BACK IN TIME 
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                                                           by Slimer
                                                           
                          'People don't trip over mountains 
                           only over mole-hills' 
                       
                           Confucius 

Can you still remember those (early) days of the 8 bit computers? Blood 
shot eyes and grinding teeth when your datarecorder messed up again? Single 
sided 5 1/4 disks with low saving capacity and even lower speed? Yes? How come 
that I somehow enjoyed myself more than, then I do today ?   

The answer to that question must surely be that these days everybody owns a 
computer. In the early 8 bit days there was only a small group of users in 
comparison with these days. Everything was new and there was much to be 
discovered. The programs were just great and especially the games knew 
many classics. We were all quite happy with 8 colors and 320 x 200 resolutions 
and great soundchip music. Both the CBM 64 and Atari XL were equipped with 
excellent sound, but the SID of the 64 really was the pith. There are 
still people on the Falcon who want to see a conversion of SID music to their 
machine and have wild ideas that maybe the DSP would do the trick in playing 
them. I don't know if this is possible but if one of you can pull it of, you  
are likely to create some happy people(hint)!  

The music was better and the games were better. Even with the lack of 
devastating graphics and high quality samples the games were somehow more 
appealing. At the end of this paragraph you will find a list of popular 
games that might bring back old memories of forgotten days of joy.   


*  = VERY GOOD GAME
+  = ALREADY CONVERTED TO ST/FALCON   


+*DONKEY KONG                    DONKEY KONG JUNIOR
+*PACMAN                         SUPER PACMAN 
 *PITSTOP 1                     *PITSTOP 2 
 *POGOMAN                       *PREPPIE 
 *SURVIVOR                       LIFEWIRE 
 *UP UP AND AWAY                 SAVAGE POND 
 *CAVERN'S OF MARS 1            *CAVERN'S OF MARS 2  
  MEGAMANIA                     *HAZART RUN
+*FROGGER                       *FROGGER 3 DEEP 
 *SLINKY                         TANK COMMANDER  
  JAMES BOND                    *COSMIC TUNNELS  
  B1 BOMBER                      VOODOO CASTLE  
  VIETCONG                       ADVENTURE CREATOR
+*CENTIPEDE                      CALACTIC CHEESE
+*SPACE INVADERS                 SPACE INVADERS THE LUXE  
  DIRTY DEALER                   FLYING TIGERS  
  NATO COMMANDER                 DEATH STAR  
  FAST EDDIE                     MR. T.N.T.   
  BLUE THUNDER                   K-RAZY-ANTICS        ~MAP.BLK~
 *KONGO BONGO                   *MONTEZUMA REVENGE  
  ALIEN SWORM                   *ROBOTTRON  
  DECATLON                       CANYON RUNNER  
  AIRSTRIKE 1                    AIRSTRIKE 2 
 *BRUCE LEE                      SOLO FLIGHT  
  DROPZONE                     +*BOULDERDASH 
 *ATTACK OF THE MUTANT CAMELS    MOONPATROL (16K/32K)  
  THE LAST STARFIGHTER          *JOHN ANDERSON SPEEDWAY 
 *BLUE MAX                      *BLUE MAX 2001     
  SPY HUNTER                     CAVELORD  
  BULLDOG PINBALL                NIGHT MISSION PINBALL
+*JOUST                          MOVIE MADNESS  
  GYRUSS                         Q-BERT 
 *BOUNTY BOB STRIKES BACK        CLAIM JUMPER  
  STRANDED                       LEGGIT 
 *ZEPPELIN                       PHOBOS 
 *PITFALL 1                     *PITFALL 2  
  KID-GRID                       HYPERBLAST  
  GORF                           MOTORCROSS 800  
  FIGHTER PILOT                 *BC QUEST FOR TIRES  
  SAM                            POKER SAM  
  HYPER OLIMPICS                *POLE POSTITION 
 *CAVERNS OF KHAFKA             *POPEY  
  SNOKIE                         SOCCER  
  RIVER RAID                    *FORBIDDEN FOREST  
  BASKETBALL                    *SUPER ZAXXON  
  AZTEC CHALLENGE                CROSS FIRE  
  DRELBS                         SILICON  
  DIMENSION X                    QUAZIMODO 
 *MARIO BROS                     ROUND A BOUT  
  MR. ROBOT AND FACTORY         *MINER 2049 
 *GREMLINS                      *OILS WELL 
 *CANDY FACTORY                  DIAMONDS  
  POOL                           THE BEAM MACHINE FACTORY  
  E-FACTOR                      *VANGUARD 
 *WARRIOR OF RAZ                *BOMBASTIC 
 *CAPTAIN COSMO                  CHOP SUEY 
 *KEYSTONE KAPERS                TUTANKHAMUN 
 *HOTLIPS                        MICRODEAL SHUTTLE  
  PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY          DAN STRIKES BACK  
  RAINBOW WALKER                *LORD OF ORB  
  SEAWOLF 2                      SPITFIRE ACE  
  FLAK                           PSUEDOROOKIE 
 *WIZARD OF WAR                 *JUMPMAN JR.   
  XENEN RAIO                     PRELIMARY MONTHY 
 *COHEN TOWERS                   SODANS HOLLOW  
  AARDVARK                      *SPY VS SPY 
 *SPECIAL DILIVERY               POOYAN  
  JET BOOST JACK                 STARBOWL FOOTBALL  
  FLIP AND FLOP                  MARKET BLITS 
 *RIVER RESQUE                  *JUNGLE HUNT 
 *PENGO                          RESQUE OF BLONDELL  
  CATNAP                         ENCOUNTER  
  SARGON 2                       TENNIS 3D  
  SUPER COBRA                    SCROLLS OF ABADON  
  STARBASE FIGHTER             +*F15 STRIKE EAGLE  
  JUNGLE BOY                    *CHOPLIFTER  
  FINAL LEGACY                  *THE TAIL OF BETA LYREA 
 *BUCK ROGERS                    WARGAMES  
  STARTREK                      *H.E.R.O. 
+*ASTEROIDS                      ALPA SHIELD  
  ANTS LASER                     ALLEY CAT       

Note to the people who spend their days making Tetris clones and Japanese 
boardgames: Try to convert one of the games above to the Falcon ! B.t.w. 
in the next issue you will find even more names of games, this is not even half 
of it!