7800Lover Posted April 6, 2006 Share Posted April 6, 2006 The Atari 7800 had some great arcade ports and it is nice to see someone out there who is making unofficial versions of Burgertime (under the name Beef Drop) and Qbert. But what I wonder is why weren't more arcade titles made. Here are some 7800 ports of arcade games I wanted to see: Frogger- Given many of its ports on other home consoles, I'm surprised this wasn't turned into a 7800 title. Popeye- Same as with Frogger. 7800 Popeye would have probably looked a lot like the arcade version. Battlezone- With the 7800's advanced technology (at least compared to the 2600 and 5200), the programmers could have pulled off a vector or vector-like game. Kangaroo- It would have looked really good, maybe even better than the 5200 and they could have had the boxing gorilla that snatches the roo's gloves. Anyone else out there have thoughts on what should have been a 7800 port? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vic George 2K3 Posted April 6, 2006 Share Posted April 6, 2006 Frogger was being worked on as a homebrew 7800 game, but I haven't seen any recent work on it to date. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nukey Shay Posted April 6, 2006 Share Posted April 6, 2006 Battlezone- With the 7800's advanced technology (at least compared to the 2600 and 5200), the programmers could have pulled off a vector or vector-like game. Vector-like. An Atarisoft port for Vectrex would have been nice tho, but Vectrex had one foot out of the race already when Atarisoft began making it's rounds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inky Posted April 6, 2006 Share Posted April 6, 2006 Phoenix would have looked nice on the 7800, as would Zookeeper. THAT would have been sweetness. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PacManPlus Posted April 6, 2006 Share Posted April 6, 2006 SINISTAR! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaggy the Atarian Posted April 6, 2006 Share Posted April 6, 2006 SINISTAR! Mmm...Sinistar... I also think that a 7800 version of Space Dungeon would be cool. I think it could handle it better than the 5200. That and Spelunker. It was OK on the 8-bits, but a far cry from the arcade version, which I'm sure that the 7800 could do nicely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Posted April 6, 2006 Share Posted April 6, 2006 Smurfs Rescue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregory DG Posted April 6, 2006 Share Posted April 6, 2006 I don't think Smurf Rescue was an arcade game. I'd like to see: Ataxx Blue Print Bosconian Congo Bongo Elevator Action Gorf Gyruss I, Robot (a tough one!) Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (I love that game!) Kangaroo (love every version!) Make Trax Marble Madness Pepper II Phoenix RoadBlasters Shuuz Spy Hunter Star Castle Star Trek Star Wars Time Pilot Track & Field Warlords Zaxxon Of course, Frogger, BurgerTime, & Q*Bert, but they have homebrews now, thank goodness. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaybird3rd Posted April 6, 2006 Share Posted April 6, 2006 Missile Command is a notable omission, and it's one that I'd like to try to implement on the 7800 myself. Another is Qix: it's a perfect match for the two-button 7800. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atariboy2600 Posted April 6, 2006 Share Posted April 6, 2006 For thouse who made both Frogger and Q*bert for the 7800? PLASE make my dream game come true Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
accousticguitar Posted April 6, 2006 Share Posted April 6, 2006 I'd like to see pac-man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZylonBane Posted April 6, 2006 Share Posted April 6, 2006 Battlezone- With the 7800's advanced technology (at least compared to the 2600 and 5200), the programmers could have pulled off a vector or vector-like game. I love it when people who obviously don't have the slightest technical clue make bold proclamations about what could have been done. Really, I do. Look, the 7800's "advanced technology" is pretty much confined to drawing lots of sprites. There are no features in the hardware to accelerate line-drawing. Furthermore, the 7800 only has 4K of RAM (vs the 5200's 16K), which means that a vector port of Battlezone would have to run in low-res mode. It would look like ass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spector Posted April 6, 2006 Share Posted April 6, 2006 Paperboy has to be given a mention. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atariboy2600 Posted April 6, 2006 Share Posted April 6, 2006 I'd like to see pac-man. Been Done 7800: Pac-Man game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feralstorm Posted April 6, 2006 Share Posted April 6, 2006 Pengo Zookeeper Gauntlet Kangaroo And more!! OK, I'd love to see someone TRY a vector-ish Battlezone or even I, Robot, just to see if it's even possible. Actually, I'd love to see a 7800 Battlezone have two modes, "Arcade-style" and "2600-style" (both graphics and gameplay-wise) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpfalcon2003 Posted April 6, 2006 Share Posted April 6, 2006 Jungle Hunt Jr. Pac-Man Baby Pac-Man Super Pac-Man Kangaroo Popeye Frogger Crystal Castles Space Invaders Pengo Mr. Do Mr. Do's Castle Qbert's Qubes Bezerk Elevator Action Crazy Climber Stargate Zaxxon Super Mario Bros. Quix Battlezone Congo Bongo Frontline Vanguard Phoenix Moon Patrol Galaxian Millipede Venture Mouse Trap Road Runner Heavy Barrel Spy Hunter Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles The Arcade Game Batman The Arcade Game Dragon's Lair Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atariboy2600 Posted April 6, 2006 Share Posted April 6, 2006 (edited) A year ago I had a dream of seeing my all time fave Konami games for the 7800 one of them came true see if you know wicth one One down and 7 more to go Edited April 6, 2006 by Atariboy2600 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpfalcon2003 Posted April 6, 2006 Share Posted April 6, 2006 Roc'n Rope would be cool too. What is Jailbreak? That one must've escaped me somehow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpfalcon2003 Posted April 6, 2006 Share Posted April 6, 2006 Time Pilot would be nice too. Wasn't too please with Super Huey and Tomcat. They are extremely difficult, especially Tomcat. Perhaps Radar Lock should have been ported over to the 7800 along with Secret Quest too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atariboy2600 Posted April 6, 2006 Share Posted April 6, 2006 Roc'n Rope would be cool too. What is Jailbreak? That one must've escaped me somehow. If you have Mame go get the rom and playe it its very fun shotting jail birds! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NovaXpress Posted April 6, 2006 Share Posted April 6, 2006 No votes for "Master Chu and the Drunkard Hu?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpfalcon2003 Posted April 6, 2006 Share Posted April 6, 2006 The Atari 7800 had some great arcade ports and it is nice to see someone out there who is making unofficial versions of Burgertime (under the name Beef Drop) and Qbert. But what I wonder is why weren't more arcade titles made. Here are some 7800 ports of arcade games I wanted to see: Frogger- Given many of its ports on other home consoles, I'm surprised this wasn't turned into a 7800 title. Popeye- Same as with Frogger. 7800 Popeye would have probably looked a lot like the arcade version. Battlezone- With the 7800's advanced technology (at least compared to the 2600 and 5200), the programmers could have pulled off a vector or vector-like game. Kangaroo- It would have looked really good, maybe even better than the 5200 and they could have had the boxing gorilla that snatches the roo's gloves. Anyone else out there have thoughts on what should have been a 7800 port? A kangaroo version with the gorilla like in the arcade would be awesome. I wonder why the 5200 left that out. Surely, it could have been included. The gorilla was included on Jungle Hunt for the 5200 version on the vines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpfalcon2003 Posted April 6, 2006 Share Posted April 6, 2006 Roc'n Rope would be cool too. What is Jailbreak? That one must've escaped me somehow. If you have Mame go get the rom and playe it its very fun shotting jail birds! Thanks for the info. I'll have to check it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpfalcon2003 Posted April 6, 2006 Share Posted April 6, 2006 I would love to see Metal Slug for the 7800, but I know that would probably be impossible to do. The graphics would truly suck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atariboy2600 Posted April 6, 2006 Share Posted April 6, 2006 I would love to see Metal Slug for the 7800, but I know that would probably be impossible to do. The graphics would truly suck. Hey Neo-Pocket came out okay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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