The 1982 Atari 8-bit version of Galaxian, released by Atari, Inc., is authentic enough, and plays pretty much like the arcade original, even if it does look quite basic in comparison. Where it does outdo the arcade version, though, is in the variety of play modes that it offers.
Tag Archives: 8-bit
Pac-Man, Atari 8-bit
Pac-Man on Atari 8-bit home computers was first released by Atari Corporation in 1982. The same game was re-released by Datasoft in 1984, and by US Gold in the UK in 1985.
Zone X, Atari 8-bit
Written by Derek Johnston and published by Gremlin Graphics in 1985, Zone X is a scrolling maze game where you play a radiation suit-wearing scientist collecting plutonium samples and dumping them into containers.
Cavelord, Atari 8-bit
Cavelord is a scrolling action game that was written by Peter Finzel and released – in Germany only – by Ariolasoft in 1985. Thankfully, a fan hack has translated the game into English.
Twilight World, Atari 8-bit
Created by Matthew Trimby and first released by Atari Corporation in 1986, Twilight World is an interesting scrolling platform game for Atari 8-bit machines that still plays great today.
Mr. Ghost, MSX
Mr. Ghost – aka “Yuureikun” – is an interesting flick-screen action game, published by System Sacom for the MSX2 in 1989. In it you play a ghost who must make his way through a series of levels, knocking out enemies along the way. An English fan translation makes the game playable outside of its native Japan.
Chopper Command, Atari 2600
Written by Bob Whitehead and published by Activision in 1982, Chopper Command is a side-scrolling Defender clone with four game modes.
Batman, MSX
Published by Ocean Software in 1986, the MSX version of Jon Ritman and Bernie Drummond‘s classic isometric platform game is just as good as the original Spectrum version, if not better.
The Addams Family, TurboGrafx CD
The Addams Family for TurboGrafx-CD was developed by ICOM Simulations, Inc. and first published by NEC Technologies in 1991. It does not follow the template of all the Ocean ports of this game. It instead does its own thing entirely and takes advantage of the audio streaming from the CD by adding lots more sound and speech. Which gives it a distinctive “talkie” feel.
The Addams Family, Amstrad CPC
The 1992 Amstrad CPC version of Ocean‘s ubiquitous The Addams Family is probably the ugliest out of all the versions. The chunky pixels and small play window certainly don’t make for much to look at.
