dr. kwack Posted August 15, 2013 Share Posted August 15, 2013 Hello everyone. I watched Lynch's Dune for the very first time this week and thought I remembered seeing an Atari proto for a game based on the film. I found it over at Tempest's site and was intrigued. Is it at all possible to make this into a playable game? This isn't a demand, just an honest to goodness question. Looks like it could have been a nifty little adventure! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Gemintronic Posted August 15, 2013 Share Posted August 15, 2013 Yes. This could be done with batari BASIC. You could make this game. The information I have is that it was barely more than an Adventure clone. I'd love more gameplay info though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moycon Posted August 15, 2013 Share Posted August 15, 2013 I thought this was released!!? Nah just kidding, I did make a couple labels though for it years ago though. Not sure why. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariTexas Posted August 15, 2013 Share Posted August 15, 2013 (edited) Would be interesting if someone took this on and into cart form.....I agree though with the previous post.....it would need more gameplay, and not another Adventure clone. Edited August 15, 2013 by BadHornet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted August 16, 2013 Share Posted August 16, 2013 I added the completely random graphics to the game you see at Tempest's website. Just to be able to build the ROM. So there is very little known about how this game would have been played. Therefore it IMO makes no sense to complete it. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted August 16, 2013 Share Posted August 16, 2013 I added the completely random graphics to the game you see at Tempest's website. Just to be able to build the ROM. So there is very little known about how this game would have been played. Therefore it IMO makes no sense to complete it. I remember you mentioning that when I did the review. So what you're saying is that the data for the level structures was missing and you put in a random maze to fill it in? Or was the level data just never started? I'm still amazed that you could 'patch' the code enough to get it to run. Like Thomas said though, the code is VERY preliminary. We can make very good guesses about how the game would have played (which is what I did in the review), but there's not a lot there. Given that the code is from July of 84, I can all but guarantee that no further work was done. Maybe if we could figure out who the programmer was we could ask them how it would have worked? I've looked into it, but I've sort of run into a dead end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted August 16, 2013 Share Posted August 16, 2013 There was some level data, but it was all the same and filled with just some stub values. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yllawwally Posted August 16, 2013 Share Posted August 16, 2013 Has anyone ever found the original programmers and asked what they had hoped it would look like when finished? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted August 16, 2013 Share Posted August 16, 2013 Has anyone ever found the original programmers and asked what they had hoped it would look like when finished? I mentioned this in my previous post. Maybe if we could figure out who the programmer was we could ask them how it would have worked? I've looked into it, but I've sort of run into a dead end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moycon Posted August 17, 2013 Share Posted August 17, 2013 A finished 2600 game based on the original programmers vision would be AWESOME. This was an Atari game? Folks here at AA have contacts with old Atari employee/owners I'm thinking. The ET burial mystery was totally solved based on correspondence with previous Atari employees/owners no? Could we not find out what happened to Dune using the same contacts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moycon Posted August 17, 2013 Share Posted August 17, 2013 Probably not now that I think about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yllawwally Posted August 19, 2013 Share Posted August 19, 2013 I thought the original programmers were Brice Poehlman and Gary Stark. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted August 19, 2013 Share Posted August 19, 2013 I thought the original programmers were Brice Poehlman and Gary Stark. They were originally assigned the game and came up with some concepts, but then stopped and went to do The Last Starfighter. Apparently someone else was assigned to actually do the programming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seethransom Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 The Sleepers must awaken... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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