StartTheBiddingLow Posted June 9, 2004 Share Posted June 9, 2004 I've got the instruction booklet for an Atari 800/XL game: Doomdark's Revenge. However, while I have the C64 version of this game, I've never seen or even read about the Atari version. Even atarimania doesn't list it. Was it released in any country at all? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
www.atarimania.com Posted June 9, 2004 Share Posted June 9, 2004 Hello there, Is this supposed to be the sequel to Lords of Midnight? I never ever heard of the series being converted to the Atari so this is quite odd... Do the instructions state anything else? Thanks for the information -- Atarimania http://www.atarimania.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
www.atarimania.com Posted June 9, 2004 Share Posted June 9, 2004 Forgot to ask... Is the instruction booklet A8 only or multi-system? Thanks -- Atarimania http://www.atarimania.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StartTheBiddingLow Posted June 9, 2004 Author Share Posted June 9, 2004 Forgot to ask... Is the instruction booklet A8 only or multi-system? Thanks -- Atarimaniahttp://www.atarimania.com Follow-up to Lords Of Midnight, yes. Also: Multi format, but wait a minute! I know about games that had standardised sections of their instructions... I have - among others - Road Blasters, published by US Gold, for the C64. With it came a separate sheet, not attached to the inlay, for loading instructions for C64, CPC, Spectrum, Atari and MSX. However, there is no US Gold Road Blasters for Atari or MSX - this was just a sheet that the publisher put in with a number of its games to save hassle. While Doomdark's booklet is multi-format: C64, Amstrad CPC, ZX Spectrum and Atari, it contains details specific to each version, such as keys for movement. It's when I see things like: "...to look at the map, press F1 (Atari version: press Option)...", I suspect there was a version written, as why else would they be mentioning details? The sheet with Road Blasters contains no information whatsoever apart from press Shift & Run/Stop; hold Start & Option, etc and thus can't be trusted, because that info would have been the same regardless of what the game was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
www.atarimania.com Posted June 10, 2004 Share Posted June 10, 2004 Thanks for all the details. If we can locate the original author or the programmer who handled the C64 conversion, we might know more... Don't expect anything for the moment but we'll look into that in the not too far future... -- Atarimania http://www.atarimania.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jon-paul Posted June 11, 2004 Share Posted June 11, 2004 I would recommend a wonder over to http://www.icemark.com/ I know of spectrum, C=64 and have heard of Amstrad versions, no Atari though. maybe it was considered, but dropped, leaving only some manual notes as evidence. The chap who runs icemark is active in the midnight yahoo group dedicated to remakes of the game, i understand there are PC, GBA and other versions being worked on by fans, and mutterings of a full 'semi commercial' version for PCs which may or maynot have a WIMP interface (certainly the engine is being worked on). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deathtrappomegranate Posted June 12, 2004 Share Posted June 12, 2004 I spent forever playing these two games on the Spectrum. I've never heard of A8 versions. But if they exist, thay would be worth having. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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