked this before, but Taito must be your favorite game company?

 

In the early arcade years they are indeed my favourites, with Namco coming close. In later years Konami and Capcom surpassed them both though

 

And here's an Alpine Ski screenshot:

[Cybergoth]

And here comes Birdie King:

[Cybergoth]

Dock Man:

[Cybergoth]

So many exciting things happening lately, I totally forgot about posting those screenies.

 

Electric Yoyo:

[vdub_bobby]

I played all of them in MAME (except Jolly Jogger, couldn't find a ROM nor is it at KLOV...)

 

Marine Date - certainly doable, though it doesn't really excite me unless it supported a trackball.

Space Cruiser - meh. Doable, but the 2600 has plenty of shooters. It has some neat twists, but nothing too exciting.

Space Seeker - interesting. Fairly difficult to do this, I think - a lot of challenges, from the giant map to the side-scrolling shooting. I don't think the game is compelling enough to be worth that work.

Alpine Ski - this doesn't seem different enough from Skiing to be worth doing.

Birdie King - kinda cool, and the 2600 could use an additional/better golf game. But full-screen bitmaps just aren't the 2600s strength, plus you need to support a trackball...

Dock Man - this game is really cool, and is probably doable. Lots of vertical separation, which is good.

Electric Yo-Yo - just don't like this game that much.

Jolly Jogger - ?

Kram - this is pretty cool, but I think almost undoable. Need a Pengo-style playfield plus a billion sprites. Seems unlikely.

Space Dungeon - I like this game and it would be completely possible on the 2600: simple backgrounds plus a not-unreasonable number of sprites.

 

My vote is for Dock Man, a unique, fun game that would be possible.

2nd place is Space Dungeon.

[Cybergoth]

Alpine Ski - this doesn't seem different enough from Skiing to be worth doing.

 

If you're doing good enough, you can ski jump in the third round

 

Dock Man - this game is really cool, and is probably doable. Lots of vertical separation, which is good.

 

I agree.

 

Jolly Jogger - ?

 

It plays very much like Amidar, though it has much more and smaller boxes per screen.

 

My vote is for Dock Man, a unique, fun game that would be possible.

2nd place is Space Dungeon.

 

I pretty much agree with your analysis, only I'd probably place Alpine Ski between the two

[+Nathan Strum]

Birdie King - kinda cool, and the 2600 could use an additional/better golf game. But full-screen bitmaps just aren't the 2600s strength

Had a thought about that... I wonder if your RPG engine could be adapted to make a golf game?

[vdub_bobby]

Birdie King - kinda cool, and the 2600 could use an additional/better golf game. But full-screen bitmaps just aren't the 2600s strength

Had a thought about that... I wonder if your RPG engine could be adapted to make a golf game?

Possibly...actually, that might be kinda cool. Could load holes off of tape. Hmmmm.

 

Anyway, it supports two sprites plus the scrolling, tiled background, so sure.

[Cybergoth]

Jolly Jogger:

[Cybergoth]

Kram:

[Cybergoth]

Last but not least, Space Dungeon:

[ColecoFan1981]

Sorry about reviving an eight-year-old thread, but IMHO Jolly Jogger and Electric Yo-Yo both seem to be similar in a way to Qix.

 

~Ben