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Absolutely no idea. I'll have to boot my A8 disk for more info... ++ RC ++

UFO was based on a Bristish TV show (I think). There's a very early demo version available for the A8 (with filled vectors!). ++ RC ++

It was released in the UK by Americana, US Gold's budget line. I'm not sure whether American Eagle originally sold it in the US (like Ollie's Follies). ++ RC ++

The only official version is the XE cartridge release (with intro screen, slightly enhanced graphics and secret warp). The 1984 game is a bootleg (seems complete though) and was never published. ++ RC ++

Seems the game was never officially released but you can clearly see an A8 box in one of the Parker Brothers ads. ++ RC ++

Just to be picky, it's Pastfinder. Pathfinder is by Gebelli Software. ++ RC ++

What PAL market? At the time, the only important and well organized market was in Germany. The UK didn't really care about the A8: you had US Gold and Databyte distributing American stuff, adventure games, budget software and "some" conversions from time to time (Spindizzy, Arkanoid, Gauntlet...). That's all. ++ RC ++

No, not Sexy Six, I know that game. I'm POSITIVE it was Sex Quix I saw mentioned somewhere. Was definitely Polish... ++ RC ++

BTW, isn't there a Polish version called Sex Quix? Sikor? ++ RC ++

Chimera doesn't use artifacting. Minute Man (do you mean Minit Man?) was never released for the A8. ++ RC ++

A good game with nice graphics... for kids. ++ RC ++

David, Marble Madness, Heart of Africa and Adventure Construction Set were never released for the A8. ++ RC ++

Tempest, do you have details on other A8 prototypes? You know more than you're telling ++ RC ++

I can't find the RX number for it but I remember reading a similar announcement. Wasn't Winter Games planned as well? ++ RC ++

Tempest, looking forward to the A8 section of your site Atari 8-bit prototype stuff is mainly uncharted territory, I'm sure there are treasures out there! ++ RC ++

No idea where I got it from, it was on a disk with other games. The copyright year is 1980! ++ RC ++

What the hell is this one? ++ RC ++ saucer__atari_.zip

I have it as RX8037. The game seems to be finished. What do you mean? It's been floating around for ages. Almost everybody with a disk drive has this game (I'm pretty sure I got it in 1984 or so). FYI, there are still HUNDREDS and HUNDREDS of tape and disk games that need to be "dumped". ++ RC ++

To be more precise, SEGA may have released the game on disk but I highly doubt the programmers were asked to enhance anything... ++ RC ++

There's only one version of the game for the A8. C64 owners have an enhanced disk version but we're stuck with that horrible cartridge release. ++ RC ++

GATO was only released on cartridge for the A8. I believe the original version was for the PC, Amiga, Mac, ST (and possibly Apple and C64). ++ RC ++

The version you are referring to is just the cartridge release dumped to disk. Additional RAM is needed because the file is too big for the memory of a standard 800 or XL machine. ++ RC ++

World Karate Championship cheats: - "X1" to "X4" for speed - "ADZM" for new location. ++ RC ++

Hey, Matterhorn is far from bad. The graphics are only average but the gameplay is OK. Well, not rock solid but quite acceptable still Springer is absolutely unplayable. Espial is so-so... ++ RC ++

The two files on Homesoft's site are the tape versions of the game. There are only two backdrops on the cassette release: Sydney (side A) and Fuji Yama (side B). ++ RC ++