ataridave Posted September 22, 2013 Share Posted September 22, 2013 This game looks awesome!: But if you have an Astrocade, how do you get it, when it was never (AFIK) released on a cartridge? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassGuitari Posted September 22, 2013 Share Posted September 22, 2013 Cassette tape. It loads through the tape I/O on the Bally BASIC cartridge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ataridave Posted September 22, 2013 Author Share Posted September 22, 2013 Cassette tape. It loads through the tape I/O on the Bally BASIC cartridge. OK, thanks! I didn't know that the Astrocade had a port for a cassette tape player. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatPix Posted September 22, 2013 Share Posted September 22, 2013 It doesn't by itself. You gotta get a BASIC cart with the jack input/output. (there is BASIC carts without it) They are pretty common so if you have a Bally, it's worth getting one. I have seen in th manual that an accessory was planned to add a jack port on the light pen port, but since it's blocked I guess they found easier and cheaper to have it build into the cart... and the owner of the first cart just had to buy the new one (I don't think this accessory was released, but I might be wrong). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
128Kgames Posted September 22, 2013 Share Posted September 22, 2013 It doesn't by itself. You gotta get a BASIC cart with the jack input/output. (there is BASIC carts without it) They are pretty common so if you have a Bally, it's worth getting one. I have seen in th manual that an accessory was planned to add a jack port on the light pen port, but since it's blocked I guess they found easier and cheaper to have it build into the cart... and the owner of the first cart just had to buy the new one (I don't think this accessory was released, but I might be wrong). Original BASIC and original Audio Cassette Interface: It connects to the light pen port for power. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
128Kgames Posted September 22, 2013 Share Posted September 22, 2013 This game looks awesome! Once you play it, you might not think so. That was my first and only BASIC cassette game ever purchased back in the day for my Bally Computer System. The novelty of loading a game from cassette wears off real quick, and honestly playing BASIC games just never compares to one of the standard cartridges. Not knocking the game or the programmer, just not a big fan of the BASIC games on this system in general. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoTonah Posted September 23, 2013 Share Posted September 23, 2013 I like it. It reminds me of the game that I'm currently making for OSX, Windows and Linux, called Escape! (based off of the game "Chase" printed in Creative Computing... the same game that inspired Robotron and Berzerk. Now it is available for most platforms as either Daleks or Robots. It is the first time that I've seen Chase taken from a turn-based game to more of an arcade game, other than the arcade games I mentioned (which just were Chase-ish, really). (not really used to plugging my game, I guess I'd better get good at it soon!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Loguidice Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 I just got a copy: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blazing Lazers Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 I just got a copy: Nice find! That copy even has the sticker seal on it! Where'd you get that copy from? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Loguidice Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 eBay, but it's not sealed. Luckily the manual is archive.org, so I was able to save that to my Evernote. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blazing Lazers Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 That was the copy from Ebay? Congrats on a good price! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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