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[GroovyBee]

The 7800 version can be downloaded here :-

http://pouet.net/prod.php?which=58289

[DracIsBack]

GroovyBee, on Mon Jan 16, 2012 4:34 PM, said:

The 7800 version can be downloaded here :-

http://pouet.net/prod.php?which=58289

What is it?

[GroovyBee]

DracIsBack, on Mon Jan 16, 2012 6:25 PM, said:

What is it?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nyan_Cat

[Mitch]

The download link seems to be not functioning for me. Is any one else able to download it?

Mitch

[TrekMD]

Can't download it either...

[HammR25]

I was able to download it earlier but the link doesn't work now.

[Lendorien]

Is this a 7800 rom then? That's just Awesome!   I see someone did it for the 2600 too.

Edited by Lendorien, Tue Jan 17, 2012 3:16 AM.

[Tom]

scene.org, pouet.net etc. are down today, for whatever reason. In the meantime, grab it from the attachment.

Oh yes, fwiw, I coded this.

Attached Files

•  vtg_nyan7800.zip   6.09K   73 downloads

Edited by Tom, Tue Jan 17, 2012 4:26 AM.

[guy767]

DracIsBack, on Mon Jan 16, 2012 6:25 PM, said:

What is it?

Pop Tart + Cat + Annoying song played over and over again = Intellivision Controller/torture device Arrrrrgh!

[GroovyBee]

Tom, on Tue Jan 17, 2012 4:00 AM, said:

Oh yes, fwiw, I coded this.

Maybe you should come over to the dark side and start coding games

[Tom]

No. Too much effort.

[GroovyBee]

Tom, on Tue Jan 17, 2012 4:45 AM, said:

No. Too much effort.

[Tom]

Actually I mean this. I enjoy some programming after work, but I don't have the energy to program games in my free time.

[GroovyBee]

Tom, on Tue Jan 17, 2012 4:52 AM, said:

Actually I mean this. I enjoy some programming after work, but I don't have the energy to program games in my free time.

Understood! How long did it take you to code the 7800 Nyan Cat demo?

[Tom]

Don't know, couple of hours over a couple of evenings. Music is taken from the 2600 version.

[GroovyBee]

Will you be doing any more demos on the 7800?

[Tom]

I don't know. I can only test 32k ROMs. I can't really think of anything much impressive, not without additional RAM.

[Tom]

Also, the TIA's sound capabilities suck. While some people have done pretty decent music for the 2600 I don't think I'd want to do a 7800 demo with TIA sound. To be honest, the 7800 is a really ridiculous thing.

[GroovyBee]

You can do some interesting things with 7800 graphics like G2F and 160C (high colour mode like APAC on the A8s). Have a look at my profile for links to the games I'm working on, tech demos and tools too.

[DracIsBack]

Tom, on Tue Jan 17, 2012 6:21 AM, said:

To be honest, the 7800 is a really ridiculous thing.

Easy dude - think about where you're posting!

[guy767]

I just played this via the MESS emulator and it was really quite good. I actually prefer this version to the official one. It would be pretty cool to have it as a screen saver; probably would be difficult to make one though that's light on CPU resources.

I know my judgment probably doesn't mean much as you’re looking for feedback from your fellow peer programmers but you really did a great job IMO.

It's still a VERY annoying internet meme though but this version makes it bearable. It's like being stabbed in the eye with a cotton swab rather than a screwdriver. Smooth Jazz Nyan Cat also has cotton swab qualities too

[eddhead]

Tom, on Tue Jan 17, 2012 6:20 AM, said:

I don't know. I can only test 32k ROMs. I can't really think of anything much impressive, not without additional RAM.

Tom, on Tue Jan 17, 2012 6:21 AM, said:

Also, the TIA's sound capabilities suck. While some people have done pretty decent music for the 2600 I don't think I'd want to do a 7800 demo with TIA sound. To be honest, the 7800 is a really ridiculous thing.

Wait a minute, you might program more for the 7800 if you had more RAM to work with and a better sound chip? What is this- some kind of sick advertising scheme for the XM?!?! .....

[Tom]

Well, I'm more waiting for easily available PCBs with EPROM, RAM and a socket for a sound chip (doesn't have to be a Pokey...you could stick in a CPLD or Micro emulating anything, right). That would be quite sufficient for me.

Edited by Tom, Thu Jan 19, 2012 3:24 AM.

[Lynxpro]

GroovyBee, on Mon Jan 16, 2012 4:34 PM, said:

The 7800 version can be downloaded here :-

I want to see a conversion of "Midnight Mutants" to the "Charlie Sheen's Adventures" where you are a frikkin' warlock rockstar from Mars and you have to save the planet by gaining Tigerblood power-ups and Adonis DNA enhancers as you try to take down the evil Hollywood studios and save all of the planet's women for yourself...

Each time you kill a villain, an audio sample would play Sheen proclaiming "winning" and if you have an SIO-to-Ethernet cable connection for the 7800XM, it'll post your current score with hashtag #winning to Twitter.

I'd pay $50 for that.  And you know Charlie Sheen would eat that up big-time.

[GroovyBee]

Riiiight...