Alt-History Yars' Revenge

[mcdermd]

I was having some conversation about how Yars' Revenge always felt like a port of an arcade game that didn't exist.

I've seen one great looking Yars' Revenge custom cabinet art design that Darrell Donner and Rich Lint made. Pretty legit idea of what Atari might have made.

So what would a period-correct arcade version of the actual game look like? With higher res graphics? Would the controls be the same? Would there be any features of the arcade version that were not included in the home console port?

 

[coinopper]

Yars' Revenge is a reinterpretation of Star Castle. Take the Star Castle screen and split it down the middle equally, and then remove the right half. That's Yars' Revenge

 

[Alpha-tron]

Maybe atari logo joystick and white buttons. My ocd is kicking in and those button placement just bugs. Laughs

 

[Atari Force]

Atari logo sticks were not used during that period (81/82). Red Wico stick like Dig Dug would be more fitting.

Brian

 

[80scoinops]

So what would a period-correct arcade version of the actual game look like? With higher res graphics? Would the controls be the same? Would there be any features of the arcade version that were not included in the home console port?

 

[mcdermd]

Come on, that's like saying Dig Dug and Mr. Do! are the same.

 

[80scoinops]

Come on, that's like saying Dig Dug and Mr. Do! are the same.

No, Dig Dug is boring and Mr. Do! is excellent.

Courtesy of Atari Compendium:

Howard Scott Warshaw: We used a VAX system to compile/assemble, and then downloaded the code to an emulator box for execution, patching, and debugging. I was given the system's manual and, after learning it, was assigned to do my first game – a version of Cinematronic's Star Castle. I soon realized that a decent version couldn't be done, so I took what I thought were the top logical and geometric components of Star Castle and reorganized them in a way that would better suit the machine. This eventually became Yars' Revenge.

 

[Bishop]

I love the custom cabinets!

 

[Pleiades10]

I would say that a Yars Revenge upright would have used a cab like Asteroids Deluxe or Warlords, with a black light reactive outer space scene, and a half silvered mirror.

Maybe a Tempest style spinner and a "forward" button in addition to "fire"?

Kyle

 

[geech]

Spinner would be an excellent control scheme.

 

[CameronMcC]

Ive been wanting to make a Atari Cabaret style cabinet with a 2600 in it

 

[Atari Force]

I could see Atari using a trackball for this.

Brian

 

[FrizzleFried]

Perhaps?

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[nulogix]

So here's the million dollar question: vector or raster?