atariwizard Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 i was looking at raccoon lad's cleaned up images and i didnt know zookeeper was a arcade game so i went to wikipedia to learn more about it and i was reading about the first bonus stage then it said zelda was tied to a tree not what raccoon lad's quote " missle" so that was what i was talking about Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atariwizard Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 i was looking at raccoon lad's cleaned up images and i didnt know zookeeper was a arcade game so i went to wikipedia to learn more about it and i was reading about the first bonus stage then it said zelda was tied to a tree not raccoon lad's quote " missle" so that was what i was talking about p.s sorry it wont let me edit a post Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickeycolumbus Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 i was looking at raccoon lad's cleaned up images and i didnt know zookeeper was a arcade game so i went to wikipedia to learn more about it and i was reading about the first bonus stage then it said zelda was tied to a tree not what raccoon lad's quote " missle" so that was what i was talking about Ahhh, I see. Racoon Lad was talking about what sprite the tree was made out of (which is probably one of the missiles or the ball), you confused me for a second. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 i was looking at raccoon lad's cleaned up images and i didnt know zookeeper was a arcade game so i went to wikipedia to learn more about it and i was reading about the first bonus stage then it said zelda was tied to a tree not what raccoon lad's quote " missle" so that was what i was talking about Huh? Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atariwizard Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 i was looking at raccoon lad's cleaned up images and i didnt know zookeeper was a arcade game so i went to wikipedia to learn more about it and i was reading about the first bonus stage then it said zelda was tied to a tree not what raccoon lad's quote " missle" so that was what i was talking about Huh? Tempest my second post will explian it tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZylonBane Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gamerz Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 ...lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Propane13 Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 i was looking at raccoon lad's cleaned up images and i didnt know zookeeper was a arcade game so i went to wikipedia to learn more about it and i was reading about the first bonus stage then it said zelda was tied to a tree not what raccoon lad's quote " missle" so that was what i was talking about Huh? Tempest my second post will explian it tempest Yeah, when someone says "missile", "player", "ball", it doesn't mean they're a physical missile, ball, or player. Those are just the types of objects that the Atari 2600 can draw. Anything that looks like a dot or a line is usually a "missile graphic". Examples would be the lines in Missile Command, or the bullets in Combat. Since there is a limit to what it can draw, there is usually a mix of those types of graphic objects. So, since the lady is tied to a tree, and she is drawn with a "player-type object", that object is already taken. So, the tree is a big long line, which means it is likely drawn with a "missile-type-object". It's definitely not that we were hinting that she was tied to a bomb. We just wanted to figure out what objects they used to draw it. -John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atariwizard Posted April 12, 2009 Share Posted April 12, 2009 i was looking at raccoon lad's cleaned up images and i didnt know zookeeper was a arcade game so i went to wikipedia to learn more about it and i was reading about the first bonus stage then it said zelda was tied to a tree not what raccoon lad's quote " missle" so that was what i was talking about Huh? Tempest my second post will explian it tempest Yeah, when someone says "missile", "player", "ball", it doesn't mean they're a physical missile, ball, or player. Those are just the types of objects that the Atari 2600 can draw. Anything that looks like a dot or a line is usually a "missile graphic". Examples would be the lines in Missile Command, or the bullets in Combat. Since there is a limit to what it can draw, there is usually a mix of those types of graphic objects. So, since the lady is tied to a tree, and she is drawn with a "player-type object", that object is already taken. So, the tree is a big long line, which means it is likely drawn with a "missile-type-object". It's definitely not that we were hinting that she was tied to a bomb. We just wanted to figure out what objects they used to draw it. -John oh oops Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEBRO Posted April 16, 2010 Share Posted April 16, 2010 Hi there, Knowing what I know of the Atari 2600's method of drawing characters, I think it would be impossible for Zeke to stand sideways. The game would probably look like this to compensate for the system's limitations. Sorry to dig up an old thread but after reading this thread it made me come back here. I too wonder how the playfield would have looked for this game. I can't vision them being able to do a sprite for Zeke traveling vertically with color changes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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