s-kelly Posted July 8, 2002 Share Posted July 8, 2002 Classic Gaming Expo New Products! The CGE New Products page has been updated to include pictures of many of the new games that will be released at the show this year. Visit the page at the link below and check out the boxes that these games will come packaged in. An interesting side-note... The artwork for both Pick Up and Save the Whales might look strangely familiar. There's a very good reason for that. The illustrations were drawn by the same person who did the artwork for Atari 2600 Miner 2049'er back in 1982! In fact, he also did the artwork for Springer and Miner II among others. We recently found him and hired him to do the artwork for Pick Up and Save the Whales. http://www.cgexpo.com/newprod.html Sean Kelly Classic Gaming Expo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted July 8, 2002 Share Posted July 8, 2002 Wow! They look so real. Great job! Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATARIPITBULL Posted July 8, 2002 Share Posted July 8, 2002 What makes these games so much more better is the fact that they have art work done by the original artists who made 2600 cartidges. I love it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Mitch Posted July 8, 2002 Share Posted July 8, 2002 Hmm, does this mean that the 7800 games won't be released? Mitch http://atari7800.atari.org Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s-kelly Posted July 8, 2002 Author Share Posted July 8, 2002 Yes, unfortunately it does. We had planned on doing 7800 Missing in Action as well, but we've had a hell of a time getting it to work on a circuit board other than the actual Atari proto board with the ribbon cable daughterboard. We will continue to work on the board design though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattyXB Posted July 8, 2002 Share Posted July 8, 2002 I have see the nice Box artwork from Save the Whales. Does someone know if this will sell later by mail order or on a website, or only on the CGE? I want so much a copy of this game. Is there any chance to get it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshk Posted July 8, 2002 Share Posted July 8, 2002 I would also be interested in after show sales of the games. Being from a single income family, I can't afford to make it to the show just to pickup the games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Posted July 8, 2002 Share Posted July 8, 2002 I'm droolin' over all these CGE releases -- execpt I can't go. Would anyone be able to pick some up for me or sell them after the show? I've got an extra Philly Classic Bugs Bunny I'd offer to trade for one of these show's releases. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snider-man Posted July 8, 2002 Share Posted July 8, 2002 I have a feeling there will probably be lots of requests like these in the coming weeks, so let me throw in my two cents worth. Some of the vendors may set aside "extras" for sale after the show to attendees that can't make it. Cart producers like Hozer may be able to release the games later - like Combat II and the Aliala's Quest. However, there's a good, good, good chance that the only ones available will be those at the convention. And most of those *will* sell out, though that's not always the case. There were plenty of Combat IIs left at the end of the convention last year (as I heard tell), but Elevator Action and all the Colecovision carts were long gone within an hour of release - as was Secret Agent. To keep people from snapping up extras then eBaying them, I heard there will be a strict one-per-person rule for all cart sales (new releases and homebrews) at this year's CGE. I also heard there will be a lottery system if there's a huge demand, so there's a chance even attendees won't get all of the goodies. Your best bet is to find someone who doesn't want any of these carts then pay them for their time to get them for you. And this person better be *really* honest, 'cause if they didn't want the cart in the first place, it's a great way to score several hundred bucks on eBay. Just being realistic here guys, 'cause we go through this every year. Good luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rolenta Posted July 8, 2002 Share Posted July 8, 2002 What makes these games so much more better is the fact that they have art work done by the original artists who made 2600 cartidges. I can also tell you first-hand that the instruction manuals that come with Save The Whales, Pick-Up, and Crack'd, look exactly like the ones printed by Atari and 20th Century Fox. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eckhard Stolberg Posted July 8, 2002 Share Posted July 8, 2002 Yes, unfortunately it does. We had planned on doing 7800 Missing in Action as well, but we've had a hell of a time getting it to work on a circuit board other than the actual Atari proto board with the ribbon cable daughterboard. We will continue to work on the board design though. You probably already checked this, but some Atari banswitched games require a certain bank to be mapped in at power-up. Also there are games that permanently map in one of the banks at $4000-$7FFF. For 64K games there are some that use banks 0-3 and others that use 4-7. The PAL version of Karateka is a nice example of all three cases. I think this came from the fact that Atari's development RAM cart required the programmers to upload each 16K bank seperately. If you'd like me to try the Missing in Action ROM (or any other non-working 7800 proto you are hiding) in my homebrew bankswitched RAM cart to see, if I can figure out if any combination of bank at $4000 and startup bank at power-up can make the game play reliably, feel free to send me the ROM images via e-mail. (Yes, I know that this is a cheesy attempt, but I just had to try it. ) Ciao, Eckhard Stolberg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s-kelly Posted July 8, 2002 Author Share Posted July 8, 2002 I can also tell you first-hand that the instruction manuals that come with Save The Whales, Pick-Up, and Crack'd, look exactly like the ones printed by Atari and 20th Century Fox. Except for the fact that the manuals are printed in B&W. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s-kelly Posted July 8, 2002 Author Share Posted July 8, 2002 I also heard there will be a lottery system if there's a huge demand, so there's a chance even attendees won't get all of the goodies. We'll be posting the details of the lottery system in the next few days on the Classic Gaming Expo webpage. Even so, there should be enough to go around. Sean Kelly Classic Gaming Expo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s-kelly Posted July 8, 2002 Author Share Posted July 8, 2002 If you'd like me to try the Missing in Action ROM (or any other non-working 7800 proto you are hiding) in my homebrew bankswitched RAM cart to see, if I can figure out if any combination of bank at $4000 and startup bank at power-up can make the game play reliably, feel free to send me the ROM images via e-mail. (Yes, I know that this is a cheesy attempt, but I just had to try it. ) Actually, part of the problem is that I have never really messed much with the 7800 so I don't know alot about it. I do know enough about basic addressing that I thought I'd be able to get it working. It won't make it to CGE 2002, but we'll definitely work on it after the show. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Mitch Posted July 9, 2002 Share Posted July 9, 2002 Just out of curiosity, what size is the ROM for Missing in Action (or the other tenative 7800 games for that matter)? And were you planning on making custom boards or reusing old ones? I think Eckhard has mentioned the main 7800 bankswitching oddities so I won't go there, but I will mention that if you need any help testing, I have a 7800 RAM cart and EPROM cart available. Good luck on getting them working, I'm looking forward to playing some new 7800 games. Mitch http://atari7800.atari.org Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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