SeanXTC Posted March 17, 2010 Share Posted March 17, 2010 This was a game I played on the intelivision first... many years ago. I played it today on Stella, the atari version... From what I can remember the intelivison version was alot better. It was alittle bit of a let-down. I don't know if it was just because I was young and gaming has moved on since then. But the colours wern't as attractive and it seemed harder/more fiddly to play, perhaps thats because I was using an emulator and a usb controller, it's a decent joypad though. Having said that the intelivision controler was like nothing I have seen since and from what I can remember was pretty good with venture, was a long time ago so it's possible I'm wrong. The top left level in the first world has been the main cause of my stress today! When I get my new atari I will be buying this game even if it wasn't as good as the intelivision version. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rik Posted March 18, 2010 Share Posted March 18, 2010 (edited) Yes,i agree that the INTV version of Venture is quite good,plays quite well,but seemed really easy to go through all the treasures.You should also try the ColecoVision version,which is ultra nice,like most arcade ports on the CV! Edited March 18, 2010 by Rik 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littleman jack Posted March 21, 2010 Share Posted March 21, 2010 And there's a really great hack of this, almost a rewrite, available in the store called Wolfenstein VCS: The Next Mission. It's way more complex, but retains the basic premise. It's quite an excellent game in its own right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandmountainslim Posted March 21, 2010 Share Posted March 21, 2010 And there's a really great hack of this, almost a rewrite, available in the store called Wolfenstein VCS: The Next Mission. It's way more complex, but retains the basic premise. It's quite an excellent game in its own right. Agreed! I think Wolfenstein is actually better than Venture and certainly has more replay value. Also check out the hack Venture 3 by Batari which puts in the missing third level. Wp 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littleman jack Posted March 21, 2010 Share Posted March 21, 2010 Wp, where can I find Venture 3? Batari forum perhaps? Hacks? I'll search. Good news to hear about another one. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrorussell Posted March 21, 2010 Share Posted March 21, 2010 The Intellivision version was leaps and bounds ahead of the Atari version. A bit too easy, though. The Atari version was creepy.. no music, just a low hum (like a bee in your ear) and only 2 levels out of 4 were available. Not very good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandmountainslim Posted March 21, 2010 Share Posted March 21, 2010 Wp, where can I find Venture 3? Batari forum perhaps? Hacks? I'll search. Good news to hear about another one. Thanks. It should be in the hacks forum. Batari was kind enough to authorize me to get it on cart a few years back. It's just as fun on emulator though. Wp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeanXTC Posted March 30, 2010 Author Share Posted March 30, 2010 (edited) Ahh, sweet... and yeh, you are right it was abit creepy! *note to self, must check out coleco version* Edited March 30, 2010 by SeanXTC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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