Godzilla Posted February 7, 2003 Share Posted February 7, 2003 Well thrust was not an arcade game that I was aware of? information to the contrary? and maybe if I HAD a thrust plus I had paid for about a year ago... eh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cybergoth Posted February 7, 2003 Share Posted February 7, 2003 Hi there! So you made it look bad for no reason? See, 2002 is already over and the next year one can mirror that elegant will be 2112, so you should probably try to find another hobby - this life. Greetings, Manuel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeybastard Posted February 7, 2003 Share Posted February 7, 2003 Because I can. So you made it look bad for no reason? Ok, just curious. Bad does not equal unique. I think he was going for unique and once again I'm going to suggest you lighten up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godzilla Posted February 7, 2003 Share Posted February 7, 2003 for more fun zylon bane basing (zbb?) check the end of this thread : http://www.atariage.com/forums/viewtopic.p...=19705&start=75 yes, I agree. too much negativity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeybastard Posted February 7, 2003 Share Posted February 7, 2003 for more fun zylon bane basing (zbb?) check the end of this thread : http://www.atariage.com/forums/viewtopic.p...=19705&start=75 yes, I agree. too much negativity. I'm not bashing him. I think he has intelligent info and opinions for the most part. I think he just has a habit of expressing them in a negative fashion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godzilla Posted February 7, 2003 Share Posted February 7, 2003 i agree. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted February 7, 2003 Share Posted February 7, 2003 Well thrust was not an arcade game that I was aware of? information to the contrary? No, it's based on the c64 version (which is somehow related to Gravitar). But since there are already a few other, non arcade shots I thought I should just ask for it. and maybe if I HAD a thrust plus I had paid for about a year ago... eh? Ouch! There it comes again... I hope you don't have any bad feelings about me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godzilla Posted February 7, 2003 Share Posted February 7, 2003 nah, TJ, I'm keeping the faith.... Well, let's see what we can come up with... Thrust c64 vs atari vs gba vs Atari ST (Thrust, Oids (mac also),) vs Amiga (Zarathrusta, Fly Harder) vs NES (Solar Jet Man,) vs Genesis (Subterrania) you could do this forever too. :-) There are SOOOO many thrust games on the amiga, especially pd/etc. Tons from magazine cover disks/etc. My favorite has always been the commercial Amiga game 'Dr. Plummets House of Flux' I can't find any screenshots anywhere, so if you want to, try :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MegaManFan Posted February 7, 2003 Share Posted February 7, 2003 nah, TJ, I'm keeping the faith.... Well, let's see what we can come up with... Thrust c64 vs atari vs gba vs Atari ST (Thrust, Oids (mac also),) vs Amiga (Zarathrusta, Fly Harder) vs NES (Solar Jet Man,) vs Genesis (Subterrania) So it really IS Solar Jetman - I wondered if there was a link, when I played Thrust at the Expo they seemed similar. Thomas gets props either way - for a good original game if it just coincidentally is similar or for a great translation if it's based on the same thing. But I take it some of these other Thrusts came well before it? So which Thrust is first? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godzilla Posted February 7, 2003 Share Posted February 7, 2003 well, that would be atari's arcade gravitar. the basic gravity gameplay came from the old lunar landers. but Gravitar really took it in a new direction. Thrust and all those since (solar jet man is a much later thrust inspired game,) borrow heavily from gravitar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godzilla Posted February 7, 2003 Share Posted February 7, 2003 i own all the games i posted pics of (u cant really own the homebrew gba rom, tho.) and more. I love the gravitar/thrust gameplay. there are a TON more games like that. Solar Jet Man is a LOT of fun. It's a 'Rare' game (ive loved rares games since they were 'ultimate play the game' on the c=64. Blackwyche rocks, and their early Egyptian adventure, cant remember the title. Also own their 'Imhotep' on tape. They loved egyptian stuff back then...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godzilla Posted February 7, 2003 Share Posted February 7, 2003 hmm... as far as which thrust is first, i dont know for sure. correct me if im wrong, but i think it came from the bbc/spectrum. might explain the very primitive graphics, as the c64/st etc. is capable of a lot more than a vertical blind terrain... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted February 7, 2003 Share Posted February 7, 2003 Thanks for the many nice screenshots (there are a few I wasn't aware of). And I think xPilot shouldn't be forgotten here. IIRC the BBC version was first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godzilla Posted February 7, 2003 Share Posted February 7, 2003 whats xpilot? platform? pictures? url? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted February 7, 2003 Share Posted February 7, 2003 whats xpilot? platform? pictures? url? It's a quite popular multiplayer gravity war game. Just google a bit, and you will find many sites. Start here: www.xpilot.org. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted February 7, 2003 Share Posted February 7, 2003 Wow Godzilla!! I love all the comparisons with the arcade (and other) games and their 2600 counterparts. It's definitely time to add support for this directly into our database so you can more easily see screenshots from the "original" game when looking up a title that was derived from something else. Do you have raw screenshots from all the games you posted images of? I noticed that most of them have been reduced in size, and I would prefer to use images that haven't been altered like that. Did you take those shots yourself or grab them from another source? If you (and others!) want to start sending me screen captures from all these games, that would help me immensely! ..Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godzilla Posted February 7, 2003 Share Posted February 7, 2003 They are all linked from mame.dk or klov where applicable. you should be able to right click on them and save them, and they should save as the original full file. at the suggestion of others i used html to even out the image sizes. The atari screenshots are linked from your own site :-) Took a lot of work just to put it all together the way I did. I couldn't imagine how long it would take making mame screen shots of each one by hand... I was thinking this thread would make a really neat part of your site. If you need the html, let me know :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZylonBane Posted February 7, 2003 Share Posted February 7, 2003 yes, I agree. too much negativity. Bah, negativity is underrated. Carlin, Rickles, Leary and Black forever! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MegaManFan Posted February 7, 2003 Share Posted February 7, 2003 Bah, negativity is underrated. Carlin, Rickles, Leary and Black forever! And don't forget Slim Shady. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted February 7, 2003 Share Posted February 7, 2003 They are all linked from mame.dk or klov where applicable. Ahh yes, I see that now. Unfortunately the original shots are already reduced in size. And I don't want to use screenshots from another site without permission. Even if I did get permission, because they have been reduced in size I'm not sure I'd want to use them. Which means I'd need to load up each game in MAME and take screen captures myself. I would not object to any volunteers to help take screenshots. ..Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZylonBane Posted February 7, 2003 Share Posted February 7, 2003 And don't forget Slim Shady. Blargh. Perhaps I should have specified intelligent negativity. M&M needs to be introduced to the bottom side of the E.T. landfill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nukey Shay Posted February 7, 2003 Share Posted February 7, 2003 The snapshot pack, then? None of those are reduced...I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZylonBane Posted February 7, 2003 Share Posted February 7, 2003 Which means I'd need to load up each game in MAME and take screen captures myself. I would not object to any volunteers to help take screenshots. I wouldn't mind taking this on. It's the sort of thing I do at work anyway, so it'd go quickly. I do seem to have trouble locating ROMs that work with the latest version of MAME though. Dagnabbit. Anyone have any suggestions now that mame.dk isn't hosting ROMs anymore? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPUWIZ Posted February 7, 2003 Share Posted February 7, 2003 For the google impaired. http://ftp.pozitif.net/oyun/mame2000/RomS/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nukey Shay Posted February 7, 2003 Share Posted February 7, 2003 Which means I'd need to load up each game in MAME and take screen captures myself. I would not object to any volunteers to help take screenshots. I wouldn't mind taking this on. It's the sort of thing I do at work anyway, so it'd go quickly. I do seem to have trouble locating ROMs that work with the latest version of MAME though. Dagnabbit. Anyone have any suggestions now that mame.dk isn't hosting ROMs anymore? Ummm... they host roms. You need to login. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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