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5200 games on the 7800


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#1 Walter_J-64 OFFLINE  

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Posted Sat Dec 21, 2002 4:30 PM

I was just thinking can 5200 games be ported to the 7800 :?
I know that the 5200 joystick have a key pad in it but if the games can be recoded to take inupt for the video touch pad on game port 2 and use the 7800 joystick in game port 1 just an idea. Just like what atari did for star rasiders for the 2600!

#2 DanBoris OFFLINE  

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Posted Sat Dec 21, 2002 6:06 PM

It would not be an easy conversion since the 7800 uses a radically different video system from the 5200, so all the video code would have to be re-written. Also the controllers are different, and the sound chip is different, so you would basically have to re-write everything but the game logic.

Dan

#3 King Atari OFFLINE  

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Posted Sun Dec 22, 2002 10:44 AM

That's too bad, as you could play a decent version of Pac-Man.




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