chguat Posted November 22, 2005 Share Posted November 22, 2005 I'm trying to remember the titles of a couple old 8-bit games from back in the day and I know if you guys can't help me out, nobody can. I just remember bits and pieces of these games so I hope you guys can help fill in the blanks. The first one was a game I used to own on cassette. It was the only cassette I knew of that played music while the game was loading. It would play "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" by Paul Dukas (the song was also used in Disney's Fantasia for the Sorcerer's Apprentice sequence). Anyway, I think the game may have been Necromancer, but I'm not sure. The second game, I only remember what happened when you died. There were two cockroaches up at the top of the screen and when your character died they would say, "We Gotcha" and do a little dance. Anyway, I'm way too young to have memory this spotty, but that's all I remember of those two games. Any hints or clues would be much appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deathtrappomegranate Posted November 22, 2005 Share Posted November 22, 2005 The second one sounds like "Dung Beetles" - which was for the Apple II. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chguat Posted November 22, 2005 Author Share Posted November 22, 2005 I know I played the second one on the atari because I never owned an Apple and nobody I knew owned one. Of course my memory isn't that good, so who knows. And maybe there was a version of Dung Beetles for the atari? I dunno. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZylonBane Posted November 22, 2005 Share Posted November 22, 2005 There was indeed an Atari port of Dung Beetles. However, they changed the name to Tumble Bugs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chguat Posted November 22, 2005 Author Share Posted November 22, 2005 Tumbles Bugs, that's the one. Thanks a bunch you guys! I knew someone would know. But does anybody remember a cassette game that would play music while loading? That's the only mystery that remains. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deathtrappomegranate Posted November 22, 2005 Share Posted November 22, 2005 Tumbles Bugs, that's the one. Thanks a bunch you guys! I knew someone would know. But does anybody remember a cassette game that would play music while loading? That's the only mystery that remains. 970185[/snapback] Aha - Tumble Bugs! I'd forgotten all about that one. Several Atari cassette-based games played music or other audio while loading, but I'm not sure about your game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carmel_andrews Posted November 23, 2005 Share Posted November 23, 2005 Might be the lone raider (atarisoft/under the tramiels) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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