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  2. Posted · Edited by Rom Hunter

    2 hours ago, thegoldenband said:

    Are you saying there's another NTSC dump besides the Jone Yuan, or what exactly?

     

    Omegamatrix's work seems to indicate that the Jone Yuan is an extremely low-effort hack that does the literal minimum possible to put out a NTSC-compatible signal, whereas the Artkaris is the real deal and has large, meaningful differences from the PAL versions.

     

    The difference is several orders of magnitude in the literal sense, right? So if "that one" refers to the Jone Yuan release, I would think you'd be enthusiastic about the prospect of superseding it with a proper NTSC version that might even have originated with the original programmers (per Omegamatrix).

     

    It seems to me that "hoopla around this particular dump" is very much called for, if one cares about the history, playability, accuracy, and preservation of Atari 2600 games -- as I know you do! So what's going on? What's the purpose of choosing not to be enthusiastic and supportive here?


    I posted that comment almost a week ago and I regret it now, certainly after Omega's examinations of the code.

    The first time I read the topic header, I thought: 'That one has already been dumped ages ago. What's so special about it?'

    That's all, no less no more.

    I'm glad it has been dumped.

    I'm still puzzled about the floating crocodiles in the PAL Home Vision version, though.

    Why would the released PAL Home Vision version contain this 'glitch'?

    8)

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  3. Posted · Edited by Rom Hunter

    2 hours ago, Mr. Postman said:

    I won’t lie, I’m surprised at RomHunter’s post. I’m very proud and excited about this dump. I’ve been searching high and low for over a decade and finally found it. I’d say it’s something special. Heck, I’d say it’s also fun because my gut reaction was to desperately try to dump it and share it immediately so that everyone could enjoy it too. It’s a shame that some people have become so bitter that they want to rain on the parade, but I won’t allow it here. This is an amazing dump and I’m having a lot of fun playing the game. Does anyone remember playing games?


    I guess RomHunter does not. I used to think he was a cool person.

     

    This game is a NEW DUMP, and the first real NTSC dump. The fan Jentsch conversion and “Jone Yuan” funky Mexican built-in multigame console conversion obviously were not what we’d consider real “NTSC dumps” of a game. We finally have a wonderful and fun really authentic vintage NTSC cartridge  release version to play at accurate speeds in both gameplay and audio. It’s truly nice.


    Anyway, happy new year to everyone. This dump is very special to me and I’d like it to be very fun for everyone too which is why at my expense I’ve done everything in my power to make it available for all of you.
     

    Please play and enjoy Atari together, Happy 2021.


    Wait a minute, Mr. Postman.

    I do appreciate your effort dumping this ROM.

    All I'm saying is that it was not the first NTSC dump of this game.

    That one has been floating around for many years, hence the reason I didn't get the so called hoopla.

    BTW: as you probably know, I'm a big fan of Taiwanese VCS games and I play them a lot (I will post some great news about Taiwanese originals in the coming weeks) and I'm a far from bitter person.

    Anyway: don't be too offended by my post, keep up the good work and a happy New Year to you too, Mr. Postman.

    Cheers,

    Rom

    8)

  4. Posted

    2 hours ago, Shawn said:

     

    That single dump is more than you have ever done aside from e-begging the atari world for bins and scans. How about you piss in your own cornflakes instead? If it wasn't for people like Mr. Postman you would have NOTHING.

    And a Happy New Year to you too, Shawn.

    8)

  7. Posted

    6 hours ago, CaptainBreakout said:

    Does anyone know how Homevision and Bit Corp. were related?  (If this information is already available elsewhere, please forgive me I just really like these games. )

     

    An NTSC version of Lilly Adventure was recently found and dumped as well. I thought this was Bit Corp, since Bobby always seemed to be, and  Lilly sure looks a lot like Bobby.  Does anyone know if it's the same programmer, or was this hacked and reworked by another party?


    Plate Mania, Tanks War, Cosmic War and Teddy Apple from Home Vision are Bit Corp originals.

    The never released (but reviewed and ad shown) Jacky Jump from Home Vision is a Bit Corp original.

    Lilly Adventure looks gameplay wise a lot like Bobby is Going Home, but that's the only connection so far.

    However: traces of a Bit Corp logo have been found in Ultravision's Karate, and there's a lead that Condor Attack is a Bit Corp original as well.

    8)

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  8. Posted · Edited by Rom Hunter

    As you already mentioned in this topic, it's not the first NTSC dump of Lilly Adventure (and to be honest, I don't really understand all the hoopla around this particular dump).

    But by looking at the crocodile colors and the speed, it looks like the closest one (although in the original PAL Home Vision version the crocodiles 'float' as well).

    Nevertheless, I'll put this one in my HC ROMS collection as the NTSC version of the PAL original from Home Vision (instead of the Jone Yuan one).

    8)

     

  13. Posted

    Childhood nostalgia inspired me almost 20 years ago to archive and examine VCS ROMs and scans and collect information about companies and thus exploring the history behind games, programmers and companies, although the history behind games already fascinated me as a child.

    I still own articles and cut out reviews about games and programmers that I collected back in the day.

    8)

     

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  14. Posted

    AFAIK there's no connection to Davids WIP motorcycle games and Sunteks Motocross.

    Also, it's still not proven that Around the World is the same game as Motocross.

    It has never been found and is still only a vaporware title shown in Home Vision ads.

    8)

     

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  16. Posted

    Still looking for these last third party PAL ROMs that have never been dumped:


    - Coco Nuts (Telesys)

    - Plate Mania (Home Vision)
    - Stargunner (Telesys)
    - Stronghold (CommaVid)
    - Topy (Home Vision)
    - X’Mission (Home Vision)

    The Home Vision ones are PAL originals.

    If anyone with a dumper has the chance to .bin these, please let me know!

    Also interested in a ROM dump of Air Battle:
    http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-2600-vcs-air-battle_19390.html

    8)

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  21. Posted

    On 11/4/2020 at 11:57 AM, Wizzard said:

    I see that ROM Hunter's ROM does not contain the homebrews and seems it is OK. But what about Atari Flashback games? I have extracted the games from my FB X deluxe and seems there are some extra games (like 2005 Atari games, former homebrew). Would it be bad to include these games in the collection too? Also from other Flashbacks? I am trying to find the dumps from another Flashbacks, hope it is allowed to discuss it here. I also find the games from FBX that I cannot run in Stella 6.4 (Space Invaders and Frogger). I was also surprised that the dump contains 122 games, not 120.

    My collection only contains 1977 - 1992 (Atari era) ROMs.

    Flashback ROMs are from a later period.

    8)

     

  23. Posted · Edited by Rom Hunter

    8 hours ago, Deemar said:

    Interesting.I got this cartridge packaged like this and I also got a Condor Attack from the seller at the same time. Is it possible this second label came off the Condor Attack and not actually the Space Monster? How would I find that out? If I play both, will it determine which games I have here? Do I have Space Monkey and Vulture Attack or do I have Condor Attack and Vulture Attack?

     

    IMG_20201023_214729 (1).jpg

    You could look at the glue residue to see where to top label belonged.

    I notice the damaged sides on the Ultravision label, so perhaps the top label belonged there.

    Both cases are possible.

    I'm pretty sure both games play and look the same, except for their format (in most cases NTSC games play a bit faster).

    Do you have a way to test them?

     

    8)

  25. Posted · Edited by Rom Hunter

    21 hours ago, Deemar said:

    I'm more curious if this is how all Vulture Attacks came. Is there a NTSC version? Are they all relabelled from Space Monster? Did K-Tel release games that weren't rebranded from Funvision?

    The NTSC version of Vulture Attack sometimes had a Condor Attack label from Utravision underneath:
    http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-2600-vcs-vulture-attack_12099.html

    AFAIK K-Tel Vision did not release any non Funvision games, but distributed them overseas.

    8)

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