Comments on: Decades-long project to port Star Castle to the Atari 2600 finally complete (and an accompanying Kickstarter) http://boingboing.net/2012/04/26/decades-long-project-to-port.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 25 May 2013 14:12:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Curtis Hart http://boingboing.net/2012/04/26/decades-long-project-to-port.html#comment-1407278 Curtis Hart Fri, 27 Apr 2012 14:58:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=156887#comment-1407278 Okay, the synchronized LED lights with the game is TOO cool.  I need to scrape together some kickstarter monies. Can you start a kickstarter to fund kickstarters? Okay, the synchronized LED lights with the game is TOO cool.  I need to scrape together some kickstarter monies.

Can you start a kickstarter to fund kickstarters?

]]> By: jtegnell http://boingboing.net/2012/04/26/decades-long-project-to-port.html#comment-1407198 jtegnell Fri, 27 Apr 2012 13:20:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=156887#comment-1407198 Yar's Castle? Yar’s Castle?

]]> By: Robert http://boingboing.net/2012/04/26/decades-long-project-to-port.html#comment-1406272 Robert Thu, 26 Apr 2012 20:43:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=156887#comment-1406272 Yar's Revenge. Hiding out in the radiation belt. Yar’s Revenge. Hiding out in the radiation belt.

]]> By: TheOmbudsman http://boingboing.net/2012/04/26/decades-long-project-to-port.html#comment-1406132 TheOmbudsman Thu, 26 Apr 2012 19:24:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=156887#comment-1406132 I played the hell out of this game in my local arcades when I was a teenager. There was this one pattern that if you kept on repeating, you could (barring inattentive errors) play this game for hours on a single quarter. I played the hell out of this game in my local arcades when I was a teenager. There was this one pattern that if you kept on repeating, you could (barring inattentive errors) play this game for hours on a single quarter.

]]> By: franko http://boingboing.net/2012/04/26/decades-long-project-to-port.html#comment-1406128 franko Thu, 26 Apr 2012 19:19:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=156887#comment-1406128 i freaking LOVED this game. i want this so badly. i need to scrape up $50, i think... i freaking LOVED this game. i want this so badly. i need to scrape up $50, i think…

]]> By: Gern Blanston http://boingboing.net/2012/04/26/decades-long-project-to-port.html#comment-1406117 Gern Blanston Thu, 26 Apr 2012 18:59:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=156887#comment-1406117 Speaking of Atari 2600, I ran across this the other day. 13 yr old Jack Black doing a commercial for Adventures of Pitfall Harry. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_AtNY0bYAA Speaking of Atari 2600, I ran across this the other day. 13 yr old Jack Black doing a commercial for Adventures of Pitfall Harry.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_AtNY0bYAA

]]> By: Jay Aldred http://boingboing.net/2012/04/26/decades-long-project-to-port.html#comment-1406099 Jay Aldred Thu, 26 Apr 2012 18:39:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=156887#comment-1406099 (Warshaw ended up making the beloved game Yar's Castle instead). Yars Revenge? (Warshaw ended up making the beloved game Yar’s Castle instead).
Yars Revenge?

]]> By: Teirhan http://boingboing.net/2012/04/26/decades-long-project-to-port.html#comment-1406081 Teirhan Thu, 26 Apr 2012 18:26:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=156887#comment-1406081 Projects like this are the reason kickstarter was made. Alas, I can't afford to kickstart this one... Projects like this are the reason kickstarter was made. Alas, I can’t afford to kickstart this one…

]]> By: Steve White http://boingboing.net/2012/04/26/decades-long-project-to-port.html#comment-1406065 Steve White Thu, 26 Apr 2012 18:15:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=156887#comment-1406065 I loved Star Castle - Vector Display - was very fast for its time. I loved Star Castle – Vector Display – was very fast for its time.

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