2013/2/26: Atari 5200: Meteorites, Mountain King
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2013/2/26: Atari 5200: Meteorites, Mountain King
Here are two brand new Atari 5200 reviews for your reading enjoyment.
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2013/2/26: Atari 5200: Meteorites, Mountain King
The Atari 8-Bit version is the best. The control is definitely better, although the game's internal issues still remain. I like Mountain King, but it does get frustrating at times. I still want to get to the "hidden area" in the 2600 version
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2013/2/26: Atari 5200: Meteorites, Mountain King
Enjoyed the reviews, I was surprised there wasn't any form of Asteroids on the 5200. I don't own one so I have obviously never had the need to look into it. Still, balls of cabbage is better then nothing especially if you need to fix your asteroids itch.
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2013/2/26: Atari 5200: Meteorites, Mountain King
Actually there was a version of Asteroids for the 5200. It went unreleased due to the control issues with the joysticks and after toying with shipping a special controller with it. It was pretty much a straight port of the 8-bit version.
http://www.atariprotos.com/5200/software/asteroids/asteroids.htm
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2013/2/26: Atari 5200: Meteorites, Mountain King
And Asteroids for the 5200 was well beyond prototype phase. It was finished and ready to ship. It is even references in 5200 game brochures as a 'coming soon' title.
It's a shame the 5200 had such lousy controllers.
It's a shame the 5200 had such lousy controllers.