Inky Posted January 13, 2003 Share Posted January 13, 2003 HOw are the following: Missle Command (is it worth the $14 I paid for it? Grrr..) Galaxian Defender Realsports Football Pole Position Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nukey Shay Posted January 13, 2003 Share Posted January 13, 2003 8bit Galaxian definately needs to be redone...the "diving" sounds are enough to drive you nuts. Missile Command is a good game...you should have been able to find it for less than $14 though. Defender RAWKS! Excellent arcade port...though there is a small bug in the cartridge (fails to initialize occasionally). I have the Epyx disk version of Pole Position...dunno what the cart is like. But the disk game is very well done. Dunno about Realsports Football. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariLeaf Posted January 13, 2003 Share Posted January 13, 2003 I have all but the football and those 4 are all great. And yes, you should have been able to get missle command for $5.00 at the most. Sorry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goochman Posted January 14, 2003 Share Posted January 14, 2003 Ill agree with NS - Galaxian kinda stinks with the sound, not to mention to me the game is kinda boring. Most football games on the 8bit stunk. PP and Defender are excellent ports Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Sauron Posted January 19, 2003 Share Posted January 19, 2003 8bit Galaxian definately needs to be redone...the "diving" sounds are enough to drive you nuts. Missile Command is a good game...you should have been able to find it for less than $14 though. Defender RAWKS! Excellent arcade port...though there is a small bug in the cartridge (fails to initialize occasionally). I have the Epyx disk version of Pole Position...dunno what the cart is like. But the disk game is very well done. Dunno about Realsports Football. I disagree with Galaxian needing to be redone. It's a blast to play, as the many, many hours I used to spend on it can attest to. The diving sound can get on your nerves, though, especially in the later levels where the enemies get a bit smarter about avoiding your shots. Missile Command is a good port. One question, though...were any of you able to use the trackball in analogue mode? My trackball never seemed to like it, even with Missile Command. Defender is the king of all 8bit cartridges, IMO. I played that game so much I became a GOD at it (as those who witnessed me win the Defender tourney at JF2k2 after not having played it for over a decade can attest to). Can't comment on the 8bit Pole Position, as I never played it. Realsports Football was a blast, but had a couple of problems. The field was extremely long, and your guys run extremely slow. Running across the length of the field can literally take a couple of minutes. Also, field goals are EXTREMELY hard to kick. Be forewarned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agent57 Posted January 19, 2003 Share Posted January 19, 2003 The Galaxian port was AWFUL! I still remember how bad it was...the sounds and gameplay were just totally off from the arcade machine. I remember also that you could let the enemies swoop down and touch your ship and your 'missile' would kill them on contact without even firing - try it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jetboot Jack Posted January 19, 2003 Share Posted January 19, 2003 8bit Galaxian may have some funky sound (that one note that keeps getting held for 10 seconds of more is REALLY BAD) and not be excatly like the arcade game... But in 1982 it was THE conversion - better than any other clone or rip off and as close to the arcade as many contemporary conversions of other games... sTeVE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goochman Posted January 19, 2003 Share Posted January 19, 2003 There def seemed at the time holding back on exact conversions such that the arcade machines didnt loose income IMHO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jetboot Jack Posted January 20, 2003 Share Posted January 20, 2003 I would likely attribute the conversion quality then (as indeed now in my experience) is driven by the time allowed for the conversion to be done and the resources allocated to the project. Most of these older 8bit conversions were one or two people, in a sub six month time frame - that's never gonna get you a perfect conversion (whatever the power of your target platform) IMHO... sTeVE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callipygous Posted January 21, 2003 Share Posted January 21, 2003 I would likely attribute the conversion quality then (as indeed now in my experience) is driven by the time allowed for the conversion to be done and the resources allocated to the project. Most of these older 8bit conversions were one or two people, in a sub six month time frame - that's never gonna get you a perfect conversion (whatever the power of your target platform) IMHO... sTeVE I agree. Another factor was learning to program the new machine. The Atari 800 was such a radical departure, it took a couple of years before people could figure out the technical stuff. Atari was not quick to release alot of info initially. After the intro in 1979, it was probably 1982 before you saw some sophisticated graphics and games. The exception being "Star Raiders" which had everyone dumbfounded and asking "How'd they do that!?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NE146 Posted January 21, 2003 Share Posted January 21, 2003 Is the 8-bit Galaxian have the same sounds as the 5200 version? I ask because you never know.. Like that 8-bit pacman I found that had a more authentic "wocka wocka wocka" dot-eating sound than the 5200 version Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nukey Shay Posted January 21, 2003 Share Posted January 21, 2003 @Callipygous Haha...that was pretty funny! People went as far as saying that it was some kind of cartoon animation, because "the computer can't do THAT!". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZylonBane Posted January 21, 2003 Share Posted January 21, 2003 Galactic Chase completely blew away the offical Galaxian port. Galaxian may have had brighter colors and the pretty starfield, but Galactic Chase beats it in sound, animation, and overall playability. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jetboot Jack Posted January 21, 2003 Share Posted January 21, 2003 Galactic Chase was way too slow IMHO... It may have been a PAL thing, but I always thought it was a bit like playing Galaxians in slow mo... sTeVE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callipygous Posted January 22, 2003 Share Posted January 22, 2003 @Callipygous Haha...that was pretty funny! People went as far as saying that it was some kind of cartoon animation, because "the computer can't do THAT!". Somewhere, there is a review by a well known computer guru in 1980. , I remember that the guy was almost angry. The general tone was like .. How dare Atari demo this game with any explanation And where was the documentation of the computer? Even mainframe computers weren't doing this kind of real time simulation, how is the little Atari doing it? It was like some trick was being played on him Of course, Warner management was clueless about the potential and was mainly targeting education markets. At least, thats what it looked like to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZylonBane Posted January 22, 2003 Share Posted January 22, 2003 Galactic Chase was way too slow IMHO... It may have been a PAL thing, but I always thought it was a bit like playing Galaxians in slow mo... Yeah, it does start pretty slow even under NTSC, but it picks up as you go along. You can also start in Expert mode by hitting Select (or Option?) before you start. This about doubles the game speed. After playing Galactic Chase for a while, Galaxian's spastic animation is intolerable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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