I think this would be a great way to implement an RPG type game on the 2600.
You could store lots of room/monster/character/game-state information in the
FIFO.
I've been working on an RPG for the 2600 and believe that it should be
possible to fit a decent sized world into 32k using some simple
compression. And it should be reasonable to save the game data using a
code system. The plan is to use the keyboard controllers, so entering
codes shouldn't be too bad (sure beats entering codes with the D-pad on the
NES.)
Building a cart with battery backed RAM would be the next step up and Chris
Wilkson had plans for a 128k cart with 32k battery backed RAM. But I think
the RPG I've been planning should work fine in 32k and with the code
system. It would be nice to have a SARA chip on board though. ;o)
-Paul
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