LS_Dracon Posted July 5, 2016 Share Posted July 5, 2016 (edited) A little project I was working these days. Gotcha was the 3rd. arcade game made by Atari, released in 1973. A very rare color version was made and recently discovered by Ed Fries. This is the first color arcade game ever. Rules : The "square" player chases the "plus" player. Try to catch the plus simbol to earn points. It's a 2 player only game, I have plans to make an artificial intelligence for one player only. And the game is using CommaVid bankswitch just because I'm testing with this format, not the game really needs it. Enjoy. Latest ROM : ColorGotcha2600.bin Edited January 16, 2019 by LS_Dracon 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianC Posted July 5, 2016 Share Posted July 5, 2016 wow. neat. I didn't even realize there was a color arcade game before Galaxian. Nice fit for 2600 too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LS_Dracon Posted July 6, 2016 Author Share Posted July 6, 2016 (edited) Thanks. There are others color games before Galaxian.Exidy's Car Polo probably was the first color arcade game with microprocessor, to name one.BTW check Ed Fries blog about the story behind this game, interesting read : https://edfries.wordpress.com/2016/05/25/fixing-color-gotcha/ Edited July 6, 2016 by LS_Dracon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted July 6, 2016 Share Posted July 6, 2016 Interesting game, never heard of it before. Looking forward to an AI version. If you implement both AIs, it will have a cool demo mode. BTW: The colors doesn't play any role in the game, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LS_Dracon Posted July 6, 2016 Author Share Posted July 6, 2016 (edited) New version : Fixed the timer - now runs up to 99 just like the arcade Hit Pause - now the maze is cleared and the game freezes by 1 second or so, every players hit - just like the arcade Removed the black bars at corners. Press joystick button to restart the game or reset switch to reset anytime. Interesting game, never heard of it before. Looking forward to an AI version. If you implement both AIs, it will have a cool demo mode. BTW: The colors doesn't play any role in the game, right? This is the first maze game. The original have an attract mode, where the players bounce around like the pong ball, I still need to implement this. But I like your idea because shows the real gameplay. The colors doesn't affect the gameplay. In the arcade, each bar is draw using a particular color, all vertical bars are green, while the horizontal are blue, pink or red. Here's the arcade gameplay video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FoDZoZqsHF8 Latest ROM on first post Edited January 16, 2019 by LS_Dracon 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrekMD Posted July 8, 2016 Share Posted July 8, 2016 I just played this latest version. I like it and it certainly works well on the 2600. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arenafoot Posted July 24, 2016 Share Posted July 24, 2016 awesome game! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ZeroPage Homebrew Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 (edited) We'll be featuring Color Gotcha on the ZeroPage Homebrew Twitch stream tomorrow (Wednesday) at 11AM PT/2PM ET! Hope everyone can tune in to watch us play!Twitch Stream: https://www.twitch.t...ropagehomebrew/Featured Games:Tower of Rubble (mksmith) (2019 WIP) by mksmith Marble Craze (2017 Trak-Ball Hack) by Thomas Jentzsch Color Gotcha (2016 WIP) by LS_Dracon Bit Quest II (2019 WIP) by metalbabble EDIT: Here's the video of the livestream! Edited January 17, 2019 by cimmerian 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LS_Dracon Posted January 15, 2019 Author Share Posted January 15, 2019 Not sure if I'll be there on twitch, but certainly I'll gonna watch later at youtube 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chewy Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 (edited) what the AI for im playing for 1 player rt now on stella and im using the up/down keys to chase around and find the plus symbol, isnt that what its supposed to do? Edited January 16, 2019 by chewy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LS_Dracon Posted January 16, 2019 Author Share Posted January 16, 2019 There's no A.I., it's a 2 player game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 So you abandoned your AI plans? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LS_Dracon Posted January 16, 2019 Author Share Posted January 16, 2019 I still want to work a bit on this game, like re-spawn the player at random position, like the arcade (only the "square" is repositioned, "cross" stay in place) And bounce the players around like pong ball during attract mode. I don't have plans to code AI anymore, sorry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr SQL Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 This is really cool! Looking forward to seeing the attract mode with the players bouncing around like Pong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 I don't have plans to code AI anymore, sorry. Too bad. Even a quite simple AI might provide fun for a single player. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chewy Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 what am i doing wrong here, i take the little thing and im following it to the maze-- just by myself-- how is it supposed to be played? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ZeroPage Homebrew Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 It's a two player game where one person tries to catch the other before the time runs out. On the livestream we took turns for who chased and who got chased. what am i doing wrong here, i take the little thing and im following it to the maze-- just by myself-- how is it supposed to be played? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chewy Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!! i get it now i get it now!!!!!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LS_Dracon Posted January 17, 2019 Author Share Posted January 17, 2019 It's a two player game where one person tries to catch the other before the time runs out. On the livestream we took turns for who chased and who got chased. I've watched the livestream, thanks for playing the game There's not much to do in this game, it seems moving a object on a screen was entertaining enough for a commercial product back in 1973. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Nathan Strum Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 Looks like they had fun playing it though - sometimes simpler is better. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LS_Dracon Posted January 17, 2019 Author Share Posted January 17, 2019 I'd rather play it than Fortnite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ZeroPage Homebrew Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 We had a lot of fun playing your game on the livestream, especially once we figured out a good strategy to hold a point competition by trading off who was doing the chasing.I think it's really important to port these forgotten arcade games as I had never heard about it before encountering your game. Great job on it! I've watched the livestream, thanks for playing the game There's not much to do in this game, it seems moving a object on a screen was entertaining enough for a commercial product back in 1973. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ZeroPage Homebrew Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 We definitely did! Some of the best (and most addictive) games are the simple ones that have great repeat value to return to them, especially head-to-head two player games! Looks like they had fun playing it though - sometimes simpler is better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LS_Dracon Posted January 18, 2019 Author Share Posted January 18, 2019 (edited) We had a lot of fun playing your game on the livestream, especially once we figured out a good strategy to hold a point competition by trading off who was doing the chasing. I think it's really important to port these forgotten arcade games as I had never heard about it before encountering your game. Great job on it! Thank you very much! Gotcha may be a forgotten game, but played a important role at video game industry as being the first maze game ever, the PacMan grandpa. And the color version is the first time someone messed with RGB signal to display video game color graphics. Edited January 18, 2019 by LS_Dracon 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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