tremoloman2006 #351 Posted January 4, 2012 finally ordered my one copy before all the greedy resellers wipe out the inventory! I won't be reselling my 2nd copy once I pre-order it. I want a backup in case anything ever happens to my "play" copy. I'm keeping the 2nd one with my parents who live out of state. Boulderdash IS that good of a game! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ColecoDan #352 Posted January 4, 2012 I won't be reselling my 2nd copy once I pre-order it. I want a backup in case anything ever happens to my "play" copy. I'm keeping the 2nd one with my parents who live out of state. Boulderdash IS that good of a game! This sounds like that comedian that does the jokes about how do you know when your a redneck. How do you know when you have gone crazy, when you implement a disaster recovery system for your atari carts. 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pioneer4x4 #353 Posted January 4, 2012 finally ordered my one copy before all the greedy resellers wipe out the inventory! I won't be reselling my 2nd copy once I pre-order it. I want a backup in case anything ever happens to my "play" copy. I'm keeping the 2nd one with my parents who live out of state. Boulderdash IS that good of a game! But now that we know where your backup is, you need a 3rd copy kept in secret to eliminate any deliberate attacks on your collection. 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Albert #355 Posted January 5, 2012 Just wanted to give everyone an update on the progress we're making with Boulder Dash! We've been hard at work testing the game and tweaking it to make sure it runs properly on all the Atari 2600 hardware we can throw at it, as well as testing the color palettes in PAL and NTSC modes. Since Thomas and Andrew live in PAL countries (Germany and Australia, respectively), it's fallen on me to do the NTSC testing. Here are some photos of me testing a slew of Atari 2600 Jr. systems and some 7800 consoles. Also including a few photos taken of various levels tested on a 20" Sony CRT television. Some screen captures: More updates soon! ..Al 7 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thomas Jentzsch #357 Posted January 5, 2012 I think I have two tweak level 1 slightly. The wall should look gray, not greenish. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+thegoldenband #358 Posted January 5, 2012 It's kind of ridiculous how good that looks. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+Nathan Strum #359 Posted January 5, 2012 I think I have two tweak level 1 slightly. The wall should look gray, not greenish. Could be his monitor. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thomas Jentzsch #360 Posted January 5, 2012 I think I have two tweak level 1 slightly. The wall should look gray, not greenish. Could be his monitor. So you mean its impossible to get a good grey by mixing two colors in NTSC? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+Nathan Strum #361 Posted January 5, 2012 No, just that gray might appear greenish on Albert's monitor. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thomas Jentzsch #362 Posted January 5, 2012 No, just that gray might appear greenish on Albert's monitor. OK, but how can we know if it is the monitor? Or the console? Or the code? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+Nathan Strum #363 Posted January 5, 2012 The monitor would need to be properly calibrated using color bars (and a colorimeter, if possible). That would eliminate it as a variable. An off-the-shelf calibration DVD would be adequate. As for the consoles, that's a problem because they may vary from unit to unit, even within the same model type. So you'd just have to compare them to each other, and hope they were close enough to form a consensus (for what it's worth - I don't think the calibration instructions for the Videosoft Color Bar cart are correct - because it's having you take two different colors, and adjusting the 2600 to make them match). But it has to start with a calibrated display, or color evaluations are effectively useless. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dino #364 Posted January 5, 2012 My jaw hit the ground. that looks amazing!! Heps better than the emu pics previously posted Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+TrekMD #365 Posted January 5, 2012 Someone knows a good surgen that can reattach my jaw? It just fell to the ground and I can't seem to close it! LOL Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
achtbits #366 Posted January 6, 2012 Ordered! (together with some fridge magnets ) Will I be the only one in southern Germany who will own this game? *excited* Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kroko #367 Posted January 7, 2012 Will I be the only one in southern Germany who will own this game? I guess not Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jinks #368 Posted January 7, 2012 Its hard to believe that there is anything too sell right now .There was soo many people saying that they would buy this if its ever done for years on this forum, (I have been lurking and never actually posted anytihng ever on 2600 forums till now) And they have to sell more than one copy cause seems theres not enough interest?? I was checking this thread every day thinking I could miss it by minutes or hours if I missed the release...I bought my copy.. Maybe if people supported the programmers more than they would get the "games they want for there collection/obsession" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maiki #369 Posted January 7, 2012 Southern Germany must be a nicer place than the north I guess... but it is only a guess... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Godzilla #370 Posted January 7, 2012 so badass! yea, I agree... I would have thought this game would have sold out on day one :-) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
achtbits #371 Posted January 7, 2012 Southern Germany must be a nicer place than the north I guess... but it is only a guess... Looks like you have to come here to find out Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
achtbits #372 Posted January 7, 2012 Will I be the only one in southern Germany who will own this game? I guess not Oh Where are you? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kroko #373 Posted January 8, 2012 (edited) About 20km to Augsburg and 50km to Munich. Edited January 8, 2012 by Kroko Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
achtbits #374 Posted January 9, 2012 So my money has been transferred already. When will Boulderdash arrive? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mtshark7 #375 Posted January 10, 2012 Has alot of ppl on here bought 2 copies? I ended up only buying one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
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