Cybergoth Posted September 16, 2002 Share Posted September 16, 2002 Hi there! For research purposes regarding improvements of my Star Fire game, I'm researching all about this type of game. Especially I'm looking for other *comparable* games for 8-Bit machines. So far I've completed the research on the VCS and the C64 on my own, here's the resulting Top 5s! : Atari 2600: Starmaster Star Raiders Star Ship Star Voyager Star Wars C64: Fire Storm Sky Fox 2 Star Fox Space Hunter Quest for the Space Beagle For the Atari 8 bitters I got a few suggestions already, but there might be better ones: Star Fire, Star Raiders, Star Wars, Star Raiders 2 & Star Riders Ok, what I'm looking for is this: 1st person cockpit view space shooters in arcade style, done with sprite graphics, not vectors. I'm looking for more suggestions on the Atari 8-Bit computers, as well as any other 8-Bit computer or cosole, plus early - let's say pre '86 arcades, with that certain kind of gameplay. Greetings, Manuel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ze_ro Posted September 17, 2002 Share Posted September 17, 2002 You forgot Phaser Patrol for the 2600... I guess Elite doesn't meet your criteria, since it's sort of vector graphics... How about Rescue On Fractalus? Sort of a graphical hack that they made a game around, but oh well... --Zero Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cybergoth Posted September 20, 2002 Author Share Posted September 20, 2002 Hi Zero! You forgot Phaser Patrol for the 2600... Oh, you're right. But then I normally don't count SC games as valid 2600 games I guess Elite doesn't meet your criteria, since it's sort of vector graphics... How about Rescue On Fractalus? Sort of a graphical hack that they made a game around, but oh well... You're right about Elite. And with Rescue on Fractalus you're traveling in an earth bound vehicle, or? Disqualifies as space game then On MAME.DK I just found a list of recommandations for Star Fire players: Star Wars The Empire Strikes Back Return of the Jedi Tunnel Hunt Tailgunner Star Hawk Space Seeker Buck Rogers: Planet of Zoom Gravitar Liberator Star Trek Tac/Scan Ambush Blaster Exerion Star Luster Seems like Im gonna check these out next, one by one... Greetings, Manuel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cybergoth Posted September 20, 2002 Author Share Posted September 20, 2002 Hm.... I jut checked screenshots... Star Wars - disqualified The Empire Strikes Back - disqualified Return of the Jedi - disqualified Tunnel Hunt - promising Tailgunner - disqualified Star Hawk - disqualified Space Seeker - uncertain Buck Rogers: Planet of Zoom - disqualified Gravitar - disqualified Liberator - promising Star Trek - disqualified Tac/Scan - disqualified Ambush - uncertain Blaster - uncertain Exerion - uncertain Star Luster - promising Time to fire up MAME again... Greetings, Manuel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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