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A tribute to one of the best games on the Atari 2600

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  1. plicerin · · focus · HN ↗
    The cartridge rebuilt from the original ROM, one instruction at a time
    1. DroneBetter · · focus · HN ↗
      if only there were a tag for llmery so that undisclosed use of it couud be a punishable offence
  2. glimshe · · focus · HN ↗
    I think that most people who once loved this game moved on from videogames a long time ago. Like almost all games on the Atari, it won't interest the younger generations for more than a few minutes. But I still remember it fondly.
    1. probablyStimmed · · focus · HN ↗
      What is the appropriate age to move on from gaming? Asking for a friend.
    2. sublinear · · focus · HN ↗
      I think it holds up well enough. These older games that implement their controls well have a "feel" distinct to their respective console that's hard to get anywhere else.
      1. sixothree · · focus · HN ↗
        I feel like NES is pretty much the dividing line of what you can get younger people interested in.
        1. vunderba · · focus · HN ↗
          Having introduced my younger siblings, who grew up with much later systems like the PS3 and Nintendo Switch, I would have to agree with this statement. The Atari 2600 is pretty graphically primitive (feel like I read somewherre that it was only designed to display 5 movable objects on the entire screen at once) even though its super impressive what they were able to accomplish with it.

          Another thing to remember: the NES sort of cheats in a sense, because the cartridges themselves could include onboard chips like the MMC3/5 [1] that extended the capabilities of the original NES, stretching its lifetime far further.

          [1] - <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;nicole.express&#x2F;2022&#x2F;the-nes-as-an-artifact.html" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;nicole.express&#x2F;2022&#x2F;the-nes-as-an-artifact.html

  3. pupppet · · focus · HN ↗
    As a kid I found the gameplay for most Atari 2600 games so shallow I could barely stand to play a game more than a few minutes… except for Combat. Man with two players, that was fun.
    1. vunderba · · focus · HN ↗
      Haha yep. Our first console was also an Atari 2600 but the rose-tinted glasses had zero effect on me. (THE GOGGLES DO NOTHING!).

      Combat was great fun though because you could &quot;curve&quot; the bullets!

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