KevinMos3 Posted March 18, 2013 Share Posted March 18, 2013 (edited) Here is a hack of Galaga to make the player's ship a little more like the arcade; or rather an alternate interpretation. While I was at it, I changed some of the colors and tweaked a few other sprites as well. List of changes: New player ship sprite & colors Player & enemy missiles now like the arcade in both shape and colors Tractor beam curved a bit and color tweaked Score font like arcade, but other fonts left alone Various color tweaks, such as title screen logo Galaga (Ship Edit).a78 Galaga (Ship Edit).bin Here's a 300dpi color label: Edited March 19, 2013 by KevinMos3 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gambler172 Posted March 18, 2013 Share Posted March 18, 2013 Hi Kevin cannot download any roms greetings Walter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marialisar Posted March 18, 2013 Share Posted March 18, 2013 what software are you using for the hacks? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Defender_2600 Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 Great! Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevinMos3 Posted March 19, 2013 Author Share Posted March 19, 2013 cannot download any roms Should be fixed now. The bin file should have been okay before. Now they both should be okay. what software are you using for the hacks? Hex Workshop. But that's because it's what I'm used to and because I often do things the hard way. There are other/better ways. Great! Thank you! You're welcome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrekMD Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 Very nice! Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marialisar Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 Should be fixed now. The bin file should have been okay before. Now they both should be okay. Hex Workshop. But that's because it's what I'm used to and because I often do things the hard way. There are other/better ways. You're welcome. wich is the better hacking method? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gambler172 Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 great,works now.Good work,Kevin greetings Walter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trebor Posted March 20, 2013 Share Posted March 20, 2013 Looks amazing, Kevin...Awesome work. Now if only someone could narrow the playfield width Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8bit-guy Posted April 9, 2013 Share Posted April 9, 2013 way better than the original, congrats Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tep392 Posted April 9, 2013 Share Posted April 9, 2013 GREAT work on the sprites and label. I'll be making myself a new Galaga cart soon! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stun Runner 87 Posted May 21, 2013 Share Posted May 21, 2013 I wish someone would sell a cart of this to me. $ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Azure Posted May 21, 2013 Share Posted May 21, 2013 You can order any custom/homebrew cart you want right here at AtariAge.com... Simply submit 3 items: * Cart Art (the label - if you don't have it just request the original stock Galaga label) * Binary file (in this thread) * 30 bux cash, this may include tax and/or shipping. Go here: http://atariage.com/store/index.php?l=product_detail&p=950 But, you may want to wait...there are rumblings that further Galaga developments are about to happen. ///BLUEMAN/// Disclaimer - As of this moment in time, I have no affiliation with AtariAge or its employees. I have nothing to gain from this alleged advertisement. P.S. - SR87, can you please return your avatar to that girl with the 2600 joystick? I liked the joystick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stun Runner 87 Posted May 22, 2013 Share Posted May 22, 2013 Thanks for the info Blue. I think ill take your advice and wait for the new fully develpoped Galaga. Its my 2nd favorite arcade game of all time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Azure Posted June 21, 2013 Share Posted June 21, 2013 I have about 7 games in my Q right now and GALAGA FF (fast fire) is a concept on the list. The algorithm is not simple for changing the firing. I doubt I'd get to it this summer. Another programmer is talking about revamping the GALAGA as well. But they're busy right now as well. That means it will probably be months before you see anything. The other thing is, a lot of energy is being expended on XM and that may be where the new GALAGA shows up. If you haven't ordered a XM yet you still can as Curt will fill all orders he can. XM Price: $150.00 (That may sound high, but he can raise it at any time by adding features, etc). P.S. - What's your first favorite arcade game? Must be PACMAN of some variety? Or, please say MILLIPEDE, so we can get that ported to the 7800. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Azure Posted June 27, 2013 Share Posted June 27, 2013 Preparing for future developments on GALAGA, I found that the end of $D000 and all of $E000 and most of $F000 can be zeroed out (with FF's or 00's if you want to change it) so we pick up almost 8K of space. Here's the binary which is identical to the 1986 GALAGA, with the appropriate bytes blanked. GALAGA_BLANK_D_E_F_02DB.bin I also found some glaring errors with my disassembly, so I scrubbed that and here is the newest rev: GalagaDisassembly8.rtf With that, we're ready to work on newer revs of the game. ///blueman\\\ 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tep392 Posted June 28, 2013 Share Posted June 28, 2013 I found a fair amount of free space in Donkey Kong were there was code that wasn't used. It looked like copies of other active code that was in the game. I wonder if it was done on purpose, or was just incidental. Maybe a result of how the games were assembled. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bakasama Posted June 29, 2013 Share Posted June 29, 2013 I was wondering, is it possible for the star background to have many colors like the arcade version? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tangentg Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 I always thought the original Galaga for the 7800 was rather weak... Thanks for making this hack! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stechmann Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 oh man can someone please make a TWO PLAYER SIMULTANEOUS mode for this awesome game??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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