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Combat Gets Playfield Redesign Competition

Posted by simoniker on from the classics-reloaded dept.

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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  1. This could kill Al by Kris_J · · Score: 2, Interesting
    There are already over 100 entries (I've sent something like 11) and since the only way to get a screenshot is to power each one up in an emulator the guys running the compo were already in a lot of trouble before it was posted on Slashdot.

    That said, I recommend that everyone give it a go. The (Windows only?) editor makes it trivially easy to design a playfield. I did a couple based on some well known Game of Life patterns, I'm sure some /.ers can come up with something even geekier.

  2. included game? by fireduck · · Score: 3, Informative

    Ask anyone what games they played on their Atari 2600 when they were younger, and invariably Combat will be included among the titles listed...

    this couldn't be due to the fact that combat was actually included with the 2600, could it? those were the days, when consoles actually came with a game included. and an adequate number of controllers so you could actually play against someone without having to buy anything else...

    combat and video olympics, my first 2 atari games. video olypmics ruled. it was pong x 10. tennis? sure looks like pong. soccer? ok, it's like pong, but with a bunch of blocking guys, staggered, that all move in synch. volleyball? 2 blockers at the back moving in synch, otherwise just like pong.

  3. Re:2600 nostalgia by digitalgiblet · · Score: 2, Interesting

    You Intellivision owning bastard! Or was it Collecovision? ;-)

    We had Atari, but I lusted after Intellivision and Colleco. (Coleco?). My cousin had both. They had far better graphics, but we had a greater quantity of games (most of which were crap).

    My favorite 2600 game was Adventure. Several months ago there was an article on /. about some dude who re-created Adventure in shockwave. I was SHOCKED to find that I still remember the mazes and could navigate them with no hesitation. Damn. I can't remember 3 things I learned in high school, but I guess those mazes are with me forever...