Everett1954 Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 One of my favorite games from the arcades and now on my Odyssey 2 and Vectrex is Exidy's Death Race. I wonder why there is no 2600 port? Is there a clone that I may not be aware of? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VectorGamer Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 Death Race requires two fire buttons: forward and reverse. It will never happen on the 2600 /thread Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toiletunes Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 try Batari Basic's Zombie Chase. Not exact, but similar. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0078265317 Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 But there are some 2600 controllers with 2 buttons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+LS650 Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 I have to say I have both the O2 and the Vectrex releases, and really enjoy them... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 Death Race requires two fire buttons: forward and reverse. It will never happen on the 2600 /thread Mapping it to use the genesis controller can make it happen with multiple fire buttons quite easily. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+atari2600land Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 Wasn't there a car game that used the driving controller where you ran over people in Stella's Stocking? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+KaeruYojimbo Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 Wasn't there a car game that used the driving controller where you ran over people in Stella's Stocking? Grandma's Revenge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+save2600 Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 Wasn't there a car game that used the driving controller where you ran over people in Stella's Stocking? Grandma's Revenge - and it uses the regular joystick too. If the Odyssey 2 can do it... a single button CX40 VCS port can handle this game just fine. Think Sprint Master + Down for reverse. But if you're still bent on using two buttons and besides a Genesis controller version, we could also put that bastard of an accessory - the Booster Grip - to work. Most of us have one or two of those laying around, right? 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEBRO Posted January 18, 2017 Share Posted January 18, 2017 Hi there, Glenn Saunders was working on this project years ago on [stella]. I thought about picking it up but have stalled. http://atariage.com/development_page.php?InDevelopmentID=58 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Everett1954 Posted January 18, 2017 Author Share Posted January 18, 2017 I tried Zombie Chase and it is OK. So is this Gramma's revenge game part of of Stella's Stocking? The odyssey 2 controller has 1 button and Death Race plays fine on it. How about it Debro or Thomas, care to finish up Death Derby? How complete is it now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Mitchell Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 Death Race requires two fire buttons: forward and reverse. It will never happen on the 2600 /thread With the driving controller plugged into the Quickjoy pedal controller, only one controller port is needed to play a 2600 Death Race game. So it could be a 1 or 2 person game. Does this inspire you Debro !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zonie Posted January 25, 2017 Share Posted January 25, 2017 We need to really think about a homebrew controller to use with new homebrew games. Perhaps not as advanced as my last attempt here, but maybe just three buttons, mapped the same as Genesis controllers so you could use one of those or make your own... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted January 25, 2017 Share Posted January 25, 2017 How about it Debro or Thomas, care to finish up Death Derby? How complete is it now? More than 15 years ago I created a kernel for Glenn. He planned to make a game out of it, but eventually gave up. So besides the kernel there is nothing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Europatari Posted May 3 Share Posted May 3 On 1/17/2017 at 7:59 PM, Everett1954 said: One of my favorite games from the arcades and now on my Odyssey 2 and Vectrex is Exidy's Death Race. I wonder why there is no 2600 port? Is there a clone that I may not be aware of? wait! there is one port: http://www.8-bitcentral.com/blog/2019/deathRace2600.html 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+x=usr(1536) Posted May 4 Share Posted May 4 5 hours ago, Europatari said: wait! there is one port: http://www.8-bitcentral.com/blog/2019/deathRace2600.html The article you linked to in turn links to a Patreon page where the ROM should be... But isn't. If you happen to have a copy, it might be best to attach it to a post in this thread 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Everett1954 Posted May 4 Author Share Posted May 4 Yep no sign of the game rom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+x=usr(1536) Posted May 4 Share Posted May 4 Paging @salzmafia.com - I realise you haven't been here in two years, but hopefully this will send an email somewhere valid Also PM'd you. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+x=usr(1536) Posted May 4 Share Posted May 4 It looks as though the various methods of contact reached their intended target! With the permission of Mike Salzman, author of Death Race 2600, I'm attaching the ROM image of the game to this post Skee-Ball is also being included, which was another of his games which had previously been released in a different thread. Mike wasn't 100% certain as to how close to release this version of Death Race 2600 was, but I've given it a shot and it's very playable. He'll take a look in the future to see what other versions may be extant, but there's no timeline on this. Huge thanks to Mike for giving permission to make Death Race 2600 available. It's very much appreciated, and it's great to see another homebrew getting some fresh air after a few years of falling off the map. Skee-Ball-02.08.18a.bin Death Race Joystick.bin 3 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Living Room Arcade Posted Wednesday at 08:55 AM Share Posted Wednesday at 08:55 AM (edited) Death Race Patreon Home version of the arcade game by @salzmafia.com Link ROM BeeWare Home version of Odyssey 2 Killer Bees (very similar to Death Race) by @MemberAtarian Link ROM Screenshots Spoiler Death Race Patreon screenshots BeeWare screenshots Edited Wednesday at 09:10 AM by Living Room Arcade Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+x=usr(1536) Posted Wednesday at 04:17 PM Share Posted Wednesday at 04:17 PM 7 hours ago, Living Room Arcade said: Death Race Patreon Home version of the arcade game by @salzmafia.com Link ROM You may want to check this - the link is for Death Match, which is a completely different game by a completely different author. The ROM link is also the same as the one referred to earlier in the thread which no longer contains the Death Race ROM. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Living Room Arcade Posted Wednesday at 06:30 PM Share Posted Wednesday at 06:30 PM (edited) Boy, I screwed that one up! Thanks @x=usr(1536) for letting me know. Spoiler I meant to write this Death Race Patreon Home version of the arcade game by @salzmafia.com link ROM But I also see what you mean, that ROM link was already posted and maybe the ROM isn't there. On 5/3/2024 at 9:19 PM, x=usr(1536) said: The article you linked to in turn links to a Patreon page where the ROM should be... But isn't. If you happen to have a copy, it might be best to attach it to a post in this thread Well, I do happen to have the Death Match Patreon ROM. I PM'd @salzmafia.com just now to ask for his permission to share it here. Edited Wednesday at 06:33 PM by Living Room Arcade 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Living Room Arcade Posted Wednesday at 10:26 PM Share Posted Wednesday at 10:26 PM (edited) @salzmafia.com Mr. Salzman replied to my PM. He said it's okay for me to post his ROM here, so here it is! Enjoy! Death Race Patreon (Michael Salzman).bin cc: @Arenafoot Edited Wednesday at 10:27 PM by Living Room Arcade 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+x=usr(1536) Posted Wednesday at 10:53 PM Share Posted Wednesday at 10:53 PM 36 minutes ago, Living Room Arcade said: @salzmafia.com Mr. Salzman replied to my PM. He said it's okay for me to post his ROM here, so here it is! Enjoy! Death Race Patreon (Michael Salzman).bin 4 kB · 2 downloads cc: @Arenafoot And this is definitely different to the one he sent me: 1536@lolbox Desktop % shasum -a 256 ./Death\ Race\ Patreon\ \(Michael\ Salzman\).bin ./Death\ Race\ Joystick.bin 032aa6965f59bbb74e9e7d322018b12ee1ff8936f53cec5f637c8dc5745bd628 ./Death Race Patreon (Michael Salzman).bin 81caf1f0c10d816689cadb46a6985a596c84ebf8495eac3b02cfad7273ade2a7 ./Death Race Joystick.bin 1536@lolbox Desktop % Very cool! Great to have the Patreon version added to the mix. Thank you, @Living Room Arcade! As a general aside, this version is much more playable with a joystick, and seems to be closer to (if not actually) a final version. The one that was posted earlier feels more like a WIP, but it's interesting to see the progression. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Living Room Arcade Posted Wednesday at 11:23 PM Share Posted Wednesday at 11:23 PM (edited) 36 minutes ago, x=usr(1536) said: And this is definitely different to the one he sent me: 1536@lolbox Desktop % shasum -a 256 ./Death\ Race\ Patreon\ \(Michael\ Salzman\).bin ./Death\ Race\ Joystick.bin 032aa6965f59bbb74e9e7d322018b12ee1ff8936f53cec5f637c8dc5745bd628 ./Death Race Patreon (Michael Salzman).bin 81caf1f0c10d816689cadb46a6985a596c84ebf8495eac3b02cfad7273ade2a7 ./Death Race Joystick.bin 1536@lolbox Desktop % Very cool! Great to have the Patreon version added to the mix. Thank you, @Living Room Arcade! As a general aside, this version is much more playable with a joystick, and seems to be closer to (if not actually) a final version. The one that was posted earlier feels more like a WIP, but it's interesting to see the progression. I agree with what you said about it being more playable and seeming to be finished or closer to being finished. The Patreon ROM version has a title screen and four play modes: one player, two players, one player vs. CPU and demo (watch CPU vs. CPU). For fans of the 1976 Exidy arcade game, it's a real gem, eh? Edited Wednesday at 11:30 PM by Living Room Arcade 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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