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  1. Giles N
    Well, I don’t own many 2600 games. (I plan to get River Raid 2 and Empire Strikes Back some day, and would like to see 5200 versions of these). But a 5200 version (perhaps with a few additions to gameplay), for ‘Tunnel Tunner’ would be cool (if done well, of course). I think BattleZone 2600 looks and feels better than the somewhat slow 5200 vector-version. (I’ve heard there’s an optional BattleZone-version for the 5200, but haven’t seen gameplay of it). I also got ‘Solaris’, but haven’t gotten around to play it much. Since the 5200 has many top-space shooters (I include here the super-cool ‘Robotron’-space-shooter ‘Blaster’ here, I’m not sure I really miss ‘Solaris’. So Tunnel Runner River Raid 2 Empire Strikes Back
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    I think this is a realistic price for an old game in ‘very good’ shape, including package, overlays etc. I guess you easily could get it cheaper, but not in that fine condition.
  3. Giles N
    I’ve ordered my Evercade with 10 game-carts. It’s scheduled for arrival in my mailbox 7th of July. It’ll be interesting to see if it holds up...
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    @gorfcadet Anyway, cool that you’re into oldschool sprites! Good luck with your projects! — Have a look around at the threads here; there are other people either doing or learning to do 7800 programming, music, demos etc. All good, Giles
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    Just call it ‘Animal Crossie’... and all will be well... 😉😄
  6. Giles N
    Ok, thanks for info. Scraps-v1.1.: sorry just my own way of saying the first version of Scrapyard Dog ‘starring Scraps’, uploaded here, before any further alterations. I was a bit vague there. If the hair is only on the title-screen and no further alterations were done, I’ll do with the version given here already.
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    I need to get a better emulator downloaded; but the laptop stationed at my place is my brothers’, so I’ll need to get him here. Anyway, I want to have these things produced on actually 7800-hardware carts, but have run out of people who are available (energy and expertise) for doing such things. When I get my bro to download, bupsystem, I’ll download these versions... (But I have the Scraps-v.1.1 coming as cart)
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    Perhaps it was a reproduction-cart. So, it would depend on whether you’re the more interested in collecting original carts from the era the system was in the shelves, or whether you’re primarily looking for a fully working cartridge to play on original hardware. Anyway, prices differ quite a lot with condition and whether or not it still has packaging. If you don’t care how it looks (or ahem smells) outward as long as it boots and runs well, you can probably get it a lot cheaper.
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    I think the stuff about Resque on Fractalus is that it’s a technical top-title; it’s really, really impressive for such an early system - with 3D polygon (not vector) landscape to fly through in all 360 degrees, with landings onto surface to pick up stranded pilots, and return to mother-ship in space.
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    @KevinMos3 and @aaron1677 I’d still think it would be cool with playthrough-vids with comments on ‘how to play/how to master’. But good to hear you people enjoy it. I think many parts of it - presentation and some of the ingame-graphics has this colourful cheerful feel to it. — Ok, note, I’m usually quite lousy at sports-games, so that may be a cause here, but still, generally speaking I think some of the more ‘advanced’ 7800 games could need videos with commentaries, not just on how the game operates but ‘how-to’ master/get through them.
  11. Giles N

    Earlier this week I bought a Megadrive (ie Genesis)-mini. 42 games. Cool. Sure. But   w h y   are Sega so, well, slow or reluctant to include games like Out Run, Afterburner 2? On other systems their just barely provided Galaxy Force and Thunderblade. Whats their problem?

    1. Giles N

      Giles N

      @Atariboy

      Everything you say make sense - with the slight exception that Afterburner 2 for the ME/Genesis was back in 1990/91 considered an awesome port of the Arcade, easily getting rave reviews all over the place.

       

      Perhaps it has lost popularity over time, but back in the days of its release it reaped rave reviews...

    2. Atariboy

      Atariboy

      For better or worse though, my impression is that only Sega's port of Outrun to the Genesis gets much respect in the classic gaming community.

       

      Excluding Super Monaco GP since I never thought of it as an arcade port, the other Super Scaler ports to Sega's home console don't see much love and at least one of them is downright terrible by most every account (Turbo Outrun; I've yet to find a fan of this port). 

       

      That said, I enjoy several of them like the much maligned Galaxy Force II and Super Thunder Blade.

       

      Edit: I forgot about Super Hang-On. My impression after decades of hanging around places like AtariAge is that one is also held in high regard, although it sure seems choppy in retrospect now that the arcade original is widely available on contemporary gaming hardware.

    3. Giles N

      Giles N

      I enjoy almost all of the ports of the 3Dsuper scaler-arcades for the MD/Genesis.

      Almost all. Turbo Out Run isn’t much to write home about.

      The MD/Genesis had no inbuilt scaling-hardware, so images of objects in the distance coming towards the player, would have to be categorized by sizes, having drawn sprite-images of all these categories, and for Afterburner, having them drawn ‘tilted’ or ‘rotating’ as well. Must haven taken lots space.

       

      With that in mind, I find most of the 3D-scaler ports very fine gaming-pieces for their generation (ie 16-bit home-console).

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  12. Giles N

    Ok, Atari-7800 fans: remember there are now two new, improved versions of Scrapyard Dog 7800: one with a more cartoony-looking dog-resquing hero, and one where you’re Scraps The Dog out to save your owner...

    1. Giles N

      Giles N

      Check it out at ‘Hacks’, 7800 Hacks...

       

      ... if it could be of interest...

  13. Giles N
    If Atari had pushed on, Louie could have been their Mario, Scraps could have been their ‘Tails’/‘Sonic’ character...
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    Ha ha, dunno if I should say this, but hair on the left image seems better in one respect, but that may invite to an improved used of blues on Louies sweater... But some of this is very close to personal taste... — Anyway, is this title-screen now in use both for ‘You-Are-Loiue’ and ‘You-Are-Scraps’ versions, or just ‘You Are Louie’-version...?
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    Well, - so, this is not an attempt to get people (further) into something they do not have a drive for, but as this thread developed, grew, - and it came to light that we just don’t have a programmer - I began thinking that a Pac-World (yes, using the Bentley Bear Engine, since Bentley Bear is solidly made, throughout quality) could be the thing, and try to include - in new and creative ways - the possible elements/parameters, already given and possible with Bentley Bear. And... I do think that with novel and creative level-designs, good use of the hat-power-up, level-layouts taking inspiration both from the original Pac-Land (town, forest, mountain, castle), but also adding new concepts like Pac-Maze platform world, etc, - it could become more than just a Bentley-hack. Why shouldn’t we be able to have Pac-Man run on top of Town Roofs, be able to collect power-pills (ie hats), many times a level, make labyrintine castles, ... and work to get visual of the background to shine as much as Bentley Bear - multiple parallaxes, bright colours, stylized cartoony background and all...? — Again, if people here feel its not worth it, it can’t be done etc, I really do respect that, but the above were my ideas concerning where a Pac-World Platformer could have gone. All good to you all, And all efforts and constructive inputs have been appreciated; I have learnt stuff, and for me just learning in itself is valuable.
  16. Giles N

    I just ordered the Evercade (condition new) with 10 game-carts on ebay. I got this strange feeling of strangulation & coldsweat at the import-charges, but - it’s my summer-holiday gaming project.

     

    If my mental state survive the import-charge-shocks, I really do look forward to have a go at 122 games... (and more to come in the Autumn) - handheld’d or Flatscreen’d 

     

    😁🤩🙃🤡

    1. Bixler

      Bixler

      It looks like a fun little platform that definitely appeals to this forum's demographic.

    2. Giles N

      Giles N

      I hope to find out by 7th of July...

    3. GoldLeader

      GoldLeader

      I still kind of want an Evercade, but so far I've saved the money....for now...Have fun with it...It looks cool to be sure.

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  17. Giles N
    Kevin, please make a ‘how-to-play-and-master’-YouTube-video for this game, so the rest of us can get into and enjoy Pete Rose Baseball...
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    @Jaden (JRH) As we learn to cooperate, to share info, experiences, anything - passivily or activily involving the 7800-hardware-system -, how’re things goings as to using the Bentley Bear ‘engine’ to create levels and stages...?
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    Please, do post a link to the final file...
  20. Giles N
    @nosweargamer ...hm, sorry for the astronomical number of typos and wierd ways of spelling... was tired, and my mind divided onto so much else . . . still, I do love pets; keep ‘em safe and do resque them when needed! — C’mon, - Atari could need a cute and adorable mascot-character [independant of what Atari contemplated in the late 80ies, early 90ies], - who cares if we’d be three decades late...? - Dorky guy or super-cute Dog; your choice - - give it a fair hearing when time and circumstance allows...!! just do love pets and cute animals!!
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    @nosweargamer Hi, dunno if you into A7800 hacks, but seen you’ve reviewed KevinMos3 graphic updates before, So here is link to file of a Hack on Scrapyard Dog where you’re the dog to resque the owner. I did the initial grfx for the dog, then Kevin adjusted it to fit whitin the sprite-blocks. Kevin did opening scene, lost-screen, win-screen. Please preview or review at leisure.
  22. Giles N
    -What is the number background-tiles can use at each level? Colours for each World (a set of stages using the same tile) - how many parallaxes each level? (limitations?) - how many of TIXs sprites can be used right, left, up, down... (not changing colours or frames), - how much space left for other things??
  23. Giles N
    The best would be if everyone interested in seeing PacMan Platfomer, inspired by PacLand 1984, would work together in the mindset of cooperation, sharing what find to be optimal settings and/or best ways to gets things up and running...
  24. Giles N
    But perhaps then, the title-screen should then read: ’Scrapyard Dork’ ...duh...
  25. Giles N
    @KevinMos3 Just forget all the crap I wrote above; we got a result!!
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