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Sonic Running on Atari 2600

Discussion in 'General Sonic Discussion' started by RGamer2009, Mar 23, 2015.

  1. Or in this games case, "Zippy the Porcupine":



    I think this is pretty impressive for an Atari to do.
     
  2. Spanish:

    Genial ahora quiero ver a Sonic en la Atari 5200.

    English:

    Great now I want to see Sonic on the Atari 5200.
     
  3. Skyler

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    I think this was posted earlier, either in the Supreme Topic of Other Knowledge or its own thread. Still, this is really cool.
     
  4. Ravenfreak

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    I thought I seen this post here before... :v: Anyways it's pretty interesting to see Sonic running on a Atari 2600. :) I could only imagine how Sonic would run on a Super Nintendo... I know there was talk about Sonic running on the SNES here not too long ago, but from what I can recall not too many people here know much about the technical specs of the SNES...
     
  5. Billy

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    The Atari 2600 is a surprisingly capable machine, given enough time and talent. In reality, it was only designed to handle ball-and-paddle games, but clever tricks were discovered that allowed for so much more. I'm always impressed when I see clever demakes like these.
     
  6. Lilly

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    Yeah, this was definitely posted before. Finding new things to discuss about it again isn't a bad thing, though!

    Weren't the number of rocks displayed in Asteroids also possible because of a hardware bug? I'm always impressed by what's possible on the Atari 2600. Arguably, this looks more playable than Sonic Robo Blast 1. *bricked*
     
  7. Overlord

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    Smiled at the Spinball music in the bonus area. Nice touch!
     
  8. winterhell

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    I lost it on the Toxic Cave music
     
  9. Vangar

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    That's pretty impressive! Looks more playable then some pirate sonic games.
     
  10. ICEknight

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    I want to play this in the early 80s. Time travel pls.
     
  11. Spanish:

    Que hagan una versión para Atari 5200 de este juego.

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    Them to make a Atari 5200 version of this game.
     
  12. JaredAFX

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    Wow. This is very impressive. Considering the thing was made for Pong, I find it very genuinely amazing that all of the stuff on screen can be running in tandem with the music and sound effects. Props to the creator(s).
     
  13. MathUser

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    Pretty neat that they got the game running on a 2600.
     
  14. LockOnRommy11

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    Saw a bit of this before - it's pretty awesome.

    Luckily I never had to grow up with this machine though, these pre-NES games have some pretty terrifying tones that instill feeling of fear in me. I don't much like them.
     
  15. winterhell

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    Its all relative to your exposure to the consoles when they were released, or at least the order in which you were introduced in.
    My first console was 2600 and I love the games, even those that I didn't see/play until this decade. Then I had a Mega Drive, and sure enough, I'd consider that most games age well visually and still regularly play them.

    For a contrast, I never had an 8-bit console like NES or SMS/Game Gear so I first played the 8-bit Sonics this century. It burns my eyes, I'm sorry.
    I cant understand and see the fun in Commodore/ ZX Spectrum and other similar devices. I grew with DOS Games but that is far from it.
     
  16. doc eggfan

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    I've always wanted to do something similar for the SC-3000 and sell it on cassette tape, maybe one day I'll get around to it.