Hakogame 箱亀 Posted June 22, 2001 Share Posted June 22, 2001 Hi, I posted this little hoax on the Ign boards, but no one ever goes there. It's a fake screenshot of a 2600 version of Ghost's N' Goblins. I'm wondering if it would have fooled any of you, and if not, why. Fake Screenshot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+-^CrossBow^- Posted June 22, 2001 Share Posted June 22, 2001 Doesn't fool me since the link isn't working... So I can't tell you either way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hakogame 箱亀 Posted June 22, 2001 Author Share Posted June 22, 2001 The link isn't working for some reason, try this- http://members.nbci.com/raccoonlad1/.epb/GNG2600.JPG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hakogame 箱亀 Posted June 22, 2001 Author Share Posted June 22, 2001 Damn stupid web server, you'll just have to copy and paste the url into your Nav-bar, because nbci.com dosen't like linking for some reason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NE146 Posted June 22, 2001 Share Posted June 22, 2001 Wouldn't have fooled very many I don't think... as those gravestones and fences have far too much detail etc. etc. But still nice nonetheless Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Random Terrain Posted June 23, 2001 Share Posted June 23, 2001 Why try to fool people? Why not just do like some guys who make fake screenshots and cartridge labels? They tell everyone that the images are fake, but people still want to see them because it can be interesting and cool to see what games might have looked like on the Atari 2600. Here are a few sites that have at least one fake image: ResQsoft's cART Creations - Fictitious and reworked Atari 2600 cartridge labels. Christopher Drum's Atari 2600 Design Project - Fictional, never released, and homebrew cartridge label art. 2600 Shadows - KISS rock band game idea, game lists, descriptions, and new and used games for trade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mindfield Posted June 23, 2001 Share Posted June 23, 2001 Well, for a start the screenshot's graphics are rather beyond the 2600's abilities. Something like it could be done, but you'd probably need some serious bank switching to display detail even close to that -- a 32k cart would probably be required, and very few of those were made. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liquid_sky Posted June 23, 2001 Share Posted June 23, 2001 looks more commadore 64 than anything... if you try again, be lazy, make it look less than perfect.. use bigger pixels, umm im a bad artist, im trying to make a "atari 2600" screenshot of 1942, ill pass it along to you all when (if) it ever gets finished Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cybergoth Posted July 29, 2003 Share Posted July 29, 2003 Hi there! I'm sorry for bumping yet another thread, but take a look at this: 2600 Shadows - KISS rock band game idea Greetings, Manuel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nukey Shay Posted July 29, 2003 Share Posted July 29, 2003 I'm sorry for bumping yet another thread Yeah...suuuure. And then trying to blame cavelevel. Tsk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Room 34 Posted July 29, 2003 Share Posted July 29, 2003 Never mind. I didn't see that this thread was 2 years old. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nukey Shay Posted July 29, 2003 Share Posted July 29, 2003 Um...look at the date Back in those days, we couldn't attach junk to Al's server. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NE146 Posted July 29, 2003 Share Posted July 29, 2003 Never mind. I didn't see that this thread was 2 years old. That's what's great about a message board. It's a different beast from something like IRC or chat because conversations never die! I don't see a problem responding to a question 2-3 years later. It's there for all to read anyway It's almost better than Usenet in a sense Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Room 34 Posted July 29, 2003 Share Posted July 29, 2003 Yeah, well... sometimes I think about that and I just say to myself, "My God, WHY did you post *such and such*?" I never learn. This ridiculous (and, in retrospect, somewhat embarrassing) underground rag I published 10 years ago back in college is STILL floating around in humor archives on the Internet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZylonBane Posted July 29, 2003 Share Posted July 29, 2003 That's what's great about a message board. It's a different beast from something like IRC or chat because conversations never die! You're absolutely wrong on this one. Conversations DO die. This one died years ago... that's why people stopped posting to it. This is a new conversation, taking place in the old conversation's spot. Obviously mixing two conversations in the same place is confusing and messy which is why we have isolated topics in the first place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godzilla Posted July 29, 2003 Share Posted July 29, 2003 i got dead pages on everything in this thread cept for the kiss page. is that fake 2600 gng shot anywhere that works??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Random Terrain Posted July 29, 2003 Share Posted July 29, 2003 I got dead pages on everything in this thread except for the Kiss page. That's because this thread is old and most of that stuff is long gone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MegaManFan Posted July 29, 2003 Share Posted July 29, 2003 Hi, I posted this little hoax on the Ign boards, but no one ever goes there. It's a fake screenshot of a 2600 version of Ghost's N' Goblins. I'm wondering if it would have fooled any of you, and if not, why.Fake Screenshot The link didn't work lad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godzilla Posted July 29, 2003 Share Posted July 29, 2003 yea june 2001.... old... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeybastard Posted July 29, 2003 Share Posted July 29, 2003 The link didn't work lad. Look at the date of the thread MMF Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MegaManFan Posted July 29, 2003 Share Posted July 29, 2003 Whoops! Didn't realize this was a resurrected thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NE146 Posted July 30, 2003 Share Posted July 30, 2003 You're absolutely wrong on this one. Conversations DO die. This one died years ago... that's why people stopped posting to it. This is a new conversation, taking place in the old conversation's spot. Obviously mixing two conversations in the same place is confusing and messy which is why we have isolated topics in the first place. I disagree.. If I wrote "Tell me your best arcade high score story!" and I got a couple of responses then the thread dies, the stories will always be there as long as it remains on the site. Anyone can go back and read it and if someone should add another story 730 days later, it doesn't make the prior responses invalid just because they were done 2 years prior. The whole fact that dialogues and text are preserved as long as the site admin deems so, makes the entire board one huge readable archive of active info imho. Respond at your leisure.. compose your posts, yada yada yada. This aint by the seat of your pants chat. This is a board. And the fact that it's on the web makes it that much more accessible to your average joes than our old hangout, i.e. Usenet. I can't count the amount of older threads I've remembered and responded to. Matter o' fact, once I complete my now 9 month quest to finish Metroid Prime, I plan on responding to that thread with an "update" ..hmm.. maybe I'll do it now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cybergoth Posted July 30, 2003 Share Posted July 30, 2003 Hi there! Sorry for all the mayhem caused. But then I clearly said I bumped it. Basically when I stumbled accross this in the archive I just thought it was funny that the KISS 2600 game idea was already there 2 years ago and I thought to share that discovery. Greetings, Manuel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nukey Shay Posted July 30, 2003 Share Posted July 30, 2003 Those links don't work. Except the KISS one. ...And so on and so forth. Oh...and now for something completely different... The Larch. THE LARCH. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZylonBane Posted July 30, 2003 Share Posted July 30, 2003 I disagree.. Well then, I guess that means you're right, and that the near-universal hatred of ancient thread bumping is entirely unfounded. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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