Albert Posted September 21, 2018 Share Posted September 21, 2018 I'd like to get a few testers for our upcoming release of Mr. Do! for the Atari 5200. This is a conversion from the Atari 8-bit computer by Wrathchild, and it'll be our first 5200 game that uses a bankswitched board. I'm looking for people who are familiar with the arcade version of Mr. Do! and have the time to thoroughly play the game to verify there are no issues. We plan on having copies of the game available at the upcoming Portland Retro Gaming Expo, and then in the AtariAge Store in mid-November. We'll be selling the game initially with a professionally printed box, manual and label. Here's a picture of the cart: In the interest of time, I'm looking for people in the US, since it can take 1-2 weeks to send a package outside the US. Send me a PM if you'd like to help. I have all the testers I need, thanks everyone who sent me a message offering to help. Thanks, ..Al 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted September 21, 2018 Share Posted September 21, 2018 Sadly I'm not familiar with the game, so I do not qualify ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted September 21, 2018 Author Share Posted September 21, 2018 I have enough testers now, thanks to everyone who offered to test. ..Al 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrekMD Posted September 21, 2018 Share Posted September 21, 2018 Looks beautiful! Definitely getting this at PRGE! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inthe80s Posted September 21, 2018 Share Posted September 21, 2018 Awesome! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lucifershalo Posted September 21, 2018 Share Posted September 21, 2018 Al, I am interested and familiar with the game but in Belgium as you know..... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariLeaf Posted September 21, 2018 Share Posted September 21, 2018 The 8-bit version is very good. I was wondering if this is a straight conversion of that port or if any changes/improvements have been made? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bohoki Posted September 21, 2018 Share Posted September 21, 2018 (edited) shucks i would have loved to test it with various controllers ,wico,pc analog,digital sticks heck i just need the board i can throw it in a pacman dupe shell i'll pay Edited September 21, 2018 by bohoki 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted September 21, 2018 Author Share Posted September 21, 2018 shucks i would have loved to test it with various controllers ,wico,pc analog,digital sticks heck i just need the board i can throw it in a pacman dupe shell I sent out four carts today. You don't even really need a cart shell, you can just stick the board directly into the system. ..Al 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bohoki Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 i have my own shells is there any discount for buying just a board and a sticker? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Alexander Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 Looking forward to buying this. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sramirez2008 Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 Me too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ryan Witmer Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 Are there details anywhere on this bank-switched board? I'm guessing it's a 48KB board, which would be very interesting for my new project. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted September 22, 2018 Author Share Posted September 22, 2018 Are there details anywhere on this bank-switched board? I'm guessing it's a 48KB board, which would be very interesting for my new project. It can support games up to 512K in size. Supports several different bankswitching modes. ..Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted September 22, 2018 Author Share Posted September 22, 2018 i have my own shells is there any discount for buying just a board and a sticker? I don't have any plans to start offering games without a cartridge. ..Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GameGirl420 Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 PM sent!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted September 22, 2018 Author Share Posted September 22, 2018 I'm full up on testers, thanks for everyone who sent a message offering to help. ..Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctorclu Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 Well sorry I missed play testing this. Love MR. DO and I think this will make a nice addition to the 5200 library. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neogeoman Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 The 800/XE version of Mr Do was always one of the nicer looking home versions with bright colors, fluid animation and use of multicolor sprites with well defined characters. Makes the Colecovision version look primitive by comparison which suffered from single color sprites and blob like character design. My only complaint with the Atari version is that I felt the beat of the music was too slow, almost sounded as if it were in slow motion. The CV version had the edge in sound which was more similar to the arcade. The perfect home version would be atari graphics and coleco sound Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thevnaguy Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 I have enough testers now, thanks to everyone who offered to test. ..Al Dangit!!! missed it 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ryan Witmer Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 It can support games up to 512K in size. Supports several different bankswitching modes. ..Al 512K?! Oh, the possibilities... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted September 22, 2018 Author Share Posted September 22, 2018 512K?! Oh, the possibilities... Indeed!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrathchild Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 I was wondering if this is a straight conversion of that port or if any changes/improvements have been made? Its more a less a direct port which involved shuffling some things around in memory, optimisation of the display list interrupts, removing some in-game copy-protection checks and hooks for self-modifying code that gets relocated to RAM. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gambler172 Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 Hi AL no Problem...i can do.I have a 5200 multicart,to check out on real Hardware. greetings Walter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 (edited) Indeed!! Poor man's BBSB Edited September 22, 2018 by Shawn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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