While I do read the posts on this list every day,
I've been short on time to try out many of the new games and demos.
Having found myself with a bit of free time, I loaded up a few of them.
1. Oystron
The last version I had tried was 24. Let me say I was blown away
when I loaded up the newest version. This game is great! I really like
the warp effect the ships and oysteroids make when they appear on the
right side of the screen. I like the music and sound effects too. Neat.
The marks on the screen to show where the oysters are is a nice touch. I
showed the game to my brother and he thought it was a 7800 game. I
personally like the color pallette. I live in NTSC land so I'm sure it
doesn't look the same in PAL. If this game would have come out in the
early eighties, you would be rich. :-)
2. Tetris26
Hmm, this game could use a few improvements. The game was almost
uncontrolable. Everytime I would press the button to rotate a piece, it
would spin so fast I had a hard time getting it the way I wanted it. A
little work making the letters a bit more recognizable would help.
Otherwise the game seemed pretty good considering how quickly it was
thrown together.
3. Minesweeper Clone
This game is a pretty good port of minesweeper. Though I must
admit I was never a real big fan of minesweeper on the pc to begin with.
The game seems to be pretty good so far and with the addition of a few
more levels it could be extremely fun.
4. Multi demo
I like the colored sprites in the earlier version and was a bit
disapointed when they were replaced by x's in the controlable version.
Otherwise this would make a great screensaver for a game. :-)
Overall, I'm very impressed with the games and demoes so far. If only
some more tutorials would be written and a better more comprehensive guide
to programming the 2600 existed.
I should have a slightly updated version of stellagraph uploaded to my web
page in the next day or so. I know I said that a couple of months ago,
but this time I'll actually do it. :-) The new version will allow you to
copy the code values and then you can just paste them into your source
code. I had been hoping to do some more things with the program, but it's
kind of hard when I don't fully understand how the 2600 works.
Chris Pepin
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