Super-Genius! Posted June 1, 2003 Share Posted June 1, 2003 Well, after a bunch of work and testing, we are ready to release the first in a series of Multicarts for the Atari 400/800/XL/XE. The first one is finished and ready to ship! Pricing will be discounted $10.00 until June 15, 2003. You can order by going to http://www.sunmark.com The cost will be $49.95 before June 15, 2003. There are 30 games on each Multicart! Here is a screenshot of the menu and the games that are loaded on this release: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Mitchell Posted June 1, 2003 Share Posted June 1, 2003 Cool! So will the other multicarts have other titles ..? Rob Mitchell, Atlanta, GA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord-Chaos Posted June 1, 2003 Share Posted June 1, 2003 I have a question - do you have the copyrights to these games ? I wanted to make XE carts myself (I have about 300 Crossbow carts , the boxes have been damaged by water) , but everyone told me,that I have to get permission by the copyright owners. So I was always trying to find owners of copyright , usually in vain. Thimo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkman Posted June 1, 2003 Share Posted June 1, 2003 Kick butt! I just ordered mine. Can't wait to get it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surfnmadness Posted June 1, 2003 Share Posted June 1, 2003 Got mine ordered and one of the 50 rampage carts to boot. Still under $100 with 2nd day air. sURFN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyranthraxus Posted June 2, 2003 Share Posted June 2, 2003 I have a question - do you have the copyrights to these games ? I wanted to make XE carts myself (I have about 300 Crossbow carts , the boxes have been damaged by water) , but everyone told me,that I have to get permission by the copyright owners. So I was always trying to find owners of copyright , usually in vain. Thimo Speak no evil, see no evil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrathchild Posted June 2, 2003 Share Posted June 2, 2003 For give the ignorance, but why are translator games included here? Does the cart swap out the OS and insert the old one, or will the cart allow the translator disk to be booted in? Isn't it about time the calls in Shamus get fixed so that it works on any machine? (EPCYG4 would be nice too Speak no evil, see no evil Hmmm, would Activision agree when we put all the Infocom adventures on one cart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goochman Posted June 3, 2003 Share Posted June 3, 2003 Dont forget Slime! A fun and very addictive game thats 800 only Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surfnmadness Posted June 3, 2003 Share Posted June 3, 2003 All I can say is..... I hope to get mine before you guys shut him down. After all, the fewer out there, the more valualbe they become later. I really doubt the makers of these games (most of which have no clue where their legal docs are any more for the original games) have wrote off these games on the old, non-made anymore platforms. They would be more likely to start a legal battle if you took their game, developed it for a current system and then used the games name/graphics. sURFN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jetboot Jack Posted June 3, 2003 Share Posted June 3, 2003 Who cares legal or not -- produce away and be damned On a more serious note its Wizard of Wor not Wizard of War -- at least get the names right!!! sTeVE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord-Chaos Posted June 3, 2003 Share Posted June 3, 2003 Who cares legal or not -- produce away and be damned On a more serious note its Wizard of Wor not Wizard of War -- at least get the names right!!! sTeVE If copyright is no problem ,then someone should make all the 5200er file versions on a cart (the files made by Glenn the 5200 man) , so you could play for example Gremlins on the ATARI 800 from cart. Another idea are cart version of the tape-only games from Mastertronic ,Zeppelin,Silverbird etc. , since loading software from tape is a pain. For example Amaurote,Feud,Spellbound,Thrust,Chimera,Draconus,Zybex, Blinky´s Scary School,... And there are several great European-only games and some good games that were released in magazines. Thimo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyranthraxus Posted June 3, 2003 Share Posted June 3, 2003 Who cares legal or not -- produce away and be damned On a more serious note its Wizard of Wor not Wizard of War -- at least get the names right!!! sTeVE For years I always called it Wizard of Word and still prefer that name Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surfnmadness Posted June 5, 2003 Share Posted June 5, 2003 Got mine today!!!!! works great too. Only disappointed that 2 games will only work with 400/800 machines. (I have 600XL & 800XL) Any chance someone can do some photocopying or scans of their manuals to put on cd for the cart? I tried playing a few I dont have in my collection but was confused by what to do. Thnx for a great piece of work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super-Genius! Posted June 8, 2003 Author Share Posted June 8, 2003 Only disappointed that 2 games will only work with 400/800 machines. (I have 600XL & 800XL)... Thnx for a great piece of work! Both Fort Apocalypse and Shamus are two of my favorite games....so we just had to include them in the MultiCart!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Sauron Posted June 8, 2003 Share Posted June 8, 2003 Both Fort Apocalypse and Shamus are two of my favorite games....so wejust had to include them in the MultiCart!! I know there is a version of Fort Apocalypse that works on the XL and XE systems...or at least the disk image is available here. Not sure about Shamus, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkman Posted June 8, 2003 Share Posted June 8, 2003 I got my multicart yesterday... Had lots of fun with it! But, I want more! I can think of several games that I would like to see on the next multicart, are you taking suggestions? What about "Unlreleased Carts?" Like Super Pac Man, Pac Man Jr etc... ? How about the Theme multicart? Like, "Space Games" or "Arcade Classics" or something? Two of my All time favorite games, are "Claim Jumper", and "Orileys Mine" (Claim Jumper made it on cart, however Orileys Mine never did...) -darkman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mayhem Posted June 8, 2003 Share Posted June 8, 2003 Get Dropzone on there if you can... I think you Americans would like that one hell of a lot Speaking of which, would this work on a PAL 400/800 machine? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkman Posted June 8, 2003 Share Posted June 8, 2003 I can think of a few games on Cassette that I used to play... however, I no longer play them. Seems that all those (or most of them) no longer work... Ever played "Pinhead"? I remember having a blast with this game, I have not played it for years though... I was so sad when it stoped working. Put "Pinhead" on the next Multicart too! -darkman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surfnmadness Posted June 8, 2003 Share Posted June 8, 2003 All sorts of programs only made on cassette and disk that could be put to multicart format. The Hollex cart sort of solves this, but we really need a cart that the original game image can be loaded into and run. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari Smeghead Posted June 8, 2003 Share Posted June 8, 2003 Just cuz I'm one of those kind of people, I'd like to weigh in on what I'd like to see on a future MultiCart (and yes, I will be buying one myself soon, but maybe not during the intro period...cash and knee surgery...) Archon Dreadnaught Factor Ghost Hunter (an old, hard to find Pac Man clone where two people can play simultaneously) (Uh, if you didn't know.) Galactic Chase (A Galaxian clone I really liked better than any other versions.) NukeWar (cassette only (?) Avalon Hill game) Krazy Shootout Crossfire Oh, I should probably stop. I have my own personal "Greatest Hits" disks, but my drives are getting a bit wonky on me so I should really start trying to cartridge some of them. You have some great games on that cart, S-G! Keep up the excellent work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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