Clint Thompson Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 I plan on taking out the 130XE with Touch Tablet to a local vintage computer club here in Indy next weekend (if you're in the area, you should join up!) and requesting suggestions for our beloved machine to show off. The topic or theme we're focusing on this round is plotting/graphics, thus the reason I'm bringing the Touch Tablet and Atari Artist. Outside of Yoomp! and Atari Artist plus possibly the CES 84? Robot/Spaceship demo to show off, does anyone have recommendations on some graphically groundbreaking games or graphic-related software that I should seek out to have on hand to display? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+davidcalgary29 Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 Does it have enough to show Numen? -Star Raiders and MIDI Maze: to show how the A8 landscape changed from 1980 to 1989. -Time Pilot, for a modern example of programming. -Some of Gunstar & Philsan’s pix. I particularly love Gunstar’s Korea pix. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rybags Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 Plenty of RastaConverter pics you could grab from the thread that's fairly active. More games - Time Pilot, Scramble, Bosconian, Ridiculous Reality, Cropky, Stunt Car Racer, RGB. I think Numen might be too big. Maybe Asskicker, Drunk Chessboard, and some of the Arsantica ones. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunstar Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 I really like the demos Cyberpunk and Near, I don't recall if they take more than 128K though... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E474 Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 WayOut, Encounter and Mercenary for real-time 3D graphics more than 30 years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heaven/TQA Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 Beware... our Arsantica demos are for PAL.... not tested or adapted for NTSC.... but glad they were mentioned. Before I would show Way Out why not Capture the flag instead? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heaven/TQA Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 (edited) What about Star Raiders 2 proto? And Rescue ob Fractalus or Eidolon or koronis Rift. Edited January 9, 2019 by Heaven/TQA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heaven/TQA Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 Or those? http://atariage.com/forums/topic/250813-voxelflight-interactive-game-engine/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gozar Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 Space Harrier. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E474 Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 Worth noting that WayOut, Encounter and Mercenary all ran on the original 400/800 series. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Nezgar Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 If you have an ultimate cart or atarimax 8mbit maxflash you can play r0ger's bad apple demo with as little as 64KB RAM. Also, side2 to play high sample rate PWM digital audio, or 60FPS video+audio But for good titles to demo from the 80's, ball blazer, rescue on fractalus, drop zone, moon patrol, blanking, so many more For koalapad or Atari touch tablet planetary defense is good. Missile Command or Millipede with native Trak Ball mode. I love kaboom in pitch & catch mode with paddles. Castle crisis is a newer 4-player paddle game port I'd like to try with 4 player paddles. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Nezgar Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 Does it have enough to show Numen? On an NTSC machine, Numen outright tells you to "upgrade" to PAL. and it needs 320KB RAM too... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Larry Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 I plan on taking out the 130XE with Touch Tablet to a local vintage computer club here in Indy next weekend (if you're in the area, you should join up!) and requesting suggestions for our beloved machine to show off. The topic or theme we're focusing on this round is plotting/graphics, thus the reason I'm bringing the Touch Tablet and Atari Artist. Outside of Yoomp! and Atari Artist plus possibly the CES 84? Robot/Spaceship demo to show off, does anyone have recommendations on some graphically groundbreaking games or graphic-related software that I should seek out to have on hand to display? Where/when is the VCS? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irgendwer Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 130XE with Touch Tablet "ECKN+" (http://a8.fandal.cz/detail.php?files_id=5917) "dye" (http://a8.fandal.cz/detail.php?files_id=7325) (switch music off to let it run in NTSC) "Chopin 2010" (http://a8.fandal.cz/detail.php?files_id=5515) "Xirius Defect XXL" (http://a8.fandal.cz/detail.php?files_id=6990) all those work great with the CX77 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+orpheuswaking Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 Where/when is the VCS? Larry, we have Vintage Computer Club at the Lebanon IN library (104 E Washington St, Lebanon, IN 46052). The next meeting is Saturday January 19th from 9am to 2pm. Unfortunately I am unable to make it this time round but there will be a core group that always comes by. Future 2019 dates are February 2nd April 6th May 11th August 17 September 14th October 19th November 16th December 14th March, June, July may have dates later, of course these are always subject to change. We have a Facebook group for anyone that is interested "Indy Vintage Computer Club" 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marius Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 "ECKN+" (http://a8.fandal.cz/detail.php?files_id=5917) This is one of my all time favourite games. Many games come and go in my favourite list, but only a few will always be there. Eckn+ is one of them. Great concept, very well coded and very addictive too. People would love to play it when they move along your Atari. It does not require much joystick skills, and there are not much rules to understand. It is just a matter of observation; and (which is also cool!) there is a SAVE-Hi-Score built in and a short-game mode (2 minutes). So it is an excellent example for the occasion. I am wondering though whether it is NTSC compatible (can someone confirm that?) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irgendwer Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 I am wondering though whether it is NTSC compatible (can someone confirm that?) The +-version should... (http://atariage.com/forums/topic/246672-new-version-of-eckn/?do=findComment&comment=3389798) ...please report if not! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkindig Posted January 12, 2019 Share Posted January 12, 2019 As the organizer of the meetings, please let me know if any of you are in the Indianapolis area and would like to be added to the email list, so you'll be notified when meetings happen. We would love to have more people, no matter your favorite vintage computer! Here's the facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/214163899161289/ Randy Kindig Larry, we have Vintage Computer Club at the Lebanon IN library (104 E Washington St, Lebanon, IN 46052). The next meeting is Saturday January 19th from 9am to 2pm. Unfortunately I am unable to make it this time round but there will be a core group that always comes by. Future 2019 dates are February 2nd April 6th May 11th August 17 September 14th October 19th November 16th December 14th March, June, July may have dates later, of course these are always subject to change. We have a Facebook group for anyone that is interested "Indy Vintage Computer Club" 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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