<![CDATA[Atic Atac]]>Tim Child once cited the old spectrum game "Atic Atac" as one of the inspirations for Knightmare, the wellways between levels in particular.

http://www.retroremakes.com/forum2/showcase/view.php?gm=82

Came across this while looking for another Speccy game called "Skool Daze". Looks like quite a good remake.

]]>https://www.knightmare.com/forum/topic/1843/atic-atacRSS for NodeSun, 13 Sep 2026 11:18:04 GMTMon, 07 Apr 2008 16:31:28 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Atic Atac on Sun, 06 May 2012 16:01:52 GMT]]>The name rings a bell, and I'm sure I saw it on the 8 bit computers of the 1980s such as the Commodore or Amstrad even.

i used to have a game called Questron about 1984 and it was a bit like Knightmare in a sense where you would go on adventures, and meet people and fierce creatures and have to make important decisions to determine the rest of the game and collect spells and magic potions and near the end you would enter the catacombs and underground dungeons and meet all kinds of nasty things, I spent hours on this at the time.

Unfortunately there was a bug in the game that meant it was impossible to complete the game, you get about 90 per cent of the way through and the game would crash, it was very frustrating, but very much like knightmare if you ever played it back in the day.

]]>https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/42554https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/42554Sun, 06 May 2012 16:01:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Atic Atac on Mon, 23 Apr 2012 15:58:24 GMT]]>This article about Spectrum games covers Atic Atac (17/21) and mentions Knightmare's connection to it. (It also praises Skool Daze, as referred to above. And Dizzy is in there too.)

As for Dragontorc, it and Atic Atac are linked to Knightmare by the video review that was mentioned in another thread.

]]>https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/42520https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/42520Mon, 23 Apr 2012 15:58:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Atic Atac on Mon, 07 Jul 2008 10:29:50 GMT]]>I loved Atic Atac, and still do, as I play it regularly on me emulator.

I can certainly see where Tim Child got the idea from, and with Dragontorc too.

Great games!

]]>https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/36992https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/36992Mon, 07 Jul 2008 10:29:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Atic Atac on Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:38:46 GMT]]>Alternatively, for the more passive among us:

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=klc0TtDrWYk

Warning: do not view just after watching Knightmare Series 4, as it may result in motion sickness.

]]>https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/36989https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/36989Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:38:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Atic Atac on Thu, 17 Apr 2008 19:16:06 GMT]]>Why play the remake when you can have the original...

...if I could get FUSE to compile (gaaargh...) I'd go and play it right now.

]]>https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/36850https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/36850Thu, 17 Apr 2008 19:16:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Atic Atac on Fri, 11 Apr 2008 23:32:18 GMT]]>That's really cool. Thanks for that

]]>https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/36844https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/36844Fri, 11 Apr 2008 23:32:18 GMT