8th lutz Posted December 8, 2005 Share Posted December 8, 2005 Rescue of Fractalus. Looked great in prototype form Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cybergoth Posted December 8, 2005 Share Posted December 8, 2005 Hi there! Tie Fighter! Still the best game ever made Greetings, Manuel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregory DG Posted December 8, 2005 Share Posted December 8, 2005 BattleFront II. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sukotsu9 Posted December 9, 2005 Share Posted December 9, 2005 Since we didn't have a computer in my family until 1988, I wasn't familiar with Lucasarts at the time. X-Wing/TIE Fighter didn't come out for years, and probably would've ported poorly to the 7800. Then again, Rescue on Fractalus looks pretty good (for a start), though the framerate is poor. I'm guessing a character-based game would port better; the 7800 simulations always seem a bit short of their intention. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trip_Cannon Posted December 9, 2005 Share Posted December 9, 2005 Full Throttle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry_Dodgson Posted December 9, 2005 Share Posted December 9, 2005 Coronis Rift! Much better looking fractals at that stage after having "Rescue of Fractalis" and "The Eidolon" to practice on. It would need a save game feature which the cheap Tramiels would never have approved. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Allan Posted December 9, 2005 Share Posted December 9, 2005 Coronis Rift! Much better looking fractals at that stage after having "Rescue of Fractalis" and "The Eidolon" to practice on. It would need a save game feature which the cheap Tramiels would never have approved. 979311[/snapback] Oh come on. Old Jack was the most generous guy in the industry. Speaking of new 7800 games, would you ever consider doing another one? Allan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Student Driver Posted December 9, 2005 Share Posted December 9, 2005 Maniac Mansion. Granted, it would have been a memory hog (and as another poster pointed out, unlikely with the Tramiels holding the pursestrings taut), but it would have looked better than the ugly NES version (and perhaps better than the C64). Even better would have been Zak McKracken, but I'd hate to think how much that would have cost in cart form in the late 80s. Night Shift. This one always seemed to me to be the spiritual successor to Activision's Toy Bizarre, and I was perplexed when it didn't come out for any of the 8-bit machines... Pipe Dream seems almost too easy to suggest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cybergoth Posted December 9, 2005 Share Posted December 9, 2005 Hi there! Night Shift. This one always seemed to me to be the spiritual successor to Activision's Toy Bizarre, and I was perplexed when it didn't come out for any of the 8-bit machines... It's available on the C64. Greetings, Manuel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
128bytes Posted December 9, 2005 Share Posted December 9, 2005 Pipe Dream! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Posted December 11, 2005 Share Posted December 11, 2005 Pipe Dream is a great one, I fogot about it being from Lucas. But I would say Tie Fighter or X-wing (or X-wing VS Tie Fighter) would have been sweet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZylonBane Posted December 14, 2005 Share Posted December 14, 2005 Jesus, people-- "Koronis Rift" "Rescue on Fractalus" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cybergoth Posted December 14, 2005 Share Posted December 14, 2005 Hi there! Jesus, people-- Wasn't that called "Afterlife"? Greetings, Manuel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darklord1977 Posted March 24, 2006 Share Posted March 24, 2006 since im a die hard star wars fan i would like to have seen tie fighter on the 7800 it would have played so much better than on the pc! also maniac mansion..and grim fandango... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DracIsBack Posted March 24, 2006 Share Posted March 24, 2006 Then again, Rescue on Fractalus looks pretty good (for a start), though the framerate is poor. Compared to what? Is there a 60 FPS version of Rescue I don't know about? The 7800 version seemed pretty quick compared to other versions of the game I've seen ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cybergoth Posted March 25, 2006 Share Posted March 25, 2006 Hm... in theory the spectrum version should be the fastest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Posted March 25, 2006 Share Posted March 25, 2006 Thse would have worked well IMO: X-wing Tie Fighter X-wing VS Tie Fighter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZylonBane Posted March 25, 2006 Share Posted March 25, 2006 Ummm... right. Because F-14 Hornet showed that the 7800 does polygons sooooo well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Posted March 25, 2006 Share Posted March 25, 2006 Ummm... right. Because F-14 Hornet showed that the 7800 does polygons sooooo well. With the advancements made sence that game F14 was made I think more is known about the 7800 and it's capabilities as well the fact that as much time as the person wants to put into the game is avalible (a la no deadlines for release) might be in the favor of getting a good flight sim. But yes I totally agree F14 is lacking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZylonBane Posted March 25, 2006 Share Posted March 25, 2006 Arrrgghhhhh... Look, the 7800 is a 6502-based machine running at about the same speed as every other 6502-based machine from that time period. The best polygonal visuals you can get out of hardware like this are seen in games like Elite, Starglider, and Mercenary. In other words, two or three simple wireframe objects onscreen at once, running at about 15 FPS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry_Dodgson Posted March 27, 2006 Share Posted March 27, 2006 Arrrgghhhhh... Look, the 7800 is a 6502-based machine running at about the same speed as every other 6502-based machine from that time period. The best polygonal visuals you can get out of hardware like this are seen in games like Elite, Starglider, and Mercenary. In other words, two or three simple wireframe objects onscreen at once, running at about 15 FPS. and 640K should be enough for anyone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZylonBane Posted March 27, 2006 Share Posted March 27, 2006 Ummmm... and Bill Gates' inaccurate prediction on the subject of PC RAM requirements is relevant how? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godzilla Posted March 27, 2006 Share Posted March 27, 2006 have u seen the numen demo on the atari 800.. hmmm.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godzilla Posted March 27, 2006 Share Posted March 27, 2006 oh and lucasfilm games, I'd love to see my favorite, The Eidolon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZylonBane Posted March 27, 2006 Share Posted March 27, 2006 have u seen the numen demo on the atari 800.. hmmm.... Yes, I have. It's an impressive technical feat but as a game it's horribly low-res and slow. Non-programmers who think a can-do attitude and lots of exclamation points can achieve technical impossibilities just irritate the hell out of me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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