liquidcross Posted January 6, 2005 Share Posted January 6, 2005 Do any even exist on the 5200? Or are there any other adventure-ish games out there? I'm still waiting for Adventure II...I mean, Quest for the Golden Chalice... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jnice Posted January 6, 2005 Share Posted January 6, 2005 Does typing in a combination of the letters "L", "E", or "O" to stop a missle launch count as a text adventure? Okay, probably not. I've never been a big fan of text adventures, but I'm sure if there was a demand for it, making a game like this for the 5200 would be relatively easy (compared to action games). The disadvantage of the 5200, of course, would be no keyboard to type in commands. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RangerG Posted January 6, 2005 Share Posted January 6, 2005 There is a Lord of the Rings/Dark Mage text adventure homebrew for the 2600 which is still available I believe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RangerG Posted January 6, 2005 Share Posted January 6, 2005 Hmmm - I see you meant for the 5200. Good question, I don't think so . . . are there any for the Atari 8-bit that could be ported? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liquidcross Posted January 6, 2005 Author Share Posted January 6, 2005 are there any for the Atari 8-bit that could be ported? That would rock, as all of the 8-bit ones were on disks, and I have no drive for my 800XL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+davidcalgary29 Posted January 6, 2005 Share Posted January 6, 2005 Do any even exist on the 5200? Or are there any other adventure-ish games out there? I'm still waiting for Adventure II...I mean, Quest for the Golden Chalice... You could always try to get a copy of Meebzork, which is as close as you're going to get (I think) to an RPG for now. Irata's Quest sure does look promising, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artlover Posted January 6, 2005 Share Posted January 6, 2005 Might be a little time consuming. Just imagine the horrors of trying to play a text adventure using the 5200's keypad. I'd imagine it would be simmilar to telephone text msging. go north = 4-666-#-66-666-77-8-44 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sku_u Posted January 6, 2005 Share Posted January 6, 2005 Might be a little time consuming. Just imagine the horrors of trying to play a text adventure using the 5200's keypad. I'd imagine it would be simmilar to telephone text msging. go north = 4-666-#-66-666-77-8-44 It wouldn't be that hard. Someone managed to put together 2 pretty good text adventures for the 2600 which uses only 1 button: Dark Mage and Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring It just takes some creativity. I think a text adventure for the 5200 would work out pretty well utilizing the keypad. The author could easily create an overlay template that people could download and use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+davidcalgary29 Posted January 6, 2005 Share Posted January 6, 2005 Might be a little time consuming. Just imagine the horrors of trying to play a text adventure using the 5200's keypad. I'd imagine it would be simmilar to telephone text msging. go north = 4-666-#-66-666-77-8-44 It wouldn't be that hard. Someone managed to put together 2 pretty good text adventures for the 2600 which uses only 1 button: Dark Mage and Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring It just takes some creativity. I think a text adventure for the 5200 would work out pretty well utilizing the keypad. The author could easily create an overlay template that people could download and use. I'd much rather see a hybrid graphic adventure along the lines of Gunslinger for the A8s or Dracula for the Lynx, where players point-and-click on simple text commands. It retains the feel of text adventures while helping to expedite gameplay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Allan Posted January 6, 2005 Share Posted January 6, 2005 Might be a little time consuming. Just imagine the horrors of trying to play a text adventure using the 5200's keypad. I'd imagine it would be simmilar to telephone text msging. go north = 4-666-#-66-666-77-8-44 Not if you had one of these. Allan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goochman Posted January 6, 2005 Share Posted January 6, 2005 Might be a little time consuming. Just imagine the horrors of trying to play a text adventure using the 5200's keypad. I'd imagine it would be simmilar to telephone text msging. go north = 4-666-#-66-666-77-8-44 Not if you had one of these. Allan WTF - You mod the 5200 to read all the keys? Atariwriter 5200+ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Cafeman Posted January 7, 2005 Share Posted January 7, 2005 BAH! A 5200 text adventure is like putting driving a Ferarri with no tires! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Helmet Posted January 7, 2005 Share Posted January 7, 2005 So will the XEGS keyboard work on a 5200? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Allan Posted January 7, 2005 Share Posted January 7, 2005 So will the XEGS keyboard work on a 5200? No, not with hardware and software modifications. Allan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artlover Posted January 7, 2005 Share Posted January 7, 2005 It wouldn't be that hard. Someone managed to put together 2 pretty good text adventures for the 2600 which uses only 1 button:Dark Mage and Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring It just takes some creativity. I think a text adventure for the 5200 would work out pretty well utilizing the keypad. The author could easily create an overlay template that people could download and use. I'd much rather see a hybrid graphic adventure along the lines of Gunslinger for the A8s or Dracula for the Lynx, where players point-and-click on simple text commands. It retains the feel of text adventures while helping to expedite gameplay. Neither method would work very well for the old school stuff like any Infocom text adventure such as HGTTG. Not if you had one of these. icon_smile.gif Thats pretty sweet. Tobad it doesn't workout special 5200 modifications. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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