Atari XL/XE - Elektra Glide [English Software Company] 1985

Elektra Glide by Adam Billyard
[English Software Company] 1985

Category:

Gaming

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• atari
• 8bit
• 400
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• 1200
• xl
• 65
• 130
• xe
• computer
• video
• game
• elektra
• glide
• race
• 3D
• retro
• gaming

[romzom666]

Can someone please help me about this game? On side a it is for the c64. on side b it is for the atari 800xl. I am trying to load it on the atari 800xl but don't know what to type in to load it. My disk drive is the Atari 1050. Any help would be appreciated.

[StaxX28]

@romzom666

Just hold down [Option] while turning on computer with disk inserted in powered disk drive.

[dvamateur]

The rivalry between the Commodore C64 and Atari 800XL seemed to be in those days like Mac vs. PC today. I was definitely an Atari guy, with my 65XE and later 1040STe. Great old days! Nothing will capture the magic of the graphics and sounds of those games...

[maiki60fps]

Well, its colourfull but look at the resolution and number of pixels / objects.... remember we are talking 1979 technology here...

[patiomkin2001]

This game was so annoying. These random bouncing balls were almost impossible to dodge!

[SimmeringPotpourri]

@mushypeas20 I was an Atari fan & there were a lot of games for both systenms but the C64 did have a larger market. I do remember that the C64 took forever to load things off of disk, even w/ the booster cartridge, it still took a long time. Some games looked better on the C64 and visa-versa on the Atari. I think the most important thing was getting in with a group of people that owned the same thing.

Now, you have emulators so you can give them both a try and finally see which was better.

[tdc6502]

Unusual in this game is that the animation is beautiful, and for that one frame of the animation falls on one frame! and is a rarity even in the games on the Amiga. And Electra Glide is from 1985!

[davidvandayscousin]

WOuld love to hear the whole soundtrack . Does anyone have it? I'm not good enough at the game to get far enough without crashing.

[telemetry9]

This game used to get my heart going. It is thrilling and rewards skill and memory. A great piece of programing. Also - the frame rate and movement is awesome for an 8 bit.

[crusherrSK]

thx for the great memories. one of the loved games that we played when I was a kid..18 years ago. what a great time that was.

[roboaalien]

Yeah I remeber this game. Fuck.ng Timer, JEJEJE

[mushypeas20]

I had a 800xl,my parents bought it me from Wigfalls in 1985.I wanted a Spectrum or C64 but the nice salesman told my parents that the 800xl was superior.I bought loads of games for it but at the time thought my parents had been conned by the salesman wanting to get rid of stock that wasnt selling well. 26 years on I would be curious to know what people thought of the 800xl and if indeed it was a superior home computer to the C64 etc.The other home computers always seemed to have more games

[aerobertj]

Just played Need for Speed on my son's PS3 - it brought back memories of this. Really the game play isn't much different, the Elektra blobs are a bit like crashes in Need for Speed. Isn't the music "wonderful" ?-)

[aerobertj]

Just played Need for Speed on my son's PS3 - it brought back memories of this. Really the game play isn't much different, the Elektra blobs are a bit like crashes in Need for Speed. Isn't the music "wonderful" ?-)