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Atari 2600 RPG Gets Homestar Runner-ed

Posted by simoniker on 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.

42 comments

  1. Somebody... by JasonMaggini · · Score: 4, Funny

    get this freakin' duck away from me!!

    1. Re:Somebody... by Erbo · · Score: 2, Funny

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

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    2. Re:Somebody... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      I got sixty thousand. That game is a lot of fun.

      -Why do I have a sig???

  2. I sure hope by ike6116 · · Score: 1

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

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  3. strongsad"? by \\ · · Score: 0

    isn't that 'strongbad'?

    1. Re:strongsad"? by ottawanker · · Score: 1

      Isn't Strongsad Strongbad's brother?

    2. Re:strongsad"? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      YES. Strong Bad is a main character. Strong Sad is his brother, who everyone hates.
      -Cursim

    3. Re:strongsad"? by GaimeGuy · · Score: 2, Informative

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

    4. Re:strongsad"? by Dimwit · · Score: 3, Informative

      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.

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    5. Re:strongsad"? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Not exactly. Strong Mad is Strong Sad's brother, and Strong Bad is Strong Mad's brother, but Strong Mad and Strong Sad are not brothers.

  4. I wish I could imbed a .wav in this comment by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0


    oh well, here goes

    DRAGDOR!!!

    yeah, a wav would've been better

    1. Re:I wish I could imbed a .wav in this comment by GaimeGuy · · Score: 1

      It's TROGDOR. :P

  5. eBay by NeuroKoan · · Score: 2, Funny

    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.

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    1. Re:eBay by Kris_J · · Score: 2, Informative

      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.

  6. Mmmm by Komarosu · · Score: 1

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

    THE CHEAT...IS GRRRROUNDED!

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  7. Trogdor the Burninator by GrassMunk · · Score: 1

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

  8. Re:Ok, er, time to dust off the ol Atari 2600 by jherekc · · Score: 1

    You just don't get it do you?

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  9. Make ROM Available by Dunkirk · · Score: 3, Insightful

    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.

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    1. Re:Make ROM Available by indead · · Score: 1

      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.

    2. Re:Make ROM Available by evilhayama · · Score: 1

      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!

  10. Awwiggght, i finawy gawt it by Rethcir · · Score: 1

    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.

  11. Wow. This is brilliant. by robson · · Score: 1

    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. 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.

  12. Re:Ok, er, time to dust off the ol Atari 2600 by Tuxinatorium · · Score: 1

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

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  13. Re:Ok, er, time to dust off the ol Atari 2600 by Mike+Hawk · · Score: 1

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

  14. Everybody.. by YomikoReadman · · Score: 1

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

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    1. Re:Everybody.. by Canar · · Score: 2, Informative

      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.

  15. Re:Ok, er, time to dust off the ol Atari 2600 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    There's a whole article on classicgaming.com about the rediculously successful gaming market before the NES. The NES didn't even compete with the 2600, it competed directly with the Sega Master System. Learn your history if you're going to make statements like that, you're years off the mark.

    Also, the Brothers Chaps are clearly classic gaming fans.

    Also again, why are you raining on their parade? If you don't have a 2600, you can't play the game anyway, so why bother us with your useless whining?

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  16. Re:Ok, er, time to dust off the ol Atari 2600 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    please do not feed the trolls.

  17. Re:Ok, er, time to dust off the ol Atari 2600 by gmhowell · · Score: 1

    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-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.

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  18. Re:Ok, er, time to dust off the ol Atari 2600 by Tuxinatorium · · Score: 1

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

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  19. Re:Ok, er, time to dust off the ol Atari 2600 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    I think if anyone checks Tuxinatorium's Slashdot Page and looks at the stunning record he has in the last 24 posts or so, we see that it doesn't make much sense to argue with him.

    However, for what it's worth, Atari sold 20 million 2600s in the US across its lifetime and Nintendo sold about 30 million across its own. The Atari and Nintendo manufacturing lifetimes overlap by about 5 years.

    But it's OK, let him dance and say stupid things. That's why they make cancer and random traffic accidents..

  20. What would be really neat... by samurairas · · Score: 1

    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.

    1. Re:What would be really neat... by samurairas · · Score: 1

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

  21. Re:Ok, er, time to dust off the ol Atari 2600 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    "I doubt there's a modern PC that can accomplish as much in code as that dictated by the limits of a 2600. "

    I think the demoscene has turned out the kind of stuff you describe.

  22. Re:Ok, er, time to dust off the ol Atari 2600 by neurojab · · Score: 1

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

    But the ColecoVision crowd was cool. Right? Right?

  23. Re:Ok, er, time to dust off the ol Atari 2600 by gmhowell · · Score: 1

    ColecoVision was several years later.

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