Johnny@UACSC1.ALBANY.EDU (01/13/88)
From: Johnny B. I would like to know if anyone in netland knows if there is a version of hack for the 8-bit atari? I have it for the st, but I dont always have access to the st. If I could get it for the 8-bit it would be great. Anyone know of anything? John Bunch. J.Bunch@uacsc1.albany.edu Internet. JBB665@albny1vx BITnet.
dennett@kodak.UUCP (Charlie Dennett) (01/14/88)
In article <8801131502.AA21280@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> J.Bunch@UACSC1.ALBANY.EDU writes: >From: Johnny B. > I would like to know if anyone in netland knows if there is a version >of hack for the 8-bit atari? I don't know about hack, but I came across a version of rogue for the 8-bitters. I was not all that impressed. In fact, I believe I purged it from the disc it was on. I found it on one of the local boards here in Rochester. -- Charlie Dennett | UUCP: ...!rutgers!rochester!kodak!dennett Eastman Kodak Company | Voice: 716-726-4480 901 Elmgrove Road | Company Mail: Dept 420 Technical Support Services Rochester, NY 14650 | Company DECnet: VXMM01::DENNETT
jdd@db.toronto.edu ("John D. DiMarco") (01/25/88)
There is NO version of Hack for the Atari 8-bit, simply
because Hack is an extremely space-intensive (i.e.
memory-intensive) game. Just consider - the hack
dungeon consists of over 20 levels, each of which may
need to be stored, rooms, hallways, monsters, and all. 48k
of memory is simply not enough.
There is a version of Rogue available for the Atari 8-bit,
however (since Rogue only saves one dungeon level at a time,
such a thing is possible). It is produced under the Epyx
label, I think.
John
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--------------------------------------------------------------------------------kimes@ihlpe.ATT.COM (Kit Kimes) (01/27/88)
In article <1988Jan25.125404.28913@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu>, jdd@db.toronto.edu ("John D. DiMarco") writes: > > There is a version of Rogue available for the Atari 8-bit, > however (since Rogue only saves one dungeon level at a time, > such a thing is possible). It is produced under the Epyx > label, I think. > Epyx made a version of Rogue for the ST (they don't even carry that anymore in their latest catalog). They never intended to make an 8bit version. ANTIC magazine published a version called Arogue that is pretty good considering the memory limitation. I have a 48K machine and it works fine. It is in BASIC, so it is easy to cheat if you are so inclined. It uses redefined character sets which makes it a little hard to read on a color tv using the RF modulator. Might be a lot better if you had one with a composite video input. Would be much better if used with a color monitor. It was reviewed by one of the regular readers here on the net last summer/fall when it was printed in ANTIC. He beat me to it, I'm pretty slow at typing in magazine listings because my time is limited for such frivolous pursuits. I barely have time to look up the spelling of all these words in the dictionary :-) . Kit Kimes AT&T--Information Systems Labs ...ihnp4!ihlpe!kimes