Zzalg_Repus Posted February 23, 2008 Share Posted February 23, 2008 Hello gang! I suppose everyone has some games they'd like to see ported to the A8. Two of my favourite non-A8 games from back in the day are "Friday 13th" and "Paradoid". Both should not be too hard to convert, "Friday" could even benefit from some -uhm- upgrades... What do the experts say? Any takers? Best, Zz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pengwin Posted February 23, 2008 Share Posted February 23, 2008 I'd like to see Shadowfire and Enigma Force converted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Philsan Posted February 23, 2008 Share Posted February 23, 2008 (edited) Elite Emlyn Hughes Soccer Ghosts 'n Goblins Impossible Mission IK+ International Basketball Maniac Mansion Match Point Phoenix The Hobbit The Rocky Horror Show (Commodore 128 but I think C64 version would be easier to port) Edited February 23, 2008 by Philsan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun.Bebbington Posted February 23, 2008 Share Posted February 23, 2008 I've enjoyed seeing some of the recent Atari ports, but original software would also be nice too. For the record, I'd like to see Delta if it hasn't already been done. Regards, Shaun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Thag Posted February 24, 2008 Share Posted February 24, 2008 Wizardry & Bard's Tale. The Atari 800 line's only weakness was a paucity of RPGs. I'd also like to see sylpheed and Sword of Fargoal, the latter would endtertain me for months Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TMR Posted February 24, 2008 Share Posted February 24, 2008 I suppose everyone has some games they'd like to see ported to the A8. Two of my favourite non-A8 games from back in the day are "Friday 13th" and "Paradoid". Both should not be too hard to convert Somehow i doubt that anyone'd see Paradroid as being easy to convert, the reason it doesn't manage 50FPS on the C64 is because it's far more complex than it seems and is doing a huge amount of background work for, amongst other things, the line-of-sight stuff and robot mapping; even with the extra CPU grind there would need to be concessions such as taking the robots to multicolour graphics (and possibly reducing the width if they're going to players, which in turn will make the robot numbers hard to read) and i'd hate to be doing the work of trying to get the 256 character background into 128... For the record, I'd like to see Delta if it hasn't already been done. i reckon Delta is possible, although it'll need a fast software sprite engine capable of seven 12 by 21 pixel objects a frame which leaves a good percentage of time for other jobs, some concessions (player and nasty bullets would have to go to multicolour mode, the starfield'd probably best be served with a spare missile) and i'd guess that it'd need 128K as well... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goochman Posted February 24, 2008 Share Posted February 24, 2008 RPG: Bards Tale Wizardry Arcade: Zoo Keeper Pliedes (better Phoenix ) Galaga Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emkay Posted February 24, 2008 Share Posted February 24, 2008 My wishes about "new" games do not go to a specific selection of games. They belong more to the quality and missing genres.. -3D Action games -High quality adventure games Coming all from Mega Carts should be no problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
analmux Posted February 24, 2008 Share Posted February 24, 2008 As I'm a big fan, I'd like to see Sonic&Knuckles (from SEGA Genesis), though it would result in a hugely stripped down version, but using cartridges with 8mbit would maybe help. Anyway, what's the opinion of you all if a game for A8 came out on a cartridge? A cartridge with f.e. 2 mbyte ROM and 1 mbyte extra RAM. (should be possible!) RAM could be used for huge patches of unrolled code and depacked gfx etc. My personal opinion would be that it's kind of cheating, but it's a very simple cheat which doesn't rely on hardware upgrades. Cartridges can be produced like this if I'm correct. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Havoc 2049 Posted February 25, 2008 Share Posted February 25, 2008 Pirates! Project Firestart Skyfox Winter Games Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reaperman Posted February 25, 2008 Share Posted February 25, 2008 (edited) I don't know if I'm a fan of more tired old games we've all played out finally being ported to our system. I think I'm much more a fan of something fresh and new. While I'd like to see something along the lines of elite, porting it would just tie another system to elite's flaws. I also wouldn't mind seeing a new 4x strategy, or a new turn based wargame. Who am I kidding? I'll play anything that's new. Edited February 25, 2008 by Reaperman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carmel_andrews Posted February 25, 2008 Share Posted February 25, 2008 A colour version of Gauntlet Gauntlet 2 RType/Denaris (Katakis) Gunship/Acrojet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
www.atarimania.com Posted February 25, 2008 Share Posted February 25, 2008 SkyfoxWinter Games Actually, protos for these two games exist... somewhere. -- Atari Frog http://www.atarimania.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heaven/TQA Posted February 25, 2008 Share Posted February 25, 2008 Winter Games? i hope you don't mean the one "g2f"-like screen? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxl Posted February 25, 2008 Share Posted February 25, 2008 You can join to the: http://atariarea.krap.pl/forum/viewtopic.php?id=5629 if you like. 1. Manic Miner 2. 1943 3. DeathChase 4. Saboteur I 5. Cybernoid I 6. Dizzy I 7. Moon Cresta 8. Dan Dare I 9. The Way of Exploding Fist 10. Back 2 Skool similar topic: http://www.atariage.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=117946 but now, vote to game you want to see on a8 (+1,+2,+3 points) and -10 points for game you don't want. voting valid to the end of april. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
www.atarimania.com Posted February 25, 2008 Share Posted February 25, 2008 (edited) Winter Games? i hope you don't mean the one "g2f"-like screen? No, I mean the real thing. -- Atari Frog http://www.atarimania.com Edited February 25, 2008 by www.atarimania.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Fandal_ Posted February 25, 2008 Share Posted February 25, 2008 I would like to see anything from Jaguar to modern consoles like Wii. We have RMT, G2F, MADS and Atarimax Mega Carts so I don't see any problems. I would start with something not so difficult like Quake or Starcraft (estimated time to complete the whole game two weeks) and then I would port more complex games like Crysis (estimated time three weeks, may be four). F. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heaven/TQA Posted February 25, 2008 Share Posted February 25, 2008 (edited) Fandal... I personally would like to see more people grabbing MADS, De Re Atari and start doing things on their own... or better just simply load turbo basic xl and play around. they would be suprised how much fun it is to create something on your own...your first "random colour changes", first drawing on screen, first typed "BYE"+selftest songs, etc etc... forget about 2600/7800 or 5200... 800 is were everything starts... it's so easy... and my votes for porting will go to Monster in Mayhem Land...or Wings of Death or Ambermoon or Ultima underground or Nemesis or Final Fantasy 8 or Axelay... Edited February 25, 2008 by Heaven/TQA 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
analmux Posted February 25, 2008 Share Posted February 25, 2008 ...We have RMT, G2F, MADS and Atarimax Mega Carts so I don't see any problems... Oh please. A few people here like to think that that's all you need. Why aren't there hundreds of new a8 games now then? And who of the homebrew developers can spend 2 full weeks working on such a project? Atari software can be pushed to a new standard with creativity, not with tools only. But who am I talking to anyway? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
www.atarimania.com Posted February 25, 2008 Share Posted February 25, 2008 +3 => Cybernoid +2 => Dizzy +1 => Dan Dare Game I don't want to see: Moon Cresta as we already have the very similar Space Eggs. Thanks for your fantastic work again -- Atari Frog http://www.atarimania.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
analmux Posted February 25, 2008 Share Posted February 25, 2008 and my votes for porting will go to Monster in Mayhem Land... I don't see why Mayhem wouldn't be possible on A8. More important question is: Who will do it? That's a far greater problem Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irgendwer Posted February 25, 2008 Share Posted February 25, 2008 ...We have RMT, G2F, MADS and Atarimax Mega Carts so I don't see any problems. ... Yes, and I found out that the machine is quick enough by using this poke: 559,0 I managed to get 50 fps in my 'Resident Evil IV' port! Just have to accomplish the 853+ disk problem... Did anyone tried to connect more than 4 1050s to the XL? (would help to concentrate some disk changes...) CU Irgendwer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heaven/TQA Posted February 25, 2008 Share Posted February 25, 2008 Jesus... come on guys... we should encourage people of doing their own stuff on A800... It still makes me angry that a lot of people trying to start on 2600 even using BBasic why there is a lovely machine which mainly enables most of the features by using Basic/Turbo Basic... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
analmux Posted February 25, 2008 Share Posted February 25, 2008 Yes, and I found out that the machine is quick enough by using this poke: 559,0 Oh, what a NOOB joke Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
analmux Posted February 25, 2008 Share Posted February 25, 2008 Jesus... come on guys... we should encourage people of doing their own stuff on A800... Yup, you're right. So let's spread the word: Pick up your RMT, G2F, XASM etc. and DO something instead of all this talking. But, I'm starting to see a pattern here. Too much talk, but too few are really interested in doing stuff. One sign of this is the 'enthousiastic' way in which Hardsynth is received. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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