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Title: Some old Tandy game
Post by: MustardTent on August 11, 2005, 09:35:28 am

Okay, so I've been trying to figure this out for a really long time, but I just can't come up with an answer.

When I was like 5-6 (this was about 1985) we had a Tandy Color, and there was this game I always played.

Title: Re: Some old Tandy game
Post by: Bloinkxp on August 11, 2005, 11:05:06 am

Only CoCo game I remember is Dungeons Of Daggorath.
It was an adventure game in a maze.

Title: Re: Some old Tandy game
Post by: versapak on August 11, 2005, 12:16:42 pm

Sounds a little like gapper, but there was no collecting anything.

You were an *, and the goal was to fill in the lines around a grid to make boxes. While doing this you were being chased by an X. You could hit the spacebar to drop a gap down, which gave you a chance to escape.


(http://ldgonzales.home.comcast.net/gapper.jpg)



BTW...

Even if it is not the game you were talking about, it certainly was a game that I played a TON of in my childhood, and your post brought back the memories. I went and found it, and put it on my arcade cab, and it plays pretty good there.

Title: Re: Some old Tandy game
Post by: MustardTent on August 11, 2005, 09:19:23 pm

Well, I'll certainly try these games now that you guys mention them.  Sadly though, neither of these games is the one I'm thinking of.  It's a bit closer to Gapper, where the view is of an aerial/map nature. 

Versapak, that game is very similar to the one I'm thinking of, but my game has a much denser grid/maze.

Thanks guys.

Title: Re: Some old Tandy game
Post by: Thenasty on August 12, 2005, 12:15:23 am

sounds like Space dungeon to me. Try it in MAME.

http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/sdungeon

Title: Re: Some old Tandy game
Post by: versapak on August 12, 2005, 12:58:19 am

Quote from: pkurby1 on August 11, 2005, 09:19:23 pm

Well, I'll certainly try these games now that you guys mention them. Sadly though, neither of these games is the one I'm thinking of. It's a bit closer to Gapper, where the view is of an aerial/map nature.

Versapak, that game is very similar to the one I'm thinking of, but my game has a much denser grid/maze.

Thanks guys.

That pic was only the second level. The grids do get more dense as you go along, and you also get grids that are not just one big square.

Level 4:
(http://ldgonzales.home.comcast.net/gapper2.jpg)


Level 6:
(http://ldgonzales.home.comcast.net/gapper3.jpg)

Title: Re: Some old Tandy game
Post by: MustardTent on August 12, 2005, 09:17:28 am

Thanks for all your help guys.

Title: Re: Some old Tandy game
Post by: versapak on August 12, 2005, 11:31:46 am

Hmmmmm

Have never played it. will give it a try though.

I have been having a great time playing Gapper again.

I had to run it in DOSBox, with cycles set all the way down to 300, though. The speed was RIDICULOUS otherwise.


I imagine that would be the case with most of these old games.

Title: Re: Some old Tandy game
Post by: Zapper on August 13, 2005, 02:40:58 am

Another good Tandy maze game is Mega-Bug, it's a remake of an Apple ][ game called Dung Beetles which is also good. Also check out Temple of Rom.

Title: Re: Some old Tandy game
Post by: Spaced Invader on August 13, 2005, 08:19:09 am

Quote from: Zapper on August 13, 2005, 02:40:58 am

Another good Tandy maze game is Mega-Bug, it's a remake of an Apple ][ game called Dung Beetles which is also good. Also check out Temple of Rom.

I LOVED Temple of ROM...man, this brings back memories!

Title: Re: Some old Tandy game
Post by: MustardTent on August 13, 2005, 09:01:28 am

This is the last time I'll bump this thread with a game name, but Time Bandit (http://nitros9.stg.net/timebandit.html) was also friggin awesome.


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