jesusc Posted March 12, 2005 Share Posted March 12, 2005 i too am a newbie, having just picked up a xegs. are there any good review sites (such as lemon64 for the commodore?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nukey Shay Posted March 12, 2005 Share Posted March 12, 2005 How about http://www.videogamecritic.net/xeal.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jesusc Posted March 12, 2005 Share Posted March 12, 2005 to be honest? kind of crappy. I don't need reviews for twenty popular arcade game conversions. I'm looking for reviews of stuff I've never heard of, which being that I've been a console games my whole life, shouldn't be that hard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nukey Shay Posted March 12, 2005 Share Posted March 12, 2005 http://flipsiderunner.com/7800/gvgr.html http://www.ataritimes.com/7800/reviews/7800games.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jetset Posted March 12, 2005 Author Share Posted March 12, 2005 i too am a newbie' date=' having just picked up a xegs.are there any good review sites (such as lemon64 for the commodore?)[/quote'] Ok, now that brings up another question.... Carts for the XE system....can they be played on an 800 ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deathtrappomegranate Posted March 12, 2005 Share Posted March 12, 2005 Some can, but some require the extra memory of the xl/xe series. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jetset Posted March 12, 2005 Author Share Posted March 12, 2005 Some can' date=' but some require the extra memory of the xl/xe series.[/quote'] How can you tell? Is there a listing somewhere ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deathtrappomegranate Posted March 12, 2005 Share Posted March 12, 2005 Try this: http://www.faqs.org/faqs/atari-8-bit/faq/s...section-59.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deathtrappomegranate Posted March 12, 2005 Share Posted March 12, 2005 Krieg's list also has information on memory requirements, amongst other things. Look for the key near the top of the list. Note that the information in this list is partial, and that the rarity values are not great, but it gives some idea of compatibility. http://my.execpc.com/~krieg/links/8bit.carts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shannon Posted March 13, 2005 Share Posted March 13, 2005 Welcome to the 8-bit world. You have opened up yourself to a great selection of titles (there are alot of crappy ones as well) but you have to take the good with the bad. Keep in mind there are still several games written in basic (sounds like you got that covered). See if you can get your hands on the 5200 versions of some games (jr pacman, super pacman, centipede, dig-dug etc) there are a few that are better than the 8-bit version. There are XE versions of super mario bro's and crystal castles that are better. Since you only have an 800 there were be some titles you will not be able to enjoy (like koronis rift, the eidolen, etc). But then you can do 4 player MULE!!! Enjoy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Lodoen Posted March 13, 2005 Share Posted March 13, 2005 Since you only have an 800 there were be some titles you will not be able to enjoy (like koronis rift' date=' the eidolen, etc). But then you can do 4 player MULE!!![/quote'] Only Eidolon needs an XL/XE. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Lodoen Posted March 13, 2005 Share Posted March 13, 2005 Since you only have an 800 there were be some titles you will not be able to enjoy (like koronis rift' date=' the eidolen' date=' etc). But then you can do 4 player MULE!!![/quote''] Only Eidolon needs an XL/XE. Well that came out wrong... Of Koronis Rift and The Eidolon, only The Eidolon needs an XL/XE. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shannon Posted March 13, 2005 Share Posted March 13, 2005 Since you only have an 800 there were be some titles you will not be able to enjoy (like koronis rift' date=' the eidolen' date=' etc). But then you can do 4 player MULE!!![/quote''] Only Eidolon needs an XL/XE. Well that came out wrong... Of Koronis Rift and The Eidolon, only The Eidolon needs an XL/XE. Your probably right but I think there may have been a version of koronis rift that did need it and a later that did not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jetset Posted March 15, 2005 Author Share Posted March 15, 2005 Ok, yet another question guys... I'm using the sio2pc adapter to load Holmes' .atr files onto the real hardware...there are of course, HUNDREDS of files. Many have post names after them [alt], [cht], [title], etc... Some I can pretty easily figure out (cht=cheat, bas=basic) but some I have no clue [pro], [de] for example to name a few... Is there somewhere that has a legend that explains what each of these are and exactly what they mean??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deathtrappomegranate Posted March 15, 2005 Share Posted March 15, 2005 Nice avatar! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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