Subject: Re: [stella] adventure From: Nick S Bensema <nickb@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Tue, 13 Jan 1998 07:44:21 -0700 (MST) |
>Okay, so what is it about Star Raiders on the 2600 that makes it not >representative of the 2600's catalog? I realize few games reached the >level of SR on the 2600, but wow! what a game. I've never played another >version of SR, but the 2600 version certainly led me on to games like >Elite and Privateer. There was nothing quite like limping back to a >Starbase with flicking shields and merely one photon blaster working, and >that only intermittently. > >But back to my line of reasoning behind my question: What exactly about >Star Raiders for the 8-bits is it that you see rendered in a way that the >2600 can't? I'm looking more along the direction of, "What is it that >the 8-bit SR had that one should not include in a 2600 programming >mindset?" Does that make sense? :^P Just about everything. 8-bit Star Raiders was used to show off the abilities of the Atari 8-bits... namely, bit-mapped displays, realistic 3-D perspective (proof: check the long-range scanner)... and of course, flicker-less player/missile graphics. It's really little more than a cheap copy of the Atari 400/800 version, which was done years earlier. And it's the Atari 400 version which is responsible for Elite and all of those games, really. -- Stella list is Administered by krishna@xxxxxxxxxxxx <Glenn Saunders> Archives (includes files) at http://www.biglist.com/lists/stella/archives/ Unsub & more at http://www.biglist.com/lists/stella/stella.html +-shameless plugs-------------------------------------------------------+ | Stella documentary at http://www.primenet.com/~krishna | | Nick's VCS links via http://www.primenet.com/~nickb/atariprg.htm | | Write the best game, win framed autographs of famous Atari alumni!! | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
Current Thread |
---|
|
<- Previous | Index | Next -> |
---|---|---|
Re: [stella] adventure, Ruffin Bailey | Thread | Re: [stella] adventure, Glenn Saunders |
Re: [stella] adventure, Ruffin Bailey | Date | [stella] Macs Obsolete?!! Hey budd, Ruffin Bailey |
Month |