Combat Gets Playfield Redesign Competition

Thanks to AtariAge for its competition in which entrants can design playfields for a remake of Combat for the Atari 2600. The competition info points out: "Ask anyone what games they played on their Atari 2600 when they were younger, and invariably Combat will be included among the titles listed... The original version of Combat supports many game variations, but few unique playfields." Therefore, retro programmer Zach Matley "...has created a new [unofficial] version of Combat, dubbed Combat Redux, that allows for 28 unique playfields.", and winners of the competition will get their maps included an Atari 2600 cartridge version of the remake.

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2600 nostalgia

[djdavetrouble]

Ok, granted I never actually owned one of these babies, but my best friend did. I remember it as royally SUCKING. The 2600 may have been one of the first arcade game platforms, it also was one of the worst. I mean come on, the graphics sucked, the games sucked, the sound sucked. I cant bring back one fond memory of playing a 2600 game other than the fact that it was with my good friend. When we all got apple //'s and games like threshold, choplifter, aztec, wizardry, decent pac-man clones (what was it called? Hack man or something), castle wolfenstein, etc etc, none of us ever touched a 2600 again.

(ducking flames)