BoroPaul

OK, seems I am not good at OGG files. Here is the cure song in stereo as an MP3 and an OGG file which WILL load into audacity as 4 distinct tracks. And I have added the finally correct 4 exclusive channel ogg for Rydeen for use in Audacity (or DAWs). cure.mp3 RYDEEN.ogg cure.ogg

ogg was not quite right, trying again... RYDEEN.ogg

Amplified.. Shifted one channel full left and one full right Loopable MP3 and an ogg vorbis file you can mess about with in Audacity (free PC audio editor). RYDEEN.ogg Rydeen.mp3

Thank you @Xuel Does anyone have anything they would like to hear mixed into Stereo?

Back again! Can we get the SAP from LULU???

What a wonderful trip down memory lane. I helped a friend get a job in their Manchester shop by educating him on everything they sold.... Particularly enjoyed the newspaper article post by @SectorWars

In case you just want the music without the car noise at the beginning or the long space section in the middle, here is and edited mp3.... AlternateRealityJustMusicStereo.mp3

That is awful!!

So the three loops of 8 verses when all in a row looked like they were duplicates. But when I put them one on top of each other they are quite different. When you zoom in on the beginning you can see the different notes played at different times with different velocities. I have remade the video! Thank you again for your help. I have also made a stereo version of Alternate Reality. 33 minute ballblazer video... Alternate Reality Video - Stereo AlternateRealityStereo.mp3

I sliced it up in Ableton, a Digital Audio Workstation, and it is amazing how well each of the random pieces play with each other. You can completely randomize it and get a 50/50 chance of something that sounds interesting, often way more interesting that ballblazer itself throws us as it follows a fairly consistent pattern. I was making a video for YouTube with lots of images I had gathered but it crashed on me after about three hours and would not re-load. So I either give up or start again.

OK, I think I have done it. Don't think I need anything else. Time to move on to the next tune. I have attached a sample of a funky section with drums and no random melody playing. I played around making lots of randomizing versions. It is surprising that the ( 3 sets of 8 ) diamonds in the image above (which are a visual representation of the fade in and fade out of the random melody) are not a consistent length! So as well as the notes being different speeds and lots of different potential combinations of notes, their fade in, hold, and fade out duration varies as well. And on the bass track it plays a steady melody with odd semi random interruptions that sometimes end simply going back into the normal bassline and sometimes ramp back in in a very funky manner. I basically put the track with the drum and 1 note of the chord to one side, added the random melody. Then the track with the random drum/chord/slightly delayed random melody to the other Finally the bass+chord note in the center. I had the center channel oscillate slightly side to side with each note Then I put a slight reverb across the whole thing. I think it is quite nice! Now to grab some images and make a nice video to pay homage to a technically great game with a even more technically great soundtrack! Thank you very much ivop for all your help! BallblazerStereoFunkySample113bpm.mp3

I don't think you edited 5m up to 65m. I convert it exactly as you suspect using ASAPCONV, but you can also split out the tracks into individual wavs which is what I do. So the wav for track 4 looks like the image attached. As you can see, the rising falling track does that 8 times, the final one is traingular in shape. I have compared the traingular ones and #2 is different from #2 which is different from #3 but then the #4 is the same as #1. So I have no idea what you did here! You seem to have given me 32m 14s of unique ballblazer music, which is wonderful! Sorry, I just get carried away with this stuff. Like I said, makes me feel like a kid again. Now.. XEGS and 7800 versions... I have located the CRC checksum for every version of ballblazer I can find out there. According to the interwebs there should be 3 different 5200/8-bit roms and 5 different 7800 roms but I can only find three.. 8-bit/XE/5200 Versions def2a207 - Ballblazer (1984) (Atari-Lucasfilm Games) - 5200 and 8-bit 94d97d14 - Ballblazer (1984) (Atari-Lucasfilm Games) [a1] - 5200 820E5CE5 - Ballblazer (1987) - ballblzr.bin - US 8-bit and XE, XEGS 64 KB (13) So the 1987 versions are all the same! So if your version loads up with the date 1987 then you have the funky version. And the version you have given me is definitely funky. I have come to the conclusion that the version in this video is heavily edited. It has a reverb on and it starts with a bass break and no random melody track.. which just does not ever seem to happen!! Can we get the music from the 7800 versions.. As I understand it the 7800 had 2600 sound, so to get good sound you had to put a chip in the cart, Ballblazer had a pokey in there. OK, I just got ProSystem emulator to work (it is a fiddly swine!) and loaded up the USA version and this is the one! It does not play for long before the game stops the music and starts playing an attract mode game. Can get you the music out of a 7800 cart? https://lmgtfy.app/?q=Ballblazer+(USA).a78 7800 Versions 48f75a89 - Ballblazer (Europe).a78 7800 aff85565 - ballbleu.bin - PAL 7800 a4c4808b - Ballblazer (USA).a78 or ballblzr.bin - USA 7800 5b635cb6 - 7800 cannot find this one 44615260 - 7800 cannot find this one

Seconded! I would also like this!

You are absolutely correct.. I must have made a mistake when I ripped it into WAVs. DOH. Appreciate the effort, apologies for my mistake. I would still love an actual SAP rip of the XEGS version!! In the mean time here is a stereo MP3 of Jet Set Willy. JSWv2.mp3

Also the XEGS version is WAAAAAAAY more funky! Any way to extract that one?

Thank you Thank you Thank you and a thousand times Thank you!! I was so giddy with excitement when I saw your post, I downloaded the file, started ripping out the tracks one by one. I felt like a kid again. And it is great, I can certainly make a stereo version from it. In fact I have already. Yet there is something odd here. Tracks 2 and 4 are digitally identical! They are a dupe. So you match the ASMADB ballblazer.sap (attached) on tracks 1 2 and 3 but your track 4 is a dupe of track 2 and the ASMADB's track 4 is the random track all on its own. You can SEE this random track 4 in this video.. Track 1 Combo Bass / Chord / Occasional Drum Track 2 Combo Drum / Chord Track 3 Combo Drum / Chord / Random (Slightly Quieter and 5 frames behind Track 4) Track 4 Solo Random Is there is another version? Or is the ASMADB sap the 7800 track? Or did you accidently dupe 2 over to 4? Again, I am not being negative, I am incredibly grateful that you did this for me., it is just very, very odd!! Ballblazer.sap Ballblazerchan4.mp3 Yourchan2.mp3 Yourchan4.mp3

Thanks!

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If you are still offering to do this.... Is it even possible to do a really long rip of ballblazer to SAP? Not one of the boring versions but the one that is all random and jazzy? There are two listed in ASMADB, ballblaster.sap 5006 bytes - this is a boring version with no jazzy bits! ballblazer.sap 2814 bytes - this is jazzy but cuts off after only 5 mins mid loop. As it is an algorithmically generated piece of music I would love an hour long one! I like to make Stereo versions of Classic Atari 8 bit music, like Passionately.... I have attached what I have done so far with the version of BallBlazer that cuts off... If you can help I would be most appreciative. I will reciprocate with a stereo version of a tune of your choice!! BallBlazerStereo_Cuts_Off.mp3

Mr Robot This will be one of those posts that just gives and gives for you. I for one am phenomenally grateful to you for doing this. And Kudos to your python skills from a fellow Python programmer!! Paul

According to http://videogamevariations.com/AtariCompanies/activision.htm all the original set of Activision games were released first with the black sash in the bottom corner. Someone is selling a complete collection on ebay at the moment and I have to say, I like the look of the sash'less boxes but the collector in me wants the ORIGINALS. What are your opinions? eBay Auction -- Item Number: 131244150171

So I just noticed on ebay a four switch CX-2600A for sale with the box, but the photo on the box showed what looks like a heavy sixer with only four switches? Did this ever exist? They didn't have photoshop back then.

eBay Auction -- Item Number: 291189214477 Not my auction and doesn't interest me but would be nice to see it go to a good collector.

The Why.... And the collection..

I bought the Stunt Cycle and the Coleco Gemini off Jeff. He offered me an amazing combo price including postage. It ended up costing him because the box was HUGE! I just got them today and am so happy with them that I send Jeff some extra money towards the packing costs for such a great service. He also said he has more on http://www.atarigoods.com/