Tempest Posted August 11, 2012 Share Posted August 11, 2012 Ok, so I've been a little behind on my updates. Well good things come to those who wait, and AtariProtos is going to prove that in spades. Take a gander at the all the new reviews I put up today: http://www.atariprotos.com/ For the 2600 we've got Halloween, Innerspace, Atom Smasher, Track and Field, Golf Diagnostic Cart, the Amiga Power Play Arcade series, Going Up??, Missile Command, Defender, Surfs Up, and a new look at Peek-a-Boo. For the 5200 we've got Astro Grover and Muppet-Go-Round And finally for the Atari 8-bit we have Donkey Kong Junior. I hope you enjoy this update, as I had a lot of fun putting it together. Tempest 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atarian63 Posted August 11, 2012 Share Posted August 11, 2012 Thank you for all the work you do on this! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickeycolumbus Posted August 11, 2012 Share Posted August 11, 2012 Wow, that's a lot of games Great reviews. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rom Hunter Posted August 11, 2012 Share Posted August 11, 2012 Excellent work, Tempest. BTW: are the two Halloween .bins available now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rom Hunter Posted August 11, 2012 Share Posted August 11, 2012 (edited) Tempest, Is Defender a prototype or an early hack? Comparing it with the released version, it would be interesting to see if it contains any data that leads to the conclusion it was hacked or truly a proto. Some corrections for your site: Immies and Aggies was indeed originally planned to be a ZiMAG game and later released in PAL format by Suntek as Spectracube Invasion. Pizza Chef was indeed originally planned to be a ZiMAG game and later released by CCE only (but never by Suntek). A Mysterious Thief was indeed originally planned to be a Vidco game and later released in PAL format by Suntek as Criminal Persuit. Spinning Fireball was indeed originally planned to be a Vidco game and later released in PAL format by Suntek as Firebug. So your info (based an an old theory of mine that Suntek was the first publisher) should be corrected there. Edited August 11, 2012 by Rom Hunter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted August 11, 2012 Share Posted August 11, 2012 I am not 100% sure if Going-Up?? is 100% completely dumped.`The 2nd bank doesn't contain any code or recognizable graphics. Instead there seems to be a lot of data from Scott's dumping PC. A very brief inspection of the code in the 1st bank doesn't show anything that indicates that there is more. The games doesn't check any hardware collisions, switches or the fire button. So maybe the 2nd bank wasn't used at all? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted August 11, 2012 Author Share Posted August 11, 2012 Thanks for all the Zimag /Vidco/Suntek info, I'll update that tomorrow. The relationship between all those companies always confused me. I have no idea what to think about Defender, I'm guessing hack because: 1. Other than than name and the different initials, it's the same as the released version 2. I have an earlier version of Defender and it has none of these differences. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted August 11, 2012 Author Share Posted August 11, 2012 BTW the Defender proto is available both on DP and Atarimania if you want to take a look (I can send it to you as well if you want). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+thegoldenband Posted August 11, 2012 Share Posted August 11, 2012 About the Easter egg in Defender -- maybe HA is not a different set of initials per se, but simply the equivalent of "Hahahahaha"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted August 11, 2012 Author Share Posted August 11, 2012 About the Easter egg in Defender -- maybe HA is not a different set of initials per se, but simply the equivalent of "Hahahahaha"? I thought about that as well. It could be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimefighter Posted August 12, 2012 Share Posted August 12, 2012 YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! ............ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+thegoldenband Posted August 12, 2012 Share Posted August 12, 2012 YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! ............ I'll have what he's having! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rom Hunter Posted August 12, 2012 Share Posted August 12, 2012 I have no idea what to think about Defender, I'm guessing hack because: 1. Other than than name and the different initials, it's the same as the released version 2. I have an earlier version of Defender and it has none of these differences. Indeed, the Defender proto ROM I have (dated 10-30-81) does not show these differences, so I listed the Jerry Lawson version as a hack in my collection. My guess would also be: "HaHaHaHaHa", instead of initials. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucky Man Posted August 16, 2012 Share Posted August 16, 2012 Wow! Great reviews! Thanks Matt! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7800Lover Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 My, my...you've been quite busy. I appreciate you doing all this coverage on these unreleased games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted August 19, 2012 Author Share Posted August 19, 2012 I have a ton of 5200 protos I need to get to still. I don't know how many of them are different, but there's nothing new or unseen. I'll get to them soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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