Gunstar Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 (edited) @TempestI've played the game through to it's conclusion, defeating the Zylons if that is what you mean. I believe the game is complete in that sense, it's just that better A.I. and other fine-tuning, de-bugging, etc., needed to be completed, I think. Edited March 18, 2020 by Gunstar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Alexander Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 10 hours ago, Swami said: Surprised this never got ported to the 5200... Yes I agree. This would be great on the 5200. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckybuck Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 @Tempest: SRII is not an easy one! Seperates the boys from the men... @Gunstar: '...I believe...' therefore, did you finish the game or not? A screenshot of the ending would be cool. ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 2 minutes ago, luckybuck said: @Tempest: SRII is not an easy one! Seperates the boys from the men... More like it's really complex and hard to write about Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunstar Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 1 hour ago, luckybuck said: @Tempest: SRII is not an easy one! Seperates the boys from the men... @Gunstar: '...I believe...' therefore, did you finish the game or not? A screenshot of the ending would be cool. ? Well, I'd have to play again and win again to get that screenshot. It's been a while but I think it just ended like the original, basically text in front of a star field saying the same thing the original does, with your rank, etc. Actually, IIRC, I was planet-side when I finished off the Zylon ground bases and it did the text on top of the planet side background, now that I think on it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckybuck Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 Ah o. k., thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctorclu Posted November 4, 2020 Share Posted November 4, 2020 Hooked back up Atari 800 and I have Star Raiders II (this one) on a Atarimax flash cart. Has been so much fun to play. Star Cruiser Eight. Loved that bit of continuity. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted May 15, 2023 Share Posted May 15, 2023 What ever happened with the hard drive? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctorclu Posted May 15, 2023 Share Posted May 15, 2023 32 minutes ago, Tempest said: What ever happened with the hard drive? Oooohh... would love to know too. This game was really cool. (And I swear I played a pirated leak of this back in the day... or saw it?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savetz Posted June 6, 2023 Author Share Posted June 6, 2023 On 5/15/2023 at 12:09 PM, Tempest said: What ever happened with the hard drive? Is this directed to me? If so, what hard drive? (Remind me please.) -Kay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted June 6, 2023 Share Posted June 6, 2023 28 minutes ago, Savetz said: Is this directed to me? If so, what hard drive? (Remind me please.) There was a hard drive with the source code on it I believe. I'm not sure who has it now. Was it RedEye? I think it wasn't working and someone was going to try and fix it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giles N Posted August 16, 2023 Share Posted August 16, 2023 On 12/11/2015 at 12:06 AM, Stephen said: Fun game - very playable even in current state. It would be great to see this finished! One minor quibble. The damage screen doesn't show in GTIA mode on a PAL machine. What sort of file on what sort of hardware do you use to actually test-play this unreleased (almost complete??) game…? I see links to pdfs and videos, but are there links to dumps of game-files, which can run either using emulation or on actual carts (if anyone bothered to make one for a dumped game)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shannon Posted August 16, 2023 Share Posted August 16, 2023 27 minutes ago, Giles N said: What sort of file on what sort of hardware do you use to actually test-play this unreleased (almost complete??) game…? I see links to pdfs and videos, but are there links to dumps of game-files, which can run either using emulation or on actual carts (if anyone bothered to make one for a dumped game)? https://forums.atariage.com/topic/246591-wilmunders-star-raiders-ii-released/#comment-3388309 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giles N Posted August 16, 2023 Share Posted August 16, 2023 24 minutes ago, Shannon said: https://forums.atariage.com/topic/246591-wilmunders-star-raiders-ii-released/#comment-3388309 … not very into all these file-types, is it the .atr ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giles N Posted August 16, 2023 Share Posted August 16, 2023 … and can it only be run on an Atari 8-bit home-computer, or any Atari-8-bit-family thing? If I test through emulation, is which Atari-system (emulated) should I run it through…? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beeblebrox Posted August 16, 2023 Share Posted August 16, 2023 (edited) 10 hours ago, Giles N said: … and can it only be run on an Atari 8-bit home-computer, or any Atari-8-bit-family thing? If I test through emulation, is which Atari-system (emulated) should I run it through…? The Atari 8-bit computer family more or less uses the same basic chipset but with different ram/memory and other subtle, (and not so subtle hardware differences). (The 400 and early 800s sometimes have a slightly different GTIA graphics chip, but this is a 1979 game so no worries running it). So the 400/800/800XL/600XL/1200XL/65XE/130XE/800XE/XEGS are all members of the Atari 8-bit family home computers and will all run the game. The XEGS games console is effectively an Atari XE home computer so it'll run it also. The game won't run on the other Atari games consoles (2600/5200/7800) though. So in emulation download and install the Altirra Atari 8-bit emulator: https://www.virtualdub.org/altirra.html Then once all set up, associate ATR files with Altirra in Windows and then run the ATR (it's a virtual Atari disk image basically). If you need to brush up on terminology see the newbies section here on AA: Edited August 16, 2023 by Beeblebrox 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giles N Posted August 16, 2023 Share Posted August 16, 2023 1 hour ago, Beeblebrox said: The XEGS games console is effectively an Atari XE home computer so it'll run it also. The game won't run on the other Atari games consoles (2600/5200/ My project is to see if it will run on an Atari 5200 with an AtariMax Ultimate (which, I believe it is said, allows for many other Atari-8 bit titles which cannot be just straightwardly ported to carts, to be run. I’m a bit ‘newbie’ on everything 8-bit-family, and as to the Windows world, and as to .filetypes; I’m dusting of PCs again, as ios-smart-devices have been my opertional digital world for years). I’m curious just how much more the 5200 can do using the extras of thr AtariMax Ultimate. But I’ll probably play SR2 unreleased on emulator too, just be ‘updated’ on the gaming-history here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beeblebrox Posted August 16, 2023 Share Posted August 16, 2023 28 minutes ago, Giles N said: My project is to see if it will run on an Atari 5200 with an AtariMax Ultimate (which, I believe it is said, allows for many other Atari-8 bit titles which cannot be just straightwardly ported to carts, to be run. I’m a bit ‘newbie’ on everything 8-bit-family, and as to the Windows world, and as to .filetypes; I’m dusting of PCs again, as ios-smart-devices have been my opertional digital world for years). I’m curious just how much more the 5200 can do using the extras of thr AtariMax Ultimate. But I’ll probably play SR2 unreleased on emulator too, just be ‘updated’ on the gaming-history here. Sure. I've no idea about the 5200 and Atarimax ultimate. Let us know how it goes. I know the 5200 has many shared hardware similarities but didn't realise without having a game ported to 5200 it could work. So you already own both an Atarimax Ultimate and a 5200 presumably? As I say all the info is out there for familiarising yourself with the Atari 8-bit retro computer systems and also the modern hardware and upgrades available these days. It's been discussed and outlined 100s of times. Check out the newbies pinned topic I linked to above. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giles N Posted August 16, 2023 Share Posted August 16, 2023 (edited) 47 minutes ago, Beeblebrox said: Let us know how it goes. I know the 5200 has many shared hardware similarities but didn't realise without having a game ported to 5200 it could work. So you already own both an Atarimax Ultimate and a 5200 presumably? …I’ve been around AA for a few years now, and have a 5200 and gotten the AtariMax Ultimate very recently. It is precisely the question of whether a deliberate port is necessary that’s interesting. The AtariMax Ultimate have additional hardware built-in, I think I’ve seen a YouTube video with one saying that 8-bit family games which previously wouldn’t run due to memory-issues, now could be used. But I was only briefly watching for overview and the video didn’t go into details. I may be wrong here… time will show. Edited August 16, 2023 by Giles N Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giles N Posted August 16, 2023 Share Posted August 16, 2023 (edited) 55 minutes ago, Beeblebrox said: Sure. I've no idea about the 5200 and Atarimax ultimate. I got to hear about this original SR2 from this recent thread: https://forums.atariage.com/topic/305880-star-raiders-2-not-last-starfighter-could-it-be-ported/ Edited August 16, 2023 by Giles N Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beeblebrox Posted August 16, 2023 Share Posted August 16, 2023 2 hours ago, Giles N said: …I’ve been around AA for a few years now, and have a 5200 and gotten the AtariMax Ultimate very recently. It is precisely the question of whether a deliberate port is necessary that’s interesting. The AtariMax Ultimate have additional hardware built-in, I think I’ve seen a YouTube video with one saying that 8-bit family games which previously wouldn’t run due to memory-issues, now could be used. But I was only briefly watching for overview and the video didn’t go into details. I may be wrong here… time will show. hmmmmmm, no mention on the Atarimax Ultimate product page that this 5200 cart will run software coded for the Atari 8-bit home computers. https://www.atarimax.com/5200sd/documentation/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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