NinjaWarrior Posted February 7, 2007 Share Posted February 7, 2007 Is it even possible on the 7800...I know in Super, When Pac-Man get's a Super Pill he get's big..will the big sprite be a problem Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenfused Posted February 7, 2007 Share Posted February 7, 2007 Is it even possible on the 7800...I know in Super, When Pac-Man get's a Super Pill he get's big..will the big sprite be a problem Super: The big sprite should be easier to do on the 7800. Also a lot more color for the screen should be possible than on the 5200/8bit. Jr: Ms Pacman could probably be ported pretty easily to be Jr if more RAM were available. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feralstorm Posted February 7, 2007 Share Posted February 7, 2007 Let's hack it into Pac'n'Pal while we're at it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Posted February 7, 2007 Share Posted February 7, 2007 Is it even possible on the 7800...I know in Super, When Pac-Man get's a Super Pill he get's big..will the big sprite be a problem Super: The big sprite should be easier to do on the 7800. Also a lot more color for the screen should be possible than on the 5200/8bit. Jr: Ms Pacman could probably be ported pretty easily to be Jr if more RAM were available. What about the 5200's left to right maze scrolling, could that be done well also? If it could I would think it would be cool to do Pacmania also and\or first cause there isn't a version of pacmania for the ATARI on any of the 4 home consoles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NinjaWarrior Posted February 7, 2007 Author Share Posted February 7, 2007 Well they made Jr Pac-Man for the 2600..Why not hack it for the 7800 & the 5200 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Helmet Posted February 7, 2007 Share Posted February 7, 2007 Well they made Jr Pac-Man for the 2600..Why not hack it for the 7800 & the 5200 There is already a Jr. Pac-Man for the 5200. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenfused Posted February 7, 2007 Share Posted February 7, 2007 What about the 5200's left to right maze scrolling, could that be done well also? If it could I would think it would be cool to do Pacmania also and\or first cause there isn't a version of pacmania for the ATARI on any of the 4 home consoles. The background is just another object as far as the 5200 is concerned. You would just keep moving it left, and after 4 pixels you would move it back and change the addresses for each line. You will probably need masking sprites on the edge since otherwise the left and right borders will keep moving. Ms pacman already has a masking black stripe on each edge so ms pacman can smoothly leave the screen and not just disappear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dauber Posted February 7, 2007 Share Posted February 7, 2007 Well they made Jr Pac-Man for the 2600..Why not hack it for the 7800 & the 5200 Seriously, I think the 2600 version is so damn good that the 7800 doesn't really need one... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vic George 2K3 Posted February 8, 2007 Share Posted February 8, 2007 I think the 7800 needs a translation of Jr. Pac-Man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NinjaWarrior Posted February 8, 2007 Author Share Posted February 8, 2007 I think the 7800 needs a translation of Jr. Pac-Man. Same here But how did they do the strolling on the 2600..was it even possible, Just hack Ms-Pac-Man & add the strolling background or write it..whatever in programming terms Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feralstorm Posted February 8, 2007 Share Posted February 8, 2007 It's much easier in the grand scheme to do vertical scrolling on the 2600 than horizontal, especially smoothly, so that's why 2600 Jr. Pac scrolls vertically. I think 2600 Jr. Pac has some added RAM too to keep track of the extra area, dots, and whatnot. Could be wrong though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Posted February 8, 2007 Share Posted February 8, 2007 I think the 7800 needs a translation of Jr. Pac-Man. Same here But how did they do the strolling on the 2600..was it even possible, Just hack Ms-Pac-Man & add the strolling background or write it..whatever in programming terms Your programming analogies make my head hurt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nukey Shay Posted February 8, 2007 Share Posted February 8, 2007 It would be pointless to hack any game written for the 2600 into one specifically for the 7800. If the 7800 alone is to be the platform, better to just begin there than to be limited by an existing 2600 kernal. I think 2600 Jr. Pac has some added RAM too to keep track of the extra area, dots, and whatnot. Could be wrong though. Correct. 2600 Jr. is a superchip cartridge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NinjaWarrior Posted February 15, 2007 Author Share Posted February 15, 2007 How would one find out if Super & Jr can be Hacked from Ms Pac-Man, Do I have to look in the ROM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Posted February 15, 2007 Share Posted February 15, 2007 How would one find out if Super & Jr can be Hacked from Ms Pac-Man, Do I have to look in the ROM Grabin' a brain is the first step. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_Mo Posted May 28, 2007 Share Posted May 28, 2007 How would one find out if Super & Jr can be Hacked from Ms Pac-Man, Do I have to look in the ROM Having led development of Super PAC-MAN for mobile phones, I can tell you that it's a much more complicated hack than it might appear. First, the maze walls are much thinner, allowing for more passages. Next, the Ghost logic has to be rewritten to take into account areas that were previously sealed off, and what to do if they encounter a dead-end (something that never really happens in other PAC-MAN games). Etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigdcaldavis2k Posted October 13, 2007 Share Posted October 13, 2007 Well they made Jr Pac-Man for the 2600..Why not hack it for the 7800 & the 5200 Seriously, I think the 2600 version is so damn good that the 7800 doesn't really need one... You do know that Leonard Tramiel used a similar reasoning to reject a 7800 port of Midnight Magic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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