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  1. Posted

    The parallax looks really good here. Kudos for that. Gotta agree with the helicopter looking monochromatic, even if it isn't.

     

    Three other things:

     

    1). In the video, the helicopter just seems to slide into some of the hostages on the ground. Are you planning on having that count as an accidental kill? If this were Choplifter, or real life, they'd be a smear-stain on the ground.

     

    2). Any plans for music, or additional sound effects like the helicopter blades?

     

    3). You have an opportunity to make this even better than Choplifter by making more variety. Water rescues? Mountain rescues, etc. Different types of enemies, like say RM-70 missile launchers?

     

    I comment because I care :)

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    I've been writing a program using Atari800MacX, but I'd like to do something that I don't think I've heard of before.

     

    I'd like to create a WAV file that I can output through the audio jacks to a cassette recorder, then load the tape into my physical Atari 400 with its cassette drive.

     

    Am I missing something obvious? I can read .WAV files as an emulated cassette, but how do I create one?

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    Most of our enclosures are custom made. The metal work is done by a company called "Gap Partners" in Rabun Gap, Georgia. The oak enclosures are made by a company called "Watson Springs Specialties" in Watkinsville, Georgia. Neither company does much in the way of retail sales - its dozens of pieces at a time.

     

    We also purchase a few metal enclosures from Hammond Manufacturing, via Mouser Electronics. Those are off the shelf items that we use for the customized items in the "Super" lineup.

     

    Lots of great enclosures out there. No need to make one that looks just like ours. ;-)

     

    Well, it wouldn't look just like yours, your artwork is way above what I can accomplish. I just really like the sturdiness of your enclosures so I want that for my project.

     

    For some reason my Google-fu (which is normally pretty strong) just can't find a good enclosure! Amazon wasn't much help, and Alibaba...I don't need 50 units and the multi-month wait.

     

    Thank you!

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  14. Posted

    - How many of them are still actively playing their ColecoVision vs just downloading to put them into an archive?

    I still play on my Adam at least once a week.
    - How many of them who downloaded have also bought (or would have bought) a boxed copy of the game?
    I wanted to buy Frostbite, but never got my act together (have a pact with the wife if I want to buy a new Coleco item I have to sell part of my other classic collection--Atari, C64, etc)
    - How many of them are playing on actual hardware versus an emulator versus a Raspberry Pi?
    My emulators are on a Mac.
    - How many of them found the link from browsing these forums or saw it on a social media page or something like Reddit?
    Saw it on FaceBook first, but would have found them on AtariAge soon after had I not seen it there first.

  16. Posted

     

    If that can help you

     

    I've got a lot to learn about programming on the CV and Adam. I'm just learning how to change the foreground and background colors on custom fonts (in groups of 8 characters)...never mind having 4 colors per character. Is that the limit, or is it two colors per *line* per character (so potentially 16 colors in a character)? So much to learn...

  18. Posted

    At this point in the ADAM's existence, there is no one developing software (for hobby or commercial reasons) specifically for use on it and unfortunately I do not see this changing. What the ADAM does offer in the way of new 'warez to enjoy specifically for use on it are a number of products that make modern storage options (IDE CF Package and the SD Virtual Disk Drive) available.

     

    Where we ADAM owners are fortunate is the compatibility with all the Homebrew releases (cartridges, SGM, etc,) for the ColecoVision that are compatible with the ADAM. That's what we got to hang our hats on!

     

    That's not to say that people haven't been interested in developing software for the ADAM in the recent past, but most of those that I have talked to have ended up moving on with the lone exception being Milli, who is in the process of learning the ins and outs of the system and programming on it.

     

    I'm learning the ins-and-outs of EOS and CP/M as well, I just don't have massive amounts of time to devote to it yet (kids are still too small--I got a pretty late start at parenthood) so for the next bit I'm just dabbling. And following in Milli's shadow.

  20. Posted

    Which font are you already using? Is it having one or two pixel wide vertical lines, and is that what would cause lack of sharpness and colour bleed?

     

    The built-in 32 column Coleco font is horrible. It actually makes writing harder to read.

     

    It is single-pixel width. There is a 40 column mode available, but it is a bit of work to use it. A little better, but it is single pixel too.

     

    The Usotsuki: Yes, I've thought about that font. Definitely gets rid of the bleed issue. But I'll have to research a little further (not sure if it has lower-case!)

  22. Posted

    I didn't see this page in the archive . In case it isn't have a look. Some interesting early concepts possibly super smurf screen & gorf etc.

     

     

    Wow, good find! I wonder why they made that Gorf mock-up look like that. It is not like the arcade version looked like it, so what gives? Also, yeah it would have been cool to have more Smurf screens. Considering they are mostly character graphics, I wonder how much memory each screen eats up?

     

    It'd be a good hack project if someone could figure out how to make new screens.

  24. Posted · Edited by LoTonah

    How about:

     

    8. Do you have some pirated games and applications, but when you realized that they had real value in your life that you went and actually purchased them?

     

    I grew up in a small town. I didn't even know that there were dedicated Atari mags (except for START magazine). I knew ONE other person who owned an Atari, he would provide me with the occasional program. If I liked it, I would call every store I could in START... if they had it, I would buy it. But sometimes they didn't know anything about the program I was asking about (mostly European imports). Sometimes, they would go out of their way to import for me (SimCity, PageStream and HiSoft BASIC come to mind). But yeah, it wasn't until after I got out of Atari that I knew who some of these companies were and where the programs came from.

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