clp@gumby.Altos.COM (clp) (02/02/91)
I just picked up an Atari 800 and a bunch of game cartridges. I've heard a little about a game called MULE, and I want to get it. Does anyone know anything about this? Does this game only come on floppy? Any info will be received with great joy. Chuck L. Peterson clp@altos.com
mg20+@andrew.cmu.edu (Michael Paul Greelish) (02/04/91)
MULE is an (awesome) Electronic Arts game. I had it for my 800 when I had an 800, before I got an ST. I don't think MULE is out for the ST... it's kind of "Out of Print". It only comes on disk, I'm pretty sure, and requires 48K (wow!) Get a disk drive from somewhere, and a copy of MULE too. It's funny, detailed, and you can play it hundreds of times without getting bored. BTW, cartridge games can be only <16K due to the 8-bit's architecture... pretty wimpy, considering some ST games require 1Mb (that's 1024K!) ______________________________________________________________ |\ /| | \/ | ike Greelish Carnegie Mellon U. undergrad, professional writing major quote: "Everything is broken." ---Bob Dylan stupid disclaimer: My opinions are.
kurt@ritcsh.csh.rit.edu (Kurt Mosiejczuk) (02/05/91)
In article <Ibf8poa00Uh783YxBO@andrew.cmu.edu> mg20+@andrew.cmu.edu (Michael Paul Greelish) writes: >MULE is an (awesome) Electronic Arts game. I had it for my 800 when I >had an 800, before I got an ST. I don't think MULE is out for the ST... >it's kind of "Out of Print". It only comes on disk, I'm pretty sure, and >requires 48K (wow!) Scores of ST owners wanted Electronic Arts to do a conversion for the ST but EA refused, even when Atari intervened personally, go figure... > >Get a disk drive from somewhere, and a copy of MULE too. It's funny, >detailed, and you can play it hundreds of times without getting bored. > >BTW, cartridge games can be only <16K due to the 8-bit's architecture... >pretty wimpy, considering some ST games require 1Mb (that's 1024K!) Actually, cartridges from the past few years have been much more than 16k, they use bank switching now and I have even heard of 1 meg cartridges... Kurt Mosiejczuk kurt@nick.csh.rit.edu
dddean@bluemoon.uucp (David D. Dean) (02/05/91)
mg20+@andrew.cmu.edu (Michael Paul Greelish) writes: > BTW, cartridge games can be only <16K due to the 8-bit's architecture... > pretty wimpy, considering some ST games require 1Mb (that's 1024K!) > > I thought that the cartridges could be more than 16k, after all, how would you explain some of the DISK-> Cartridge conversions like "Ace of Aces", "Leader Board", and some of the newer (but still old) releases? I think that the 65 xe enables the use of these, but I have used the xe cartridges with my 800xl.. David D. Dean, President Explorer Post 891 AT&T Bell Laboratories dddean@bluemoon.uucp
potter@speedway.DAB.GE.COM (Jeff Potter) (02/06/91)
Mike, I've just seen that Electronic Arts has released MULE for the (gasp) Nintendo. From the packaging, it appears to be much the same game, with the graphics enhanced a little. You're right, it (IMHO) is the best multi-player strategy game yet produced. Jeff -- Jeff Potter ...potter@ge-dab.ge.com ...uunet!ge-dab.GE.COM!potter ...uunet!sunny.dab.ge.com!potter
mg20+@andrew.cmu.edu (Michael Paul Greelish) (02/08/91)
Yeah, and I had to get rid of it when I got rid of my 800, it just wouldn't run on the ST, couldn't even get the disk in the drive :-) Electronic Arts are weenies for not releasing it for the ST. ______________________________________________________________ |\ /| | \/ | ike Greelish Carnegie Mellon U. undergrad, professional writing major quote: "Everything is broken." ---Bob Dylan stupid disclaimer: My opinions are.
portuesi@tweezers.esd.sgi.com (Michael Portuesi) (02/08/91)
>>>>> On 7 Feb 91 23:38:20 GMT, mg20+@andrew.cmu.edu (Michael Paul Greelish) said: > Yeah, and I had to get rid of it when I got rid of my 800, it just > wouldn't run on the ST, couldn't even get the disk in the drive :-) > Electronic Arts are weenies for not releasing it for the ST. It's a business decision. They decided that a port of MULE to the Atari ST and the Amiga simply wouldn't generate enough sales to be worth it. BTW, the author of MULE, Dan Bunten, currently has the rights to the program. So if you could find him and offer him a cut of the proceeds, you could probably get a license to do an ST port... m. -- __ \/ Michael Portuesi Silicon Graphics, Inc. portuesi@sgi.com "Never forget what gossips men are, and how they love to feel superior to so-and-so who `is having trouble with his wife.'" --Nina Fischer, "How to Help Your Husband Get Ahead" part of the Amy Vanderbilt Success Program for Women
SC260808@ysub.ysu.edu (02/10/91)
>M.U.L.E. for the Atari ST.
Does the ST not have translation programs from 8-bit?
I read that there are some if you know where to look.
-- MIJ