#PAC MAN 4K ATARI 2600 CODE#
#PAC MAN 4K ATARI 2600 TV#

Not sure what to call a hack based on a homebrew that was originally the homebrew the hack turned was turned back into. It looks a lot like the arcade game, but I think the flicker (which is slower) looks worse than the other versions, and the speed is all wrong (Pac-Man moves lightning-fast). Hack 'em is a hack of the Ebivision homebrew Pesco (which used to be the Ebivision homebrew Pac-Man) that turns it back into Pac-Man.

I think if those changes had been made there wouldn't have been all of the complaints levied against it. It feels like Pac-Man, yet it still keeps a distinct 'this is a 2600 game' feel. While Pac-Man Arcade looks closer to the arcade version, I'm most impressed with Pac-Man 8K, which takes the original 2600 Pac-Man, and shows what it could have been. I'm curious, since I'm not one of the fans of 2600 Pac-Man, which is a shame since Pac-Man is one of my favorite games, but which of the hacks and homebrew versions of Pac-Man for the 2600 is people's favorite? How does the one sold in the Atari Age store - Pac-Man Arcade - hold up? But I have whined about the color and the scoring. I have always liked that it was a unique version, and had funny sounds.

#PAC MAN 4K ATARI 2600 TV#

Possibly? I've also read that the original programmer's intent was making the screen like the arcade, only sideways (which explains why the ghosts come out the side of the box and the tunnels are on the top and bottom, if you lay your tv on its side and turn the joystick one quarter, you almost have an arcade screen ). One other thread on this topic suggested that Atari wanted colored backrounds in order to show off the 2600's color capabilities. I'm just wondering in hindsight what the reasons were for some of the odd choices such as the blue backround and low scoring system. And we went on enjoying the 2600 version. When we saw the 5200 version, we guessed that the 5200 must have been that much more powerful. We just figured the differences were due to the limited power of the 2600. But my friends and I were all happy to have it, and to play it. I just wished there were a few changes when I was a kid (black backround, tunnels on the side). Sure there were some games I didn't care for as much as others, but back then Pac-Man wasn't one of the bad ones.Īgreed. When I play them now, I don't analyze them and pick them apart, I just kick back and it's me against my high score.

#PAC MAN 4K ATARI 2600 CODE#

We can look back and pick apart every game made back then and say look how badly they are done in comparison with today's standards, or look at the code and figure out mistakes made and what they should have done, hindsight is after all 20/20. Sure it wasn't the real deal like the arcade, but in my mind at age 8 and the minds of my peers, it was close enough. As a matter of fact, owning Pac-man for the 2600 was a badge of honor, bragging rights even, to our friends who still haven't pestered their parents enough to get their own copy. To my recollection, no one I knew complained about it either. I thought it was so 'totally awesome' to get to play it at home in my bedroom any time I wanted. When I was a kid, I didn't think it was a bad game. It amazes me how much debate on how 'crappy' Pac-Man is for the 2600. Edited for spelling- Edited Novemby littleman jack There are some small hacks out there with a black instead of blue backround.

Does anyone know why the programmer chose to make the color scheme and the scoring system so different from the original? It doesn't seem like these two features used up excessive space (at least not the backround). However, I have always wondered about two things concerning Pac-Man for the 2600. I initially was dissapointed in the game and then rejoiced at Ms. When I was a 12 year old kid, I didn't think about any of these things. And on the other side, some poeple believe the programmer intentionally made the game limited in order to stick it to Atari in anger. Most of the explanations for its limitations have been attributed to the 4K size that Atari granted to the programmer.

I know that there has been much debate over 2600 Pac-Man in these forums.

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