+Adam+ Posted August 19, 2017 Share Posted August 19, 2017 Bumping an old thread: is "Twilight World" an Atari 8-bit exclusive? It doesn't exist on C64 or ZX Spectrum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+davidcalgary29 Posted August 20, 2017 Share Posted August 20, 2017 Captain Beeble is excellent and little played. And what about Poussinet? I'm also pretty certain that Hypnotic Land is an A8 exclusive. It does, of course, suck badly, but that's another story. Branch Software also released a decent light gun game with a modded Sega Light Phaser; I bought one in '89. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snicklin Posted August 20, 2017 Share Posted August 20, 2017 (edited) domain of the undead ! Aagh!!!!!!! Don't worry, I've understood your humour here. [ Edit - Just realised that I've commented on a 9 year old comment ! ] Edited August 20, 2017 by snicklin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twh/f2 Posted August 20, 2017 Share Posted August 20, 2017 I don't get the relevance of this thread. There are thousands of games just available on one platform. Only think of the mass of type in listings. For me it would be much more interesting to see a list of Atari 8bit-first games like Boulder Dash or MULE. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mclaneinc Posted August 20, 2017 Share Posted August 20, 2017 I suppose people like to think there were special games only Atarians got, its a nice thought but in reality ANY game on the Atari is good (as in good that it was and is supported). I think its more important that we got good games that were on other systems. The more the merrier... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heaven/TQA Posted August 20, 2017 Share Posted August 20, 2017 Just in case ppl think it's exclusive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emkay Posted August 20, 2017 Share Posted August 20, 2017 Just in case ppl think it's exclusive Do they sell zooming glasses with the game? But,yeah, thanks for posting it. They even didn't bother to keep the framerate of the original, as "that small sized" it runs also on less fps. (puke) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Adam+ Posted August 20, 2017 Share Posted August 20, 2017 I don't get the relevance of this thread. There are thousands of games just available on one platform. Only think of the mass of type in listings. For me it would be much more interesting to see a list of Atari 8bit-first games like Boulder Dash or MULE. It's not about the amount, not about every unique game. it's about finding some gems that - surprisingly - never found a way to other platforms, despite their quality. It's interesting for me, but not for everyone - you may not get the relevance, so maybe it means that this thread is not for you... "Atari 8-bit first games" is a different topic, you may start one Just in case ppl think it's exclusive The thread is originally from 2008, Yoomp was exclusive back then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Adam+ Posted August 20, 2017 Share Posted August 20, 2017 Last year PIXEL - Polish game magazine - presented a set of "top ten" lists (in their opinion) for several retro platforms. The "EXCLUSIVE 10" list for Atari 8-bit looked like this: Caverns of Mars (1981)Eastern Front 1941 (1982)Getaway! (1982)Alley Cat (1983)Mirax Force (1987)Cavernia (1990)Plastron (1990)Crownland (2007)His Dark Majesty (2010)The Great Return of the Penguins (2014)I think there exists a few homebrew versions of "Caverns of Mars" on A2600 (one of them is "Conquest of Mars" (2006)), but they all are quite recent titles?There is a PC version of "Alley Cat", so it's exclusive just when we look on other 8-bit machines. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emkay Posted August 20, 2017 Share Posted August 20, 2017 What about Herbert and Herbert 2 ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Adam+ Posted August 20, 2017 Share Posted August 20, 2017 (edited) What about Herbert and Herbert 2 ? Yeah, they are probably Atari 8-bit-only. Talking about German games - "Schreckenstein" is also exclusive AFAIK, an interesting game, but not very popular outside Germany I'm afraid? Davidcalgary29 mentioned "Hypnotic Land" - it exists also on Atari ST and Amiga. Edited August 20, 2017 by +Adam+ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heaven/TQA Posted August 20, 2017 Share Posted August 20, 2017 (edited) Schreckenstein rocks done by Peter Finzel... unique 2 player split screen action in perfection. Same with Cavelord by Finzel. Or Nadral. Edited August 20, 2017 by Heaven/TQA 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Adam+ Posted August 20, 2017 Share Posted August 20, 2017 (edited) @Heaven/TQA: "Nadral" - in 2016 a homebrew version for ZX Spectrum was published Edited August 20, 2017 by +Adam+ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heaven/TQA Posted August 20, 2017 Share Posted August 20, 2017 Cool... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+davidcalgary29 Posted August 20, 2017 Share Posted August 20, 2017 Davidcalgary29 mentioned "Hypnotic Land" - it exists also on Atari ST and Amiga. *shudders* Well, I hope that they're actually games on those systems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+slx Posted August 20, 2017 Share Posted August 20, 2017 At least from a historical perspective Star Raiders was Atari only and about 50% of Atari people seem to have bought an Atari rather than any other home computer because they wanted to play Star Raiders. Whether a game was eventually ported to another platform by a retro enthusiast decades later doesn't really matter, methinks. While you could play e.g. Shamus or Archon on a C64 the experience was graphically inferior to the Atari. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toddtmw Posted August 20, 2017 Share Posted August 20, 2017 At least from a historical perspective Star Raiders was Atari only and about 50% of Atari people seem to have bought an Atari rather than any other home computer because they wanted to play Star Raiders. Whether a game was eventually ported to another platform by a retro enthusiast decades later doesn't really matter, methinks. While you could play e.g. Shamus or Archon on a C64 the experience was graphically inferior to the Atari. Shamus! I spent a LOT of time on that back when I had more free time than I do today. That game was AWESOME! I know it's not a game, but did other platforms have Happy Copy? Without that, I would have had far fewer games and apps than I did. (I'd like to apologize to all the hard-working developers of the early 80's, but my paper route could only fund so much.) I DID do a research paper in high school about computer piracy. (Something I knew a little bit about ...) ? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+slx Posted August 22, 2017 Share Posted August 22, 2017 Shamus! I spent a LOT of time on that back when I had more free time than I do today. That game was AWESOME! Having huuuge amounts of spare time is something I also remember fondly when thinking back to my teenage years. There was no meaningful daytime TV, I read books twice or thrice because I had nothing else to do (and liked the books), spent nights programming and playing, etc. Looking at my own children they while away their time with games I find less captivating than Shamus (but would probably have played to death had they been available to me) and like my former self just enjoy the time they have at their disposal without thinking that this is a state bound to end once life, work and especially family come along. Just to think that many retirees seem to be even busier than those still working..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanti77 Posted August 22, 2017 Share Posted August 22, 2017 Mission Shark, Fred Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xebec Posted August 22, 2017 Share Posted August 22, 2017 I'm going to suggest M.U.L.E. because only on the Atari 800 can you play with 4 joysticks.. Are there any other ports supporting this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xebec Posted August 22, 2017 Share Posted August 22, 2017 Last year PIXEL - Polish game magazine - presented a set of "top ten" lists (in their opinion) for several retro platforms. The "EXCLUSIVE 10" list for Atari 8-bit looked like this: Caverns of Mars (1981) Eastern Front 1941 (1982) Getaway! (1982) Alley Cat (1983) Mirax Force (1987) Cavernia (1990) Plastron (1990) Crownland (2007) His Dark Majesty (2010) The Great Return of the Penguins (2014) I think there exists a few homebrew versions of "Caverns of Mars" on A2600 (one of them is "Conquest of Mars" (2006)), but they all are quite recent titles? There is a PC version of "Alley Cat", so it's exclusive just when we look on other 8-bit machines. Alley Cat definitely had ports.. PC CGA version is puke as expected.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Adam+ Posted August 22, 2017 Share Posted August 22, 2017 Alley Cat definitely had ports.. PC CGA version is puke as expected.. Can you name those ports beside PC version? There is a C64 game under the same title, but it has nothing to do with our "Alley Cat". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xebec Posted August 22, 2017 Share Posted August 22, 2017 Can you name those ports beside PC version? There is a C64 game under the same title, but it has nothing to do with our "Alley Cat". I can't speak to the C64 version but there was also a PC-88 (Z80 cpu) version that looks like the A8 One.. (in addition to the PC version). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Adam+ Posted August 22, 2017 Share Posted August 22, 2017 Ah, OK, you're right. That PC-8801 machine was generally non-existent in Poland at that time and I thought that it was 16-bit But there seems to be no other official version of "Alley Cat" for 8-bit computers. It is surprising when you think about playability and popularity of that game on A8. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emkay Posted August 22, 2017 Share Posted August 22, 2017 How about a thread about "Games playing best on the Atari 8-Bit" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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