Popular Post MaximumRD Posted September 5, 2016 Popular Post Report Share Posted September 5, 2016 GYCW is back with one of the most overlooked conversions of all time, the infamous Atari 2600 E.T. was actually ported to another system! Rowsdower70, chas10e, Lost Dragon and 6 others 9 Quote I am Rob aka MaximumRD aka OldSchoolRetroGamer and THIS is my world http://about.me/maximumrd "For you, the day Bison graced your village was the most important day of your life. But for me, it was Tuesday." - M. Bison Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted September 5, 2016 Report Share Posted September 5, 2016 WOW! Who knew? MaximumRD and Lost Dragon 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ballblaɀer Posted September 5, 2016 Report Share Posted September 5, 2016 (edited) This is fantastic, thanks for posting it. Three gripes with an otherwise great and entertaining video review:1) One *can* catch Atari's E.T. before hitting the bottom of a pit and "beam out" before hitting bottom if there's no phone piece there, and in fact it saves a ton of energy since hitting bottom subtracts 269 energy units. Granted, none of this is documented in the instruction manual. But ideally one should levitate during a fall into EVERY pit, and gently lower oneself to the bottom if needed. 2) Atari's E.T. *does* include a way to turn off enemies (choose Game 3 to turn off the Scientist and the FBI Agent, keeping only Elliott). 3) The quoted review doesn't say "inspired by", it specifically says that E.T. is "similar in format" to Adventure and Superman, and it is. They all have game "maps" traversible in four directions, something not common at the time. In summary: OUCH. Seriously though, this video BE GOOD. Edited September 6, 2016 by Ballblaɀer Lost Dragon, MaximumRD and The Professor 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeJ07 Posted September 6, 2016 Report Share Posted September 6, 2016 (edited) So hey guys, I just stumbled across this video on Youtube. While we all are aware of Atari's E.T. game, I imagine very few of us are aware that a computer gaming company in Great Britain (of all places) totally ripped off the same basic idea and gameplay for a PC conversion. (Stick through the full intro, guys. I know it seems at first that the video is going to follow the same old trope of E.T. being the worse game ever made, but it defies that expectation very early on.) Edited September 6, 2016 by LeeJ07 Quote "I'd buy that for a dollar!" -Smash T.V. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atarifan95 Posted September 6, 2016 Report Share Posted September 6, 2016 Don't think I'm being rude man, because I'm not trying to be rude. Someone already made a post like this on here a few days ago. Sorry. MaximumRD 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaximumRD Posted September 6, 2016 Author Report Share Posted September 6, 2016 So hey guys, I just stumbled across this video on Youtube. While we all are aware of Atari's E.T. game, I imagine very few of us are aware that a computer gaming company in Great Britain (of all places) totally ripped off the same basic idea and gameplay for a PC conversion. (Stick through the full intro, guys. I know it seems at first that the video is going to follow the same old trope of E.T. being the worse game ever made, but it defies that expectation very early on.) Uhm, I post the same video at the start of this thread Lee............? The Professor and Rowsdower70 2 Quote I am Rob aka MaximumRD aka OldSchoolRetroGamer and THIS is my world http://about.me/maximumrd "For you, the day Bison graced your village was the most important day of your life. But for me, it was Tuesday." - M. Bison Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rowsdower70 Posted September 6, 2016 Report Share Posted September 6, 2016 I think the threads just got merged I kinda want a ZedX Spectrum, honestly. MaximumRD 1 Quote "For you - Rowsdower from the 70 - have been appointed Omnivisioner of the Game Grid." ~ Atari Adventure Square Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted September 7, 2016 Report Share Posted September 7, 2016 I think the threads just got merged In defense of Lee, this video is so good, didn't it deserve to be shared twice? Or hey, it's about a copy of ET....and it's a copy of your thread. BOOM! ZX Spectrum does look pretty good. Probably PAL only though, right? Rowsdower70 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaximumRD Posted September 7, 2016 Author Report Share Posted September 7, 2016 I think the threads just got merged I kinda want a ZedX Spectrum, honestly. Ah FAIR ENOUGH. That makes a lot more sense lol. Rowsdower70 1 Quote I am Rob aka MaximumRD aka OldSchoolRetroGamer and THIS is my world http://about.me/maximumrd "For you, the day Bison graced your village was the most important day of your life. But for me, it was Tuesday." - M. Bison Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atarifan95 Posted September 7, 2016 Report Share Posted September 7, 2016 (edited) I think the threads just got merged Yeah, that's what happened. LJ07 originally posted about this in the Atari 2600 section, but I politely pointed out the fact that MaximumRD already beat him to it. I guess the two threads got merged afterwards. Edited September 7, 2016 by atarifan95 MaximumRD 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rowsdower70 Posted September 7, 2016 Report Share Posted September 7, 2016 In defense of Lee, this video is so good, didn't it deserve to be shared twice? Or hey, it's about a copy of ET....and it's a copy of your thread. BOOM! ZX Spectrum does look pretty good. Probably PAL only though, right? Yep, PAL only. Lost Dragon 1 Quote "For you - Rowsdower from the 70 - have been appointed Omnivisioner of the Game Grid." ~ Atari Adventure Square Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari Creep Posted November 19, 2016 Report Share Posted November 19, 2016 HOW DID I KNOW KNOW ABOUT THIS!!!!????? Thanks for posting!!!! Great video! The Professor 1 Quote Don't just watch TV, PLAY IT! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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