Ronin / Synapse Software

[www.atarimania.com]

Thanks to John Hardie's continued work, we're very happy to release a working prototype of this lost Electronic Novel text adventure game:

http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-400-800-xl-xe-ronin_42345.html

 

Found on a disk belonging to former Synapse Software coder Bill Darrah, this program is made available with permission of author David Alzofon who kindly provided great insider info.

 

Please note that this title requires two disk drives.

 

 

 

[Garry]

This is great news. For anyone that hasn't done so, I strongly recommend reading the interview with author David Alzofon at the Atari Mania link. It's quite sad, but typical of the stories from that era. It's a pity that the original Synapse game with the sex and gore has been lost and we are now only left with a prototype of the heavily-modified Brøderbund G-rated version. Oh, well. Anything is better than nothing. Thanks to John Hardie of the National Videogame Museum for both the interview and for recovering the game.

[abbotkinneydude]

This is an AMAZING find!! Thank you @cx2k and @www.atarimania.com! The interview was an outstanding read as well. I really feel for the author tbh.