Atari 2600 and Lynx system

[parabolee]

Seriously now, to say the atari sucked is unfair to the system. I mean, look how many classic games it had, that were remade for later systems. Granted, most those games started in the arcade. You don't see games anymore like Pitfall II, Yars Revenge, Frostbite, Riddle of the Sphinx. I could go on and on. Oh, and who can forget Combat, or air sea battle. CLASSIC! A system had to get the ball rolling for us would be gamers, and the Atari did the greatest job of that.

True, and I'm a big Atari fan, but I personally am not interested in playing any of those games now. They haven't stood the test of time well at all. Every game it had that was good has been remade MUCH better.

[fordperfect]

True, and I'm a big Atari fan, but I personally am not interested in playing any of those games now. They haven't stood the test of time well at all. Every game it had that was good has been remade MUCH better.

I play my 2600 more than my psp. Lynx kicks ass too. Just cause somthings old dosent make it bad. Every game that was good has not been made much better. IMHO they've been f&*&#^ up. ANd no ones remade Yar's Revenge to my knowledge....

[DCRich]

now, games can be remade, sure....but the only thing that really changes in a true remake may be just the gfx and sound. the gameplay remains the same, so really the game has stood the test of time. Pacman is one that has stood the test of time probably more than any other.

[asphalter]

I'd love a Lynx emulator for PSP but I can't see it happening due to lack of interest.

There is an open source one here:

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/dystopia/

[slik da relic]

activision and imagic brought out the best in the 2600... megamania, river raid, dragonfire?! cmon, those games were hot at that time.

da relic

[parabolee]

activision and image brought out the best in the 2600... megamania, river raid, dragonfire?! cmon, those games were hot at that time.

da relic

Yeah "at the time" being the key quote here. I'm not dissing anyone for wanting to play Atari 2600, I'm just saying I would have no time for it. Got a LOT of better games to play through.

But hey like I said before, no debate required because I Atari 2600 EMU would be VERY VERY easy. Hell I could do it because it would'nt require any clever coding, just a straight port of any open source 2600 EMU would no doubt run 100% speed first time.

Not sure if there is much interest in coders doing it but any of you could learn how to and do it yoursleves in a few weeks, just takes some patience.

[parabolee]

Your wishes have (half) been granted -

http://psp-news.dcemu.co.uk/handypsp.shtml

[ataribob]

Nice

still dreaming of playing Pitfall 2 on my PSP

[asphalter]

yes!!!!!!!

will test in the morning :->

[fordperfect]

But hey like I said before, no debate required because I Atari 2600 EMU would be VERY VERY easy. Hell I could do it because it would'nt require any clever coding, just a straight port of any open source 2600 EMU would no doubt run 100% speed first time.

Why don't you do it then, If its that easy to do? http://www.whimsey.com/z26/z26.html
Source code is on the site. Consider it a challenge, I'm calling you out.
Since its supposed to be VERY VERY easy you should be able to do it in a week or less. I won't even expect it to play all the different bankswitching types, thats how nice I am.

-FP