Atari 7800 Thread

[TrekMD]

Another one of Bob's masterpieces! 

[TL]

Another one of Bob's masterpieces! 

Indeed, and another game to add to my shopping list. I love the speech in this!

You can definitely see where Activision's Megamania got its influence from.

[TrekMD]

Indeed.  Waiting for this to be added to the AA store.

[Shadowrunner]

Looks awesome and I also love the speech! I really need to start buying some of these new 7800 games.

[davyk]

Oh my God.....one of my favourites. I played this in the arcade (the sound during the asteroid section was brilliant - the bass speaker made the cabinet shake). Played it to death via MAME in later years. I could never get past Sector 3 as it was a real tough game.

There are two versions of the ROM - the earlier one was even harder - wonder which version this is based off.....better be an optimised PAL option!!!

Just checked at atariage - the diff levels equate to the diff ROMS! What a job (3 ROMS -1 I didn't know about!)

Is this running on an unexpanded 7800? The speech is impressive - the speech in game is missing but that wouldn't be an issue for me.

[TrekMD]

Oh my God.....one of my favourites. I played this in the arcade (the sound during the asteroid section was brilliant - the bass speaker made the cabinet shake). Played it to death via MAME in later years. I could never get past Sector 3 as it was a real tough game.

There are two versions of the ROM - the earlier one was even harder - wonder which version this is based off.....better be an optimised PAL option!!!

Just checked at atariage - the diff levels equate to the diff ROMS! What a job (3 ROMS -1 I didn't know about!)

Is this running on an unexpanded 7800? The speech is impressive - the speech in game is missing but that wouldn't be an issue for me.

If I'm not mistaken, this is not XM enhanced.  It uses the native hardware of the 7800.

[davyk]

Glad to hear that - I suppose it it using POKEY for sound which would make a cartridge a wee bit more expensive (and difficult to produce).

Wish there was a Harmony/Cuttle Cart type device widely available for the 7800...

[TL]

Glad to hear that - I suppose it it using POKEY for sound which would make a cartridge a wee bit more expensive (and difficult to produce).

Wish there was a Harmony/Cuttle Cart type device widely available for the 7800...

I don't think it is actually, I think it's TIA speech! Have you ever played/heard Jinks?

[davyk]

Wow - Impressive. There's the Berzerk Speech enhanced too for 2600 I suppose....

Haven't played Jinks - heard mixed reviews about it. Had a chance to pick it up CIB for cheap in a retro shop in Bimingham some time ago and passed on it. 

[TL]

Wow - Impressive. There's the Berzerk Speech enhanced too for 2600 I suppose....

Haven't played Jinks - heard mixed reviews about it. Had a chance to pick it up CIB for cheap in a retro shop in Bimingham some time ago and passed on it. 

It's very cheap to pick up, I think Lofarius here was saying he had a load of them. I think it's a really good game personally, read my review of it for more info.

[guest5175]

I'm not sure where else to share this but I've put together some thoughts on making a new Ninja Golf:

http://arcryphongames.wordpress.com/2014/07/04/designing-ninja-golf-for-a-new-age-of-gaming/

[TrekMD]

Ninja Golf is such a unique game.  It would indeed be cool to see an updated version of the game.  You know, it would have made a nice and unique title for the Jaguar.

[TrekMD]

Here's a nice blogpost: Atari 7800 missing classics...

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[TL]

That's cool and I agree with a lot of the choices too.

[TrekMD]

Yes, I thought it was a nice list of games that could have been part of the original 7800 game library.  One of the reasons I decided to get a 5200 was precisely because of many of those titles.