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Unofficial Adventure Sequel Demonstrated
Thanks to RetroGames for pointing to the project page for Adventure II, an unofficial Atari 5200 sequel to the classic Atari 2600 version of Adventure. There's a 40 percent version available for download, and the page asks you to bear in mind that "..the dragon will eat you (resetting the demo) if he bites you too many times." In related news, this review of the Atari 10-In-1 TV Game, including the original version of Adventure, points out that the world's first videogame 'easter egg', sneaked in by creator Warren Robinett and containing his name, has been changed in the new TV Game version to the word 'TEXT' - shurely shome mistake?
The Atari 10-in-1 isn't exactly news - it's been released last year, and the games are changed in subtle ways - it's possible that the games have been re-coded or ported rather than emulated or running on identical hardware.
If you really want NEWS (should I submit this as a story?) Check out the 10-in-1 and 25-in-1 Intellivision systems.
This new sequel looks pretty good - I like the updated graphics.
However, if you want an experience which is more true to the original game, you should check out Indenture - an old DOS game that is an expanded re-creation of Adventure, done in the same style.
It also has a better easter egg than the new joystick based multi-games...
"I found an easter egg in Quake 3. What you do is you go into a multiplayer game of Capture the Flag. Then, get really really good at using the railgun. Once you reach a certain level of accuracy, the game will call you a 'faggot camper'! "
I hate when when a funny post gets modded as off-topic. I realize that at first glance it seems off-topic, but the submission did have a reference to Adventure having the first easter egg. It's not the most on-topic post in the world but it isn't off-topic either.
Cut the guy some slack, the FAQ does say to try to be funny.
(Note: Before modding me off-topic, consider that you're wasting a mod-point that could be better directed making somebody's insightful or funny post more visible.)