wayne253 Posted November 30, 2014 Share Posted November 30, 2014 My vote is with Wizardry as well. Also how about the original Might and Magic series Times of Lore definitely Wasteland. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormtrooper of Death Posted November 30, 2014 Share Posted November 30, 2014 Ultima V and VI Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted November 30, 2014 Share Posted November 30, 2014 Ultima V and VI Ultima VI was not released on the Apple II Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ransom Posted November 30, 2014 Share Posted November 30, 2014 Wizardry would be nice. But my go-to games on the A2 are Sabotage (a really great shooter) and BOLO (a nice maze tank game where the mission is to destroy the enemy generators on each level). It'd be nice to see ports of those two on the A8. They've been on my 'some day when I get the time' list for a very long time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormtrooper of Death Posted November 30, 2014 Share Posted November 30, 2014 Ultima VI was not released on the Apple II Oh, that i did not know. Anyhow, Ultima V would be great for the Atari 8bit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbking67 Posted December 1, 2014 Author Share Posted December 1, 2014 Wizardry would be nice. But my go-to games on the A2 are Sabotage (a really great shooter) and BOLO (a nice maze tank game where the mission is to destroy the enemy generators on each level). It'd be nice to see ports of those two on the A8. They've been on my 'some day when I get the time' list for a very long time. Sabotage was already ported to the Atari in case you missed that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ransom Posted December 1, 2014 Share Posted December 1, 2014 Sabotage was already ported to the Atari in case you missed that. I sure did. When did that happen? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbking67 Posted December 1, 2014 Author Share Posted December 1, 2014 Apparently in the 80's and uploaded by the coder to a BBS. There is a thread here on AtariAge with the details (Shamus appears to be the coder). It's linked to on the original post in this thread. Plus the Player/Missile podcast (which is phenomenal by the way) did a show on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ransom Posted December 2, 2014 Share Posted December 2, 2014 Huh. I'd never heard of it. Strange that there's no score display (spending points on shots is a major part of the game), and I don't agree with the color choices or sound choices, but otherwise it's pretty cool that someone made it. Thanks for pointing that out! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrathchild Posted December 2, 2014 Share Posted December 2, 2014 Thanks to this thread I've only just seen that "Spare Change" was also an Atari 8-bit game having watch it's Apple version on YouTube. Sundog looks like a good contender. Battle Chess is a missing title for the A8 but not sure whether porting the Apple or C64 version would be easiest, although they'd share a good portion of the code base. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxl Posted December 2, 2014 Share Posted December 2, 2014 not as difficult as it seems to be. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbking67 Posted December 3, 2014 Author Share Posted December 3, 2014 not as difficult as it seems to be. Can you explain a bit of what you are doing here? Seems impossible that it would just work straight up like that (with some graphical glitches in the case of Pac-Man) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxl Posted December 3, 2014 Share Posted December 3, 2014 I say that with a bit of desire can perform conversions from Apple2. Apple2 has the same processor, running slower than atari, graphics should be redefined. it requires a bit of work but it is doable. old apple2 conversions: 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted December 7, 2014 Share Posted December 7, 2014 I say that with a bit of desire can perform conversions from Apple2. Apple2 has the same processor, running slower than atari, graphics should be redefined. it requires a bit of work but it is doable. Have you slowed down that last invader yet? please please Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason1024 Posted December 7, 2014 Share Posted December 7, 2014 What a thread! Have to go with Silas Warner's Robot War (Muse) as the #1 wish list item. Bilestoad comes in a #2--bet it would look amazing with some tweaking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wayne253 Posted December 7, 2014 Share Posted December 7, 2014 I'm sure Wizardry would look awesome tweaked up for the Atari platform. Another game that comes to mind....Akalabeth. It's been on Apple II and DOS, but Atari got no love. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shamus Posted December 7, 2014 Share Posted December 7, 2014 Strange that there's no score display (spending points on shots is a major part of the game), and I don't agree with the color choices or sound choices, but otherwise it's pretty cool that someone made it. Thanks for pointing that out! Err, the score is displayed in the square box that the gun sits on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ransom Posted December 7, 2014 Share Posted December 7, 2014 Err, the score is displayed in the square box that the gun sits on. D'oh! My wife's been telling me I need to get glasses, but this is ridiculous! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peteym5 Posted December 12, 2014 Share Posted December 12, 2014 I remember a RPG called "The Dark Heart of UuKrul". It took me years, but I also found the PC DOS version on an Abandonware website. I see this Dungeon Hunt is somewhat similar, but I don't know how extensive his RPG element is to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted December 12, 2014 Share Posted December 12, 2014 I remember a RPG called "The Dark Heart of UuKrul". It took me years, but I also found the PC DOS version on an Abandonware website. I see this Dungeon Hunt is somewhat similar, but I don't know how extensive his RPG element is to it. I loved Dark Heart of Uukrul. It's on my list of Apple II games I need to beat (I've only had it for 25 years, I'll get around to it). It was only released for Apple II and DOS. I assume a C64 version was planned but not released for some reason since that was usually the pattern at the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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