mister_pal Posted April 20, 2005 Share Posted April 20, 2005 I was just playing astro war on stella and it said that the creator of it is Artic. Has anyone heard anything of this company Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mister_pal Posted April 20, 2005 Author Share Posted April 20, 2005 oh yeah i also forget to mention has anyone heard of a game called Meteor Defender by Home Vision it is very similar to Astro War. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rom Hunter Posted April 20, 2005 Share Posted April 20, 2005 (edited) Interesting questions, mister_pal. BTW: it's Arctic, not Artic. I don't know much about this company, but according to DP they released the following titles: Astrowar Defender Space Robot There's also a company called Dimax (or Sinmax) which released: Astrowar Space Robot Maybe the two companies (Arctic and Dimax) are connected? I don't know about a Home Vision game called: Meteor Defender. But what I do know is this: Dead-Ray from Home Vision and Meteor Defense from ITT Family Games are the same games as Astrowar. Maybe Marco or Rick can tell us more about Arctic. Edited April 20, 2005 by Rom Hunter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mister_pal Posted April 20, 2005 Author Share Posted April 20, 2005 BTW: It Arctic not Artic interesting because I just checked again and it did say Artic but who knows this emulator isn't that accurate( for example it labels mangia simply as rare) Oh and I checked the Meteor rom stella says it's made y ITT games but when I play the game right at the it say home vision Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mister_pal Posted April 20, 2005 Author Share Posted April 20, 2005 Just figured out something else there is a game called Astrowar by Goliath. Geez im sick of all these companies which pirate other companies games etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.Yancey Posted April 21, 2005 Share Posted April 21, 2005 Just figured out something else there is a game called Astrowar by Goliath.Geez im sick of all these companies which pirate other companies games etc. 840817[/snapback] Me too. And some companies just steal parts of the game like a few sounds or a few graphics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mister_pal Posted April 21, 2005 Author Share Posted April 21, 2005 The reason I hate this kind of pirating is that there can be so many pirated versions of a certain game you can't tell which one is the correct version for example i have the rom of the cce version of Air Raid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpiffWilkie Posted April 21, 2005 Share Posted April 21, 2005 Interesting questions, mister_pal.BTW: it's Arctic, not Artic. 840529[/snapback] It actually is Artic. Assuming it's the same company, they also made coin-op titles. A couple of them are listed on KLOV Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YOK-dfa Posted April 21, 2005 Share Posted April 21, 2005 (edited) It actually is Artic. Assuming it's the same company, they also made coin-op titles. A couple of them are listed on KLOV 841084[/snapback] Thinks of this, maybe there are two companies. Artic and Arctic (they are not only pirating the games, but the company name too) Edited April 21, 2005 by YOK-dfa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rom Hunter Posted April 21, 2005 Share Posted April 21, 2005 Oh and I checked the Meteor rom stella says it's made y ITT games but when I play the game right at the it say home vision That's no strange thing. There even exist carts, where the ITT label has been pasted over an original Home Vision label. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rom Hunter Posted April 21, 2005 Share Posted April 21, 2005 Just figured out something else there is a game called Astrowar by Goliath. Yep, Goliath also released an Astrowar and Hot Shot released Missile War (AKA Astrowar) and then there is Kampf im Asteroiden-Gürtel (AKA Astrowar) from Quelle. To name but a few... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rom Hunter Posted April 21, 2005 Share Posted April 21, 2005 (edited) It actually is Artic. Assuming it's the same company, they also made coin-op titles. If it's the same company that released the coin-ups Devil Fish and Mars, then it is Artic Electronics indeed. Maybe DP has misspelled the company name? Edited April 21, 2005 by Rom Hunter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mister_pal Posted April 21, 2005 Author Share Posted April 21, 2005 rom hunter about that message you sent when i said i had the rom i ment I had the file on my computer. What I ment to say is that stella labeled the company who made the cartridge as CCE. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Weis Posted April 23, 2005 Share Posted April 23, 2005 oh yeah i also forget to mention has anyone heard of a game called Meteor Defender by Home Vision it is very similar to Astro War. 840369[/snapback] Sorry, don't have that one. don't even have it on my wanted list. Rick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retro Gamer Posted April 23, 2005 Share Posted April 23, 2005 Speaking of pyrited games, one game that has TONS of copies is, River Raid. I have the stellaX emulator and it has countless amounts of copied versions of River Raid. Sometimes it just makes me mad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mister_pal Posted April 23, 2005 Author Share Posted April 23, 2005 with all these Meteor Defenders and such i am beggining to wonder which one came out first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mister_pal Posted April 23, 2005 Author Share Posted April 23, 2005 and then there was oystron which was sorta like those games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Like us on Facebook
Follow us on Twitter
AtariAge on Instagram
Watch us on YouTube
Chat on Discord
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.