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Posted By

Ulysses777
on 2021-08-11
09:55:10
 Encounter!

No adventures, no eggs and no endings this time, just a blaster.

Namely a port (more of a hack) of the C64 version of the first Novagen game, Encounter, originally released for the Atari 8bit and C64. (Those of you who have played Mercenary - Escape From Targ may have seen an advert for this game)

Have fun happy

https://www.dropbox.com/s/ojkxmhsftqkibjj/encounter.prg?dl=1

Posted By

Ati
on 2021-08-11
12:39:25
 Re: Encounter!

Super.

Posted By

Luca
on 2021-08-11
12:46:22
 Re: Encounter!

What a fantastic midsummer present you've kicked in the wild Ulysses777, congrats! Now I absolutely wanna see a comparative video against the official C64 and Atari versions to see which is the faster one, bets opened! Side note: two different versions of Encounter PAL/NTSC were originally released, the Plus/4 conversion include both system clocks!

Posted By

Csabo
on 2021-08-11
13:52:16
 Re: Encounter!

Awesome! I remember this game, I looked up all of Woakes' games back then.

Thank you Ulysses777 happy

Posted By

Doug
on 2021-08-11
17:45:02
 Re: Encounter!

Wow. Thank you Ulysses777.
I was always in awe of Paul Woaks work. Back then I had so many questions. How did he do it? How is it so damned fast? How are those solid circles drawn so fast? Is it some sprite hack (it was a C64 where I first saw it)? Is it bitmapped? Is it character based? So many questions..... and a lot of time in full reverse hitting the fire button like mad! Brilliant memories.

Posted By

MIK
on 2021-08-11
19:12:42
 Re: Encounter!

Never seen this before, reminds me of Zagan Warrior. wink

Many thanks Ulysses777 for your Close Encounter of the +4th Kind!
Cheers! happy

Posted By

marcos64
on 2021-08-12
03:46:56
 Re: Encounter!

Great game. And great conversion! I can't tell the diference from the C64 version.

Posted By

RoePipi
on 2021-08-12
13:52:39
 Re: Encounter!

WOW! Whoa-WHAT THE... I thought this was an AMIGA-game! I'm pretty sure. surprised surprised surprised
I did some welcoming rounds in it, it's AWESOME!


Posted By

aNdy/Cosine
on 2021-08-12
14:32:02
 Re: Encounter!

Oh! Very cool! I have some holiday coming up next week, so guess what I will be having a game of... grin

Posted By

MarkTh​eMorose
on 2021-08-18
05:41:05
 Re: Encounter!

RoePipi: There was indeed an Amiga version of Encounter, called Amiga Encounter. As I recall, it came out after the (perhaps) better looking Backlash, a game in the same style.

Posted By

retroscener
on 2021-09-05
10:05:18
 Re: Encounter!

Wow, finally grabbed a chance to play it. Reminds me much of Battlezone. Superb conversion, Very quick and easy to play. Great job Ulysess77 bounce



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