Floppy Disk Posted May 7, 2015 Share Posted May 7, 2015 I have an Atari 1050 Disk Drive, along with an 800XL. I only have one floppy game, which is (The) Battle of Antietam, released in 1985 by SSI. I want to put my 1050 to more use, so I would appreciate any suggestions. Not trying to sound spoiled! Thanks a lot! I'd really appreciate your suggestions if you have any. Note: Please make suggestions of floppy games that are under 48K RAM, playable, and fun in your opinion! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Westphal Posted May 7, 2015 Share Posted May 7, 2015 Koronis Rift, Karateka, Lode Runner, The Eidolon, Capture the Flag. These are either non existent in cart form or their digital counterparts require more memory when decompressed. Karateka is a expensive cart. Lode runner lets you create your own levels, but so does the cart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goochman Posted May 7, 2015 Share Posted May 7, 2015 Seven Cities of Gold, Ultima games, Drol, Miner 2049'er(think thats on disk), Mr. Robot, Dandy Dungeon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
advfan Posted May 7, 2015 Share Posted May 7, 2015 Rescue on Fractalus, Bruce Lee, Dropzone, Mindshadow, M.U.L.E., Ballblazer, The Pawn, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DrVenkman Posted May 7, 2015 Share Posted May 7, 2015 Any of the Infocom text adventures, F-15 Strike Eagle, Seven Cities of Gold Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariGeezer Posted May 7, 2015 Share Posted May 7, 2015 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZRqQE76Nc0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adam242 Posted May 7, 2015 Share Posted May 7, 2015 (edited) Great American Cross Country Road Race Raid Over Moscow Beach Head I and II (Beyond) Castle Wolfenstein Ghostbusters World Karate Championship Hacker Top Gunner Collection I'll also second Bruce Lee, Lode Runner, F15 Strike Eagle and the Infocom games. Edited May 7, 2015 by adam242 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gilsaluki Posted May 8, 2015 Share Posted May 8, 2015 Koronis Rift & The Eidolon from LucasArts are almost impossible to find these days, and expensive. There are lots of playable games on disks. Oil's Well (might also be hard to find). David's Midnight Magic (also available on XE cart) and Bill Bulge's Pinball Construction Set are good. Cosmic Tunnels (Cosmi). Leaderboard Golf (excellent 8-bit golf sim). Salmon Run (Atari APX). Flight Sim II (need the docs to play that one). Tons of educational software like Mickey in the Great Outdoors, Trains. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djmat56 Posted May 8, 2015 Share Posted May 8, 2015 Where abouts are you based? If you happen to be in the UK I can send you some floppy disks if you like I have an Atari 1050 Disk Drive, along with an 800XL. I only have one floppy game, which is (The) Battle of Antietam, released in 1985 by SSI. I want to put my 1050 to more use, so I would appreciate any suggestions. Not trying to sound spoiled! Thanks a lot! I'd really appreciate your suggestions if you have any. Note: Please make suggestions of floppy games that are under 48K RAM, playable, and fun in your opinion! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AB Positive Posted May 8, 2015 Share Posted May 8, 2015 Unsure on the memory requirements but if it doesn't require 64K I highly recommend the Tail of Beta Lyrae. Great music, fun proceedurally generated horizontal shmup Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morelenmir Posted May 8, 2015 Share Posted May 8, 2015 Unsure on the memory requirements but if it doesn't require 64K I highly recommend the Tail of Beta Lyrae. Great music, fun proceedurally generated horizontal shmup I'll tell you one thing about 'Tail of Beta Lyrae' - its rendered by the A8 a DAMN site better than the disappointing bollocks in 'Elite Dangerous'!!! One of, if not THE most specific and renowned star systems in our own galaxy and Braben and co give us... Nothing. No tail. No traffic-light stars. Just... more... space... Well THAT was worth spending an hour and a half pressing 'H' to visit. And then there are the black holes. I KNOW by definition they are invisible, but they still have cosmic-whirlpool accretion disks FFS!!! So far as your question goes though - there are a LOT of excellent CRPG's on disk, for instance "Ultima IV", "Wizard's Crown" and apparently - as I learned to my delight just a couple of days ago - its sequel 'The Eternal Dagger'! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tep392 Posted May 8, 2015 Share Posted May 8, 2015 Summer Games is fun to play with a group and it saves your scores and name to the floppy when you beat a record. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adam242 Posted May 9, 2015 Share Posted May 9, 2015 Tail of Beta Lyrae is a polarizing game... Great soundtrack, good graphics, nice ramp-up in difficulty... But the dodgy collision detection (explained away by the programmer as a "feature" of added realism) can be very frustrating. Love it or hate it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morelenmir Posted May 9, 2015 Share Posted May 9, 2015 Tail of Beta Lyrae is a polarizing game... Great soundtrack, good graphics, nice ramp-up in difficulty... But the dodgy collision detection (explained away by the programmer as a "feature" of added realism) can be very frustrating. Love it or hate it... Is the weird, screen going completely white thing intentional? In fact has anyone but me ever encountered that in Beta Lyrae? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AHA Posted May 9, 2015 Share Posted May 9, 2015 whistlers brother and run for it are super platform games lots of fun! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morelenmir Posted May 9, 2015 Share Posted May 9, 2015 Not to mention the unfortunately-named 'Montezuma's Revenge' - the best platformer on the system in my opinion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russg Posted May 9, 2015 Share Posted May 9, 2015 (edited) I have an Atari 1050 Disk Drive, along with an 800XL. I only have one floppy game, which is (The) Battle of Antietam, released in 1985 by SSI. I want to put my 1050 to more use, so I would appreciate any suggestions. Not trying to sound spoiled! Thanks a lot! I'd really appreciate your suggestions if you have any. Note: Please make suggestions of floppy games that are under 48K RAM, playable, and fun in your opinion! You say you have an 800XL, but only 48K? How you get the game to your 1050? I guess you don't have a SIO2PC to make a real floppy from a .ATR. If you like chess, SARGON III is playable. Here's my compilation of Sargon III. It has the original one drive version .ATR, where you boot the game and then stick the opening book in drive 1. It also has a two drive version .ATRs where you put the opening book in drive 2 and boot from D1: from ATR. And there's a .COM version, binary load, that requires OP Book in D2:. You can play without the opening book, but it is much better with it. sargon3.zip Edited May 9, 2015 by russg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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