Request for a new "Off Topic" Forum division

[Request for a new "Off Topic" Forum division]

Sometimes it hard to decide where you should post your topic in..

 

Maybe just an extra forum called...

PC HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE

 

As this gets mixed up in the Off-Topic parts alot.

 

[About Atari 2600s original Joysticks...]

When i first got a Atari 2600 it came with 2 joysticks and they looked like this:

 

 

My 2 didnt last long. They broke in about 3 months.

 

To me they were my worse joysticks. Were they the first compatible 1-fire button joysticks ??

 

Because they certainly when a long-way and obviously became stronger and stronger and more werid looking as time goes by...

 

 

 

Some were rare and some were popular. Some had quickfire..

 

But Some were wireless...

 

 

Some of us grew up with thoose joysticks from Atari 2600 to the Amiga 500. I when thur about 70 different joysticks.

 

But basicly to me they all did the same and if you lose a Life.

You can always blame the joystick.

 

 

But these days I just use the Keyboard...

It saves Money... [/img]

[3000 registered users]

 

Yesterday all day there were 2997 Registered User so I didnt think it will get there that day so I when to bed and woke up and all of a sudden there were 3004 Registered users !

 

So I missed out on the Party because i was asleep.

 

But i make sure im there when we reach 4000 members.

 

[Is it possible to view the Numen demo on an Emulator?]

Speaking of atari800win emulator, I have never been able to get it to run because it says it's missing the 'ZLIB.DLL' file and EVERYWHERE I go none of the ones I've downloaded seem to have this file, seems like there was another file missing too...?

Can anyone show me where there is a COMPLETE Atari800win emulator with ALL the required files? I never bothered asking before, because I RARELY use any emulators anyway, but I would like to check out the NUMEN demo too!

 

im not quite sure if the ROMs come with the emulator.

But what you will be looking for is the ATARIBAS.ROM, ATARIOSA.ROM, ATARIXL.ROM, and ATARIXL.ROM! Just search for them under Google and im sure you will come across them and set up your AtariWinPlus setting and im just everything will be fine.

 

BTW. Is there a site out there that have Atari 400/800 Demos.

Because Ive noticed with Numen is does an excellent job.

[About Atari 2600s' Color/BW Switch....]

2 Players are different colors but the same hue on a color TV set but are the same gray on a B&W set.  (Obviously you were not playing a simultaneous two player Space Invaders.)  Flip the Color/BW switch and one player is Black and the other is White.

 

I had totally forgotten Space Invaders had a 2 simulantous mode, no wonder what made this game so fantasic in the early 80s !

[Games your parents enjoyed]

My Parents never understood Video Games unlike us who grew up with them.

 

All i recall was my mother enjoying Othello that in those days it was a thrill just to beat the computer.

 

But my Dad. And still today has never touched a Video Game in his whole life.

He still today goes out and buy the latest DVD Players, Camcorders, Latest Movies, etc.

But he seemed frightened to go near a Video Game.

 

I think we our lucky we live in this Generation, and for my Dad, if only I could tell him the fun hes missing out on in his life.

 

[About Atari 2600s' Color/BW Switch....]

I remember the switch Atari 2600 had a switch which was Color/BW.

 

I rarely touched it because if I wanted to play Space Invaders in Black and White I would just use the Color control on the family Television set.

 

Why was this switch so important?

 

Although some games it didnt work with it and 1 game I rememeber was

Ghost Manor that used it in a different way incase you wanted to control the boy instead of the girl.

 

Did anyone ever really find this switch useful ?

 

[Is it possible to view the Numen demo on an Emulator?]

FANTASTIC! 10/10

 

Thanks for your help Jetbook Jack I got it going.

 

And this impressered me so much. As Ill only known Atari 400/800 for its games and never seen an Atari 400/800 Self-Running demo before.

 

Very impressive from beginning to end.

 

I read in the credits they even used the help from Ken Silvermans Build Engine.

I havent used Ken Silvermans Build Engine in years!

 

[Screen shot archives for emulator front ends?]

Ive made up over 1000 Atari screenshots.

 

Just tell me the Games screenshots you want and i can make sure you get 'em.

 

[Is it possible to view the Numen demo on an Emulator?]

 

I dont own a real Atari 400/800 and i wanna see this Numen demo

 

from http://numen.scene.pl/?f=n2

 

So im using Atari800win Plus and the credits and title screen come up

but i need 320K

 

I cant a way to set my settings to 320K, is there a way this demo coud be

viewed on an emulator ?

[z26 for Windows (beta)]

z26 wouldnt have a LOAD/SAVE Snapshot option have they... ??

 

Just wondering cause i wanna complete Pitfall II and Double Dragon and they are just damn too hard.

[Ultima]

I had a C128 and also Ultima 5, but I didnt know it was compatible with 128 Mode.

 

I play Ultima 5 to death in C64 Mode.

 

And I didnt enjoy it as much as the others because it lacked Music.

But i finally finished Ultima with the help of a Walkthur.

 

Then all of a sudden i left the Program disk in the drive and switched on

my 128 and OMG! Its bootable and it loaded quicker and WHOA!... Its got Music.

 

What a pity I didnt know this earlier!

[z26 for Windows (beta)]

Sorry!

 

Works again...

 

 

I fixed it I put some silly command in my Gamebase Frontend. Thats y it wouldnt work.

 

 

Now back to the Basic Again..

 

I go and find the right Video mode i want by an Z26.EXE -v(n)

 

 

[z26 for Windows (beta)]

 

Well after simply typing 1 command switch it didnt work so I deleted the

CLI File and what do u know it still didnt work.

 

WERID !

 

I cant use Atari 2600 Nostiginai anymore.

 

It must of wrote to my system registry or something.

 

On version 1.57 im continuou getting the error message - Halt [email protected]

 

So I deleted the entire Z26 Directory and installed version 2.04

 

And a new error comes up.

 

JAM Instruction 32 @ 2869

 

No matter what I cant get Z26 to work anymore.

 

This sucks!

 

[z26 for Windows (beta)]

Thanks ill now give this a try.

 

I think it would Z26.EXE v6

 

As im gonna try Video Mode 6

 

I guess I can make a Batch file up to do job.

 

[z26 for Windows (beta)]

John Saeger has just released a first beta version of z26 for Windows. You can download the executable and the source code here. Some things are still missing in this release, most noticeably the GUI. So please have a close look at the included README.TXT file to find out how to use this program.

 

It would be nice, if you could try out the new version of z26 and let us know how it works on your computer. Also if there are any features missing that are important to you, please let us know too, and we'll try to port them over to the Windows version next.

 

 

Thanks, Eckhard Stolberg

 

Time to upgrade again I guess.

I noticed with 1 version (or the version I had before then), the colours were wrong in some games.

But now there are OK.

 

 

The only thing I would like to see added is a PAL Emulation or Scan-Lines or something just to make it looked like the way it looked on our older Color TV-SETS.

 

My Monitor is so sharp and a Old Color TV was rather blurry which was good because it helped block out the graphic bugs in some games.

 

Well Ill go upgrade my Z26 once again and see if theres any difference.

[games that You Loved but everyone else hated?]

the 2600 superman is -STILL- the best superman videogame I've played.

 

Its been my favourite Superman game too...

I love it how you can change into Clark Kent

Then change back to Superman then fly around

and pick people up. Theres so many different for this.

 

But then my friend swapped it for a not-so-good-game later on...

[2600 games with an ending?]

spikes peak & ghost manor both end.

 

I still cannot work out watch your suppose to do in Ghost Manor. Your just running around chasing a ghost or its chasing you. Are you suppose to catch the ghosts

[2600 games with an ending?]

Missle Command has one as well!

 

 

Missle Command?

 

Wow! I thought Missle Command would of got harder and harder each

time to Impossible.

 

 

 

[Ultima]

Alas, a good share of N titles are meant for the younger set.

 

Maybe that should of called this game Ultima 7 & a Half.

[Ultima]

I noticed there a Game for SNES called

 

ULTIMA - RUNES OF VIRTUE 2

 

Ive havent play it yet but to me I think this is just a Rip-off from the real Ultimas.

 

Believe it or not' date=' [b']Ultima: Runes of Virtue II[/b] for the SNES is actually a port of the Game Boy game of the same name. The "Runes of Virtue" titles on the Game Boy were massively scaled down versions of Ultima. I quite liked them, actually. The SNES port plays exaclty the same as its GB counterpart, but has the graphical look of the then current Ultima games (3/4 view, etc.). An odd title, but very, very easy for a seasoned Ultima player. Even the cover art kind of indicates that it was probably meant for the younger set.

 

The light of mortal existance will die. Only the spiritual light may prevail within this room.

 

Thanks for the Game Cover I can add it to my screenshot now.

 

Ive hardly had time to play but I think the Introduction is quite Typical and funny.

 

I had a quick wander around in it. And plays OK i guess. It reminds me Ultima 7 - The Black Gate.

 

But I just cant get into Ultima 7 for some reason. Maybe the music is crap.

 

I remember playing Ultima 8 - Pagan, it played terrible ! And it was very limited.

[2600 games with an ending?]

Did Chuck Norris have an ending ?

 

I reached the castle a couple of times and then it just beat'em to the death until you die i recall

 

At the Castle you couldnt seem to knock anyone else out as the computer-fighter just wouldnt give up.

[games that You Loved but everyone else hated?]

Tom Boy ( Clone of Pitfall)

Space Raid

Superman

Sea Hunt

Riddle of the Sphinx ( Very boring to watch some1 play it )

Pac-man

No Escape

Journey Escape ( Loved the intro-Part the best with the music )

Ghost Manor ( It felt so frightening )

Fun with Numbers ( It was the cheapest game to buy at the time )

Frankenstein

ET

Chuck Norris ( Loved to make it to the castle but couldnt get any further )

Boxing

 

 

That are my most Memoriable Games

And im sure most ppl wont like most of em

 

 

[Ultima]

Actually I forgot to mention I did enjoy one of the Ultima Underworld Games. It felt very Ultimaish.

 

I noticed there a Game for SNES called

 

ULTIMA - RUNES OF VIRTUE 2

 

Ive havent play it yet but to me I think this is just a Rip-off from the real Ultimas.

[Got a RCA Studio 2 yesterday...]

I used to own a RCA Studio and my was in Color.

 

I found Bowling too easy to play.

 

These days I emulate RCA Studio but it only emulates the Black and White Version.

 

This is how Space Invaders looks like (well on my emulator)

 

My real RCA Studio II looked like this.

 

 

(I had to Colorise this image as it was originally Black and White.