Talk:Tass Times in Tonetown

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PC category?

Does anyone know what OS was on the boot disk the game came with? At this point we can legitimately say Category:PC games. I suspect a form of DOS, but that's just a guess. Dread Lord CyberSkull ✎☠ 06:54, 25 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

There wouldn't have been any OS, the game would have addressed hardware directly. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.125.110.223 (talk) 19:47, 27 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Caption for the secont picture

It says "Note lower-quality graphics compared to the IIGS version". Well, how can we compare it, when we have NO Apple IIGS screenshots to compare it against? Devil Master 09:23, 24 December 2006 (MET)

The screenshot used on the top of the article (Ennio jumping through the screen) is from the Apple IIGS version of the game. However, the only real comparison that can be drawn from that is a higher resolution and greater color depth. Video game title images of that era were generally of a much higher quality than the rest of the game, so this is perhaps not a fair comparison. CaptainSpam actually remembered to sign it this time 01:49, 25 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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Article has been tagged for needing sources long-term. Feel free to reinsert the below material with appropriate references. DonIago (talk) 13:39, 11 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Ports

==Ports==

Tass Times had different features and graphics depending on which system it was developed for. This was a common practice for games of its era due to the disparate abilities of the systems of that era. For example, the higher-end system (Amiga, Atari ST and Apple IIGS) versions had 16-32 color graphics and wavetable sound, while the lower-end (Apple II, PC) versions had more rudimentary graphics. Likewise, the higher-end systems supported sound, while some of the lower-end ports had no sound capability. The low-end versions, however, had a fully animated intro screen, depicting what may have been Ennio's first arrival into the mundane world.

The Amiga and Atari ST versions, while very similar, have some differences. The Amiga version has a title song, where the Atari ST version does not, although they both share the same title screen as seen at the top right of this page. Interestingly, the Atari ST version has some animated scenes within the game.

András Szigethy converted the Commodore 64 version of Tass Times to the Commodore Plus/4.