Jetboot Jack Posted September 10, 2009 Share Posted September 10, 2009 (edited) ...bugger, I forgot, I thought ALL threads are merging into one Anyway there are PLENTY of GREAT looking games on the A8 - the best one, that's difficult, I like these two: Edited September 10, 2009 by Jetboot Jack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteD Posted September 10, 2009 Share Posted September 10, 2009 Xagon looks cute And a nice use of more shades of colour from the bigger palette instead of sometimes awful use. Even Koronis colours are a bit sickly. Pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
popmilo Posted September 10, 2009 Share Posted September 10, 2009 I was going to ask the same question because I wanted to know if it was possible to put a screen full of quad size black PMGs under the Head over Heels screen so you could have a black background instead of a sickly "off colour" one. Maybe some people don't mind but it ruins the foreground for me. Pete I think Knight Lore does it in bottom part of screen ? And Amaorote pulled it off with black and white... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tezz Posted September 10, 2009 Share Posted September 10, 2009 (edited) I think Knight Lore does it in bottom part of screen ?That's using pmgs to create a colour zone for the panel as mentioned previouslyEDIT: To explain better, I mean PMG overlays are used to have that zone (area) in different colours. You can place a player on the screen in that mode to provide the 2 new colours (1 col, 2 lum) but you can never have a black background with red text for example only 2 luminances of the same colour Edited September 10, 2009 by Tezz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteD Posted September 10, 2009 Share Posted September 10, 2009 And black/white is ok because white is just high luma black palette entry. Pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emkay Posted September 10, 2009 Share Posted September 10, 2009 Hires coloured graphics could get useful when using black as background and using the PMs for some shapes. G2F pic: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tezz Posted September 10, 2009 Share Posted September 10, 2009 For example, say you select $0 (black) for your background colour then you have 0,2,4,6,8,A,C,E as the 8 available lums to choose. If you choose $20 as your background colour then the same applies for your choice of lum 20,22,24,26,28,2A,2C,2E. so basically you have 1 colour and 2 lums in that mode and a player overlay can be used to change the background colour in an area to provide another colour with two lums. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tezz Posted September 10, 2009 Share Posted September 10, 2009 Hires coloured graphics could get useful when using black as background and using the PMs for some shapes. and that's another good example of using the pmg overlays in 320 mode. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tezz Posted September 10, 2009 Share Posted September 10, 2009 (edited) Talking of Knightlore, when xxl also did a great job converting Jet Set Willy from the Spectrum original in 2007 it at last righted the wrongs of that original dreadful A8 released version although I was kind of hoping that some more pmg overlays were going be used in the conversions final version as well as setting the border colour to look more like the original but hey ho. Either way anyhow, it's great to have the correct version of this game and others available from xxl's great work. It's funny how things go around I thought with that as Matthew Smith created the game after playing Miner 2049er on the Atari and then his game gets ported over from the Spectrum. bathroom.zip Edited September 10, 2009 by Tezz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TMR Posted September 10, 2009 Share Posted September 10, 2009 there are certain people who post on this forum who will burn crosses on your front lawn for speaking such heresy. then have u publicly flogged thru the streets. Sounds like my idea of a fun afternoon... no more or less masochistic than what i was actually doing, at least. =-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NRV Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 I like this one: http://atari.fandal.cz/detail.php?files_id=5634 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atarian63 Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 I was going to ask the same question because I wanted to know if it was possible to put a screen full of quad size black PMGs under the Head over Heels screen so you could have a black background instead of a sickly "off colour" one. Maybe some people don't mind but it ruins the foreground for me. Pete unfortunately the 320 mode only allows only 1 colour in 2 lums so placing a black pmg underlay across the screen would only make the graphics white (or whatever you set the lum to). You can use pmg's in other ways for additional colour such as masking zones of the screen but it has to be said that the mode is very restrictive. Amongst many things on the A8 wish list, I wish they would have provided a map mode as many of the other platforms had available. Jesus christ Tezz be quiet for gods sake. there are certain people who post on this forum who will burn crosses on your front lawn for speaking such heresy. then have u publicly flogged thru the streets. Why? Tezz seems to be a really nice guy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littleman jack Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 Journey to the Planets, just kidding AE seemed quite impressive way back when, and still today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gtkakega Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 it seems that 1983 was the best time... and Animal Party gfx makes the game stand out? nah, 1985 was the best year! the eidolon was fantastic! ultima 4 was superb! karateka was awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JIMPACK Posted September 14, 2009 Share Posted September 14, 2009 M E R C E N A R Y !!!! Great Vector Adventure Game! Wiki description Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emkay Posted September 14, 2009 Share Posted September 14, 2009 Most good games got mentioned already. So I have to put Montezuma's Revenge in. I remember having the feeling of a great looking game back in the 80s. It's not just the graphics, it's all together working nicely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eegad Posted September 15, 2009 Author Share Posted September 15, 2009 yeah, you know, even though the graphics of Mercenery weren't fantastic, i was always impressed (at the time) with the ability to move freely through a 3D space like that. The other games at the time that impressed me (more so, but for the same reason) were the Alternate Reality games. Both Mercenery and Alternate Reality were ahead of their time, and what's interesting to note is the coincidence that both were released by DataSoft. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eegad Posted September 15, 2009 Author Share Posted September 15, 2009 Most good games got mentioned already. So I have to put Montezuma's Revenge in. Back in the day, this game frustrated me and I never got anywhere with it. This past week, I spent a while playing it again, and came away with the same feeling - it's potentially a great game. But it's really hard and frustrating! (at least for me!). Any tips, hints, maps, walk-thru's or anything for Montezuma??? And also....same thing for Amaroute. Game impressed me when I stumbled upon it in the late 80s. Could never get anywhere with it. Maps, hints, cheats, etc???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+MrFish Posted September 16, 2009 Share Posted September 16, 2009 Most good games got mentioned already. So I have to put Montezuma's Revenge in. Back in the day, this game frustrated me and I never got anywhere with it. This past week, I spent a while playing it again, and came away with the same feeling - it's potentially a great game. But it's really hard and frustrating! (at least for me!). Any tips, hints, maps, walk-thru's or anything for Montezuma??? Go Here: Mapy "hints?".... emulation with save states... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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