Voici un article que je viens de mettre sur le forum atariage, si trop de personne ne maitrise pas assez la langue de Shakespeare, je peux le traduire....
Why I like my 2600 the best and its arcade ports
First that was the machine I had when I was a kid (I am 38)
I was going when possible to Italy cos there you could buy THE new games for it before France or Belgium
like Yars Revenge and Defender
so there is definitely a nostalgic aspect
but overall I like to see how programmers (then and now) can port arcade games and games from other machines to the 2600
with the incredible limitation of the hardware and memory
I am not interested in arcade perfect adaptation;
nowadays with mame emulation and all the more powerful consoles, what is the point...you can play the real thing
the "trick" is to be faithful to the arcade engine but not perfect...
Now we have to be conscious of what is possible or not
TEMPEST: no way (I think)
PAC MAN: was a failure and still is horrible
but between those 2 extremes
there are asteroids, ms pacman and recently Lady Bug to name just a few
arcade ports that are still recognizable , are not copies of their arcade versions
but OVERALL are fun to play...
also some of those are "transformed" for the 2600 : different commands because of the joystick with only one button, space invaders and its 100 variations,....
Thats why I am crazy when I see new hacks, new arcade ports and whole new homebrews
to see, notice and enjoy the works done by those programmers with the old lady limitations
Congratulations to you......
7800? no way, we are too close to perfect arcade adaptation and the sound...my god the sound....forget about it , I might as well go mame or NES
5200? mmmm, difficult case to defend here, as living in Europe I discovered that console last year and I love it, why? difficult question
