retroeight Posted October 7, 2017 Share Posted October 7, 2017 Do I dare ask? What is the status of this? lloyd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toiletunes Posted October 7, 2017 Share Posted October 7, 2017 (edited) No updates. The real question is, do I dare post Shatner pics? I dare not. but I sure think about it. Edited October 7, 2017 by toiletunes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+save2600 Posted October 7, 2017 Share Posted October 7, 2017 Pink Shatner? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ave1 Posted October 7, 2017 Share Posted October 7, 2017 Are you referring to releasing the ROM? If so, I have a desire to do that but have no idea who has the right equipment to accomplish the task. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retroeight Posted October 7, 2017 Author Share Posted October 7, 2017 Are you referring to releasing the ROM? If so, I have a desire to do that but have no idea who has the right equipment to accomplish the task. this is the issue that most had before. it was dumping the rom. lloyd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atari181 Posted October 7, 2017 Share Posted October 7, 2017 It won't happen. CPUWIZ could chime in on this. As far as I know just making the carts that were release were quite the bitch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+frankodragon Posted October 7, 2017 Share Posted October 7, 2017 I don't think CPUWIZ has the time to release any more PP carts or roms for that matter. It's due to bad ROM/RAM chips and NAP decided to cancel the game instead. http://www.atariprotos.com/2600/software/pinkpanther/pinkpanther.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hizzy Posted October 7, 2017 Share Posted October 7, 2017 There was a small run of these carts. Hope to see it offered again someday! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPUWIZ Posted October 7, 2017 Share Posted October 7, 2017 Please stop asking me, I did not make them and I can not make them. We did the artwork and assembly of the carts and there won't be any more. I do not even have the ROM. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retroeight Posted October 7, 2017 Author Share Posted October 7, 2017 Relax CPUWIZ. All good. Just to be clear that was actually a small run of these? So someone figure out how to dump this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradhig1 Posted October 8, 2017 Share Posted October 8, 2017 Now all we need is a game based on the Ant and the Aardvark. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retroeight Posted October 8, 2017 Author Share Posted October 8, 2017 (edited) Okay.. So here is a question. When Probe2000 said they cancelled games due to a shortage of chips, they were not talking about a shortage of chips in general; just these special ones? That always confused me as other game providers never mentioned chip shortages. lloyd Edited October 8, 2017 by retroeight Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted October 8, 2017 Share Posted October 8, 2017 It was the special ram chip I believe. That's also why Coleco cancelled Tarzan. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPUWIZ Posted October 8, 2017 Share Posted October 8, 2017 It was the special ram chip I believe. That's also why Coleco cancelled Tarzan. The chip is a combo chip, all the ones that exist are not the final mask ROM's, they are $1000+ each kind of chips. They probably couldn't get that design fabbed for a reasonable price. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enthusi Posted October 8, 2017 Share Posted October 8, 2017 So, simply from a technical point, there wont ever be ROM images that work easily on any cart? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPUWIZ Posted October 8, 2017 Share Posted October 8, 2017 So, simply from a technical point, there wont ever be ROM images that work easily on any cart? Not on any, but if you send one of the 3-4 protos to Shenzen (or other city of your choice), they will send you back a cartridge PCB, that will do what the proto you sent them does, depending on what you are willing to pay and who you know. The 2600 data and address bus is extremely limited, they would probably use an intern / kid to figure it out, as a training task. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enthusi Posted October 8, 2017 Share Posted October 8, 2017 Frankly, the game did not look too exotic to require special hardware, so this information is new and surprising to me. Thanks for the reply. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPUWIZ Posted October 8, 2017 Share Posted October 8, 2017 Frankly, the game did not look too exotic to require special hardware, so this information is new and surprising to me. Thanks for the reply. Think of it as CBS RAM+, a ROM/RAM chip with built-in bankswitching, except CBS had the cash. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted October 8, 2017 Share Posted October 8, 2017 Couldn't that be supported by modern Hardware (Melody)? And/or patched in software? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rom Hunter Posted October 8, 2017 Share Posted October 8, 2017 Couldn't that be supported by modern Hardware (Melody)? And/or patched in software? Copy works fine on Melody Board. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retroeight Posted October 8, 2017 Author Share Posted October 8, 2017 Does anyone have a long video of thi sbeing played by any chance? And what other games did they plan to use this chip in the 2600 or was it Colecovision games? lloyd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+nanochess Posted October 8, 2017 Share Posted October 8, 2017 Does anyone have a long video of thi sbeing played by any chance? And what other games did they plan to use this chip in the 2600 or was it Colecovision games? lloyd https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbzvW0hAKLo The game looks too simple. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted October 8, 2017 Share Posted October 8, 2017 It gets really tough after the first time through. The first screen on the highest difficulty is nearly impossible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+SpiceWare Posted October 8, 2017 Share Posted October 8, 2017 Since you are playing like you know what's going on and\or how it was done, please elaborate with your technical prowess for the uneducated masses. We already know it's on a Melody board. We already know new drivers can be written for the Melody to handle different bankswitch schemes (see DPC+, BUS, CDF). What more is there to elaborate on? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+SpiceWare Posted October 8, 2017 Share Posted October 8, 2017 note: this is a reply to a comment that's no longer here, so it now seems out of place. Based on his statement, I assumed he has a copy because you can see Harmony when you open the cover: That confirms it's the original Melody board, but doesn't work on the current revision of it: 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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