[stella] OT: Astrocade

[Glenn Saunders <cybpunks2@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I've always been curious about the Bally Astrocade.  It's a really 
interesting system, and it was there that the first ever commercial 
homebrews were written (in Bally Basic).

Adam Trionfo, Lance Squire, and Ward Shrake, has been doing the digital 
archaeology thing for the Bally system for a while now.  That's great, as 
far as preserving the past goes, but I was wondering whether there might be 
a potential for new games and hardware to be released for the unit.

Ward and I disagree as to the odds of a homebrew phenomenon like what we 
have here or on rec.games.vectrex happening for the Astrocade based on its 
original failure in the marketplace.  I think it's a real chicken and the 
egg situation where classic gamers might get more into the Astrocade if 
they saw signs of life, which homebrew releases do.

Out of everyone here, how many would be interested in writing a new game 
for the Astrocade?

If you aren't, what do you think would have to happen on that platform to 
change your mind?  Do you need a Cuttle Cart for the Astrocade?  A better 
emulator?  Modernized SDK?

There weren't a lot of games written for it, so it's really virgin 
territory for homebrewers to help fill in the gaps.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ballyalley/
http://www.classicgaming.com/ballyalley/


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