DracIsBack Posted February 1, 2013 Share Posted February 1, 2013 Ooooh - 256K 7800 games. Droool .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmervine Posted February 1, 2013 Share Posted February 1, 2013 We are designing a new board that will allow games up to 256K I'm size. Should have prototypes soon, and then we can order a full production run. ..Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PacManPlus Posted February 1, 2013 Author Share Posted February 1, 2013 (edited) N/M - my attempt at a joke due to Al's mispelling 'in size' was too far of a reach :-/ EDIT - awesome about that boards; I was getting worried. Edited February 1, 2013 by PacManPlus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NIKON Posted February 1, 2013 Share Posted February 1, 2013 Thank you ... although I'm guessing you haven't seen the game or downloaded a BIN in a while, as the sounds, continue option, and title screen have been there for quite some time Thanks, Bob Ok....color ME late to the party...LOL!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Cafeman Posted February 1, 2013 Share Posted February 1, 2013 We are designing a new board that will allow games up to 256K I'm size. Should have prototypes soon, and then we can order a full production run. ..Al Wow. 1 "megabit" - time for someone to port Shining Force over! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Mitch Posted February 1, 2013 Share Posted February 1, 2013 We are designing a new board that will allow games up to 256K I'm size. Should have prototypes soon, and then we can order a full production run. ..Al What, no 512k mode?? Mitch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DracIsBack Posted February 1, 2013 Share Posted February 1, 2013 Wow. 1 "megabit" - time for someone to port Shining Force over! I think it's "2 megabit" or "two mega power" by SMS marketing terms. There are actually a decent number of contemporary 128K (1 megabit games) but only two that went beyond that to 144K ... Alien Brigade and Crossbow (never understood that one ... must be the bitmap backgrounds). Does this mean Bob will make the game 256K? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Cafeman Posted February 1, 2013 Share Posted February 1, 2013 I think it's "2 megabit" or "two mega power" by SMS marketing terms. There are actually a decent number of contemporary 128K (1 megabit games) but only two that went beyond that to 144K ... Alien Brigade and Crossbow (never understood that one ... must be the bitmap backgrounds). Aha! Of course you are correct. My little gray cells were incorrect there. 128k = 1megabit, meanin 128k*8 = 8megabits or 1 Megabyte. I remember getting confused by these back in the 16-bit days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mimo Posted February 1, 2013 Share Posted February 1, 2013 We are designing a new board that will allow games up to 256K I'm size. Should have prototypes soon, and then we can order a full production run. ..Al Cool, will bare boards be available to purchase? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted February 1, 2013 Share Posted February 1, 2013 Wow. 1 "megabit" - time for someone to port Shining Force over! That's actually 2 megabit. Edit: Whoops, I should have read to the end of the thread before commenting. ..Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted February 1, 2013 Share Posted February 1, 2013 Cool, will bare boards be available to purchase? Yes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted February 1, 2013 Share Posted February 1, 2013 N/M - my attempt at a joke due to Al's mispelling 'in size' was too far of a reach :-/ EDIT - awesome about that boards; I was getting worried. I'm should have proofread my post! ..Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atarifever Posted February 1, 2013 Share Posted February 1, 2013 (edited) I'm pretty untechnical, and haven't followed a whole lot of this thread as I don't like to spoil homebrews before I play them, so excuse me if this is dumb or answered elsewhere. Is Bentley Bear still an XM game, and will it only be XM games that would likely need the 256K boards? Edited February 1, 2013 by Atarifever Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PacManPlus Posted February 2, 2013 Author Share Posted February 2, 2013 Bentley Bear is still an XM game for the sound. The 256K boards are for the bank-switching. They can be used with or without the XM, depending on their application. (i.e. Bentley Bear wouldn't be able to use the RAM on the XM because I'm using that area - $4000-$7FFF - as ROM for the sprite graphics). Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gambler172 Posted February 2, 2013 Share Posted February 2, 2013 Hi Bob XM or not,Bentley is great greetings Walter 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desiv Posted February 2, 2013 Share Posted February 2, 2013 Bentley Bear is still an XM game for the sound. This probably belongs more in the XM thread, but will BB be XM enhanced or XM required? As is, will it work without sound (or without music) on a plain 7800... Or will it require the XM to play at all? (I assume there might be both types of games eventually, enhanced and required???) Either way, incredible so far, and I can't wait to see how it sounds with the XM.. desiv Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PacManPlus Posted February 2, 2013 Author Share Posted February 2, 2013 Hey desiv: The game is XM required, in the sense that there will be no sound at all without it (although the game will still function, just without sound). The TIA sound I am using now is done - more of a placeholder than anything else. Now that I believe I am done with the games itself (unless someone finds something), I will be working on the music. Hope this helps! Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atarifever Posted February 2, 2013 Share Posted February 2, 2013 (edited) Hey desiv: The game is XM required, in the sense that there will be no sound at all without it (although the game will still function, just without sound). The TIA sound I am using now is done - more of a placeholder than anything else. Now that I believe I am done with the games itself (unless someone finds something), I will be working on the music. Hope this helps! Bob So you're telling me I can play it on regular 7800, just without music or sound FX? That's essentially true for almost all 7800 games. Edited February 2, 2013 by Atarifever Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariNerd Posted February 2, 2013 Share Posted February 2, 2013 We are designing a new board that will allow games up to 256K I'm size. Should have prototypes soon, and then we can order a full production run. ..Al Finally, a proper-sized cart! Opens up a lot of possibilities, beyond just "skill" games ..., including proper ports of some of the larger games from the computers. YES! Port, port, port away! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stun Runner 87 Posted February 4, 2013 Share Posted February 4, 2013 How do I go about ordering an xm exspansion for my 7800 console? I must be put on the list. And I deserve a discount considering I spent most of my life savings to purchse every single game in the atariage store. Sell me an XM please..........I want it NOW!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PacManPlus Posted February 6, 2013 Author Share Posted February 6, 2013 Hi Guys: Found a bug with enemy placement in the secret level (thanks KevinMos3!) Bentley.a78 Bentley.BIN BentleyP.A78 BentleyP.BIN 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PacManPlus Posted February 11, 2013 Author Share Posted February 11, 2013 Quick Update: On the suggestion of KevinMos3, I'll be adding '1up' sprites in various places. Give you a guess what they do. I'll be adding a few final sounds for the 'TIA' version that I've been posting (remember, no background music in this version). Then that's it - move over to Pokey / Yamaha. First thing will be the title tune. Bob 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gambler172 Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stun Runner 87 Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 (edited) XM...........NOW........Sell it to me............ Edited February 12, 2013 by Stun Runner 87 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cd-w Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 XM...........NOW........Sell it to me............ It isn't available yet, and the guy running the project is currently recovering from major surgery. Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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