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Title: Ultimate Play The Game : Pentagram - Atari 8bit released!
Post by: Neil79 on 22:55, 03 May 16

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QuoteThis is just madness, in just one week we've had the classic Manic Miner released for the Atari XL/XE, Ocean Software's 1987 isometric hit game 'Head Over Heels', which was remade for the MSX2, and now Ultimate Play The Game's 1986 of ' Pentagram ', has finally been released as a port for the Atari 8bit by Mariuszw. If you don't remember the game Pentagram, It is the fourth in the Sabreman series, following on from his adventures in Sabre Wulf, Underwurlde and Knight Lore and was played in an isometric viewpoint.


Indie Retro News: Ultimate Play The Game : Pentagram - Final port release for (http://www.indieretronews.com/2016/05/ultimate-play-game-pentagram-final-port.html)
Title: Re: Ultimate Play The Game : Pentagram - Atari 8bit released!
Post by: TFM on 18:01, 04 May 16
U-hu, what happened to the colors? Atari should have some 130 or so?!?



Title: Re: Ultimate Play The Game : Pentagram - Atari 8bit released!
Post by: EgoTrip on 19:53, 04 May 16
This needs to be ported to the CPC too.
Title: Re: Ultimate Play The Game : Pentagram - Atari 8bit released!
Post by: Gryzor on 13:55, 05 May 16
...with colours.
Title: Re: Ultimate Play The Game : Pentagram - Atari 8bit released!
Post by: steve on 17:19, 06 May 16
Or PCW.
Title: Re: Ultimate Play The Game : Pentagram - Atari 8bit released!
Post by: ||C|-|E|| on 17:24, 06 May 16
In green.
Title: Re: Ultimate Play The Game : Pentagram - Atari 8bit released!
Post by: SRS on 20:05, 06 May 16
"Pentagram is a ZX Spectrum (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZX_Spectrum) and MSX (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MSX) video game (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_game) released by Ultimate Play The Game (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultimate_Play_The_Game) in 1986 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1986_in_video_gaming)."

So a port to CPC should be way more straightforward then to ATARI, I suppose.

Title: Re: Ultimate Play The Game : Pentagram - Atari 8bit released!
Post by: STE86 on 12:37, 07 May 16
Quote from: TFM on 18:01, 04 May 16
U-hu, what happened to the colors? Atari should have some 130 or so?!?

not in that screen mode it doesnt. the a8 can only do 2 colours in 320x200 from its palette.
those additional bits of colour are being provided by the hardware sprites

in fact it may surprise most of you on here that the A8 can only do 4 colours (excluding sprites and raster splits) for its backgrounds in 160x200. it has quite a large palette but lacks the screen modes to use them as well as either the c64 or the amstrad.
Title: Re: Ultimate Play The Game : Pentagram - Atari 8bit released!
Post by: Executioner on 06:13, 09 May 16
Quote from: SRS on 20:05, 06 May 16
So a port to CPC should be way more straightforward then to ATARI, I suppose.

I thought the Atari port had already been done.
Title: Re: Ultimate Play The Game : Pentagram - Atari 8bit released!
Post by: SRS on 22:29, 09 May 16
Quote from: Executioner on 06:13, 09 May 16
I thought the Atari port had already been done.

well, truth. no one feels like "what ? they did it to another architecture and we have none ? let's do it"
Title: Re: Ultimate Play The Game : Pentagram - Atari 8bit released!
Post by: Executioner on 00:11, 10 May 16
Quote from: SRS on 22:29, 09 May 16
well, truth. no one feels like "what ? they did it to another architecture and we have none ? let's do it"

Actually, I was just stirring you up about your mis-use of the word "then".

I'm sure this game would be a relatively straight-forward port to Z80, and graphically the CPC could easily do it.
Title: Re: Ultimate Play The Game : Pentagram - Atari 8bit released!
Post by: Docent on 17:13, 14 May 16
Anyone willing to recolor and update zx spectrum graphics and the title screen from Pentagram into cpc mode 1?
Title: Re: Ultimate Play The Game : Pentagram - Atari 8bit released!
Post by: Joseman on 19:00, 14 May 16
Quote from: Docent on 17:13, 14 May 16
Anyone willing to recolor and update zx spectrum graphics and the title screen from Pentagram into cpc mode 1?

Is being ported to the cpc???  :o
Title: Re: Ultimate Play The Game : Pentagram - Atari 8bit released!
Post by: ivarf on 23:46, 14 May 16
This is why we never got an Amstrad version, see the Spectrum C&VG review below:

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Title: Re: Ultimate Play The Game : Pentagram - Atari 8bit released!
Post by: Docent on 15:36, 16 May 16
Quote from: Joseman on 19:00, 14 May 16
Is being ported to the cpc???  :o
Yes, that's why I asked for the help with upgrading the graphics.
Title: Re: Ultimate Play The Game : Pentagram - Atari 8bit released!
Post by: ivarf on 22:26, 01 June 16
Quote from: Docent on 17:13, 14 May 16
Anyone willing to recolor and update zx spectrum graphics and the title screen from Pentagram into cpc mode 1?

I suggest you start another thread and ask in "games" or "programming categor or ask one of the known graphic artists here
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