thx1138 Posted April 22, 2004 Share Posted April 22, 2004 I play Missile Command a bit on my 800xl, once or twice an evening usually. (I use a Cheethah BUG joystick for this game), and I have a few questions. * Does the bonus multiplier stop at 6? As I've never got past 6/ * Is it my set-up at fault, or does the screen go a bit funny when it gets to the cyan background (on a side note, it goes completely haywire on My 2600's) * When this was in the arcade did it have a ball controller? * Can I get such a controller for the Atari 800xl? thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted April 22, 2004 Share Posted April 22, 2004 * Does the bonus multiplier stop at 6? As I've never got past 6/ I swear I've seen 8x before. I believe it does. * Is it my set-up at fault, or does the screen go a bit funny when it gets to the cyan background (on a side note, it goes completely haywire on My 2600's) Define "a bit funny" * When this was in the arcade did it have a ball controller? Yes. * Can I get such a controller for the Atari 800xl? Yes there is a track-ball for the 800xl. Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goochman Posted April 22, 2004 Share Posted April 22, 2004 6x is the highest Though there is a trackball controller IM not sure if MC has 'trackball' support - If you get a trackball controller try hitting CTRL+J and see if it plays, otherwise you have a trackball emulating joystick movements which doesnt work as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevin242 Posted April 22, 2004 Share Posted April 22, 2004 Here is an answer to a question you didn't ask, but I gather from your post you have not played the arcade Missle Command. In the arcade there is not only a trackball, but also 3 fire buttons and 3 missle bases, so it makes a big difference. The 8-bit is about as close as you can get without emulating the arcade version. kvn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thx1138 Posted April 22, 2004 Author Share Posted April 22, 2004 Thanks, I could not remember if the original had different fire buttons. I have quite a few versions of Missile command. It's pretty good on the gameboy, it's frankly awful of the Megadrive. Some versions have differrent bases to fire from. The glitch I mentioned, is that on a couple of screens, the incoming missles become disjointed visually on the scren, and the upper part of screen flickers slightly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevin242 Posted April 22, 2004 Share Posted April 22, 2004 that glitch doesn't happen with Atari800Win or my real 800. kvn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+CharlieChaplin Posted April 26, 2004 Share Posted April 26, 2004 Well, to play MC on the Atari with a trackball, press Control+T and plug-in your trackball into port 1. Newer XL/XE versions can also be played with a ST mouse using the same keypress... -Andreas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walter_J64bit Posted April 28, 2004 Share Posted April 28, 2004 Well,to play MC on the Atari with a trackball, press Control+T and plug-in your trackball into port 1. Newer XL/XE versions can also be played with a ST mouse using the same keypress... -Andreas. this is cool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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