>On Mon, 11 May 1998 kurt.woloch@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
>> 6. an Arkanoid-style game
>
>I'm waiting for this. Super Breakout and Fireball are good, but Arkanoid
>should be totally doable on the 2600 and really should be attempted.
There would be some constraints, though, regarding background graphics,
shadows and so on... but surely most of the additional game elements
could be added.
>> 8. Elevator Action
>
>I was really disappointed by how few home ports this got.
Me too, and in addition, the C-64 one was NOT brilliant. But it had
smoother graphics than the arcade machine (was it running at 10 or 12
fps...?)
>> 9. Manhattan
>
>What's that game?
Arrgh, I expected that. Seems no one knows this arcade machine. Was the
one located in the Vienna Prater around 1980-1981 really the only copy
of it???
You (the player) are a man. At the start of each round, you come in
hanging on a helicopter which drops you onto a trampoline with two
skyscrapers on the left and right. By pressing the button at the right
moment, you try to fly as high as possible. If you make it ontop on one,
of the scyscrapers, you have completed the round perfect. Otherwise, you
come down again, have to avoid obstacles like beanstalks, and have to
land on platforms for points. When you got down to the 6th floor, I
think, you have to hit the "OK" platform to clear the round. Otherwise,
if you hit the ground, you lose this life. The game is scrolling up and
down, and you have to go left and right and wave your hands in order to
reach the platforms and avoid the obstacles.
With love (and many obstacles to hit...)
Kurt Woloch
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