Wrathchild Posted July 28, 2003 Share Posted July 28, 2003 Following on from the "Favorite 8-Bit Game Never Ported To The Atari Series" and some of the recent C64 vs A8 threads... what were your memories of good and bad game conversions? Examples: Spiky Harold - pretty decent game Druid - great gameplay, graphics a little lacking than the C64s Chimera - another good job (still haven't beaten it though!). Arkanoid Bad: Black Lamp Kick Off I'm interested in seeing the points of view on US titles as I'm not so sure which came first in their development (A8 or c64/Apple) Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goochman Posted July 28, 2003 Share Posted July 28, 2003 Good: Donkey Kong Pole Position AR The Dungeon AR The City Bad: Telengard Racing Destruction Set Kangaroo QIX Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy California Posted July 29, 2003 Share Posted July 29, 2003 Good: Arkanoid - impossible to beat but the colors are great Ninja - game 99% identical to C64 counterpart Raid over Moscow - cut-down graphics but very playable Spindizzy - exactly like the C64 version Attack of the Mutant Camels - an improvement over the original Deflektor - excellent port Airball - very difficult but quite a good job Average: Pitstop II - incredibly slow compared to the C64 version Fight Night - a bit slow Barbarian - not very playable Conan - great music but Apple ][ graphics and animation Demon Attack - identical to the VCS original Bad: Green Beret - horrible conversion Congo Bongo - terrible port Monkey Magic - worst game ever? ++ RC ++ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZylonBane Posted July 29, 2003 Share Posted July 29, 2003 Attack of the Mutant Camels - an improvement over the original Hey, don't be dissin' The Empire Strikes Back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryan Posted July 29, 2003 Share Posted July 29, 2003 I messed with Racing Destruction Set for all of 10 minutes. It was so bad I wondered why they bothered at all. -Bry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shannon Posted July 29, 2003 Share Posted July 29, 2003 Kangaroo? What was wrong with kangaroo? I actually liked it better than the arcade version. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrathchild Posted July 29, 2003 Author Share Posted July 29, 2003 Monkey Magic - worst game ever? Aztec Challenge would be a firm contender, actually didn't COSMI do Forbidden Forest for the A8 and it looked nothing like the C64 version? I'll need to check... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cybergoth Posted July 29, 2003 Share Posted July 29, 2003 Hi there! Bad:Kick Off It really can't be worse than the C64 version, or? Greetings, Manuel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy California Posted July 29, 2003 Share Posted July 29, 2003 Aztec Challenge would be a firm contender Well, Aztec Challenge wasn't incredible but (at least) it had playability... actually didn't COSMI do Forbidden Forest for the A8 and it looked nothing like the C64 version? I didn't find it that different... Now Richard Petty's Talladega, that was an awful racing game... ++ RC ++ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TMR Posted July 29, 2003 Share Posted July 29, 2003 Attack of the Mutant Camels - an improvement over the original Hey, don't be dissin' The Empire Strikes Back. No, he be dissin' the C64 version of AMC, which does show it's age 'cos Minter coded it without any real hardware reference. One of these days, i'll port the Atari version to the C64... =-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nukey Shay Posted July 29, 2003 Share Posted July 29, 2003 Aztec Challenge would be a firm contender Well, Aztec Challenge wasn't incredible but (at least) it had playability.. Yes...but as a conversion, it stinks (it had less in common with the original than 2600 PacMan had with the arcade...if that is possible). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emkay Posted July 29, 2003 Share Posted July 29, 2003 Attack of the Mutant Camels - an improvement over the original Hey, don't be dissin' The Empire Strikes Back. No, he be dissin' the C64 version of AMC, which does show it's age 'cos Minter coded it without any real hardware reference. One of these days, i'll port the Atari version to the C64... =-) By this way you can create an AOTMC version on the XL that uses it's hardware in a higher level.... Or should I say in other words, that AOTMC for me looks like crap with DLIs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Eidolon Posted July 29, 2003 Share Posted July 29, 2003 Good: Donkey Kong Pole Position AR The Dungeon AR The City I thought AR was originally written for the Atari and then converted to other systems. So though I agree they are great games, I can't credit them with being a good conversion of anything... --The Eidolon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goochman Posted July 29, 2003 Share Posted July 29, 2003 AR the City was an original 800 game - the Dungeon was not (though it wasnt 'converted') Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sack-c0s Posted July 29, 2003 Share Posted July 29, 2003 Attack of the Mutant Camels - an improvement over the original Hey, don't be dissin' The Empire Strikes Back. No, he be dissin' the C64 version of AMC, which does show it's age 'cos Minter coded it without any real hardware reference. One of these days, i'll port the Atari version to the C64... =-) By this way you can create an AOTMC version on the XL that uses it's hardware in a higher level.... Or should I say in other words, that AOTMC for me looks like crap with DLIs Can we please stop this arguement and turn our minds to more important issues... like porting Ancipital to the Atari instead? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZylonBane Posted July 29, 2003 Share Posted July 29, 2003 Castle Wolfenstein. Crappy monochrome character graphics, minutes of drive activity (there's no way that maze couldn't have been held in RAM all at once), awful sound effects. Bleah. It was fun in spite of itself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy California Posted July 29, 2003 Share Posted July 29, 2003 I liked Castle Wolfenstein despite the dire graphics and awkward controls... Beyond Castle Wolfenstein was more of the same but still fun. Good: Frogger Frogger II Zybex Tapper Wizard of Wor Video Classics Trailblazer Trivial Pursuit Tomahawk Serpentine Satan's Hollow Super Huey Fighter Pilot River Raid HERO Porky's Mario Bros. (XE) Karateka Into the Eagle's Nest Head over Heels Joe Blade Gumball Flight Simulator II Average: Gorf Beach Head II HardBall! Hard Hat Mack Joe Blade II Zaxxon Spy Hunter Spellbound Summer Games BattleZone Yogi Bear and Friends in the Greed Monster Yogi's Great Escape Who Dares Wins II Transmuter Touchdown Football Bad: Thrust Richard Petty's Talladega Super Zaxxon Up & Down Universal Hero All Sirius Software VCS conversions Trolls and Tribulations Jet Set Willy Caverns of Eriban ++ RC ++ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZylonBane Posted July 29, 2003 Share Posted July 29, 2003 How do you figure Wizard of Wor is "good", but Gorf is only "average"? Gorf runs at higher res, has better sounds, and is an all-around better arcade port. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy California Posted July 29, 2003 Share Posted July 29, 2003 How do you figure Wizard of Wor is "good", but Gorf is only "average"? Gorf runs at higher res, has better sounds, and is an all-around better arcade port. Dunno... Wizard of Wor has that polished feel Gorf lacks IMO. More attention to detail, professional touches in the graphic department... ++ RC ++ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Cafeman Posted July 29, 2003 Share Posted July 29, 2003 Because Wizard of Wor = that sweating feeling of terror you get soaking the sheets after the worst nightmare, and Gorf = zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goochman Posted July 29, 2003 Share Posted July 29, 2003 The blue dragons on WoW are terrible, otherwise a good port. Gorf looks like 'faded blue jeans' comapred to the crisp colors of the arcade version - Gorf didnt excite me too much on the 8bit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andylama Posted July 30, 2003 Share Posted July 30, 2003 Actually, I always thought WoW's red beasts looked like ambulatory fried shrimp. Heck, they scared me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharky Posted August 1, 2003 Share Posted August 1, 2003 Popeye, Mercenary, Boulderdash, and Ghostbusters were excellent conversions I must say. Ill prefer to play those 4 games on Atari 8bits than any other system. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy California Posted August 1, 2003 Share Posted August 1, 2003 Mercenary and Boulder Dash were written on the Atari first. Not really conversions ++ RC ++ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+CharlieChaplin Posted August 5, 2003 Share Posted August 5, 2003 Hmmm, so let`s vote for the worst game (and conversion): Frenesis !! other bad + buggy conversions by mastertronic: - colony (when you order new items, and they arrive, the screen gets filled with garbage...) - universal hero: no music, uses the keyboard a lot (instead of diferent joystick directions with+out button), the tape version has the codeword-bug: it does not accept the given codeword (you merely can correct this on disk) - rockford: an average conversion, but the tape includes a bug: level 9 (if I remember correct) could not be solved (there were not enough diamonds to collect...) - one man and his droid: awful and boring game (but with a few similarities to Lemmings, i.e. you can give 3 different commands to your droid while trying him to get the lemmings/nasties out of the level...); but almost no changes from one level to another... - amauroute: great graphics, nice sounds; anyone ever finished it ?!? Is it possible to finish it ?!? (25 levels and no save feature nor a level password, etc. etc.) - there are many more buggy or average mastertronic games (I remember two more games with bugs, but I don`t know their names right now...) Andreas Magenheimer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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