Supermarket

Hey guys, s'been a while since I've posted here... great to be back I just wanted to let you know that I've been doing a lot of retro-gaming inspired pixel art of late, and I've decided to set up an online store to make many of the designs available on a range of products, from clothing to skateboard decks, mousemats and coffee mugs. I figured this would be of interest to you guys, and would really appreciate some feedback on the designs. Here's my logo mousemat below, ...and if you want to see more, head over to Dead Pixel Designs on Zazzle.com

well, i reckon it's cute... not much gameplay to it, you're right... but the animated battles are fun to watch nonetheless...

see you in the arena...! Def. check this if you love watching cute japanese animated characters do battle... http://supermarket.mybrute.com/

Hey guys- I hope this isn't pushing the boundaries of this forum- but I'm currently looking for a Java-savvy programmer who might be interested in collaborating in the development of several simple games designed for the cell-phone download marketplace. As an atari fan, much inspiration has been drawn from the proncipals of vintage 2600 gameplay, and as such should appeal to the AtariAge crowd and the general public alike. My partner and I will be representing our business 'danimations' at a forum mid next year, where prototypes of games will be pitched to potential investors and buyers of the content, so we're serious about making this work. We're based in Australia, but the programmers' whereabouts should not stand in the way of a healthy collaboration. Drop me a line via email, pm or our website: http://www.danimations.com.au

Whole package looks great... who did your helicopter illustration on the front cover & labels?

I have an Epson Perfection 3170 Photo (with an upside-down lightbox embedded in the lid). I was more into photography 4 years ago when I got it, and I have scanned everything from slides and negs to drawings on napkins, even a burned piece of pizza. Highly recommended... provided they haven't strayed to other parts manufacturers in recent years...

I'm looking forward to seeing the rest of the entries for this... being in Australia, they'll probably be up and waiting for me by the time I get up tomorrow!

Hey folks... here's my design... thought I'd give you a preview since it's not up on the site yet. Ended up using markers first, then scanning and manipulating the drawings before adding the digital background. Hope you dig it!

Thanks for the tip-off Albert... I gave the game a play today, and got cracking on the drawing board. Just tossing up whether to go digital or analog for the illustration this time around... I think the watercolour paints could use some exercise...

I'm looking forward to playing this, then getting down to work on a label for the cartidge art design contest that just opened! I was a big fan of Scorched Earth on PC back in the mid '90s... anyone else here a fan of that game?

Brilliant- thanks for the info and links Nathan. Looking forward to ordering my synthcart... I'll def. put your overlay PDF to good use!

I just bought a pair of Keyboard Controllers for my Atari 2600 (to use with SynthCart when I order it) and am wondering... Does anyone have a list of carts which use these? I'm assuming it's not a very long list... but hey, surprise me! Thanks... Dan

Thanks for the compliment, r_type! It's great to see so many entries and diverse approaches to the design. Props to everyone who entered!

I'm up for swaps if you are... and am in Adelaide... here's what I have to trade at present: space invaders / brown label (x2) ms pacman / silver label kangaroo / silver label dig dug / silver label I'll have a few more to trade soon if you're keen... I'm in Adelaide too, so we could even save on the postage also, re: the above question.... drop Dino a line... he made me a similar offer.

I found some pretty distinctive tings and buzzes in Reactor... haven't worked out how to play the game, mind you

Wow- what a rush of great responses my little question has had! I've taken plenty of notes... I reckon when things slow down on this thread I'll collect all the cherished sounds, and work them into a beat and post it online for our mutual enjoyment

Neat little program! I'll be seeing what I can come up with on this while I wait in line for a synthcart...

Well, 'Stereo Mix' in my case sounds like a likely candidate... I'll try again with this and let you know how I go.

I'm wondering what all your favourite Atari 2600 sound effects are, and what games they're in? I'm composing some music at the moment and am looking for some inspiration from my favourite console (it's electronic breakbeat stuff, using lo-fi samples). One of my favourites is the lush sound when E.T. is beamed down to earth at the beginning of the game. of the same name... looking forward to hearing yours!

Wow- that's a great offer Dino- it's early days for my collection so that would be terrific! We'll organise a trade of some sort via PM/email... catch you soon!

Glad to hear you've had some success with this, Buzbard! I don't have an audigy, so there's no 'what you hear' slider on my system... perhaps that's the problem. I'm due for an upgrade anyway, could be a good excuse

Thanks for the compliment, Paul! The Tron look comes from the use of polygons of flat colours i guess. I actually designed the ship and other characters by importing the sprites themselves into flash, then manipulating the original pixels... so it makes for a aithful extension of the in-game artwork. Great range of interpretations as always in the comp... keep the entries coming!

Anyone got any ideas as to how to go about recording sound from games as they're played on Stella? I tried using Audacity set with the input to 'Stereo Mix' but didn't get a peep of signal. Anyone overcome this, or know a good way to get sounds recorded from ROMs? I can hook up my Atari and record sounds the old fashioned way, but there are a few in games that I only have ROMs for that I want to record... surely recording entirely internally on my PC should be simple?

All good advice... I arrived at the same conclusion myself after the seller sent a higher res pic my way. THere are a couple of carts here i wouldn't mind (Raiders of the Lost Ark, Berzerk, Bump n Jmp, Frankenstein's Monster) but not enough to make it worthwhile. I wan't really after the console at all. The seller actually ditched the auction which had a much lower starting price and kept the Buy It Now only... his loss. He'll be doing well if he sells it at that price. PS... Hi 5 for ADL, Pangasinan!

Good call... I'll try him out The bright blue one front & centre has me most curious...