littleman jack Posted October 6, 2008 Share Posted October 6, 2008 Was there ever any attempt, or even a knock off, of the arcade game Bosconian ever made for an Atari 8-bit system? It seems like a game that could have been made, but I've never seen it on any home system before the Playstation I Namco Museum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jess Ragan Posted October 6, 2008 Share Posted October 6, 2008 There was a version of Bosconian released for the 2600! Only it was called Mission 3000AD, and it kind of sucked. I have no doubt in my mind that a 5200/XE port could be better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bfollett Posted October 6, 2008 Share Posted October 6, 2008 Was there ever any attempt, or even a knock off, of the arcade game Bosconian ever made for an Atari 8-bit system? Look here for Bosconian game info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bosconian Near the bottom of the article, under legacy, the different ports of the game are listed. Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littleman jack Posted October 7, 2008 Author Share Posted October 7, 2008 Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorsten Günther Posted October 10, 2008 Share Posted October 10, 2008 The title most similar to "Bosconian" is Synapse Software's "Survivor". Sadly, it's nowhere as exciting. Like too many other great arcade titles (Galaga, Phoenix, Tempest (OK, WIP now), Time Pilot, Elevator Action, etc.) this sadly was never ported to the Atari 8-bit computers. And some ports - like Battlezone or Gauntlet - were just plain awful and several others - like Xevious or Arkanoid - mediocre. Thorsten Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwiliteZoner Posted October 10, 2008 Share Posted October 10, 2008 The title most similar to "Bosconian" is Synapse Software's "Survivor". Sadly, it's nowhere as exciting. Like too many other great arcade titles (Galaga, Phoenix, Tempest (OK, WIP now), Time Pilot, Elevator Action, etc.) this sadly was never ported to the Atari 8-bit computers. And some ports - like Battlezone or Gauntlet - were just plain awful and several others - like Xevious or Arkanoid - mediocre. Thorsten I always wondered why Atari never brought Phoenix to the 8 Bits. Especially considering how popular Demon Attack was. It seemed like a logical thing to do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryan Posted October 10, 2008 Share Posted October 10, 2008 And some ports - like Battlezone or Gauntlet - were just plain awful and several others - like Xevious or Arkanoid - mediocre. After seeing how Bomb Jack turned out, I'd love to see how well a new Gauntlet could be done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorsten Günther Posted October 10, 2008 Share Posted October 10, 2008 And some ports - like Battlezone or Gauntlet - were just plain awful and several others - like Xevious or Arkanoid - mediocre. After seeing how Bomb Jack turned out, I'd love to see how well a new Gauntlet could be done. Just having a look at Firebird's "Druid" gives me an idea how "Gauntlet" should have looked like, as does "Unicum" for "Arkanoid". Thorsten Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peteym5 Posted October 10, 2008 Share Posted October 10, 2008 (edited) It could be ported if the programmer is familiar with some advance techniques used on the Atari to boost onscreen colors. If I were to do a retro port of game like this, would probably do it with multiplexing multicolor player/missile graphics (bit 5 on PRIOR) on an Antic 4 screen to get close to the number of onscreen colors the arcade had. Edited October 10, 2008 by peteym5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorsten Günther Posted December 14, 2008 Share Posted December 14, 2008 You are right, ANTIC mode 4 plus advanced p/m techniques surely would be the way to go for a title like this. Thorsten Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariLeaf Posted December 14, 2008 Share Posted December 14, 2008 Not completely on topic but when I had a Tandy coco 3 I used to love playing a Bosconian ripoff called Draconian. Excellent port. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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