Loktar #1 Posted October 13, 2014 Definitely just messing around at this point I've only modified the multisprite sample, but since 7800basic was created by the amazing RevEng I immediately thought a Bomberman clone would be awesome on the system, even ordered a dev cart so I can test on physical hardware. I've been working on an html5/android game (shameless plug) but needed a deviation to work on for a while so I finally dedicated the afternoon/night to messing around with 7800basic. Its barely anything at all right now, and I have no idea how far Ill get with it but when I showed it to my wife she was confused because #1 Bomberman exists already, and #2 why would anyone make/buy games for the Atari haha so needless to say I needed to post my excitement with like minded individuals. Also its incredibly cool to make something for a system you love so much. I'm also hosting the project on github, uses node and the gulp task runner which automatically converts my images saved from photoshop to the correct format, and builds/runs the rom through mess. 10 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jinks #2 Posted October 13, 2014 Cool reminds me of groovybee's game he was making 5 years ago. But that cool your doing it as he does not develop 7800 games anymore. Plenty of people here would buy it myself including. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+Trebor #3 Posted October 13, 2014 Fantastic work, Loktar. Bomberman would make of an awesome addition on the 7800. Your shared progress serves as an inspiration to aspiring 7800 developers. Really appreciate too the tidbit on how the project is being hosted and the advantages gained. Thanks for sharing it and keep up the great work! 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MAC-42 #4 Posted October 13, 2014 I think Trebor's absolutely right about Bomberman on the 7800. That screenshot you've got there is gorgeous! Can't wait to see more! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NIKON #5 Posted October 13, 2014 I wish I knew how to program for the 7800..but being 56 yrs old I kinda don't have the time to learn it like I would like to...EXCELLENT start dude...I will be following this thread to see it's progress Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
R.Cade #6 Posted October 13, 2014 Who sells 7800 dev carts? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+Trebor #7 Posted October 13, 2014 Who sells 7800 dev carts? http://atariage.com/forums/topic/225127-atari-7800-mcp-development-kits/page-2?do=findComment&comment=3006313 PM CPUWIZ, "They will only be made to order now". Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Loktar #8 Posted October 13, 2014 Thanks for the kind words. No idea how far I'll make it a lot to learn on the 7800 front for sure. I'm too spoiled by modern dev where I don't need to worry about things like memory available ... or use terms like bank switching. Definitely a lot to learn. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TXG/MNX #9 Posted October 13, 2014 Definitely just messing around at this point I've only modified the multisprite sample, but since 7800basic was created by the amazing RevEng I immediately thought a Bomberman clone would be awesome on the system, even ordered a dev cart so I can test on physical hardware. I've been working on an html5/android game (shameless plug) but needed a deviation to work on for a while so I finally dedicated the afternoon/night to messing around with 7800basic. 0001.png Its barely anything at all right now, and I have no idea how far Ill get with it but when I showed it to my wife she was confused because #1 Bomberman exists already, and #2 why would anyone make/buy games for the Atari haha so needless to say I needed to post my excitement with like minded individuals. Also its incredibly cool to make something for a system you love so much. I'm also hosting the project on github, uses node and the gulp task runner which automatically converts my images saved from photoshop to the correct format, and builds/runs the rom through mess. Can you tell me how the graphics convertor works? Can i convert regular jpg or bmp with it to 7800basic format? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Loktar #10 Posted October 14, 2014 Can you tell me how the graphics convertor works? Can i convert regular jpg or bmp with it to 7800basic format? I should have worded my description a bit better, basically it takes png's that are indexed colored and reduces them to the correct depth, its an image minifier. I can only get Photoshop to save at 8 bit as the lowest so I run it through the pngmin which gives me a 2 bit file.. however I bet I could make a task to convert jpg's/gif's (as long as they use indexed colors correctly) to 2 bit png's as well. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TXG/MNX #11 Posted October 14, 2014 Hi, Did you ever played around with http://www.imagemagick.org/script/command-line-tools.php I would love to see a way to convert regular PNG files or JPG/GIF to 7800Basic format. I think gif would be best because they are already 8-bit collor depth. The converting would be serveral steps I think only I didn't got it working yet. My idea is gif > png > png (reduce collor) > png (index color) something like that. Could some help out here ? This would speed up development alot. Because I can place my code and regular pictures in on my system and convert them at compiling time. This way I can use the same gfx files for other targets when creating a game. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gambler172 #12 Posted December 30, 2014 any bin available? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
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