Scrapyard Dog (Graphics Hack)

[Scrapyard Dog (Graphics Hack)]

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[Scrapyard Dog (Graphics Hack)]

29 minutes ago, TrekMD said:

Very nice! 

May I persuade you to get a version?

 

😄😊😁

[Rikki & Vikki]

6 hours ago, Hastor said:

I've definitely seen it brought up more times than any other title since getting my 7800 less than a year ago. I was raised on the 5200, just recently got into 7800 and loving it.

Both the 5200 and the 7800 are super-cool 8-bit consoles!

  (Yes I have several Sega Masters and NES’s)

 

[For Posterity: Sirius & Plutos using XM Memory]

On 6/27/2020 at 7:34 PM, DrVenkman said:

These are great, Bob, thanks! I've never played either of them before. I quite like Plutos. That game rocks.  

Both Plutos and Sirius are serious business man, (but; have only played them on the usual 7800 hardware - hope they get a wide availability as to

hardware as they really deserve it even if 30 years late!!)

[Scrapyard Dog (Graphics Hack)]

[Scrapyard Dog (Graphics Hack)]

On 7/27/2020 at 9:49 PM, Shawn said:

Thanks @Shawn for your excellent services!!

 

Really appreciated!

 

What should Atari have done without you man,

 😄😁!

[As to 5200 controllers: what about this? Will it be produced in larger numbers to be ordered?]

@edladdin

How’s the progress as to the 5200 controller?

[Rikki & Vikki]

3 hours ago, TailChao said:

As I type this, 59.

Considering that Atari discontinued the 7800 in 1990 (!!)  your game is actually a bit of a smash-hit...

 

😊

[Rikki & Vikki]

@TailChao

How many left in stock by now?

[Scrapyard Dog (Graphics Hack)]

@KevinMos3

 

Got a cartridge version of the ‘Scraps hack’-version today!

 

Very nice to see the Dog in action and the cartoony looks of Louie as captured...

 

... and to have the game run on original/actual 7800 hardware!!

 

A huge ‘thank you’!!! for all work and effort you put into this!

 

 

[is the 7800 necessary?]

9 hours ago, Jinks said:

The list is kinda meh.. need to add at least 20 more homebrews. 

Ok, buddy, list them; I’m all ears

 

(I don’t own every homebrew)

[is the 7800 necessary?]

- Food Fight

- Pole Position 2

- Motor Psycho

- Commando

- Ninja Golf

- Scrapyard Dog

- Alien Brigade

- Galaga

- Planet Smasher

- Plutos

- Sirius

- Desert Falcon

- Fatal Run

- F 18 Hornet

- Dig Dug

- Midnight Mutants

- Xenophobe

- Robotron 2084

- Dark Chambers

 

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- Pac Man Collection

- Rikki and Vikki

- Bentley Bears Crystal Quest

- Donkey Kong PK

- Baby Pac Man (can be played as pure pinball or combo-maze/pinball)

 

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Hope this may be of help.

 

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[is the 7800 necessary?]

I’ll throw in Robotron 2084, which is solid on the 5200, but even more solid a homeport on the 7800

 

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So the list is getting fairly long now, and I actually am very fond my 5200 and my game collection for it.

[is the 7800 necessary?]

Well, @Karl G

@Drsoren24 mentioned 

- Food Fight,

  and

- Galaga

 

in the opening post.

 

Thats the reason I left them out.

[Love Pole Position 2 for the 7800, but what about... a blue F1 Car...?]

10 hours ago, alfredtdk said:

About the update, what do you think if the option to choose the color of the vehicle to be played was included?

That way we could choose the original orange, the new blue and the classic red of the 2600.

I don’t this would be possible a mere hack.

 

It would then have to be 3 separate hack versions.

[Can Radar Lock be completed?]

Hi, 

I collect primarily for the 7800, but have found some cool 2600 favourites that I really enjoy.

 

Got Radar Lock on the EverCade, and my simple question is whether this made a socalled finite game, with a finite number of missions, which if completed makes you win the game.

 

All good,

Giles N

[is the 7800 necessary?]

@Drsoren24

 

So I guess my list so far, for games which would make it worth to get a 7800 would look like this:

 

- Pole Position 2

- Motor Psycho

- Commando

- Ninja Golf

- Scrapyard Dog

- Alien Brigade

- Planet Smasher

- Plutos

- Sirius

- Desert Falcon

- Fatal Run

- F 18 Hornet

- Dig Dug

- Midnight Mutants

- Xenophobe

 

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- Pac Man Collection

- Rikki and Vikki

- Bentley Bears Crystal Quest

- Donkey Kong PK

- Baby Pac Man (can be played as pure pinball or combo-maze/pinball)

 

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Hope this may be of help.

[is the 7800 necessary?]

Actually, I also think Dark Chambers is a nice (not awesome, but nice) variation to Gauntlet-type games; some nice variations in the background, so I’ll throw in Dark Chambers for people who needs more titles of certain categories of games.

[is the 7800 necessary?]

42 minutes ago, Cobra Kai said:

Yeah, Dig Dug is great on 7800. If we're going that route, I think Xenophobe 7800 is much better than the NES version. 

Ok, so we’ll add Xenophobe too then.

 

[is the 7800 necessary?]

I’d also say Dig Dug 7800 is very good port: better than 5200 because of better hardware, and better than NES because of the blue sky-backdrop rather than the black NES backdrop.

 

So add ‘Dig Dug’.

[Love Pole Position 2 for the 7800, but what about... a blue F1 Car...?]

@Defender_2600

Any progress on the Pole Position II update?

 

 

[is the 7800 necessary?]

Compared to the 5200 you might throw in Midnights Mutants, (huge bosses which you rarely see on the 5200, ... 

[is the 7800 necessary?]

On 7/12/2020 at 12:52 AM, Drsoren24 said:

  I am a huge 5200 fan.  I have tons of games, alternate controllers and love the system.  I was thinking about getting a 7800 and the more research I do on it the more I ask myself...why?  It uses the same processor as the 5200, the sound is crap, the only upgrade seems to be the graphics.  Most of the games that I'm interested in are on the 5200.  The only ones that are on the 7800 that I want that are not on the 5200 are food fight and galaga, and I have them on other systems.  I would like ikari warriors and a couple others too, but they are really expensive and not exclusive and cheaper on the other platforms. The homebrews seem to cost more on the 7800 also.  So I guess my question to all you 7800 fans is why do you like them, and is it worth getting one for somebody who has a great 5200?  

Depends on the game-titles of interest to you personally.

 

If you’re not interested in playing (oldschool and all that):

- Pole Position 2

- Motor Psycho

- Commando 

- Ninja Golf

- Scrapyard Dog

- Alien Brigade

- Plutos

- Fatal Run

- Desert Falcon

- Sirius

- F-18 Hornet (really brilliant 8-bit polygon flight-sim.)

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- Pac Man Collection

- Rikki & Vikki

- Bentley Bears Crystal Quest

- Donkey Kong PK 

- Baby Pac Man 

 

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if none of above titles appeals to you, the 7800 (considering you already have an Atari 5200), may not be worth it.

 

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Well, one more thing; the 7800 plays 2600 games, out of which you can find some gems... Solaris, BattleZone, Radar Lock, Tunnel Runner...

 

[As to 5200 controllers: what about this? Will it be produced in larger numbers to be ordered?]

I think the   only   (<- reason) the 5200 made it sub-par, was its controllers; 

 

this will   rectify   it. 

[Why are third party carts so difficult?]

On 6/30/2020 at 4:14 AM, 0078265317 said:

Got miner working.  Peeled back the lable.  Was not mint to begin with.  so no big deal.  Took the screws out and opened her up.  Rubbed the contacts with my fingers and its working now.  Must of been some few spots left.

 Very good to hear you got it working!!

 

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These contacts... to be de-oxidated; so important!