Comments on: Halo for Atari 2600 http://boingboing.net/2010/08/03/halo-for-atari-2600.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Thu, 23 May 2013 13:22:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: dculberson http://boingboing.net/2010/08/03/halo-for-atari-2600.html#comment-850691 dculberson Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-850691 Okay, that is pretty cool. It plays just like a minor variation on one of a few themes you can find on the 2600, but that's almost certainly due to the limitations of the hardware. I still love it. The title screen alone is a work of art. Okay, that is pretty cool. It plays just like a minor variation on one of a few themes you can find on the 2600, but that’s almost certainly due to the limitations of the hardware. I still love it. The title screen alone is a work of art.

]]> By: chainsaw_rosary http://boingboing.net/2010/08/03/halo-for-atari-2600.html#comment-850950 chainsaw_rosary Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-850950 It's a pretty fun game. Probably just a coincidence that this is coming out around the time HALO Reach is being promoted. ;) It’s a pretty fun game. Probably just a coincidence that this is coming out around the time HALO Reach is being promoted. ;)

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/08/03/halo-for-atari-2600.html#comment-850703 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-850703 I want a ROM of this! I'm pretty sure I've got a 2600 lying around... I want a ROM of this! I’m pretty sure I’ve got a 2600 lying around…

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/08/03/halo-for-atari-2600.html#comment-850711 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-850711 So am I moron, or is there not any indication of what the controls are re: making the gun go "bang! Blammo!"? So am I moron, or is there not any indication of what the controls are re: making the gun go “bang! Blammo!”?

]]> By: I less than three mermaids http://boingboing.net/2010/08/03/halo-for-atari-2600.html#comment-850977 I less than three mermaids Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-850977 How do I shot gun? How do I shot gun?

]]> By: jphilby http://boingboing.net/2010/08/03/halo-for-atari-2600.html#comment-850734 jphilby Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-850734 To appreciate the level of difficulty here, open a text file in your editor and, watching the counter, select 4K of text. Now imagine fitting the background(s), action figures, color changes and motion, sound and the program itself (including I/O with joystick) into that space. Everthing on the screen has to be drawn in realtime ... with a processor that can only do 38 instructions during one screen line. Metaphors are hard. Playing "flight of the bumblebee" on a burning hurdy-gurdy comes to mind. To appreciate the level of difficulty here, open a text file in your editor and, watching the counter, select 4K of text. Now imagine fitting the background(s), action figures, color changes and motion, sound and the program itself (including I/O with joystick) into that space.

Everthing on the screen has to be drawn in realtime … with a processor that can only do 38 instructions during one screen line.

Metaphors are hard. Playing “flight of the bumblebee” on a burning hurdy-gurdy comes to mind.

]]> By: Felton http://boingboing.net/2010/08/03/halo-for-atari-2600.html#comment-850745 Felton Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-850745 Definitely better than E.T. Definitely better than E.T.

]]> By: Donald Petersen http://boingboing.net/2010/08/03/halo-for-atari-2600.html#comment-851275 Donald Petersen Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-851275 Remarkably hard without an oldschool joystick. Beats Adventure (and E.T.) into a cocked hat! Remarkably hard without an oldschool joystick. Beats Adventure (and E.T.) into a cocked hat!

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/08/03/halo-for-atari-2600.html#comment-851306 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-851306 well, what the F@$K? That was shockingly fun and playable. for a long time. like, I may play it later again. This actually impresses me enough to think i should buy my kids (hehe, its for the kids) the "Xgamestation" kit. Its like an 8 bit system where you program your own games. well, what the F@$K?

That was shockingly fun and playable.

for a long time.

like, I may play it later again.

This actually impresses me enough to think i should buy my kids (hehe, its for the kids) the “Xgamestation” kit. Its like an 8 bit system where you program your own games.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/08/03/halo-for-atari-2600.html#comment-851076 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-851076 You have to FIND the gun, first! You have to FIND the gun, first!

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/08/03/halo-for-atari-2600.html#comment-851091 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-851091 you have to find the gun first, but spacebar shoots you have to find the gun first, but spacebar shoots

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/08/03/halo-for-atari-2600.html#comment-851094 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-851094 To make the gun go blam, first FIND the gun. Then press space. To make the gun go blam, first FIND the gun. Then press space.

]]> By: querent http://boingboing.net/2010/08/03/halo-for-atari-2600.html#comment-851099 querent Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-851099 You have to get the gun first. Go up. Also: win. You have to get the gun first. Go up.

Also: win.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/08/03/halo-for-atari-2600.html#comment-879041 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-879041 okay this is pretty cool : ) okay this is pretty cool : )

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