Yes. However do keep in mind on old consoles and computers, ROM (aka cartridges) is functionally equivalent to RAM as long as you don't need to alter it. Plus this is a 32k cartridge, which is twice the capacity of anything ever released on the 2600... Really this runs as if it has ~32k of RAM for most purposes, since in practice on say a 64k microcomputer when running a game or demo most of memory is full of data that never changes. This fact is why cartridge based consoles like the NES can still produce similar results to 8 bit home computers like the c64 or Atari 800 that have 64k of RAM, even though a machine like the NES only has 2k of RAM and 2K of Video RAM. The secret is the 40k+ of cartridge space (much more later on) isn't that different from having extra RAM for many practical purposes...
The VCS doesn't even really have pixels, like they're commonly understood. No bitmap RAM. The picture is constructed from just a few heterogenous elements.
[whistles] Wow. I wonder what the Atari engineers who built the thing would think of this?
knowing how the 2600 needed to be programed and seeing this blows my mind
it is the new Direct X 2600 :D very impressive :)
If you showed this to someone back in the day, you'd get burnt at the stake.
every time i see this i'm just amazed. just WOW
Thats atari 2600!?!?!?!
somehow, yes. And it's all running on 128 bytes of ram
Yes. However do keep in mind on old consoles and computers, ROM (aka cartridges) is functionally equivalent to RAM as long as you don't need to alter it.
Plus this is a 32k cartridge, which is twice the capacity of anything ever released on the 2600...
Really this runs as if it has ~32k of RAM for most purposes, since in practice on say a 64k microcomputer when running a game or demo most of memory is full of data that never changes.
This fact is why cartridge based consoles like the NES can still produce similar results to 8 bit home computers like the c64 or Atari 800 that have 64k of RAM, even though a machine like the NES only has 2k of RAM and 2K of Video RAM.
The secret is the 40k+ of cartridge space (much more later on) isn't that different from having extra RAM for many practical purposes...
Looks like a more powerful machine.
George Plimpton would be shocked and in awe to see this lol.
Just stupid ridiculous cool!
Impressive!
its probably an illusion of pixel placement, in other words the atari is cheating a bit to make it Look 3d
The VCS doesn't even really have pixels, like they're commonly understood. No bitmap RAM. The picture is constructed from just a few heterogenous elements.
This is still a favorite of mine lmao
Something tells me the cube is pre-rendered.
Even if it is, that'd still be pretty impressive to be playing video back at that speed.
omg
Oh come on
Why is the Atari 2600 too loud????!??!?!?!??!?!?
dostałem kiedyś klona atari 2600
był to prezent gwiazdkowy
po latach odzyskałem go
płyta głuwna z jojstickem
Only 2nd ?