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[Primordial Ooze]

Would a simple shoot-em-up be possible to do on the Atari 2600? I am interested in trying to do one to see if a simple r-type game is possible. I play on releasing updated builds as i go, and may even turn it into a community project. Any assistance in this matter would be greatly appreciated.

Sincerely,

Primordial Ooze

[Impaler_26]

Yep, a simplified R-Type style game seems to be possible on the 2600. Have a look here:

http://www.atariage....-so-many-ideas/

[yllawwally]

You should try out vanguard. It was one of my favorite games as a kid. The 2600 is well known for shmups. Chopper command, is another good one. Defender, Super Cobra, laser gates, snoopy, are a bunch of side scrollers.

[Chuck D. Head]

yllawwally, on Thu Jul 28, 2011 8:18 AM, said:

You should try out vanguard. It was one of my favorite games as a kid. The 2600 is well known for shmups. Chopper command, is another good one. Defender, Super Cobra, laser gates, snoopy, are a bunch of side scrollers.

Vanguard should give you a good example of what was possible then, with powerups (invincibility) and IIRC different firing schemes. Bobby's randomly generated R-Type linked above sounds promising.

[lucifershalo]

yes, too bad
it hasnt been finished

[Glenn Jupp]

If you've not seen it, then you might want to have a look at Erik Mooney's River Rampage on [stella]. Looks like the beginning of not just a shoot-em-up, but a full-on-bullet-hell-shmup.

[vdub_bobby]

There aren't a lot of side-scrolling shooters on the 2600, for obvious technical reasons - though definitely check out Stargate/Defender II - but there are of course plenty of vertical shmups; including lots of great homebrews.

Best original shoot em ups:
Space Invaders
River Raid
River Raid II
Phoenix
Demon Attack
Stargate/Defender II
Galaxian
Defender
Spider Fighter
Vanguard
Chopper Command

My favorite simple homebrew shoot em ups:
Conquest of Mars
Space Instigators
Oystron
Seawolf

[lucifershalo]

Juno First

[Random Terrain]

vdub_bobby, on Fri Aug 26, 2011 2:43 PM, said:

. . . but there are of course plenty of vertical shmups; including lots of great homebrews.

You forgot this one:

http://www.atariage....apid-fire-test/

[grafixbmp]

grafixbmp, on Sun Jun 7, 2009 10:46 PM, said:

I found the images I did for R-type on an old harddrive and thought I would share these few images. C_Type_atari.PNG
C_Type_Atari_2600.PNG

Also, as you can see, here is also a fun mock of super mario bros.

This was the first bit of images that I ever drew as mocks for 2600. I think it would be doable with a harmony and DPC+ possibly even with bB.