{"id":25359,"date":"2020-07-14T17:26:22","date_gmt":"2020-07-14T21:26:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/?p=25359"},"modified":"2021-05-07T10:48:27","modified_gmt":"2021-05-07T14:48:27","slug":"zorro-atari-8-bit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2020\/07\/14\/zorro-atari-8-bit\/","title":{"rendered":"Zorro (Atari 8-bit)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/zorro-1.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"325\" height=\"228\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-25360\"><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/darth-azrael.tumblr.com\/post\/189924545445\/clownoflove-this-is-me-playing-5-minutes-of-zorro\" class=\"keychainify-checked\">https:\/\/darth-azrael.tumblr.com\/post\/189924545445\/clownoflove-this-is-me-playing-5-minutes-of-zorro<\/a><\/p>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"320\" height=\"270\" src=\"\/ebay\/Zorro.html\"><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Zorro was a platform action\/puzzle game released for various 8-bit platforms, including the Atari 8-bit, in 1985. It was released by Datasoft who also released the similar but better known Bruce Lee game the previous year. Graphics and game play mechanics were somewhat similar between the two games.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Zorro1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"490\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-25385\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Zorro1.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Zorro1-300x211.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Zorro1-170x120.jpg 170w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>However, there were differences as well. Zorro is a slower paced game with more puzzle elements. It consisted of twenty different screens often with some puzzle to figure out or particular action to be performed. Zorro, the title character and your avatar, is of course a sword fighter but he also has the ability to leap high into the air and still land softly, among other talents. The plot of the game, such as it is, involves a kidnapped senorita whom of course you must rescue. You will have to defeat various henchman along the way and ultimately duel with their leader Colonel Garcia.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/zorro2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"336\" height=\"240\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-25386\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/zorro2.png 336w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/zorro2-300x214.png 300w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/zorro2-168x120.png 168w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 336px) 100vw, 336px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Zorro was available for a variety of platforms, including the Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64, Apple II and others. While the graphics differ some between the versions none of them really stand out. Pick your favorite system and give this one a try if it sounds like your cup of tea.<\/p>\n<p>Images above are from the Atari 8-bit version of Zorro.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>https:\/\/darth-azrael.tumblr.com\/post\/189924545445\/clownoflove-this-is-me-playing-5-minutes-of-zorro Zorro was a platform action\/puzzle game released for various 8-bit platforms, including the Atari 8-bit, in 1985. It was released by Datasoft who also released the similar but better known Bruce Lee game the previous year. Graphics and game play mechanics were somewhat similar between the two games. However, there were differences as well. Zorro is a slower paced game with more puzzle elements. It consisted of twenty different screens often with some puzzle to figure out or particular action to be performed. Zorro, the title character and your avatar, is of course a sword fighter but he also has the ability to leap high into the air and still land softly, among other talents. The plot of the game, such as it is, involves a kidnapped senorita whom of course you must rescue. You will have to defeat various henchman along the way and ultimately duel with their leader Colonel Garcia. Zorro was available for a variety of platforms, including the Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64, Apple II and others. While the graphics differ some between the versions none of them really stand out. Pick your favorite system and give this one a try if it sounds like your [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":25360,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39,4,16],"tags":[225,229,233,236,237,238,3672,2524,3673],"class_list":["post-25359","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-atari-8-bit","category-computer-arcana","category-retro-games","tag-atari","tag-atari-400","tag-atari-600xl","tag-atari-8-bit","tag-atari-800","tag-atari-800xl","tag-retrocompugin","tag-retrogaming","tag-zorro"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25359","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25359"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25359\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25360"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25359"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25359"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25359"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}