Atari: Monty on the Run and other news from Silly Venture 2019
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The port of the colorful platform game Monty on the Run (Gremlin Graphics, 1985) and several demos for Atari computers is what we found at the most recent edition of the Silly Venture 2019 retrofestival.
About to be arrested by the authorities, Monty the mole must escape from home and head to the English Channel. First, he has to select the right items for his adventure.freedom kitand take all the gold coins that will ensure a pleasant existence.
The conversion was presented by the self-proclaimed duoatariBDSM, composed by "Count Ulrich von Chain" and "Marquise Liebling Pejcz". However, the Fandal website lists the authors as Marek "Konop" Konopka, Michal "Miker" Szpilowski and Krzysztof Wrobel.
The gameplay dynamics are simple and addictively friendly; it maintains the iconicmelody composed by Rob Hubbard; and the settings resemble the surrealism of endearing titles such asManic Minerand Jet Set Willy.
It should be noted that theMonty's Freedom KitIt served as an anti-piracy measure at the time: items only had numbers on the screen, forcing the player to consult the manual that came with the original game.
Monty on the Run for Atari 8-bit computers
Download | 170 Kb:: Demos for Atari XL/XE computers
As for the demos for Atari 8-bit computers, first place went toFar Awaywith 909 points. It is the work ofAgenda group, consisting of Kamil "Gorgh" Trzaska, Marek "Koala" Ogłodek, Piotra "Pr0be" Wiśniewskiego, Marek "Xeen" Cora and "Svoy" (code); Adam "Ooz" Powroznik, Piotr "Piesiu" Radecki, Pawel "Ripek" Szewczyk and "Raphis" (graphics); Jakub "AceMan" Szeląg, Michal "Caruso" Brzezicki and Michal "stRing" Radecki (MSX).Second place went toSecond Life Syndromeof the groupLamerswith 893 points.
In third position was locatedUnsolvedof the PolesMasters Of Electric Citywith 616 points.
Finally, fourth place went toKompleks K-12 Teaser, ofTristesse Game Studio(TGStudio) with 561 points.
In future updates we will refer toOther games released as part of the Silly Venture 2k19 festival-some of which have not yet been published:Gravity Worms, Star Vagrant, AlbertandPreliminary Jump Off 48K
It should be noted that the11th edition of the biggest retrofestival of the year in Europerelated to the different platforms Atari brought togetherMore than 200 visitors from all over the worldfrom December 6 to 8 in Gdansk (Poland).
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