Albert Posted April 21, 2003 Share Posted April 21, 2003 AtariAge and Retrodesign are making available the binary to the recently released Revenge of the Apes game, along with a contest in which the winner will receive a boxed copy of Snow White, RealSports Basketball, or Revenge of the Ape (winner's choice). This fully playable unreleased prototype, further enhanced by Thomas Jentzsch and Paul Slocum, has a secret easter egg! The first AtariAge member to discover the easter egg will receive one of the above games! You can download the binary as well as read through the manual here Good luck! Update! Congratulations to MattyXB, who was the first to discover the hidden easter egg! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ranthulfr Posted April 21, 2003 Share Posted April 21, 2003 Hmm... I made it to a screen that says "you win" with a cool rendering of the Statue of Liberty! Not sure if it's an easter egg, but I like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted April 21, 2003 Author Share Posted April 21, 2003 Hmm... I made it to a screen that says "you win" with a cool rendering of the Statue of Liberty! Not sure if it's an easter egg, but I like it. That's not the easter egg, but it is a cool screen. This is one of the screens that Thomas Jentzsch added to the game, and it didn't appear in the original game! ..Al Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sku_u Posted April 21, 2003 Share Posted April 21, 2003 The bin file won't read in Stella for Mac Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moycon Posted April 21, 2003 Share Posted April 21, 2003 I FOUND THE EASTER EGG!! Oh wait... That's from the egg hunt this afternoon.... Nevermind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted April 21, 2003 Author Share Posted April 21, 2003 The bin file won't read in Stella for Mac What happens when you try to use it? Does it simply not load correctly? I would think that Stella would automatically detect the game type (it's a standard 8K F8 bankswitching binary), but I've never used the Mac version. ..Al Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sku_u Posted April 21, 2003 Share Posted April 21, 2003 The bin file won't read in Stella for Mac What happens when you try to use it? Does it simply not load correctly? I would think that Stella would automatically detect the game type (it's a standard 8K F8 bankswitching binary), but I've never used the Mac version. ..Al I don't get anything but a plain black screen. I have the same problem with Garfield whenever I try to boot it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mock Posted April 21, 2003 Share Posted April 21, 2003 I am having problems getting it to run in stella or z26? I get the title screen then my guy just sits there in one spot running...won't move...the keys make his legs move but he doesn't go anywhere? maybe just where this is a Win2k box...i dunno...going to try it on another computer later... Mock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted April 21, 2003 Author Share Posted April 21, 2003 I don't get anything but a plain black screen. I have the same problem with Garfield whenever I try to boot it. I just tried it in StellaX on the PC and it doesn't on that either. However, it does run fine with the latest DOS version of Stella (which was released recently, version 1.3) and it also works fine with the latest z26 emulator. I think the Mac version of Stella is based on an even older version of Stella than the Windows version. I even tried creating a profile for the Stella.pro file and that didn't work. Not sure what advice I can give you. Are there any other decent 2600 emulators for the Mac? ..Al Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted April 21, 2003 Author Share Posted April 21, 2003 I am having problems getting it to run in stella or z26? I get the title screen then my guy just sits there in one spot running...won't move...the keys make his legs move but he doesn't go anywhere? maybe just where this is a Win2k box...i dunno...going to try it on another computer later... Try hitting reset (F1) to see if that helps. ..Al Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack-Ass Tramiel Posted April 21, 2003 Share Posted April 21, 2003 Why does there always seem to be nary a mention of the fact that this was the Planet of the Apes game? And why was it renamed anyway? Was this done so at the request of the original programmer, and to avoid trademark issues with 20th Century Fox? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted April 21, 2003 Share Posted April 21, 2003 I am an AA member and I know the EE! Do I win? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted April 21, 2003 Author Share Posted April 21, 2003 I am an AA member and I know the EE! Do I win? Don't force me to come up with a big list of rules that include excluding the programmer who added the easter egg from winning the contest. ..Al Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted April 21, 2003 Share Posted April 21, 2003 Damned! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPUWIZ Posted April 21, 2003 Share Posted April 21, 2003 I am an AA member and I know the EE! Do I win? Can't resist. You know R5900, I didn't know that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattyXB Posted April 21, 2003 Share Posted April 21, 2003 Is this the egg? When you open it in a editor you can found this text somehwere: Every Bit Is Sacred ! & Revenge of the APES - Made in 2003 by M. Oberhäuser, P. Slocum & T. Jentzsch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted April 21, 2003 Share Posted April 21, 2003 Is this the egg? No, that's only a hidden message for Scott Stilphen. You have to play the game to find the EE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattyXB Posted April 21, 2003 Share Posted April 21, 2003 No, that's only a hidden message for Scott Stilphen. You have to play the game to find the EE. Arggg, thats not fair. I was 99% sure I have found the easteregg. Now I must play the game and found the second one too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maibock Posted April 21, 2003 Share Posted April 21, 2003 hmm was this it? There seemed to be a colorful "thing" after beating the game and after the Statue of Liberty, however everytime I took screenshot it was in between colors? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted April 21, 2003 Share Posted April 21, 2003 Sorry, but NOPE. That's just the old ending screen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maibock Posted April 21, 2003 Share Posted April 21, 2003 d'oh! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATARI TROLL Posted April 21, 2003 Share Posted April 21, 2003 Wont work on this mac using stella 1.1 or 1.2 even with the latest stella.pro file. Guess the mac users loose by a lousy bin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattyXB Posted April 21, 2003 Share Posted April 21, 2003 Hmmm... I think this is too not the egg, only some bugs in the game. You can walk trough walls and pits and over the river. When you at the top, or left or right at the screen. When you are at the top you can walk trough everything from the right to the left and other way. Only when you get catched by an ape (orangutans or gorillas), you will trown in the prison. When you are at the right or left screen, you can walk down and up trough all walls and pits. When you are at the River you can cross it without loseing points, when you are right or left as possible. You walk over the water. This work too by the old version a bit. Only at the left it work not by the old version from the ROM. So this is not the egg I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sku_u Posted April 21, 2003 Share Posted April 21, 2003 Wont work on this mac using stella 1.1 or 1.2 even with the latest stella.pro file. Guess the mac users loose by a lousy bin Yeah...looks like this contest's for PC users only @Albert--AFAIK there isn't a better emulator for Mac. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted April 21, 2003 Author Share Posted April 21, 2003 Yeah...looks like this contest's for PC users only @Albert--AFAIK there isn't a better emulator for Mac. I'm sorry, I had no idea the game wouldn't run in Stella on the Mac. I don't know what the game is doing that precludes it from running, maybe Thomas Jentzsch can offer his insight? It wasn't our intend to make a contest just for PC users.. I wish someone would update Stella for the Mac! ..Al Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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