pixelmischief Posted July 19, 2014 Share Posted July 19, 2014 Was Ball Blazer ever released for the Atari 8-Bit computer platform in diskette form? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rybags Posted July 19, 2014 Share Posted July 19, 2014 (edited) Disk was the original media type for all the Lucasfilm games. The cart versions (fairly sure) for them, in fact just copy the program into Ram - a somewhat cheapish way to convert the game but makes no difference to the end experience vs running direct from Rom. Edited July 19, 2014 by Rybags Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillC Posted July 19, 2014 Share Posted July 19, 2014 Was Ball Blazer ever released for the Atari 8-Bit computer platform in diskette form? According to Atarimania Epyx and Activision (UK) also released Ballblazer on disk, ATX images of these releases are available. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryan Posted July 19, 2014 Share Posted July 19, 2014 Yep, here's an original: eBay Auction -- Item Number: 321424073235 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pixelmischief Posted July 19, 2014 Author Share Posted July 19, 2014 (edited) Damnit! How did I miss that??!! And for $20, too! I would have paid double for it, easily. Edited July 19, 2014 by pixelmischief Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jetboot Jack Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 In the UK Ballblazer, ROF, Koronis Rift and The Eidolon were all released on disk by Activision. The first two in large, slightly soft plastic boxes, the latter two in hard smaller plastic boxes - all with paper inlay art covers - I have all four.. sTeVE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+CyranoJ Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 Fantastic animation with a rotofoil while it loads from disk, as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pixelmischief Posted July 22, 2014 Author Share Posted July 22, 2014 I was watching that promotional video for Ball Blazer, where the two "announcers" are doing play-by-play for a Ball Blazer match. Reminded me a lot of the play-by-play for the pod races in "Phantom Menace". Super-Green. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+RetroElectroDad Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 I have all four on disk and only The Eidolon is in the hard plastic case. My Activision Koronis Rift is in a soft plastic case similar to RoF and Ballblazer. Pictured on Instagram:- http://instagram.com/p/XvaFq7Fxz1/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+CyranoJ Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 Same here - Great American Road Race is also in the same box as the 3 Lucas games. I have all four on disk and only The Eidolon is in the hard plastic case. My Activision Koronis Rift is in a soft plastic case similar to RoF and Ballblazer. Pictured on Instagram:-http://instagram.com/p/XvaFq7Fxz1/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manopac Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 In the UK Ballblazer, ROF, Koronis Rift and The Eidolon were all released on disk by Activision. The first two in large, slightly soft plastic boxes, the latter two in hard smaller plastic boxes - all with paper inlay art covers - I have all four.. sTeVE Care to post a picture, Steve ? I can also only confirm the ones trev2005 posted ... Eidolon in hard plastic, the other three soft plastic ... thanks ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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