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  1. Posted · Edited by PacManPlus

     

    Converting the Z80 to 6502 for enemy timing and attack arcs:

     

     

    It slowly coming along.  Although I am having issues with slowdown now.

     

    @Shannon - I'm not done working on the Pokey sounds. Regarding TIA, if that actually is the active sound driver you are hearing, are not place holders.  Those are the TIA sounds; I think I got pretty close with those.

     

     

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  3. Posted

    On 3/5/2021 at 11:35 PM, offbase said:

    Happy to take on the manual if this is still a need. Also happy to jump in and do the layout / design. Back in the day, I did a ton of manual writing for games (https://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,184269/). Now I own a creative agency that's laser focused in the games space (www.offbase.com). Here's a sample of a pet project I've been trying to get off the ground ("Coleco-izing" the Parker Bros. manuals and packaging to match the arcade style from Coleco). Would love to help if you need!

    StarWars_complete.jpg

    SWTAG_COLECOVISION_MANUAL_SML.pdf 31.9 MB · 3 downloads

     

    Thank you!  Yep, you are the only person who replied to this one, and nobody to the UniWarS one.  The artwork, however is spoken for (but thank you).

     

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  5. Posted

    Al and I (and CPUWIZ' idea) have come up with a request: 

     

    I'm hard at work on Galaxian, so anyone who would like to take a crack at handling the manual for this will get a free copy of the game and an AtariAge Gift Certificate! :) 

    (You will have the text from the original Pac-Man Collection to start with, so that should make things a little easier!).

     

    Anyone good at writing manuals? :D 

    Thanks, guys!

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  6. Posted

    Also - Al and I (and CPUWIZ' idea) have come up with a request: 

     

    I'm hard at work on Galaxian, so anyone who would like to take a crack at handling the manual for this will get a free copy of the game and an AtariAge Gift Certificate! :) 

    This same offer will go for Pac-Man Collection - 40th Anniversary (and you will have the text from the original Pac-Man Collection to start with, so that should be easier!).

     

    Anyone good at writing manuals? :D 

    Thanks, guys!

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  9. Posted

    What's funny is you're not the first person who asked for this.  Cousin Vinnie mentioned a 'Gorf II' so to speak, with one each wave from Moon Cresta, Astroblaster, Astro Fighter, UniWarS, and an Original Boss Wave.  (Meteor Shower is 160A mode, so it is the odd one out)...

     

    :)

     

    ...and thank you for the compliments :thumbsup:

     

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  10. Posted

    I am VERY much looking forward to this release, especially with the paddles.  Back when I was in college ('87), This game was in my Dorm...  I was able to get to the ending just about every time...  LOVED this game.  This and Dig Dug were the only games I could 'roll' the score back then.  (I don't remember if you could actually 'roll' the score on Arkanoid, but I do remember getting the high score every time, and getting to the ending).

     

    Loved it!  Can't wait for this one! :)

     

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  11. Posted · Edited by PacManPlus

    Ok, doing a 180° turn here...

     

    I've decided to go back to my source code before I started rewriting it from the arcade z80 code.  I was finding more and more subroutines that I have to convert (I just wanted the enemy movement).  I figured the chance of it running after re-vamping almost the entire program from what I *believe* the conversion from z80 would be slim to none...  and me being able to figure out what's wrong if it just crashes would also be slim to none.

     

    I think I've read enough to know the jist of what they were doing, so I may still be ahead of the game.

     

     

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  15. Posted

    Wow, nice catch!

    I think I know what causes that: when I make the board go "invisible" ,  Instead of turning the color of the board black (which I cannot do because there are  other objects that use that color), I make the character mode widths 1, and move them off-screen.   It looks like if you finish the board that way, it never gets moved back to its correct position. That should be an easy fix.

     Thank you for reporting it!

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  18. Posted · Edited by PacManPlus
    Edited for grammar

    Something to keep in mind: In case you try using the 'Flashback' Joysticks (from whatever version of the Flashback lets you 'Pause', 'Rewind', etc.), the 7800 thinks those joysticks are a ProLine instead of a single-button joystick like the CX-40 (including the 2nd player one that does not have the 'Pause', 'Rewind', buttons on it).  So the buttons don't work on a 7800 as it's expecting one type of button press but getting another.  I was pulling my hair out trying to see what I did wrong a while back (forget which game I was working on), until I used a standard CX-40 and everything was fine (turning the console off between joysticks).

     

    I found this one out the hard way, still need to take a multi-meter to it to see what they did differently; especially the 2nd player one which doesn't have any special circuitry.

  23. Posted · Edited by PacManPlus

    22 hours ago, Defender_2600 said:

     

    I guess you are referring to the green color of the bow and lipstick, of course the red color cannot be used for both sprites, however I think green is not bad at all.

     

    For me, I actually was referring to the size of the lips in this one:

    Are you ready?

     

    I think my version will have the standard sprites...

     

    Also, interesting that they used the original Pac-Man shape for this, and not the Ms. Pac-Man shape (yes, they are different) :P 

    Wait, does that mean it's Pac-Man in drag?

     

     

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  24. Posted

    Speaking for myself, I do this for the fun of it.  People enjoying what I create is a major bonus! (I never made it as a songwriter so this is the next best thing) :P 

     

    I have no problem sharing anything (including source code, as I have already done) with people here as often as I can, as I have a bit of a different point of view.  Any time someone gives (helpful) feedback about either a bug, or something I could make better by changing it, it will help make the game that much better. 

     

    As far as releasing WIPs/ROMs, I don't think there is any title where I haven't posted the final ROM here; so if you want to use an emulator, great!  If you want to support this site (and show appreciation to the work I do) by buying a cart, that's great too!  There was only one time where I almost stopped; it was because I started seeing my games on eBay (and not by AtariAge, who has exclusive permission to make ANY of my games).  That angered me, but I got over it.

     

    Listen, I'm not the best programmer (by far), but I do what I can - what my abilities allow me to. :) And I love that you guys like what I do.  It makes me want to do more.

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