The Atari 2600 VCS Thread

[onthinice]

Thanks for sharing!!!! River Raid 2 often gets little mention. 

[TL]

Thanks for sharing!!!! River Raid 2 often gets little mention.  <img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/113.gif" alt=":113:" title="113" />

It's a great game, it takes a while to get the hang of if you are used to the first game but once you do it's a far more rewarding game in my opinion.

https://youtu.be/c25AJNAQDrA

[onthinice]

That video really shows the game well. It has a lot of depth.

[TL]

Check out this brilliant Atari 2600 inspired music video:

https://youtu.be/GbfCZx1tRUs

[TrekMD]

Oh, that is one awesome video from start to finish!  Great find!

[TL]

https://youtu.be/VD3g8gb6rms

[TrekMD]

That's pretty amazing sound from the 2600!

[TrekMD]

I just found this site with several mock ups of games for the 2600.  Some of them are remakes of existing games.  Take a look:  Retrofan's Atari VCS 2600 homebrew and hack design page.

Just one sample...

This...


vs this...


Now someone needs to turn that mock up into a reality!

[TrekMD]

Someone posted these blogs about the 2600 on Google+ and I thought I'd share them:
Story of an Atari 2600: Part 1
Story of an Atari 2600: Part 2

[TrekMD]

Just saw this posted over in Google+...When Old Meets New!  What do you think?  Interesting or sacrilegious?  the food sucks blog.

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[TL]

I saw this myself last week and I actually think it looks quite nice 

[TrekMD]

I saw this myself last week and I actually think it looks quite nice 

[TL]

I saw this myself last week and I actually think it looks quite nice 

I hate Sony though! 

[TrekMD]

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[TrekMD]

So, how about a whole video dedicated to the 2600's version of Pac-Man?  Check it out...

https://youtu.be/MHNQxvTaf0Y