HSC12 Round 5 Poll

[+therealbountybob]

We'll give some of the new games a chance in round 5; back to regular action after this with the runner up and previous runner up Blue Max returning in the next poll

 

I've picked 5 games that I rate and haven't had a serious HSC play before and should be NTSC compatible too! [i'll add in more links later - most of the games have threads on Atariage - use the search in the main Atari 8-bit forum]

 

Poll Closes Sunday 29th March about 11am UK time

 

Robix (abbuc 2010)

XEX

Extremely nice horizontal shooter, 3 stages with end of stage bosses!

RGB (abbuc 2014)

XEX

Great platformer with a twist - you need to shoot coloured bolts at the enemies. 8 levels and 2 difficulties.

Rolltris/Thetris (abbuc 2013/2014)

Rolltris XEX Thetris XEX

Thetris a decent tetris, perhaps not challenging enough for pros, based on the engine used for Rolltris - which is an interesting take on the game where you move the rows to accommodate the falling pieces!

DeathChase XE (abbuc 2013)

XEX

I like this a lot, 8? levels of motorbike tree dodging and enemy blasting. Still hoping that we might see the 'improved version' please please

Peplexity (1989/2014)

XEX

Superb port from the BBC. Sort of 3d pac-man, again a really nice fun game, rewarding to play.

[+therealbountybob]

Here's the RGB thread with the manual, latest version of the game and everything.

 

and the threads for:

DeathChase XE

Perplexity

Robix

Rolltris

Thetris (has OS/A version too)

there may be updated and fixed versions on these threads

[ballyalley]

I just made an AtariMax 8Mb flashcart with these six games for my 130XE. They all started and displayed fine, except for Deathchase XE, which didn't start at all. Is there a special NTSC version of this game-- or does it require a PAL computer?

 

All these games, of course, have the stretched PAL screens on NTSC, but I don't think that anything important is missing on edges of the screen that I can't see. The colors seem okay too. They'll obviously run a little fast though (which, I guess, always affects the music too).

 

Robix is the one I'm leaning toward already, and I only played it for about a minute. Thanks for always putting so much effort into find some good games for us all!

[+therealbountybob]

 

The KazKompo 2013 Zip file has an ATR of Deathchase XE that works on NTSC under emulation (at least) - get it here:

HSC11 Round 12 ""KK Bonus"