Lead: synesthasia homebrew for the 2600
I cannot wait for Lead to come out.
Granted, it’s already out. You can download the ROM (edit: no, no, download this one) and play it right now in a 2600 emulator like Stella. A warning: it’s tough.
Lead is a music shmup from programmer Simone Serra, designed for the Atari 2600. It boasts unforgiving gameplay and a catchy ‘glitch’ soundtrack.
As for the game’s music mechanics, freelancer/archivist/programming hobbyist Jess Ragan says, “Simone [Serra] has done what Tetsuya Mizuguchi could not: create a ‘synes-static’ shooter that is not entirely dependent on pretty graphics and a pretentious art direction.” His review of an earlier build of Lead, below:
A little over a week ago, AtariAge announced the winner of the Lead Label Contest. The game will ship—with pretty labels on real Atari carts, as God intended!—this December.
Kevin Bunch
said,
October 25, 2008 @ 3:11 pm
I gotta be honest, I think that video would have been nicer without the fellow talking over it. I could barely hear the game!
I agree though, the game looks really cool! I was keeping my eye on it, but not very closely. So I’m pretty surprised to hear the news of a cart release.
Adam Milecki
said,
October 25, 2008 @ 9:33 pm
How odd. I JUST last night added this site to my Google Reader and now you’ve linked to a RetroThing article I wrote! Thanks!
Adam Milecki
said,
October 26, 2008 @ 2:05 am
Hey! I just read the about page and you’re Jenn Frank! Did you know that?! Haha, be on Retronauts more, kplzthxbai?
librarian
said,
October 26, 2008 @ 1:51 pm
Hi, Adam! I’d meant to post about your Lead blarticle a little earlier, but work happened. Thank you for putting it on my radar! I am a big, big fan of 2600 homebrew.