~llama Posted January 16, 2006 Share Posted January 16, 2006 So, if you read my blog, I've been talking a little bit about porting Rogue either to the 5200, 8bits, or 7800. I want to port it to 5200, the other two are just my "keeping my options open." I've never programmed for the 8-bits before, so I'm still reading atariarchives.org and all that good stuff trying to get up to speed. Anyway, here's my point in posting this. Rogue pretty much requires a keyboard, right? How would one play Rogue on a 5200 with keypad and joystick? Could it be done, or would the gameplay suffer too much as to actually be enjoyable? I think it'd be okay, using all the keys on the keypad, but on ne sais jamais. It'll be a while before there's any visible sign of progress here, I'm still getting atari++ set up on my Mac Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danwinslow Posted January 16, 2006 Share Posted January 16, 2006 (edited) I am working on some socket connectivity routines for 8 bits (xl and xe ), and I plan to do something vaugely rogue-like and multiplayer. If you have an internet connection and can run a SIO2PC type serial cable from your atari ( or possibly use the serial/ip capabilities of the emulator ), you could help me test them out in a few eeks. PM me if you want and I will put you on my list of testers. The first thing I am doing is to have a multi-chat session available with up to 4 people. About the 5200, I would think it'd be a pain without an actual keyboard. Edited January 16, 2006 by danwinslow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
www.atarimania.com Posted January 16, 2006 Share Posted January 16, 2006 Rogue is on the A8 already but the game is a bit buggy: http://www.atarimania.com/detail_soft.php?...VERSION_ID=4431 -- Atari Frog http://www.atarimania.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted January 16, 2006 Share Posted January 16, 2006 Rogue is on the A8 already but the game is a bit buggy:http://www.atarimania.com/detail_soft.php?...VERSION_ID=4431 -- Atari Frog http://www.atarimania.com 1001428[/snapback] Ugh! I think I like the old DOS version done in ASCII better... Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~llama Posted January 16, 2006 Author Share Posted January 16, 2006 Ugh! I think I like the old DOS version done in ASCII better... Tempest 1001433[/snapback] Yeah, that one's pretty weird-looking. Maybe I shouldn't consider porting Rogue then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danwinslow Posted January 17, 2006 Share Posted January 17, 2006 Well, you should should consider not doing a *bad* port. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sku_u Posted January 17, 2006 Share Posted January 17, 2006 I think this one'd be ideally suited for the XEGS. I'd be buying a copy regardless of which of the three systems you chose, however. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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