+davidcalgary29 Posted July 25, 2003 Share Posted July 25, 2003 I've always been partial to Pogo Joe, but recall playing an excellent "Q*Bert" style game called Xagon in the early '90s. Can anyone advise of other '90s "Q*Bert" clones developed for the 8-bits? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andylama Posted July 26, 2003 Share Posted July 26, 2003 Pogo Joe was the best one *I* knew of. Never heard of Xagon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJ Posted July 26, 2003 Share Posted July 26, 2003 I liked Q*Bert. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari Smeghead Posted July 26, 2003 Share Posted July 26, 2003 Two that I really liked were Juice and Mr. Cool. I played Juice a lot. It was more of a flat-style board, instead of a pyramid. I had a friend back in high school who programmed THE best looking Q-Bert game you ever saw. Wrote it on his 800, in assembly language..self taught! It was spot-on. But alas, we fell out as friends and he took back my copy of it. Never saw it again. Sigh. His brother was the programmer for the Atari version of Pooyan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jetboot Jack Posted July 26, 2003 Share Posted July 26, 2003 So know Scott Spanburg -- the Datasoft/Microprose programemr who did Pooyan and Goonies -- cool.... I worked with some guys in SLC who did PHARAOH'S PYRAMID, that was not a bad Q*bert kinda game... sTeVE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+davidcalgary29 Posted July 26, 2003 Author Share Posted July 26, 2003 Pogo Joe was the best one *I* knew of. Never heard of Xagon. Xagon was an Australian "Q*Bert" clone with interesting gameplay features and interesting monsters. I believe that it was released into the public domain, but am not sure about this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari Smeghead Posted July 26, 2003 Share Posted July 26, 2003 So know Scott Spanburg -- the Datasoft/Microprose programemr who did Pooyan and Goonies -- cool.... sTeVE Yeah. I don't remember much about Scott. He moved away pretty early on. I remember him as a quiet fellow. Friendly enough. As I said, I was friends, at the time, with his brother John. He had as much programming talent as Scott did. John liked it when Scott moved on, since he got his room (and the waterbed). Scott used to send him "works in progress" from the Datasoft libraries. Always wondered what happened to Scott. He was quite talented. Do you recall, did he actually work on Goonies, or was it just the title screen? I recall his first Datasoft gig was a title screen for a nearly completed game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryan Posted July 27, 2003 Share Posted July 27, 2003 Just tried Xagon... interesting.... -Bry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZylonBane Posted July 28, 2003 Share Posted July 28, 2003 Pharoah's Pyramid, Xagon, Pogo Joe, Mr. Cool... woah, those bring back memories. Would Flip & Flop be considered a Q*bert derivative? How about Rainbow Walker? I remember playing a straight Q*bert clone that looked much better than the official port, but it didn't have any sound. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari Smeghead Posted July 29, 2003 Share Posted July 29, 2003 I remember playing a straight Q*bert clone that looked much better than the official port, but it didn't have any sound. Say, that sounds like the game my friend John created. I don't think he ever got the sound (or a 2 player mode) working for it. Do you recall where you got it from? Any chance you still have the game? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shannon Posted July 29, 2003 Share Posted July 29, 2003 Rainbow walkers gets my vote!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy California Posted July 29, 2003 Share Posted July 29, 2003 Do you recall where you got it from?Any chance you still have the game? Could it be this one? ++ RC ++ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZylonBane Posted July 29, 2003 Share Posted July 29, 2003 Yep, that's it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari Smeghead Posted July 30, 2003 Share Posted July 30, 2003 Could it be this one? The only reason I'd say "no" for it being a match to John Spanburg's version is that I remember him saying he didn't want to bother with a 2 player mode, since it was too much work trying to keep straight all the data between the players. So, if the version you show there actually has it's 2 player mode working, I doubt it's his. But still, it sure DOES look better than the official version! Love to get my hands on it! Thanks for popping the screen up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy California Posted July 30, 2003 Share Posted July 30, 2003 It's available on Homesoft's site. ++ RC ++ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robcatron Posted July 31, 2003 Share Posted July 31, 2003 Personally, I like Topper by Romox. Most Romox games are crap (aside from maybe Starion), but this one's not bad - it's also one of the few Romox 16K carts. It and Rainbow Walker are very nice Q*Bert derivites Rob Catron Frankfort, KY Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+CharlieChaplin Posted August 5, 2003 Share Posted August 5, 2003 Well, Q-Bert, Pogo-Joe, Xagon, QB, Kazoo, Avalanche, Mr. Cool, to name just a few... Andreas Magenheimer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heaven/TQA Posted August 5, 2003 Share Posted August 5, 2003 the game was mentioned... i would count flip&flop as qbert styled game... rainbow walker is "far away" from qbert as qbert is more a single map and with up and down direction which are missing in RW (i love the music)... i have goonies on datasoft disc...i loved the game...and played it through... had nice ideas and nice gfx imho... (i could imitate the intro music as well... ) i had even the cassette... but this was a pain...loading each level...with 600 baud... hve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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