Classic Arcade To Atari 2600 Conversions Rated

Posted by simoniker on Saturday January 24, 2004 @12:17AM from the good-the-bad-and-the-ugly dept.

Thanks to PeekNPoke for its reviews of the best and worst of classic arcade game conversions on the Atari 2600. The piece looks at which early '80s conversions came off well, and notes Missile Command as one of the best ("Plays even better than the game it tries to emulate, and works very well with the standard joystick"), and Pac Man as less promising ("Usually voted as one of the worst arcade conversions on any system ever, and it is not hard to see why.") Which arcade conversions were you eagerly awaiting, only to find them ruined by classic hardware restrictions?

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Re:yay for pac-man by gustgr · 2004-01-24 01:41 · Score: 2, Informative

If you don't have an arcade and still want to play the the 'original' ones you can easily emulate it with Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator.

For Unices there is the XMAME port, which do a great job.
Re:1999? by Xenolith · 2004-01-24 04:37 · Score: 2, Informative

Because pac-man was remade for the Atari 2600 back in 1999. Here's yer link...

http://www.atariage.com/store/product_info.php?pro ducts_id=104&osCsid=7ab412d311e1bbc941d11e4ac1d284 54

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