+Cafeman Posted December 2, 2017 Share Posted December 2, 2017 How about ... Happy? Or for you Brits ... Nappy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted December 2, 2017 Share Posted December 2, 2017 (edited) I know Namco is still pretty aggressive with their properties.If that's the case, a name chance might not be sufficient. You may also have to change the theme. (Bounce) (Pac-Mappy) (Marippy) (Crackhead) (House Party) Edited December 2, 2017 by Thomas Jentzsch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+johnnywc Posted December 2, 2017 Author Share Posted December 2, 2017 What's wrong here? The trap door to the left of Mappy should be flickering. It only becomes a 'hole' that the cats/Mappy can fall into (for ~4 seconds until it closes back up and becomes solid) when you walk over it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+johnnywc Posted December 2, 2017 Author Share Posted December 2, 2017 If that's the case, a name chance might not be sufficient. Hmm - I don't want to rock the boat or bring unwanted attention to any other projects. Maybe it's a better idea to make a similar game? As far as the name is concerned, since Mappy is a policeman, we can call it something like Mouse Cop or something silly like that. Maybe even have Mappy be a robot e.g. "MousoCop" lol. Any one have any success working with Namco on other projects? Maybe they would be open to allowing a licensed version to be produced for the 2600? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted December 2, 2017 Share Posted December 2, 2017 AFAIK you can protect trademarks, fonts, graphics etc. but not gameplay. So with a different theme and name you should be safe. As for licensing it: Good luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted December 2, 2017 Share Posted December 2, 2017 (edited) The trap door to the left of Mappy should be flickering. It only becomes a 'hole' that the cats/Mappy can fall into (for ~4 seconds until it closes back up and becomes solid) when you walk over it.Enabling phosphor helps here. But you have to catch the disabled frame. Edited December 2, 2017 by Thomas Jentzsch 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trebor Posted December 2, 2017 Share Posted December 2, 2017 Mappy anagram... Pampy Amppy Yampp Myapp Papmy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Nathan Strum Posted December 2, 2017 Share Posted December 2, 2017 Um, Wow! Is the mouse just one Player sprite? Yep. No tricks there - just line-by-line coloring. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Nathan Strum Posted December 2, 2017 Share Posted December 2, 2017 And Mike. His sound and music contributions really put that extra layer of polish on these games and really help elevate them above the typical scratches, beeps and booms you expect from a 2600. It's kind of a homebrew dream team. What ever they work on together becomes the next gotta have 2600 game. Mike also did the amazing sounds (and digitized the voices) for Draconian. I've heard some of his preliminary work for Mappy - I think people are going to be blown away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Nathan Strum Posted December 2, 2017 Share Posted December 2, 2017 (edited) I gotta ask the question everyone's thinking though. How long will it be called Mappy before being forced to slightly change things up? I know Namco is still pretty aggressive with their properties. I don't think I'd worry about it. Mappy isn't as high profile as some of their other properties. AtariAge tends to fly under the radar. At most, I think only a name change would be needed. "Mouse" translates (phonetically - at least according to Google) to Mausu in Japanese. As far as I know, Princess Rescue was the only title that a company (Nintendo) went after. (And if I recall correctly, that was actually due to the music - which is iconic not just for Mario, but Nintendo itself.) Edited December 2, 2017 by Nathan Strum 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SS Posted December 2, 2017 Share Posted December 2, 2017 I gotta ask the question everyone's thinking though. How long will it be called Mappy before being forced to slightly change things up? I know Namco is still pretty aggressive with their properties. Moppy? I wouldn't be too concerned about it. Namco has not seemed to pay any mind to Team Pixelboy's Colecovision release of "Mappy". 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted December 2, 2017 Share Posted December 2, 2017 Yeah I wouldn't go looking for trouble. No one is going to notice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariLeaf Posted December 2, 2017 Share Posted December 2, 2017 Wow this is a beautiful looking port. Just amazing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xybot67 Posted December 3, 2017 Share Posted December 3, 2017 Witchcraft I say "Witchcraft"! But who cares, this looks utterly fantastic! I can't wait to see more. Maybe a little video?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atariboy2600 Posted December 3, 2017 Share Posted December 3, 2017 (edited) OM-F-ING-G !!! I have a wish list of 2600 game to see on the 2600 and Mappy is one of them. Some time ago I made some mockup screen on how it may look. even made a label art. a26-mappy-label.bmp a26-mappy-end.bmp Edited December 3, 2017 by Atariboy2600 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atariboy2600 Posted December 3, 2017 Share Posted December 3, 2017 Also have them in Jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atariboy2600 Posted December 3, 2017 Share Posted December 3, 2017 I even made mockup screen for the 5200 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+D Train Posted December 4, 2017 Share Posted December 4, 2017 Other possible names: Mapsy Mopsy (if Mappy were a rabbit) Coppy Cappy Capsy etc. anyhoo, super excited that you guys are working on this. Looks like it will be tons of fun! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iesposta Posted December 4, 2017 Share Posted December 4, 2017 First attempt 2600 DPC+ music. Main lead channel begins in lower key, higher key when repeat starts. I like the higher key. Thoughts? For this sound demo: Stella 3.9.3 or greater, or fast processor / browser: https://6502ts.github.io/stellerator/#/cartridge-manager MappyDPCMusicMainMerge01.bin For any Mappy game demo: Stella 5.0 or greater (new CDF bankswitch) 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awhite2600 Posted December 4, 2017 Share Posted December 4, 2017 Witchcraft I say "Witchcraft"! But who cares, this looks utterly fantastic! I can't wait to see more. Maybe a little video?? Seconded. Would love to see a video of the game in action. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+stephena Posted December 4, 2017 Share Posted December 4, 2017 Stella 3.9.3 or greater, or fast processor / browser: https://6502ts.github.io/stellerator/#/cartridge-manager Personally, I would up the basic requirement of Stella to 5.0 or greater. So many things have changed internally since the 3.x series that it's in many ways a completely re-written emulator. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevinMos3 Posted December 4, 2017 Share Posted December 4, 2017 The graphics of this look amazing for the 2600! I can't wait to see more...and see it in action. BTW, I wouldn't change it up for copyright unless you're forced to. Other realeases have been done without having to change anything, so I would think this one would be able to be done without drawing too much attention as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iesposta Posted December 4, 2017 Share Posted December 4, 2017 Sorry. That does confuse things.Just this sound demo is DPC+ which plays back thru 3.7.2??? The new Mappy game is CDF bankswitch: Stella 5.0 or greater Personally, I would up the basic requirement of Stella to 5.0 or greater. So many things have changed internally since the 3.x series that it's in many ways a completely re-written emulator. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+save2600 Posted December 4, 2017 Share Posted December 4, 2017 Ho-Lee-Cow! Another great surprise from the Champ team. I pretty much ignored Mappy all these years (for whatever reasons), but recently got into it thanks to a Namco PnP I bought a while back. Quickly took to it and is my favorite game when I play the system. This VCS version looks incredible and can't wait until it's done!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtyHairy Posted December 4, 2017 Share Posted December 4, 2017 First attempt 2600 DPC+ music. Main lead channel begins in lower key, higher key when repeat starts. I like the higher key. Thoughts? Sounds great. I agree with higher vs. lower key though: I think the higher key sounds better. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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