they are both classics but i always feel that they could have been better,even on the 2600, when you look at the improvements made to mario bros, would it be easy to give these two a new lease of life!
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Mr.Do! and Burgertime 2600-time for an improved remake?
Started by gooner73, Dec 8 2011 7:00 AM
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Posted Thu Dec 8, 2011 7:00 AM
I wonder if anyone out there has considered making improvements to these two 2600 games?
they are both classics but i always feel that they could have been better,even on the 2600, when you look at the improvements made to mario bros, would it be easy to give these two a new lease of life!
comments please
they are both classics but i always feel that they could have been better,even on the 2600, when you look at the improvements made to mario bros, would it be easy to give these two a new lease of life!
comments please
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Posted Thu Dec 8, 2011 10:04 AM
I dunno man... Mr. Do!'s a pretty good port for the 2600, given it's capabilities and the timeframe it was released in IMHO. Perhaps a little sprite work is all it really needs...
Now Burgertime... I know it could seriously use an overhaul. Starting from the ground up would almost be necessary to fix it's problems and drawbacks.
Regardless, unless you want to dive off into the world of Batari Basic coding, getting one of the over-worked, overloaded but very talented 2600 coders here to work on either of these would be a crapshoot at best I'm afraid.
Maaaayyybe Nukey Shay could hack these things into something better... Hard to say though since I have no clue about coding and I don't know what kind of schedule he currently has or whether he'd be interested in these two games enough to try to tackle them. Maybe you could PM him and ask or hope he chimes in here to give his thoughts on the matter?
Anyway, I wish you the best of luck in your noble efforts sir!
Now Burgertime... I know it could seriously use an overhaul. Starting from the ground up would almost be necessary to fix it's problems and drawbacks.
Regardless, unless you want to dive off into the world of Batari Basic coding, getting one of the over-worked, overloaded but very talented 2600 coders here to work on either of these would be a crapshoot at best I'm afraid.
Maaaayyybe Nukey Shay could hack these things into something better... Hard to say though since I have no clue about coding and I don't know what kind of schedule he currently has or whether he'd be interested in these two games enough to try to tackle them. Maybe you could PM him and ask or hope he chimes in here to give his thoughts on the matter?
Anyway, I wish you the best of luck in your noble efforts sir!
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Posted Thu Dec 8, 2011 11:02 AM
Mr. Do is not a bad port for the 2600 but there are some improvements that could be made. I, for one, would prefer to have more "ground" to dig instead of that solid green bar at the bottom of the screen. Burgetime is another story altogether...I'm with Bentley!
Now, I would love to see Mr. Do! ported to the 7800!
Now, I would love to see Mr. Do! ported to the 7800!
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Posted Thu Dec 8, 2011 1:07 PM
thanks for the input guys, i am going to see what happens with these two.
Maybe someone has the knowledge and time to fix em up a bit!
i think Mr.do would be awesome on the 7800 too!
Maybe someone has the knowledge and time to fix em up a bit!
i think Mr.do would be awesome on the 7800 too!
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Posted Thu Dec 8, 2011 2:16 PM
Do is solid. Now, Mr. Do's Castle is a different story altogether. Keep the music, add a few sound effects, and for the love of god fix the graphics!
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Posted Thu Dec 8, 2011 9:22 PM
I've always thought Burgertime is not that bad, just your player moves way too slow...
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Posted Fri Dec 9, 2011 1:30 AM
Well, I got used to that slow pace of 2600 Burger Time. Last night I was trying the NES version and didn't get anywhere since it was too fast for me
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Posted Sun Dec 11, 2011 12:51 PM
I'm another fan or 2600 Burgertime.
And a fan of Beef Drop for the 5200, 8-bits, and 7800.
And a fan of Burgerspace for Linux.
I like them all how they are.
But if you were to get someone to do a 2600 remake, I'd either ask for Ken Siders (Beef Drop programmer)
or one of the 2600 homebrew masters (they're all here on Atari Age).
And a fan of Beef Drop for the 5200, 8-bits, and 7800.
And a fan of Burgerspace for Linux.
I like them all how they are.
But if you were to get someone to do a 2600 remake, I'd either ask for Ken Siders (Beef Drop programmer)
or one of the 2600 homebrew masters (they're all here on Atari Age).
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