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vsp · 12-13-2003, 08:14 AM

The M Network (Mattel-for-Atari 2600) games were... all right. You could really tell that they were "dumbed down" to the level of the 2600's graphics and sound, but most were playable.

(The "dumbing down" wasn't as dramatic as the Coleco games for Atari and Intellivision; those were as terrible as terrible could be (if you thought 2600 Donkey Kong was bad, wait 'til you see what they did to Zaxxon), and they revealed years later that it was intentional so that people would buy a ColecoVision instead.)

Intellivisions always paused when you hit 1 and 9 together. The Atarisoft games (basically Atari returning the favor for M Network -- Intellivision Pac-Man was stunning compared to the 2600 version) also used 1 and Clear to freeze the action without blanking the screen.

12-13-2003, 08:14 AM	#6
vsp Syndrome of a Down Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: West Chester Posts: 1,367	The M Network (Mattel-for-Atari 2600) games were... all right. You could really tell that they were "dumbed down" to the level of the 2600's graphics and sound, but most were playable. (The "dumbing down" wasn't as dramatic as the Coleco games for Atari and Intellivision; those were as terrible as terrible could be (if you thought 2600 Donkey Kong was bad, wait 'til you see what they did to Zaxxon), and they revealed years later that it was intentional so that people would buy a ColecoVision instead.) Intellivisions always paused when you hit 1 and 9 together. The Atarisoft games (basically Atari returning the favor for M Network -- Intellivision Pac-Man was stunning compared to the 2600 version) also used 1 and Clear to freeze the action without blanking the screen.