Tempest Posted December 16, 2004 Share Posted December 16, 2004 Anyone seen these before? http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...item=8154509363 The first one looks like some math game based on King Arthur and the Holy Grail, while the second one looks like a French version of SCRAM. Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deathtrappomegranate Posted December 16, 2004 Share Posted December 16, 2004 http://www.atarimania.com/detail_8bits.php...FT_LIB&SENS=ASC http://www.atarimania.com/detail_8bits.php...FT_LIB&SENS=ASC That's just what they are. Pretty rare, although la Quête du Graal does come up on ebay fairly regularly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted December 16, 2004 Author Share Posted December 16, 2004 Ouch! The graphics on the Grail one hurt my eyes! Looks like a homebrew APX game. Was it ever released in English as something else? Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+CharlieChaplin Posted December 16, 2004 Share Posted December 16, 2004 Well, at least SCRAM is also available as a german version by Atari Deutschland. When Atari was situated in Hamburg they also released many other A8 games, which are well known here in Germany but almost unknown in other countries (games like Karriere, Schloss des Grauens, Olympia Lexicon, etc.). Looks like Atari France just did the same... -Andreas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
www.atarimania.com Posted December 16, 2004 Share Posted December 16, 2004 This one's for me The A8 wasn't a huge success in France, it probably sold 70-80,000 units total. The Atari 400/800 hit the market pretty late and were quickly discontinued in favor of the XL line. Despite some efforts in the educational field, the impact wasn't very big, mainly because distribution and marketing problems. The XE range did poorly because everyone was concentrating on the ST. Atari's French division marketed a number of translated titles from Atari US, APX and Milliken, mostly educational. However, you can find a number of original games like La Quête du Graal, a nice math game with poor graphics but beautiful medieval soundtrack, Des Chiffres et des Lettres (from a famous TV show) and several programs under the Atarisoft label like L'Enigme du Triangle (text adventure), Caméléon (great strategy game), Nostradamus (tarot cards), Le Promoteur... One of the most unique titles is Saddleman, a promotional game used for a nationwide contest in association with Levi's! Third-party software in the eighties was almost non-existent: Hatier published some educational titles and there was also a very nice text-graphics adventure game by Epsilon Software called FREE - Funny Risky Evil Escape. That's all really... Be sure to check our database for all French entries and the nice L'Atarien magazines for general information: http://www.atarimania.com/lst_mag_issue.php?MAG_ID=7 -- Atari Frog http://www.atarimania.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atari-passion Posted December 16, 2004 Share Posted December 16, 2004 Hello, for list in french software , look => http://www.atarimania.com/det_catalogue.ph...ATALOGUE_ID=150 The french software rare is the cartridge logo. Arnaud Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deathtrappomegranate Posted December 17, 2004 Share Posted December 17, 2004 More coverage of utilities will also be coming to Atarimania soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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