Rom Hunter Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 http://www.atarimania.com/rom_collection_archive_atari_2600_roms.html Happy New Year. The Atarimania Team 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keatah Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 (edited) Where am I supposed to find the time to deal with this now? The burdens.. Ohh the burdens we must bear.. Can you elaborate on what "old era" means vs. your other releases? Edited December 30, 2014 by Keatah 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 Old era = No modern homebrews or hacks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rom Hunter Posted December 30, 2014 Author Share Posted December 30, 2014 Where am I supposed to find the time to deal with this now? The burdens.. Ohh the burdens we must bear.. Can you elaborate on what "old era" means vs. your other releases? Old Era means the period between 1977 and 1992. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 As a service, maybe you could add TV format conversions to the Harmony section? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rom Hunter Posted December 30, 2014 Author Share Posted December 30, 2014 (edited) Thought about that, Thomas. But I'm afraid I'm too much of a purist, so I will stick to the Old Era. But feel free to add an extra bonus package to this topic. Edited December 30, 2014 by Rom Hunter 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 I am much too lazy for doing that kind of labor. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tremoloman2006 Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 http://www.atarimania.com/rom_collection_archive_atari_2600_roms.html Happy New Year. The Atarimania Team Thank you Rom Hunter! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickeycolumbus Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 Thanks for the update! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akator Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 Thank you, Rom Hunter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nerf Herder73 Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 Thank you very much for this! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+thegoldenband Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 Awesome, thanks very much for this! BTW is there a changelog available anywhere for the different versions (or even just the differences between v9 and v10)? EDIT: Aha, Rastignac did one for v7 and v9. I don't have v9 (just v7 and v10), so one for v9 and v10 would be most welcome. I see four of the five known SECAM ROMs have been added. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianC Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 (edited) As a service, maybe you could add TV format conversions to the Harmony section? I would like to find more info on some of them. I noticed even some games with NTSC versions like Ikari Warriors have a PAL to NTSC conversion. Edited December 31, 2014 by BrianC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+thegoldenband Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 Here are the new additions I've spotted, using a hex editor for ROM comparisons when the name has been changed: 3-D Genesis (1983) (Amiga, Jerry Lawson, Dan McElroy) (Prototype) ~.bin 3-D Ghost Attack (1983) (Amiga, Michael K. Glass, Jerry Lawson) (Prototype) ~.bin 3-D Havoc (1983) (Amiga, Frank Ellis, Jerry Lawson) (2110) (Prototype) ~.bin Activision Decathlon, The (1983) (Activision, David Crane) (EAZ-030) (SECAM).bin Atom Smasher (1984) (Video Soft) (Prototype) ~.bin Defender (Dactari - Milmar).bin Depth Charge (1983) (Amiga) (Prototype) ~.bin End of the World, The (2600 Screen Search Console) (Jone Yuan Telephonic Enterprise Co).bin (EDIT: renamed to World End) Glacier Patrol (1989) (Telegames, Ed Salvo) (5665 A016) (PAL).bin H.E.R.O. (1984) (Activision, John Van Ryzin) (EAZ-036-04) (SECAM).bin Keystone Kapers (1983) (Activision, Garry Kitchen) (EAX-025) (SECAM).bin Morse Code Tutor (1979) (Atari, Brad Stewart).bin Oscar's Trash Race (Kid's Controller) (Children's Computer Workshop) (10-20-1982) (Atari, Christopher H. Omarzu, Preston Stuart, Bruce Williams) (CX26101) (Prototype).bin Power Play Arcade Video Game Album, The - Ghost Attack, Genesis, Havoc (1983) (Amiga) (1110) (Prototype).bin Red Sea Crossing (1983) (Inspirational Video Concepts, Steve Shustack) (321430) ~.bin S.A.C. Alert (Joyboard) (1983) (Amiga) (3135) (Prototype) (PAL).bin S.A.C. Alert (Joyboard) (1983) (Amiga) (3135) (Prototype) ~.bin Space Shuttle - A Journey Into Space (1983) (Activision, Steve 'Jessica' Kitchen) (EAZ-033) (SECAM).bin These are new dumps that replace old ones with the same filename: Bumper Bash (Paddle) (1983) (Spectravideo, David Lubar) (SA-218, SA-218C) (PAL).bin [old PAL dump is now labeled as Bumper Bash (Unknown) (PAL).bin] Immies & Aggies (1983) (CCE) (C-838).bin [old dump is now labeled as Immies & Aggies (Unknown).bin] Mr. Do!'s Castle (1984) (Parker Brothers) (PB5820) ~.bin (added thanks to Omegamatrix; replaces old, bad dump which has been removed) And this was eliminated: Zoo Fun (AKA Panda Chase) (1983) (Home Vision - Gem International Corp.) (PAL) ~.bin (EDIT: dupe of Pumuckl I) The only thing I didn't spot was the FM Sound Tool ROM (FM2 (fix v0.01).bin) that Tempest released with the Morse Code Tutor ROM (aka MORSE.BIN). 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rom Hunter Posted December 31, 2014 Author Share Posted December 31, 2014 Awesome, thanks very much for this! BTW is there a changelog available anywhere for the different versions (or even just the differences between v9 and v10)? EDIT: Aha, Rastignac did one for v7 and v9. I don't have v9 (just v7 and v10), so one for v9 and v10 would be most welcome. I see four of the five known SECAM ROMs have been added. Yes, perhaps Rastignac can make one for V10 as well. I don't have the know-how to do this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+bfstats Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 To ROM: Thanks! Always a valuable resource. Slightly surprised Red Sea Crossing made it into this compilation since it isn't available on Atarimania. To thegoldenband: Excellent work! Your list of changes saves a lot of perusing time. Thank you for that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maibock Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 awesome work man! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+thegoldenband Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 To thegoldenband: Excellent work! Your list of changes saves a lot of perusing time. Thank you for that. You're very welcome! I can't promise it's 100% complete since I basically just took the two sets of filenames, pasted them into a text document, eliminated duplicates, and compared what was left with a hex editor to see which ones were just renamed. But clearly there's a ton of good stuff in this new release. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omegamatrix Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 here's what I got using clonespy to eliminate roms between both collections: New in V10: 3-D Genesis (1983) (Amiga, Jerry Lawson, Dan McElroy) (Prototype) ~.bin 3-D Ghost Attack (1983) (Amiga, Michael K. Glass, Jerry Lawson) (Prototype) ~.bin 3-D Havoc (1983) (Amiga, Frank Ellis, Jerry Lawson) (2110) (Prototype) ~.bin Activision Decathlon, The (1983) (Activision, David Crane) (EAZ-030) (SECAM).bin Atom Smasher (1984) (Video Soft) (Prototype) ~.bin Bumper Bash (Paddle) (1983) (Spectravideo, David Lubar) (SA-218, SA-218C) (PAL).bin Defender (Dactari - Milmar).bin Depth Charge (1983) (Amiga) (Prototype) ~.bin Glacier Patrol (1989) (Telegames, Ed Salvo) (5665 A016) (PAL).bin H.E.R.O. (1984) (Activision, John Van Ryzin) (EAZ-036-04) (SECAM).bin Immies & Aggies (1983) (CCE) (C-838).bin Keystone Kapers (1983) (Activision, Garry Kitchen) (EAX-025) (SECAM).bin Morse Code Tutor (1979) (Atari, Brad Stewart).bin Mr. Do!'s Castle (1984) (Parker Brothers) (PB5820) ~.bin Oscar's Trash Race (Kid's Controller) (Children's Computer Workshop) (10-20-1982) (Atari, Christopher H. Omarzu, Preston Stuart, Bruce Williams) (CX26101) (Prototype).bin Power Play Arcade Video Game Album, The - Ghost Attack, Genesis, Havoc (1983) (Amiga) (1110) (Prototype).bin Red Sea Crossing (1983) (Inspirational Video Concepts, Steve Shustack) (321430) ~.bin S.A.C. Alert (Joyboard) (1983) (Amiga) (3135) (Prototype) (PAL).bin S.A.C. Alert (Joyboard) (1983) (Amiga) (3135) (Prototype) ~.bin Space Shuttle - A Journey Into Space (1983) (Activision, Steve 'Jessica' Kitchen) (EAZ-033) (SECAM).bin Eliminated from V9: Mr. Do!'s Castle (1984) (Parker Brothers) (PB5820) ~.bin This makes sense as the Mr. Do!'s Castle is a new, good dump. This method doesn't account for any re-naming of roms. It's just looking at the MD5 checksums. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+thegoldenband Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 I just checked and yep, Mr. Do's Castle has a one-byte change vs. the bad dump. (What did that byte do, I wonder?) Looking back to my list, it turns out that this one is just a rename: v7: World End (2600 Screen Search Console) (Jone Yuan Telephonic Enterprise Co).bin v10: End of the World, The (2600 Screen Search Console) (Jone Yuan Telephonic Enterprise Co).bin And this file from v7 -- Zoo Fun (AKA Panda Chase) (1983) (Home Vision - Gem International Corp.) (PAL) ~.bin -- appears to have been a dupe of this, which is in both v7 and v10: Pumuckl I (AKA Panda Chase) (1983) (ITT Family Games) (PAL).bin Bottom line, your list looks spot-on. To avoid confusion I'll correct my earlier post. Thanks for that! EDIT: Aha, and (based on your post) I see that the old dump of Immies & Aggies has been relabeled "unknown", with a new dump under the "Immies & Aggies (1983) (CCE) (C-838).bin" name. Edited my post with that too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omegamatrix Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 I just checked and yep, Mr. Do's Castle has a one-byte change vs. the bad dump. (What did that byte do, I wonder?) I made a comparison and analysis here. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
high voltage Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 (edited) Nice Christmas present Red Sea Crossing, the other one I missed to get when it was available to purchase. Wonder if a complete version ever will be found. Edited December 31, 2014 by high voltage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IHATETHEBEARS Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 Is the ROM for Red Sea Crossing now available? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickeycolumbus Posted January 1, 2015 Share Posted January 1, 2015 Nice Christmas present Red Sea Crossing, the other one I missed to get when it was available to purchase. Wonder if a complete version ever will be found. As far as we know, only the retail version has been found. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treismac Posted January 1, 2015 Share Posted January 1, 2015 Much obliged, Rom Hunter! A Happy New Year to you, good sir. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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