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Title: Name that Atari (?) game!
Post by: zanna5910 on August 26, 2013, 11:52:28 pm
I cannot for the life of me find the following game.  I believe it was atari console or intellivision or something of that general era, I know you guys know what it is!

Basically it was 2 players, you controlled hillside turrets and you took turns firing at each other.  There was wind and both turrets had a zoomed in frame on either side of the screen.  Game was simple, shoot the other guy by picking power and angle.  Mostly green hillsides.

What is the name of this game and what system was it on?  Sorry, I was pretty young when I remember this one and cannot for the life of me find it.

Thanks all!
Title: Re: Name that Atari (?) game!
Post by: JDFan on August 26, 2013, 11:59:31 pm
Possibly RAMPART :

(http://gameclassification.com/files/games/Rampart.png)
Title: Re: Name that Atari (?) game!
Post by: jibmums on August 27, 2013, 12:12:19 am
I swear remember playing a game exactly like this back in the early/mid 80's, most likely on an Atari 800.  Somewhere I have a list of all the games I had on disk, I'll have to dig it out and give it a look thru. 
Title: Re: Name that Atari (?) game!
Post by: PL1 on August 27, 2013, 01:09:21 am
Artillery Duel for the 2600?

(http://atariage.com/2600/screenshots/s_ArtilleryDuel_2.png)

My favorite variant is Scorched Eatrth. (PC/DOS)

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/21/Scorched_Earth_title_screen.png)

It has a great variety of weapons and defensive measures.


Scott
Title: Re: Name that Atari (?) game!
Post by: lanman31337 on August 27, 2013, 09:02:03 am
Huge fan of scorched earth here!  Human Cannonball was along the same premise as well.
Title: Re: Name that Atari (?) game!
Post by: zanna5910 on August 27, 2013, 10:48:46 am
No, unfortunately none of these are right.  I remember the graphics being better than artillery duel, but it was like that with the 2D hillside, but both turrets had a zoomed in view on either side of the screen. 

Anyone else have any idea?  It may not have been on the Atari, but this was the mid-late 80's when I remember seeing/playing it.
Title: Re: Name that Atari (?) game!
Post by: zanna5910 on August 27, 2013, 11:11:14 am
Artillery Duel for the 2600?


Ding! Ding! Ding!  (Kinda)

I believe what I'm after is the Coleco version of this.  Possibly the C64 version.  Will have to play around with them and see.

Thanks guys!
Title: Re: Name that Atari (?) game!
Post by: Nephasth on August 27, 2013, 12:34:09 pm
Artillery Duel for the 2600?

(http://atariage.com/2600/screenshots/s_ArtilleryDuel_2.png)

My favorite variant is Scorched Eatrth. (PC/DOS)

(http://image.dosgamesarchive.com/screenshots/small/scorchedearth1.gif)

It has a great variety of weapons and defensive measures.


Scott

I remember playing a DOS version where it was two monkeys/gorillas throwing bananas at each other. Any idea what the title was?
Title: Re: Name that Atari (?) game!
Post by: PL1 on August 27, 2013, 01:17:21 pm
Artillery Duel for the 2600?

Ding! Ding! Ding!  (Kinda)

I believe what I'm after is the Coleco version of this.  Possibly the C64 version.  Will have to play around with them and see.

Thanks guys!
:cheers:
Coleco version
(http://gamesdbase.com/Media/SYSTEM/Coleco_Vision/Snap/big/Artillery_Duel_-_1983_-_Xonox.jpg)

C64 version
(http://www.c64-wiki.de/images/2/23/ArtilleryDuelTitel.gif)

VIC-20 version
(http://gamesdbase.com/Media/SYSTEM/Commodore_VIC_20/Snap/big/Artillery_Duel_-_1983_-_Xonox.jpg)

Bally Astrocade version
(http://gamesdbase.com/Media/SYSTEM/Bally_Astrocade/Snap/big/Artillery_Duel_-_1982_-_Bally_Mfg._Corp.jpg)

I remember playing a DOS version where it was two monkeys/gorillas throwing bananas at each other. Any idea what the title was?
Gorillas (1991) -- QBasic program distributed with MS-DOS 5.0
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/2f/Gorillas_screenshot.png)


Scott
Title: Re: Name that Atari (?) game!
Post by: ppv on August 27, 2013, 01:23:43 pm
I remember playing the c64 version!
Scott:  :cheers:
Title: Re: Name that Atari (?) game!
Post by: Minwah on August 28, 2013, 04:16:29 am
Gorillas (1991) -- QBasic program distributed with MS-DOS 5.0
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/2f/Gorillas_screenshot.png)

This is the one I remember too...pretty good fun!