masschamber Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 so crtfreak just sold me a sweeeeeet 130xe, so I'm just wondering what games take thew best advantage of all that sweet ram? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+CharlieChaplin Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 (edited) Hmmm, try this: http://a8.fandal.cz/search.php?search=130XE&butt_details_x=x if you sort-out the demos, you are left with approx. 50 games (looks like 30 of them are card games)... Edited February 25, 2017 by CharlieChaplin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masschamber Posted February 25, 2017 Author Share Posted February 25, 2017 Hmmm, try this: http://a8.fandal.cz/search.php?search=130XE&butt_details_x=x and sort-out / get rid of the demos... excellent that's exactly what I needed, plus I'll take the demos anything to get the most out of it. I just love impressive stuff on ancient hardware Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 And most of those non-card games are just file versions of cartridges. I honestly thought there'd be more 128k software out there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gilsaluki Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 Enjoy your 130XE. Yeah, not much took advantage of the 'extra' memory. The fact is, 8-bits were designed around the 64K limit. Mostly the old mags covered the extra memory as a RAM Disk (simulated drive) that was volatile (lost at power down). Other than that, not much use. With that said, I have a 256K Rambo XL which, while cool, really never has lived up to the RAM hype. In fact, I upgraded my XEGS to 128K. I was bored, but rarely take advantage of it. In fact, I am on record for questioning the usefulness of 4 Meg 8-bits. Why? Boredom and cool factor, I guess. I have given up on modding all together. Not much reason to do so. . Even the 'horrible' video output that everyone tries to upgrade, I say, "why"? Leave it be. Leave it original. It is an 8-bit. The video is good enough for the amount of time the average 8-bitter plays with their computer. Upgrade, ba-humbug! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 The only real use I've found for the extra memory (I have a Rambo in my 1200XL) is for playing files versions of later cartridge games like Commando. I think there were one or two games that could have their load times sped up if extra memory was available (Bop n Wrestle) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Philsan Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 128KB must-have games (file versions of rom games excluded): Alien 8, Amaurote 128, Bosconian, Crownland, Deflektor, Internationaal Karate Enhanced Edition, Laura. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred_M Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 (edited) Also Polish game "T34 The Battle" only runs on 8-bit computers with 128k or more. http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-400-800-xl-xe-t-34-the-battle_5225.html The screens and instructions are in English Edited February 25, 2017 by Fred_M 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 Also Polish game "T34 The Battle" only runs on 8-bit computers with 128k or more. http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-400-800-xl-xe-t-34-the-battle_5225.html The screens and instructions are in English Looks nice and colorful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred_M Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 Yes it is . But there are far better games out there, which does not need the extra ram. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bfollett Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 I played Alternate Reality the Dungeon a lot and it made use of the extra ram to cache graphics as you played. It greatly reduced the number of disk loads/swaps. I highly recommend 128k and multiple drives if you are going to play that one. Bob 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+CharlieChaplin Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 128KB must-have games (file versions of rom games excluded): Alien 8, Amaurote 128, Bosconian, Crownland, Deflektor, Internationaal Karate Enhanced Edition, Laura. Afaik, Deflektor is available as a ROM (prototype), Laura is also available as a ROM, both ROMs/carts work fine with 64k RAM. There are various 64k versions of Int. Karate (without the London scenery however) and Amaurote and Amaurote+ do also work with 64k (Amaurote128 has some additional b/w pics and an intro, thats all)... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+CharlieChaplin Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 Yes it is . But there are far better games out there, which does not need the extra ram. Hmmm, I would say there are far OLDER games out there, which do not need the extra RAM, but do have (more or less) the same gameplay e.g.: http://www.atarimania.com/list_games_atari-400-800-xl-xe-shoot-em-up-artillery_genre_106_8_G.html But these games do not have the great gfx of T-34. Mirage released "Tank vs. Tank" which also has the same gameplay as T-34 but with much simpler gfx (and therefore works on 64k machines)... http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-400-800-xl-xe-tank-vs-tank_5263.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Philsan Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 Afaik, Deflektor is available as a ROM (prototype), Laura is also available as a ROM, both ROMs/carts work fine with 64k RAM. There are various 64k versions of Int. Karate (without the London scenery however) and Amaurote and Amaurote+ do also work with 64k (Amaurote128 has some additional b/w pics and an intro, thats all)... I don't think Laura ROM has been released and unfortunately cart is sold out; perhaps an English version will be released eventually. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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