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[carmel_andrews]

these are my favourite that i would like to see converted to the A8

IO
Armalyte
R-type
Turrican 1/2&3
Hypersports
Ghosts/Goblins, Ghouls/Ghosts
Hawkeye
Rainbow islands/Bubble Bobble
Blood money
Paperboy
Rastan Saga
Chaos Engine
Xenon/Xenon2
Giana Sisters (my older brother bought the c64 original when it first came out)
A decent 'colour' version of USG's Gauntlet
Gauntlet 2
Tomb Raider (up to 3)
Some Quake or Doom type game

there are many others that don't come to mind at the mo...

[www.atarimania.com]

Wasn't there a rumor that Turrican was to be converted but actually ended up as Technus?

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[carmel_andrews]

Is Technus also called 'Technologie Soldier' or something... if so, they are totally different games, so it would hardly be 'classed' as a port over or conversion

sorry about that atarimania/atari frog

[www.atarimania.com]

carmel_andrews said:

Is Technus also called 'Technologie Soldier' or something... if so, they are totally different games, so it would hardly be 'classed' as a port over or conversion

I never wrote it was a conversion, just that the programming team possibly wanted to port Turrican, probably axed the idea very early on and ended up coding Technus.

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Edited by www.atarimania.com, Wed Nov 23, 2005 8:30 AM.

[sku_u]

Dungeons and Dragons. I'd like to see what some of the crative people here could do with this one to make it work.

Doom would also be a nice one to see as a demo application.

[chguat]

I was just thinking about this. I would have to say Crystal Quest and Oregon Trail. Crystal Quest really wouldn't be that hard to do, and it really wouldn't surprise me if someone's already made a version of it for the A8.

[Goochman]

Impossible Mission
Galaga
Paperboy
Zoo Keeper
Time Bandit

[carmel_andrews]

www.atarimania.com, on Wed Nov 23, 2005 2:28 PM, said:

carmel_andrews said:

Is Technus also called 'Technologie Soldier' or something... if so, they are totally different games, so it would hardly be 'classed' as a port over or conversion

I never wrote it was a conversion, just that the programming team possibly wanted to port Turrican, probably axed the idea very early on and ended up coding Technus.

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Atari Frog
http://www.atarimania.com

Atarimania/atari frog.... are yopu a games coder/programmer or something or do you just do demo's like heaven tqa does

i was going to say impossible mission as well

[emkay]

carmel_andrews, on Wed Nov 23, 2005 12:27 PM, said:

these are my favourite that i would like to see converted to the A8

IO
Armalyte
R-type
Turrican 1/2&3
Hypersports
Ghosts/Goblins, Ghouls/Ghosts
Hawkeye
Rainbow islands/Bubble Bobble
Blood money
Paperboy
Rastan Saga
Chaos Engine
Xenon/Xenon2
Giana Sisters (my older brother bought the c64 original when it first came out)
A decent 'colour' version of USG's Gauntlet
Gauntlet 2
Tomb Raider (up to 3)
Some Quake or Doom type game

there are many others that don't come to mind at the mo...

The A8's hardware would make it easier to have a 3D game than to have a C64 style scroller.
To say it in other words: We could have a fun Wolfenstein 3D version, but a "Rastan Saga" would never give the wanted result.

[miker]

Goochman, on Wed Nov 23, 2005 5:45 PM, said:

Impossible Mission

It's on Atari already, maybe someone finishes it. See here.

[Wrathchild]

Goochman said:

Bard's Tale

Also, I don't think the A8 Gauntlet is bad

For RPGs - couldn't any of the SSI/TSR games be ported from the C64 easily?

Has the A8 got an early "Final Fantasy" or "Pokemon" style game yet?

A Hypersports port (from C64, the BBC version isn't so good) would be good,
although the Track&Field games we have aren't too bad.

I agree that the C64 scrollers (Blood Money, Xenon, R-Type) probably wouldn't cut it on the A8.
Though I think Speedball maybe just possible, something like Ballistix could work OK.

I'd add "Paradroid" & "Stunt Car Racer" to the list too.

Regards,
Mark

Edited by Wrathchild, Wed Nov 23, 2005 11:54 AM.

[emkay]

sku_u, on Wed Nov 23, 2005 3:42 PM, said:

Dungeons and Dragons.  I'd like to see what some of the crative people here could do with this one to make it work.

http://www.atariage....ndpost&p=907692


Someone seems to be the correct artist for a D&D Game ...

[deathtrappomegranate]

Wrathchild, on Wed Nov 23, 2005 5:51 PM, said:

I'd add "Paradroid" & "Stunt Car Racer" to the list too.

Yes, Stunt Car Racer would be great, and should be possible.

[Chrodegang]

Last Ninja I, II and III.

[DarkLord]

emkay, on Wed Nov 23, 2005 2:00 PM, said:

sku_u, on Wed Nov 23, 2005 3:42 PM, said:

Dungeons and Dragons.  I'd like to see what some of the crative people here could do with this one to make it work.

http://www.atariage....ndpost&p=907692


Someone seems to be the correct artist for a D&D Game ...

I think it would be cool to see Dungeon Master on the 8bit! :-)

[The_Laird]

He's a few games I would love to see that would be more than possible.

Blue Lightning or Afterburner
Double Dragon
Wrestlefest

And also a couple of obscure but brilliant Spectrum games:

Bak 2 Skool - Possibly the best game ever made by Microsphere.
Viking Raiders - Great strategy game by Firebird.

[Allas]

All of them are good games for an Atari. But I'd prefer the incomplete classics:

- Yie Ar Kung Fu
- Space Harrier
- Super Mario Bross 3
- International Karate +
- Imposible mission
- Shadow of the beast
- Pacmania
- Boinxx

very near near... but so far far far....

Edited by Allas, Thu Nov 24, 2005 12:53 AM.

[The_Laird]

Allas, on Thu Nov 24, 2005 1:32 AM, said:

All of them are good games for an Atari. But I'd prefer the incomplete classics:

- Yie Ar Kung Fu
- Space Harrier
- Super Mario Bross 3
- International Karate +
- Imposible mission
- Shadow of the beast
- Pacmania
- Boinxx

very near near... but so far far far....

Space Harrier is currently being developed, I played it at JagFest. I can confirm its absolutely amazing, even the speech from the arcade is there!

GET READY!

[miker]

Allas: Yie Ar Kung Fu is almost finished. Just stay tuned!

[Heaven/TQA]

it's interesting that not even finished Boinxx is counted as Classic...

[cgfatari79]

I would love to see r-type see mock up screen i made below!, and a better than any existing 8bit conversion of out run made for our beloved Atari http://www.atariage....66428&hl=outrun attachmentid=44480]428&hl=cgfatari79

Attached Thumbnails

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Edited by cgfatari79, Thu Nov 24, 2005 4:08 PM.

[miker]

Humanoid seems to be some kind of that. See here:

http://www.atarimani...VERSION_ID=2525

Edited by miker, Thu Nov 24, 2005 11:56 PM.

[miker]

www.atarimania.com, on Wed Nov 23, 2005 1:14 PM, said:

Wasn't there a rumor that Turrican was to be converted but actually ended up as Technus?

Yes Exactly. There were works on Turrican, but when Technus was released, the guys of "Turrican crew" discontinued them. Pity...

[www.atarimania.com]

miker, on Fri Nov 25, 2005 7:00 AM, said:

Yes Exactly. There were works on Turrican, but when Technus was released, the guys of "Turrican crew" discontinued them. Pity...

Thanks Miker, I knew I wasn't completely dreaming

Who were the coders behind Turrican?

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Atari Frog
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[Heaven/TQA]

humanoid seems quite ok...but the gfx seems to be rip.