anybody ever hear of a game called

[Mazerati]

"silver spirit" for the atari computers??

 

i went into kay bee toys in the late 80's to look through the bin of closeout games

and there was this game called "Silver Spirit" in a white box (a plain but professional looking box) on tape for the atari computer

and it was like $1.99 so i thought i would pick it up

 

well as it turned out it was THE worst game i have ever bought

 

the idea of the game is sorta like freeway or frogger

where u control these silver bunch of speckles against a black backround

and on top of the screen was a row of cars (ONLY 1 ROW!) with a space in between one of the cars

and u had to guide your silver speckles through the space

but the thing that floored me was that everytime u would make it through the line of cars the game would crash!

 

so the game was totally unplayable

 

i cant find ANYTHING about this game on the net.and i was wondering if anybody has ever heard of this game or ever played it

Edited March 30, 2009 by Mazerati

[www.atarimania.com]

Never heard of it but your description of the box would indicate a release by some low profile game company from the mid-eighties specialized in budget titles.

 

I don't think K-Tek Software games came in white boxes so that would leave us with either ALA Software or Aim Software. Probably the latter if it was cardboard packaging...

 

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Atari Frog

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Edited March 30, 2009 by www.atarimania.com

[Fres]

I don't remember that particular one, but I do remember browsing thru the (limited) amount of Atari titles at Kay Bee in the mid 80s. I picked up a white box tape game called "Scorpion" for about $2. It turned out to be pretty boring, if I remember correctly. It was programmed in basic. I wondered who was publishing this stuff back then. I couldn't find any evidence that Silver Spirit or Scorpion ever existed.

[LYNXGUY]

Can you post a picture of the box and/or a image capture of the game ??

 

I wonder if it might be listed here as there would be a image of the game. . . . . . .

 

http://vjetnam.hopto.org/index.php?frame=games

[Mazerati]

Can you post a picture of the box and/or a image capture of the game ??

 

I wonder if it might be listed here as there would be a image of the game. . . . . . .

 

http://vjetnam.hopto.org/index.php?frame=games

 

sorry wish i could

but i got rid of the game right away after i bought it cuz it was so bad

[Mazerati]

Never heard of it but your description of the box would indicate a release by some low profile game company from the mid-eighties specialized in budget titles.

 

I don't think K-Tek Software games came in white boxes so that would leave us with either ALA Software or Aim Software. Probably the latter if it was cardboard packaging...

 

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Atari Frog

http://www.atarimania.com

 

man AIM software sounds VERY familiar and that could very well be the company that made it and yes it was cardboard packaging

the game was so bad that it looked like a type in game from a magazine

 

 

update:

i just looked at the boxes that AIM software used on atarimania and thats it!

so yup it was AIM software but there's no listing for Silver Spirit

Edited March 31, 2009 by Mazerati

[FastRobPlus]

AIM perfected shovelware.