peteym5 Posted September 30, 2017 Share Posted September 30, 2017 I have been developing Secretum Labyrinth Xenogenesis for the last few months. I originally was intending to just do a straight port of the Atari 8-bit Secretum Labyrinth Kings Gold directly to the 5200 which was a free demo game for this Adventure RPG engine. But I decided many more will be interested in having something that is exclusive for the 5200, new and unique. Video 61 originally wanted to call it "Secretum Labyrinth X" to reflect the the 5200 was originally called Video System X. I suggested maybe a word the starts with an X or an X in the word. Figured Xenogenesis was fitting because we had these mad magicians doing crazy genetic engineering and cross breeding to make these monsters in these dungeons. I altered the dungeon map, scroll texts, and item placement, from Kings Gold, so this game will have a new solution. There are also new tasks you need to do to get past certain points inside the dungeon. Of course I am not going to tell you what they are or how to get past them. That challenge will be for you to play the game and figure out. Here is an earlier Work-In-Progress video. I am working on putting an updated one up on YouTube. 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northcoastgamer Posted September 30, 2017 Share Posted September 30, 2017 Very interesting. Looking forward to playing this, nice job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoundGammon Posted September 30, 2017 Share Posted September 30, 2017 More good news for my 5200! I made a alternate OS for my 5200 that has a "Computer Font" style text. But I can also alter the "Copyright" text and put in "System X"! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atari5200dude82 Posted September 30, 2017 Share Posted September 30, 2017 Very nice indeed, The 5200 needs more adventure style games. Looking forward to play this on cart. Nice job. Wish someone can finish Meebzork. A good nice adventure games as well 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassGuitari Posted September 30, 2017 Share Posted September 30, 2017 That title is a mouthful, but the game is awfully impressive-looking! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peteym5 Posted September 30, 2017 Author Share Posted September 30, 2017 I should warn that any modifications is at your own risk. If you purchase software cartridge that is intended for a stock 5200 and it does not work due to modifications made, you may not be able to get a refund. Usually home brewed software is sold as is and all sales are final. Any other game titles made by other programmers, you will need to contact them to see what is going on. There are many game titles I want to see done also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynxpro Posted October 2, 2017 Share Posted October 2, 2017 (edited) More good news for my 5200! I made a alternate OS for my 5200 that has a "Computer Font" style text. But I can also alter the "Copyright" text and put in "System X"! That's pretty awesome. I was just thinking how cool would it be if the BIOS was modded to play at start-up a POKEY rendition of Have you played Atari today? like the Jag does... Edited October 2, 2017 by Lynxpro Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peteym5 Posted October 2, 2017 Author Share Posted October 2, 2017 (edited) Here is a work-in-progress video I made a few days ago. Showing what is going on. Edited October 2, 2017 by peteym5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Alexander Posted October 9, 2017 Share Posted October 9, 2017 The 5200 needs more games like this as its library is heavy on Arcade ports and as the 5200 is my main console consider a copy sold as I will definitely pick this game up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peteym5 Posted February 8, 2018 Author Share Posted February 8, 2018 I have some good news, this game may be coming to the 5200 soon, maybe within the next 2 months. I would like to make some final adjustments. If anybody wants to see something improved, now is the time to speak up. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Alexander Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 Great news, posted this on our Atari 5200 Facebook and AA thread. Will like the video on our Atari 5200 Central YouTube Channel. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geosteve Posted March 19, 2018 Share Posted March 19, 2018 great work, looks like such a fun game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamchevy Posted September 13, 2018 Share Posted September 13, 2018 I heard about this on the 5200 podcast today. It looks great! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neogeoman Posted September 14, 2018 Share Posted September 14, 2018 Where will this game be available for purchase? You can count me in 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Posted September 14, 2018 Share Posted September 14, 2018 That's pretty awesome. I was just thinking how cool would it be if the BIOS was modded to play at start-up a POKEY rendition of Have you played Atari today? like the Jag does... My PS3 does just that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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