Eniko
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scottm said:Atari ST;
- Ultima V
I'm curious, why Atari ST and not DOS? Was the Atari version better?
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scottm said:Atari ST;
- Ultima V
I'm curious, why Atari ST and not DOS? Was the Atari version better?
DasFool said:I was thinking the same thing...craigix said:It looks suspiciously like another game which the publishers of are currently claiming outrageous rights over...
I'm not as in the scene as I used to be... I just remember having two people crammed around my Amiga 500 and two people using Atari 2600 sticks to play Ebonstar for hours and hours. The game was basically a roaming black hole deal with a satellite beaming out of it, four Asteriods-like ships controlled by players, some random powerups, and any number of drones. You fired little lasers that didn't actually hurt anything, they just pushed whatever it hit a short distance. The object of course was to push your opponents into the black hole, which in a 4 player cut-throat game got quite interesting: Player 1 shoots Player 2 towards the hole, and in swoop Player 3 and 4 to pick them both off. It was like Atari 2600 Combat, only in space, and way cooler. You could also get points for shooting a laser down the light path of the satellite, but it was a pretty tricky shot to time and line up just right...
What game/publisher are you guys referring to? I think Ebonstar came out in 1988, and has since been classified unofficially as abondon-ware due to the original company (Microillusions?) disappearing a long time ago.
/threadjack
Cretin said:DasFool said:I was thinking the same thing...craigix said:It looks suspiciously like another game which the publishers of are currently claiming outrageous rights over...
I'm not as in the scene as I used to be... I just remember having two people crammed around my Amiga 500 and two people using Atari 2600 sticks to play Ebonstar for hours and hours. The game was basically a roaming black hole deal with a satellite beaming out of it, four Asteriods-like ships controlled by players, some random powerups, and any number of drones. You fired little lasers that didn't actually hurt anything, they just pushed whatever it hit a short distance. The object of course was to push your opponents into the black hole, which in a 4 player cut-throat game got quite interesting: Player 1 shoots Player 2 towards the hole, and in swoop Player 3 and 4 to pick them both off. It was like Atari 2600 Combat, only in space, and way cooler. You could also get points for shooting a laser down the light path of the satellite, but it was a pretty tricky shot to time and line up just right...
What game/publisher are you guys referring to? I think Ebonstar came out in 1988, and has since been classified unofficially as abondon-ware due to the original company (Microillusions?) disappearing a long time ago.
/threadjack
I'm pretty sure they're referring to Geometry Wars.
Eniko said:It was the version I originally owned - I think when it originally came out the ST version would have been better than the PC version (this was back in 1987) I don't think vga and soundblaster were around then. Of course since then all the old PC versions of Ultima have been given a make overscottm said:Atari ST;
- Ultima V
I'm curious, why Atari ST and not DOS? Was the Atari version better?
Zoop - now I know your talking cackkrooked said:
Yes! Although I'm all for the CPC version.Douglas McIntosh said:Tau Ceti for the ZX Spectrum. A game which I was convinced had incredible depth when I was younger.
There's a touchscreen.hells_dark said:Teeworlds without a mouse :/
Not for me..