PacManPlus Posted June 27, 2011 Share Posted June 27, 2011 I have just been given permission to make 'Pel Plus' for the 7800. I want to figure out the logistics before I start: http://www.kongregat...tedfun/pel-plus It looks like it can be fun. I plan on doing Paddle controls, as well as the classic controls the game uses now. I can probably do this with stock hardware as it doesn't require extra memory nor has a complicated soundtrack to go with it. I saw it on the monitor while in GameStop one day, and I immediately thought it would make a good port to the 7800... It seems pretty addicting... Bob 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Oberhäuser Posted June 28, 2011 Share Posted June 28, 2011 Bob, how about doing a really slow and boring game that I can play longer than about 1 minute without losing all my lives:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lucifershalo Posted June 28, 2011 Share Posted June 28, 2011 oh , yeeeees another game that will drive me crazy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PAC-MAN PRIME Posted June 28, 2011 Share Posted June 28, 2011 I just get a red X. :-( What kind of game is it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iwan-iwanowitsch-goratschin Posted June 28, 2011 Share Posted June 28, 2011 I have the feeling that Bob is still working for Atari of the Tramiel era.......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indiana Quack Posted June 28, 2011 Share Posted June 28, 2011 Hi Bob, This looks to be a really awesome addition to the 7800 library especially with paddle support. Hope you can make it happen! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PacManPlus Posted June 28, 2011 Author Share Posted June 28, 2011 I just get a red X. :-( What kind of game is it? Thanks guys! It's this, except that the Pels can originate from either side of the screen (not just the left): Bob 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PAC-MAN PRIME Posted June 28, 2011 Share Posted June 28, 2011 I just get a red X. :-( What kind of game is it? Thanks guys! It's this, except that the Pels can originate from either side of the screen (not just the left): Bob Ah ok, thanks! I'm on another computer now, and I can play it from the link in your first post. Great game! I can totally see myself playing a lot of it. So of course I'd be down for a cart as well! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toymailman Posted June 28, 2011 Share Posted June 28, 2011 Wow Bob, you have to be one of the most prolific 7800 coders right now. How many projects are you working on? It seems there are at least half a dozen. If this makes it to cart put me down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PacManPlus Posted June 29, 2011 Author Share Posted June 29, 2011 Thanks for the kind words guys. I'm working on a few projects. I had too much of an issue with collision detection for Frenzy, so I put it back down for now. With Battlezone, I need to re-visit the line drawing routine to somehow make it faster. (My blog has the list of games I've started). Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEBRO Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 Hi Bob, I'd suggest you go to atarimania.com and look up Trial by Fire! for the Atari 8-bits. It is the same game concept but with graphics to draw you into the game. If you are planning to use paddles then it would be nice to use more than three horizontal positions and have the objects bounce based on the position of the "paddle". I look forward to seeing this completed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tz101 Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 It's not Make Trax! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gambler172 Posted July 2, 2011 Share Posted July 2, 2011 Hi Bob Give it a try....Every new game is welcome greetings Walter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cebus Capucinis Posted July 2, 2011 Share Posted July 2, 2011 This looks a lot like that classic DOS game "Bouncing Babies" only 2-directional! That game used to make me want to punch the monitor it was so hard! Look forward to this one as well! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianC Posted July 4, 2011 Share Posted July 4, 2011 This looks a lot like that classic DOS game "Bouncing Babies" only 2-directional! That game used to make me want to punch the monitor it was so hard! Look forward to this one as well! That game was also a clone of Nintendo's Fire LCD handheld (which has very similar gameplay). I have a keychain version and the versions in Game nd Watch Gallery 1 and 4. Good stuff! Is there going to be a mode in this game with a single pel where you try to get the pel in the three baskets near the top left or top right of the screen? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffgamer Posted July 5, 2011 Share Posted July 5, 2011 When this is ready for sale, make sure to count me in! :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rex Dart Posted July 5, 2011 Share Posted July 5, 2011 (edited) This looks a lot like that classic DOS game "Bouncing Babies" only 2-directional! That game was also a clone of Nintendo's Fire LCD handheld (which has very similar gameplay). I have a keychain version and the versions in Game and Watch Gallery 1 and 4. Good stuff! Oh, there were dozens and dozens of games in this same "Catch/Dodge the Falling Object" genre then. Interesting to see a new entry, to say the least. Edited July 5, 2011 by Rex Dart Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianC Posted July 5, 2011 Share Posted July 5, 2011 This looks a lot like that classic DOS game "Bouncing Babies" only 2-directional! That game was also a clone of Nintendo's Fire LCD handheld (which has very similar gameplay). I have a keychain version and the versions in Game and Watch Gallery 1 and 4. Good stuff! Oh, there were dozens and dozens of games in this same "Catch/Dodge the Falling Object" genre then. Interesting to see a new entry, to say the least. That may be so, but there is no doubt Fire is the game Bouncing Babies is based on, right down to the flaming buliding on the left and the ambulance on the right. It hard to tell which came first, but Fire was 1980 and many of the similar ones came after. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffgamer Posted July 8, 2011 Share Posted July 8, 2011 If this is going to make it onto cart, please count me in for one...thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrekMD Posted July 8, 2011 Share Posted July 8, 2011 Very cool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dauber Posted November 19, 2019 Share Posted November 19, 2019 Say...whatever happened to this project?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giles N Posted November 20, 2019 Share Posted November 20, 2019 (edited) On 6/28/2011 at 12:40 AM, PacManPlus said: I have just been given permission to make 'Pel Plus' for the 7800. I want to figure out the logistics before I start: http://www.kongregat...tedfun/pel-plus It looks like it can be fun. I plan on doing Paddle controls, as well as the classic controls the game uses now. I can probably do this with stock hardware as it doesn't require extra memory nor has a complicated soundtrack to go with it. I saw it on the monitor while in GameStop one day, and I immediately thought it would make a good port to the 7800... It seems pretty addicting... Bob Thanks for awesome additions to the steadily growing 7800 library (the 7800 must be by now the longest running home-video-console ever to have a stready output of new game releases). I started a thread about converting Pac Land (1984 arcade), to the 7800. Interested in contributing, much or little? Edited November 20, 2019 by Giles N Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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