Crazy Climber Posted October 5, 2012 Share Posted October 5, 2012 Hey guys! I am going to make a cool little wall set for Adventure on the Atari 2600. Just like my Berzerk and space Invader ones... I was going to do a full color set, but also thought it would be kind of fun to do a "Black and White" set using the various greys, whites and black material I have around the shop. Can anyone post some black and white TV screen shots of adventure for the Atari 2600 for me? I would like to make them as acurate as possible and I don't own any B/W televisions anymore I actually kind of miss them strange as it sounds, lol. Thanks!!! - Brian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IHATETHEBEARS Posted October 5, 2012 Share Posted October 5, 2012 Can you just put the game in and set it to b/w on the Atari 2600 console? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Climber Posted October 5, 2012 Author Share Posted October 5, 2012 Can you just put the game in and set it to b/w on the Atari 2600 console? My atari is modded to s video, not sure if it's still supposed to display B/W but mine does not. (maybe something was removed/changed during the mod process?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rex Dart Posted October 5, 2012 Share Posted October 5, 2012 The B/W switch doesn't necessary make the system output only black and white; it generally will output colors that display as distinct shades of gray when connected to a B&W display. So no, I wouldn't expect that switch to help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlowCoder Posted October 5, 2012 Share Posted October 5, 2012 Or take a pic and convert to B/W? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AAirhart Posted October 5, 2012 Share Posted October 5, 2012 I may have to bug you one day for another SI set. Mine keep diving to their death, can't find a good a adhesive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Climber Posted October 5, 2012 Author Share Posted October 5, 2012 Your talking space talk to me with all thsi conversion stuff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AAirhart Posted October 5, 2012 Share Posted October 5, 2012 (edited) Stupid tapatalk double posting...ignore this one Edited October 5, 2012 by AAirhart Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Climber Posted October 5, 2012 Author Share Posted October 5, 2012 I may have to bug you one day for another SI set. Mine keep diving to their death, can't find a good a adhesive. Oh man, thats a bummer. It depends on the surface I guess, but I have found the double stick tape made by 3M (for outdoor use, comes in a red roll) to work perfect. My ceiling is still holding up and it's been 3 years or so now It actually ripped chunks of my ceiling off when I removed some of them so make sure you have them where you want them for awhile before using it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+FujiSkunk Posted October 5, 2012 Share Posted October 5, 2012 (edited) My atari is modded to s video, not sure if it's still supposed to display B/W but mine does not. (maybe something was removed/changed during the mod process?) The color switch doesn't do anything to the hardware. It's simply a toggle, just like the difficulty switches, which the software must then act upon. Many games ignore it, or use it for another purpose, including most games published after 1981. The Adventure manual makes no mention of the color switch, so that game may ignore the switch as well. I don't have an Atari or an emulator in front of me right now, so I can't say for sure. If the switch really doesn't work, however, and no one else has contributed any pics before this evening, I can do some screen-caps from my modded 2600 with the color saturation turned all the way down. That would produce the best B&W pics you can get using real hardware. Edited October 5, 2012 by FujiSkunk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arkhan Posted October 5, 2012 Share Posted October 5, 2012 My atari is modded to s video, not sure if it's still supposed to display B/W but mine does not. (maybe something was removed/changed during the mod process?) Why don't you just dial the frigging color setting down on your television so that it's black and white.... lol. It'll either be a knob if the TV is old as hell, or it is a slider on the menu. also, I require those Berzerk things you made for the wall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AAirhart Posted October 5, 2012 Share Posted October 5, 2012 Can you just make a grey dot and put it in a room somewhere? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPUWIZ Posted October 5, 2012 Share Posted October 5, 2012 You can not be serious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck D. Head Posted October 5, 2012 Share Posted October 5, 2012 I think you should be able to do this from Stella. I will try tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RevEng Posted October 5, 2012 Share Posted October 5, 2012 Stella can do it... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck D. Head Posted October 5, 2012 Share Posted October 5, 2012 I think it would be way cool to paint the walls with the dungeon patterns and add the milled characters and items as you please and move them around. Sweet! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PFL Posted October 5, 2012 Share Posted October 5, 2012 Stickers for on your fridge to represent the rooms and the milled figures can be fridge magnets... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torr Posted October 6, 2012 Share Posted October 6, 2012 For the record, I have Adventure (text label) and a 32" CRT. When I hit the Color/B&W switch it puts the game in B&W. As stated above, it's a toggle switch, toggling between palettes. And as stated above only very early titles bothered with storing two palettes in the ROM. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Climber Posted October 6, 2012 Author Share Posted October 6, 2012 Stella can do it... YES YES YES!! Perfect, thank you very much Looks like I can go with Black dragons/monsters/gate White keys/swords/etc Grey square/bridge/castle Thanks man! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+wood_jl Posted October 6, 2012 Share Posted October 6, 2012 (edited) I am very pleased you will make an Adventure set! I still get excited (and jealous) when I see that arcade room picture, that I have seen before. Oh, to have a room like that! I would feel good just to walk into a room like that! Edited October 6, 2012 by wood_jl 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kennetzel Posted October 8, 2012 Share Posted October 8, 2012 Does this help? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+FujiSkunk Posted October 8, 2012 Share Posted October 8, 2012 Not nearly flickery enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goochman Posted October 8, 2012 Share Posted October 8, 2012 Does this help? You're missing 2 keys........lame................ - Im surprised all the objects showed upon the screenshot as they should be flickering - maybe the other 2 keys are there but not showing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kennetzel Posted October 8, 2012 Share Posted October 8, 2012 I actually drew this in Corel draw. I was hoping it was particular images that were wanted, and I tried to include all elements in the frame...so it's not an actual screen shot but a representation of the game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Climber Posted October 9, 2012 Author Share Posted October 9, 2012 Does this help? Definetily Nice to have everything in one frame like that, Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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