atari5200dude82 Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 It has been awhile for the 5200, to have a new Home brew game. Is anybody out there currently working on one. I like to see some new titles to come out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MIKE5200 Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 It has been awhile for the 5200, to have a new Home brew game. Is anybody out there currently working on one. I like to see some new titles to come out. I to would like to something new. 2600 gets it all !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GroovyBee Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 I to would like to something new. 2600 gets it all !!! That is not entirely true. There is homebrew development for the A8s, 7800, Lynx, Jaguar, TI99/4A, Colecovision and Intellivision going on in the various forums on AA. The 5200 version of Tempest is due out at some point and the system recently got a new multi-cart. I'm not aware of any other 5200 projects currently in development. However, I don't follow the 5200 scene much because they weren't released in the UK. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Cafeman Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 We had a nice 5200 homebrewing streak during the 00's, and lots of A8 conversions. Unfortunately, some of the originally started games never got finished - Airworld, Utopia, and there was a puzzle game idea where you break a code or something. Other than Tempest, I don't know of anyone actively working on 5200 games, not that I've heard of. Myself, I don't have the free hours or the interest that I once had , so it is enough for me right now to get the AdvII XE port done. So it sounds like the next one will be 5200 Tempest someday. But never say never. This is the 5200's 30th anniversary. Maybe that will inspire someone to reveal something somewhere somehow someday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slampam Posted February 19, 2012 Share Posted February 19, 2012 EMU support for Bryan's super-cart might help. Most projects seem to involve ramming RAM down the throat of the XL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walter_J64bit Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 I would like to see Vectrex Games ported to the 5200. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jnice Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 I wonder which will be finished and released for the 5200 first: Cloak & Dagger or Tempest? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Manhattan Posted February 25, 2012 Share Posted February 25, 2012 I would like to see more A8 conversions. I was lucky enough to test a few conversions for a friend last holiday season. It was a rare privilege. I've had little exposure to the Atari 800, so the catalog is all new to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaztee Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 I to would like to something new. 2600 gets it all !!! That is not entirely true. There is homebrew development for the A8s, 7800, Lynx, Jaguar, TI99/4A, Colecovision and Intellivision going on in the various forums on AA. The 5200 version of Tempest is due out at some point and the system recently got a new multi-cart. I'm not aware of any other 5200 projects currently in development. However, I don't follow the 5200 scene much because they weren't released in the UK. Well I have 4 5200's working & one for spares/repairs & we have a nice little car journey to ac2012 just around the corner. Wondering if I should bring one along to play with while you get coding? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GroovyBee Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 Well I have 4 5200's working & one for spares/repairs & we have a nice little car journey to ac2012 just around the corner. Wondering if I should bring one along to play with while you get coding? I'd love to see a 5200 in action. However, its not a console I'd like to do a homebrew for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walter_J64bit Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 Well I have 4 5200's working & one for spares/repairs & we have a nice little car journey to ac2012 just around the corner. Wondering if I should bring one along to play with while you get coding? I'd love to see a 5200 in action. However, its not a console I'd like to do a homebrew for. The 5200 could use a Reboot! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GroovyBee Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 Although I'm not doing anything for the 5200 directly I have agreed to do something for the Atari A8 this year (as part of a multi-system game). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaztee Posted March 2, 2012 Share Posted March 2, 2012 Although I'm not doing anything for the 5200 directly I have agreed to do something for the Atari A8 this year (as part of a multi-system game). Like you don't have enough to do!! I'll try to bring my 5200 then, its just frigging HUGE & with Kev taking over the boot I'm not sure there will be room! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmer Posted March 2, 2012 Share Posted March 2, 2012 While the OP is about homebrews, I wonder if anyone has looked at doing a conversion of Tutankham? I don't have the knowledge to do the job but the game would be fantastic using both joysticks and the coupler! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slampam Posted March 2, 2012 Share Posted March 2, 2012 (edited) @GroovyBee I've noticed you've politely in the past turned down interest in the 5200. But...look at it this way. * Pre-5200 games from Atari on the A8 were mostly subpar. Their programmers admitted as much and stated that only after the 5200 came into existence as a real gaming system did they feel the drive to make arcade perfect games. * Lucasfilm might not have existed in 8-bit gaming if not for their 5200 contract. * GCC was proud enough of their 5200 work to frame their boxes. Without this early relationship with Atari the 7800 Maria might never have existed. * Let's not forget the entire look of the 7800, 2600Jr, MX was molded from the 5200. * A few lucky individuals even play 7800 games through their supersystems...sort of. * The 5200 didn't make it outside Atari's home market. Yes, troublesome from a hobbyist point of view. No personal history to lock on to. Hopefully Gaztee can find room for his little atari and pique your curiosity. If he brings stock joysticks you will wonder what those engineers were smoking. But curt might fix that one day. I only mention this since you mentioned the cross-platform thing you might do. If you're already neck up in A8 code then glancing at the 5200 couldn't hurt. Edited March 2, 2012 by slampam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GroovyBee Posted March 2, 2012 Share Posted March 2, 2012 I've noticed you've politely in the past turned down interest in the 5200. In the past I have looked at buying one when they come up on ebay.co.uk (not very often). However, they always go for amounts of money I'm not prepared to pay (its not a "must have" system for me). The other main reason for not doing anything for the system is basically a lack of time. I've a ton of 7800 projects to get done and my list of Intellivision stuff is growing too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chopcycles Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 I wonder which will be finished and released for the 5200 first: Cloak & Dagger or Tempest? Dave Comstock is working on the Cloak&Dagger who is working on Tempest? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atari5200dude82 Posted March 18, 2012 Author Share Posted March 18, 2012 How far along is Cloak and Dagger. Hopefully will be finished sometime this year. I agree with Jimmer above . Tutankham for the 5200, will be kick butt. I never seen it on the A8 either. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HammR25 Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 I wonder which will be finished and released for the 5200 first: Cloak & Dagger or Tempest? Dave Comstock is working on the Cloak&Dagger who is working on Tempest? Keithen Hayenga, the original programmer of the prototype for Atari. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walter_J64bit Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 Here is the source code to Vectrex Thrust http://www.emix8.org/static.php?page=VectrexThrustSource Vecxtrex games are all public domain. Maybe someone could port it to the 5200? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cloak&Dagger Posted May 10, 2012 Share Posted May 10, 2012 How far along is Cloak and Dagger. Hopefully will be finished sometime this year. I agree with Jimmer above . Tutankham for the 5200, will be kick butt. I never seen it on the A8 either. Dave is awfully busy these days, dont know when it will be finished. I hope too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cloak&Dagger Posted May 10, 2012 Share Posted May 10, 2012 I wonder which will be finished and released for the 5200 first: Cloak & Dagger or Tempest? Dave Comstock is working on the Cloak&Dagger who is working on Tempest? Keithen Hayenga, the original programmer of the prototype for Atari. I wonder which will be finished and released for the 5200 first: Cloak & Dagger or Tempest? Dave Comstock is working on the Cloak&Dagger who is working on Tempest? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cloak&Dagger Posted May 11, 2012 Share Posted May 11, 2012 I wonder which will be finished and released for the 5200 first: Cloak & Dagger or Tempest? Dave Comstock is working on the Cloak&Dagger who is working on Tempest? Keithen Hayenga, the original programmer of the prototype for Atari. I wonder which will be finished and released for the 5200 first: Cloak & Dagger or Tempest? Dave Comstock is working on the Cloak&Dagger who is working on Tempest? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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