SoulBlazer Posted April 13, 2010 Share Posted April 13, 2010 As a kid, this was one of my favorite games for the 2600. Even now I play it about once a week via emulation. It may be a simplestic game, even as far as 2600 games go, but it has the right ammount of challenge, strategy, and luck to keep it fresh and also can get very difficult in the latter stages. I even think the game is better then the movie it was based off. Yet I've never really found anyone who has played the game, much less enjoyed it. Anybody else like the game? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zwackery Posted April 14, 2010 Share Posted April 14, 2010 I loved the dual controller action of Krull coin-op and also very much like the 2600 version. The movie is a guilty pleasure, too. Here's my Krull frisbee: http://www.atariage.com/forums/topic/114815-rare-games-whatevah-i-got-one-acre-on-planet-krull And I picked up this sweet Krull poster on eBay in January: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadow460 Posted April 14, 2010 Share Posted April 14, 2010 It's decent, IMO. I had a lot of fun with it when I was in high school during the early '90's. One thing about this game, there's no excuse for not knowing when you have lost a life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nonner242 Posted April 14, 2010 Share Posted April 14, 2010 FREAKIN LOVED the Arcade version. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregory DG Posted April 14, 2010 Share Posted April 14, 2010 Yep, Krull is one of my more favorite 2600 games! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lendorien Posted April 14, 2010 Share Posted April 14, 2010 (edited) I can say with honesty that I thought the movie was totally silly. I enjoyed it anyway... and now will watch it tonight for the heck of it. Never played the game though. I think I might just do that. Course, the first time I head there was a game after the movie was while browsing youtube one day... (language and ruined childhood possibly alert). In any case, the video claims that Krull is porn. Course, it's also an AVGN ripoff, but eh. Edited April 14, 2010 by Lendorien Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanJr Posted April 14, 2010 Share Posted April 14, 2010 Krull is great! The game play is pretty diverse and there is lots to do. Plus the level of challenge is just about right. My only complaint is the damn spider room. That room usually eats most of my lives. That and the fact that you lose a life if you pick the wrong path and I get knocked onto the wrong path a lot thanks to that damn spider room! Those quibbles aside, Krull gets regular play in the Stan household! The movie, not so much... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoulBlazer Posted April 14, 2010 Author Share Posted April 14, 2010 I never knew there was a arcade game until last year when I played it the first time in MAME. It's decent, but I still like the 2600 game better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted April 14, 2010 Share Posted April 14, 2010 I remember seeing the arcade game at the local arcade for only a few weeks, but I had a blast playing it for those few weeks. It was eventually replaced with Rygar which I also enjoyed. The 2600 game is alright. You can see that they were going for variety, but the gameplay needs some refinement. The slayer level is pointless since you can stop it as soon as you want to or play it as long as you'd like and the spider level is more annoying than fun. The last level is great though. Has anyone ever found a PAL copy? Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
high voltage Posted April 14, 2010 Share Posted April 14, 2010 Lysette Anthony is well worth the movie alone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoulBlazer Posted February 24, 2014 Author Share Posted February 24, 2014 I remember seeing the arcade game at the local arcade for only a few weeks, but I had a blast playing it for those few weeks. It was eventually replaced with Rygar which I also enjoyed. The 2600 game is alright. You can see that they were going for variety, but the gameplay needs some refinement. The slayer level is pointless since you can stop it as soon as you want to or play it as long as you'd like and the spider level is more annoying than fun. The last level is great though. Has anyone ever found a PAL copy? Tempest Bump just cause I was going through my old threads and thought -- did he ever find a PAL copy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rom Hunter Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 Bump just cause I was going through my old threads and thought -- did he ever find a PAL copy? Doesn't exist. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoulBlazer Posted February 24, 2014 Author Share Posted February 24, 2014 Doesn't exist. I suspected that, Rom, but thanks for confirming that. Probaly cause the movie wasn't released in Europe? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rom Hunter Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 Yes, I think so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
high voltage Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 (edited) Old German game magazine states that Krull (both arcade ad VCS game) were to violent for a German release, if it's true I don't know. Pac-Man und Co book: Krull: Die Homeversion des jugendverbotenen Automatenspiels. Wird bei uns aber nicht erscheinen, da sie angeblich fuer den deutschen Markt zu brutal ist. Translate someone please? Edited February 24, 2014 by high voltage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rom Hunter Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 The home version of the youth-forbidden arcade game. Will not appear here, because it's apparently too violent for the German market. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 "supposedly" fits better than "apparently" here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zogging Hell Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 I suspected that, Rom, but thanks for confirming that. Probaly cause the movie wasn't released in Europe? Apologies for the first post in this part of Atari Age, but that movie was definitely released in Europe, or at least in the UK, I still have it on VHS (good for a giggle now and again), a lot of the support actors are British in fact (some latterly big names in it as well). I had no idea there was a 2600 game version though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 What's weird is I'm sure I saw Krull listed in some of the PAL catalogs as coming soon. I guess they were planning it at least. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nukey Shay Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 Not so weird. The movie was anticipated to be a huge hit. Oops. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxsolo2000 Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 What's weird is I'm sure I saw Krull listed in some of the PAL catalogs as coming soon. I guess they were planning it at least. You did I had a catalogue from a local electrical shop that had Krull as coming soon. It had no picture and I was looking forward to playing it but the years passed and it never made it. Took me nearly 20 years to finally watch the movie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregory DG Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 Krull was not that bad of a movie. A little too long perhaps, but not all that bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Random Terrain Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 Krull was not that bad of a movie. A little too long perhaps, but not all that bad. I like parts of the movie and parts of the game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 Krull was not that bad of a movie. A little too long perhaps, but not all that bad. It's average 80's fantasy. I own it on DVD, but it's definitely not in my top 10 or anything. The music score it pretty snazzy though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dauber Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 Never saw the movie, never played the arcade game, but the 2600 version, IMHO, is very good. Back in the day I had a friend who would not learn the word "glave" but instead called it a "Krull stick." I saw the arcade game on Starcade several times; I was surprised how the 2600 version was completely different -- actually a totally different game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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