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As far as I can tell, I got all the colors converted. If you notice any I missed, let me know. The scanlines are not right. This is not a proper NTSC hack. It may not really be considered NTSC50 either, but I called it that because it isn't correct for NTSC. This is the ASM and BIN with 291 scanlines line Zoo Fun. That's all I plan to do on it for tonight. Panda_NTSC50_hack.zip

I can't edit my last upload of the ASM and it has a mistake I just noticed. I changed byte $FE41 to $1E for testing and forgot to change it back to $00.

I've been searching for colors. Here's the ASM with what I've got so far. Panda.zip UPDATE: I've gotten NTSC colors for all of the main screen except for the score & whatever is at the bottom that is the same color. Also the game-over-background-color hasn't been changed yet.

Here are some notes that I made before I gave up on Panda Chase. (It starts with MD5s and filenames. Then compares those 5 ROMs.) 82bf0dff20cee6a1ed4bb834b00074e6 *Der hungrige Panda - Panda (Quest) (AKA Panda Chase) (1983) (Quelle) (731.662 3 - 550425) (PAL).bin 0e713d4e272ea7322c5b27d645f56dd0 *Panda Chase (Penda Chase) (1983) (Home Vision - Gem International Corp.) (VCS83105) (PAL) ~.bin f8582bc6ca7046adb8e18164e8cecdbc *Panda Chase (Unknown) (PAL).bin fb833ed50c865a9a505a125fc9d79a7e *Zoo Fun (AKA Panda Chase) (1983) (Home Vision - Gem International Corp.) (PAL) ~.bin 0fcff6fe3b0769ad5d0cf82814d2a6d9 *Zoo Fun (Suntek) (SS-027) (PAL).bin /-----------------1-Der hungrige Panda - Panda (Quest) (AKA Panda Chase) (1983) (Quelle) (731.662 3 - 550425) (PAL).bin ! /-------------2-Panda Chase (Penda Chase) (1983) (Home Vision - Gem International Corp.) (VCS83105) (PAL) ~.bin ! ! /---------3-Panda Chase (Unknown) (PAL).bin ! ! ! /-----4-Zoo Fun (AKA Panda Chase) (1983) (Home Vision - Gem International Corp.) (PAL) ~.bin ! ! ! ! /-5-Zoo Fun (Suntek) (SS-027) (PAL).bin 1 2 3 4 5 310 310 296 291 310 Scanlines (GOAL: 262) NO NO YES YES NO # of scanlines changes when reset is pressed 3 1 5 4 ROMs are identical except for the byte at F040 [This means roms 1&3 and 4&5 are the same except scanlines] $2D $2D $1C $17 $2D Value of $F040 So I believe if you want Panda Chase to have 291 scanlines, you just change the value of $F040 from $2D to $17. I also have this note: (Original values on the left and new values on the right.) That must be a typo, because Stella 3.4 is reporting 284 scanlines today. Irregardless, you can't see the bottom of the screen with those settings. I'm a novice, so I may be wrong, but I came to the conclusion that more would have to be changed than what I did with Gefaehrliche Maeusejagd (changing the value before STA TIM64T). Although I haven't played Panda Chase much, it looks like the part that I mark with green in the picture below could be eliminated if a person could track down where that is in the program.

I don't know the reason, but I noticed corn was mentioned a few times in different threads. So I thought I'd make a corn hack. The graphics could be better, but I'm not that great of an artist. The ZIP file has NTSC, PAL & PAL60 versions plus the same instructions as below. Dangerous_Corn.zip This is just a silly hack of Gefaehrliche Maeusejagd (Dangerous Mouse Hunt). Dangerous Corn -------------- Your genetically altered corn crop has turned against you. Whenever an ear of corn grows, it comes alive and starts running around. You must take your hammer and kill them. While you run around the garden, don't get too close to the tops of the plants. If you do, they will grab and eat you. For each ear of corn you kill, you get 100 points. If they touch you before you kill them, you lose points. If you think you have problems, you should see your neighbor's corn. Every now and then an ear of corn will wander into your garden from his crop. While it may look less harmful, these smaller ears are deadly, but if you are skillful enough to kill them first, you get 500 points. Sometimes you will get tired and drop your hammer. When you do, just wait. It will reappear and you can go pick it up.

My computer is over five years old, but I don't see how me using it is any more stubborn then it is for me to use an Atari 2600 instead of a PS3 or Wii. Perhaps instead of asking for a Harmony cartridge for Christmas, I should have asked for a Wii and moved into the 21st century. OpenGL does not run as fast as software rendering on my HP Compaq Presario SR1620NX (Sempron 2GHz, 512MB RAM, 160GB HDD). Twice while using OpenGL with Stell 3.4, my computer would act strange for a little bit and then show this message: (I updated my display driver on May 9, 2011.) I have no problem with Stephen dropping software rendering. For what I've paid for Stella (nothing), I can't complain. It is a great emulator and I want Stephen to go with whatever makes him happy. If future versions won't work on this old computer, I can continue using an old version. New versions might work better on my laptop which is a little over two years old.

In case the original poster missed the link in my earlier post, here it is again: Introducing the Coleco Sagittarius Here's a partial quote: I was tired when I posted it before, so I got lazy and made the link where it wasn't too obvious.

Very neat. Thanks for the reply.

I think it looks cool, but I don't need it. I was curious about something though. Does it have a controller port so that it can be used with 2 players?

I tried converting Panda Chase to NTSC, but I don't know enough to do it. Glad you like my Dangerous Mouse Hunt hack. Thanks for commenting on it.

Yes.

Based on this list I came up with 66 plus 22 numbered prototypes and 1 PAL only game that you need: CX2602 Air-Sea Battle CX2603 Star Ship CX2607 Canyon Bomber CX2608 Super Breakout CX2610 Warlords CX2611 Indy 500 CX2612 Street Racer CX2613 Adventure CX2615 Demons To Diamonds CX2617 Backgammon CX2618 3-D Tic-Tac-Toe CX2620 BASIC Programming CX2621 Video Olympics CX2623 Home Run CX2625 Football CX2626 Miniature Golf CX2627 Human Cannonball CX2629 Sky Diver CX2630 Circus Atari CX2631 Superman CX2634 Golf CX2635 Maze Craze: A Game Of Cops And Robbers CX2636 Video Checkers CX2638 Missile Command CX2639 Othello CX2640 Realsports Baseball CX2641 Surround CX2644 Flag Capture CX2645 Video Chess CX2648 Video Pinball CX2650 Berzerk CX2653 Slot Machine CX2654 Haunted House CX2656 Swordquest: Earthworld CX2658 Math Gran Prix CX2659 Raiders of the Lost Ark CX2662 Hangman CX2665 Frog Pond (P) CX2668 Realsports Football CX2670 Video Cube CX2671 Swordquest: Waterworld CX2674 ET: The Extra Terrestrial CX2676 Centipede CX2678 Dukes Of Hazzard (P) CX2679 Realsports Basketball (P) CX2680 Realsports Tennis CX2681 Battlezone CX2682 Krull CX2683 Crazy Climber CX2685 Gravitar CX2686 Quadrun CX2687 Tempest (P) CX2690 Pengo CX2691 Joust CX2695 Xevious (P) CX2697 Mario Bros CX2698 Rubik’s Cube CX26106 Grover's Music Maker (P) CX26107 Snow White (P) CX26108 Donald Duck's Speedboat (P) CX26112 Good Luck, Charlie Brown (P) CX26113 Miss Piggy's Wedding (P) CX26115 Dumbo's Flying Circus (P) CX26119 Saboteur (P) CX26122 Sinistar (P) CX26125 Track & Field CX26126 Elevator Action (P) CX26127 Gremlins CX26131 Monstercise (P) CX26132 Garfield (P) CX26133 A-Team, The (P) CX26137 Peek-A-Boo (P) CX26142 Crack'ed (P) CX26143 Donkey Kong CX26144 Donkey Kong Jr CX26145 Venture CX26146 Mouse Trap CX26150 Q*bert CX26151 Dark Chambers CX26152 Super Baseball CX26156 Combat Two (P) CX26163 32 in 1 (PAL) CX26168 Off The Wall CX26169 Shooting Arcade (P) CX26176 Radar Lock CX26177 Ikari Warriors CX26178 Save Mary (P) CX26183 Sentinel CX26190 BMX Airmaster I did not double check this, so it may be wrong. There are also some prototypes without numbers listed at the link above.

Out of curiosity, I had to look this up. Here's a quote from Dig That Box: The SD slot was the main thing about it that interested me.

From Wikipedia: See the parts that I marked here: Is that a plug in the wire? If so, it might be made where you can disconnect it and rotate it 180 degree to reverse the polarity. I'm not sure though.

My favorite Imagic games are: Demon Attack Cosmic Ark Quick Step!

On the tv in the picture, it looks like Dragster with with a horizon and clouds added onto the top.

That is the same as the one in Rom Hunter's V6.0 set: Official Frogger, The (1983) (Starpath Corporation, Stephen Harland Landrum) (9) (AR-4105) ~.bin

I agree with you. When I implied that it would be best to not buy these, I thought that they were not authorized by Atari. I hope these turn out to be good quality for those who get them. It will be nice to hear more about how they work. EDIT: Spelling.

+1 I agree. I don't understand what OldSchoolRetroGamer supposedly did wrong except trying to help someone who is unappreciative.

If there is no simple solution, then don't worry about it. I can pause the game or go to a menu before pressing Alt-Tab. Thanks for the reply.

This was posted to the "z26 3.0" thread: Stella does the same thing when it is in full screen mode with a game running and I use Alt+Tab.

There is a video near the bottom of Random Terrain's E.T. Tips and Reminders page. The video is called "Easter Eggs and Ninja E.T." You might be able to find more videos on YouTube.

I don't want a counterfeit FB3.... at least I don't want to support the counterfeiters by buying one new.

Although the picture of the box on the European pages says 60 games, the description and list only have 50. The games are also different. The 21 games on the European website that aren't on digthatbox.com (I believe all these games are on the FB2 except the ones in red): Adventure II Aquaventure Asteroids Deluxe Atari Climber Caverns of Mars Frog Pond Lunar Lander Major Havoc Pitfall! Planet Smashers Pong Red Baron Return to Haunted House River Raid Saboteur Secret Quest Space Duel Tempest Video Checkers Wizard Yars' Return The 31 games on digthatbox.com that aren't on the European website: Air Sea Battle Atari Video Cube Backgamming Basic Programming Basketball Bowling Breakout Canyon Bomber Casino Championship Soccer Circus Atari Double Dunk Flag Caputre Football Fun with Numbers Golf Grand Prix Home Run Miniature Golf Night Driver Real Sports Baseball Real Sports Basketball Real Sports Boxing Real Sports Football Real Sports Soccer Real Sports Tennis Real Sports Volley Ball Sea Quest Slot Machine Slot Racers Super Breakout

Thanks for posting this. That is very neat.