Well, I origionally had the Atari 8bit version, then
when I got a better Atari computer, (16 bit Atari ST)
I played on that. I noticed that they added jobs and I
beleive the ability to join guilds in that one. (I may
be wrong, it's been awhile)
I later played the PC version for about 5 minutes and
was totally disgusted by the graphics and sound
compared to the Atari versions.. couldn't stand
playing it. In my OPINION, I think the best version of
the city is on the Atari ST.

-Marc


--- Rebecca Steltzer <rsteltzer--15wpharmacy.com>
wrote:

> Actually, the award goes to me!
>
> 23 (and female). I played the PC version - it came
> bundled with my
> first computer. I was 10 years old at the time
> (1990 for those who
> don't want to do the math) and quickly became
> obsessed with Alternate
> Reality. At the time thought that I somehow had
> received a "broken"
> game - I would go through some doors and get an
> error message "Can't
> find dungeon.exe" or "Can't find arena.exe", etc. I
> was also quite
> annoyed that no matter what I did, I could never
> join a guild. I had
> found it all quite mysterious - there were so many
> unanswered questions
> surrounding AR.
>
> Of course when I looked it up online later in life I
> got the answers to
> all my questions - and then some. It really upset
> me to find out that
> it was never completed - there was no other game I
> can remember from my
> childhood that captured my attention quite like AR
> did.
>
> Speaking of the past, I have since played the Atari
> version on an
> emulator and was always struck by how difficult it
> must have been for
> you all to make money in the city at the beginning.
> The PC version had
> jobs at various locations - the Inns, the Taverns
> and the Banks - and I
> could always just work a lot if I needed extra cash
> (or needed to pass
> some time).
>
> Is there anyone else here who played the PC version?
> How do you think it compared?
>
> Rebecca
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Piringer, Frank
> [Frank.Piringer--msnyuhealth.org]
> Sent: Monday, October 04, 2004 10:14 AM
> > Subject: RE: Player ages.
>
> I'm 26 -- so I guess I win!
>
> I got interested in AR back in 1985 (yes, I was 7)
> thanks to those
> full-page adverts in Home Computing magazine -- the
> magazine published
> the code for BASIC games, and I was teaching myself
> the language despite
> being in 2nd grade. Does anyone remember the name
> of the uber-character
> that was in there--I want to say Jester the Quester
> but I'm pretty sure
> I'm wrong.
>
> Anyway, I had already gotten my feet wet in the RPG
> genre with Wizardry,
> but I had gotten fustrated with the multi-character
> parties and quasi-3d
> maps and had sworn off RPGs until I saw the ads for
> AR. Even though my
> computer was a meager little Apple //c, with it's
> Monochrome graphics
> and one 360k floppy drive, it was still being
> developed for and had some
> of my favorite games still to this day (7 Cities of
> Gold, Oregon Trail,
> and Night Mission pinball)
>
> Unfortunately, the only version I ever got for my
> Apple was the Dungeon.
> Or maybe fortunately, because after playing the City
> much later I can
> say that the Dungeon was a much more rewarding
> experience for a young
> explorer. If I had the complete open-endedness of
> the City I probably
> would have gotten bored pretty quickly. Having all
> of the dungeon's
> different environments to explore was so fascinating
> for me. I
> literally spent days just searching every square of
> the Sewers,
> searching for secret passages and bashing Molds and
> Rats with my torches
> (my weapon of choice for lv0-3).
>
> To this day I'm dissapointed ARO never got developed
> -- the MMO market
> was still young, and AR was *built* for just that
> kind of world, ten
> years before they became mainstream. Sometimes, I
> still boot up AR:D in
> my Apple II emulator -- it just doesn't feel the
> same on any other
> platform -- and wander around familiar hangouts.
> Not to mention the
> stares I get on the subway when I sing "The
> Devourer" when I get into
> the mood ;)
>
>
> Is it him or her? Is it scale or fur? Does it occur
> In the dark of night? Crystal Cavern Light? Metal
> appetite?
>
> I want to know...
>
> I want to know...you...
>
> --Frank
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Darryl Giors [darryl--mindsyncpost.com]
> Sent: Saturday, October 02, 2004 8:56 PM
> > Subject: Player ages.
>
>
> Wow, I hadn't previously thought of myself as a
> junior member of the AR
> List but I just might be one of the youngest. I was
> only 10 Y.O. when
> AR:C came out. My brother picked up a copy a few
> months after it came
> out but I didn't really play it until Summer of '85.
> I was instantly
> enthralled with the gameplay and one of my best
> friend's whom I still
> see regularly was into the game as well. It became
> a regular after
> school habit. I couldn't wait until the Dungeon
> came out and I was
> counting the days despite the delays that occurred.
>
> Anyhow I'm currently 29. Anybody younger than that
> around here?
>
> Darryl Giors
>
> Lance, of the City of Xebec's Demise
>
> Tyr, wielder of the Eater of Evil, wrought by the
> Dwarven Smithy of the
> Dungeon.
>
>
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