As far as demos go, one thing the 2600 can do that no other hardware can do
is generate a deliberate illegal video signal.
The only games that do this I know of are Video Chess, and (I think) Robot
Tank. Certainly Robot Tank generates a more interesting display.
You can generate some very interesting patterns if you purposefully flake
out the television, patterns that are generally undoable if you do
traditional 2600 graphics. If you understand the television signal enough,
those patterns can be controlled somewhat, I think.
I know Chris Wilkson was working on trying to get the 2600 to output
interlaced video. I think this is the uncharted territory for 2600
graphics.
I'd also love to see some Starpath-specific demos that fully utilize
Starpath RAM.
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