Donkey Kong XM Pre-order and demo

[Donkey Kong XM Pre-order and demo]

I've just uploaded the final demo's. Game is complete and bug free, as far as I can tell. Testing on the XM unit went great and I've started making carts. I also put together a manual that I will be including with everyone's order. THANKS!

 

All carts from the first two sets of orders are shipped!

I have 9 carts left for sale.

 

1 NML32 Paid/shipped

2 Trebor Paid/shipped - 2 carts - Box winner!

3 iesposta Paid/shipped

4 twoquickcapri Paid/shipped

5 waggie Paid/shipped

6 allpaul Paid/shipped

7 corby Paid/shipped

8 trekmd Paid/shipped

9 gambler172 Paid/shipped

10 nuclear pacman Paid/shipped

11 Gandor Paid/shipped

12 eddhead Paid/shipped

13 Mitch Paid/shipped

14 cfn Paid/shipped

15 gorfcadet Paid/shipped

16 JonnyBritish Paid/shipped

17 Mayhem Paid/shipped

18 atarinerd Paid/shipped

19 jeffgamer Paid/shipped

20 streps Paid/shipped

21 thursday83 Paid/shipped

22 swlovinist Paid/shipped

23 MetalGhost Paid/shipped

24 keitaro Paid/shipped

25 moon patrol Paid/shipped

26 HammR25 Paid/shipped

27 ckirkman Paid/shipped

28 edweird13 Paid/shipped

29 evg2000 Paid/shipped

30 cmart604 Paid/shipped

31 jwierer Paid/shipped

32 kman Paid/shipped

33 AtariBrian Paid/shipped

34 atarinut76 Paid/shipped

35,36 lucifershalo Paid 2 carts/shipped

37 ntavio Paid/shipped

38 retrogmr Paid/shipped

39 smagnotta Paid/shipped

40 marc oberhauser Paid/shipped

41 mmervine Paid/shipped

42 furor Paid/shipped

43 zodiacprime Paid/shipped

44 san-d-2000 Paid/shipped

45 jinks Paid/shipped

46 Atariappleman Paid/shipped

47 bizarrostormy Paid/shipped

48 bennybingo Paid/shipped

49 fandal Paid/shipped

50 mimo Paid/shipped

51 potzrebie Paid/shipped

52 psw Paid/shipped

53 chris leach Paid/shipped

54 romeoteknik Paid/shipped

55 toymailman Paid/shipped

56 Defender_2600 Paid/shipped

57 purenergy Paid/shipped

58 kevinmos3 Paid/shipped - Box winner!

59 shaky Paid/shipped

60 bcprs1 Paid/shipped

61 7800 emucoder Paid/shipped

62 Bill Loguidice Paid/shipped

63 revolutionika Paid/shipped

64 madaracs Paid/shipped

65 Justin42 Paid/shipped

66 chocotaco Paid/shipped

 

2nd batch

1 Liduario Paid/shipped

2 Jaybird3rd Paid/shipped

3 phattyboombatty Paid/shipped

4 7800 Paid/shipped

5 atariLBC Paid/shipped

6 mckafka99 Paid/shipped

7 TMOSteel Paid/shipped

8 atarian63 Paid/shipped

9 atomickneedrop Paid/shipped

10 YANDMAN Paid/shipped

11 uberarcade Paid/shipped

12 Ianoid Paid/shipped

13 MAC-42 Paid/shipped

14 Pacmanplus Paid/shipped

15 diggs130 Paid/shipped

16 retrogc Paid/shipped

17 coleco Paid/shipped

18 Mckie1 Paid/shipped

19 skosh Paid/shipped

20 imstarryeyed Paid/shipped

21 rdemming Paid/shipped

22 jdheins Paid/shipped

23 pmpddytim Paid/shipped

24 Allan Paid/shipped

25 sdrake Paid/shipped

26 DarthCloud Paid/shipped

27 rmaerz Paid/shipped

28 o.pwuaioc Paid/shipped

29 thetood Paid/shipped

30 jaglynx4life Paid/shipped

31 Dr Manhattan Paid/shipped

32 Doyman Paid/shipped

33 davidcalgary29 Paid - 2 carts/shipped

34 Defender2600 - Paid - 2nd cart/shipped

35 GaryH917 Paid/shipped

36 sunsetrider91 Paid/shipped

 

I've been working on this off/on for a while but I think its time to get things rolling since the XM seems to be around the corner. Initially I was only adding the POKEY sound since I couldn't stand the original TIA stuff. But with the XM taking longer than expected, I found myself making a mod to add the "How High Can You Get?" screen. I still had space left in the 48k rom, so I decided to add the animation of Kong climbing the ladder and bouncing across the screen at the start of the game as well as him escaping with Pauline betweenlevels. After that, the knowledge that I gained about the original code gave me confidence that I could add the missing "Pie factory" screen, so I got to work on that. It's worked out and is almost ready to release for testing. The only problem was that I had to change to a bank switched cart due to lack of memory. These carts are not available new, so I will be making these from donor carts.

 

So here are the enhancements to the game.

 

- POKEY sound! I borrowed heavily from the 8-bit version. I had to create the tunes that play at the end of the rivet screen. Both versions are there and the game alternates between them as you progress through the levels. You can also now hear Kong beat his chest as you try to save Pauline.- "How High Can You Get?" screen is present and accounted for.

- Intro and between level animations. Kong starts the game climbing the building with Pauline, hops across the girders and finishes with a laugh at Mario. He will escape with Pauline at the end of the Girder, Cement and Elevator levels.

- Cement (Pie) factory! This screen has turned out pretty good. Kong moves across the top conveyor as Mario works his way up the screen while avoiding the fire balls and cement containers.

- Graphics have been updated on all screens. New menu and score line. Sprites have been made more like the arcade thanks to Defender_2600.

- AI for firefoxes and fireballs has been updated. It is now arcade perfect on Cement and Rivet screens. Barrel tossing on Girder screen and Bouncer patterns on elevator screen have been updated to replicate the arcade as well.

- Modded colors to be a more like the arcade, thanks to KevinMos3 and Trebor's help.

- HSC support has been added!

 

I am building the carts using Jinks donor carts and they have a high quality die cut label. I won't be making manuals or boxes for this release. It will be cart plus manual only. Price is $30 plus shipping. Both Marc Oberhauser and Yandman have designed some nice boxes that can be found in this thread. PM them if you are interested.

 

If you would like to order a cart, send me a PM with your mailing address and I'll get back to you with a total and put you on the list for the next batch. I normally ship USPS Priority in the US at $5.80 and USPS 1st class outside the US. The cost is about $6 to Canada and $8 to Europe. USPS prices have gone up a lot since I took orders for the 1st batch. Including shipping supplies, it's now $10 for Canada and $15 for UK.

 

Regards,

TEP392

 

DEMO - Final Version - 5Sept13

This is it! The final version. That is, unless Robert or Marco dig up another bug. I don't there there are any catastrophic bugs left though.

 

Binary's

These two files only work on Prosystem and include HSC emulation.

dkxm_final_demo_ntsc_hsc.a78

dkxm_final_demo_pal_hsc.a78

 

These two files will work with the XM support in MESS

dkxm_demo_v12_ntsc.a78

dkxm_demo_v12_pal.a78

 

And finally, the binary.

dkxm_final_demo.bin

 

DKXM_label.jpg

dk7800_pokey_00.pngdk7800_hsc.png

dk7800_pokey_01.pngdk7800_pokey_02.png

dk7800_pokey_03.pngdk7800_pokey_04.png

dk7800_pokey_05.pngdk7800_pokey_06.png

dk7800_pokey_07.pngdk7800_pokey_08.png

I just purchased my 7800 over the weekend and I'm in the process of putting in a composite mod. I bought a 7800 and subsribed to AtariAge for the SOLE reason of getting a copy of DK PK! I'm a huge DK fan and Donkey Kong Classics for my NES just simply isn't the same. The gameplay footage I've seen of DK PK looks incredible. Please keep me in mind when another comes for sale. SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY!