At 03:52 06.07.99 GMT, you wrote:
>The only real legitimate use I can think of for linking two local Ataris
>together is to make two-player games where it'd be infeasible to display
>both player's screens in a kernel. Like two-player Tetris or any of the
>puzzle games of that genre (Puzzle Fighter, Columns, Bust-a-Move/Puzzle
>Bobble, Dr. Mario, and so on.) Or maybe the Tempest 2000 style two-player
>thing, where there's one player on each end of the tube. Drawing two of
>those side-by-side would be nearly impossible on one Atari, but having
>each console display one player's screen would be quite possible.
I just have to mention that it _is_ possible to do two player Tetris
on the VCS, at least on the Supercharger. ;-) For your other examples
a linked version might be the only way to get a two player mode though.
Ciao, Eckhard Stolberg
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