Trying to remember a game

jboy55 · Post by **jboy55** » Tue Apr 13, 2010 11:44 am

I remember an awesome defender/chopper command clone that was a tape for the VIC. I've searched and I can't remember it, but I think it was named Tomcat or something like that.

My memories tell me that the graphics were unusually good, much better then Chopper Command for the Atari. Can anyone help me remember or point me to a tape file?

Thanks
John

orion70 · Post by **orion70** » Tue Apr 13, 2010 12:00 pm

Hello jboy55, welcome aboard the friendly forum

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My guess is: Choplifter?

It's a VIC cartridge:

jboy55 · Post by **jboy55** » Tue Apr 13, 2010 2:51 pm

orion70 wrote:Hello jboy55, welcome aboard the friendly forum .
My guess is: Choplifter?

No, it wasn't this one...

I remember it was a tape, it loaded pretty quick. We bought 2 tapes from the same company I think at a Zellers in Canada. This was around when the C128 was just released, because as I was oggling it, I noticed some Vic Cassettes. The graphics on the tape cover looked pretty 'cool' too.

ravenxau · Post by **ravenxau** » Tue Apr 13, 2010 7:13 pm

Chopper?

http://www.6502dude.com/cbm/vic20/arma/ ... hopper.png

at any rate, have a look through Arma's site, you might find other game that you will remember. Also, Welcome to the land of Denial, It's a great community.

Arma's Site - http://www.6502dude.com/cbm/vic20/arma/btaps.html

jboy55 · Post by **jboy55** » Tue Apr 13, 2010 7:41 pm

It was skyhawk!

I always thought the plans were better, but I think the missles were awesomely rendered. The buildings on the bottom were pretty cool as well.

Downloading the .TAP

Post by **Jeff-20** » Tue Apr 13, 2010 9:46 pm

Wow! Those buildings do look very nice! I may have to steal that perspective / shadow technique.

orion70 · Post by **orion70** » Wed Apr 14, 2010 2:32 am

Skyhawk is impressive, indeed. It's similar also to C64's Falcon Patrol:

Pedro Lambrini · Post by **Pedro Lambrini** » Wed Apr 14, 2010 4:06 am

Skyhawk's a great game. I only discovered this gem last year when having a VIC session with Vic20-Ian. I was so impressed. It feels more like an early C64 game than something from the humble VIC. I'll have to try Falcon Patrol to see how it compares...

Pedro Lambrini · Post by **Pedro Lambrini** » Wed Apr 14, 2010 4:10 am

Jeff-20 wrote:Wow! Those buildings do look very nice! I may have to steal that perspective / shadow technique.

Maybe you could use that style for Galactic Warriors?

Mayhem · Post by **Mayhem** » Wed Apr 14, 2010 6:34 am

I was just coming into this thread and my second thought was Skyhawk... glad to see you figured it out

nbla000 · Post by **nbla000** » Wed Apr 14, 2010 7:35 am

wow very nice game for the vic...