BIGHMW Posted October 16, 2017 Share Posted October 16, 2017 Just stumbled upon this thread. Can't wait to see this completed. I loved the 5200 release which I picked up as soon as it went on sale. I'd do the same for this version as well! Any further progress since December? I also stumbled onto it, as I also own the 5200 Tempest and have seen the protos for this well-done cart, yes, while it took more than the onboard 4K (like Pac-Man 4K did) to get it done, I have already acquired a DEAD-STOCK (brand new in box, only taken out for photos) 2600 Jr. with the short rainbow on eBay and plan to get it a/v-modded as soon as I get it, but will the ROM work with Harmony, as I plan to get either the SD or micro SD version of it and fill it up with some of my faves from the good-old days. But it was THIS version of Tempest that convinced me to get the NOS 2600 Jr. I also saved this thread in my bookmarks under "Atari Forums Sites". Now, can someone do a 2600 version of Donkey Kong (and Donkey Kong Jr.) that is far superior, and is no more than 4K, to the one that Coleco butchered (a tactic Coleco used which is well know to us Atarians to lure us to get a ColecoVision). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+groundtrooper Posted October 16, 2017 Share Posted October 16, 2017 I also stumbled onto it, as I also own the 5200 Tempest and have seen the protos for this well-done cart, yes, while it took more than the onboard 4K (like Pac-Man 4K did) to get it done, I have already acquired a DEAD-STOCK (brand new in box, only taken out for photos) 2600 Jr. with the short rainbow on eBay and plan to get it a/v-modded as soon as I get it, but will the ROM work with Harmony, as I plan to get either the SD or micro SD version of it and fill it up with some of my faves from the good-old days. But it was THIS version of Tempest that convinced me to get the NOS 2600 Jr. I also saved this thread in my bookmarks under "Atari Forums Sites". Now, can someone do a 2600 version of Donkey Kong (and Donkey Kong Jr.) that is far superior, and is no more than 4K, to the one that Coleco butchered (a tactic Coleco used which is well know to us Atarians to lure us to get a ColecoVision). DK has been redone a couple of times. DK VCS and DK 2600 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arenafoot Posted October 17, 2017 Share Posted October 17, 2017 I also stumbled onto it, as I also own the 5200 Tempest and have seen the protos for this well-done cart, yes, while it took more than the onboard 4K (like Pac-Man 4K did) to get it done, I have already acquired a DEAD-STOCK (brand new in box, only taken out for photos) 2600 Jr. with the short rainbow on eBay and plan to get it a/v-modded as soon as I get it, but will the ROM work with Harmony, as I plan to get either the SD or micro SD version of it and fill it up with some of my faves from the good-old days. But it was THIS version of Tempest that convinced me to get the NOS 2600 Jr. I also saved this thread in my bookmarks under "Atari Forums Sites". Now, can someone do a 2600 version of Donkey Kong (and Donkey Kong Jr.) that is far superior, and is no more than 4K, to the one that Coleco butchered (a tactic Coleco used which is well know to us Atarians to lure us to get a ColecoVision). Use the link in my signature if your looking for any Atari VCS/2600 homebrews, hacks, etc. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CDS Games Posted October 22, 2017 Author Share Posted October 22, 2017 Sorry for the late reply, I've been super busy with work lately. I haven't made any progress on this since my last post, and I'd definitely love to get back to it at some point, time permitting. Usually wintertime is better for Atari shenanigans, so we'll see. Shouldn't actually take super long once I get the color switching bug ironed out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CDS Games Posted October 22, 2017 Author Share Posted October 22, 2017 Now, can someone do a 2600 version of Donkey Kong (and Donkey Kong Jr.) that is far superior, and is no more than 4K, to the one that Coleco butchered (a tactic Coleco used which is well know to us Atarians to lure us to get a ColecoVision). Superior and 4k don't really go together. The playfield graphics for the elevator and pie factory screens would need a large chunk of memory that 4k doesn't have to spare. You could squeeze in some graphic improvements, but that's about it. As far as "butchered", I'll stick up for Coleco DK all day long. Garry Kitchen did a phenomenal job, despite requesting 8k and not getting it. The only thing that bothered me personally about the cart was the missing levels, which is why I did this: https://atariage.com/forums/topic/229931-donkey-kong-2-lost-levels/ 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sn8k Posted October 30, 2017 Share Posted October 30, 2017 Sorry for the late reply, I've been super busy with work lately. I haven't made any progress on this since my last post, and I'd definitely love to get back to it at some point, time permitting. Usually wintertime is better for Atari shenanigans, so we'll see. Shouldn't actually take super long once I get the color switching bug ironed out. Just curious is that other "thing" still going on? Havent been around in a while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CDS Games Posted November 4, 2017 Author Share Posted November 4, 2017 Just curious is that other "thing" still going on? Havent been around in a while. I haven't worked on that or really anything Atari related lately. Four kids and two jobs. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+groundtrooper Posted November 4, 2017 Share Posted November 4, 2017 I haven't worked on that or really anything Atari related lately. Four kids and two jobs. First things first. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buddpaul Posted November 13, 2017 Share Posted November 13, 2017 In terms of 2600, not bad at all! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dutchman2000 Posted July 29, 2022 Share Posted July 29, 2022 On 4/1/2017 at 8:47 PM, Psionic said: Is there any possibility this version was done by someone outside Atari (i.e. Roklan)? It definitely wasn’t Roklan or On Time Software. Since Keithen remembers talking to the programmer at Atari it seems unlikely it was programmed elsewhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Psionic Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 On 7/28/2022 at 9:56 PM, Dutchman2000 said: It definitely wasn’t Roklan or On Time Software. Since Keithen remembers talking to the programmer at Atari it seems unlikely it was programmed elsewhere. I ask this primarily because the numeric font used for the score counter appears to be the exact same one that was used in Crazy Climber, Gorf, and Wizard of Wor (which were all developed by Roklan) and it's not used in any other first party Atari titles that I know of. A slight variation of this font was also used in Astro Chase, Boing!, Omega Race and Solar Fox. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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