Tempest Posted December 16, 2001 Share Posted December 16, 2001 I was just playing around with Shooting Gallery and Telepathy on my cuttle cart, and was plesently surprised at how much fun they are. Shooting Gallery is very impressive for a 2600 game with great music and a fun shooting challenge, the only problem is the gun accurracy makes the game virtually impossible to play. The gun is way off most of the time, could this be why it was canceled? Telepathy is awesome, but has anyone gotten past the fireballs? They shoot way too fast (lightning speed comes to mind). Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemmi Posted December 16, 2001 Share Posted December 16, 2001 quote: Originally posted by Tempest: Telepathy is awesome, but has anyone gotten past the fireballs? They shoot way too fast (lightning speed comes to mind). Tempest heh I'll let you know when i get my cuttle cart in about 3 weeks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian M Posted December 16, 2001 Share Posted December 16, 2001 While shooting gallery is a cool game, I am extremely surprised at how well Crossbow (another "gun" game) came out on the 2600! Retains the charm and atmosphere of the arcade game remarkably well and I'd go as far as to saying that this may be the best arcade conversion on the 2600! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ze_ro Posted December 16, 2001 Share Posted December 16, 2001 quote: Originally posted by Tempest: Telepathy is awesome, but has anyone gotten past the fireballs? They shoot way too fast (lightning speed comes to mind). Agreed... Telepathy is one of my favorite of the prototype games. I'll have to get Hozer to whip me up a copy of this game someday (I wonder if it would have been as much (more?) fun with an actual mindlink controller). Alas, I haven't been able to pass the fireballs either. I think the secret is to wait until it fires, and then jump right afterwards before it gets a chance for another to fire... but it's still damn hard! --Zero Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubersaurus Posted December 16, 2001 Share Posted December 16, 2001 yeah hitting things with my lightgun was hard on that game. I actually thought it was busted, thanks for clearing it up for me and telepathy really is pretty sweet. My fav proto game, though, is still Kabobber. It's so insanely tripped out! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Stilphen Posted December 18, 2001 Share Posted December 18, 2001 I've gotten up to level 7 (which is exactly the same as level 6). The first level with the fireball ledges (4?) is tough, but after that, the ledges move back-and-forth between the sides! Plus, a new screen is added, which is like the "elevators" screen, except you have to avoid these "push down" bars. The last screen ("fishes") gets a little harder, as more levels have fish swimming in them. Although this game is designed for the Mindlink, and defaults to a paddle/mouse with the latest Z26 revs, it's much easier to play with a joystick IMHO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted December 18, 2001 Author Share Posted December 18, 2001 Anyone know what the whole plot of this game is? It all seems very strange. Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Stilphen Posted December 18, 2001 Share Posted December 18, 2001 The plot is......there is none! It's just a demo, to show the types of games that can be used with the MindLink. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted December 18, 2001 Author Share Posted December 18, 2001 So it was never going to be a game? Too bad since all those little action sequences make for one cool game. That's why I like it. Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Stilphen Posted December 18, 2001 Share Posted December 18, 2001 That's what the programmer said Just found something interesting in the code, while trying to hack the game (to make it easier). The name "ATARI" is coded as rather large graphics (larger than your character), but I've never seen them appear on the screen! And I have no idea how to make them appear. The locations are: 0d9e-0db9 0f88-0fdb Sounds like another job for the code sleuths (Btw, did you know there's a 'continue' feature? Just press RESET when your game ends to restart at the last level.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted December 18, 2001 Author Share Posted December 18, 2001 I never knew about the continue feature, but I figured out a cool bug. Once you loose all your lives you can continue to play for a bit but you character is invisible. I have no idea what happens when you clear the river level since I can never do it invisible (and on level 4). Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Stilphen Posted December 18, 2001 Share Posted December 18, 2001 I think you can also play during the attract mode. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsoper Posted December 18, 2001 Share Posted December 18, 2001 I read somewhere that it's the atari computer lightgun itself which is inaccurate. If you buy a Best Electronics gun or build an adapter (see FAQ) for a SMS light phasor, they work pretty good. I use a light phasor, seems ok but I don't have the Atari gun for comparison. John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moycon Posted December 18, 2001 Share Posted December 18, 2001 I always thought Telepathy ROCKED!! And yes you can move around during the attract mode. They really packed alot into that cart...I had know idea it was for the Mindlink tho!! Cool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eckhard Stolberg Posted December 18, 2001 Share Posted December 18, 2001 quote: Originally posted by Scott Stilphen: Although this game is designed for the Mindlink, and defaults to a paddle/mouse with the latest Z26 revs, it's much easier to play with a joystick IMHO. The mouse/trackball is what we use to emulate the Mindlink controller in z26. Telepathy doesn't default to it. You can play it with the joystick too. It depends on which button you press to start the game after RESET. If you push the joystick button, you can control the game with the joystick, and if you press the mouse button, you can play the game with the simulated Mindlink controller. Ciao, Eckhard Stolberg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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