In the early 80's many of us had the pleasure of playing the adventure platformer 'Montezuma's Revenge' on the Atari 2600, Atari 5200, Apple II, ColecoVision, Commodore 64, IBM PC, Sega Master System and even the ZX Spectrum (as Panama Joe). It combined treasure hunting, lots of rooms, puzzle solving and deadly traps and enemies that needed to be avoided almost as if you were playing as Indiana Jones himself. But now once again we look towards a new game in that style, as Łukasz "Luklab" Labuda has released a Montezuma inspiration for the Atari XL/XE called 'Luckyman'.
Here's the latest from the Atari homebrew website. "Colleague Łukasz "Luklab" Labuda he came to us again with a game written in the rarely used language of Advan Basic. As I wrote before, it seems that Łukasz honors us with the game on average once a year, and the level of his games is constantly increasing. He started with a very simple "Game in a Line", then there was a larger "City Defender", then expanded "Pac-Time" and "Pac-Time 2" with a level editor, and now we have an extended game level Luckyman, occupying the entire diskette".
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a BASIC game ? .. and smooth sprite animation ..
ReplyDeleteGlad to see the Atari 8bit getting some love.
ReplyDeleteOh it gets lots of love on this site! :D - I just don't feature every single game.. Joys of doing all the systems :D
DeleteLooks like another fine Atari gem from one of my compatriots. Even though I was a Commodorian myself (or still am - that's for life innit? ;) ) , it brings me joy, possibly pride even to recognize the special status of Atari in Poland and its superb community. I loved Montezuma and this being a homage it looks quality, just imagine playing this back in the 80's :). Thank you
ReplyDeleteThis looks really nice. Big fan of 8 bit Atari goodness.
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