Atari Aracde Games NOT Converted To Lynx

[The_Laird]

Here's an intresting poll for you. Which of these 12 Atari arcade games would you most like to have seen added to the Lynx's already great arcade conversions such as Roadblasters, Klax, STUN Runner and XYbots. I've not included any games that were planned/exist in proto. My vote goes to Gauntlet 2!

[Isgoed]

I just voted for Tempest

Except for Super Breakout, I don't know the others..... sorry

[Gregory DG]

I love Skull & Crossbones. I'd have given my right arm for a Lynx version!

 

Also, I'd love to see Escape from the Planet of the Robot Monsters on the Lynx.

 

[Gregory DG]

Oh yeah, and Shuuz is a good game too. But it needs a trakball or a mouse.

[+FujiSkunk]

Dude, where's Marble Madness?

 

Road Runner would have been good, but it doesn't get my vote if I only get to pick one.

Edited October 16, 2005 by skunkworx

[Clint Thompson]

So Race Drivin' isn't the same thing as Hard Drivin'? hmm..

[+FujiSkunk]

So Race Drivin' isn't the same thing as Hard Drivin'? hmm..

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Race Drivin' was the sequel to Hard Drivin'. If I remember correctly, there are more tracks, a selection of cars, and smoother animation.

[purenergy]

Tempest would be great, but I voted for Blasteroids. Control would be more accurate, and the Lynx would also bring out the true sounds from Blasteroids.

[Rugxulo]

Super Breakout would be okay, but the controls are what you'd have to be careful with. I've seen some Breakout-ish games (e.g., Woody Pop on Game Gear) use a button to speed up/slow down (a la Qix). Maybe that'd be the best way to go with it.

 

Rugxulo (feels bad that Super Breakout hasn't gotten any votes yet)

[Isgoed]

The little breakout game in Electrocop gets the job nicely done

[The_Laird]

Dude, where's Marble Madness?

 

Didn't somebody start this for the Lynx? That's the reason I didn't include it!

[T2KFREEKER]

Voted for Tempest, but why not Kangaroo? This would have kicked much @ss!

[Matthias]

Hello!

 

Dude, where's Marble Madness?

 

Didn't somebody start this for the Lynx? That's the reason I didn't include it!

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Years ago i had worked on a MarbleMadness-like game, see here: http://www.mdgames.de/lynx_eng.htm

 

 

Best regards

Matthias

[+Stephen]

Tempest all the way.

 

Stephen Anderson

[Foxsolo2000]

No contest had to be Tempest

[glitch]

I ended up voting for toobin, only because I really liked that game and haven't found it anywhere else yet. Tempest would be a better game but I hate playing tempest like games on a d-pad. It really needs the spinner or at least an analog joystick.

[The_Laird]

Hello!

 

Dude, where's Marble Madness?

 

Didn't somebody start this for the Lynx? That's the reason I didn't include it!

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Years ago i had worked on a MarbleMadness-like game, see here: http://www.mdgames.de/lynx_eng.htm

 

 

Best regards

Matthias

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It would be nice to see this finished!

[Trip_Cannon]

You know, I consider myself an avid arcade guru but I had never even heard of Guardians of the Hood before today. For that matter I've never seen that game anywhere!!

 

Ok, so my vote would go to Escape From the Planet of the Robot Monsters but since it didn't make it to the list it would be Blasteroids. I love that game.

[The_Laird]

You know, I consider myself an avid arcade guru but I had never even heard of Guardians of the Hood before today. For that matter I've never seen that game anywhere!!

 

Ok, so my vote would go to Escape From the Planet of the Robot Monsters but since it didn't make it to the list it would be Blasteroids. I love that game.

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I did actully mean to include E.F.T.P.O.T.R.M and Badlands but for some reason forgot when I was typing the topic up!

 

Guardians Of The Hood was a Final Fight style scrolling beat 'em up using the Pit-Fighter engine so had totaly digitised graphics and loads of scaling. I used to play it loads back in the day. Don't know how widely distributed it was but I saw it in the U.K. all the time.

[Gregory DG]

I saw Guardians of the Hood and Space Lords at an arcade in Orlando. That was the only time I ever saw them.

 

They're both emulated in MAME. I don't find Guardians to be all that fun...

[Ze_ro]

Aside from Tempest, that's a pretty weak selection of games frankly (I voted for Skull & Crossbones myself)... Marble Madness and Escape From the Planet of the Robot Monsters would be great choices. Vindicators would have gotten my vote, but I guess that was left out due to the fact that Atari was already working on it? And while we're mentioning somewhat obscure Atari arcade games, how about Space Lords? With the scaling abilities the Lynx had, I bet a decent version of that could had been done.

 

--Zero

[+karri]

There is actually one game I would like to see converted to Lynx.

Amiga had a very nice board game called Hero Quest. There you

took turns and had 4 characters (barbarian, dwarf, elf and wizard).

The music had a hypnotic, but pleasant effect and playing a mission

took about an hour.

 

It would be a great 1-4 player game where you could take turns

by passing the Lynx around.

(turn = move and action, action = search/fight/cast spell)

 

The enemy had no intelligence whatsoever and the game was very

simple but fun to play with young kids.

 

--

Karri

 

PS. I include an image about it that I found on the net.

[Gregory DG]

There is actually one game I would like to see converted to Lynx. Amiga had a very nice board game called Hero Quest.

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Pretty sure there was an Atari ST version too. I have (or had) the original board game. I dunno where it ran off to. I used to play it with my pal, and we made bunches of maps with my ST. I probably still have those on the hard drive.

 

Cool game. Wonder how it would work on the Lynx though...

[SwedenLynxer]

There is actually one game I would like to see converted to Lynx. Amiga had a very nice board game called Hero Quest.

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Pretty sure there was an Atari ST version too. I have (or had) the original board game. I dunno where it ran off to. I used to play it with my pal, and we made bunches of maps with my ST. I probably still have those on the hard drive.

 

Cool game. Wonder how it would work on the Lynx though...

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I had the original board game Hero Quest too! And I also have this old game for my PC. It's developed by Gremlin I think.

 

I agree it would be a excellent game for the Lynx.

Edited November 30, 2005 by SwedenLynxer

[+karri]

I had the original board game Hero Quest too! And I also have this old game for my PC. It's developed by Gremlin I think.

 

I agree it would be a excellent game for the Lynx.

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Actually I did a raw conversion to 160 by 102 pixels, 16 colors in Gimp and it looks nice in the Lynx resolution.

 

But of course some graphics artist should redo the sprites to fit the Lynx and a new storyline would be great too. Some kind of cartoons and music to create the Hero Quest mood.

 

--

Karri