+Philsan Posted July 24, 2020 Share Posted July 24, 2020 Canyon Bomber is an arcade game made by Atari in 1977: It was converted to VCS in 1978: With gameplay slightly changed, the game was ported to many platforms, like Blitz for Vic20: Recently, Ocean Detox (2010) and Lunar Blitz (2014) were released for A8: Do you remember early games of this genre for A8, Basic games included? Thanks! In Games for your Atari, Virgin Books, 1983, I found City Bomb: 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lbaeza Posted July 24, 2020 Share Posted July 24, 2020 (edited) Check the "Shoot'em Up! -Bomber" category on Atarimania: http://www.atarimania.com/list_games_atari-400-800-xl-xe-shoot-em-up-bomber_genre_108_8_G.html Regards, Luis. Edited July 24, 2020 by lbaeza Typo 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Philsan Posted July 24, 2020 Author Share Posted July 24, 2020 17 minutes ago, lbaeza said: Check the "Shoot'em Up! -Bomber" category on Atarimania: http://www.atarimania.com/list_games_atari-400-800-xl-xe-shoot-em-up-bomber_genre_108_8_G.html Regards, Luis. Before starting this thread, I checked Atarimania Advanced Search. Unfortunately I missed "Shoot'em Up! - Bomber" genre... Thank you very much! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIX Posted July 25, 2020 Share Posted July 25, 2020 @Philsan excuse the shameless plug ?, you can check a game I have worked on for the Intellivision, it is a variation of the genre ! Canyon Bomba-> https://atariage.com/forums/topic/304597-canyon-bomber-clone-development-thread/ 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abbotkinneydude Posted July 25, 2020 Share Posted July 25, 2020 19 hours ago, Philsan said: In Games for your Atari, Virgin Books, 1983, I found City Bomb: Hi Philsan, A quick personal note here. I learned a tremendous lot of programming as a kid with the French version of this book (Jeux en Basic sur votre Atari, Sybex France). The City Bomb was actually one of the easiest ones to decipher (I was 10 years old at the time), the Reflex one was the shortest (last program in the French version). There's actually an italian translation of the book I recently witnessed on Ebay Italy. It has the same cover as the british version of the book and it hasn't been properly archived yet. Note: there's another Paul Bunn book translated in French (I think published by Eyrolles) which hasn't been archived either. The 2 books combined (+ the official ATARI BASIC book) were a stepping stone in my childhood. Anyway, grazie mille for the throwback to the past. :) 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Philsan Posted July 25, 2020 Author Share Posted July 25, 2020 5 minutes ago, abbotkinneydude said: Hi Philsan, A quick personal note here. I learned a tremendous lot of programming as a kid with the French version of this book (Jeux en Basic sur votre Atari, Sybex France). The City Bomb was actually one of the easiest ones to decipher (I was 10 years old at the time), the Reflex one was the shortest (last program in the French version). There's actually an italian translation of the book I recently witnessed on Ebay Italy. It has the same cover as the british version of the book and it hasn't been properly archived yet. Note: there's another Paul Bunn book translated in French (I think published by Eyrolles) which hasn't been archived either. The 2 books combined (+ the official ATARI BASIC book) were a stepping stone in my childhood. Anyway, grazie mille for the throwback to the past. Ciao! I too have fond memories of a similar book, Games for your Atari 600XL (translated in Italian), from which I discovered that A8 had player missile graphics (poor Atari manuals, shame on you!). I inform you that I scanned the Italian translation of the book you mentioned, Jeux en Basic sur votre Atari. You can find it on my website: https://www.santellocco.com/atari/biblioteca.htm I put together all book's programs on an ATR in this page: https://www.santellocco.com/atari/programmi.htm I scanned and uploaded the Italian translation of another French book, Programmes pour ATARI, Éditions du P.S.I. Grazie a te! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mimo Posted July 25, 2020 Share Posted July 25, 2020 I've still got that virgin book somewhere and remember typing it in. I also typed in a version on the zx81 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Philsan Posted July 25, 2020 Author Share Posted July 25, 2020 25 minutes ago, mimo said: I've still got that virgin book somewhere and remember typing it in. I also typed in a version on the zx81 Here you'll find that book's programs: https://www.santellocco.com/atari/programmi.htm BTW, recently I bought Games for your Atari 600XL. A friend of mine is scanning it and soon I will upload it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NRV Posted July 26, 2020 Share Posted July 26, 2020 On 7/24/2020 at 4:49 PM, Philsan said: Canyon Bomber is an arcade game made by Atari in 1977: Is kind of funny that this can done almost equal (or better) in the A8 (G0, P/M's for the white "underlay" color, narrow playfield).. and the arcade uses a 6502 clocked at 756 KHz. How much do you like the original? 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Philsan Posted July 26, 2020 Author Share Posted July 26, 2020 I like the minimalistic graphics 3 design of Clear Path (1983): http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-400-800-xl-xe-clear-path_28091.html City Bomb (1983) http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-400-800-xl-xe-city-bomb_1069.html Blitz (1985) http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-400-800-xl-xe-blitz_17656.html Bomb Run (1985) http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-400-800-xl-xe-bomb-run_18582.html Bomber (1989) http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-400-800-xl-xe-bomber_29086.html I think there should be games made before (1980-82). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Stephen Posted July 26, 2020 Share Posted July 26, 2020 15 hours ago, NRV said: Is kind of funny that this can done almost equal (or better) in the A8 (G0, P/M's for the white "underlay" color, narrow playfield).. and the arcade uses a 6502 clocked at 756 KHz. How much do you like the original? Go for it - that would be sweet to have the arcade original. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bfollett Posted July 26, 2020 Share Posted July 26, 2020 Maybe not the most literal Canyon Bomber type game but have tried Buried Bucks. I wasted many an hour on that game. http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-400-800-xl-xe-buried-bucks_844.html Buried Bucks.xex 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACML Posted July 27, 2020 Share Posted July 27, 2020 20 hours ago, bfollett said: Maybe not the most literal Canyon Bomber type game but have tried Buried Bucks. I wasted many an hour on that game. http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-400-800-xl-xe-buried-bucks_844.html Buried Bucks.xex 14.33 kB · 1 download Beat me to it. Buried Bucks was the first thing that came to mind. Actually a really fun game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
www.atarimania.com Posted July 27, 2020 Share Posted July 27, 2020 Don't forget Boulder Bombers (it was left out because I hadn't linked the game to the genre). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr SQL Posted July 27, 2020 Share Posted July 27, 2020 Great thread! Here is another thread with more ports and BASIC listings of BLITZ on different systems: 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voxel Posted July 29, 2020 Share Posted July 29, 2020 On 7/28/2020 at 1:54 AM, Mr SQL said: Great thread! Ditto! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goochman Posted July 29, 2020 Share Posted July 29, 2020 On 7/27/2020 at 9:41 AM, ACML said: Beat me to it. Buried Bucks was the first thing that came to mind. Actually a really fun game. Buried Bucks is a great game - I loved carving out huge caverns under ground Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Philsan Posted August 9, 2020 Author Share Posted August 9, 2020 On 7/26/2020 at 3:25 AM, NRV said: Is kind of funny that this can done almost equal (or better) in the A8 (G0, P/M's for the white "underlay" color, narrow playfield).. and the arcade uses a 6502 clocked at 756 KHz. How much do you like the original? Thank you very much Nelson! @NRV 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emkay Posted August 9, 2020 Share Posted August 9, 2020 On 7/26/2020 at 3:25 AM, NRV said: Is kind of funny that this can done almost equal (or better) in the A8 (G0, P/M's for the white "underlay" color, narrow playfield).. and the arcade uses a 6502 clocked at 756 KHz. How much do you like the original? That's the right point of view :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mclaneinc Posted August 9, 2020 Share Posted August 9, 2020 The list of games I have is Blitz Bomb Run Bomber Ciy Bomb Clear Path Lunar Blitz Nalot Ocean Detox Runway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjlazer Posted August 10, 2020 Share Posted August 10, 2020 A real 2600 port of this would be ultra cool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctor_x Posted August 11, 2020 Share Posted August 11, 2020 My friend and I typed in 3/4 of City Bomber and took the chance of leaving the 400 on overnight rather than saving to cassette because the tape was funny and i think I was worried I didnt have any room left maybe.. Yea bad move - dad turned the thing off overnight.. So we toiled once again only to end up with City Bomber.. LOL. I’m not sure what we were going to get? Star Raiders or something???? Still the memories are certainly precious... 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_The Doctor__ Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 Cool beans, Love to see this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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