rvo Posted March 7, 2022 Share Posted March 7, 2022 Hi people! Many, many years ago I witnessed an Atari ST playing some games at a trade show. Since I was much interested in digitised speech at the time I was saving up to replace my c64 with an Amiga so I could sample my own sounds. However, there were a few games showing on that Atari that were running in attract mode and some of them had digitised speech. Now that I have an Atari STe of my own I am looking to see/hear these games again. I know its a long shot, but does anyone recall games that had digitised speech on the title screen and/or attract mode? I dont remember much of the games unfortunately, though the colour green seemed omnipresent for some reason and I think they were shooters of some kind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christos Posted March 7, 2022 Share Posted March 7, 2022 It could have been Goldrunner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TGB1718 Posted March 7, 2022 Share Posted March 7, 2022 Not sure if they came from the game, but I had a floppy with voice samples from Star Trek Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzip Posted March 7, 2022 Share Posted March 7, 2022 I remember Starglider had a digitized song on the title screen with singing. Digitized sounds were not uncommon in ST games, so you may get a bunch of suggestions 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stokowski Posted March 7, 2022 Share Posted March 7, 2022 If I remember correct, Turrican had an digitized speech in the intro ("Welcome to Turrican, ha, ha, ha!"). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DarkLord Posted March 7, 2022 Share Posted March 7, 2022 Blood Money... "First, there was Menace, Now, Psygnosis presents, A DMA Design game, B l o o d M o n e y" 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TGB1718 Posted March 7, 2022 Share Posted March 7, 2022 Xennon and Xennon2 , I think a take on Max Headroom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Westphal Posted March 7, 2022 Share Posted March 7, 2022 2 hours ago, DarkLord said: Blood Money... "First, there was Menace, Now, Psygnosis presents, A DMA Design game, B l o o d M o n e y" I just tried Blood Money in 16mhz on my Mega4 and it’s great ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sporny Kun Posted March 8, 2022 Share Posted March 8, 2022 one of the latest ghostbuster on Atari STe (after the movie with the Liberty Statue) had a small digitized excerpt of the main theme on the title screen. The game in itself was quite harsh for me, I succeeded to pass the first level only once or twice. "Navy moves" had a digitized music on the title screen too. Again too difficult for me, I went beyond level one once. Could not even play the part on disk 2... "Trauma", a cheap shoot'em up (this one I could kill the four bosses and goes beyond for some time), had a digitized "Trauma" used in the title tune. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snarkdluG Posted March 8, 2022 Share Posted March 8, 2022 Gods by the Bitmap Brothers. (Magic Pockets as well I think - I could be wrong here) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rvo Posted March 8, 2022 Author Share Posted March 8, 2022 19 hours ago, Christos said: It could have been Goldrunner Man, that game just ticks all the boxes. It must be it! I did check out all the other suggestions that were made here, but most of them were released for the Amiga and I know all games for that machine, and it never rang a bell. Trauma sounds completely different to me, too. Was surprised by Starglider, but thats not it either So yes, it must have been Goldrunner and perhaps I somehow started mixing it up with other games that were on display, I believe Ikari Warriors and Space Harrier, both games with lots of "greens", but no speech. Thanks all for your help! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hwrd Posted March 8, 2022 Share Posted March 8, 2022 StarRay had a little bit of digitized speech in its intro. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DarkLord Posted March 8, 2022 Share Posted March 8, 2022 21 hours ago, Paul Westphal said: I just tried Blood Money in 16mhz on my Mega4 and it’s great ! Get a partner and play - the 2 player mode is fun! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christos Posted March 9, 2022 Share Posted March 9, 2022 On 3/8/2022 at 12:00 PM, rvo said: Man, that game just ticks all the boxes. It must be it! I did check out all the other suggestions that were made here, but most of them were released for the Amiga and I know all games for that machine, and it never rang a bell. Trauma sounds completely different to me, too. Was surprised by Starglider, but thats not it either So yes, it must have been Goldrunner and perhaps I somehow started mixing it up with other games that were on display, I believe Ikari Warriors and Space Harrier, both games with lots of "greens", but no speech. Thanks all for your help! Yeah, it has an attract mode and it can't shut up about welcoming you to Goldrunner. Not a very enjoyable game though, but great music and smooth action. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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