Re:Atari VCS Myst “Demake”
by flomo on Sunday June 25, 2023 @12:37AM
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I 'started with a Colecovision', so providing some perspective...
The VCS2600 came out in 1977 and did a good job with contemporary arcade games. Space Invaders was arguably better in some ways than the original, for example.
Five years later, 2600 hardware was getting stretched. Coleco and 5200 were 'Next Gen' but mostly just the same downgrade arcade ports. 2600 PacMan was awful, but 5200 PacMan was still just a poor imitator. Same with Coleco and Donkey Kong. We liked this stuff, but it was obviously deficient.
The VCS2600 came out in 1977 and did a good job with contemporary arcade games. Space Invaders was arguably better in some ways than the original, for example.
Five years later, 2600 hardware was getting stretched. Coleco and 5200 were 'Next Gen' but mostly just the same downgrade arcade ports. 2600 PacMan was awful, but 5200 PacMan was still just a poor imitator. Same with Coleco and Donkey Kong. We liked this stuff, but it was obviously deficient.