Re: [stella] Using a Mac

Subject: Re: [stella] Using a Mac
From: Jake Patterson <jpatters@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2001 15:16:43 -0400 (EDT)

On Sat, 25 Aug 2001, Chris Wilkson wrote:

> On Sat, 25 Aug 2001, Jake Patterson wrote:
>
> > downloaded the Joust rom file for the 2600, and I had forgotten how
> > ugly awful that game was on the 2600.  Does anyone here think that a
> > much
>
> Dude!  I don't have my Joust cart here with me, but I seem to recall
> that it was an awesome port.  Am I completely off base here?  What do
> others think about 2600 Joust?
>

The 7800 version is quite nice, but my gripe with the 2600 version is that
the platforms are a little too crowded, really giving the game a more
divided feel, that is, the screen really feels divided into three
seperate sections more then in other adaptations of the game.  Also the
space between the top platforms and the ceiling is too small.  Also, when
you collide with the bottom of a platform you bounce down too much making
it harder to manuver, the eggs never land, and they hatch too quickly,
and while there is lava, there is no lava troll.

Thinking about it, many of these problems are probably fixable, but I
think I am going to try starting with something a little simpler, and work
my way up to that.

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