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7800 Homebrews you'd like to see?


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#1 Brad2600 OFFLINE  

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Posted Tue Feb 25, 2003 9:48 AM

Call me crazy, but I really wish someone could port the Leisure Suit Larry series to the 7800. I dunno. Probably not a good idea but I was wondering what do YOU think would make a great 7800 port or homebrew?

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Posted Tue Feb 25, 2003 11:10 AM

I'm researching 7800 stuff so that I can create a 7800 version of "Burgertime".

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Posted Tue Feb 25, 2003 11:12 AM

JaySeaver said:

I'm researching 7800 stuff so that I can create a 7800 version of "Burgertime".


Ooooooh. I like the sound of that. :D

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Posted Tue Feb 25, 2003 12:12 PM

Oh, great. Now there's pressure. :)

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Posted Tue Feb 25, 2003 12:13 PM

I always thought that a near-perfect port of Phoenix could be done. The 2600 version was pretty good as is, even without the phoenix birds swooping down past your ship and reappearing at the top during those two waves and not having any birds during the fifth wave ('course that was all the 2600 could handle). Especially with the glitch being cleared up from being killed, yet you can still hear your shield being activated on the arcade version, I think an excellent job could be done on a 7800 version.

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Posted Tue Feb 25, 2003 12:22 PM

A good Zelda type game would be nice. A port of ADVENTURE II would be nice too!

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Posted Tue Feb 25, 2003 1:42 PM

I think Popeye could be done nicely on the 7800. It is one of my favs on the 2600, but I miss some of the features of the arcade version.

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Posted Tue Feb 25, 2003 2:22 PM

"Rampart". I can't believe that Atari ported it only over to the Lynx.

Second choice: "I, Robot"... since it didn't find its way to any Atari console.

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Posted Tue Feb 25, 2003 3:34 PM

One word: SINISTAR :D

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Posted Tue Feb 25, 2003 4:15 PM

I'd love to see an RPG on the 7800 :-)

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Posted Tue Feb 25, 2003 4:18 PM

Godzilla said:

I'd love to see an RPG on the 7800 :-)

I thought Midnight Mutants already was.

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Posted Tue Feb 25, 2003 4:31 PM

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Rampart". I can't believe that Atari ported it only over to the Lynx.

Actually a port of Rampart was done by Imagitec for the 7800 and almost completed (according to internal documents). Lord knows what happened to it...

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Posted Tue Feb 25, 2003 5:04 PM

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Posted Tue Feb 25, 2003 5:20 PM

Battlezone (I know Super Huey is similar, but it's not as good!)
Defender

Just about any classic arcade ports would interest me, actually. Also, some kind of video pinball would be cool.

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Posted Tue Feb 25, 2003 5:39 PM

Lemmings, it's on the sms and lynx so why not?

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Posted Tue Feb 25, 2003 6:52 PM

davidcalgary29 said:

"Rampart". I can't believe that Atari ported it only over to the Lynx.

Second choice: "I, Robot"... since it didn't find its way to any Atari console.


Yes and Yes

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Posted Tue Feb 25, 2003 7:49 PM

Why not a 7800 version of "Crystal Castles"? :)

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Posted Tue Feb 25, 2003 8:06 PM

Lemmings would be very interesting to see on the 7800 :)

Actually, it would have been neat to see Jeff Minter program something for the 7800, like Grid Runner was it? :)

Or a really nice side-scroller shooter....

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Posted Tue Feb 25, 2003 11:32 PM

I'd love to see Pac-Man.

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Posted Wed Feb 26, 2003 12:52 AM

sku_u said:

I'd love to see Pac-Man.

Aye, there's the rub. The one Atari console that didn't get a version that probably deserved one the most.

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Posted Wed Feb 26, 2003 4:43 AM

Burgertime, Battlezone, PacMan, Millipede, Star Wars Arcade, Frogger, Jungle Hunt, Kangaroo, Pitfall!, Pitfall II, and Tempest.

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Posted Wed Feb 26, 2003 6:16 AM

Actually most of those games (except maybe LSLarry) would work pretty well given the 7800's capabilities. One problem I see is that many of the titles mentioned have pretty good, playable 2600 versions, kinda makes the effort on a 7800 not worth it.

Now Defender I think is a good idea...I still think the only decent home version is on the Jag (and that includes the XBox version).

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Posted Wed Feb 26, 2003 9:25 AM

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Star Wars Arcade

NOW you're talkin'! The 2600 version looked and played decent enough!

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Posted Wed Feb 26, 2003 9:29 AM

eric_ruck said:

Actually most of those games (except maybe LSLarry) would work pretty well given the 7800's capabilities.  One problem I see is that many of the titles mentioned have pretty good, playable 2600 versions, kinda makes the effort on a 7800 not worth it.

Now Defender I think is a good idea...I still think the only decent home version is on the Jag (and that includes the XBox version).

Eric

So does that mean that the Atari 2600 Pac-Man is such a good port that the 7800 doesn't need one :D

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Posted Wed Feb 26, 2003 11:15 AM

"eric_ruck" said:

Actually most of those games (except maybe LSLarry) would work pretty well given the 7800's capabilities.  One problem I see is that many of the titles mentioned have pretty good, playable 2600 versions, kinda makes the effort on a 7800 not worth it.

Now Defender I think is a good idea...I still think the only decent home version is on the Jag (and that includes the XBox version).

Eric

Leisure Shuit Larry came out on the Tandy Co Co III, so I'm sure it's probably within the system power of the 7800. The problem would be storage space ... it's probably possible to produce a 7800 cart big enough but it would be pricey.




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