Oh yes! This game, alongside Little Computer People, was a game that stood out for me as a kid on the C64 for the simulation aspects of it. I don't think we ever played it very much, though - being the school bully wasn't an attractive narrative.
It’s also quite a complex game for that time period. When most games could just be played with a joystick with a single fire button, that one has quite a few keyboard commands to learn!
Patience was not our forte when we were young. And by the time I appreciated more complex games, I'd already got a PC, and none of my friends still had a C64, which is probably why I didn't discover Exile (1988) until very late in life.
Well, I’m sure if there’s some Oric programmers with a personal love story for that game, that could happen, but people making games on the Oric are like a fraction of the number of people you can find on Sinclair, Atari or Commodore machines.
Personally I did not know that Exile game, seems quite advanced, with such a scrolling on the Oric it would either had to be done in TEXT mode, or use some page flipping (screen by screen), else that would be way too slow.
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Oh yes! This game, alongside Little Computer People, was a game that stood out for me as a kid on the C64 for the simulation aspects of it. I don't think we ever played it very much, though - being the school bully wasn't an attractive narrative.
It’s also quite a complex game for that time period. When most games could just be played with a joystick with a single fire button, that one has quite a few keyboard commands to learn!
Patience was not our forte when we were young. And by the time I appreciated more complex games, I'd already got a PC, and none of my friends still had a C64, which is probably why I didn't discover Exile (1988) until very late in life.
Which is my way of saying, Exile would be a challenging project to take on for the Oric! The source code for the BBC Micro is available! http://www.level7.org.uk/miscellany/exile-disassembly.txt
Well, I’m sure if there’s some Oric programmers with a personal love story for that game, that could happen, but people making games on the Oric are like a fraction of the number of people you can find on Sinclair, Atari or Commodore machines.
Personally I did not know that Exile game, seems quite advanced, with such a scrolling on the Oric it would either had to be done in TEXT mode, or use some page flipping (screen by screen), else that would be way too slow.