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    ATARI Cassette belts now available -1010, 410, XC12

    in Atari 8-Bit Computers

    Posted

     

    Nice one, The read head needing cleaned is probably best done for every unit just comming back to life for soem years (in many cases).

     

    Doing a Fast forward and rewind of a long loading tape is also helpful to bed in the belts and mechanisms again.

    Yes, that did seem to be the behavior. At first the right-side cassette wheel wasn't turning properly (like it was going in spurts) and the games would eventually get a boot error. That's when I decided to clean the head as well.

     

    But to be honest, I was also doing a lot of fast forwarding and rewinding at that point too. So it may have just needed this bedding process you are referring to, because that's when the right-side wheel starting spinning consistently and after that every single cassette I have (about a dozen) loaded up without any issue.

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    Going through all my floppies

    in Atari 8-Bit Computers

    Posted · Edited by erichenneke

    I started going through all my floppies from back in the day. There are a LOT. Over 300 disks, and almost all of them are 2-sided "flippies" with about 4-5 games on each side.

     

    I've gone through about half of them so far. I have been pleasantly surprised that all of them have read perfectly so far. No issues.

     

    As I have been going through them all and archiving them to my PC as ATR files, I have been doing searches on the games on a few online game data base sites ( atarionline.pl, atari.vjetnam.cz, atarmania.com ) and I have to say that I am pretty impressed at how much is already posted online in tese databases! After going through almost 2000 games i have only run across a handful that don't seem to be readily available on those databases. That's pretty cool to see that so much is so easily accessible.

     

    That said, I thought I'd post the few that SEEMED to be a bit more obscure. I am not saying they are necessarily obscure, but at least I didn't see them in those three databases I mentioned about.

     

    These include:

    - Speedbirds

    - Labyrinth of Kamerra

     

    The ATR also has Thrax Liar because initially I wasn't finding it on the databases, but I see that it is there now. Cool game though anyway.

     

     

    I will keep posting more if I run across others that don't seem to be readily available on those big databases.

     

    If you have interest in any of the files I am archiving ( i am making ATR's out of them all for my personal archive ) let me know.

     

    -Eric

     

    Edit: I see now that Labyrinths of Kamerra is also "out there" already. No surprise. Still not seeing Speedbirds anywhere so hopefully that one is "new" to some of you. :)

     

     

    OBSCURE1.atr

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    Old Text Adventure Games...

    in Atari 8-Bit Computers

    Posted

    Zork was the gold standard of course.

     

    I spent a lot of time playing all the Scott Adams adventures too.

     

    Also, I remember Wizard and the Princess, Blade of Blackpool, Ulysses and the Golden Fleece, Mission Asteroid. Ah, good times.

     

    For a couple of years I remember thinking in two word verb+noun phrases. Kind of freaky when I think back about it now.

     

    MOVE RUG

    OPEN TRAP

    GO DOWN

    ...get eaten by a grue.

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    Rain of Terror High Score Challenge

    in Atari 8-Bit Computers

    Posted

    CONGRATULATIONS TO THEREALBOUNTYBOB!!!

    WINNER of the Rain of Terror High Score Challenge!!

     

     

    A big thanks to all who participated and kept the competition coming even into the final day!

     

     

    The final outcome stands at:

    post-38281-0-54536800-1478571678_thumb.jpg

     

    therealbountybob will be receiving the first copy of the physically packaged version of Rain of Terror!!

    post-38281-0-64563400-1478571780_thumb.jpg

     

     

    Even though the challenge is over, I'd still love to continue to see more high scores posted. :)

     

     

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    Atari 800 XL and AtariMax MyIDE II

    in Atari 8-Bit Computers

    Posted

     

    try using this same patch approach that works for Rain of Terror (and several other games).

     

    Just modify the batch file to use the filename you want to try to patch.

     

    http://atariage.com/forums/topic/252742-abbuc-softwarecompetition-2016/?p=3616259

     

    For example, edit the .BAT file below so ROT.XEX is changed to whatever your file it is you are trying to run in MyIDEII Fat32 Loader...

     

    And also change the ROT4MY2.XEX to whatever you want to call the output patched version (this will be the file you would then put on your MyIDEII.

     

    COPY /b M2PATCHv3-withE.obj + ROT.XEX TEMPROT.XEX
    COPY /b TEMPROT.XEX + M2PATCHv3-endblock.obj ROT4MY2.xex
    ERASE TEMPROT.XEX
    Give it a try, this worked for me on several games that would not load in MyIDE2 FAT32 Loader otherwise.
    Thanks to ProWizard for the original patch approach, I just stuck it into a batch file to make it easier. :)
    -Eric

     

    Oh, and you have to put the file you are trying to patch into the same directory as the batch file before you execute it too of course!

    ABBUC Softwarecompetition 2016

    in Atari 8-Bit Computers

    Posted · Edited by erichenneke

     

    If any of you would like to put Rain of Terror on a MyIde2 device using the FAT32 Loader (like I wanted to do!), you might have tried it and found it doesn't load up properly as-is.

     

    No worries, use this simple patcher!

     

    Extract this .rar file, and then copy your ROT.XEX file off of the ABBUC SOMAG49A.ATR into the same directory.

    Then run the ROTPATCH.BAT which will create ROT4MY2.XEX. Then you can use ROT4MY2.XEX and it will work great with the MyIde2 FAT32 Loader.

     

    Props to ProWizard for coming up with the patch approach used here. Works great! :)
    -Eric

     

    Oh, and you have to put the file you are trying to patch into the same directory as the batch file before you execute it too of course!

     

    (sorry, posted on the wrong quote - still sort of applies though!)

    Atari 800 XL and AtariMax MyIDE II

    in Atari 8-Bit Computers

    Posted

    try using this same patch approach that works for Rain of Terror (and several other games).

     

    Just modify the batch file to use the filename you want to try to patch.

     

    http://atariage.com/forums/topic/252742-abbuc-softwarecompetition-2016/?p=3616259

     

    For example, edit the .BAT file below so ROT.XEX is changed to whatever your file it is you are trying to run in MyIDEII Fat32 Loader...

     

    And also change the ROT4MY2.XEX to whatever you want to call the output patched version (this will be the file you would then put on your MyIDEII.

     

    COPY /b M2PATCHv3-withE.obj + ROT.XEX TEMPROT.XEX
    COPY /b TEMPROT.XEX + M2PATCHv3-endblock.obj ROT4MY2.xex
    ERASE TEMPROT.XEX
    Give it a try, this worked for me on several games that would not load in MyIDE2 FAT32 Loader otherwise.
    Thanks to ProWizard for the original patch approach, I just stuck it into a batch file to make it easier. :)
    -Eric

    Rain of Terror High Score Challenge

    in Atari 8-Bit Computers

    Posted · Edited by erichenneke

    ONLY ONE MORE DAY TO GO!!! Challenge ends November 6th, end of day.

     

    Updating the standings again as of 11:15PM (CDT) on November 5th...

     

    post-38281-0-94343200-1478405759_thumb.jpg

     

    Looks like Deteacher is still commanding a healthy lead going into the home stretch.

     

     

    Here are a few pointers...

    1) Clear early missions as quickly/efficiently as possible, by doing so the rate of chute-drops will not ramp up as quickly

    2) Bonus missions occur every 4th round so try to exit the prior mission (3,7,11,etc.) with Automatic gun mode

    3) Get good at shooting planes, and then shoot as many as possible even when not required (1000 each)

    4) When required to shoot fallers, power-up to Automatic and then exploit paratroopers who jump directly over your gun

    (shoot them all the way down, each hit counts!)

    5) Always note right away when a mission requires you to kill landers, in many cases you must first intentionally let some land before there are enough to clear the mission. Good to realize this right away.

     

     

     

     

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    Rain of Terror High Score Challenge

    in Atari 8-Bit Computers

    Posted

    why after few seconds the shooting becomes slow ?

    I believe what you are referring to is the gun shot mode.

     

    There are 3 modes:

    1) Sniper shot ( one shot on screen at a time )

    2) Burst shot ( two shots on screen at a time )

    3) Automatic ( continuous rapid fire )

     

    The game begins in Burst shot.

     

    If you shoot a Beacon (glowing objects that periodically appear on the mountain ridge) you will power-up your gun mode to the next level.

     

    If a paratrooper lands, your gun mode will be downgraded to the next lower level.

     

    So you want to power-up to Automatic mode, and then keep it as long as possible by preventing paratroopers to land.

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