Underball Posted April 1, 2009 Share Posted April 1, 2009 This is so cool. I wish we could find the source code so I can see how they did the scrolling... when you did Pac-man collection, etc. - did you have the source code, or did you disassemble it and figure it out yourself? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Propane13 Posted April 1, 2009 Share Posted April 1, 2009 This is so cool. I wish we could find the source code so I can see how they did the scrolling... Are you looking for example code of horizontal scrolling? I may have some in a demo I did a long while back. -John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the.golden.ax Posted April 1, 2009 Share Posted April 1, 2009 Okay this is too cool, now you have me wondering what is going to happen next year! It is very real. So CPUwiz, when are you going to finish this up and put it in a cart!? AX Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dutchman2000 Posted April 1, 2009 Share Posted April 1, 2009 Using a HEX editor on this ROM I found the following in the code..... RPD©2009 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Psionic Posted April 1, 2009 Share Posted April 1, 2009 Using a HEX editor on this ROM I found the following in the code..... RPD©2009 Joke's over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
128bytes Posted April 1, 2009 Share Posted April 1, 2009 Using a HEX editor on this ROM I found the following in the code..... RPD©2009 Hmmm, this must be a "Release 1.0" production Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Underball Posted April 1, 2009 Share Posted April 1, 2009 Why would someone create a new homebrew, and then post a bad dump of the ROM? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Primus Posted April 1, 2009 Share Posted April 1, 2009 Using a HEX editor on this ROM I found the following in the code..... RPD©2009 I found that too, at offset $1FF81. I just assumed this was part of the .A78 rom image format, since the first 128 bytes of the file are header data, I figured that the tail end of the file could be something similar as well. But, looking again, the entire file is 0x2007F bytes long, and minus the first 128 bytes, it comes out to a nice even 0x20000 bytes... What I don't understand is why it crashes at the end of one level here, but not on the video Al made. If this is an April Fool's joke, then you'd think they'd have started with a good dump. -Ian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PacManPlus Posted April 1, 2009 Share Posted April 1, 2009 CRAP!!! I forgot all about that!!!! I even went through the trouble to replace the monster shapes with Atari's, so nobody would identify mine. This was the next bin to be posted; it works (you can complete levels now), but watch what happens when you press 'pause'. I'll post the current version when I get home tonight. BTW, the Left difficulty switch changes the number of starting lives (A=3, B=5) and the right difficulty switch controls the player speed (A=Normal, B=Fast) Bob JRPAC_78.A78 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Underball Posted April 1, 2009 Share Posted April 1, 2009 (edited) Using a HEX editor on this ROM I found the following in the code..... RPD©2009 I found that too, at offset $1FF81. I just assumed this was part of the .A78 rom image format, since the first 128 bytes of the file are header data, I figured that the tail end of the file could be something similar as well. But, looking again, the entire file is 0x2007F bytes long, and minus the first 128 bytes, it comes out to a nice even 0x20000 bytes... What I don't understand is why it crashes at the end of one level here, but not on the video Al made. If this is an April Fool's joke, then you'd think they'd have started with a good dump. -Ian Maybe they didn't want to post a fully functioning version, in hopes that people will buy the full version on Cart? Kinda like Kenfused posted the "demo" version of Beef Drop that is missing the extra levels. Edited April 1, 2009 by Underball Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Underball Posted April 1, 2009 Share Posted April 1, 2009 Is this PMP or Kenfused pulling our legs in anticipation of another April Fools day release? I know there are a couple of "secret" 7800 homebrews in the works....could this be one? And yeah, I called it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Primus Posted April 1, 2009 Share Posted April 1, 2009 CRAP!!! I forgot all about that!!!! I even went through the trouble to replace the monster shapes with Atari's, so nobody would identify mine. The truth comes out! Well, you really did have us going there. That was one elaborate prank... what I don't get is why the ROM image is so huge, but has great big gaping holes in it. Everything from $7F to $1887F (or $0 - $18800, without the header) is just zeroes. -Ian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PacManPlus Posted April 1, 2009 Share Posted April 1, 2009 (edited) The 'non-working' one was only done to throw people off. I just switched banks to an empty one upon clearing the screen. I was originally going to post what I had done when I first finished the gameplay part but the four people that knew about it told me to use it as an April Fool's gag (and no, I'm not telling who they were). This is actually a 32K Rom with 8K RAM. None of the emulators support this setup, so I had to 'pad' the rom to be like 'Plutos' and 'Sirius' (they are both 128K), because we knew those were supported. Bob (Dylan) Edited April 1, 2009 by PacManPlus 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt Vendel Posted April 1, 2009 Share Posted April 1, 2009 You chucklehead!!! You blew it! That's it, no more secret 7800 source code for you! You're cut off (well, at least until the next game Curt CRAP!!! I forgot all about that!!!! I even went through the trouble to replace the monster shapes with Atari's, so nobody would identify mine. This was the next bin to be posted; it works (you can complete levels now), but watch what happens when you press 'pause'. I'll post the current version when I get home tonight. BTW, the Left difficulty switch changes the number of starting lives (A=3, B=5) and the right difficulty switch controls the player speed (A=Normal, B=Fast) Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Underball Posted April 1, 2009 Share Posted April 1, 2009 The 'non-working' one was only done to throw people off. I just switched banks to an empty one upon clearing the screen. I was originally going to post what I had done when I first finished the gameplay part but the four people that knew about it told me to use it as an April Fool's gag (and no, I'm not telling who they were). This is actually a 32K Rom with 8K RAM. None of the emulators support this setup, so I had to 'pad' the rom to be like 'Plutos' and 'Sirius' (they are both 128K), because we knew those were supported. Bob (Dylan) So is this a WIP rom, or is it close to final? it looks AWESOME by the way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickeycolumbus Posted April 1, 2009 Share Posted April 1, 2009 (edited) Too bad its not real I started doubting the authenticity when I looked at his profile and saw that the times he was last seen was kept private (bushie was like that too), but then Al released the video, and I believed it again. I'm still very happy though, its a very good game. No wonder Dylan never answered my PMs about purchasing it Edited April 1, 2009 by Wickeycolumbus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Mitch Posted April 1, 2009 Share Posted April 1, 2009 For you CC2 owners here's a new banking file that Chad created for us to do testing with. HSC is enabled. Probably want to wait till tonight to try it when Bob posts the latest versions. Mitch 7832KR8K.zip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vectorman0 Posted April 1, 2009 Share Posted April 1, 2009 All of you detectives could have figured this out much sooner had you taken a closer look at the pictures posted early on in post 8 of this thread. I did, but I didn't want to ruin the gag for everyone else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the.golden.ax Posted April 1, 2009 Share Posted April 1, 2009 Man, it is smooth, I don't care. If April 1st brings this much joy every year we will have to rename it. AX Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iwan-iwanowitsch-goratschin Posted April 1, 2009 Share Posted April 1, 2009 What have I said, CHICKY?????? :x :x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Underball Posted April 1, 2009 Share Posted April 1, 2009 Man, it is smooth, I don't care. If April 1st brings this much joy every year we will have to rename it. AX "April New 7800 Homebrew Game Cleverly Masked as Prototype Day" doesn't quite roll off the tongue as easily though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HammR25 Posted April 1, 2009 Share Posted April 1, 2009 Awesome!!! Good job Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HammR25 Posted April 1, 2009 Share Posted April 1, 2009 Maybe they didn't want to post a fully functioning version, in hopes that people will buy the full version on Cart? Bob has never done that in the past. I don't know why he'd start now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Underball Posted April 1, 2009 Share Posted April 1, 2009 Maybe they didn't want to post a fully functioning version, in hopes that people will buy the full version on Cart? Bob has never done that in the past. I don't know why he'd start now. When I posted that, it wasn't clear it was Bob. Yeah, I've always appreciated his generosity. that's why I bought the Pac-Man Collection cart. I'll buy this one once it's available on cart as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mirage Posted April 1, 2009 Share Posted April 1, 2009 WOW! Okay, I was fooled. This morning when it crashed, conspiracy theories started to run through my head, but I kept thinking about the video and figured that really meant it was legit! Having Al post the video was a great part of the plan. Well done (both on the game and the gag). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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