holygrailvideogames.com Posted January 23, 2010 Share Posted January 23, 2010 I have seen what Bob and others have done recently with 7800 releases. Is it possible to make Galaga on the 7800 like the original arcade release? The original 7800 release of Galaga was ok back in the 80's but I want one that is more like the arcade version. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Laird Posted January 23, 2010 Share Posted January 23, 2010 Personally I love the 7800 version of Galaga Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GroovyBee Posted January 23, 2010 Share Posted January 23, 2010 Given time and effort you can make any game on the 7800 within reason. Having said that, Galaga isn't my thing so I'll have to pass on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendawg Posted January 23, 2010 Share Posted January 23, 2010 Given time and effort you can make any game on the 7800 within reason. Having said that, Galaga isn't my thing so I'll have to pass on it. .....(Awaits the 7800 port of Tekken 3) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GroovyBee Posted January 23, 2010 Share Posted January 23, 2010 .....(Awaits the 7800 port of Tekken 3) You'll be waiting ages. Tekken's not my style either . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carmel_andrews Posted January 23, 2010 Share Posted January 23, 2010 Me thinks GB is only interested in original concept games.... So I guess that he'll be cutting bk on his 7800 games then as most of not all games ideas have already been done and copied ad infinitum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GroovyBee Posted January 23, 2010 Share Posted January 23, 2010 Me thinks GB is only interested in original concept games.... So I guess that he'll be cutting bk on his 7800 games then as most of not all games ideas have already been done and copied ad infinitum Not at all. I just don't like fighting games like Tekken. I did like Way of the Exploding Fist and IK+ back in the day. I only like shmups from a technical standpoint. Normally they involve pushing lots of sprites around at a decent frame rate. A high sprite count and a high frame rate are not always easily achievable.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorf Posted January 23, 2010 Share Posted January 23, 2010 Me thinks GB is only interested in original concept games.... So I guess that he'll be cutting bk on his 7800 games then as most of not all games ideas have already been done and copied ad infinitum Not at all. I just don't like fighting games like Tekken. I did like Way of the Exploding Fist and IK+ back in the day. I only like shmups from a technical standpoint. Normally they involve pushing lots of sprites around at a decent frame rate. A high sprite count and a high frame rate are not always easily achievable.. Please developers, no more fighters. We are at ad nausium with the over abundance of fighters, racers and first person shooter. OY! More clasic space shooters however as you can never get enough of those! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdement Posted January 23, 2010 Share Posted January 23, 2010 Back in the days of the 7800 programming mailing list, somebody posted a demo using arcade galaga sprites in high resolution. They looked great, but it flickered badly and was probably very slow. However, this was caused by a flaw in how the display lists were being generated (that was the question being discussed in the post). If it was coded differently it might work fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GroovyBee Posted January 23, 2010 Share Posted January 23, 2010 Back in the days of the 7800 programming mailing list, somebody posted a demo using arcade galaga sprites in high resolution. They looked great, but it flickered badly and was probably very slow. However, this was caused by a flaw in how the display lists were being generated (that was the question being discussed in the post). If it was coded differently it might work fine. Do you mean these :- http://www.freelists.org/post/atari7800/Yet-Another-Kick-In-The-Head http://www.freelists.org/post/atari7800/DMA-TIMING No attachments available on the archive . Did they get posted to AA? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Mitch Posted January 23, 2010 Share Posted January 23, 2010 No attachments available on the archive . Did they get posted to AA? I don't think so but I do have them all in my email archives. Mitch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GroovyBee Posted January 23, 2010 Share Posted January 23, 2010 I don't think so but I do have them all in my email archives. I think I got into the 7800 far too late. Always late to the party . Is the orginal creator of the work an active AA member? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Mitch Posted January 23, 2010 Share Posted January 23, 2010 I don't think so but I do have them all in my email archives. I think I got into the 7800 far too late. Always late to the party . Is the orginal creator of the work an active AA member? He has an account here. I can post the attachments if that is what you are after. Mitch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GroovyBee Posted January 23, 2010 Share Posted January 23, 2010 He has an account here. I can post the attachments if that is what you are after. Only if its not stepping on any toes. The original author might have different ideas about releasing stuff now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Mitch Posted January 23, 2010 Share Posted January 23, 2010 I really doubt he cares. He are the two attachments from the messages you linked to. Mitch 7800kern.a78 galaga.a78 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GroovyBee Posted January 23, 2010 Share Posted January 23, 2010 He are the two attachments from the messages you linked to. Thanks Mitch. Its always interesting to see what devs get up to in the less popular 7800 MARIA graphics modes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Mitch Posted January 23, 2010 Share Posted January 23, 2010 I should have searched first. http://www.atariage.com/forums/topic/59932-yet-another-7800-demo/page__view__findpost__p__733112 Mitch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nonner242 Posted January 23, 2010 Share Posted January 23, 2010 How I DREAM...WANT....NEED a NEW crazy space shooter for my 7800 or Jaguar! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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