+davidcalgary29 Posted January 29, 2003 Share Posted January 29, 2003 I keep seeing "Demon Attack" carts for sale...everywhere! Just how many of these things DID they make? Could as many units have been produced as, say, Atari's "Basic" cartridge? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophero Sly Posted January 29, 2003 Share Posted January 29, 2003 I don't own an Atari 8-bit or collect for them, and yet somehow I have a copy of "Demon Attack". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benjam138 Posted January 29, 2003 Share Posted January 29, 2003 Hey I'll take a Demon Attack off your hands. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyranthraxus Posted January 29, 2003 Share Posted January 29, 2003 I don't have Demon Attack either but I think that Pac-man must be the most common game. Basic is king for non-games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Sauron Posted January 29, 2003 Share Posted January 29, 2003 I'd probably have to go with Atari Basic, although I never had it or needed it (I had a 130XE). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaos Protocol Posted January 29, 2003 Share Posted January 29, 2003 BASIC has the cake, but I also have a few Pole Positions... maybe tahat's jsut cause it was my dads favorite game... dunno... poac-man too... but I've also found quite a few Star Trek carts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callipygous Posted January 29, 2003 Share Posted January 29, 2003 IIRC, the Basic cart was included with every 800 or 400 because it wasn't built in like the XL or XE. It is the most common by far. I would pick Star Raiders as the next most common. BTW- Demon Attacks is a 400/800 only cart. So don't buy unless you have some method of playing it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krytol Posted January 31, 2003 Share Posted January 31, 2003 I'm always seeing Star Raiders. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaos Protocol Posted January 31, 2003 Share Posted January 31, 2003 I have spent WAY too many nights playing fricking star raiders Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted January 31, 2003 Share Posted January 31, 2003 Hmm... I'd have to say: 5. Demon Attack (someone must have found a warehouse full of them) 4. Space Invaders 3. Star Raiders 2. Pac-Man 1. BASIC Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Lange Posted January 31, 2003 Share Posted January 31, 2003 IIRC, the Basic cart was included with every 800 or 400 because it wasn't built in like the XL or XE. It is the most common by far. I would pick Star Raiders as the next most common. When I purchased my Atari 400 way back in 81, it did not come with an Atari BASIC cartridge. You had to either purchase the Atari "The Programmer" kit or just the Atari BASIC cartridge. Star Raiders was the first cartridge we got and I believe the BASIC was the second. WRL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inky Posted January 31, 2003 Share Posted January 31, 2003 How is the 8-bit Demon Attack, and where can I get one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nukey Shay Posted January 31, 2003 Share Posted January 31, 2003 IIRC, the Basic cart was included with every 800 or 400 because it wasn't built in like the XL or XE. It is the most common by far. I would pick Star Raiders as the next most common. When I purchased my Atari 400 way back in 81, it did not come with an Atari BASIC cartridge. You had to either purchase the Atari "The Programmer" kit or just the Atari BASIC cartridge. Star Raiders was the first cartridge we got and I believe the BASIC was the second. WRL Yeah...I think that the 400's at the time was retailing for $595 by itself. Basic was considered a luxury. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Lange Posted January 31, 2003 Share Posted January 31, 2003 Yeah...I think that the 400's at the time was retailing for $595 by itself. Basic was considered a luxury. I remember that I was in either 7th or 8th grade. I spent every single penny that I had made up to that point in my life to buy the Atari 400. We went down to Consumers, picked up the shiney silver box and went home. Once we hooked it up to the TV, I realized that I just bought a $600 Memo Pad .... then it was back to Consumers for the Entertainer kit ... WRL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+davidcalgary29 Posted January 31, 2003 Author Share Posted January 31, 2003 "Demon Attack" for the 8-bits is essentially identical to the 2600 version. It's kind of crappy, in other words. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jetboot Jack Posted January 31, 2003 Share Posted January 31, 2003 TROLL! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+davidcalgary29 Posted February 1, 2003 Author Share Posted February 1, 2003 ...but I love Phoenix on the 2600. So there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted February 1, 2003 Share Posted February 1, 2003 "Demon Attack" for the 8-bits is essentially identical to the 2600 version. It's kind of crappy, in other words. Yeah I was disappointed with both Demon Attack and Atlantis. It seems like they did a direct port. Would it have killed them to spruce them up a bit? Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jetboot Jack Posted February 3, 2003 Share Posted February 3, 2003 Time = Money - at best the 8bit represented minimal sales for them compared with the 2600/INTV versions... So why would Imagic burn cash to produce a game that the extra investment would have produced no visible change in sales numbers? The reality of teh market place is ALWAYS like that, so its no surprise really - I personally expected the 8bit version of Demon Attack to be like the INTV one only better, rather than the same as the 2600 version sTeVE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callipygous Posted February 3, 2003 Share Posted February 3, 2003 When I purchased my Atari 400 way back in 81, it did not come with an Atari BASIC cartridge. You had to either purchase the Atari "The Programmer" kit or just the Atari BASIC cartridge. WRL Bill - I stand corrected! Kind of explains why Basic was sold in a seperate box. Guess it was only the 800 that came with a Basic cart. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+davidcalgary29 Posted February 3, 2003 Author Share Posted February 3, 2003 When I bought -- or rather, my father bought -- my 800 in '83 (Canada), it didn't come with a basic cartridge, either. I remember distinctly that the Basic cart cost $49.95! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callipygous Posted February 3, 2003 Share Posted February 3, 2003 Well, guess that I am all wrong. You are probably right, the later packaging of 800 did not include the cart. What I am thinking of is the 800s that came in a plain brown box, not the later silver ones. Perhaps Curt or someone would know what Atari called the package. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jetboot Jack Posted February 4, 2003 Share Posted February 4, 2003 P.S. I work with the guy who designed Demon Attack for Imagic (INTV and 2600)... He ONLY favours the INTV version Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callipygous Posted February 12, 2003 Share Posted February 12, 2003 Well, guess that I am all wrong. You are probably right, the later packaging of 800 did not include the cart. What I am thinking of is the 800s that came in a plain brown box, not the later silver ones. Perhaps Curt or someone would know what Atari called the package. Okay, here's the original box I remembered. You can see the BASIC box included: And no Pac-Man is not included! It just happens to be there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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