Aking Posted February 9, 2014 Share Posted February 9, 2014 Ant-Eater Seeing lots of downloads on recent 5200 conversions, so Here's a 5200 version of Ant-Eater , a fun Dig Dug clone, enjoy 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Allan Posted February 9, 2014 Share Posted February 9, 2014 Thanks AKing for doing this. I will try this later on my 5200. Allan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie_ Posted February 10, 2014 Share Posted February 10, 2014 Thank you!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jetset Posted February 10, 2014 Share Posted February 10, 2014 Yes, thank you. The more games for the 5200 the better! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zylon Posted February 10, 2014 Share Posted February 10, 2014 Thanks. I'll try this during the week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg2600 Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 Great work on a nice little game! Quite the unexpected surprise. This is one of those infamous 2600 prototypes that was never released, so cool to have it on an Atari console. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrekMD Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 This looks like a fun game! Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atarian63 Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 Very cool! Thank you!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zylon Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 In trying this one, the game plays well, but I can't seem to switch to a 1-player game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Allan Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 Here's a label for those who want to make a cartridge. Allan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+playsoft Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 In trying this one, the game plays well, but I can't seem to switch to a 1-player game. It should be single player by default - but you can toggle between the number of players with * Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DamonicFury Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 I'm afraid I'm having the same issue as zylon. The * key seems to be working like the Reset key. Also, I'm seeing a lot of random characters in both the High Score area and on the screen that appears between Player One and Player Two's turn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zylon Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 I'm afraid I'm having the same issue as zylon. The * key seems to be working like the Reset key. Also, I'm seeing a lot of random characters in both the High Score area and on the screen that appears between Player One and Player Two's turn. Yep. I tried another console to be sure. Mine are both 4 port decks. One early, and one "last ditch" versions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tep392 Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 That's an intersting variant of Dig Dug. Thanks Aking for picking up where 8bit-guy left off, and for not being a douche like him by trying to charge for them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jetset Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 That's an intersting variant of Dig Dug. Thanks Aking for picking up where 8bit-guy left off, and for not being a douche like him by trying to charge for them. Right on with that! The problem with 8-bit guy was that he wanted $10 bucks per rom. I thought it fair to throw a few bucks for his time in converting, but not that much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+playsoft Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 For those having problems, is this any better? I do not have any issues running the original from my USD - but random characters may suggest it is not initialising it's variables and relying on RAM being cleared. Perhaps the USD or the particular version of firmware in mine clears out RAM when launching a cart where others don't. Anyway, in this version RAM is cleared during initialisation. ant.bin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tep392 Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 Right on with that! The problem with 8-bit guy was that he wanted $10 bucks per rom. I thought it fair to throw a few bucks for his time in converting, but not that much. What's worse is that _fandal_ was doing the conversions for him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DamonicFury Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 For those having problems, is this any better? I do not have any issues running the original from my USD - but random characters may suggest it is not initialising it's variables and relying on RAM being cleared. Perhaps the USD or the particular version of firmware in mine clears out RAM when launching a cart where others don't. Anyway, in this version RAM is cleared during initialisation. That did the trick! Fixed both the garbage characters and the Player 1/ Player 2 issue. Thank you!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jetset Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 What's worse is that _fandal_ was doing the conversions for him. I'd LOVE to get a hand on some of them. For some reason I really want to play Night Driver on the 5200. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zylon Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 That did the trick! Fixed both the garbage characters and the Player 1/ Player 2 issue. Thank you!!!!!! Same here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynxpro Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 What's worse is that _fandal_ was doing the conversions for him. So, he was the Steve Jobs of the 5200 homebrew conversion scene? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CannibalCat Posted July 13, 2015 Share Posted July 13, 2015 Question: is it possible to do Sea Chase by Romox as well? Would love to see that one converted... same programmer as Ant Eater! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ave1 Posted July 13, 2015 Share Posted July 13, 2015 I own this game for my T.I. 99-4/a computer and have enjoyed it since the 80s. Nice game to pick! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+playsoft Posted July 18, 2015 Share Posted July 18, 2015 Question: is it possible to do Sea Chase by Romox as well? Would love to see that one converted... same programmer as Ant Eater! This seems to be working on my 4-port/Ultimate SD - it's a 1-chip image and uses * for difficulty. sc.bin source.zip 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie_ Posted July 18, 2015 Share Posted July 18, 2015 This seems to be working on my 4-port/Ultimate SD - it's a 1-chip image and uses * for difficulty. Thank you!! The only problem I noticed is the Start, pause and reset buttons seem to be in auto fire mode. It doesn't affect the game in any way though. I love these conversions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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