Randy California Posted December 21, 2003 Share Posted December 21, 2003 How about some more details on the A8 prototypes out there or that may exist? Curt, please help On the Atari front, according to Curt, there's Liberator. Xenophobe and Mat Mania Challenge are somewhere as well. Any others? FutureMakers series? How about stuff from Atari UK or Atari Germany? We also got an early beta of McDonald's from Parker Brothers. Any others? How about games from other companies? Electronic Arts, Epyx, Lucasfilm Games, Zeppelin Games...? ++ RC ++ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy_bernstein Posted December 21, 2003 Share Posted December 21, 2003 Also, can AtariAge sell prototypes likes the one carried by B&C or Sunmark ? It would be neat to see a more developed A8 Atari Age store with items like Castle Crisis, Space Harrier XE, Super Mux Bros, etc. AB. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted December 21, 2003 Share Posted December 21, 2003 It would be neat to see a more developed A8 Atari Age store with items like Castle Crisis, Space Harrier XE, Super Mux Bros, etc. Yes, I agree. ..Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted December 21, 2003 Share Posted December 21, 2003 Liberator has yet to be found, but the programmer confirmed that he indeed was programming it (some paper work has turned up to support this as well). Supposedly B&C found Xenophobe and Mat Mainia Challenge awhile back but I don't know what happened to them. While not as interesting as completely unreleased games, 400/800 Xevious, Gremlins, and RS Soccer are out there somewhere. Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy California Posted December 21, 2003 Author Share Posted December 21, 2003 While not as interesting as completely unreleased games, 400/800 Xevious, Gremlins, and RS Soccer are out there somewhere. Well, they've been floating around for a long time so unless they're not the same as the 5200 versions... Anyway, can we assume 5200 titles were usually writtenon the 8-bit line? Who programmed Liberator? Did the coder write something else? What's up with Micro Movie by Jim Huether (or whatever that game was called)? ++ RC ++ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryan Posted December 22, 2003 Share Posted December 22, 2003 It would be neat to see a more developed A8 Atari Age store with items like Castle Crisis, Space Harrier XE, Super Mux Bros, etc. Yes, I agree. ..Al If it paid any better, I'd convert all the classics that never made it, then I'd go back and redo the ones that were done poorly. We've got all the guys we need here to do it. Maybe then the XEGS would be a hit! -Bry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy_bernstein Posted December 22, 2003 Share Posted December 22, 2003 I'm wondering what is the market for new Atari 8-bit releases -> if properly carried by such vendors as Atari Age, B&C Computervisions, Best Electronics, Derek Fern in the UK, anybody from Atari Histeria who can do the job in Poland, somebody in Germany and a bunch of French A8 fans I know. For instance, how many units Space Harrier XE (CIB) -in your opinion- would sell and at what price ? If it's available in a CIB configuration, I'd be ready to shell out $50 minimum for Space Harrier XE. Let's say Sheddy sells a minimum of 25 units, that's $1250 minus Paypal fees (or other vendor's fees unless they give him a break) and minus the manufacturing costs (Pixels Past -> Please be affordable). Also, because it's a cart, I'd be suprised if there would be any piracy but correct me if I'm wrong (while a simple tool like the Super Pill ! can transfer an 8 / 16 ko cart, Space Harrier XE would be in a completely different league). So what do you think ? AB. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy_bernstein Posted December 22, 2003 Share Posted December 22, 2003 Supposedly B&C found Xenophobe and Mat Mainia Challenge awhile back but I don't know what happened to them. Maybe it's a question of skills. I remember Bradley Koda (Best) telling me that Commando was so big that it couldn't be transferred to a regular / affordable cartridge. Look at what Sunmark did. Any opinion regarding my post above ? AB. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrathchild Posted December 22, 2003 Share Posted December 22, 2003 Maybe it's a question of skills. I remember Bradley Koda (Best) telling me that Commando was so big that it couldn't be transferred to a regular / affordable cartridge. Look at what Sunmark did. Any opinion regarding my post above ? AB. Well, ROMs were certainly a lot more expensive in the days of the XEGS being released - now they are are lot more affordable and more easily available in the larger memory sizes. Can anyone post a breakdown of the physical cart cost? Case/Board/componenets Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy California Posted December 22, 2003 Author Share Posted December 22, 2003 Yet another thread hijack ++ RC ++ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy_bernstein Posted December 22, 2003 Share Posted December 22, 2003 So let's start again this thread with a complete list of protos for the A8 -> including those which have been found and those we're still looking for. AB. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZylonBane Posted December 23, 2003 Share Posted December 23, 2003 Giving up on a thread after an insignificant 10 posts? Wuss. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy_bernstein Posted December 23, 2003 Share Posted December 23, 2003 Zylon Bane, look at this -> http://www.atariage.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=40410 before using the word "wuss" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZylonBane Posted December 24, 2003 Share Posted December 24, 2003 Uh, yes? You abandoned this thread and started another with exactly the same subject. I'm aware of that. It was completely unnecessary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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