View Full Version : Commodore 64 Xonox releases, info please
vintagegamecrazy
03-25-2008, 12:14 AM
Does anyone know anything about these games? There's nothing much online, were they disk or cart and is there a list of games released by them for the C64?
Thanks.
PingvinBlueJeans
03-25-2008, 12:57 AM
Same junk they released on every other system...
Artillery Duel
Chuck Norris Superkicks
Ghost Manor
Motocross Racer
Robin Hood
Sir Lancelot
Spike's Peak
Tomarc the Barbarian
All released on disk.
vintagegamecrazy
03-25-2008, 01:06 AM
I thought they were released on cart for a moment. I would love to track a few of these down and compare them to their other cart versions. Cool stuff.
Thanks a bunch
PingvinBlueJeans
03-25-2008, 01:32 AM
I thought they were released on cart for a moment. I would love to track a few of these down and compare them to their other cart versions.
I dunno...all I know is they're very rare and very shitty.
Mayhem
03-25-2008, 07:05 AM
They're all available at http://www.gamebase64.com if you want to check them out...
But yeah, none of them are that great and none came on cartridge (unlike the Vic20 versions).
vintagegamecrazy
03-25-2008, 10:39 AM
Man, I'd still buy those if they were for sale. They are cool despite looking pretty ugly. Thanks so much. So if I can clarify, Xonox produced games for Atari 2600, Colecovision, Vic-20, and Commodore 64? Any other console/Computers? They were actually pretty productive back in their day.
PingvinBlueJeans
03-25-2008, 03:23 PM
So if I can clarify, Xonox produced games for Atari 2600, Colecovision, Vic-20, and Commodore 64? Any other console/Computers?
No, that's it. Why? What system were you hoping for?
PingvinBlueJeans
03-26-2008, 06:33 PM
It's possible they might have either had plans to do some Atari 8-bit titles, or possibly started work on them but that's just speculation at this point.
Definitely speculation, but I tend to agree.
Not at all surprising that the C64 releases were on disk. Most likely they were intended to be cartridge releases originally, but by the time they were released, the market had tanked and even the larger publishers (Activision, HES, etc.) had mostly switched over to (cheaper) diskette releases for the computer versions. The C64 Xonox games were probably barely released at all...you never see them.
Moby Games lists Motocross Racer/Tomarc as a double disks for Commodore 64:
http://www.mobygames.com/game/c64/xonox-double-ender-tomarc-the-barbarian-and-motocross-racer
They could have started some work for Apple ][ as well as A8
Mayhem
03-26-2008, 08:09 PM
Yeah they were released as double packed games (just like the cartridges) for the C64 afaik.
PingvinBlueJeans
04-01-2008, 01:59 PM
Man, I'd still buy those if they were for sale.
Here's your chance...
http://cgi.ebay.com/Sir-Lancelot-Commodore-64-C64-Disk-with-Instructions_W0QQitemZ260224407471QQihZ016QQcatego ryZ62053QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
http://cgi.ebay.com/Tomarc-the-Barbarian-Commodore-64-C64-Disk_W0QQitemZ260224960370QQihZ016QQcategoryZ62053 QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem