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| From | kalevi@kolttonen.fi (Kalevi Kolttonen) |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.sys.atari.8bit |
| Subject | Re: The ATARI 800 is crap! |
| Date | 2024-02-18 15:42 +0000 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <uqt8hc$19088$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | <be93ba75-8dbe-4af6-8e1f-3612c7df48b8@s19g2000vbp.googlegroups.com> |
Jacques De Molay wrote: > The ATARI 800 is a piece of crap with only 4 colors, > 4 monochrome sprites and a lousy soundchip. > > The C64 is much better! > > Discuss! Have you ever heard of Dropzone? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dropzone Archer Maclean says: The [Commodore] 64 Dropzone is about 46k [kilobytes] long and consists of 15,000 lines of sparsely commented code with around 350 subroutines and around 3000 labels. Those who can reach Megastar status on the 64 should have had enough practice to attempt an Atari supervised Dropzone mission. The Atari, being the Porsche of home computers, is capable of running Dropzone 2.5 times faster than the 64 and can handle any amount of blobs on screen, even when you release a Strata Bomb. It is visually, sonically etc., identical and about 12K shorter. However, the 64 is still a respectable BMW316. I love both machines, Atari 800 is so well made... br, KK
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