Marius Posted September 29, 2007 Share Posted September 29, 2007 (edited) In the past I had this game on my a8. I saw a topic written by a fellow named "Tempest" ... so I thought! This game = Tempest! But I can't find an atari 8bit game name tempest :S strange... This is the game: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tempest_2000 I hope someone could tell me what a8 game this is. I'm 100% sure I played a game looked like this on my 800XL in 1987 or so. Marius EDIT: It might be a PD version of this game. Sigh... I can not find it hehe Edited September 29, 2007 by Marius1976 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevin242 Posted September 29, 2007 Share Posted September 29, 2007 (edited) In the past I had this game on my a8. I saw a topic written by a fellow named "Tempest" ... so I thought! This game = Tempest! But I can't find an atari 8bit game name tempest :S strange... This is the game: I hope someone could tell me what a8 game this is. I'm 100% sure I played a game looked like this on my 800XL in 1987 or so. Marius The only tempest like game for the 8bit that I remember was a type-in game from Analog magazine called Livewire. Edited September 29, 2007 by kevin242 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olavese@online.no Posted September 29, 2007 Share Posted September 29, 2007 And Axis Assassin from EA isn't too far off either. Not too sure what that Frenesis game is, but it looks similiar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holygrailvideogames.com Posted September 29, 2007 Share Posted September 29, 2007 Glenn The Atari 5200 Man converted many unreleased 5200 games onto the Atari 8 bit computers. I remember playing many of these games 20 plus years ago after I downloaded them from BBS's. I don't remember Tempest being one of those games but I guess it is possible that I missed that one. There currently is work being done on the Atari 5200 version of Tempest and hopefully it will be released soon. I wouldn't be shocked to see an 8 bit version. http://www.atariage.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=109883 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olavese@online.no Posted September 29, 2007 Share Posted September 29, 2007 I just checked Frenesis. That's not the one I meant. I think it was by Datasoft or Datamost and looked a bit like Tempest Sorry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marius Posted September 29, 2007 Author Share Posted September 29, 2007 (edited) The only tempest like game for the 8bit that I remember was a type-in game from Analog magazine called Livewire. THAT IS THE GAME!!! Indeed... it was called Livewire!! Woooohoooo... I think I had it on one of my tapes of the "Stichting Atari Gebruikers" (Atari Users Foundation) ... or perhaps a disk. Hmmm now i have to get this game. Any Ideas? thanks man! Can't wait to play it again. Marius I found it on atarimania! Thanks for the help. I'm SO glad. Have to transfer the game to my 800XL tonight! I have looked for this game so long. Real fond memories of this game. Edited September 29, 2007 by Marius1976 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olavese@online.no Posted September 30, 2007 Share Posted September 30, 2007 You are aware there's a Livewire 2 also? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jess Ragan Posted September 30, 2007 Share Posted September 30, 2007 I'm going to have to try all of these games. There was a title called Vortex in an old Commodore magazine; Ahoy or Gazette, I'm not sure which. I always wanted to try that, but I didn't have a Commodore 64 at the time. To this day, I don't know if it was a Tempest clone or a Gyruss clone... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marius Posted September 30, 2007 Author Share Posted September 30, 2007 You are aware there's a Livewire 2 also? Livewire 2? Where can I find that version? I remember why I loved this game so much. Those days... I only had 1 800xl and a 1010 tapedrive. All games in BASIC. Cool ofcourse... but this game was short to load, and it ran FAST ... Those days.... I did not know how to program Machine Code, but with games like Livewire I got curious about MC... I really wanted to learn that language. Now in 2007 I know MC... but only to program tools and a little intro. I really should learn to program games like livewire myself. Greetz Marius Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miker Posted September 30, 2007 Share Posted September 30, 2007 (edited) Hehe, Livewire is a real "Tempest" wannabe, nothing more! Edited September 30, 2007 by miker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Philsan Posted September 30, 2007 Share Posted September 30, 2007 Livewire 2?Where can I find that version? http://gury.atari8.info/details_games/1330.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+CharlieChaplin Posted September 30, 2007 Share Posted September 30, 2007 Well, Livewire and Livewire 2 can be played with Joystick and Koala/Paddle controllers, just choose your device with the Select key. Afaik there is an old Datasoft game called "Genesis" (the one with the scorpion on a spider net) that has some similarities to Tempest as well. And two more PD games (one of them with a bug on a spider net) that have similarities to Tempest also... alas, I do not remember the names of these Pd games yet... But a real Tempest game on the A8 would be cool - maybe one could not only produce a vectorized version of Tempest, but also one with filled vectors... (since I saw Yoomp! I think filled vectors could be possible for Tempest too)... -Andreas Koch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Amiga500 Posted September 30, 2007 Share Posted September 30, 2007 Slightly off topic, but if anybody's looking for a great Tempest for the Amiga, try Vektor Storm. (I mention it because it took me forever to find because of the non-Tempest-like name) I play it with a trackball and it nearly replicates the "Arcade-feel". (well... better than a mouse, joystick or keyboard) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomasholzer Posted September 30, 2007 Share Posted September 30, 2007 Juno First Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allas Posted September 30, 2007 Share Posted September 30, 2007 The exterminator The exterminator Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marius Posted October 1, 2007 Author Share Posted October 1, 2007 The exterminator The exterminator That one is cool either!!!! Haha. Such an old game, and still definately cool. Thanks! Marius Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olavese@online.no Posted October 2, 2007 Share Posted October 2, 2007 You are aware there's a Livewire 2 also? Livewire 2? Where can I find that version? I remember why I loved this game so much. Those days... I only had 1 800xl and a 1010 tapedrive. All games in BASIC. Cool ofcourse... but this game was short to load, and it ran FAST ... Those days.... I did not know how to program Machine Code, but with games like Livewire I got curious about MC... I really wanted to learn that language. Now in 2007 I know MC... but only to program tools and a little intro. I really should learn to program games like livewire myself. Greetz Marius Not sure if I did correctly yet, but I attached the file. ATR of Livewire 2 Livewire_2.zip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mimo Posted October 2, 2007 Share Posted October 2, 2007 If you don't mind lowering your standards, you can play it on your PC http://www.atariage.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=101783 or Typhoon 2001, which I think has the Yaks blessing http://typhoon.kuto.de/index.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heaven/TQA Posted October 2, 2007 Share Posted October 2, 2007 Typhoon looks really cool and captures the spirit of T2000 on my Jaguar... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mimo Posted October 2, 2007 Share Posted October 2, 2007 Typhoon looks really cool and captures the spirit of T2000 on my Jaguar... Yes, since I sold my Jag, it keeps me happy (T2K was the only game that I really loved on the Jag) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heaven/TQA Posted October 3, 2007 Share Posted October 3, 2007 ha. just played it at home with speakers...its even the original msx.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emkay Posted October 3, 2007 Share Posted October 3, 2007 That Typhoon version is very good. I wonder, whether the game can be done with more onscreen action on the A8 than with the known ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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