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jungle ninja novice
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retrobrad Administrator
Joined: 08 Jun 2007 Posts: 1039 Location: NSW, Australia
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Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2007 12:18 pm Post subject: |
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thanks for the links jungle ninja!
i them all out and theres loads of games to be found!
ive also found this site - http://www.classic-retro-games.com/
which is pretty good also.
I'm going to have a weekly gaming competition where i post a link to a retro remake game for everyone to download, then play it and post their high scores (with a screenshot for proof!)
good idea / bad idea?
- im going to make a new category now for it! |
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Mariokart_king beginner
Joined: 23 Jul 2007 Posts: 7 Location: Wagga Wagga
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Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 6:45 pm Post subject: |
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thats a great idea brad. for sure i love things like that. any prize money?? haha just joking. but seriously. _________________ - the mario master |
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tomz/TIDE Moderator
Joined: 08 Jul 2007 Posts: 562 Location: nsw.Australia
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Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 6:52 pm Post subject: A link to retroremakes |
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Good idea Brad,the games wont be too big (hopefully)and as long as they are retro games Im confident most would be worth trying. Cant hurt
tomz |
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Daniel C novice
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Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2007 9:45 pm Post subject: |
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I just bought "Thrust+" from AtariAge and wow, is it AMAZING! I can't believe that you can buy new, Atari 2600 carts in 2007 with original box and instructions. I'm sure that most of you have heard of the C64 classic, "Thrust", well AtariAge have released a brand new version of the game especially for the Atari 2600. You almost can't believe that your humble old Atari is displaying graphics of this quality and the original theme tune has been reproduced using the Atari's very limited sound chip with near perfect results. The question needs to be asked, if a game like "Thrust+" can be played on a standard, unexpanded 2600, why weren't games of this calibre produced back in the day? The graphics and sound on "Thrust+" are like nothing you have seen on the old Woody. The game even has bonus extras that the original C64 didn't have! If this is any indication of the future of homebrew 2600 games, then I'm sold! _________________ Daniel C |
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retrobrad Administrator
Joined: 08 Jun 2007 Posts: 1039 Location: NSW, Australia
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Posted: Sat Sep 29, 2007 6:37 pm Post subject: |
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Daniel C wrote: |
I just bought "Thrust+" from AtariAge and wow, is it AMAZING! I can't believe that you can buy new, Atari 2600 carts in 2007 with original box and instructions. I'm sure that most of you have heard of the C64 classic, "Thrust", well AtariAge have released a brand new version of the game especially for the Atari 2600. You almost can't believe that your humble old Atari is displaying graphics of this quality and the original theme tune has been reproduced using the Atari's very limited sound chip with near perfect results. The question needs to be asked, if a game like "Thrust+" can be played on a standard, unexpanded 2600, why weren't games of this calibre produced back in the day? The graphics and sound on "Thrust+" are like nothing you have seen on the old Woody. The game even has bonus extras that the original C64 didn't have! If this is any indication of the future of homebrew 2600 games, then I'm sold! |
I think its great that there are still programmers out there writting new games for the old systems.
heres a link to the thrust+ page on atari age so you guys can see what daniel is talking about!
http://www.atariage.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=37
oh and heres a couple of screenshots.
thanks for the info by the way Daniel!
-brad |
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