Doom for the Atari 2600!

ST Dragon · Post by **ST Dragon** » Thu Dec 01, 2005 8:51 pm

Doom for the Atari 2600!

Well, not quite but interesting read never the less...

http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Ar ... 00DOOM.HTM

By the way, anybody have the slightest idea what game is this picture from? It doesn't look anything like any other FPS I've seen before...

Post by **Shatterhand** » Fri Dec 02, 2005 12:07 am

If I am not mistaken, this screenshot was also a joke, it was supposed to be Doom 3 on a ZX Spectrum computer

Herr Schatten · Post by **Herr Schatten** » Fri Dec 02, 2005 9:12 am

Shatterhand wrote:If I am not mistaken, this screenshot was also a joke, it was supposed to be Doom 3 on a ZX Spectrum computer

I think it's supposed to be a C64. You can see the characteristic rectangular (not square) pixels and the colour palette is definitely the one of the C64.

Post by **Shatterhand** » Fri Dec 02, 2005 5:32 pm

Yeah, that's true, it looks more like a C64 screenshot indeed.

Andi · Post by **Andi** » Fri Dec 02, 2005 5:51 pm

Funny, though it's really a shame no one actually attempted to make a Doom game for 2600. Although I'm sure it is not even remotely possible.

ST Dragon · Post by **ST Dragon** » Fri Dec 02, 2005 6:38 pm

After a closer inspection I think it's supposed to be C64 fake-port of Gunman Chronicles for the PC:

http://www.gamerankings.com/htmlpages2/ ... p?q=gunman

dave4shmups · Post by **dave4shmups** » Sat Dec 03, 2005 4:06 am

Andi wrote:Funny, though it's really a shame no one actually attempted to make a Doom game for 2600. Although I'm sure it is not even remotely possible.

Ehh, I dunno, if someone can make fake Doom 2600 screenshots, then why not? It might even prove to be pretty fun!

sethsez · Post by **sethsez** » Sat Dec 03, 2005 4:25 am

dave4shmups wrote:Ehh, I dunno, if someone can make fake Doom 2600 screenshots, then why not?

Because coding a game and making some fake shots in Photoshop are two very different things. You could take a still frame of Half-Life 2, digitize it, alter the colors and stick it on an NES cart, but that doesn't mean the system could actually handle Half-Life 2.

That said, Skeleton+ (or something like that) is about the closest the Atari has to a FPS.

BrianC · Post by **BrianC** » Sat Dec 03, 2005 4:39 pm

sethsez wrote:
dave4shmups wrote:Ehh, I dunno, if someone can make fake Doom 2600 screenshots, then why not?
Because coding a game and making some fake shots in Photoshop are two very different things. You could take a still frame of Half-Life 2, digitize it, alter the colors and stick it on an NES cart, but that doesn't mean the system could actually handle Half-Life 2.

That said, Skeleton+ (or something like that) is about the closest the Atari has to a FPS.

According to the site, the shots were made with the Atari 800, not in photoshop. I do agree that making some artwork that looks like a game and making an actual game aren't the same, though. I like how Skeleton+ is in the GBA Activision Anthology.