How do you play Kaboom! on an emulator?

[flammingcowz]

I tried to play it on the Activision Anthology for PS2, but the paddle emulation is horrible. Then I tried to play it in Stella, but the arrow keys don't do it properly, and the mouse has a lag to it.

 

Anyone on here have experience doing this?

[LidLikesIntellivision]

Do you know the stelladaptor? I bought it recently and works fine with Stella as the name suggests

I just tested the paddles but it seems, didn't play much, but it seems too good.

 

On the AtariAge store: http://www.atariage.com/store/index.php?l=product_detail&p=267

Edited May 19, 2012 by Liduario

[Keatah]

True Kaboom is unplayable in the higher levels. Did (does) the stelladapter make a difference? Does it eliminate the mouse skipping and lag?

 

 

I know there are programs that can change the mouse refresh rate (at the driver level in windows). So I don't know if that would make a difference or not.

Edited May 21, 2012 by Keatah

[LidLikesIntellivision]

As soon as my harmony cart arrives, I'll play kaboom in the real Atari hardware (I haven't got kaboom cart).

Then I'll test if it's the same as playing in the emulator.

 

But I'm sure somebody else has compared the paddles with the real hardware and with stelladaptor...

Anyway, I want to play kaboom and check what I can do with paddles using stelladaptor.

 

After 1 week playing kaboom in the HSC using mouse, I reached 2,296.

I'll post my score with paddles and stelladaptor. Good excuse to play Atari

[Cynicaster]

I'm pretty sure Kaboom is one of those games that will never be right unless played with real hardware. Granted, I've never tried the Stelladaptor thingy, but the slightest lag/inaccuracy/variance in performance with respect to the real thing would render it useless. Slight inaccuracies can be brushed off when playing Ms. Pac-Man or Pitfall, but not Kaboom.

[+stephena]

I'm pretty sure Kaboom is one of those games that will never be right unless played with real hardware. Granted, I've never tried the Stelladaptor thingy, but the slightest lag/inaccuracy/variance in performance with respect to the real thing would render it useless. Slight inaccuracies can be brushed off when playing Ms. Pac-Man or Pitfall, but not Kaboom.

 

The Stelladaptor/2600-daptor should make playing quite a bit nicer, but I agree that Kaboom is very sensitive to real hardware. But IMHO, using the mouse for paddle emulation isn't very good anyway, and I'm not sure what can be done to improve it.

[Deteacher]

Kaboom plays great on the Stella Emulator with paddles and the Stelladaptor. Just make sure you have a nice clean set of paddles to reduce/eliminate jitter.

[flammingcowz]

I have a port on my computer that an atari controller fits into perfectly.

 

I remember I used to buy computer joysticks that would plug in to the same port, and I could use them.

 

Is there any way to get the computer to recognize it plugged in this way? I don't remember how I used to do it

[maiki]

So should I read this as that there is no lag on real system?

[+SpiceWare]

So should I read this as that there is no lag on real system?

as long as it's plugged into a CRT display. If you plug it into a flat panel it has to do some processing to convert the analog signal to digital for display. That process can make it lag. The effect will be worse on some TVs than others. That's why games like Rock Band have a calibration feature.

[CorTat-G]

I've tried the buttons and mouse....

 

I play it on my TV with paddles.

[Godzilla]

for me, the answer to 'how do you play kaboom on emulator' is 'I don't' It just doesn't zen the same for me as the real deal on real hardware on a tv with nice paddles...

[flammingcowz]

I have perfectly working paddles and a copy of this game. I just wanted to try it on an emulator out of curiosity. I guess nothing ever beats the real thing

[maiki]

I still don't quite understand why there should be a difference in lag between Stella + mouse and real system + paddles...

Edited May 22, 2012 by maiki

[Keatah]

I'm conducting tests that will reveal some issues. Stay tuned.

[Keatah]

Question is to post them here or start a thread with a more appropriate title?

[Keatah]

See the "Precisely what is wrong with VCS paddle emulation .." thread in the EMULATION section. I have noted 4 specific quantifiable things that need to be addressed. Then Kaboom! should be much more playable with the mouse, and *even* better with the Bliss-a-Box or Stelladapter.

 

http://www.atariage.com/forums/topic/198319-precisely-what-is-wrong-with-vcs-paddle-emulation/

Edited May 23, 2012 by Keatah

[maiki]

That is walls of text. Is is possible to say that in a few sentences what is needed to do in order to improve anything?

[Keatah]

No.

[maiki]

Then you are a bad presenter I am afraid. The thing is, I am too lazy to read that whole. Perhaps in the distant future.

[Keatah]

Perhaps.. Maybe you could re-write it for all to comprehend.

[Cobra Commander]

I'm making a new rule for my game room. When ever someone says KABOOM! they must yell it. Check your label the ! is there for a reason.

[Jinks]

Answer=you d0nt¡!