Atari 2600 RPG Gets Homestar Runner-ed

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.

Somebody...

[JasonMaggini]

get this freakin' duck away from me!!

Re:Somebody...

[Erbo]

Oh, I love this game! I got the high score, man, fifty thousand! Try and beat that!

I sure hope

[ike6116]

You can bash Carol over Marzipan's head. That would be sweeeeeeet

strongsad"?

[\\]

isn't that 'strongbad'?

Re:strongsad"?

[ottawanker]

Isn't Strongsad Strongbad's brother?

Re:strongsad"?

[GaimeGuy]

Strong Bad, Strong Sad, and Strong Mad are all brothers.

Re:strongsad"?

[Dimwit]

Well, I was going to issue a fatwah that you be flamed for not knowing who Strong Sad is, but I figured given the nature of the thread, it would be more appropriate to call for your...BURNINATION!

TROGDOR! TROGDOR!

Seriously, though, Strong Sad it Strog Bad's little brother who is always - you guessed it - sad.

Re:I wish I could imbed a .wav in this comment

[GaimeGuy]

It's TROGDOR. :P

eBay

[NeuroKoan]

You mean I'm gonna have to jump on eBay to get me an old 2600 system? Guess I better bid before the rush happens.

Re:eBay

[Kris_J]

Local swapmeets are also an okay source of 2600s. I've been collecting for a couple of years and I've probably got half a dozen spares that I had to get because the seller wouldn't sell just the games. If anyone in the Perth metro area is after a 2600, my homepage has my email address as an image (damn spam spiders), feel free to contact me.

Re:Ok, er, time to dust off the ol Atari 2600

[jherekc]

You just don't get it do you?

Re:Ok, er, time to dust off the ol Atari 2600

[Tuxinatorium]

No, i don't understand why the hell anyone would bother to use an Abacus, for exactly the same reason.

Re:Ok, er, time to dust off the ol Atari 2600

[Tuxinatorium]

Ridiculously successful my ass. NES was the first system to make it into more than 1 in 100 American households.

Re:Ok, er, time to dust off the ol Atari 2600

[Mike Hawk]

For the record, I have one. It functions. I even have an ET cart. There was gaming before the NES, child.

Re:Ok, er, time to dust off the ol Atari 2600

[gmhowell]

Oh wait, I never had one because Atari was overpriced rubbish and Nintendo beat the crap out of them

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-

Re:Ok, er, time to dust off the ol Atari 2600

[neurojab]

> Except for the handful of losers with Intellivision's.

But the ColecoVision crowd was cool. Right? Right?

Re:Ok, er, time to dust off the ol Atari 2600

[gmhowell]

ColecoVision was several years later.

Mmmm

[Komarosu]

I really should hold a lightswitch rave now i know this...

THE CHEAT...IS GRRRROUNDED!

Trogdor the Burninator

[GrassMunk]

I think they need to make a game that follows trogdor on his journey from a man to a Burninator with consumate V's.

Make ROM Available

[Dunkirk]

I'd like to play it, because most everything the Chapmans have done until now has been a scream, but I don't have a console, nor do I want to buy one. I've got no problems with buying a ROM file and trying an emu, and I think there are a lot of HR fans that are in the same boat. Here's hoping they just sell the ROM file from the cart alongside the cart itself.

Re:Make ROM Available

[indead]

Here's hoping they just sell the ROM file from the cart alongside the cart itself.

This is a great idea. Or, even better, release the ROM as a seperate (and cheaper) purchase.

They could release the Cart first, for the collectors, then release the ROM download at a cheaper price, like a month later.

That would be cool.

Re:Make ROM Available

[evilhayama]

Sure, a rom would be good, but it would take away from the retro gaming feel. They should find a stash of 2600's and release a limited edition with a red and white Homestar Atari!

Awwiggght, i finawy gawt it

[Rethcir]

I always though H*R would make a good gaming license (either RPG or platform). I think they'd be doing themselves a favor to get a GBA game going with these crazy characters. Maybe Romero would do it? Either way, i like marshmallows.

Wow. This is brilliant.

[robson]

Crossing the current popularity of Homestar Runner with the retro-gaming craze on a dead but fairly ubiquitous console.

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.

Everybody..

[YomikoReadman]

..to the Limit, yea the Cheat is to the Limit so come on now, fhloqgads!!

Re:Everybody..

[Canar]

It's fhqwhgads. Get it right.

The line is, precisely:

"Ev'rybody to the limit, the Cheat is to the limit, ev'rybody come on fhqwhgads."

And for reference, it's pronounced fah-hoo-(kwoo|kwha)-gods, more-or-less.

What would be really neat...

[samurairas]

Is if they released this not as a cartridge but as one of these! and as a ROM. That way, you get all the Homestar Runner goodness you crave, PLUS being able to play it on your TV at home.

Re:What would be really neat...

[samurairas]

I meant as one of these: http://www.thinkgeek.com/cubegoodies/toys/5d39 My kingdom for an edit feature!

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