Popeye hack.... whaaat again ?

[Popeye hack.... whaaat again ?]

one pixel taller, better walk

 

[Popeye hack.... whaaat again ?]

Popeye walking/smoking, take 14 (compare with nes)

I don't like the blue in the face.. I will probably live it black.

 

 

[GoSub (WIP)]

So if we have room and planning to "go crazy" with it.. how about:

 

animated directional torpedoes (2 frames in each direction) ?

 

crab enemy from level 11 to 20 plus boss crab (currently 3 frames) ?

 

jellyfish enemy from level 21 to 30 plus boss jellyfish (currently 3 frames) ?

 

  octo boss (any boss) "getting hit" individual frames ?

 

Explosions for sub and enemies ?

 

[GoSub (WIP)]

you know better

[GoSub (WIP)]

Very good job ! smooth as butter 

 

Now.. how about directional torpedoes ?

[GoSub (WIP)]

Hey, he called his mamma.. and she looks pissed

 

24x24 is plenty of room for something better, if you can fit her in of course !

 

 

[Popeye hack.... whaaat again ?]

I will base my edit on the already hacked version of playsoft, that have various bug fixes in place.

 

OK lets start with the dreaded (double wide) punching frame,

Pretty pleased with it, it has the dynamic I was missing from the previous hack, of course you have to squint for maximum viewing pleasure

 

original                        Darryl's                          mine                           nes

     

 

 

 

[GoSub (WIP)]

I bet it will be a bitch to redraw..

 

edit: also I discovered the cool mini game you have added, nice !

[GoSub (WIP)]

Spot on ! I love it

 

I wonder if we can work something out for the big boss to be less blocky..

I don't know the specifics.. is he a sprite ? what are the dimensions ?

[GoSub (WIP)]

6 hours ago, atari2600land said:

I put the changed sub and octopus in the game. Changed the boss octopus to bigger sprites the same as the smaller one.

I agree, his sprites are very nice.

 

Thanks man, it looks great !!

 

Oh, you missed the fin on the sub's tower, also there seems to be some pixels missing from the shark (open jaws frame).

 

[Popeye hack.... whaaat again ?]

It seems I'm late to the hack party and most of my favorite games have already been hacked/enhanced spritewise 

But it's all for fun and since I have time on my hands (until my next project starts), I'm thinking of redrawing Popeye's sprites !

 

Of course I know about Darryl's/Playsoft's excellent effort, but there are some things I would do differently..   We'll see

 

[GoSub (WIP)]

21 minutes ago, atari2600land said:

The octopus looks rather strange when he has one eye in a frame. And the only difference between the subs is a couple of pixels of added black.

maybe the change is subtle, but the sub has changed since the beginning,

 

 

 

I find the octopus more cartoony that way, but it's your game.. here is a two eyes species !

 

 

[GoSub (WIP)]

7 hours ago, atari2600land said:

Added level 20. In the finished game, level 21 is where the shark will start appearing. I still plan to have 30 levels and an ending. I also made a couple of small changes. See if you can spot them.

Hey,

I take you aren't gonna use the octopus (two eyes version)  and the improved sub ?

[GoSub (WIP)]

 

59 minutes ago, atari2600land said:

It took me all night, but I finally added in the three sprites. The text kept being weird and didn't want to cooperate.

Looks great !

 

you seem to have miss a couple of pixels here and there, so here are the full sheets,

for some strange reason, when I save in png, it doesn't retain the wide pixels.. I'm sure it's an easy fix for you.

Feel free to use any of them

 

spritesheets.zip

 

 

 

 

[GoSub (WIP)]

..everything that's been touched up, is on the right (plus a new jellyfish),

the sub was looking too dark so I lighten it up a bit:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[GoSub (WIP)]

16 minutes ago, atari2600land said:

I like the shark, the key and the teleport sprites. Are you sure you can't make a third frame for the shark?

I already have..

 

 

[GoSub (WIP)]

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[GoSub (WIP)]

3 hours ago, atari2600land said:

Continue. The dimensions are 8x8 and a maximum of 3 different colors. I especially like the octopus, but I want him to have 2 eyes.

       

 

     

 

OK everything is 8x8 and converted into your palette !

I got carried away and animated everything.. you keep what you need.

I don't know how many frames you can fit in.. so details below:

 

Torpedo 2 frames in each direction

Sub 2 frames

Key 3 frames

Treasure chest 2 frames

Shark 2 frames

Octopus 4 frames

Crab 2 frames

Teleport-er 3 frames

 

I can see you are still using the first version of the sub, this is modified.

As an added hazard in later stages, the crab can walk on the seaweed and extent it's claws randomly from time to time.. just an idea.

Let me know what you like, to send you the individual sprite-sets !

 

[GoSub (WIP)]

     

 

So if you like what I'm doing so far, tell me to continue !

Also it will be useful to know the dimensions, and the number of colors and animation frames per sprite..

 

🤞

[GoSub (WIP)]

I'm your man,

I have some of them drawn already

[GoSub (WIP)]

 

51 minutes ago, atari2600land said:

Decided to work on this again some more.

 

Hey man,

great job, this is turning into a great arcade game !

 

Have you thought of giving the octopus the shark and the torpedo, some frames of animation ?

 

[Bruce Lee retweaked sprites]

1 hour ago, Philsan said:

Regarding screen's version, I have a doubt. Perhaps release year should remain.

 

 For example

BRUCE LEE (C) 1984 DATASOFT SPRITES BY TIX

or

BRUCE LEE (C) DATASOFT 2019 SPRITES BY TIX

or 

(C) 1984 DATASOFT - 2019 SPRITES BY TIX

or

BL (C) 1984 DATASOFT - 2019 SPRITES BY TIX

I have no objection with any of them..

maybe the last one is the most descriptive !

[Bruce Lee retweaked sprites]

New flying kick on top of the fixed binary !

And with this I conclude my work on Bruce Lee's re-tweaking 

On to the next thing !!

 

 

Bruce Lee (RC 11-new kick).xex

[Galactopus hack]

Hey guys,

 

For my first try of hacking a 2600 game, I have hacked the two Galactopus  games with my version of the alien cefalopod !

 

     

 

I have already asked in the original post, and since it's a new game, is it  alright to post them here ?

 

[Ms. Galactopus - Complete!(?)]

On 4/7/2019 at 9:45 PM, KaeruYojimbo said:

OK, barring the discovery of any bugs, this is the finished version of the game (though I may tweak the colors some). The changes from the previous version are the bonus stage is finished and Ms. Galactopus dodges your shots starting at wave 6.

msgalactopus-FINAL.bin 4 kB · 88 downloads

Hey man,

 

I love these arcady ''simple'' 2600 games !

I drew my version of the Galactopus family and I hacked them into your games !

I hope it's alright to post them..

 

Thanks 🤞