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Modern games as Atari 2600 carts

David Pescovitz at 3:43 pm Thu, Sep 18, 2008

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The -Minus World "repackaged" modern video games as if they were Atari 2600 cartridges.
Atari Modern Classics (The -Minus World via Laughing Squid)

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hukes

Too many colors and too complex sprites and backgrounds for an Atari 2600 system, but nice nontheless.
El Mariachi

Homebrew Atari 2600 version of Portal. Unlicensed, but real. Playable through any Atari emulator.
Silva

They’re cute, but IIRC most Atari 2600 boxes featured watercolour action sequences, some of which had those “rainbow trails”.
jccalhoun

I also thought that there were too many colors and sprites for an Atari2600. Maybe a Colecovision or even 5200 could do it.
pentomino

Yes, the graphics are too detailed to be real 2600 games, but I suppose that’s why they’re presented as box art. Screenshots that appeared in print were usually rendered by artists who are trying to make the game look good. And you can’t draw flickering sprites.
Johnny Cat

Hahaha Halo 3– “Teabag your enemy!”