3 CGE Exclusive releases for Atari systems from Atari2600.com!

[GrandAmChandler]

Read for yourself on http://www.cgexpo.com

Those games look pretty good!

-GAC-

[rwbivins]

Read for yourself on http://www.cgexpo.com

Those games look pretty good!

-GAC-

Awesome. I think I might actually buy one.
I notified the CGE webdudes a while back about
our upcoming stuff but haven't heard a peep.

Do you know who is in charge over there?

[digitalpress]

Awesome. I think I might actually buy one.
I notified the CGE webdudes a while back about
our upcoming stuff but haven't heard a peep.

Do you know who is in charge over there?

Forward the news to GrandAmChandler above... he's managing the site news!

[GrandAmChandler]

Forward the news to GrandAmChandler above... he's managing the site news!

Yeap, unless you send me something, or I find out about it elsewhere, it won't get posted!!! Just shoot me a PM.

-GAC-

[rwbivins]

Yeap, unless you send me something, or I find out about it elsewhere, it won't get posted!!! Just shoot me a PM.

-GAC-

Done. Thanks for the heads up.
This show is definitely going to be one of legend.

[slapdash]

Are these games hacks, or programmed from scratch?

[Sniderman]

Are these games hacks, or programmed from scratch?

Just from the look of the screens, I believe they may be programmed using BatariBasic. So that would make them new games. AA has a few games written in BB that they sell as new homebrews rather than hacks. In fact, GoSub is quite good and has been in development for a while.

[slapdash]

AA has a few games written in BB that they sell as new homebrews rather than hacks.

I'm not sure I follow this sentence... I thought you could program BB games from scratch, so they'd still be "new homebrews", wouldn't they? I'm not sure why you're implying they're hacks...

Or were you basing that on my post? I didn't think they could be hacks because I thought they were BB games, but rather they reminded me of other games, graphically.

[Sniderman]

I'm not sure I follow this sentence... I thought you could program BB games from scratch, so they'd still be "new homebrews", wouldn't they? I'm not sure why you're implying they're hacks...

Or were you basing that on my post? I didn't think they could be hacks because I thought they were BB games, but rather they reminded me of other games, graphically.

Nope, just based my reply on your question. Sorry if it sounded I implied something else.

To summarize: I think they were programmed in BB. Ergo, new games.

[MarioAllStar2600]

I will indeed be picking up at least one of those 2600 releases.... are those the only ones slated for the expo? It seems 2600 homebrewing has slowed down, but I'm not sure cause I'm not around to much anymore. Just saying over the CGE's.... releases have seemed to slow down.

[Mayhem]

Yeah in general 2600 releases have dwindled at CGE because of this situation, too many complaints about non-attendees not being able to buy them.

[Phosphor Dot Fossils]

Seems to me like the "CGE exclusives" that have been sold by CGE Services itself have always been made available on the Expo's website after the show - of course, assuming that there are any left.

[MarioAllStar2600]

Yeah in general 2600 releases have dwindled at CGE because of this situation, too many complaints about non-attendees not being able to buy them.

That's ridiculos. That's one of the big advantages to going to expos! The roms make there way onto the internet usually....

I would hate to see the 2600 homebrewing scene die out, especially over such a ridiculos reason.

[Sniderman]

Oh, the homebrewing scene is alive and kicking - just check out AA. It seems like there's a handful of new releases for the 2600 and 5200 every couple of months. Al usually unveils the newest carts at whatever new con/expo he'll be attending that month.

Plus, with outlets like Packrat, Atari2600.com, AA, etc., the homebrewers don't have to wait until an expo or con before bringing out a new game. He/she can just fire off the ROM and have carts available and on sale on these sites within a few days.

But I think the days of a So-and-So Exclusive Release are pretty much over unless specifically pre-organized by the cart designer.

[Mayhem]

And Tim follows up with the rest of what I was going to say... there are so many outlets now, releasing purely at a show is usually not the way it's done now...