Rik Posted June 2, 2007 Share Posted June 2, 2007 Just something i noticed last night.I downloaded an old commercial for the 7800 entitled"ATARI 7800 1986"on YOUTUBE.It showed "winter games',and it showed a FIGURE SKATER TWIRLING ON ONE LEG,on the tv screen display.On the game box for WINTER GAMES,it clearly shows a female figure skater,also on the game manual as well.There is NO FIGURE SKATING event in WINTER GAMES,rather its "SPEED SKATING".Looks to me like they changed the "FIGURE SKATING"to "SPEED SKATING"at the last minute. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mayhem Posted June 2, 2007 Share Posted June 2, 2007 That or they couldn't fit all the events on the cart size they wanted and cut one to get it in there... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
godzillajoe Posted June 2, 2007 Share Posted June 2, 2007 Was there figure skating on any other version? C= 64, Apple etc.? It's been a while. I definitely remember Speed Skating as an event but not figure skating Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atarifever Posted June 2, 2007 Share Posted June 2, 2007 (edited) Just something i noticed last night.I downloaded an old commercial for the 7800 entitled"ATARI 7800 1986"on YOUTUBE.It showed "winter games',and it showed a FIGURE SKATER TWIRLING ON ONE LEG,on the tv screen display.On the game box for WINTER GAMES,it clearly shows a female figure skater,also on the game manual as well.There is NO FIGURE SKATING event in WINTER GAMES,rather its "SPEED SKATING".Looks to me like they changed the "FIGURE SKATING"to "SPEED SKATING"at the last minute. I just downloaded that commercial 2 nights ago too. Weird coincidence. Must be newly uploaded or something. I was wondering about that too. It looked pretty decent, but then, who'd want to play figure skating, the most boring and most easily rigged of olympic sports outside of "Ice Dancing"? Edited June 2, 2007 by Atarifever Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mayhem Posted June 2, 2007 Share Posted June 2, 2007 I definitely remember Speed Skating as an event but not figure skating There are seven events overall: Hot Dog, Biathlon, two forms of Figure Skating, Speed Skating, Ski Jump and Bobsleigh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HammR25 Posted June 3, 2007 Share Posted June 3, 2007 that was uploaded on april 24th. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rik Posted June 3, 2007 Author Share Posted June 3, 2007 (edited) I definitely remember Speed Skating as an event but not figure skating There are seven events overall: Hot Dog, Biathlon, two forms of Figure Skating, Speed Skating, Ski Jump and Bobsleigh. Ha ha,very funny indeed,there are 4 events in 7800 winter games,SKI JUMP,BOBSLED,BIATHLON,SPEED SKATING. Edited June 3, 2007 by Rik Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ratfink Posted June 3, 2007 Share Posted June 3, 2007 Was there figure skating on any other version? The C64 version definitely has figure skating where you play as a female skater. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mayhem Posted June 3, 2007 Share Posted June 3, 2007 Ha ha,very funny indeed,there are 4 events in 7800 winter games,SKI JUMP,BOBSLED,BIATHLON,SPEED SKATING. I was talking about the original home computer versions They just couldn't fit all of that into a cartridge... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenfused Posted June 3, 2007 Share Posted June 3, 2007 They just couldn't fit all of that into a cartridge... Well they could, they just didn't. :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
godzillajoe Posted June 3, 2007 Share Posted June 3, 2007 I definitely remember Speed Skating as an event but not figure skating There are seven events overall: Hot Dog, Biathlon, two forms of Figure Skating, Speed Skating, Ski Jump and Bobsleigh. Ha ha,very funny indeed,there are 4 events in 7800 winter games,SKI JUMP,BOBSLED,BIATHLON,SPEED SKATING. I think he means in the computer versions that preceded the 7800 port Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Propane13 Posted June 3, 2007 Share Posted June 3, 2007 The link is here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vS-5gwFUeH0 Looking at the Winter Games and Winter Games alternate binaries under a hex editor, there is only one association for the string "skat", and that's for speed skating. So, the text for the event didn't appear in the main menu. But, maybe it exists in there somewhere. I could always run a sprite-check. But, I don't think that makes sense. Look at Impossible Mission. It's different from the 7800 version. The rocks in the wall are different. And, the graphics on the bottom-right are incorrect (i.e. a "?" i nstead of the "Off" symbol"). So, these are either versions from other systems, or early prototypes. I thought I had a thread a long time ago about a 7800 commercial that had different rocks for Impossible Mission, and someone replied that they were from the C64 version. Is this the same case (maybe someone can find that old thread)? -John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rik Posted June 3, 2007 Author Share Posted June 3, 2007 Ha ha,very funny indeed,there are 4 events in 7800 winter games,SKI JUMP,BOBSLED,BIATHLON,SPEED SKATING. I was talking about the original home computer versions They just couldn't fit all of that into a cartridge... Oh ,okay then,whew,! for a minute there, i thought what the hell version do i have? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mayhem Posted June 3, 2007 Share Posted June 3, 2007 (edited) Well they could, they just didn't. :-) I should have phrased that better... I meant really to add on the end "without creating a new size of cartridge bigger than any other made so far". Winter Games runs to 128k and the largest 7800 games were 144k... hardly enough space to add another event really, you'd most likely need 192k or more for the full set of events. Edited June 3, 2007 by Mayhem Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supercat Posted June 3, 2007 Share Posted June 3, 2007 Winter Games runs to 128k and the largest 7800 games were 144k... hardly enough space to add another event really, you'd most likely need 192k or more for the full set of events. I think a POKEY would also be required for the figure-skating event, or else the Waltz of the Flowers would sound really bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
godzillajoe Posted June 3, 2007 Share Posted June 3, 2007 Winter Games runs to 128k and the largest 7800 games were 144k... hardly enough space to add another event really, you'd most likely need 192k or more for the full set of events. I think a POKEY would also be required for the figure-skating event, or else the Waltz of the Flowers would sound really bad. Like that's ever stopped them before Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Posted June 3, 2007 Share Posted June 3, 2007 All I wanna know now is where is the proto with gay skating, I mean figure skating on it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
godzillajoe Posted June 3, 2007 Share Posted June 3, 2007 All I wanna know now is where is the proto with gay skating, I mean figure skating on it? Just because they wear skin tight sequined outfits and skate to show tunes, doesn't mean they're gay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DracIsBack Posted June 3, 2007 Share Posted June 3, 2007 Well they could, they just didn't. :-) I should have phrased that better... I meant really to add on the end "without creating a new size of cartridge bigger than any other made so far". Winter Games runs to 128k and the largest 7800 games were 144k... hardly enough space to add another event really, you'd most likely need 192k or more for the full set of events. Tramiel should have done that anyway. Nintendo and Sega had games on the market that were 256K and 512K in size. Too damn cheap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Posted June 3, 2007 Share Posted June 3, 2007 All I wanna know now is where is the proto with gay skating, I mean figure skating on it? Just because they wear skin tight sequined outfits and skate to show tunes, doesn't mean they're gay They do the sport often enough to be olympic athletes I was just assuming it would make them "happy" to be doing so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Sprite Posted June 4, 2007 Share Posted June 4, 2007 Figure skating, SkyFox, completely Impossible Mission, and "superb sound" - no offense, guys, but that commercial made me want to stand up and cheer ...for the NES.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atarifever Posted June 4, 2007 Share Posted June 4, 2007 (edited) Figure skating, SkyFox, completely Impossible Mission, and "superb sound" - no offense, guys, but that commercial made me want to stand up and cheer ...for the NES.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwVHIqW4Xf4 There, feel better now? ROB helps with the toughest challanges... of Gyromite. And wait until you play the "action packed" Hogan's Alley. And hey, in case Hogan's Alley, Gyromite, and Duck Hunt weren't exciting enough once, here they are again! Edited June 4, 2007 by Atarifever Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rik Posted June 5, 2007 Author Share Posted June 5, 2007 (edited) All I wanna know now is where is the proto with gay skating, I mean figure skating on it? Just because they wear skin tight sequined outfits and skate to show tunes, doesn't mean they're gay Exactly,i wouldnt say ELVIS STOJKO is gay ,nothing wrong with men dressing fancy,in sport and in everyday life! Edited June 5, 2007 by Rik Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted June 5, 2007 Share Posted June 5, 2007 ROB helps with the toughest challanges... of Gyromite. Don't go dissing Gyromite or I'm going to have to get all up in your stuff. Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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