If you are even thinking of writing a game > 4k, the Cuttle Cart is the only
way to fly. Of course, I like the ability to play games I'll never find in
the wild on a real 2600. The Cuttle Cart also loads games faster than a
Supercharger can.
Bob
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-stella@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-stella@xxxxxxxxxxx]On
> Behalf Of Mauricio Tadeu Alegretti
> Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2001 2:39 PM
> To: stella@xxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [stella] Gameline
>
>
> > The cool thing about the Gameline was the BIDIRECTIONAL communication
> > potential of it. If it's a true modem, then you could do some
> interesting
> > client/server games, online games where the 2600 is just a
> display engine.
>
> Well, do you think it would be possible to access the gameline's
> internal modem
> while running the game? even on low speeds that could get very tricky, if
> possible at all, wouldn´t it?
>
> > Other than that, the Cuttle Cart is better than a Gameline, and
> given how
> > rare Gamelines are, you wouldn't save much money finding a
> Gameline on Ebay
> > vs. buying a Cuttle Cart.
>
> That's true. I've been wondering lately if the difference in
> price between the
> Cuttle and a SuperCharger was worth it... what do you guys think?
> Is there any
> really great difference, besides the > 6k cartridge loading (and,
> of course,
> the support of Chad's wonderful work)?
>
> See ya!
>
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