...since this is my favorite forum....let's share some dreams I have. It's just some "thinking out loud" but let's just talk about it...
What if.......someone out there, maybe a couple of guys, would set out to write a brand new game using existing vector hardware, let's say Star Wars.
So, a brand new game, that uses the same PCB, same cab/controls. I have no idea how hard that would be. I know I'm not capable of it, but there are some wizzards around that also still make games for systems like the 2600. I know that the 2600 is probably much more and better documented than any dedicated arcade game, but wouldn't that just simply raise the challenge for these guys ?
Alternatively....but at least as exiting, what if we would let a modern day computer control a vector monitor and write a brand new game that would get the most out of the old vector monitors ( I have a little doubt that the Amplifones and the Wells-Gardners can be stressed much more than is done like with a game like Star Wars, but let's imagine that it won't hurt the monitor. Today's hardware would be easily capable of drawing LOADS of vectors VERY quickly.
I think I would prefer the first idea over the second, but think both would be exiting.
I'm a bit surprised that no-one has every really tried it, on vector or any other hardware. Of course there is D2K which is a brilliant effort, but it's not a whole new game.
I'm sure it would be a really complex thing to realize and probably will never happen, but hey, without dreams we would still be walking in tiger-skins and living in caves.....
