phattyboombatty #1 Posted January 15, 2015 Hello all, Thought I would finally post a video on what I'm calling "Donkey Kong Arcade Edition". The flicker sucks, but it is rock solid with no flicker on an F-18A ColecoVision. This is a 32k file that runs on a standard ColecoVision. More to come... 8 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Greg2600 #2 Posted January 16, 2015 You've got my interest! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chart45 #3 Posted January 16, 2015 i want to try it but its less than the adam super dk so i dont know Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yurkie #4 Posted January 16, 2015 Pretty cool to have all 4 levels and some little improvments over the original. Negatives IMO sound sucks no pies (cement pans) in 4th screen What are your plans for this it looks complete....sell the rom file? Making a homebrew cart for sale? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tron Unit #5 Posted January 16, 2015 If this is available as a cart and doesn't require the SGM to run then I'm definitely interested. One suggestion though: Include Kong's gorilla laugh after he stomps on the girders. I always loved that in the arcade version. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
phattyboombatty #6 Posted January 16, 2015 (edited) Suggestions are all good. Thanks for the input! I should have mentioned that this is a beta. A work-in-progress. A hack of the "Super DK!" ROM that has been floating out there for over a decade. All main characters are basically pixel-accurate to the arcade version. Since I've built on top of an existing work, I am using the same mechanics of the original game. I strived to work (read: hack) as many features as I could, but I've hit the wall on a lot of things. That said, I'm seeking help to finish this project. More to come Edited January 16, 2015 by phattyboombatty Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JamesD #7 Posted January 16, 2015 For the sound, you really have to get the timing right or it sounds much worse than it is.When I was developing the Donkey Knog level background tunes for the Mockingboard on the Apple, I used a sample from the arcade and compared it vs what I was creating.It took a while to get the timing to match but then I was editing by hand.The person hacking the Apple version of Donkey Kong ended up not using any of my work but the data is in a thread titled something like 'It's on like Donkey Kong'.You wouldn't be able to use the actual note data but you could extract the delay between notes. I suppose a conversion utility could be written to convert notes as well but other register settings wouldn't be of any use.I think I was working on the sound for jumping but I don't know if that's in the code. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ValkerieSilk #8 Posted January 16, 2015 Oh don't worry, DKA is ganna be released by Opcode any day now, any day now, any day now, any day now, any day now... 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
phattyboombatty #9 Posted January 17, 2015 Here is the enhanced version of DK for ADAM. It has a lot of the missing pieces observed in the 32K version. These are two different ROMs, and it has taken me the better part of a year to make all of these changes. I've received a lot of inspiration from others on AA. Before anyone asks, the main reason for the missing tiles, sprites, or corrupted-looking graphics is due to severe limitations in the original programming of the game. I'm extremely fortunate that I've been able to make it this far! Also, I wanted to point out a few cool things: DK and Mario are pixel-height perfect. Some compromises had to be made to other graphics, but Mario is arcade-accurate. Barrels are size-accurate. Girders are arcade-accurate... there are a lot of things that I wanted to preserve but I just kept hitting walls. I figured it was finally time to post this, because I'm more or less sick of picking at it, and I'd love to enlist a little bit of help to finish this thing. I've had a long-time dream of seeing an improved version of DK on the CV. I always knew that they could've done a little bit better, utilized more colors, and tightened things up a bit. That's what you have here: a reworking of a great port of a great game! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rey #10 Posted January 17, 2015 Gotta love that F18A. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
thegamezmaster #11 Posted January 17, 2015 (edited) deleted Edited January 17, 2015 by thegamezmaster Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VectorGamer #12 Posted January 19, 2015 Still no springs on the elevator stage... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NIAD #13 Posted January 19, 2015 Still no springs on the elevator stage...The second video which is based off the converted Adam Supergame rom code includes the sprjngs on the Elevator Stage. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
phattyboombatty #14 Posted January 19, 2015 Still no springs on the elevator stage... You must've missed post #9. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VectorGamer #15 Posted January 19, 2015 You must've missed post #9. I only watched the vid in the OP. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
phattyboombatty #16 Posted January 20, 2015 Essentially, I've been working on two versions of the game. Each is a hack based on different versions of DK. The first one has less detail than the "Super" version. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TwiliteZoner #17 Posted February 1, 2015 Looking forward to trying both versions. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+wongojack #18 Posted May 21, 2018 What happened to these? Is one of the 2 hacks this? 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+wongojack #19 Posted May 22, 2018 What happened to these? Is one of the 2 hacks this? Read a bunch of threads and polls and jokes about this after I posted. I understand more of the context now, but would still love to play either one of these versions that were planned. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
phattyboombatty #20 Posted May 22, 2018 Thanks for posting! This is a hack that was all done by me. It has nothing to do with anyone else’s good work. The good work is being done by the Opcode team. I’ll release my graphical hack if people want it, and it doesn’t interfere with anyone’s plans/IP or any claims of publishing right-of-way. 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+Swami #21 Posted February 28 On 5/22/2018 at 12:34 PM, phattyboombatty said: Thanks for posting! This is a hack that was all done by me. It has nothing to do with anyone else’s good work. The good work is being done by the Opcode team. I’ll release my graphical hack if people want it, and it doesn’t interfere with anyone’s plans/IP or any claims of publishing right-of-way. I was just curious. How big did these two ROMs end up being? It sounds like they started at less than 16k and 32 24k and the one in the first post was 32k, but more was done (of course, some of the 32k could be empty code). Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
phattyboombatty #22 Posted February 28 22 minutes ago, Swami said: I was just curious. How big did these two ROMs end up being? It sounds like they started at less than 16k and 32k and the one in the first post was 32k, but more was done (of course, some of the 32k could be empty code). I believe they are 32k and 128k, respectively. I can check tonight. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+Swami #23 Posted February 28 1 hour ago, phattyboombatty said: I believe they are 32k and 128k, respectively. I can check tonight. Wow! A lot of enhancement. Looks good, though. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
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