jnice Posted December 25, 2004 Share Posted December 25, 2004 After spending some time at the atarimania.com site, I noticed that the Atari computers had a version of Arkanoid made for it. Does anyone have this, is it pretty rare, and how well does it play? Just curious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heaven/TQA Posted December 25, 2004 Share Posted December 25, 2004 i have it on cassette in a nice case and i found it quite good conversion... but i am sure that it's not kind of rare... i am not sure if it was ever published in the states? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emkay Posted December 25, 2004 Share Posted December 25, 2004 Sorry for disturbing the Christmas-peace, but Arkanoid on the A8 is pure crap. -the ball is a "cross" -simple spread graphics with 32 bytes only screen width. -ball action/reaction is not correct -not all Ball-goodies are available ( as triple ball) There are several really good Breakout clones available on the A8, but "Arkanoid" isn't one of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heaven/TQA Posted December 25, 2004 Share Posted December 25, 2004 i found it quite good... do not know why... but played it for hours... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DracIsBack Posted December 25, 2004 Share Posted December 25, 2004 i found it quite good... do not know why... but played it for hours... Same here. To me a good game is one that catches my interest and keeps me playing for hours. ARKANOID did that. BTW: Arkanoid was converted to cartridge by www.atarisales.com [/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miker Posted December 25, 2004 Share Posted December 25, 2004 emkay: try Technoid - IMO is good one ...and the link is here: http://atari.online.pl/v01/index.phtml?ct=...chnoid#Technoid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emkay Posted December 25, 2004 Share Posted December 25, 2004 i found it quite good... do not know why... but played it for hours... Same here. To me a good game is one that catches my interest and keeps me playing for hours. ARKANOID did that. BTW: Arkanoid was converted to cartridge by www.atarisales.com The A8 version seems to be a C64 conversion, without the features C64 is providing ... But that's not the problem. The problems are in the game rules, that are not fully adapted from the original. It' like a car without a steering wheel. You can drive the car as long as the street goes straight ahead. It can look great, it can run fast... until the next curve... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zybex Posted December 25, 2004 Share Posted December 25, 2004 I like TAITO Arkanoid for Atari, is a very addictive game... and really fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emkay Posted December 25, 2004 Share Posted December 25, 2004 emkay: try Technoid - IMO is good one ...and the link is here: http://atari.online.pl/v01/index.phtml?ct=katalog&sub=T&tg=Technoid#Technoid Yes, It's really good, and very stylish too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krupkaj Posted December 25, 2004 Share Posted December 25, 2004 I have not tried it yet, it looks nice, but has it paddle support? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunstar Posted December 25, 2004 Share Posted December 25, 2004 Actually, there was Arkanoid 1, 2 and 3 made for the atari 8-bit, I have them all, 2 and 3 are a bit beter graphically, but I was impressed by all of them. I've also found Many, many good clones of the game online, most of them very good. None of the versions was ever published in the US back in the day, so I never knew they existed until a few years ago when I got my SIO2PC cable and started hitting the 8-bit download sites, then I found hundreds and hundreds of great games for the 8-bit that I neer knew about back in the day becuase the 8-bit in the US didn't get the same support that it did in Europe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevin242 Posted December 25, 2004 Share Posted December 25, 2004 it's true Arkanoid was never officially released (in the US at least) for the 8bit, but I had it back in the day. it made the rounds on the pirate bbs's. I rem liking it quite a bit, as far as I can remember I used the joystick to play it. I dont think it worked with paddles (but I could be wrong). I rem thinking it was quite good, but at the time there was not much competition. I dont think it was a c64 port, since it was very colorful, but I could be wrong about that too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
www.atarimania.com Posted December 25, 2004 Share Posted December 25, 2004 The only official release of Arkanoid on the A8 is by Imagine in the UK. All the other versions are new levels designed by demo groups or crackers. Some are made with a public domain program which was posted here not too long ago, either Arkanoid Editor or Arkanoid Construction Set, can't remember... The version on the A8 is not bad at all: nice colors, good playability, paddle support. It's a shame the ball isn't round at all and it's sometimes hard to see it against some of the backdrops. The main problem is that the game is unwinnable because you have to hit the final boss about 700 times while avoiding the things he throws at you! -- Atari Frog http://www.atarimania.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LYNXGUY Posted December 26, 2004 Share Posted December 26, 2004 I didn't know that Arkanoid was on the 8bit but my best friend has it on the ST and it is awesome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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