Missing Atari 8-bit titles
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Re: Missing Atari 8-bit titles
Another lost Italian title:
http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-40 ... 40959.html
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Re: Missing Atari 8-bit titles
Presumably one of the early Lindasoft titles, that one, going on the date?
I notice that we don't yet have Doriano's (The/I) Beatles e il papiro della pace listed in the archive either.
http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-40 ... 31446.html
I notice that we don't yet have Doriano's (The/I) Beatles e il papiro della pace listed in the archive either.
http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-40 ... 31446.html
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Re: Missing Atari 8-bit titles
You might be interested in this 100% working version of Eryus:
http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-40 ... _1866.html
The game had two problems:
- due to how it was cracked, it was only playable on PAL systems... despite being developed in the US!
- keyboard input was a nightmare
These two fixes by DjayBee should make the title fully playable now.
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http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-40 ... _1866.html
The game had two problems:
- due to how it was cracked, it was only playable on PAL systems... despite being developed in the US!
- keyboard input was a nightmare
These two fixes by DjayBee should make the title fully playable now.
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Re: Missing Atari 8-bit titles
Added The Sinclair Experiment which was published as a disk bonus in New Atari User:
http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-40 ... 41160.html
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http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-40 ... 41160.html
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Re: Missing Atari 8-bit titles
Thanks for this. It was one that I was unaware of. It makes me wonder whether there are any other goodies tucked away in New Atari User. I've added an entry for the CASA database. I'm sure the admins will get around to it shortly.
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Re: Missing Atari 8-bit titles
I believe a big chunk of the Atari catalog has been recovered already though, as far as magazine type-ins go, there are a probably a few forgotten here and there (ditto for book listings). There will always be a freeware title popping up from time to time and the Czech / Slovak games need to be sorted but the listing is quite complete (considering some commercial programs will be impossible to find).
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Re: Missing Atari 8-bit titles
Just a few more things...
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- An unofficial conversion of The Saga of Erik the Viking was released for the Atari by Homesoft in 2015:
http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-40 ... 32035.html
- All four Rhiannon Software games also made it to the Atari, they're just ultra rare:
http://www.atarimania.com/list_games_at ... 4_8_G.html
- I couldn't find this game on CASA (there may be a few other "selectable answers" programs in our database that you don't have):
http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-40 ... 14644.html
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Re: Missing Atari 8-bit titles
This information has been added, thanks.www.atarimania.com wrote: ↑Sat Mar 18, 2023 2:58 pmJust a few more things...
- An unofficial conversion of The Saga of Erik the Viking was released for the Atari by Homesoft in 2015:
http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-40 ... 32035.html
From the instructions & screenshots, they probably don't qualify for inclusion. I guess it depends on what puzzle elements are in there. As an aside, shouldn't Addison-Wesley be the actual publisher of those games. Rhiannon Software seem to be the developers?
- All four Rhiannon Software games also made it to the Atari, they're just ultra rare:
http://www.atarimania.com/list_games_at ... 4_8_G.html
In general, I think the policy is that we're not specifically looking to add any additional "selectable answers" games. They're generally outside the defined scope of CASA, with parser games as the main focus, although any such games that are already listed will probably remain there.
- I couldn't find this game on CASA (there may be a few other "selectable answers" programs in our database that you don't have):
http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-40 ... 14644.html
Re: Missing Atari 8-bit titles
I can't swear to it, but I think the Atari Homesoft version of 'The Saga of Erik the Viking' may be buggy. I only played a little way into the game until I got to the kitchen. When I examined the stewpot, I got a blacked out image and a different set of exits, but most of those didn't work.
Check the credits. It was based on the book of the same name written by Terry Jones. CASA says it was written by Pete and Mike Austin. Atarimania says it was written by Sue Gazzard and Pete Austin. One or the other must be wrong.
The Addison-Wesley games aren't really text adventures. There's no command-line input and no parser. It is single key entry. As best as I could work out, the keys for 'Jenny of the Prairie' are:
C = Chop
H = Inventory
I = Up
J = Left
K = Right
L = Look
M = Down
O = Throw? (Response says, "There is nothing to aim at here.")
P = Throw? (Response says, "There is nothing to aim at here.")
S = Score
U = Pick up
I found a slingshot on the first screen by aimlessly wandering around, but it refused to pick it up. U asks you what you want to pick up followed by a numbered list with one item. You can't enter a number and it doesn't do anything when you type "slingshot". All in all, this was unplayable.
'Final Exam' is one of those multiple choice thingies. As such, it's outside the scope of CASA's main goal.
Check the credits. It was based on the book of the same name written by Terry Jones. CASA says it was written by Pete and Mike Austin. Atarimania says it was written by Sue Gazzard and Pete Austin. One or the other must be wrong.
The Addison-Wesley games aren't really text adventures. There's no command-line input and no parser. It is single key entry. As best as I could work out, the keys for 'Jenny of the Prairie' are:
C = Chop
H = Inventory
I = Up
J = Left
K = Right
L = Look
M = Down
O = Throw? (Response says, "There is nothing to aim at here.")
P = Throw? (Response says, "There is nothing to aim at here.")
S = Score
U = Pick up
I found a slingshot on the first screen by aimlessly wandering around, but it refused to pick it up. U asks you what you want to pick up followed by a numbered list with one item. You can't enter a number and it doesn't do anything when you type "slingshot". All in all, this was unplayable.
'Final Exam' is one of those multiple choice thingies. As such, it's outside the scope of CASA's main goal.
Re: Missing Atari 8-bit titles
According to the Erik manual...
Game design: Pete Austin
Programmed by: Pete Austin
Artist: Joan Lamb
Transport to your computer: Mike Austin
Adventure system: Mike Austin
Graphics system: Ian Buxton & Mike Austin
Other work by team at Level 9 Computing
Definitely not attributable to Sue Gazzard, that's for sure. She only did Lords of Time. Level 9 decided not to make the follow-up adventure idea she submitted.
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Re: Missing Atari 8-bit titles
Thanks for the explanations about the submissions.
Let me see if I can get in touch with Homesoft in regard to the buggy Saga of Erik the Viking. I'll remove Sue Gazzard from the credits on our page as well.
Finally, here's another adventure I just found:
http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-40 ... 41174.html
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Let me see if I can get in touch with Homesoft in regard to the buggy Saga of Erik the Viking. I'll remove Sue Gazzard from the credits on our page as well.
Finally, here's another adventure I just found:
http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-40 ... 41174.html
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Atari Frog
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Re: Missing Atari 8-bit titles
A very generic title, but perhaps this Cave of Doom...
https://archive.org/details/Bellcom1990 ... of+doom%22
Or maybe a listing based on an existing BASIC type-in.
https://archive.org/details/Bellcom1990 ... of+doom%22
Or maybe a listing based on an existing BASIC type-in.
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Re: Missing Atari 8-bit titles
Yes, this is where I found it.
There's an additional text file where the author gives his CompuServe address... but he never mentions his name!
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There's an additional text file where the author gives his CompuServe address... but he never mentions his name!
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Re: Missing Atari 8-bit titles
What's his mailbox address? It's useful to tag with that, as it may help make connections later. From that catalogue, we know it's a pre-1990 release, then.
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Re: Missing Atari 8-bit titles
Another one:
http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-40 ... 41200.html
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