SoundGammon Posted December 24, 2013 Share Posted December 24, 2013 Didn't think much about this before, but I noticed IMAGIC never made any 5200 games! I don't think they made that many 8-bit games either. Only Demon Attack comes to mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaybird3rd Posted December 24, 2013 Share Posted December 24, 2013 Imagic also produced Atari 800 versions of Atlantis, Wing War, Quick Step, and Laser Gates (the last three were bundled into the Imagic 1-2-3 compilation), but you're right: none of these were ever published for the 5200. Imagic was already supporting lots of other platforms, and the Atari 800 versions of Atlantis and Demon Attack are almost identical to the 2600 originals, so they may have decided that it wasn't worth it to publish 5200 versions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
high voltage Posted December 24, 2013 Share Posted December 24, 2013 (edited) They only managed about 8 or 9 C64 games and a few IBM games before they went belly up Edited December 24, 2013 by high voltage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmervine Posted December 24, 2013 Share Posted December 24, 2013 I know that Atlantis & Demon Attack have been converted from 8-bit to the 5200. Not sure about the others... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DamonicFury Posted December 24, 2013 Share Posted December 24, 2013 I know that Atlantis & Demon Attack have been converted from 8-bit to the 5200. Not sure about the others... Laser Gates was converted... http://atariage.com/forums/topic/177340-new-5200-conversion-laser-gates/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg2600 Posted December 24, 2013 Share Posted December 24, 2013 The 8-bit Atari versions were barely an upgrade from the 2600. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynxpro Posted December 25, 2013 Share Posted December 25, 2013 Well, in fairness, how many of Activision's games for the 5200 were heads and shoulders above their 2600 originals? They certainly didn't knock their socks off for their 7800 releases later on... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg2600 Posted December 25, 2013 Share Posted December 25, 2013 Well that was some type of company policy from Activision. Imagic games on Intellivision and C64 look very detailed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynxpro Posted December 27, 2013 Share Posted December 27, 2013 Well that was some type of company policy from Activision. Imagic games on Intellivision and C64 look very detailed. Is the source code available? If so, they could be improved... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie_ Posted December 27, 2013 Share Posted December 27, 2013 I always thought when Activision made the games look different for C64 or Coleco that the games suffered for it. Some games are good across all platforms, like HERO, but some are just terrible, like Keystone Kapers on CV. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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