>This family of games (and you may want to include Raiders as the final
>evolution although it kinda goes beyond it) are, to me, what symbolize the
>uniqueness of the 2600 and its game catalog in the way that, for instance,
>Star Raiders symbolizes the Atari 8-bit.
>
>Many other popular 2600 titles were arcade ports, not originals, even
>things like Combat which was Tank and Jet Fighter, but Adventure was
>original. Warren claims it was based on a teletype adventure game, but
>with the move to a graphical format, it's a totally different genre
>altogether.
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
Thanks,
Ruffin "Nebulous" Bailey
rufbo@xxxxxxxxxxx
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