Capacitor Posted July 10, 2009 Share Posted July 10, 2009 way back I think just before the atari 800 came out, we were playing a game on the atari 400 (and later on the 800 after it came out) the game was a dungeon quest type game, the graphics were real bad, your "character" if I can remember correctly was basically a "smiley face" carrying a "bow" and you shot "arrows" I don't remember much of it, it's been so long, I have a sort of rough picture of it in my head, but can't remember it well enough. I thought it was dungeon, quest, cavern, something like that, but every game I've looked at on the atari games archives sites doesn't look anything like the one I played. it had to be a really early game, like I said around the time the 800 came out or so. I've asked a few people, and they remember playing it as well, but can't think of the name. does anyone know the name or where I could find it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oky2000 Posted July 10, 2009 Share Posted July 10, 2009 Venture? Think that had a smiley face. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warriorisabouttodie Posted July 10, 2009 Share Posted July 10, 2009 Dandy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hitchcock4 Posted July 10, 2009 Share Posted July 10, 2009 Dandy? That looks right -- how do some of you come up with these answers?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heaven/TQA Posted July 10, 2009 Share Posted July 10, 2009 because we are... well...what are we? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+remowilliams Posted July 10, 2009 Share Posted July 10, 2009 because we are... well...what are we? Exactly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capacitor Posted July 10, 2009 Author Share Posted July 10, 2009 pretty sure it wasn't dandy. I can't find a screen shot of venture. someone got a link to screen shots so I can compare? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goochman Posted July 10, 2009 Share Posted July 10, 2009 This it? Dandy came out later in the 800 life Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Guitarman Posted July 10, 2009 Share Posted July 10, 2009 Venture screen from Coleco version. It look to have been available only on the 2600. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Guitarman Posted July 10, 2009 Share Posted July 10, 2009 Dandy, Atari 800 version. This is probably what you are looking for as Venture wasn't released on the A8. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capacitor Posted July 10, 2009 Author Share Posted July 10, 2009 Guitarman yeah that's definitely not it. Goochman got it is it permitted to ask where i can find a rom of it? that was my first and favorite game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warriorisabouttodie Posted July 11, 2009 Share Posted July 11, 2009 Guitarman yeah that's definitely not it.Goochman got it is it permitted to ask where i can find a rom of it? that was my first and favorite game. There is no ROM that game never came out for the 8bit... if it did, I have no idea how I missed it back in the day being a fan of the game. There was another adventure game for the 8bit with a smiley face for a character sprite, I think it was a type in magazine game. I can't think of the name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJ Posted July 11, 2009 Share Posted July 11, 2009 Kooky's Quest, ANTIC magazine I wanna say Feb '85. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heaven/TQA Posted July 11, 2009 Share Posted July 11, 2009 http://atari.fandal.cz/detail.php?files_id=3959 or look at atarimania.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Larry Posted July 11, 2009 Share Posted July 11, 2009 There was another Venture-type game released for the 400/800 that would be in the time period mentioned. "Fortune Hunter" by Romox. It also had some of the worst graphics that I had seen at the time. I used to play Venture (and Turbo) on the Coleco with my daughter for hours, and I suppose the resolution of the Coleco Venture spoiled me. -Larry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Larry Posted July 11, 2009 Share Posted July 11, 2009 There was another Venture-type game released for the 400/800 that would be in the time period mentioned. "Fortune Hunter" by Romox. It also had some of the worst graphics that I had seen at the time. I used to play Venture (and Turbo) on the Coleco with my daughter for hours, and I suppose the resolution of the Coleco Venture spoiled me. -Larry OK, here's a trivia question (no fair looking it up) -- what was the name of the main character in Venture? -Larry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capacitor Posted July 11, 2009 Author Share Posted July 11, 2009 Heaven, see, here's the problem, "Dandy Dungeon" and the other Dandy linked by Guitarman definitely NOT the one. however, the one shown by Goochman definitely was the right one. cept I can't find that "disk image" (rom for lack of better term) theres the fortune west, but the one at atarimania, while close, isn't quite right either. there is another one, but no image. the one I want is the one pictured from Goochmans post. it'd be real said if the disk images for all these have been totally lost. on the "C" side we have "arnold" which has everything ever released (practically) - atarimania comes close, but I would hope nearly everything could be recovered somehow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctorclu Posted July 11, 2009 Share Posted July 11, 2009 OK, here's a trivia question (no fair looking it up) -- what was the name of the main character in Venture? -Larry Winky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctorclu Posted July 11, 2009 Share Posted July 11, 2009 Guitarman yeah that's definitely not it.Goochman got it is it permitted to ask where i can find a rom of it? that was my first and favorite game. Venture was a fun game. I played it first in the arcade, and then the ColecoVision, and then I had to use my imagination but enjoyed the 2600 version. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a8isa1 Posted July 11, 2009 Share Posted July 11, 2009 This it? Dandy came out later in the 800 life Goochman, from which platform is your snapshot? It looks like the arcade version of Venture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jetboot Jack Posted July 11, 2009 Share Posted July 11, 2009 Capacitor - there never has been a version of Venture for the 8bit Atari, it's not been lost... sTeVE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capacitor Posted July 11, 2009 Author Share Posted July 11, 2009 well that's what it looked like, and it was on the atari 800, and possibly on the 400, though I don't remember perfectly. we played that game every day, maybe it was Dandy (not dandy dungeon) or something. it thought it was cartdige. but it wasnt 2600. i'm pretty sure it was single player. its been a very long time. it may be the first "real" computer game I ever played (after mainframe stuff) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goochman Posted July 12, 2009 Share Posted July 12, 2009 Mine is from the arcade - I wish an bit version was avail Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capacitor Posted July 12, 2009 Author Share Posted July 12, 2009 Goochman, if its arcade, then a MAME rom should exist. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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