Underground_Robot Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 (edited) Hey everyone, it's my first forum topic, so I am kind of a noob. I remember seeing these cool Atari repro boxes. They weren't based on the same games, these were different, games like Unison, Transmit, Candybar. I picked up these boxes for 19 bucks. It was cool but, it was only the boxes. I'd want some games to go with the package, I did some research and so did alot others and it turns out: Back in 1982 Panic, Inc. made real games for VCS, (all 4 games) these weren't reviewed by Atari but for the system these boxes look very, very, simalar to the actual boxes for made by Atari. But the idea failed and the idea was discontinued. At this point I was thinking, "What happened to the dozens of carts and manuals?" it seems Panic moved to a new location. And the contents was dumped. By that I mean sent in truck loads to a landfill. That is sad. Years later Panic found some leftovers from their project, and still no carts were contained. Some guy obviously a programmer or ramdom worker eiether made a repro of Candybar for the 2600 or what he says, "I went into the back of the factory, and after dozens, and dozens, and stacks of boxes and other retro stuff, i found this: The pic was some Atari picture label custom to look like a real Candybar game (Awesome) but there was something different this one: As the snapshot of the game suggests, this one is different: The chef sprite changed, the candy (or Macintosh) sprites are now blue, red, and white blocks, the chutes (or mouths?) is someone. And more differences. This is the only game Panic has. Though the game is still nice. Transit, Coda, Unison don't exist. I've tried programming for the atari 2600 but I don't get it. My point is: Someone should try to recreate these awesome looking games!!! I'd like to see what these games were like, sure it's definately obvious that 1982 is over, but I think I speak for every Atari enthusiast when I say: Go ahead! A little programming never hurt anyone, and you are done, you'll have something everyone would wanna play! I know I would. Here are some of the pictures I was meaning: Cool boxes I got for 19 bones. Repro cart from TIGSource's "A Game by it's Cover" competition The box of Panic's long forgotten memories. This is the REAL screenshot of Candybar. As you can see, it's not photoshopped. Edited January 5, 2014 by Underground_Robot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Gemintronic Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 Yeah. That's my work. The PANIC people made that last pic up. There was never a PANIC coded version - only mine. UPDATE: Look at the link in my sig for the CandyBar ROM. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Underground_Robot Posted January 5, 2014 Author Share Posted January 5, 2014 Oh, That's funny. i thought it was real. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Gemintronic Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 It is a real game. I made a full version with manual that me and the boys at PANIC have. Albert made the carts. The back story was just for fun, though. Thanks for noticing my work UPDATE: I'd love for someone to join in and make another game based off of their boxes. You should check out batari BASIC and make the next game! http://bataribasic.com/ http://atariage.com/forums/forum/65-batari-basic/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 Albert made the carts. I can confirm. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Underground_Robot Posted January 5, 2014 Author Share Posted January 5, 2014 I'd really like to see what Unison looks like! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Gemintronic Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 From the mock up of Unison in their fake advertisement it looks like Yars Revenge (Bottom right hand corner of advertisement). "FIGHT SURREAL ALIENS" http://www.panic.com/blog/panic-retro-art/ It should be possible (Yars shield). You just have to scrunch up the playfield and give each row its own color. I've done it before in a breakout clone experiment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Underground_Robot Posted January 5, 2014 Author Share Posted January 5, 2014 (edited) Was Panic really writing programs for the atari 2600? Edited January 5, 2014 by Underground_Robot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 Was Panic really writing programs for the atari 2600? No. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Gemintronic Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 No. They just thought it'd be cool to make mock up boxes for their products. TIGSource just happened to have a game making contest where you must make a fake game real. I bought the boxes from PANIC and studied the screenshots and text descriptions. My primary focus was keeping it as authentic as possible so the gameplay kinda suffered. I don't think Unison would have that problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Underground_Robot Posted January 5, 2014 Author Share Posted January 5, 2014 Oh. I wish I do a little programming for the 2600 , but I don't know coding that well. about the only games I can make are batch games (.bat) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Underground_Robot Posted January 5, 2014 Author Share Posted January 5, 2014 What was the objective of Unison? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Gemintronic Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 You have the info I have. The box, that advertisement I linked and the original software (Usenet reader) are all that can be gleaned. If you can handle batch files then you definitely can handle BASIC. We're a friendly, mostly helpful bunch. My first game was called Drunken Pooper. You can't do any worse than me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Underground_Robot Posted January 5, 2014 Author Share Posted January 5, 2014 (edited) Well, I remember another one of my computers had a version of bB that wasn't DOS. Maybe something like Visual bB? Now I went to download it, all I saw was DOS related bB. How do I use DOS bB? Edited January 5, 2014 by Underground_Robot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Gemintronic Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 It's all about VisualbB these days. VisualbB Info http://atariage.com/forums/topic/123849-visual-bb-1-0-a-new-ide-for-batari-basic/ batari BASIC Info http://atariage.com/forums/topic/73123-batari-basic-read-me-first/ Newest batari BASIC build http://atariage.com/forums/topic/214909-bb-with-native-64k-cart-support-11dreveng/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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