Mockduck Posted November 1, 2021 Share Posted November 1, 2021 I learned a lot finally playing Dark Chambers this weekend. For some reason this is one of the (few) fairly common games I don't yet have for my actual 2600, and never played Dandy back in the day. Grew up playing a TON of Gauntlet though so this was a really nice surprised. Loving the game a lot. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allpaul Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 I put some time in with Dark Chambers last night. I’m guessing there isn’t a way to save your progress in the emulator? I think I made it to level H, but I figure I’ll have to start over. Pretty fun game. This wasn’t available at my local stores when I had a 7800 in the 80s. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justclaws Posted November 15, 2021 Share Posted November 15, 2021 21 hours ago, Allpaul said: I put some time in with Dark Chambers last night. I’m guessing there isn’t a way to save your progress in the emulator? I think I made it to level H, but I figure I’ll have to start over. Pretty fun game. This wasn’t available at my local stores when I had a 7800 in the 80s. Sadly not, at the moment, but it's on my wish-list, and I hope Atari add it in an update. Atari 7800 games didn't support saving from inside the game, because the save-cart was never manufactured. As to getting through A-Z, I played the game with a friend, and we got through all levels better that way, as like the VCS Recharged games, it's then possible to give a life to the other player, so have more lives, where single-player dying is dying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justclaws Posted November 25, 2021 Share Posted November 25, 2021 Some great BLACK FRIDAY deals from Atari here! CELEBRATE "FLASHBACK" BLACK FRIDAY Fire up your Atari VCS starting Friday to access our first Big Game Sale! All Atari Games in the VCS Store will be 33% off! 4 Days only! Friday, November 26 through Monday, November 29. Sale includes: All 7800 Titles: Desert Falcon 7800, Ninja Golf 7800, Scrapyard Dog 7800, Motor Psycho 7800, Dark Chambers 7800, and Planet Smashers 7800. All Atari Recharged titles: Centipede: Recharged, Black Widow: Recharged and Missile Command: Recharged Atari VCS Vault: Vol. 2: 14 vintage Atari arcade games, 16 Atari 5200 titles, 12 Atari 2600 M Network games, and 8 prototype/homebrew Atari 2600 games. Use code WALNUTFRIDAY for $20 Off any Atari VCS Black Walnut All-In system. Use code ONYXFRIDAY for $10 Off any Atari VCS Onyx Base system. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atarick Posted November 25, 2021 Share Posted November 25, 2021 11 minutes ago, justclaws said: Some great BLACK FRIDAY deals from Atari here! CELEBRATE "FLASHBACK" BLACK FRIDAY Fire up your Atari VCS starting Friday to access our first Big Game Sale! All Atari Games in the VCS Store will be 33% off! 4 Days only! Friday, November 26 through Monday, November 29. Sale includes: All 7800 Titles: Desert Falcon 7800, Ninja Golf 7800, Scrapyard Dog 7800, Motor Psycho 7800, Dark Chambers 7800, and Planet Smashers 7800. All Atari Recharged titles: Centipede: Recharged, Black Widow: Recharged and Missile Command: Recharged Atari VCS Vault: Vol. 2: 14 vintage Atari arcade games, 16 Atari 5200 titles, 12 Atari 2600 M Network games, and 8 prototype/homebrew Atari 2600 games. Use code WALNUTFRIDAY for $20 Off any Atari VCS Black Walnut All-In system. Use code ONYXFRIDAY for $10 Off any Atari VCS Onyx Base system. Did they give away the game for the next release by showing the box art for Super Huey? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bugcatcher88 Posted November 25, 2021 Share Posted November 25, 2021 Just now, Atarick said: Did they give away the game for the next release by showing the box art for Super Huey? I noticed that too when I saw the email. I think the Super Huey game copyright is owned by Ziggurat so that would be the first third-party title for Flashback Friday. Ziggurat is selling those games on Steam and GOG. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justclaws Posted November 25, 2021 Share Posted November 25, 2021 14 minutes ago, bugcatcher88 said: I noticed that too when I saw the email. I think the Super Huey game copyright is owned by Ziggurat so that would be the first third-party title for Flashback Friday. Ziggurat is selling those games on Steam and GOG. The Wade Rosen connection between Ziggurat and Atari is certainly promising. There is a very attractive remake of Super Huey, from a few years ago, but to-date it's Windows only. (To-date...) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allpaul Posted November 27, 2021 Share Posted November 27, 2021 It's too bad I already bought all the Atari titles. These are a good deal. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SabertoothRetro Posted November 28, 2021 Share Posted November 28, 2021 4 hours ago, Allpaul said: It's too bad I already bought all the Atari titles. These are a good deal. This is how I felt. A great deal for anyone who has yet to get the Recharged titles. Also, the store is back up for me! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SabertoothRetro Posted January 14, 2022 Share Posted January 14, 2022 Looks like they are running out of Atari IP for the 7800: By my count we're down to Meltdown, Sentinel and Realsports Baseball. I wonder if we'll start seeing DOS games soon or maybe some of the licensed titles?! It would be great to see the Namco, Williams (now Warner) and Nintendo licensed titles come to the VCS. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColecoGamer Posted January 14, 2022 Share Posted January 14, 2022 What about Atari/Infogram? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Merritt Posted January 15, 2022 Share Posted January 15, 2022 2 hours ago, ColecoGamer said: What about Atari/Infogram? While I wouldn't rule it out, most Infogram IP was sold during the 2013 auction. They could relicense it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bugcatcher88 Posted January 22, 2022 Share Posted January 22, 2022 I wonder if Flashback Fridays will include 8-bit computer games. Atari just updated their IP catalog on their website and I noticed they added Crime Buster to the list. I guess they remembered they own that one too. I also noticed an IP called "Kombinera" on their IP catalog as well. I never heard of that one. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swingstate Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 Some DOS Flashback Friday games announced early! https://bleedingcool.com/games/atari-announces-multiple-flashback-releases-for-the-vcs/ 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bugcatcher88 Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 If they do include Atari 8-bit games, we could possibly the following down the line: Basketball (1979) Caverns of Mars Centipede - this one is visually distinct enough from the other versions, so I suppose it can be included. Computer Chess - different enough from the 2600 version to be included Crystal Castles - Also distinct enough to be included as well (I'd rather play this one over the 2600 version) Eastern Front Hangman Star Raiders II The copyright info in each of the listed games only mentions Atari, so I assume no licensing is required. I'm not sure how involved the keyboard is for some of the listed games. I do know that Desert Falcon, Food Fight, and Dark Chambers are also on Atari 8-bit, but they don't look or play differently enough to be included again. Same goes for Asteroids, Final Legacy, and several others that are in the VCS Vault 2. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mockduck Posted January 28, 2022 Share Posted January 28, 2022 Here's the relevant bit from the email/press release announcement about games "releasing in January", which included several games that had already released (the Recharged series, Sydney Hunter, three 7800 titles): Every Friday, Atari VCS users can look forward to a fresh batch of Atari 7800 and other retro releases, including the following upcoming titles: Solo Flight Ancient Art of War in the Skies MicroProse Command Series 4th and Inches Fast Break MicroProse Soccer …More to be announced! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunther Posted January 28, 2022 Share Posted January 28, 2022 (edited) 25 minutes ago, Mockduck said: Here's the relevant bit from the email/press release announcement about games "releasing in January", which included several games that had already released (the Recharged series, Sydney Hunter, three 7800 titles): Every Friday, Atari VCS users can look forward to a fresh batch of Atari 7800 and other retro releases, including the following upcoming titles: Solo Flight Ancient Art of War in the Skies MicroProse Command Series 4th and Inches Fast Break MicroProse Soccer …More to be announced! It's cool to see Ziggurat Games on the VCS. They've got some interesting titles. Edited January 28, 2022 by Gunther Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mockduck Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 Looking at Asteroids for the Atari 7800: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnNJ88qibwY 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunther Posted February 2, 2022 Share Posted February 2, 2022 Ziggurat also have lots of Data East games they could release on the VCS. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justclaws Posted February 4, 2022 Share Posted February 4, 2022 Another Microprose title today. The Ancient Art of War in the Skies There is a video in the DOS games releases thread, for discussion. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mockduck Posted April 10, 2022 Share Posted April 10, 2022 Wanted to post this here as it seemed most appropriate, I looked at Breakout including a look at how the Classic compares across versions: 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bugcatcher88 Posted April 10, 2022 Share Posted April 10, 2022 On 2/2/2022 at 11:03 AM, Gunther said: Ziggurat also have lots of Data East games they could release on the VCS. I would love to see those "Retro Classix" titles on VCS. Especially Gate of Doom, Wizard Fire, and Super BurgerTime. There are several DOS games they have that also look very interesting. Shadoworlds, NAM, and Planet's Edge, to name a few. If they could get those to work entirely with the modern controller, I'd like to see those arrive on the VCS store. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SabertoothRetro Posted April 15, 2022 Share Posted April 15, 2022 Fast Break (1989, Accolade) for MS-DOS is this week's Flashback Friday game. Now in the store for $6.99. They're getting to the end of announced titles. Just Solo Flight and two more Command Series games are left based on the list they released: Decision in the Desert and Conflict in Vietnam. Of course they paused war titles due to the conflict in Ukraine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+swlovinist Posted April 15, 2022 Share Posted April 15, 2022 Kind of wish they did a survey and got feedback from people on what they would want Atari to offer. Better than nothing and glad they are offering these, just that I have very little interest in them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Helper Posted April 16, 2022 Share Posted April 16, 2022 6.99 is pretty high for Fast Break for Dos just saying... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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