+Andrew Davie Posted December 18, 2007 Share Posted December 18, 2007 Atari 2600 Boulder Dash ® in action. Damn that looks nice. Albert suggested I give away a free Boulder Dash ® with every 10 Qb sold (per individual!) in the Christmas Sale. Cheers A Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPUWIZ Posted December 18, 2007 Share Posted December 18, 2007 Atari 2600 Boulder Dash ® in action. Damn that looks nice. Albert suggested I give away a free Boulder Dash ® with every 10 Qb sold (per individual!) in the Christmas Sale. Cheers A So, if I buy 10 copies of QB, I get a free BD? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omegamatrix Posted December 18, 2007 Share Posted December 18, 2007 Is this going to be released finally? Cpuwiz already told me he's buying a hundred QB's. He's taking apart the shells to build treasure boxes out of them, and shipping Boulder Dash inside to his 10 best friends. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gateway Posted December 18, 2007 Share Posted December 18, 2007 I like this idea! I know at least 10 people that I haven't given a "gift" to yet, and it may encourage more people to buy an Atari off eBay or elsewhere just to play Qb. But I'm keeping the Boulderdash for myself! Does the 10 total carts of Qb rule include combinations of original Qb and the Holiday version to equal 10 copies? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rom Hunter Posted December 18, 2007 Share Posted December 18, 2007 Andrew, do the levels have the same layout as the C64 version? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted December 18, 2007 Share Posted December 18, 2007 Andrew, do the levels have the same layout as the C64 version? Blasphemy, you should be asking about the 8-bit computer version! ..Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rom Hunter Posted December 18, 2007 Share Posted December 18, 2007 LOL I'm sorry, Albert. For me, there's only one real homecomputer: http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=eY2gK1MPgh8&...feature=related Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mimo Posted December 18, 2007 Share Posted December 18, 2007 I'm currently playing this one http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=Uw3cJ0r1ewU&...feature=related Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Andrew Davie Posted December 18, 2007 Author Share Posted December 18, 2007 Andrew, do the levels have the same layout as the C64 version? The levels are absolutely identical to the original. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rom Hunter Posted December 18, 2007 Share Posted December 18, 2007 Fantastic, Andrew. Hats off! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Random Terrain Posted December 18, 2007 Share Posted December 18, 2007 The music and sound effects of seemed to be better on the Commodore 64 back then. I don't see any flicker on this Atari 2600 version. Pretty cool. Does it have sound? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PressureCooker2600 Posted December 18, 2007 Share Posted December 18, 2007 Beautiful demo. Amazing, amazing stuff! Kudos! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted December 18, 2007 Share Posted December 18, 2007 I don't see any flicker on this Atari 2600 version. Pretty cool. Does it have sound? I'm pretty sure it does have sound, but it's been a while since I've run it so I may need to check again. ..Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophero Sly Posted December 18, 2007 Share Posted December 18, 2007 Did the copyright holder finally give permission for this game to be released? This announcement(?) has me confused. Can someone please give us the whole story on this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omegamatrix Posted December 18, 2007 Share Posted December 18, 2007 Did the copyright holder finally give permission for this game to be released? This announcement(?) has me confused. Can someone please give us the whole story on this? Order 10 Qb's from the store and see if Al has a surprise for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophero Sly Posted December 18, 2007 Share Posted December 18, 2007 Did the copyright holder finally give permission for this game to be released? This announcement(?) has me confused. Can someone please give us the whole story on this? Order 10 Qb's from the store and see if Al has a surprise for you. I admit I'm confused because I'm not in the loop here, but I'm assuming that the 10 Qb's thing is a joke. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vic George 2K3 Posted December 18, 2007 Share Posted December 18, 2007 Would love to try this game someday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omegamatrix Posted December 18, 2007 Share Posted December 18, 2007 Did the copyright holder finally give permission for this game to be released? This announcement(?) has me confused. Can someone please give us the whole story on this? Order 10 Qb's from the store and see if Al has a surprise for you. I admit I'm confused because I'm not in the loop here, but I'm assuming that the 10 Qb's thing is a joke. It was. Andrew told Al the minimum would have to be closer to 50 Qb's for one cart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Propane13 Posted December 18, 2007 Share Posted December 18, 2007 So now we're negotiating. -John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Propane13 Posted December 18, 2007 Share Posted December 18, 2007 After watching the video, he got the AMOEBA in there. My hat is off to Mr. Davie. This is fine programming. If the amoeba is trapped, does it all turn to diamonds, as it should (as I did not watch that segment until the end)? If so, that's a scary set of calculations to perform on such limited hardware. I am VERY impressed. -John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted December 19, 2007 Share Posted December 19, 2007 My idea of bringing this into public if Andrew doesn't get permission: 1. release the game with different name, graphics and levels 2. a "talented hacker" releases a patch, which converts the game back into original BD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Andrew Davie Posted December 19, 2007 Author Share Posted December 19, 2007 My idea of bringing this into public if Andrew doesn't get permission:1. release the game with different name, graphics and levels 2. a "talented hacker" releases a patch, which converts the game back into original BD. Now that would be naughty. I do have plans, however, to release the engine -- without ANY of the algorithms or logic related to Boulder Dash ® embedded. Basically a system that could be used to create any number of 'character graphics' style games. I'll seek FSS's approval on what I release first, just so there are no misunderstandings. Cheers A BTW the video on YouTube is a few years old. I've been playing with the code -- just cosmetics, really -- for the past few days and it looks a bit nicer now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted December 19, 2007 Share Posted December 19, 2007 Now that would be naughty. Sure, but not from your side. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted December 19, 2007 Share Posted December 19, 2007 Did the copyright holder finally give permission for this game to be released? This announcement(?) has me confused. Can someone please give us the whole story on this? Order 10 Qb's from the store and see if Al has a surprise for you. I think Qb is destined to become the biggest seller this holiday season!!! ..Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjk7382 Posted December 19, 2007 Share Posted December 19, 2007 (edited) I noticed in the video it looks like you hesitate before you make any moves with the boulders. Is this intentional while you were making the video, or does the game itself hesitate to make the calculations before you can move? I guess my question is can you move around as fast as you want? Edited December 19, 2007 by bjk7382 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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