Re: Robot Odyssey

[Eric Jacobs <no@no.no>]

D. Peschel wrote:
> 
> Are you sure that the PC version was never released?  I've read one or two
> messages about it (which said, as I recall, that it used CGA mode) --
> this slightly implies that it does exist.
> 
> I know there was also a version for the Tandy Color Computer, of all things.
> 
> I sort of have this vague feeling that there was one other version (Commodore
> 64?) but I may just be making this up.

I know I've seen Rocky's Boots for the PC, so I know that RO may not
have
been very far off. RB ran in CGA, and it was strange because the
electricity
color (which is orange on Apple) was displayed using a 50% dither, like
the
way Apple hires would look like on a monochrome monitor.

My Robot Odyssey manual lists Apple, C-64, IBM, and Atari platforms, but
all
except for Apple are boxed in with a symbol that means "Not available at
this time." Which may or may not mean that they were ever released.

I do know there was a kernel revision between RB & RO. On the Apple it
added
mouse support, more complex sounds (rather than just tones), more wall
color
patterns, and some other stuff. You can test the version by seeing if
you
have to "wake up" the joystick by clicking the button. If so, then it's
the
old version.

The new version was eventually written for the PC, for Think Quick. I
just
don't know if they had given up on the Odyssey by then.