+davidcalgary29 Posted November 20, 2004 Share Posted November 20, 2004 I note that the instruction manual for the MS-DOS version of this popular title makes specific mention of "the Atari 8-bit version" in its manual, yet I don't think that I ever saw this one in stores. Was an A8 version ever released? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oesii Posted November 20, 2004 Share Posted November 20, 2004 I don't think it was released for the 8bits. It came out at the time a lot of companies were shifting from the Atari 8bits/C64 to the ST's and Amigas. If you saw it listed as for the 8bit my guess would be that they changed it to the ST before it was released. I just finished reading four years of STart mags (had some time ) and this happenned quite a few times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+davidcalgary29 Posted November 21, 2004 Author Share Posted November 21, 2004 I don't think it was released for the 8bits. It came out at the time a lot of companies were shifting from the Atari 8bits/C64 to the ST's and Amigas. If you saw it listed as for the 8bit my guess would be that they changed it to the ST before it was released. I just finished reading four years of STart mags (had some time ) and this happenned quite a few times. That's a reasonable assumption, but the manual makes mention of a version for the Atari ST, as well. The manual does, in fact, separate functions and features of "Mavis Beacon" into the 8-bit computers ("Atari 8-bit", "C64", "Apple IIGS") and everything else. Since the manual lists a function specific to the A8 machines, it's certainly possible that an A8 version was ported, but never released. Is Software Toolworks still around? Hmm... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oesii Posted November 21, 2004 Share Posted November 21, 2004 Says here that they changed their name to Mindscape: http://www.the-underdogs.org/company.php?n...tware+Toolworks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Van Thorp Posted November 22, 2004 Share Posted November 22, 2004 I thought that Mavis Beacon was a revised version of an earlier program called "Typing Tutor", which was available on many 8-bit machines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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