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Posts posted by fernando marrin
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16 mb would be more than sufficient, but ah well the 5200 actually has 16K
Gauntlet is a custom bankswitched 64K game for the 5200. I can't think of another game that big. It's a programming marvel even if it's not perfect scrolling.-Jeff
we all know i meant to write 16k,
and with a game like Gauntlet, "running " through the levels requires having them in ram
but main memory is not enough without some "help" hence the choppy scrolling
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if it does not sell this week goes to ebay
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Not super psyched, I must say. The shooting is so slow and glitchy, it's hard to play. The movement, as previously stated, is slow and frustrating. The 5200 is all about the gameplay, and unfortunately this one doesn't cut the mustard. I'm a supporter of Mean Hamster/Ziggystar, but this one I'd rather of waited for it to be perfected more before release. Dark Chambers on the 7800 blows this away, they should have just slapped the Gauntlet title on that one back in the day.
Title screen is great, like the music and sound effects, it's too bad the gameplay doesn't live up - smooth movement of your character is key - because I know this was a huge work for these guys and they've always put out quality products in the past. I will continue to support them, but this Gauntlet is not representing the 5200 the way it should.
16 kb ram is not enough for Gauntlet.
That's why the scroll is so choppy.
should have been released with some kind of ram inside the cart or not at all
(Ziggy is not a supporter of digital releases,
so taking advante of the ultimate sd cart was out of the question)
i love to have one more game on the 5200's library

but i don't see myself playing this that much
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We need the Ntsc version to play on real hardware...
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Had a few freezes and resets myself
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might go tonight, if you want it PM me asap
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Played it a while this morning. Got to level 22 before my health ran out.
No lockups this time around, but there was a few times I thought the game was stuck.
Like at the beginning of a level I couldn't see my Wizard any where. But the health was ticking down.
Also, I shot a potion and the explosion went on for quite some time...
22?!
You 're a hell of a gamer...
I can't pass level 9
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Don't want to talk about SIDE here,
there's already a big thread for that nice device.
But on this there are 4 ways to load a program / game:
Myide mode (atari disk area)
Sideloader (fat 32)
Image mode , to try to run atr files
And cartridge mode, for that rare games that don't work otherwise
(Donkey Kong Arcade comes to mind...)
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To be clear and fair, the SIDE hardware is perfectly capable of hot-swapping a CF card. You just need to press Reset on the Atari afterwards. SD compatibility is a really nice extra, although the caveat is (from my experience, at least) that a CF-SD adapter plus SD card costs more than a Compact Flash card.

I'm being more than fair, it's not my intention to trash Side,
Mentioned Very Few advantages, a lot more come to mind...
An the sd compatibility thing is about practicity, not price,
many people have sd slots on their pcs
But not all Cf
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As of know side can do only some of the things you can with this solution,
Besides that
Hot Swap ,Ram and sd compatibility come to mind...
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You can't find this very small run carts in the wild ,
And the rom is not available,
so it can not be played on sd carts or emulators either...
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Wonder how better would it be with the levels streaming from sd on an ultimate cart,
Getting rid of the ram memory limitation
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Sold, combat 2 5200 new still available
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I didn't make the games, credits go to Steve (Atarimax)
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You unzip the file, put it on your atarimax cart, and enjoy unlimited lives in lots of games
Good training for the high score section!
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Haunted house 3d gone too, just this new cib combat 2 5200 to go
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Some issues still need to be sorted out,
Currently compatibility with the internal myide bios solution
But so far, it's amazing what can be done with a cart so Tiny :-)
And
Keep the good work on the mag!
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multicart sold, combat and haunted house about to...
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multicart sold, combat and haunted house about to...
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Looks good!
i've worked with similar devices like ide 64 , but this one is the most complete of it's kind,
by far
by the way , your last mag, awesome stuff...
(i'm the one that drove you nuts last year with Ipad compatibility issues
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some units are out, its final rev now

working great!!
you should ask Steve for price and availability,
though i don't think there's a way you will be able
to get a device with this kind of power for 50 bucks...

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in Buy, Sell, and Trade
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Complete in box, pristine condition,
like new 34 us$ + shipping
also flip flop , rent wars and
combat 2
http://www.atariage....t-2-atari-5200/