View Full Version : Unusual Pre-Crash arcade and home games
Sanriostar
10-24-2007, 01:38 PM
I've got an assignment from a class I TA for:
Bring in unusual simple games as examples for programming.
I can bring in the following hardware:
Laptop w/MAME and joypad, 26/5200,Inty 1,CV,Vec,C64
Some Ideas so far:
Illusions CV, any Vec game (for the visuals) Robotron, Inty Maze-A-Tron,
Tron Solar Sailer, I Robot, Zookeeper
The more cracked-out the better. Simplicity is desired.
Pantechnicon
10-24-2007, 02:01 PM
Ballblazer for the Atari 7800 - A noteworthy attempt to create a 3D environment with 2D hardware. Very abstract looking in 2-player mode.
briskbc
10-24-2007, 03:57 PM
How about QIX. Was that pre-crash?
Gapporin
10-24-2007, 04:10 PM
Vectron (Intellvision) was always noted as a good example of abstract graphics and gameplay.
Mayhem
10-24-2007, 04:14 PM
Just about anything by Jeff Minter on the C64.
agent57
10-24-2007, 09:09 PM
I can think of 2 great ones but they're both on the Atari 8-bit computers:
"Necromancer" and "Lifespan". There MAY be C-64 versions of these...anyone?
Both of these games are totally unique.
As far as an arcade games, "Chiller" would be a good pick just for the shock value alone. ;-)
boatofcar
10-24-2007, 11:37 PM
Microsurgeon for INTV
blissfulnoise
10-25-2007, 02:20 PM
Little Computer People (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Computer_People) on the C64 (also on the ST and even the FDS).
Jorpho
10-25-2007, 03:31 PM
Sentinel
Virus (i.e. the predecessor of V2000)
Archipelagos
Rescue on Fractalus
MrRoboto19XX
10-25-2007, 05:07 PM
Microsurgeon for INTV
Read my mind, Utopia for the INTV comes to mind as well.
idrougge
10-25-2007, 06:32 PM
Amidar is very simple. Ladybug adds a certain twist to Pac-man, and makes programming a bit more involved.
Nebagram
10-25-2007, 07:43 PM
Just about anything by Jeff Minter on the C64.
Seconded. Sheep in Space springs immediately to mind.
Shaggy_Arcade
10-25-2007, 08:17 PM
I'd say Cube Quest for arcade. It might not be totally unique but it is a different game. Or Mazer Blazer.
Some other thoughts:
The Attack (TI-99/4A)
Frankenstien's Monster (Atari 2600)
Space Dungeon (Arcade or Atari 5200)
DarthKur
10-25-2007, 08:17 PM
Beamrider, Qix, Q*Bert, Robotron and Zaxxon. Can't forget Crazy Climber either.