www.atarimania.com Posted June 10, 2023 Share Posted June 10, 2023 Another unexpected and utterly fantastic find by John Hardie! Check all about it here: http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-400-800-xl-xe-mash_41558.html 4 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rybags Posted June 10, 2023 Share Posted June 10, 2023 Looks a bit 2600ish - though there does appear to be a DList in action and I'd guess much of the display is actually PF. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abbotkinneydude Posted June 10, 2023 Share Posted June 10, 2023 @www.atarimania.com Frank Cohen is one of my heroes. There's ambiance to spare in his games: super quirky and always combined with a great sense of humor. My sister and I literally digged Ghost Chaser back in 86/87 (thanks to this compilation). I can't stop thinking of his M*A*S*H* being the opposite example of the 2600 -> A8 conversion of Pitfall II. In the case of Pitfall II, Mike Lorenzen took the 2600 code, ported it to the 800 and then added the extra level not seen elsewhere (5200 excepted but correct me if I'm wrong). For M*A*S*H*, Frank Cohen was doing the opposite: code a proto on the 800 and then port it onto the 2600. There must be other examples which took place during that era (82-85). Probably not at ATARI Inc. but among third parties. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
www.atarimania.com Posted June 10, 2023 Author Share Posted June 10, 2023 However, note that Frank Cohen clearly states he didn't write the other version, nor did he convert it to the 2600. This prototype is the only one he started coding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted June 11, 2023 Share Posted June 11, 2023 Those graphics look pretty bad, but since it's a wip maybe they would have been improved in the final version? How does it play? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rybags Posted June 11, 2023 Share Posted June 11, 2023 I gave it a quick go (without researching what I was supposed to do first) It seems pretty simplistic - pick up the sick guys and avoid certain things while transporting them to a bed. Of course we have to give leeway to anything that's proto/beta which this obviously is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted June 11, 2023 Share Posted June 11, 2023 I finished my review. Please let me know if I missed anything or got something wrong: http://www.atariprotos.com/8bit/software/mash/mash.htm 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FifthPlayer Posted June 11, 2023 Share Posted June 11, 2023 15 hours ago, Tempest said: Those graphics look pretty bad, but since it's a wip maybe they would have been improved in the final version? How does it play? In the interview the author says it was a prototype for what would have been a 2600 game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
www.atarimania.com Posted June 11, 2023 Author Share Posted June 11, 2023 @Tempest Seems spot on! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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