Thorsten Günther Posted February 15, 2009 Share Posted February 15, 2009 Click here! From the item description of the Atari 800, "brightlight_de" is none less than Peter Finzel himself! Thorsten Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ready _ Posted February 15, 2009 Share Posted February 15, 2009 Cool! Thanks for the link! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twh/f2 Posted February 15, 2009 Share Posted February 15, 2009 In my opinion, some organization like the ABBUC e.V. should buy this artifact and spend it to a computer musuem ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ready _ Posted February 15, 2009 Share Posted February 15, 2009 I am wondering why Peter F. is selling his stuff... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heaven/TQA Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 we should contact him btw. and abbuc should buy the stuff... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twh/f2 Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 Could an active member communicate this to the board of ABBUC? I personaly would be very sad, when this "historic piece" would disappear in some collectors "treasury chamber" unreachable for anybody else. grtx, \twh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carmel_andrews Posted February 17, 2009 Share Posted February 17, 2009 Does that Mean Peter has lost his love for the A8....I have seen one of his games, Cavelord (albeit an english translation hack) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariLeaf Posted February 17, 2009 Share Posted February 17, 2009 Oh my God! Not Peter Finzel. . . . . .wait. . . Who's Peter Finzel? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heaven/TQA Posted February 17, 2009 Share Posted February 17, 2009 he was a famous Atari coder in the 80s in Germany... Schloss Schreckenstein (great multiplayer scrolling game), Cavelord, Atmas II and many coding tutorials in the magazines at that time... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twh/f2 Posted February 17, 2009 Share Posted February 17, 2009 Speaking of Schreckenstein. It seems that Peter created the game almost completely on his own. including graphics and musics. To me Schreckenstein is the best junp'n'run game on the Atari 8bit. It's not only extremly motivating to play it again and again, it also introduced some concepts which I personally never found so exciting again in newer games. For instance the strong multi-player jump'n'run concept. It is just brilliant and as such probably only reused by Little Big Planet on the PS3. Of course I don't need to repeat all the great things about this game, but it seems that Schreckenstein never made it that popular outside of Germany, which is quite a pity. nevertheless it seems to be a great loss for the atari scene and all his fans.. even though he did not seem to be very active in the last decade.. grtx, \twh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heaven/TQA Posted February 17, 2009 Share Posted February 17, 2009 Hours of fun with Schreckenstein and a technical "oldschool" masterpiece... but it is not a juimp and run.... it is a multiplayer imho. one player is with a bot. its klind of a 2d capture the flag neverless you have to enlight torches... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tezz Posted February 17, 2009 Share Posted February 17, 2009 Schreckenstein is one of my all time Atari favourites. I used to play it to death two player with my brother. very cool with the split screen. We translated it to English with a sector editor back then I can remember. Peter Finzel was a great coder. it's a shame to see him selling his stuff off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heaven/TQA Posted February 17, 2009 Share Posted February 17, 2009 1:0 Tezz... nothing more to say... but why do we not get Peter over to Atariage to share some of his memories? ps. btw.... i am interested in a PAL 800... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carmel_andrews Posted February 17, 2009 Share Posted February 17, 2009 1:0 Tezz... nothing more to say... but why do we not get Peter over to Atariage to share some of his memories? ps. btw.... i am interested in a PAL 800... Well heaven/twh/f2 seeming as though you are nearer the 'horses mouth' (Peter) perhaps you's can invite him directly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xebec's Demise Posted February 18, 2009 Share Posted February 18, 2009 (edited) Is the main reason this is at 246 EUR already because of this? "This computer program was created in 1984 "Cavelord" - and later at Ariolasoft and Axis was in sales. The buyer will receive both the master disks to - the great-Cavelord and Schreckenstein "Reborn" version - without the eternal header from Axis!" http://74.125.19.100/translate_c?hl=en&...r1UJEYOpLExtaPw Edited February 18, 2009 by Xebec's Demise Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mirage Posted February 18, 2009 Share Posted February 18, 2009 To our German members possibly... what does he mean by calling the 800XL a "weichgespülter"? I can't find a translation for this. From the context, I think he's saying the XL is cheaper, or heathen or something, but can't really be sure. Thanks in advance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carmel_andrews Posted February 18, 2009 Share Posted February 18, 2009 That must be the most famous A800 sold on ebay germany in recent times then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pps Posted February 18, 2009 Share Posted February 18, 2009 To our German members possibly... what does he mean by calling the 800XL a "weichgespülter"?He wants to tell us that the A800 is far the best A8. weichgespült is adverb of Weichspüler -> fabric softener Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mirage Posted February 18, 2009 Share Posted February 18, 2009 To our German members possibly... what does he mean by calling the 800XL a "weichgespülter"?He wants to tell us that the A800 is far the best A8. weichgespült is adverb of Weichspüler -> fabric softener LOL, okay, thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carmel_andrews Posted February 18, 2009 Share Posted February 18, 2009 To our German members possibly... what does he mean by calling the 800XL a "weichgespülter"?He wants to tell us that the A800 is far the best A8. weichgespült is adverb of Weichspüler -> fabric softener So your saying that the 800xl comes out in the wash/washing cycling Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pps Posted February 18, 2009 Share Posted February 18, 2009 So your saying that the 800xl comes out in the wash/washing cyclingMaybe, it is Peter´s intention about the XL -> to many fabric softener at washing of the 800 and some items are lost, like the two joy ports.I never owned a 800, so I am not the right man for jury. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Oberhäuser Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 Wow, take a look at the final price... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hitchcock4 Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 So about $1400 US dollars?! Wow, I never thought it would go for that. Any idea who got it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_The Doctor__ Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 (edited) So about $1400 US dollars?! Wow, I never thought it would go for that. Any idea who got it? More like $1500.00 even with the euro on the decline when it was sold with Shipping and handling. Ka-Ching! Edited February 24, 2009 by _The Doctor__ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhod Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 (edited) edit : oops Edited February 24, 2009 by Rhod Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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