It seems like one issue with homebrew is purity. I'm sure there must be a lot of discussions out there about whether using modern tools and hardware is really cheating. I was noting that some of the homebrew carts contain more memory or such that start to beg the question of whether it's really something that would have been possible or feasible back then. If that's not an issue, then why bother with the vintage hardware at all? I'm having a hard time articulating what it is that's bothering me, but if you set out to make an Atari 2600 game, I'd try to limit myself as much as possible to what was available at the time period.
It's actually a pretty fun game!
It seems like one issue with homebrew is purity. I'm sure there must be a lot of discussions out there about whether using modern tools and hardware is really cheating. I was noting that some of the homebrew carts contain more memory or such that start to beg the question of whether it's really something that would have been possible or feasible back then. If that's not an issue, then why bother with the vintage hardware at all? I'm having a hard time articulating what it is that's bothering me, but if you set out to make an Atari 2600 game, I'd try to limit myself as much as possible to what was available at the time period.
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