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Would you mind sharing the cart art if you still have it? I know this was a while ago.

I can't figure out what I am doing wrong. I can get on a ride up the elevator and I can get on and ride down the elevator, But no matter what I try, I can't get off the the down elevator without it killing me.

Up for grabs before they start getting price tags. These are currently for trade only. I'm looking for some CIBs or Box / Manual only, and some patches that are harder to come by so feel free to request combined trades as well. Only looking for NTSC. Looking for: Beamrider (box/manual or CIB) Commando (box/manual or CIB) HERO (box/manual or CIB) Cosmic Commuter (box/manual or CIB) River Raid II (box/manual or CIB) Rampage (box/manual or CIB) ET (box/manual or CIB) Tapper (box/manual or CIB) Star Master Chevron patch Plaque Attack patch Secret Society of the Dolphins patch Tier 2 & 3 of Robot Tank patches Or hit me with something not listed that you think is fair. The wico ball top controller is great and I replaced the connections with a direct solder and new cable so it works like new and will continue, stick is clean without metal pitting, and the cable is break free. Any questions just ask.

Just now getting back into this. I understand how to add the mph. What I don't understand is how to use the added 2k for a title screen and a vanishing delorean effect. Been researching and there seems to be very little information on beginner's asm hacking.

I agree, I'm trying to decipher assembly but man it's still functionally greek to me. I've read and am re-reading the posted tutorials but it's just really cloudy. Not giving up though.

I've been thinking about this. Since the data is there and the space is bumped up, I kinda wonder if maybe we don't do a title screen and instead show both the time and speed and it becomes the fastest to 88MPH, Using the extra space to create a GFX for a time travel effect?

Again forgive me for I know not what I do lol. I tried to save the assembly file in stella using savedis in the debugger but I only get an asm file for the current state of the game. I then tried to use distella in the command prompt but it didn't output what I think you are looking for. The format seemed really wrong. Google as I may, and reading the Stella docs... I can't find any explanation as to how I would export the entire assembly file... Still looking update: I have attached what distella is outputting but it isn't right. I think it isn't showing the GFX because I didn't use it properly. Stella's "savedis" exports correctly but only exports the current frame, not the whole game. Is there any documentation on how to do this? Update2: I didn't know you had to play the game a bit for it to decode all the GFX and data in order to get the assembly file to correctly save. I don't know if there is a better way to do this, if so I'd appreciate any guidance. But needless to say the new asm file does look a lot better. OUTATIME (by Keebz) - Dragster hackMPH.asm

MPH Graphics... Here you go! Also, I saw you bumped it up to 4K! If you could help me understand how to point that to a title screen at launch I'd could make a awesome title screen. There a lot I think could be done with this. The game play needs some tweaking because hitting 88mph basically just means "go into 4th gear and wait" But its really a great wip! Hopefully I can work on it some this weekend as well. OUTATIME (by Keebz) - Dragster hackMPH.bin

mines doing the exact same thing. Only had it a week and its dead as a nail

I have to much to learn... this is amazing. I spent all day just figuring out how to get the counter to not turn over. Edit: I can't thank you enough for this. Its really helpful to have something to compare.

I've spent a huge chunk of my day trying to understand this and research and googling... Gotta admit it's way over my head. What I have found, I know that it is on Ram_B5,B6 and located at F354. What I don't know... How to increase from 2k to 4 k Take that space and make the bites available as MPH and point F354 to it and just turn off the decimals. Sorry, if this is too newb for everyone. I'd love to make this project work but I'm just not tracking with these tutorials. Edit: I was able to get the miliseconds to read 00 by setting Ram_b5 to $ea $ea Now it just shows .00 with no change at the moment.

Using stella I can see that B5 and B6 are what is writing the milliseconds to player 1 and player 2. This reads as Ram_b5/b6 but I can't find that for the life of me. Not that it isn't there, I just don't know what to do next with this information. I'm reading the stella debugger manual now, not getting very far. But ill keep going

I have so much to learn. I only understood about 1/5 of this but I'll keep digging. Maybe I can start by finding the decimal times and whatever sets the rate of speed. Hopefully without getting into assembly... I looked at the asm with distella and it's not even greek... it's wingdings to me.

Can you help me understand this better. My assembly knowledge is non-existent. UPDATE: Never mind I figured out what you said. It's way to early without coffee for me. I'd love to get to a place where it vanished in a flash at 88mph but I have no idea how to alter game play like that. For instance, how did you know that f357 did that when changed to b3? Ideally, I'd like to slow the car down and make it hard to get to 88mph without blowing. Take out the decimal read out. And make the vehicle flash out if hit 88mph. But I have no idea even where to start. I'd be happy to just get the car to slow the car down and make it hard to get to 88mph without blowing. Take out the decimal read out.

I'm still learning to hack. Right now using bit hacker and HOM3... anyone better than me want to help? I'm no Doc Brown and can't do it by myself yet.

I'm really interested in understanding how he achieved it. Flying straight doesn't seem to get a .05 it always yields a .07 BUT I can consistently get a .05 flying off the ground. It's just really weird.

Well sure, that's kind of what I meant. Moving vertically should reduce your speed and thus your time. Call it moving vertically or moving pixels... I think we mean the same thing. However, if you watch the attached video, you'll see how high off the ground I was towards the end. I was taking video at different movement positions to see how it changed the speed/time when this happened. That's how I ended up with the video at all. By everything I can tell, I should not have been able to get that far off the ground and still get a 32.07 let alone a 3.05. To clarify, I have NEVER gotten anything but a 3.07 on a hardware play by staying on the ground. BUT also, if you stay on the ground and hold down (causing no vertical movement) your speed still drops significantly. So actual movement isn't the only factor as well. Still experimenting.

If there is such thing a hack world record... I JUST SET IT! In 2002 someone removed all the windmills to see what the best possible time would be if you just flew straight. It was confirmed that it was 32.07 "absolutely impossible to beat" I have been testing this because I really like the game and something has always been off about how no one really knows what works against your time. So I was experimenting with the no windmills hack and different locations. Thinking, if the "pixel movement works against you" theory was correct, then flying straight couldn't be beaten... turns out that is completely wrong! Indeed, if you just punch the gas and fly straight you will get 32.07 every time BUT I just beat it. I flew close to the roof with consistent power and just broke the previously held fastest possible time with 32.05! I don't know what this means for the game theory, but it confirms the clocks are not consistent OR pixel movement don't always work against you. I can't find anywhere a time lower than 32.07... can someone help me confirm this? BarnStorming32_05_Sm.mp4

Stranger Things - "Barb's Revenge" - By Lee Keebz Kebler Everyone else forgot about Barb and now it's time for revenge! Help Barb as she claws her way out of the Upside Down! Fight Darts, DemoDogs and Demogorgons with a trusty flashy light and your wits. ________ Waffles, big glasses, bikes and other power ups are found along the way. And be on the look out for Eleven! (a Dig Dug Hack) -Keebz Stranger Things - Barbs Revenge (by Keebz).bin

Built my first hack. Here is "OUTATIME"! It is a Back to the Future themed Dragster hack. Hope you enjoy it and let me know what you think! -Keebz OUTATIME (by Keebz) - Dragster hack.bin

I would LOVE to see an Arcade Joust for the 2600... Regular Joust is my favorite 2600 game, seeing an arcade hack would be amazing.