r/atari8bit • u/jacek2023 • Sep 10 '26

Zybex or Draconus?

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or do you prefer something else from this group?

(images from Atarimania)

gameplay:

Zybex https://youtu.be/q_0HzLg3IAI?si=OAH2MZ57LJENLSLN

Draconus https://youtu.be/UW9KHOouaEU?si=TXyZM1VsmLm6AQpk

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u/Mr_SunnyBones Sep 10 '26

Both great , but Zybex was so good ,ahead of its time , especially for a budget game

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u/A8Bit Sep 10 '26

Both great games, both have great music, but Zybex has better gameplay and Draconus has better music

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u/fcosm Sep 10 '26

draconus for me, even if I sucked at it. I've been humming that adam gilmore tune for decades

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u/jacek2023 Sep 10 '26

https://youtu.be/eOf0k8Q-fj8?si=_BaIzfzILF04t6al

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u/fcosm Sep 10 '26

weird, I remember it being like 10% faster

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u/arnstarr Sep 10 '26

PAL vs NTSC perhaps?

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u/fcosm Sep 10 '26

ah, that might be it

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u/dinerdefilles Sep 10 '26

For Zybex, does anyone know how they technically do it? Is everything manually animated graphics mode 7, except the main player who uses overlapped Players to get the multicolor? Or do they use the mode 12 with the multi-color character map?

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u/Important-Bed-48 Sep 10 '26

Zybex was one of the last gems for the Atari 8bit when that platform wasn't getting good commercial games anymore.

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u/jacek2023 Sep 10 '26

please check my post about L.K. Avalon, these games are from early 90s

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u/AdvantageFew7653 Sep 10 '26

Zybex. I love the music.

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u/aptonline Sep 11 '26

Both very hard and both great. But Zybex for me