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Atari 2600 RPG Gets Homestar Runner-ed
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on Mon Aug 04, '03 12:39 AM
from the wasn't-expecting-the-strongmad-inquisition dept.
from the wasn't-expecting-the-strongmad-inquisition dept.
Thanks to several readers for pointing out that Paul Slocum's new, in-development Atari 2600 RPG, which we've mentioned previously on Slashdot, is now revealed to be using the official Homestar Runner license. According to the newly-released info, "Mike and Matt Chapman (creators of Homestar Runner) will be contributing story, graphics, and creative ideas to the game", and you will be able to "...play as Homestar, Poopsmith, or Strongsad" and, as before, "...fight enemies from other Atari 2600 games" when the game is released as an actual cartridge, early in 2004.
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Somebody...
(Score:5, Funny)I sure hope
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strongsad"?
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Re:strongsad"?
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TROGDOR! TROGDOR!
Seriously, though, Strong Sad it Strog Bad's little brother who is always - you guessed it - sad.
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Mmmm
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THE CHEAT...IS GRRRROUNDED!
Trogdor the Burninator
(Score:1)Make ROM Available
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Awwiggght, i finawy gawt it
(Score:1)Wow. This is brilliant.
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And perhaps best of all, game mechanic-wise it appears to be based on the early Ultimas [rpgclassics.com]. As others have observed, the only potential problem is if they only release a hardware (cartridge) version. If they also distribute a ROM version that will work on emulators, they'll be wildly successful.
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What would be really neat...
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very last post
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Re:I wish I could imbed a .wav in this comment
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Re:Ok, er, time to dust off the ol Atari 2600
(Score:1)Re:Ok, er, time to dust off the ol Atari 2600
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Re:Ok, er, time to dust off the ol Atari 2600
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I loved the NES I was playing in 1979. Oh, wait, there wasn't one. The only legitimate choice was a 2600, in Atari or Sears flavors.
NES, the first home game console that actually succeeded in mass market!
Yeah, 2600, biggest market flop of all time. Nobody had one. Not every other kid in my elementary school. Except for the handful of losers with Intellivision's.
Anything that can be done on a decades-dead console can be done 10 times better on a PC
I doubt there's a modern PC that can accomplish as much in code as that dictated by the limits of a 2600. But as the mods have (for once) correctly marked the troll, I'll leave it at that.