1970's Atari Arcade Games Recreated as "DICE"

[Nz17]

DICE is the "Discrete Integrated Circuit Emulator." It emulates game systems that lack any type of CPU, consisting only of discrete logic components. With it you can play software-based recreations of hardware-based games. All the games are designed around the original schematics.

DICE currently supports Crossfire; Clean Sweep; Wipe Out; Pin Pong; Crash 'N Score; Jet Fighter; Quadrapong; Shark JAWS; Anti-Aircraft; Exidy Attack; Breakout; Midway TV Basketball; Stunt Cycle; Pong Doubles; Gotcha; Space Race; Pong; and Rebound.

DICE blog
DICE downloads (including source code)

[Gamevet]

That is so cool!

I'll have to check it out.

[Ze_ro]

This stuff is gradually making it's way into MAME as well. They've added a lot of discrete circuit simulation over the last few versions, though the only game at the moment that MAME supports is Pong. I think you'll see a lot of the others supported in the future.

Note that MAME (and also DICE) simulate all of this at a VERY low level, thus requiring a surprising amount of CPU power for what seem like very simple games...

--Zero

[Brian Deuel]

This stuff is gradually making it's way into MAME as well. They've added a lot of discrete circuit simulation over the last few versions, though the only game at the moment that MAME supports is Pong. I think you'll see a lot of the others supported in the future.

Note that MAME (and also DICE) simulate all of this at a VERY low level, thus requiring a surprising amount of CPU power for what seem like very simple games...

--Zero

Mike Cuddy and I discussed working on some sort of low-level simulation of these games, way back in the '98-'99 timeframe. We both came to the conclusion that the lack of computing power, as well as the work involved, wasn't worth the effort at the time. The time has arrived, however, a decade later...