littleman jack Posted October 8, 2010 Share Posted October 8, 2010 Does anyone out there know if there were ever any attempts to make Venture for the 5200? Was it an omission due to timing, or lack of interest? The Colecovision had a nice version, and the 5200 certainly seems more than capable to have an excellent version as well. Just wondering and wishing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zylon Posted October 8, 2010 Share Posted October 8, 2010 Not that I know of. I would've liked to see this one as it was my favorite Coleco title on 2600 or INTV. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie_ Posted October 8, 2010 Share Posted October 8, 2010 Does anyone out there know if there were ever any attempts to make Venture for the 5200? Was it an omission due to timing, or lack of interest? The Colecovision had a nice version, and the 5200 certainly seems more than capable to have an excellent version as well. Just wondering and wishing. Not that I know of. I would LOVE a 5200 version though. Venture, Smurf, and Dragon Fire are the 3 game I would like to see ported to the 5200. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
durkada Posted October 8, 2010 Share Posted October 8, 2010 Does anyone out there know if there were ever any attempts to make Venture for the 5200? Was it an omission due to timing, or lack of interest? The Colecovision had a nice version, and the 5200 certainly seems more than capable to have an excellent version as well. Just wondering and wishing. Not that I know of. I would LOVE a 5200 version though. Venture, Smurf, and Dragon Fire are the 3 game I would like to see ported to the 5200. I have to agree. Venture was one of those games just on the cusp of being great. I think a rewrite could address some of the annoyances with it. Make the monsters a little smarter, don't kill off the player for touching a dead monster, add more levels and add a little randomness to the map generation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg2600 Posted October 10, 2010 Share Posted October 10, 2010 (edited) Coleco had the rights to Venture, so there was no way it would have been made on the 5200. Unfortunately there was no 8-bit release either, so there's really no source to make it an easy conversion. Someone would have to do it from scratch. Edited October 10, 2010 by Greg2600 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vic George 2K3 Posted October 10, 2010 Share Posted October 10, 2010 I'd like to see a homebrew attempt at making a 5200 version of this game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg2600 Posted October 10, 2010 Share Posted October 10, 2010 Has Venture even been re-released in recent years on any compilations? I don't think so. It's like a forgotten game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Helmet Posted October 11, 2010 Share Posted October 11, 2010 Has Venture even been re-released in recent years on any compilations? I don't think so. It's like a forgotten game. I don't think it's ever been released on a compilation either. Has any Exidy game been a part of one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg2600 Posted October 11, 2010 Share Posted October 11, 2010 According to wikipedia, Mean Hamster Software have held the rights to Exidy games since 2006, but haven't done anything with them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akator Posted October 12, 2010 Share Posted October 12, 2010 I love Venture. It's one of those simple and awesome games that is worth playing repeatedly. Personally, I don't need a 5200 version. I have it on MAME, a ColecoVision, a 2600, and the Intellivision. I enjoy all of them already. Each one is different with good and bad. I would prefer that a homebrew version of something else, unavailable previously, be ported. I don't expect people to agree with me, but that's my 2 cents. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg2600 Posted October 12, 2010 Share Posted October 12, 2010 I do agree with you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mckafka99 Posted October 12, 2010 Share Posted October 12, 2010 Seems like at one point Curt had rights to distribute Venture (the arcade version and other Exidy titles) with his Awesome Arcade product. http://www.awecades.com/pamgames.htm I wish this Exidy collection could be had in some other form. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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