SoundGammon Posted November 16, 2022 Share Posted November 16, 2022 I see that the Airworld is on the 50th Aniversary and I was wondering is it a finished version, or prototype? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4ever2600 Posted November 17, 2022 Share Posted November 17, 2022 It's a homebrew based on the other three games. There was never any proto. Unfortunately. But this a complete game. Basically how Atari made Adventure 2 for the 2600 Flashback units and a couple other titles. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AAA177 Posted November 17, 2022 Share Posted November 17, 2022 Just out of curiosity, who programmed Airworld, and was it done in assembly, and in the same manner as back in the 70s/80s, or was it with new tools? Any idea how long it took to complete? Thanks... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4ever2600 Posted November 17, 2022 Share Posted November 17, 2022 I believe assembly though I haven't played it myself yet. May even be a hack of one of the other Swordquests. Someone here will know. Stay tuned... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Stephen Posted November 17, 2022 Share Posted November 17, 2022 7 hours ago, AAA177 said: Just out of curiosity, who programmed Airworld, and was it done in assembly, and in the same manner as back in the 70s/80s, or was it with new tools? Any idea how long it took to complete? Thanks... I've been told it is not running on the 2600 emulator, but is actually a "modern" game, written to look like it could have been done on the 2600. I cannot confirm this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex_79 Posted November 17, 2022 Share Posted November 17, 2022 31 minutes ago, Stephen said: I've been told it is not running on the 2600 emulator, but is actually a "modern" game, written to look like it could have been done on the 2600. Yes, that looks indeed to be the case by seeing clips of the game (e.g.from this video). And I would have been very surprised of the contrary. IMHO, there's just no chance that the current Atari would develop a new game for the VCS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhd Posted November 17, 2022 Share Posted November 17, 2022 While the original prototype has never surfaced, programmer Tod Frye has described the game design in some detail, e.g. http://www.digitpress.com/faq/swordquest/swordquest_revisted.htm Does the "Reimagined" version follow the original design? The few bits that I have seen (so far) suggest that it does not, but I have not played the game myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dutchman2000 Posted November 17, 2022 Share Posted November 17, 2022 23 minutes ago, jhd said: While the original prototype has never surfaced, programmer Tod Frye has described the game design in some detail, e.g. http://www.digitpress.com/faq/swordquest/swordquest_revisted.htm Does the "Reimagined" version follow the original design? The few bits that I have seen (so far) suggest that it does not, but I have not played the game myself. The new game was written using modern tools and made to look like a 2600 game. It is based on Tod Frye’s original concept and plays just like the other 3 games in the series. I was hoping there would be a comic book as well to complete the story but we didn’t get that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+save2600 Posted November 17, 2022 Share Posted November 17, 2022 12 hours ago, Dutchman2000 said: ...I was hoping there would be a comic book as well to complete the story but we didn’t get that. Would have been cool, but another missed opportunity. 🙁 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polyex Posted November 17, 2022 Share Posted November 17, 2022 7 minutes ago, Dutchman2000 said: The new game was written using modern tools and made to look like a 2600 game. What did it run on if not an Atari 2600? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Cafeman Posted November 17, 2022 Share Posted November 17, 2022 7 minutes ago, Dutchman2000 said: plays just like the other 3 games in the series Hopefully it is more fun than that. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dutchman2000 Posted November 18, 2022 Share Posted November 18, 2022 37 minutes ago, polyex said: What did it run on if not an Atari 2600? It is listed in the collection as being a “Atari Reimagined” game so it is not 2600 code. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Karl G Posted November 18, 2022 Share Posted November 18, 2022 It would be halfway funny if someone did a demake of this to actually run on the Atari 2600. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+KaeruYojimbo Posted November 18, 2022 Share Posted November 18, 2022 1 hour ago, Dutchman2000 said: It is listed in the collection as being a “Atari Reimagined” game so it is not 2600 code. So no Atari XP cartridge release in the pipeline? 😀 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dutchman2000 Posted November 18, 2022 Share Posted November 18, 2022 35 minutes ago, KaeruYojimbo said: So no Atari XP cartridge release in the pipeline? 😀 Being as it’s not a 2600 game, correct. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+x=usr(1536) Posted November 18, 2022 Share Posted November 18, 2022 2 hours ago, Dutchman2000 said: It is listed in the collection as being a “Atari Reimagined” game so it is not 2600 code. If they used Flash, I will laugh my ass off*. * I'm aware that they almost certainly didn't do this. It would be funny, though. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lafe Fredbjornson Posted December 2, 2022 Share Posted December 2, 2022 Would Airworld fit on a 16K Atari 2600 cartridge? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaden (JRH) Posted December 2, 2022 Share Posted December 2, 2022 Can't wait to get my hands on that Philosopher's Stone! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supergun Posted December 3, 2022 Share Posted December 3, 2022 I saw a video of it and it looks pretty good to me. It also looks very 2600-ish as well so I don’t see why someone couldn’t port it over to the proper original hardware. Surely someone will eventually do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lafe Fredbjornson Posted December 3, 2022 Share Posted December 3, 2022 64 Rooms in an 8x8 grid with 25 Objects = lots of permutations of objects and rooms! There are 4 kinds of action sequences to get past, repeated a few times in different rooms. I believe when you complete one, it's done and the room stays open. Each room has a written clue in the instruction manual for what object(s) might be required. I don't know if the clues need to be found in a certain order, or are they like Waterworld where any order works? I'm not sure if the clues are numeric, as there's no comic book pages/panels to look at. You'd think they could've gotten an artist from one of the comic book companies to do a comic. Eventually people will start finding some clues. We should get a clue discussion going not sure if this thread is the place- There is no Save-Game feature, so you'll have to leave the game running forever?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moycon Posted March 29, 2023 Share Posted March 29, 2023 Curious if anyone has "beaten" this game? I remember having fond memories of the Swordquest series as a kid. I found the concept fascinating and when my friend got the first game we stayed up until 1am (probably the latest I had intentionally stay up to that point) playing the game and finding clues. The second game always seemed so less polished, but I can remember playing that one often as well. I knew the contest never finished and the last game was never made, I know over the years a few people said they were going to make a proper closing game, or hoaxed finding the lost game, but I was really excited to see it had finally happened! That said, I haven't played the new Airworld. I've pretty much been uprooted and life has been spastic the past few years. Hoping to get settled back down later this year and get a proper gaming room set back up and try it out. Anyways, I'd be curious to see what others think of the game now that it's been out for a bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lafe Fredbjornson Posted May 31, 2023 Share Posted May 31, 2023 Yup - people have finished all of Airworld - there are YouTube playthroughs of the entire Airworld. I'm struggling to get the Airworld to launch from a Command Line for use on my emulator frontend. The instructions Digital Eclipse gives on Steam don't seem to work. I've tried C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\Atari50>atari50 --game airworld C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\Atari50>atari50 --game airworld --display 720p C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\Atari50>atari50.exe -game airworld C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\Atari50>atari50.exe -game airworld -display 720p C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\Atari50>atari50.exe --display 720p --game airworld C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\Atari50>atari50 --game airworld C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\Atari50>atari50 -airworld Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lafe Fredbjornson Posted June 9, 2023 Share Posted June 9, 2023 Yeah, even trying to run Atari50.exe on its own crashes. I want to put Airworld launch command line into my multi-emulator frontend. Something like this fails to launch. C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\Atari50\atari50.exe --game airworld Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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