Atari Nut Posted August 6, 2017 Share Posted August 6, 2017 Has anyone ported any of the following 2600 titles to 8-bit? Adventure II (AT Games Flashback 2 Version) Maze Craze Haunted House Night Driver Return To Haunted House (AT Games Flashback 2 Version) Superman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Thag Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 Sort of: Adventure II no to the Flashback version, though the 5200 one is a long time 'in progress' from the original developer. It'll be released "soon" (using the geologic time scale) Night Driver: yes, http://a8.fandal.cz/detail.php?files_id=5916 Neither haunted house nor superman have been ported, to my knowledge. I'd love to see Haunted Adventure II ported. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rybags Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 (edited) Night Driver - isn't the initial VBXE concversion from the arcade? Was it ported also to legacy HW? Adventure II - aren't there distinct different versions, the 5200 being a privateer effort with approval to use the name (and since converted to the computer). Maze Craze - that would probably be a good conversion candidate. Likely a case of there being a bitmap retained of the maze which could dynamically be converted to A8 format. Edited August 7, 2017 by Rybags Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Adam+ Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 (edited) Night Driver - the gameplay should be identical as on the arcade, as it is a direct port. Unfortunately the game is PAL only. As far as I remember there are 2 versions, one for a standard machine, one for VBXE card. Edited August 7, 2017 by +Adam+ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Adam+ Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 (edited) This is how Adventure II looks on Atari 5200 (no, it's not an A2600 port): A similar, but improved version of it for Atari 8-bit should be (hopefully) released soon. There is a playable demo available. More details in this thread. Edited August 7, 2017 by +Adam+ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari Nut Posted August 7, 2017 Author Share Posted August 7, 2017 I have the 5200 Adventure II and I plan on getting the XE version when it gets released. I was curious about the Flashback 2 version which is a 2600 version like Adventure but with a different, more complex layout... That Night Driver is nice. Wish there was an NTSC version. Thanks. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Cafeman Posted August 8, 2017 Share Posted August 8, 2017 I have the 5200 Adventure II and I plan on getting the XE version when it gets released. I was curious about the Flashback 2 version which is a 2600 version like Adventure but with a different, more complex layout... The Flashback 2 version was designed and programmed by Curt Vendel's team, based on the maps and gameplay of 5200 Adventure II , and it actually came out earlier than 5200 Adventure II embarrassing as it is to admit. 5200 AdvII came out May 2007. Adventure II XE .. hopefully 2017 but I have left it alone for a few months due to "life". 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari Nut Posted August 13, 2017 Author Share Posted August 13, 2017 The Flashback 2 version was designed and programmed by Curt Vendel's team, based on the maps and gameplay of 5200 Adventure II , and it actually came out earlier than 5200 Adventure II embarrassing as it is to admit. 5200 AdvII came out May 2007. Adventure II XE .. hopefully 2017 but I have left it alone for a few months due to "life". I'm looking forward to Adventure II XE. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACML Posted August 13, 2017 Share Posted August 13, 2017 Night Driver - the gameplay should be identical as on the arcade, as it is a direct port. Unfortunately the game is PAL only. As far as I remember there are 2 versions, one for a standard machine, one for VBXE card. Can someone please patch this to work on NTSC machines? Please!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+CharlieChaplin Posted August 13, 2017 Share Posted August 13, 2017 Afaik, Superman was also ported to the A8, but maybe not finished: http://a8.fandal.cz/detail.php?files_id=2868 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari Nut Posted August 13, 2017 Author Share Posted August 13, 2017 Thanks for the link but yea, it appears unfinished. Sounds are missing and the game doesn't play correctly. Too bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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