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Next quesstion-- Is there a place I could see the side-by-side NTSC / PAL palletes? I found this thread for NTSC: http://www.atariage.com/forums/topic/156100-new-final-prosystem-ntsc-palette-file/ but I didn't see a PAL file (unless I missed it somehow). For what it's worth, the format I've found most useful for comparison's sake on the 2600 is this guy: http://www.qotile.net/minidig/docs/tia_color.html I was wondering if a 7800-type page existed. Any info would be appreciated. Thanks! -John

Gutsman? -John

Did any of these changes ever get in: http://www.atariage.com/forums/topic/160424-a78-header-changes/page__st__25 ? -John

Ok, I picked apart the prosystem source code to find out that it's byte 57. And eww... this thing looks terrible and yellow. I'm going to look into it, now that I can reproduce it. A comprehensive a78 map may be of value, still. -John

Hmm... I just realized that I must be using an insanely old header format. What I have matches what's seen in this post: http://www.biglist.com/lists/stella/archives/200101/msg00109.html I think at that point in time PAL support was "talked about". I did some searching here, but couldn't find a current a78 file breakdown easily. Is there a quick link someone can provide? Thanks! -John

Would it be possible to get a screen-capture? Also, is there anyway to emulate the 7800 for PAL, so I can test? -John

This just made my day. -John

Bin attached. Forgot I'm supposed to do that. arkanoid_2011_08_26.bin -John

Warping capability added. No sound or points for it yet. arkanoid_2011_08_26.a78 Also, score is nonzero, for testing high-score rollover conditions. If I remember right, I fixed a bug that appeared on actual hardware about a year and a half ago (maybe for scores?) that I never releasedd, so that should be in here too. -John

And.... the quotes did it. Giving you a +1. Thank you VERY much. -John

Or a giant robot. I always thought Frenzy/Berzerk would be cool with some boss fights along the way. -John

Hello all, My favorite Prosystem version is 1.2. In Windows, I can drag my .a78 icon on top of ProSystem.exe, and it will launch that title immediately. However, if I make a batch file that has the a78 file in question as an argument, the emulator will launch, but without that title. I was just curious-- is there a way to have that a78 file run and execute immediately via batch file? This may be a really simple question, but I can't seem to figure it out. -John

I like it! -John

Check this out: http://atariuser.blogspot.com/2011/08/atari-continues-efforts-to-alienate-and.html It's been slashdotted too: http://games.slashdot.org/story/11/08/22/1959255/Atari-Targets-Retro-Community-With-Cease-amp-Desist Is it true that Atari is going after domains, or is this a bunch of crap? -John

IceMan looks really, really good. -John

Boxed or loose?

http://applewin.berlios.de/ I'm guessing the Body Wars type game is on Microzine 17 - micro agent.

I'm using the emulator Virtual ][ (aka Virtual II) for OS X. Works great, but there's no Windows or Linux version AFAIK. As potentially the first person in a LONG time, you should consider writing a walkthrough. -John

@thegoldenband - what is your emulator of choice? I notice that the microzine games aren't in the Virtual Apple game list. @Streck - thank you SO MUCH! I am looking forward to trying out History Mystery this weekend. -John

I have 2 ideas. The first is Striker: http://www.abandonia.com/en/games/28668/Striker.html But, I really think it's a game called "Chopper Commando": http://img.squakenet.com/snapshot/3931/6437-ChopperCommando.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chopper_Commando Let me know if this helps. -John

I'm looking into it. -John

For those interested in the "Lost in the Museum" game, I got bored this morning and did a renewed search online. And, I found the front and back of the box-- and the back has a screenshot. Here's the box: Here's the zoomed-in screenshot. I know it's lossy, but I'm pretty sure THIS IS IT. -John

That is a fine macro. I may have to use that one someday-- thanks for sharing. -John

Hmm... I gave atarimania a shot-- found the titles, but didn't find the pix, tho I swear I've seen one of those before. I'll leave this to people that are the experts. -John

You may want to check out atarimania.com. Their database of imports/pirates is substantial, and I believe I've seen at least the second one there before. -John