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Above you can see a short video of what I consider the most technically advanced game made for the atari 2600.
Notice the copyright. 1986. by Douglas Neubauer. The Nintendo
was already out. The video game market had already crashed and was on it's way
to being rebuilt. The problem was that the 16k rom bank switched cartridge
technology did not come out till the end of the 2600 heyday. This did not change
the capability of the original
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2600, but it changed the variety of graphics that could be displayed. But this
game manages to squeeze out every bit of graphic trickery with horizontal
scrolling. And if more games would have been like this the Atari would have
lasted 2 or 3 more years. I did not get this game until 1998 when it was in a
box of carts bought for 5 dollars at a yard sale. I was in awe the first time I
played it. And thanks to