Hawkeye68 Posted October 9 Share Posted October 9 Were there ST versions of the arcade classics (Galaga, Dig Dug, Ms PacMan, etc.) in the 80s? If so, I cannot remember having any of them. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oracle_jedi Posted October 9 Share Posted October 9 Didn't Atari release Robotron, Joust, Millipede and maybe one or two more? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bfollowell Posted October 9 Share Posted October 9 (edited) Here's a list of those I'm familiar with. I'm certain there are/were others. I'm not familiar with any ST versions of those you specifically mentioned though, no. After Burner Arkanoid Arkanoid - Revenge of Doh BattleZone Buggy Boy Crystal Castles Double Dragon Gauntlet Gauntlet II Ikari Warriors Joust Marble Madness Millipede (was never actually unreleased) Missile Command Moon Patrol Pac-Mania Road Blasters Robotron 2084 R-Type Super Breakout Super Hang-on Tempest Thunder Blade Xenon Edited October 9 by bfollowell 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzip Posted October 9 Share Posted October 9 16 hours ago, Hawkeye68 said: Were there ST versions of the arcade classics (Galaga, Dig Dug, Ms PacMan, etc.) in the 80s? For pre-1985 arcade games, there were lots of homebrew attempts at classic arcade games, some quite good. But not so many official versions 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+chronic Posted October 10 Share Posted October 10 (edited) 20 hours ago, zzip said: For pre-1985 arcade games, there were lots of homebrew attempts at classic arcade games, some quite good. But not so many official versions Indeed. Jeff Minter, Sinister Developments and Dave Munsie were responsible for a lot of them BITD. The ST got an outstanding version of Frogger in 2016 from Scott Clifford. There's a good version of Joust knocking about as well We did OK for classics. We've never had a near perfect port of Galaga though which is annoying (to me at least as it's my favourite old shooter). The Amiga got one recently which is a bit annoying 😆 Edited October 10 by theboyfromanotherplanet typo 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Megalomaniac Posted October 10 Share Posted October 10 Love the double negative on Millipede, but great list. As mentioned, Atari themselves did a few official conversions to the ST in the early days, most of which weren't released for any other 16-bit, but are any of them as good as later unofficial clones? What about Mr Dig from the Budgie UK catalogue as a Dig Dug clone, is that any good? I'm thinking Pacman on Es as the best Pacman clone, but what about for the STFM? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invisible kid Posted October 18 Share Posted October 18 Good point. Joust was the only one I remember. Sure tons of knock-offs, but not many official ports it seemed. It would have been better for me if there were more, a lot more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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