Harmony + Planet of Zoom + 7800 = DOOM!

[Madaracs]

Is there a bad Planet of Zoom bin out there or has someone else possibly seen this?

 

When I used my Harmony cart for the first time last night to play a bin of a game I already own: Buck Rogers and the Planet of Zoom, the ROM loaded and then I saw this:

 

 

Once into the game it appears to work alright.

 

I was also playing on my 7800. So I was thinking this might be a game that plays better on the 2600.

 

Anyway, if anyone has experience with this issue--I'd appreciate advice!

Edited October 8, 2010 by Madaracs

[+batari]

The binary that is out there produces an incorrect frame during the title screen (240 scanlines, with 5 scanline VSYNC pulse) so you're likely to get rolling on a newer television, or possibly no video at all.

[Madaracs]

The binary that is out there produces an incorrect frame during the title screen (240 scanlines, with 5 scanline VSYNC pulse) so you're likely to get rolling on a newer television, or possibly no video at all.

 

Cool. +1 for the speedy reply and tip. I think I have a way to dump my current cart's ROM so that might potentially fix it.

Edited October 8, 2010 by Madaracs

[+HammR25]

Darn I was hoping we were getting an Atari 7800 version of Doom.

[+GroovyBee]

Darn I was hoping we were getting an Atari 7800 version of Doom.

 

[+HammR25]

or even !Doom

[+GroovyBee]

or even !Doom

 

[+Mitch]

The binary that is out there produces an incorrect frame during the title screen (240 scanlines, with 5 scanline VSYNC pulse) so you're likely to get rolling on a newer television, or possibly no video at all.

 

Cool. +1 for the speedy reply and tip. I think I have a way to dump my current cart's ROM so that might potentially fix it.

 

I just dumped my copy of Buck Rodgers and it is identical to the ROM that's out there. It has the same 240 scanlines; so it must be a programming "bug".

 

Mitch

[Madaracs]

The binary that is out there produces an incorrect frame during the title screen (240 scanlines, with 5 scanline VSYNC pulse) so you're likely to get rolling on a newer television, or possibly no video at all.

 

Cool. +1 for the speedy reply and tip. I think I have a way to dump my current cart's ROM so that might potentially fix it.

 

I just dumped my copy of Buck Rodgers and it is identical to the ROM that's out there. It has the same 240 scanlines; so it must be a programming "bug".

 

Mitch

 

Crap! :!:

[Animan]

or even !Doom

 

 

What about a version of Wolf 3D? That would be easy to program, and would just work better (if it even could).

[+GroovyBee]

What about a version of Wolf 3D? That would be easy to program, and would just work better (if it even could).

 

When are you starting the project?

[+DamonicFury]

It appears that Omegamatrix provided a bug fix for Buck Rogers here.

[Madaracs]

It appears that Omegamatrix provided a bug fix for Buck Rogers here.

 

Hey, thanks! I'll give it a shot tonight.

[Underball]

It appears that Omegamatrix provided a bug fix for Buck Rogers here.

 

Hey, thanks! I'll give it a shot tonight.

This works on my harmony/7800 combo.

[Madaracs]

It appears that Omegamatrix provided a bug fix for Buck Rogers here.

 

Hey, thanks! I'll give it a shot tonight.

This works on my harmony/7800 combo.

 

Marked improvement. Thank you. This place rulez. :)

[Metal Ghost]

Darn I was hoping we were getting an Atari 7800 version of Doom.

 

Ha.....I'm not sure if you were being sarcastic, but my 1st reaction was exactly that! I was thinking....'hmm, how do you hack Planet of Zoom on the 7800 into Doom???'